Hello,
Thank you for appearing as a solo mode user! MP sessions are indeed visible on live maps, unfortunately it is quite impossible to evaluate the reach of solo...
Anyway, it is good if your problems were solved. But for others' use and in case, I'll follow up anyway.
timhowarduk wrote in Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:02 pm:1 - on a laptop with a touchpad, I can't make the drag to vector, or middle click to link aircraft on radar with aircraft on strip work. Is there any solution to this, other than plug in a mouse?
As far as I know, touchpad does not mean no button, and buttons disabled usually mean tap-for-click. Click and drag (and drop) is usually emulated with tap and retap and drag (and release). Middle-click without middle button: click both left and right buttons. On Mac, something like Ctrl+click or Squiggle+click whatever they call it.
timhowarduk wrote in Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:02 pm:2 - is there anywhere a list of what is accepted in the Text Chat box, particularly given the problem 1 above? I can't find this in the quick reference or the user guide, sorry if I am missing the obvious. e.g. What do I type to instruct a plane to change altitude seeing as I can't use the touchpad?
The first section of the quick reference gives you exactly that (text aliases). You will find it in the help menu. However text chat has
no effect in solo mode. Read the related
feature note for how to instruct AI planes.
timhowarduk wrote in Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:02 pm:3 - once I get a plane to line up to intercept the localiser and clear the ILS/Visual approach, obviously I need to handover to TWR. But I can't see how to do that.
You must drag the linked strip onto "TWR" in the handover pane, which in my opinion should be docked right under the strip racks. Also see video 6 of the tutorial (accessible directly from the help menu too).
EDIT: FYI, the timely handover expected is when the aircraft is in the TWR range configured in the airport-specific rules (options menu).