ATC X - configuration

Many important aspects of the game can be configured through the Preferences window, accessible through the Preferences… menu command in the ATC X menu. These are the options you can modify:

Number of planes: this should be self-explanatory.
Number of airports: again self-explanatory.
Hills: how many hills are scattered on your area of competence.
Towers: towers are always placed side-by-side horizontally; choose here how long you want this list of towers.
Restricted areas: always square in shape, they can be larger or smaller.
Weather: how many clouds are going to move across your area of competence?
Time: expressed in minutes, it does not indicate the total time a game will last; it indicates in how many minutes all the planes will be scheduled. The game will last until the last plane reaches its final destination (or exits from your area of competence) or crashes. More planes in less time means more points for each plane that reaches its final destination.

Flying through bad weather, flying over restricted areas, near misses and planes leaded to wrong destinations reduce your score by fixed amounts. Planes leaded to their right destination increase your score by a quantity directly proportional to the number of planes and inversely proportional to the time.

In addition, through the Preferences window, you can choose to use or disable sound effects and to enable or disable smart sorting of the planes in the table showing all scheduled planes. Smart sorting means planes are sorted according to the following rules:

if a plane is headed to its final destination, it's put at the top of the list
if a plane is not yet available, it's put at the bottom of the list
if a plane is ready to takeoff, it's put at the bottom just before the not yet available planes
all other planes are put in between
within each of these groups of planes, the sorting criterion is the fuel left in the tank (the lower, the higher the position of the plane in the table) or the entry time

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