Bushtalk Radio
Bushtalk Radio is a community driven project with the aim to fill the world of MSFS with thousands of interesting landmarks, POIs and local radio stations! Each POI has a unique audio tour that is automatically played based on your in-game location.
MSFS Community Spotlight
https://www.flightsimulator.com/community-spotlight-bushtalk-radio/
Join our Discord!
https://discord.gg/ZcGgw9mUqA
We have audio tours for all in-game POIs (including all World Update POIs) as well as thousands of community created content with more being added every day: national parks, forests, islands, active volcanoes, historical battles - there's something for everyone.
Users can add custom locations and write their own audio tours. Just write an interesting, witty script and we'll create the audio tour for you. Not the creative type? Autogenerate one with our Wikipedia Import tool, we won't judge you. We want to introduce players to amazing locations around the world. Add them as part of your next bush trip or fly aimlessly and stumble into something special.
This addon allows you to connect to Bushtalk Radio from inside your cockpit. Users of the old external client should upgrade to this instead.
Geting started with Bushtalk Radio
- Make an account at https://bushtalkradio.com and log in. Make sure this browser window stays open (do not minimise it) as the audio tours are played through your browser in the background.
- Download this client and drag and drop the folder into your Community folder
- Download Bushtalk Radio Landmarks pack and drop the folder into your Community folder. This will allow you to see the POIs in-game and will be updated monthly with the latest community submissions. This isn't mandatory but it helps.
- Once in your cockpit, open the Bushtalk Radio client from your cockpit toolbar and log in. You are now tuned in to Bushtalk Radio. Please note that since the last Sim Update, toolbar windows cannot run in the background so you will have to keep this window open/minimised.
- Look for places you want to explore on our website, we tell you the most convenient airport to depart from, or make your own bush trip! The audio tours will play automatically as you approach a landmark.
I have a feature request or bug to report
Join our Discord and let me know! https://discord.gg/ZcGgw9mUqA
I love the idea! How can I support the project?
Help us by creating as many high quality landmarks with well written audio tours. You can also help by promoting the project to fellow flightsimmers. Finally, if you really love what we're doing then help us pay for server costs. Any amount is welcome.
Is there a way to remember credentials when I first start the sim?
Navigate to the file: bushtalkradio-client\html_ui\InGamePanels\BushtalkClient\CustomPanel.js
Open in notepad
Add your credentials in between the double quotes as instructed
Jackkend76
kwmcb
JPPew
Still clear 5* for the idea and very cool execution.
Erdnuss
IcelandicWarrior
So whilst I like this addon I will not be using it until I can hear the a/c audio as well.
I am using MSFS2020 vs 133.8.0
Freeway
So another dead project like most of stuff in here
IcelandicWarrior
11 months ago
N69BRUH
Bushtalkradio site is incompatible with AUDIO COMPRESSOR browser extension. I use the extension to even out wildly variating audio volumes across different sites, videos etc but BTR site fails to produce audio when used with Audio Compressor to make the very low volume audible without dropping MSFS master down to 10.
PhilipA
Hi, being a flightsimulator fan for allmost 35 years ( I started with FS4 in 1989), I find Bushtalk a very nice add, and as a Brussels city guide I had really the intention to use it to the full extend, and I would have been glad to add somme interesting info on other Belgium located POI's. Unfortunately , after having installed the add, my system crashes all the time, so I had to remove it. Hope you guys have more succes !
bubba
Are you using a content manager and directory that is different from the native MSFS mod directory?
I have installed bushtalk radio today and ran into the same or similar problem as you describe. I was using MSFS addon linker with a mod directory located on a different drive than my sim installation and the sim was crashing every time I tried to load into a flight. Moving the bushtalk radio client into the native mod directory, bypassing the need for the addon linker, has fixed the issue completely. At least so far. Thankfully, because this seems like it will be an awesome addition to the tentative around the world that I'm planning.
1 years ago
Bak_Zetary
Enjoying this mod very much; thanks for the hard work here! I was wondering if there is a way to turn on an option to "Point at" (or highlight in some way in-game) at the audio tour currently enabled so I can find it on the ground easier? I often miss the exact location on the ground, often flying around in circles in order to find it. (Hit or miss in success at times.) Thanks!
Egegaard
Is this continued? Love it and hopefully you can fix it so we don’t have to minimize the window in game.
twirlybird
This is a bug with MSFS, something Asobo will have to fix.
2 years ago
abj
Why no changelog on the last update so we can estimate if it's worth spending the time updating our installation...
SearchN
This is like Waymarking and the Historic Marker Database of flight all rolled up into one. Most people fly all over the world or even in there own areas and never really know what interesting or historic places are just right under their wings. I highly recommend Bushtalk Radio to anyone, especially those interested in history. The setup is fairly straight forward if you follow the directions. As of yet, I haven't had any major issues such as the sim crashing as has been reported so perhaps that's been fixed. I felt it needed a more recent review and a few more stars. Thanks for an excellent, purposeful addition to the sim!
Egegaard
Very great app but sadly it induced CTD, my group uninstalled the plug-in and landmarks and we again had no CTD.
teddabod
Love it love it! One thing though -- can you make the in-game toolbar icon a tad smaller? It's a little larger than the standard ones in the toolbar and in fact is so big that it goes outside of the bounding box of the toolbar icon container.
gamer4805
Awesome addon. A couple of suggestions for the next update - maybe have an option to automatically shorten a commentary (maybe to stop playing after 2 or 3 sentences - many of them drag on for too long). Also a possible bug that may need fixing is the local radio stations - no matter where I am flying it only gives me stations from the Seattle/Portland area.