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Changelog

The Changelog lists in detail all updates and improvements made to AirwaySim over time.

Here you can see what has changed, what has been improved, and how the simulation continues to evolve.

Changelog
22-Aug-2024

Backend updates

New features

  • A new backend calculation system of AirwaySim v.2.0 has been taken into use. This is a complete technical refresh of the server-side calculation system of the simulation, and is using the same & latest technology that is used in our new website and new game pages, also allowing more flexible management and monitoring of the server-side calculations, and enabling us to build new features with more ease. At first the new backend calculation will handle:
    • The AI brokers' used aircraft market refreshes (posting of the planes to the market, managing their listing prices, and removing them if they are not selling).
    • Some other AI brokers' stored aircraft management (making cargo conversions, and scrapping very old planes).
    • The airport slot generation (random slot increases at the starting phase of the game, and later the slot changes after airport infrastructure expansions).
    • There are no visible changes to the users / simulation with this update since the basic functionality remains the same with some small improvements / tweaks.

Improvements

  • Removed Google Analytics.
  • Improvements to the site's backend maintenance / cleanup processes.
  • Improvements to error reporting / alerting systems at the site backend.

Fixes

  • Removing aircraft from sale on used market did not work on Apple's devices.
  • French airlines could not open bases in some of the French territories (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna).
Posted at: 22-Aug-2024
30-Jun-2024

New Alliance Creation page

New feature - New Alliance Creation page

  • The entire process of creating a new Alliance and all related functions have been fully renewed.
  • The user interface and code is 100%, with mobile-compatible layout of AirwaySim v.2.0.
  • The Create Alliance page is divided into three sub "control panels", based on the step you are in the process. First is the actual alliance creation, second is managing the invitations, and third step is the listing the alliance in public (which actually creates the alliance forums).
  • The alliance can now be formed with only two founder airlines, with the option to invite a third one too.
  • There is a possibility to cancel the sent founder invitations.
  • Also a new possibility to cancel the entire alliance creation process.
  • The invited members have the chance to give a reason why they decline the alliance application.
  • There are no longer any fees or costs or other rules/limits (such as airline age or fleet size) related to alliance creation, they can always be set up directly when the game starts without a setup fee.
  • Compared to previous, the new third step in alliance creation is that the alliance creation must be confirmed by one of the founding members from the "control panel" of the Create Alliance page. The alliance founders can track on the status of the invitations they send out for founding members, and when at least two founding members have accepted the invite (the original creator + one other), the alliance is eligible for founding.
  • The alliance creation process now sends better invitation messages, and also in-game news, appropriate for each step of the process.

Improvements

  • The airline status bar "slider" icons in mobile view are made a bit larger (the airline status bar can be scrolled with slide gesture, or by clicking either of the three dots below it).
  • Technical improvements on some shared game functions of v.2.0 game core.

Fixes

  • Aircraft "ramp check" feature incorrectly took into account routes without slots, when determining if the plane was actually flying or not.
Posted at: 30-Jun-2024
Build Version: 2.0-20240630.01
04-Jun-2024

New Alliance Control Panel

New feature - New Alliance Control Panel

  • The Alliance Control Panel and all related functions have been fully renewed.
  • The user interface and code is 100%, with mobile-compatible layout of AirwaySim v.2.0. The Control Panel is divided into three sub-sections, Alliance Applications, Alliance Settings and Member Management.
  • You can now promote members to Alliance Managers directly (and to demote them as regular members).
  • Alliance applications and invitations, as well as the application rejections, can now have a short text describing the response's reasons.
  • In-game news are now posted every time a member leaves or joins an alliance.
  • Alliance Settings now support the new and bigger alliance logo and livery, similar to airline logo/livery.
  • Member Management section includes an expandable overview of all member airlines, as well as the total alliance membership counts.
  • Alliance joining / forming limits permanently removed (previously was a game-specific setting, and default required an airline age of 6 months or older, with fleet of 10 planes or more - these limits no longer apply).
  • Alliance max member count is now always fixed at 40 members, instead of dynamic based on the game capacity.
  • PLEASE NOTE: All pending alliance invitations / applications have been reset due to the system change, and you should submit them again.

Improvements

  • Activated some additional security filters in core website systems.
  • Added the Matomo user analytics, for testing purposes, as a proposed alternative for Google Analytics.
  • Internal improvements to form data handling.
  • The mobile sub-menu icon is now dynamic, and better represents the menu status of being a search/filters menu, or a 2nd level navigation menu.

Fixes

  • AI's pax-to-cargo conversion of aircraft in storage was too fast for game starts. The functionality is disabled at the game start, until the game has run for 4 years.
  • Rebrand Airline did not post the in-game news correctly in all cases, causing an error 500 to the user.
  • Fixed a minor issue with search engine XML sitemap.
  • User profile's viewing page gave out a database error if user had joined a game but had no existing airlines.
  • Fixed minor display issues with alliance icons and former airline names on Statistics page.
  • Airline Status Bar dropdown menu showed behind the main content on some tablet devices.
  • Enter keypress to save route editor did not always work.
  • AI brokers did not always order new aircraft.
  • Airline Information page's "Route timetables" section did not display techstop airports correctly.
Posted at: 04-Jun-2024
16-May-2024

Updates, improvements and fixes after site migration (#6)

New features

  • User Profile pages now list achievements and achievement progress of that user.
  • User Profile pages now have a direct link to send Private Message to that user.
  • User Profile pages now indicate if the user is Online or Offline (last seen within 15 minutes).

Improvements

  • Further improved the browser back button behaviour on legacy UI pages.
  • Improved the page loading of legacy UI pages to improve page loading times even further.
  • Improved the layout loading of legacy UI pages for small laptop displays, mainly MacBook.
  • Reactivated Google Analytics to collect usage statistics (was temporarily disabled during the site migration).

Fixes

  • Unread messages notification balloon in Airline Status Bar sometimes overlapped the airline name,
  • "Cancel" button on "Delete all messages" page confirmation dialog did not work.
  • Route Editor's "copy to next day" function reloaded the editor after route was created.
  • Forum's "Total time spent Online" didn't work with the new backend / user data.
  • Fixed some e-mail deliverability issues for game's notifications.
  • Corrected an error in newsletter's user country segmentation.
  • Old UIs modal dialog windows did not position correctly on some mobile devices.
  • Made Settings page's Airline Description text area to be only vertically resizable to avoid layout shifts.
  • User profile page showed "last seen" 01-01-1970 if user had never logged in.
  • Minor layout fixes to display of alliance logo and livery on legacy UI pages.
Posted at: 16-May-2024
09-May-2024

Updates, improvements and fixes after site migration (#5)

New features

  • My Account page now lists your active airlines in each game world.
  • User Profile pages now list the active airlines of this user.

Updates

  • "Game Selection" menu button moved from first to last in the main navigation when inside a game world.
  • Improved styling of the Airline Status Bar on narrow desktop displays.
  • Improved styling of the left-hand Search/Filters menu on narrow desktop displays.
  • For mobile/touchscreen devices, the Search/Filters menu's dropdown selectors no longer use the special searchable dropdown menu, and the menu is reverted to the mobile device native behaviour for better usability. The special menu is still present in desktop environments.
  • Internal updates to Credits store administration systems.
  • Improvements to backend handling of pre-built styles and scripts.

Fixes

  • iOS / iPadOS devices on Safari had issues with the pages, causing a "Problem Repeatedly Occurred" error. This was caused by the old UI's "tabs" navigation system and their page history module. This is now disabled, but this causes the inability to navigate to sub-tabs with the browser back button (will be improved within the new UI's pages).
  • The search filters were not retained in the search menu when moving back/forward between pages.
  • Filters menu search button was not visible on all mobile devices.
  • Airline Status Bar menu dropdowns did not close properly with iPad (when display in landscape mode).
  • Improved display of data on Manage Routes and My Aircraft listing pages with iPad (when display in landscape mode).
  • Forum did not follow the time zone selected from main website's user profile.
  • News items of country's geopolitical changes had an outdated link to the country info page.
Posted at: 09-May-2024
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