MultiScope Air Traffic Control: Terms of Service
MultiScope Air Traffic Control (the "Game") is developed by Dalí Klaassen & Pim van Gool ("we", "us"). These terms apply to the Game, its playtest builds, its online services (live weather, live traffic, in-game feedback, connecting your Discord account and the Playtester role) and its Discord community. By playing the Game or using these services you agree to them.
The Game is sold and delivered through Steam, so the Steam Subscriber Agreement also applies to your purchase, refunds and your Steam account. If these terms and Valve's conflict on those points, Valve's terms win.
1. Your licence to play
When you buy or are given access to the Game, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and play it for your own, non-commercial entertainment. The Game and its content remain ours; you receive a licence to use it, not ownership of it.
1a. No business or commercial use
The licence above does not cover use by or for a business or other organisation. Without a separate written licence from us, you may not use the Game:
- for training, instruction, assessment or selection of pilots, controllers or other staff (for example at a flight school, training provider, airline, airport or air navigation service provider);
- as part of a paid or commercial service, event, exhibition, venue or attraction, or on machines offered to the public, such as in an arcade, internet café or simulator centre;
- for advertising, product demonstrations or promotion of anyone other than the Game itself;
- inside other commercial products, or for research and development by a company.
Streaming and videos are covered separately in section 2. If you'd like to use the Game in a business or organisation, contact us for a commercial licence.
2. Videos, streams and screenshots
As an exception to section 1a, you are welcome to stream the released Game and to publish videos and screenshots of it, including on monetised channels, as long as you don't present it as your own work or imply that we endorse you. Playtest builds are different: please don't redistribute them, and check the rules in our Discord before publishing playtest footage.
3. Third-party components
The Game includes software and data from others under their own licences (for example the Godot Engine, Piper, eSpeak NG under the GNU GPL, and OpenStreetMap data under the Open Database License). They are listed in the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file that ships with the Game. Nothing in these terms limits the rights those licences give you over those components.
4. Acceptable use
- Don't copy, resell, rent or redistribute the Game, or remove its notices.
- Don't attempt to disrupt, overload, attack or gain unauthorised access to the Game's servers or the services behind them.
- Don't misuse the in-game feedback tool or our Discord (spam, abuse, illegal content), and follow the rules of our Discord server.
- Except where the law or a licence in section 3 expressly allows it, don't reverse-engineer, decompile or modify the Game.
4a. Multiplayer
- Hosts run their own sessions. A host decides who can find a session and who gets in, and can lock a session or remove players. We do not monitor or moderate multiplayer sessions.
- Treat other players with respect. Don't use cheats, modified game files or other tools to disrupt other players' sessions, and keep names and passwords free of illegal or abusive content. Report abuse in a session to us on our Discord.
- Multiplayer depends on Steam, on every player's connection and on the host's computer. A session can drop or end, and we cannot promise that it is available or that it works without interruption.
5. Online services
Live weather and live traffic use real-world data from third-party sources that we don't control. That data can be late, incomplete or wrong, and the services may be slow, unavailable, rate-limited, changed or discontinued at any time. The Game remains fully playable without them. Connecting your Discord account, the Playtester role and our Discord are offered as a courtesy and may also change or end.
6. AI-generated content
Pilot voices are generated live on your computer by AI speech synthesis, and the optional Enhanced AI voice mode uses an on-device speech-recognition model. Both only work with the Game's own air traffic control phraseology and run offline; see the privacy notice for details.
7. Feedback
If you send us feedback, suggestions or bug reports, you allow us to use them to develop and improve the Game, without any obligation or payment to you.
8. Not for real-world use
The Game is a simulation for entertainment only. It is not a real air traffic control system and must not be used for real-world air traffic control, navigation, flight planning or pilot or controller training. Procedures, data and depictions are simplified, fictionalised and may be inaccurate. The Game is not affiliated with or endorsed by any airport, air navigation service provider, authority, airline or aircraft manufacturer.
9. Warranty and liability
The Game and its online services are provided "as is". To the maximum extent permitted by law, we give no warranties and are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of them. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, such as for intent or gross negligence, or affects your statutory rights as a consumer.
10. Suspension
If you seriously or repeatedly break these terms, we may suspend or end your access to the online services, playtests and our Discord. This does not affect your right to play a copy of the Game you bought, except where your use itself is unlawful.
11. Privacy
How we handle personal data is described in our privacy notice.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands. If you are a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live, and you may bring a claim in the courts there.
13. Changes
We may update these terms as the Game develops; the "last updated" date above will change with them. Changes don't take away rights you already have in a copy you bought.
14. Contact
Email [email protected], or reach us via our Discord: discord.gg/BDvP6ZuY5m.