VATFLOW Tower Cab for MSFS 2024 (test build 0.1.1, 1 November 2026)
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Download page, manual and closures helper: https://vatflow.io/tower-cab.html

Install
  1. Close MSFS 2024.
  2. Move the folder "vatflow-towercab" into your MSFS 2024 Community folder. Usually:
       MS Store / Game Pass: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community
       Steam:                %APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Packages\Community
     (or "Community" inside the folder you chose when installing the sim)
     Check: it must be Community\vatflow-towercab\manifest.json, not a folder inside another folder.
  3. Start MSFS. Add-ons are only read when the sim starts: after installing or updating,
     always quit MSFS completely and start it again.
  Updating: delete the old "vatflow-towercab" folder first, then move in the new one.

Fly
  1. Assistance > crash damage OFF (the cab sits on the sim's tower).
  2. Free flight at the airport you control, any parking spot, aircraft "VATFLOW Tower Cab".
  3. Wait ~10 seconds: the cab goes up into the tower by itself. If a screen says NOT IN
     THE TOWER: MENU > TOWER SETUP > PLACE IN TOWER, then nudge it into place.
     Every nudge on TOWER SETUP saves the spot for that airport, so the next flight goes
     straight there. Moved it another way (slew)? Press SAVE THIS SPOT. Settings are kept in
     the sim's own storage: quit MSFS normally, a crash can lose what changed that session.
  4. Connect vPilot as an OBSERVER so VATSIM traffic shows outside; work it in CRC as usual.
  5. TOWER SETUP > VATSIM CID > EDIT: your CID (needed to issue IDST releases; kept on your PC).

In the cab
  - Every big screen has a MENU tab: TOWER RADAR (DBRITE), GROUND RADAR (ASDE-X), DEP SEQ,
    DEP TIMER, IDS, IDST, VATSMART, DEMAND vs AAR, AIRCRAFT LIST, RAMP, STRIP BAYS, CLOSURES,
    TOWER SETUP. Each screen keeps its choice.
  - Strip bays: departure strips print by themselves. Tap a strip to pick it up, tap where it goes.
  - CLOSURES: close runways and taxiways on a map. To see barricades, lighted X's and work
    vehicles in the sim, run the closures helper (separate download on the page above).
  - Halloween: click the pumpkin by the coffee maker to blow the candle out.
    TOWER SETUP > HALLOWEEN switches the decorations off.
  - Brightness: the knobs on the console, or DIMMER / BRIGHTER on TOWER SETUP.
  The full manual (PDF) is on the download page.

Uninstall: delete "vatflow-towercab" from Community.
Test build for personal use. Not affiliated with VATSIM or Microsoft.
