Scenario Builder The Easiest Way to Create Highly Effective Training Scenarios for Microsoft® Flight Simulator X, Microsoft ESP™ and Lockheed Martin® Prepar3D™
Scenario Builder is an FAA FITS accepted product
Scenario-based training (SBT) is changing the way pilots learn to fly and stay proficient. The Flight1 Aviation Technologies Scenario Builder is a tool that lets you easily create immersive simulation experiences for Microsoft® Flight Simulator X, Microsoft® ESP™ and Lockheed Martin® Prepar3D™. Scenario Builder was designed with the FAA/Industry Training Standards (FITS) in mind, and is a FITSaccepted product. It’s ideally suited for creating simulation scenarios that focus on Scenario-Based Training (SBT), Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM), and Learner-Centered Grading (LCG). Scenario Builder works just like you think, so you don’t need to be a computer programmer to use it. With an intuitive interface that’s much easier to use than the mission creation tool Microsoft and Lockheed Martin provide in their Software Development Kits, Scenario Builder will enable you to quickly create scenarios you can use in training. Scenario Builder is for you if you are: A flight school owner or manager. Scenario Builder, ESP or Prepar3D and VISPRO can be combined to provide your instructors and students with scenario-based training experiences that are in many ways more effective than what they could do in an airplane. An independent flight or ground instructor. Using Scenario Builder, you can create a library of training scenarios your students can fly under your supervision using ESP or Prepar3D, or at home on their own using Flight Simulator X. An entrepreneur. The Scenario Builder license gives you the right to distribute and/or sell any scenarios that you make: to your students, via the web, however you want. The Power of Simulation for Scenario-Based Training The goal of scenario-based training (SBT) is to “train the way you fly” and “fly the way you train.” To this end there is no better tool than simulation. A flight simulator can provide a pilot with virtually the same cognitive experience he or she would have in a real aircraft, with some important additional benefits:
A simulator is more flexible than a real aircraft.
A simulator offers repeatability.
A simulator knows exactly what the pilot does, and keeps a record that can be analyzed.
A simulator gives the instructor complete control over every aspect of the experience.
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The FAA defines scenario-based training as “a training system that uses a highly structured script of real-
Scenario Builder gives you access to the most important elements of the Flight Simulator X, ESP, or Prepar3D
world experiences to address flight-evaluation in an operational environment.”
mission system via a simple, intuitive interface ... so you can focus on the training instead of the tool.
Delivering scripted experiences on the ground or in an airplane typically requires a lot of role-playing and a
Scenario Builder makes it easy to quickly create missions for:
suspension of disbelief. Using Scenario Builder, you can create detailed simulation experiences that leave very little to the pilot’s imagination. Unlike “brain flying” on the ground or simulating experiences while burning fuel in
Self-learning
Learning cockpit flow/procedures
Mastering emergency procedures
Aircraft checkouts
Route familiarization
Teaching and evaluating decision-making skills
a real airplane, a realistic Flight Simulator, ESP, or Prepar3D scenario completely immerses the pilot in the flight.
Become a Scenario Publisher In order for scenario-based training to be most effective, instructors need to have access to a library of scenarios covering a wide variety of skills and situations. While there are a wide variety of teaching aids available for maneuver-based training (MBT), scenario-based training in general aviation is still gaining widespread acceptance, so SBT scripts and syllabuses are harder to come by. Simulation scenarios for Flight Simulator X, ESP and Prepar3D exist, but they aren’t widely available.
For most general training, Scenario Builder alone will get the job done. If you want to create especially complex missions and you’re tech savvy, you can use Scenario Builder to structure the basic flow of a mission,
The Publisher version of Scenario Builder gives you the right to distribute and sell any scenarios that you
and then use the SDK tool to add additional functionality.
make. Once you become a skilled simulation scenario builder you may want to sell your creations to pilot, instructors, and flight schools. One of the easiest ways to distribute your scenarios is via the Flight1 Tech Marketplace.
A Simple Building Block Approach Scenario Builder is a stand-alone application that integrates with Flight Simulator X, ESP, or Prepar3D.
Mission Creation … the Intuitive Way
To create missions with Scenario Builder, you don’t even have to have the Mission Creation Software Development Kit (SDK) installed.
You’ll create your simulation scenarios using the Flight Simulator X, ESP, or Prepar3D “mission” system. A mission does two things:
in a series of steps.
It structures a user’s experience of the default simulation environment via a series of triggers and actions.
Scenario Builder organizes mission triggers and actions the same way you design your scenarios on paper:
The left side of the screen shows the sequence of steps, and the right side shows the properties for the currently selected step. You can easily change the order of steps, and copy and paste them (both within a
It adds to the default environment via custom weather, sounds, scenery, animations, and effects.
mission and between missions). When you save a mission, Scenario Builder will automatically translate it into a format understood by Flight Simulator X, ESP, and Prepar3D and generate all the necessary files.
The Mission Creation Software Development Kits (SDK) provided by Microsoft and Lockheed Martin include a complex tool that allows you to create missions. Most people find it quite difficult to understand and use.
A Preview/Edit mode lets you visually place and move mission components within Flight Simulator X, ESP, or Prepar3D (either on the same monitor or on another one). You can move custom scenery objects and area
The flight instructors and aviation educators we talked to told us they didn’t want to spend their time learning
boxes by simply clicking and dragging within the simulated environment.
complicated tools or coding schemas. They just wanted to design effective scenarios, and then quickly turn those scripts into simulation experiences that could be delivered using Flight Simulator X, ESP, or Prepar3D.
So we created Scenario Builder.
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What You Can Do
You can require the pilot to take a specific action
Scenario Builder gives you access to virtually any parameter the simulation uses or keeps track of (ranging
In many missions you’ll want the pilot to perform actions, or to fly within certain tolerances, before the next
from airspeed to the position of individual cockpit switches). You can keep an eye on what the pilot does,
mission step occurs. You can require the pilot to:
how the aircraft responds, where the aircraft is, and how it’s performing. Standard and custom variables (which can be edited) give you access to, and control over, almost anything you can think of.
Reach or maintain a specific parameter. You can require the pilot to maintain an altitude, airspeed, or heading; to set a specific flap position; or to maintain a certain temperature or RPM setting. You can require each parameter to be above a specific value, below a specific value, between two values, or
You can play sounds
not between two values. During a mission, you can trigger spoken voices to simulate air traffic controllers, other pilots, a dispatcher, a co-pilot, or passengers. The voices can be synthesized from text or recorded, and can be captioned.
Reach, leave, stay inside, or stay outside an area. You can place an area box at a fixed geographical position or attach it to a scenery or AI object. You can specify the size of the box, as well as its pitch,
You can also record non-vocal sound files and play them at specific points during a mission. You can play
bank, heading, and whether or not a mission “compass” and “pointer” helps the pilot locate it. To
sound effects, or provide the pilot with audio cues that an assigned task is completed.
simplify things, you can work with area boxes visually in the simulation window using Preview/Edit mode.
You can make things happen Drop payload so that it lands within a specified area box. This action can be used for missions in You can have the mission itself perform basic actions (like adjusting the throttle, tuning radios, or switching
which the pilot needs to drop something from the aircraft.
on lights). This facilitates the creation of scenarios that feature a co-pilot, or tutorial scenarios in which the
pilot watches a demonstration of tasks before doing them.
Land at an airport on a runway. You can require the pilot to land on a runway at more than 20,000 airports around the world.
You can also:
Land inside an area box on the ground. You can require the pilot to land within a specified area on
Adjust the weight and balance. By adjusting the weight of payload at different stations you can
the ground (or on a scenery object). This is especially valuable for route-familiarization scenarios with
simulate people getting in and out of the aircraft, or the loading and unloading of baggage—with
off-airport landings (such as helicopter, seaplane, or ski-plane operations).
realistic results on aircraft performance. To support the Learner-Centered Grading (LCG) tenet of FITS, the mission can provide feedback on the pilot’s Create new camera views. For a more cinematic experience, you can create new views of the pilot’s
action or lack thereof. You can:
aircraft during a mission. For example, a mission can begin with an orienting shot of the aircraft
exterior, then switch to a first-person in-cockpit view once the mission begins.
Verbally remind the pilot of a required action (once or at regular intervals until completed).
Start and stop timers. Timers are an important tool in creating realistic missions. You can use them to
Provide spoken feedback to the pilot after each decision.
Fail the mission if an action is not completed within a specific time limit.
Wait (or not wait) until an action is completed before continuing with the next actions.
create pauses between the execution of mission steps. Give the pilot choices. By creating an on-screen menu prompt you can give the pilot a choice to make. What happens next depends on which option the pilot chooses. Menu prompts can be used for Learner-Centered Grading (LCG) to evaluate and provide feedback on the pilot’s application of Single Pilot Resource Management (SRM) concepts. They can also be used to create missions with branching decision trees, or to accept or decline requests from simulated crew members, air traffic controllers, dispatchers, or passengers.
image file of a certificate, trophy, medal, badge, postcard, etc.) to the pilot, which is stored on the Pilot Records screen.
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You can design your mission to automatically create scenery objects, ground vehicles, AI aircraft for realistic ambiance, or as a critical part of the scenario. You can:
Reward the pilot for a job well done. In Flight Simulator X missions, you can grant a reward (an
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Add new scenery objects to the world that only appear during a mission. You can select objects from a vast library of more than 3,500 objects included with FSX, ESP, or Prepar3D using a list or
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thumbnail view. You can change the scale of an object, and position it by entering data or by dragging
Turbine Ignition)
it in the simulator window using Preview/Edit mode. Objects in the default library include airport
objects, people, buildings, trees, and more. Make any scenery object follow waypoints. By making a scenery object a “mobile object,” you can
Elevators, Ailerons, Rudder, Flaps, Brakes, and more.
You can customize things
make it move along a specific path at a specific speed, turn speed, turn time, and acceleration. Want even more options? If you’re technically-inclined and want to dive into the Mission Creation Software Add ground vehicles that move realistically. Choose from a library that includes airport vehicles like
Development Kit, you can:
fuel trucks and luggage tugs, other vehicles, boats, and more.
Execute any custom action assignable to a key command. This essentially lets the mission itself do anything the pilot could by pressing a keyboard command.
Add AI aircraft that are either parked, taxiing, or flying. By specifying waypoints and movement parameters, you can make the AI aircraft taxi along specific routes, takeoff, fly to multiple waypoints,
land on a runway, and taxi to parking.
Execute custom actions that can be set via SimConnect. SimConnect is an Application Programming Interface (API) that lets third-party software interact with Flight Simulator X, ESP or Prepar3D. (For
Add special effects (with or without associated sounds). Effects include flashing lights, smoke, fire,
example, using custom parameters and SimConnect you could have third-party software interact
fireworks, explosions, lightning strikes, volcanic eruptions, and more. You can place effects at fixed
with the simulation, or export simulation or mission data to an external scoring module or learning
positions, or attach them to mission scenery objects.
management system.)
Set new waypoints for mobile scenery objects, ground vehicles, or AI aircraft to follow. You can modify an object’s movement based on the pilot’s actions, or to delay setting an object in motion. For
Interact with certain third-party add-on gauge modules. You can create missions in which the pilot interacts with complex systems and avionics created by third-party developers.
example, a “Follow Me” vehicle or a fuel truck can respond to the pilot’s movement or lack thereof. You can review scenarios in VISPRO
Hold sequencing until an AI object enters or leaves an area box. You can wait to trigger an action (like playing a radio call or triggering an effect) until an AI aircraft is in a certain location.
Scenario Builder can record and save the aircraft’s flight track during a mission, along with a record of all mission events (such as instructor voice prompts, pilot actions, etc.) and when they occurred. This “flight
Hold an AI object inside or outside of an area box until the pilot performs a specific action. You can
track” file can then be imported into VISPRO (a Flight1 Technologies instructor station for Flight Simulator
keep an AI aircraft within (or outside) a specified area until something else happens (like the pilot’s
X, ESP, or Prepar3D) for review and analysis using a map view, graphs, and replaying in the simulation
aircraft flying close to it).
environment.
Hide AI or scenery objects. By making objects disappear you can simulate things like luggage being
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loaded, or a person getting into an airplane or going into a building. You can cause malfunctions
As you’ve seen, Scenario Builder is incredibly powerful ... yet you don’t need to be a computer programmer to
You can trigger a variety of failures in the pilot’s aircraft, and repair them. A health percentage value determines how badly the system is affected. Failures you can trigger include:
use it because it works the way you think. Using Scenario Builder, you can you can begin building your own library of simulation scenarios, and you
Instruments (Attitude Indicator, Heading Indicator, Vertical Speed Indicator, Altimeter, Airspeed Indicator, Turn Coordinator, Compass)
can distribute and sell the scenarios you create. You can quickly go “from script top screen,” turning your own FITS-inspired scenario ideas (or scenarios you’ve acquired from books, magazines, and web sites) into immersive simulation experiences pilots will find both educational and fun. With Scenario Builder, there’s no
Systems (Vacuum, Pitot-Static, Electrical)
longer any good reason not to incorporate scenario-based simulation training into your educational toolbox.
Radio receivers (Comm, Nav, ADF, Transponder)
With more than 15 years of industry experience, Flight1 is one of the most respected third-party solution providers for Microsoft’s simulations. We use the depth and breadth of our knowledge to create products that
Engines (Engine Failure, Engine Fire, Fuel Leak, Fuel Pump, Oil Leak, Oil System, Generator, Magnetos,
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push the limits of what can be done with PC-based simulation for both entertainment and flight training.
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We’re excited about the ways people are using our products, and we’d love to hear about your success with
An Intuitive Tool
Scenario Builder.
“On the Community team at Microsoft we had lots of ideas for creating simple scenarios for pilots and simmers. The thought of using the complicated Software Development Kit tools to create them ensured most
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of our ideas never got off the ground. I wish a tool as intuitive as Scenario Builder had existed back then. I could have created missions almost as quickly as I thought of them.”
Standard Edition $295.00 (Works with Microsoft FSX and Microsoft ESP—Lockheed Martin Prepar3D Support Coming Soon!) Note: Please inquire re multi-seat site licenses.
Mike Singer Former Enthusiast Evangelist Microsoft Simulations
Publisher Edition Distribute and sell your scenarios $595.00 (Works with Microsoft FSX and Microsoft ESP—Lockheed Martin Prepar3D Support Coming Soon!)
Our Promise
Upgrade Edition $300.00 (Upgrade from Standard to Publisher Edition)
We’re so confident you won’t find a more intuitive, more useful scenario creation solution for Flight Simulator X, ESP, or Prepar3D than Scenario Builder that we’ll guarantee your satisfaction.
Publisher Edition The Publisher Edition allows you to create scenarios to sell. Please CALL FOR PRICING.
If you try Scenario Builder and decide it’s not for you, just let us know within 30 days of your purchase date.
After you install Scenario Builder, we suggest you dive right in and try creating your first scenario.
Send us everything back, and we’ll refund 100% of your payment (minus shipping).
Spend a few minutes looking through the included manual and addendum, then give it a try. After some experimentation, you can give the manual a more thorough read so you’ll learn how to take advantage of all of the features we’ve described here.
Questions? If you need more information before purchasing Scenario Builder, call our toll-free sales line any time Monday
What People Are Saying
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Stands Alone in Instructorless Training “Simulation scenarios created with Scenario Builder can teach judgment and decision-making while a pilot gains and develops automation proficiency. This product stands alone in instructorless training.” Charles L. Robertson, PhD Associate Professor of Aviation University of North Dakota More Realistic Training for Students “I can create more realistic training for my students, and improve their learning experience, by incorporating missions into my classes. Scenario Builder allows me to build missions in days instead of months.” Raynald Bedard Associate Professor, College of Aviation Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ
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