Radar Identified — v0.82 Major Update US Sectors · Reworked Order Menu · Debrief

This is a big one — the largest update since launch. Here's everything new.

🇺🇸 US Northeast Sectors — Early Access

Radar Identified now crosses the Atlantic. The sector picker has a new region toggle (Germany / US Northeast, and the first US sectors are playable on a trial basis: North New York, Boston High, Athens South, Athens North, and Rockdale.

Pick a US sector and you get US flight schedules, US callsigns and FAA-style traffic — over 120 new US flights including NE-corridor regionals and KJFK/KLGA long-haul from Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, Korean Air and ANA. The default start time for US sectors is the natural east-coast afternoon bank, with local time (EDT/EST) shown next to the UTC picker.

Heads-up: The US sectors are early access. Sector boundaries, traffic density, coord phone and flight plans are still being authored and will keep changing between updates. A clear in-game disclaimer marks the current state. Think of this as a preview you can already enjoy while the data work continues.

🎛️ Reworked Order Menu

The order menu has been rebuilt from the ground up:

• Vertical speed picker — assign a climb/descent rate from ±500 to ±4000 fpm, or leave it as free rate. The pilot reads it back as part of the clearance.

• EXECUTE button — assemble the full clearance (FL, rate, conditional) before anything transmits.

• Conditional clearances — "Climb FL300, then proceed direct LOHRE" in a single command. The aircraft executes the follow-up automatically when it reaches the assigned level, and the pilot reads the whole thing in one ICAO-correct transmission.

• Cleaner DCT & HDG sub-menus — direct-to picker with filter, distance column and a route preview line; heading wheel with L30/L10/R10/R30/INTERCEPT quick-buttons and turn-direction readout.

• List-mode alternative — prefer a vertical menu over the radial wheel? Switch in Settings, full keyboard navigation included.

• The menu now stays where you open it instead of drifting with the aircraft at high time scale.

🗺️ New Sector Picker

• Germany / US region toggle right on the map

• Local time shown alongside the UTC start picker, so it's obvious whether you're picking a morning, midday or evening shift

• Cleaner map — only startable sectors are drawn, no clutter from context sectors

• Clear early-access markings for the US region

🎬 3D Debriefing Replay

When a session ends, the debrief screen now shows an animated 3D replay of your sector with every aircraft that crossed it.

• 3D aircraft models — small twin, big twin, quad and super-heavy - not fancy but enough for the moment ;)

• Coloured altitude trails, callsign labels, sector polygon, buffer outline and neighbouring sectors drawn in for spatial context

• Replay controls — pause/play, speed selector (4×/8×/16×), camera presets (Iso/Top/Side) and auto-rotate

• Adapts to your theme — dark for Classic, light for Modern

📞 Coordination Phone Improvements

• REQDCT split into REQDCT-UP and REQDCT-DN — request a direct routing either from the previous controller (inbound traffic) or the next sector (traffic on your frequency), with the aircraft picker filtered accordingly.

• INFO reason — share an aircraft's status with the next sector; minimum-fuel aircraft sort to the top with an amber chip.

• Minimum-fuel pilot request — aircraft with ≤60 minutes remaining can call in asking for a fuel-priority direct routing.

• FORCE REQUEST — pull any aircraft onto your frequency regardless of handoff state, for when the normal coord flow can't reach them.

• Routine handovers no longer ring the phone — it stays silent unless someone actually needs to coordinate.

• Neighbour sector lists corrected per region.

⚙️ Quality of Life

• New TAG REFRESH display option (Live / 3s / 5s) — datablock fields freeze between sweeps like a real ATC scope. Now defaults to 3s for a calmer read. Safety alerts stay live.

• MTCA conflict alerts can now be acknowledged per aircraft pair — right-click, ACK & DEL, and the medium-term warning stops nagging you. STCA is unaffected.

• Discord Rich Presence (opt-in) — your Discord profile can show your current sector. Off by default.

• Bold aircraft label option for easier scanning.

• Pilots now refuse impossible altitudes in their own voice instead of silently ignoring you.

• Mid-day cold starts now pre-place departing traffic, so starting partway through the schedule no longer leaves departure airports empty.

• Main menu cleanup.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a renderer crash on fresh builds

• Aircraft no longer freeze for the first minute after restarting a session

• Debrief replay no longer drops the recording on longer sessions

• Spawn schedule no longer blocked by the previous session

• MTCA alerts clear properly once aircraft are separating

• European waypoints no longer shadowed by US map data

• UPS callsigns and a mislabeled Ryanair flight fixed

• No more wrongful separation penalties for conflicts in neighbouring AI sectors

• Console autocomplete no longer crashes on direct-to entries

• Military coordination calls now reach the phone correctly

🎮 Multiplayer

Multiplayer is currently in internal testing and shown as "Coming Soon" on the main menu. Single-player and all other features are fully unaffected — we'll re-enable it once it's stable.

Thank you to everyone in the Discord for the continuous bug reports and feedback — this update is shaped by all of it. Happy controlling!