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🔊 123flightSOUND V4.1.1 — Cockpit Focus & Installer Polish
A focused update for the 4.1 line. Alt-Tab without losing your cabin.
🎧 NEW: Focus Mode
Cabin audio now stays tied to your simulator. Enable Focus Mode in FlightSound Assist and:
- Cabin sounds only play while MSFS is the active window
- PA announcements are held in the queue while you're tabbed out — nothing gets skipped
- Active sounds pause and resume the moment you're back in the sim
Perfect for streamers, chart briefings and everyone flying with Navigraph, OBS or Discord on the second screen. The First Start Guide now explains volume setup and Focus Mode step by step.
🛠️ Quieter installer & panel setup
The MSFS panel install/uninstall steps now run silently in the background — no more flashing console windows. Installer text and artwork are fully aligned to 4.1.1.✈️ GSX Linked — the stable baseline
The improved 4.1 departure flow remains the public baseline: Welcome reliably releases Departure, and Departure stops Boarding Music before pushback and taxi. As always: GSX stays read-only — 123flightSOUND never controls GSX.Stop flying in silence. Let your cockpit breathe. 🛫
🔊 123flightSOUND V4.1.1 — Cockpit Focus & Installer Polish
Ein fokussiertes Update für die 4.1-Linie. Alt-Tab, ohne die Kabine zu verlieren.
🎧 NEU: Focus Mode
Das Kabinen-Audio bleibt jetzt an den Simulator gekoppelt. Focus Mode in FlightSound Assist aktivieren und:
- Kabinensounds laufen nur, wenn MSFS das aktive Fenster ist
- PA-Ansagen warten in der Queue, solange du raus-getabbt bist — nichts wird übersprungen
- Aktive Sounds pausieren und laufen weiter, sobald du zurück im Sim bist
Perfekt für Streamer, Chart-Briefings und alle, die mit Navigraph, OBS oder Discord auf dem zweiten Monitor fliegen. Der First-Start-Guide erklärt Lautstärke-Setup und Focus Mode jetzt Schritt für Schritt.
🛠️ Leiserer Installer & Panel-Setup
Die MSFS-Panel-Installations-/Deinstallations-Schritte laufen jetzt still im Hintergrund — keine aufblitzenden Konsolenfenster mehr. Installer-Texte und -Grafiken sind komplett auf 4.1.1 abgestimmt.✈️ GSX Linked — die stabile Basis
Der verbesserte 4.1-Departure-Flow bleibt die öffentliche Basis: Welcome gibt Departure zuverlässig frei, Departure stoppt die Boarding Music vor Pushback und Taxi. Wie immer gilt: GSX bleibt read-only — 123flightSOUND steuert GSX nie.Stop flying in silence. Let your cockpit breathe. 🛫
✈️ 123flightSOUND v4.0 — FlightSound Assist Release
Bring your cockpit to life with automated cabin announcements, boarding music and ambient cabin atmosphere for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024.
123flightSOUND is a lightweight Windows companion app for MSFS. It adds a realistic passenger-cabin layer to your flights without touching aircraft systems, without affecting FPS and without locking you into one airline or aircraft type.
Version 4.0 is a major workflow update. The old automation concept has been replaced by FlightSound Assist — a clearer, safer and more predictable way to control the cabin flow.
🔥What is new in v4.0?
FlightSound Assist
FlightSound Assist gives you two explicit modes:
Sim Flow
Uses aircraft phase, timing profile and SimConnect data to trigger the cabin sequence automatically.
GSX Linked
Uses GSX service states when GSX is available and when you select this mode. Boarding, refueling, catering, pushback and deboarding are handled more intelligently, so announcements and music happen at more believable moments.
Important: 123flightSOUND only reads GSX-related states. It does not control GSX.
🔥Better cabin timing
Version 4.0 improves the most important flow moments:
- Boarding Music starts when boarding is actually active, not merely requested.
- Welcome waits until boarding is completed.
- Welcome is held while refueling or catering is still active.
- Safety and departure cues wait for cleaner departure conditions.
- Arrival no longer immediately jumps back into boarding music after landing.
- Deboarding music follows the deboarding state more naturally.
- Runway and mid-flight starts wait for fresh simulator data before arming any gate sequence.
🔥New InGame / VR panel
The MSFS toolbar panel has been cleaned up for cockpit use.
It is now a focused remote panel instead of a desktop settings clone. You can start or pause FlightSound Assist, stop all sounds, switch sound packs and manually trigger the main sound buttons directly inside the simulator.
Advanced setup stays in the desktop app where it belongs: Assist mode, timing profile, volume setup, audio output and custom sound assignment.
🔥Own Sound Pack
Version 4.0 adds an Own Sound Pack workflow. You can assign your own MP3 files while keeping the default sound packs separate.
The first-start guide explains how to assign custom sounds, restore defaults and set up the app properly.
🔥Audio output selection
You can now select the audio output from the tray menu. This is useful if you want 123flightSOUND to play through a different device than your simulator.
🔥Safer MSFS installation
The installer has been hardened for MSFS autostart handling:
- Existing third-party EXE.xml entries are preserved.
- Backups are created before changes.
- Invalid EXE.xml files are not overwritten.
- The uninstaller removes only 123flightSOUND entries and panel folders.
🛠 Core Features
- Automated cabin announcements
- Boarding music
- Cabin ambient loops
- Manual soundboard buttons
- SimConnect-based flight awareness
- FlightSound Assist with Sim Flow and GSX Linked modes
- MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 support
- InGame / VR toolbar panel
- Own Sound Pack support
- Tray audio-output selection
- Language/profile-based sound packs
- Lightweight desktop companion app
- No account required
- No impact on aircraft systems
Notes
123flightSOUND is designed as an independent cockpit companion tool. It is not affiliated with Microsoft, Asobo, iniBuilds, Fenix, PMDG, GSX or any airline.
GSX Linked mode is a read-only helper mode. It follows available GSX service states but does not control GSX.
Stop flying in silence. Let your cockpit breathe.
Windows SmartScreen may appear because the app is new and not code-signed yet. The source code and release notes are available on GitHub.
✈️ 123flightSOUND v4.0 — FlightSound Assist Release
Bring Leben in dein Cockpit: automatische Kabinenansagen, Boarding Music und realistische Ambient-Sounds für Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 und 2024.
123flightSOUND ist eine schlanke Windows Companion App für MSFS. Sie ergänzt deine Flüge um eine realistische Kabinenebene, ohne Flugzeugsysteme zu verändern, ohne FPS zu kosten und ohne dich auf eine bestimmte Airline oder ein bestimmtes Flugzeug festzulegen.
Version 4.0 ist ein großes Workflow-Update. Das alte Automatik-Konzept wurde durch FlightSound Assist ersetzt — klarer, sicherer und besser nachvollziehbar.
🔥Was ist neu in v4.0?
FlightSound Assist
FlightSound Assist bietet zwei klare Modi:
Sim Flow
Nutzt Flugphase, Timing-Profil und SimConnect-Daten, um die Kabinenabläufe automatisch auszulösen.
GSX Linked
Nutzt GSX-Servicezustände, wenn GSX vorhanden ist und dieser Modus aktiv ausgewählt wurde. Boarding, Refueling, Catering, Pushback und Deboarding werden dadurch deutlich sauberer berücksichtigt.
Wichtig: 123flightSOUND liest GSX-bezogene Zustände nur aus. Das Tool steuert GSX nicht.
🔥Besserer Kabinenablauf
Version 4.0 verbessert die entscheidenden Flow-Momente:
- Boarding Music startet erst, wenn Boarding wirklich aktiv ist.
- Welcome wartet auf abgeschlossenes Boarding.
- Welcome bleibt blockiert, solange Refueling oder Catering noch aktiv sind.
- Safety und Departure warten auf sauberere Abflugbedingungen.
- Nach der Landung springt die App nicht sofort wieder in Boarding Music zurück.
- Deboarding Music folgt dem Deboarding-Zustand natürlicher.
- Starts auf der Runway oder im Flug warten auf frische Simulator-Daten, bevor eine Gate-Sequenz aktiviert wird.
🔥Neues InGame-/VR-Panel
Das MSFS Toolbar Panel wurde für die Nutzung im Cockpit vereinfacht.
Es ist jetzt ein fokussiertes Remote-Panel statt einer Kopie der Desktop-App. Du kannst FlightSound Assist starten oder pausieren, alle Sounds stoppen, Sound Packs wechseln und die wichtigsten Soundbuttons direkt im Simulator auslösen.
Erweiterte Einstellungen bleiben bewusst in der Desktop-App: Assist-Modus, Timing-Profil, Volume Setup, Audio-Ausgabe und Custom Sound Assignment.
🔥Own Sound Pack
Version 4.0 bringt einen Own Sound Pack Workflow. Du kannst eigene MP3-Dateien zuweisen, ohne die Standard-Soundpacks zu vermischen.
Der neue First Start Guide erklärt die Sound-Zuweisung, Restore-Funktion und Grundeinrichtung.
🔥Audio-Ausgabeauswahl
Die Audio-Ausgabe kann jetzt über das Tray-Menü gewählt werden. Das ist praktisch, wenn 123flightSOUND über ein anderes Gerät laufen soll als der Simulator.
🔥Sicherere MSFS-Installation
Der Installer wurde beim MSFS-Autostart deutlich robuster gemacht:
- Bestehende fremde EXE.xml-Einträge bleiben erhalten.
- Vor Änderungen werden Backups erstellt.
- Ungültige EXE.xml-Dateien werden nicht überschrieben.
- Der Uninstaller entfernt nur 123flightSOUND-Einträge und Panel-Ordner.
🛠 Kernfunktionen
- Automatische Kabinenansagen
- Boarding Music
- Cabin Ambient Loops
- Manuelle Soundboard-Buttons
- SimConnect-basierte Flugerkennung
- FlightSound Assist mit Sim Flow und GSX Linked
- Unterstützung für MSFS 2020 und MSFS 2024
- InGame-/VR-Toolbar-Panel
- Own Sound Pack Support
- Audio-Ausgabeauswahl im Tray
- Sprach-/Profilbasierte Soundpacks
- Schlanke Windows Companion App
- Kein Account nötig
- Kein Eingriff in Flugzeugsysteme
Hinweise
123flightSOUND ist ein unabhängiges Cockpit Companion Tool. Es besteht keine Verbindung zu Microsoft, Asobo, iniBuilds, Fenix, PMDG, GSX oder einer Airline.
GSX Linked ist ein read-only Hilfsmodus. Der Modus folgt verfügbaren GSX-Servicezuständen, steuert GSX aber nicht.
Flieg nicht weiter in steriler Stille. Lass dein Cockpit leben.
Hinweis: Das Tool ist Open Source und absolut sicher. Falls Windows SmartScreen eine Warnung anzeigt, klicke einfach auf „Trotzdem ausführen“.
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14 days ago
https://flightsim.to/addon/94886/universal-announcer
Thanks.
13 days ago
Both play cabin announcements based on your flight state, so there's overlap. But the philosophy is different:
Sound content: 123flightSOUND ships with complete, ready-to-use multi-language sound packs (DE, EN/US, GB, FR, Hindi, Hawaiian) - nothing to source, install and go. Universal Announcer ships no audio; you supply your own .ogg files or generate everything via text-to-speech (SAPI/Azure/ElevenLabs). If you'd rather build your own library, you can. 123flightSOUND has an Own Sound Pack feature too — but out of the box it's plug-and-play.
In-sim panel: 123flightSOUND includes a proper MSFS in-game / VR toolbar panel for both MSFS 2020 and 2024. A cockpit remote for Assist status, next cue, Start/Pause, Stop All, skip and sound-pack switching, so you don't have to alt-tab. The installer sets the panels up automatically.
GSX & flow: Both integrate with GSX Pro and SimBrief. 123flightSOUND uses two explicit modes - Sim Flow (aircraft phase + timing) and GSX Linked (follows real GSX service states, read-only, never controls GSX) - plus an optional Focus Mode that only plays while MSFS is in focus.
Short version: Universal Announcer is a flexible bring-your-own-audio / TTS toolkit; 123flightSOUND is a curated, plug-and-play cabin-PA package with included sound packs, a real in-sim panel, and the dynamic Live Captain. Works on any aircraft either way.
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13 days ago
They're generic airline-style announcements, not a specific real airline's copyrighted recordings. If you want a particular airline's real-world announcements, you can load your own MP3s with the built-in Own Sound Pack feature and assign them per cue.
19 days ago
1. The popup windows on startup kind of defeat the point of it autostarting for me since I still have to now switch back and click a bunch of times before it's ready to use
2. Instead of a single mp3 to use as boarding music, maybe allow us to select a folder of mp3s with a shuffle function. As much as I may enjoy a song, boarding an A380 takes so long even my favorite music starts to grate!
19 days ago
1. The startup guide / changelog should only appear on first start, after a fresh install or after an update. They are not meant to block normal everyday use. If you see them on every start, please let me know, because that would not be intended.
2. For boarding music, you can already replace the default track with your own MP3. Click the small folder icon on the Boarding Music card and select the file you prefer. Right-click restores the default sound.
A full folder/shuffle mode is not part of the app right now, but I understand the idea for very long boarding situations and may consider it for a future update.
Thanks again for the suggestions!
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https://discord.gg/mshqUQMmMb
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123flightSOUND v4.1.1 | FlightSound Assist, GSX Linked Cabin Flow, VR Panel & Custom Sound Packs
Automated cabin announcements, boarding music and ambient sound for MSFS 2020/2024. Version 4.1.1 introduces FlightSound Assist with Sim Flow and GSX Linked modes, a cleaner InGame/VR panel, Own Sound Pack support, audio-output selection and safer MSFS autostart handling.
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V 4.1.1 - Cockpit Focus & Installer Polish English Focus Mode for cockpit-only audio FlightSound Assist now includes optional Focus Mode. When enabled, cabin audio only runs while Microsoft Flight Simulator is the active foreground app. Queued PA announcements wait instead of being consumed, and active cabin sounds pause/mute until you return to MSFS. Quieter installer and panel setup The MSFS panel install/uninstall steps now run quietly through the installer, with the installer UI and bundled header/sidebar artwork aligned to Release 4.1.1. GSX Linked public baseline The improved 4.1 GSX Linked flow remains the current public baseline: Welcome reliably releases Departure, Departure stops Boarding Music before pushback/taxi, and GSX remains read-only. 4.1.1 metadata aligned App, feedback metadata, installer artifact, changelog and MSFS 2024/FS2020 panel manifests now show 4.1.1. Beta-only feature copy was removed from this public release. Deutsch Focus Mode fuer Cockpit-Audio FlightSound Assist hat jetzt einen optionalen Focus Mode. Wenn er aktiv ist, laufen Cabin Sounds nur, solange Microsoft Flight Simulator das aktive Vordergrundfenster ist. PA-Ansagen bleiben in der Queue und aktive Sounds pausieren/stummen, bis MSFS wieder im Fokus ist. Leiser Installer und Panel-Setup Die MSFS-Panel-Installations- und Uninstall-Schritte laufen jetzt ruhig ueber den Installer. Installer-UI und Header-/Sidebar-Bilder sind auf Release 4.1.1 gesetzt. GSX Linked als oeffentliche Basis Der verbesserte 4.1-GSX-Linked-Flow bleibt die oeffentliche Basis: Welcome gibt Departure zuverlaessig frei, Departure stoppt Boarding Music vor Pushback/Taxi, und GSX bleibt read-only. 4.1.1-Metadaten synchronisiert App, Feedback-Metadaten, Installer-Artifact, Changelog und MSFS-2024/FS2020-Panel-Manifeste zeigen jetzt 4.1.1. Beta-only Feature-Text gehoert nicht zu diesem oeffentlichen Release.
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