Program Settings

ACVacars program settings

To create or to modify a profile, click the menu entry "Main->Profiles / Settings".
The same for reaching the section "Settings" of ACVacars.

To delete a profile, select the specific profile on the context menu.
After the selection, press the button [Delete local Profile] to delete it.
The default profile "Profile_Default" cannot be deleted. If you delete it, a new "Profile_Default" will be created with default settings.

Program settings differentiated in tab-sections

The following sub-sections exist:

Pilot, for creating/modifying account-profiles to connect with the VA website.
General, to set/change the most common settings of ACVacars.
PIREP, to set/change the content-settings of the log-text, created during an ACV flight.
Weather, to set/change the weather source.
FSim Paths, to set/change the folder paths to the connected flight simulations.

Textbox "URL" contains the not changeable URL to the VA website.
Use textbox "Pilot-ID" to enter your profile number.
Enter your password of your VA website account into the textbox "Password". The password is individual, each ACV member shall choose his/her own password.
Enter the "VA-Code" into the textbox with similar naming. The VA-Code is pre-given by the virtual airline and cannot be changed by the user.
Choose the matching flight simulation which shall be connected with ACVacars by selecting it in the ComboBox "Flight-Sim". Change this selection each time you use ACVacars with another flight simulation. Click button "Logout" before changing the selected flight simulation. After changing it, click button "Login" to connect your local profile with your VA website profile.
Below the last ComboBox, the batch of your connected VA account is being shown. Use this indication as further proof to be selected with the specific online VA account.

Most settings are self-explaining. In details:

Keep main program window always on top, this setting is actually deactivated.
Check for program updates automatically, if checked, ACVacars checks for own program updates during start-up.
Connect with FSUIPC, if checked, ACVacars repeatedly tries to connect with an installed FSUIPC or XPUIPC interface.
Connect with VA website, if checked, ACVacars repeatedly tries to connect with the VA website.

"During program-startup, automatically reset FSim shader folder", if checked, ACVacars tries to delete all temporary shader folders of P3D, MSFS or XP, depending on the currently chosen FSim. But, ACVacars does only perform this task if the considered flight simulation is not running. Advantage: A deleted temporary share-folder forces the flight simulation to re-create all shaders again, this can help to fix performance or graphical problems. Disadvantage: The re-creation of the shaders temporarily costs performance during start-up of the flight simulation, until all shaders are re-created again. It is not recommended to have this setting permanently activated.
Button [Reset shader folders], clicking this button deletes all temporary-shader folders of the pre-chosen flight simulation. It is only executed when the flight simulation is not running. The advantage and disadvantage of deleting any temporary shader folders are described above.