(comments) AirwaySim v.1.3 news, previews & info

[marcel25]

How long will it take for the game not working operation can not launch any aircraft explamari signal and it gives me a folder with a red mark!

[Suavis]

I really don't like not being able to manually do a B-check without scheduling checks. Especially now that moving a schedule doesn't allow you to do a B-check on the plane you're moving the schedule to. So now I have to actually schedule A & B checks on the idle plane so it can get a B-check, and then move the routes (including the A&B check schedule) from the active plane to the idle plane. I was ok losing the manual B-check on the maintenance page when I thought we could still trigger a B-check from the "move schedule" function, but we need either one or the other.

+1

I used the manual B-checks quite often for my planes listed on the UM or planes with outdated checks being returned from a Lessee.  

[MidlandDeltic]

In addition to loss of demand bars in the airport selection section of new routes, I miss the option to look at available slots on the route planning page.  In the old version, if you got 0 slots, you could click on the icon and get the airport slot page up so you could see quickly where whether there were available slots close by.  This has now gone - the "?" just tells you the daily sloty cost.  There seems to be no way other than opening a new window with the airport info page on - hardly "optimised for mobile devices" !


Can this be re-instated please?

MD

[exchlbg]

How long will it take for the game not working operation can not launch any aircraft explamari signal and it gives me a folder with a red mark!

Could please someone from Italy take care of him ?

[swiftus27]

yes please, I can't speak italian and his translator is just awful.   

[Minto Typhoon]

Can we get back the alliance forum on the "dashboard page"

[knobbygb]

Could please someone from Italy take care of him ?

Yes, no offence to the guy as I am sure he is just struggling with the language but he has sent me personally around 10 personal messages asking for advice and I really don't have the time or language to help.  He is obviously REALLY struggling and it's a shame nobody can help him.

[Sanabas]

I know... but the time converter sees every day in the whole game as 20mins/day... in the future days will be longer... I was asking if there's a way for the calculation to include the day length change...


"31-Dec-2019 of game time equals (approx.) June 01, 2014, 09:54 PM of real time. "... that's 65 years of gameplay at 20mins/day... since the days will be longer, the real gameplay will also be longer than 10 months 24 days...

Aa, yes, the game itself does not YET know of the longer future days.. That is coming next week

Other issue with this is that I assume the 'credits to complete' displayed are incorrect. Hope next week's fix will change that one, too.

Yes, no offence to the guy as I am sure he is just struggling with the language but he has sent me personally around 10 personal messages asking for advice and I really don't have the time or language to help.  He is obviously REALLY struggling and it's a shame nobody can help him.

Yeah. I haven't talked to him at all, but I've seen 5 automated mentor requests for 5 different MT airlines in the last day or so, all his.

[Mr.HP]

+1

I used the manual B-checks quite often for my planes listed on the UM or planes with outdated checks being returned from a Lessee.  

Why do you do B check manually for A/C listed on the UM? Everytime the A/C got lease, it's delivered to the lessor with a fresh B check automatically

[knobbygb]

Another thing I noticed is that you can no longer reconfigure an aircraft's seating while it's already in maintenance. You used to be able to - and the extra time was just added on to the maintenance.  Now it's necessary to wait until you get it back and then reconfigure it.  Easy to forget to do this.

[Sami]

Other issue with this is that I assume the 'credits to complete' displayed are incorrect. Hope next week's fix will change that one, too.

Yes, indeed.

Another thing I noticed is that you can no longer reconfigure an aircraft's seating while it's already in maintenance. You used to be able to - and the extra time was just added on to the maintenance.  Now it's necessary to wait until you get it back and then reconfigure it.  Easy to forget to do this.

I think this had a feature rq thread already, probably just a missing link which is fast to add.

[lospaziale]

Yes, no offence to the guy as I am sure he is just struggling with the language but he has sent me personally around 10 personal messages asking for advice and I really don't have the time or language to help.  He is obviously REALLY struggling and it's a shame nobody can help him.

If you need help, I'm italian 

[apenfold]

Very much enjoying the new interface, finding it most refreshing. Only one small gripe I am having, on the scheduling page, a separator line between aircraft of a slightly darker colour would be most helpful in distinguishing aircraft. I'm often finding myself clicking the wrong button for the aircraft I intend to use. Other than that small thing, I think the job you've done is fantastic Sami!

[swiftus27]

If you need help, I'm italian 

Then pm marcel and help him learn

[Sanabas]

Another change is that handling costs are lower than before for smaller airports, for large airports costs are unchanged. Country's overall cost level is not yet a factor in these costs (like in salaries they are).

AWS assumes ground handling is done by the airport, but in the future separate handling contracts may be added as a new feature (similar to fuel contracts).


(aircraft types mentioned above are rough examples and the actual cost varies between each type of plane, so costs above are approximations)

As noted by the previous post, another change is coming later which takes better into account how busy the airport is with these costs.

I like the looks of this. Do I rerun my 9 seater test airline now, or wait for emptiness of airport/cheapness of labour to make them even more viable?

[SuriProf4]

I like the looks of this. Do I rerun my 9 seater test airline now, or wait for emptiness of airport/cheapness of labour to make them even more viable?

i may try this after it is confirm implemented. this, coupled with the city-based demand, could be huge for running regional airline

[mramelet]

In addition to loss of demand bars in the airport selection section of new routes, I miss the option to look at available slots on the route planning page.  In the old version, if you got 0 slots, you could click on the icon and get the airport slot page up so you could see quickly where whether there were available slots close by.  This has now gone - the "?" just tells you the daily sloty cost.  There seems to be no way other than opening a new window with the airport info page on - hardly "optimised for mobile devices" !


Can this be re-instated please?

MD

Hi,
I thought the same thing at the beginning, but I actually found it.
It has moved almost at the top right. At the same line than Departure (and Destination).
There is 1st the city name, then the flag of the country, then the distance, and then there are 3 icons.
The 1st is a link to information on the airport, the 2nd is a link to the route information, and the 3rd is a link to what you're looking for : the slots!

[Sami]

Do I rerun my 9 seater test airline now, or wait for emptiness of airport/cheapness of labour to make them even more viable?

I am not planning staff changes but the other few airport fee changes may be useful still for this, and I would probably finish them today (depending a bit how bad is my flu getting .. )

[swiftus27]

Examples (large airport [5], year 2010):
Plane   Old cost     New cost  
B777 (v.large)   $1850   $2000
A320 (large)   $1200   $1200
ATR (med)   $790   $560
DHC6 (small)   $550   $150

Examples (middlesize airport [3], year 2010):
Plane   Old cost     New cost  
B777 (v.large)   $1750   $1850
A320 (large)   $1100   $1000
ATR (med)   $690   $420
DHC6 (small)   $450   $94


Examples (tiny airport [1], year 2010):
Plane   Old cost     New cost  
ATR (med)   $480   $300
DHC6 (small)   $240   $50

Okay my response is that we need to stop taxing the rich and giving it to the poor.   If they wanted to become airliners, they should've studied harder.   Instead they sipped on too much Low Lead and didn't get into Jet school.   Now you're giving them a leg up.... sorry, turboprop (if they went to airplane community or vocational school) up.  This is unfair to the rest of society who worked hard to earn the right to pull right up to the jetway.   Let those bravo-space hogs suffer on the taramac where their passengers deserve to run for cover in a blizzard or rain storm.  

Really this is Sami's warped European liberal socialist agenda mindset again being forced upon us.   He needs to quit playing Robin Hood and get back to working on City Based Planning already.   And when the $%@# will I finally be able to build Clubs and Lounges and manage my in-flight entertainment?  

[dmoose42]

Sounds like you had too much tequila earlier today swiftus

While some of the recent proposals have had an element of...redistribution as you call it, I agree with the comments made by LemonButt and others that the solutions to gameplay challenges should be 'market' driven rather than driven by forced caps.

In regards to this tweak, we all know that is very hard to operate small aircraft profitably with the games existing engine.  Last year's tweaks to the pricing engine and significantly lowering the costs for small airplanes to fly into small airports is a good first step.

I do worry about the slot situation, particularly for slot constrained airports and the various remedies that have been thrown about.  We need something that's market driven and not an artificial cap on the number of slots that an airline can own.

Cheers

dmoose42

correction: Swiftus prefers beer and not tequila...sorry for the confusion...