ShortMetarForEuroScope

ShortMetar is a compact METAR plugin developed for EuroScope. It supports VATSIM and MGM RASAT sources, displays LT* aerodromes, filters by active traffic, highlights wind and QNH changes, updates automatically, and saves user settings.

Commands

.sm all — Recommended command. Shows METARs for all LT* airports.

.sm used — Recommended command. Shows only airports with active departure or arrival traffic.

.sm filter LTFM — Shows a single requested airport.

.sm filter LTFM,LTAW,LTAI — Shows multiple requested airports.

.sm online — Recommended command. Shows active traffic in the sector your connected CID is responsible for.

.sm online sct ANK_W78 (short form: .sm online sct W78) — Shows active traffic in the specified sector. Some positions may have a compact identifier with no underscore/number at all (e.g. ANKC).

.sm vatsim — Switches the data source to VATSIM.

.sm rasat — Recommended command. Switches the data source to MGM RASAT (default).

.sm eng — Recommended command. Switches the language to English (default).

.sm tr — Switches the language to Turkish.

.sm refresh — Updates METAR data immediately.

.sm refresh airport — Updates the traffic list immediately.

.sm ack — Acknowledges and clears all yellow alerts (same as the "C" button).

.sm save — Saves panel position, font size, data source, and language settings to SMconfig.json.

.sm reload — Reloads settings from SMconfig.json.

.sm show or .sm chatbox — Reopens the hidden chatbox.

.sm help — Displays the command list.

Panel Buttons

Button	Function
C	Acknowledges all yellow alerts (same as .sm ack)
- / +	Decreases / increases font size
^ / v	Collapses / expands the panel
Title bar	Drag to move the panel's position on screen

How It Works

• All LT* airport METAR data is loaded at startup.
• Data is fetched via VATSIM or MGM RASAT (default source: RASAT).
• Departure and arrival traffic on the VATSIM network is tracked continuously.
• QNH and wind changes are detected automatically over time; if only QNH changes, only the QNH is highlighted yellow, and if both QNH and wind change, the entire line is highlighted yellow.
• Newly detected traffic is highlighted briefly in blue.
• Filtering lets you display only the airport(s) or sector-related traffic you want.
• The .sm online / .sm online sct filter automatically determines which position is responsible for which airports using the [POSITIONS] and [AIRSPACE] data in the EuroScope sector file (.ese).
• The interface language can be switched between English and Turkish (default: English).
• Panel position, font size, data source, and language settings are stored persistently in SMconfig.json.

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How to Install

• First, download the plugin.
• After opening EuroScope, go to Settings > Plug-ins.
• Click Load and select the downloaded .dll file.
• After the plugin loads, scroll down and click the button marked in red in the image below to allow it to draw on the Standard ES Radar Screen.
• Once you close the settings window, the plugin will be ready to use.

The required steps are shown in order in the images below.

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