Badges

Badges are optional awards given to pilots for achieving milestones or participating in special activities. Staff create and manage badges in Orwell → HQ → Rewards → Badges. Pilots view their earned badges on their profile and browse all available badges at Community → Badges in Phoenix.

Enabling Badges

Badges are an optional feature. Enable them at Settings → vAMSYS Modules → Badges. You need the Can Manage Badges permission to create and manage badges.

Badge Types

Badges are either manual or automatic, determined by whether they have a rule.

	Manual (no rule)	Automatic (has rule)
How awarded	Staff awards manually	System awards when rule is met
When checked	N/A	Each time a PIREP is processed
Multiple awards	Yes - can award same badge multiple times	No - one per pilot
Can remove from pilot	Yes	No

Creating a Badge

Click New Badge and configure the following:

Field	Description
Name	Badge name shown to pilots
Category	Group badges for organisation (e.g., "Events", "Milestones", "Airports"). Pilots can filter by category.
Badge Icon	Image displayed for the badge (maximum 200×200 pixels)
Description	Plain text description shown in badge lists
Rule	Automation rule (optional). Leave empty for manual badges.
Page Content	Rich content displayed when pilots view badge details (optional)

Badge Rules

Each badge can have one rule. Adding a rule makes the badge automatic.

Activity Rules

Rule	Description
Event Participation	Awarded for participating in a specific event
Activity Participation - Count	Awarded for completing X PIREPs in selected activity types (Event, Tour, Roster, Curated Roster, Focus Airport)

Milestone Rules

Rule	Description
Length of Service	Awarded after X days, weeks, months, or years of membership
Transport - Passengers	Awarded for transporting X total passengers
Transport - Cargo	Awarded for transporting X total cargo
Points - Regular/Bonus/All	Awarded for accumulating X points (regular, bonus, or combined)

Flight Rules

Rule	Description
Flight Length - Individual	Awarded for a single flight between X and Y seconds
Flight Length - Total	Awarded for X total seconds of flight time
Flight Distance - Total	Awarded for X total nautical miles flown
PIREPs - Count	Awarded for X completed PIREPs

Landing Rules

Rule	Description
PIREPs - Landing Rate	Awarded for landing at an exact FPM value X times
PIREPs - Landing Rate Between	Awarded for landing within an FPM range X times

Airport Rules

Rule	Description
PIREPs - Landing Airport	Awarded for X landings at selected airports
PIREPs - Landing Airport Runway	Awarded for X landings on specific runways at a selected airport
PIREPs - Departing Airport	Awarded for X departures from selected airports
PIREPs - Arriving or Departing Airport	Awarded for X flights at selected airports (either arriving or departing)

Optional Rule Filters

Many rules support optional filters to narrow eligibility:

• Online Networks - Only count flights on specific networks (VATSIM, IVAO, POSCON, PilotEdge, FSCloud, SayIntentions, Offline, Other)

• Fleets - Only count flights using specific fleets

• Callsign Parameters - Only count flights using specific callsign parameters

• Route Tags - Only count flights on routes with specific tags

• Airports - Only count flights at specific airports

Page Content

Each badge can have rich content displayed when pilots view its details. Add panels with these components:

• Text - Rich text content

• Image - Images with optional click-through URL

• Button - Styled buttons with links

• Alert - Coloured alert boxes

• YouTube Video - Embedded videos

Each component has a width setting (1-12) for layout control.

Managing Badges

Awarding Manual Badges

To award a manual badge:

1. Click on the badge in the badge list

2. Scroll to the Pilots table at the bottom

3. Click Award Badge and select a pilot

To remove a manual badge from a pilot, find them in the Pilots table and click Remove Badge.

Editing Badges

You can freely edit a badge's name, description, image, category, or rules. Important behaviours:

• Edits do not affect existing awards - Pilots who already earned the badge keep it, regardless of changes.

• Rule changes do not re-evaluate - Changing a rule does not remove badges from pilots who no longer meet the new criteria.

• PIREP reprocessing triggers checks - If a pilot should have earned a badge but has not filed recently, reprocessing one of their PIREPs will trigger eligibility checks.

Converting Automatic to Manual

To stop an automatic badge from being awarded without deleting it:

1. Edit the badge

2. Remove the rule

3. Save

This converts it to a manual badge. Pilots who already earned it keep it. You can now also remove the badge from individual pilots if needed.

Deleting Badges

To delete a badge, select it from the badge list and click Delete. This action permanently deletes the badge and removes it from all pilots. Consider converting to manual instead if you want to stop awarding while preserving existing awards.

Where Pilots See Badges

Location	What It Shows
Pilot Profile → Badges	Badges the pilot has earned, most recent first
Community → Badges	All VA badges with image, name, category, description, and recipient count. Filter by category. Click "View Recipients" to see who earned each badge.

Tips

• Use categories - Group related badges (Events, Milestones, Airports, Achievements) for easier navigation.

• Create badge series - Progressive badges (100 hours, 500 hours, 1000 hours) give pilots goals to work towards.

• Event badges - Create unique badges for special events to commemorate participation.

• Manual badges for special recognition - Screenshot competitions, exceptional service, or other achievements that cannot be automatically detected.

Related

• Ranks - Automatic progression based on hours and points

• Scoring Groups - Configure how pilots earn points