1.3 Open Testing scenario feedback & discussion thread

[slither360]

City Centre is only restricted by runway legnth, not by other factors I thought.

[psw231]

  Spent a few minutes searching and it has a turbofan restriction, see www.torontoport.com/airport_facts.asp under aircraft accomadation

[Sami]

The new launched B777 is with 6 440 kg / hr average fuel burn!!!!
It's like the B737 in DOTM2!!

You'd ought to check again the figures. 737 burns around 2500/h I think.

I like that the game clock is live in the window. Would it be possible to also have the money update live?

Already does that on every day change.

FUEL CONTRACTS

Fuel hedges will be added later, but it should also extend the outstations then ... somehow.

[dansken]

Thanks for fixing the lists (no scrolling needed anymore) 

[DenisG]

I am also experiencing very different LFs on long-hauls. Flying to Paris, London, Madrid with a 7-matrix on 742 from Mumbai, all starting in the same week, I have very different results that cannot be related to departure time nor frequency (1 daily), nor demand. I continue to have London at 55% LFs, while Paris it up at 80%. Both started in the same week, both without competition, both healthy departure times, same 7-matrix.

The only thing I noticed is that the weaker flights depart until 09.00am and the more successful flights after 12.00pm. But then again, I find huge differences depending on the week day. Not sure, perhaps I just imagine this or just do not remember from the past.

On daily operated routes, I also have significant jumps. 83% LF on Saturday, then 36% on wednesday, and the next wednesday 84% (762, Mumbai-Istanbul), no comptition.

Cheers,
Denis

Edit: This is not a 'bug' report, but observation, as I am not sure if this is supposed to be working like that. Personally, I find it quite good.

[schro]

I am also experiencing very different LFs on long-hauls. Flying to Paris, London, Madrid with a 7-matrix on 742 from Mumbai, all starting in the same week, I have very different results that cannot be related to departure time nor frequency (1 daily), nor demand. I continue to have London at 55% LFs, while Paris it up at 80%. Both started in the same week, both without competition, both healthy departure times, same 7-matrix.

The only thing I noticed is that the weaker flights depart until 09.00am and the more successful flights after 12.00pm. But then again, I find huge differences depending on the week day. Not sure, perhaps I just imagine this or just do not remember from the past.

Cheers,
Denis

I'm having issues as well on NRT-LAX and NRT-HNL. I just moved everything to a 30 minute interval to see if that helps, but if it doesn't, then it would almost seem that the day of the flight is being disregarded for the limitation (i.e. if you have a monday 10AM and a tuesday 10AM on different flight numbers, both get zinged even if you only have 1x flight per day).

Not sure if the feature request bucket is taking ideas, but it would be awesome to have a warning box put up if the "flights too close" threshold gets triggered.  Its making some long haul scheduling a royal pain/nearly impossible where the city pair only has a 2 hour window of acceptable takeoff/landing timeslots yet needs an 8x frequency on a VLA to fill demand...

[bakuljav]

You both guys know this depends on how much pax there are on a route average? So I'm sure Tokyo Haneda to Sapporo or Fukuoka will work with 10 minutes while other routes need the full 60 minutes.

yes, it works from Haneda to sapporo or fukuoka with 15 minutes interval. LF between 75-85%. It confirms Sami's notes that route with 4000 pax/day or more should doing well with 15 minutes intervals and route with 2000 pax/day needs 35 minutes intervals.

T. Wong

[Sami]

FYI; if you have some routes that need a closer look for some reason please keep the route running and post the flight number and destination.

I will occasionally take database snapshots and can then debug then locally (or debug is a poor word but I can see the "analysis" for pax distribution). Though not sure if I am able to do anything in a few days, should try to be on holiday a bit


Anyway 1.3 seems to be going smoothly and all minor issues are fixed. So expect MT#5 on saturday afternoon.

[Ilyushin]

FYI; if you have some routes that need a closer look for some reason please keep the route running and post the flight number and destination.

I will occasionally take database snapshots and can then debug then locally (or debug is a poor word but I can see the "analysis" for pax distribution). Though not sure if I am able to do anything in a few days, should try to be on holiday a bit


Anyway 1.3 seems to be going smoothly and all minor issues are fixed. So expect MT#5 on saturday afternoon.

Will we have a grand opening with beer?

[DenisG]

MT5 on Saturday sounds great!

Cheers,
Denis

[schro]

I've got a couple parked planes that I haven't scheduled yet and I'm getting a big threatening banner that says some of my planes have expired checks or are grounded, please maintain them.

Since this is purposeful (no point to do checks on a plane that isn't flying yet), I'm not sure I like the banner...

[Curse]

Yep. Would be nice if the banner only shows up when an aircraft with routes scheduled has checks left. Should be easy possible due to the new "unscheduled aircraft"-page. What's listed there can't pop up the banner.

[ksliu9]

Isn't it the rule "Not allow to make a technical stopover in the world's largest airports" already canceled? But I still cannot make a technical stopover in Beijing.



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[Hachiko]

Isn't it the rule "Not allow to make a technical stopover in the world's largest airports" already canceled? But I still cannot make a technical stopover in Beijing.

I think the rule: Not allowed to open a new base in Top 20 largest airports - is now allowed in 1.3.

[Maarten Otto]

Good to hear it's working OK so far... 

[DenisG]

Oh, oh, my Madrid route seems to have stopped working.

Different aircraft, flying 7-matrix, and one is still showing results.

I haven't modified anything on these routes. Delays are normal.

4 of 5 Madrid-Mumbai routes show no results, no history.

Perhaps B-check? I have scheduled all B-checks to effect the Madrid routes. But B-checks last for one day and should at least show the figure from the week before?!

Denis

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[Unbornio]

Just a little error here.

Current Description for CASA C-212:

Originally a military aircraft made to replace the aging fleet Spanish Airforce transport planes was successfully transformed into a regional airliner.


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A bit of a grammar problem here? 

Could be...

Originally a military aircraft made to replace the aging fleet of Spanish Air Force transport planes, the CASA C-212 was successfully transformed into a regional airliner.


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The rest of the game is working wonderfully with me so far, bankrupted a few times, switched around to other bases, no bugs present  .

[Sami]

Oh, oh, my Madrid route seems to have stopped working.

* Press 'edit' for the route.

* Check if slot price is $0, or not

* if price is 0$ then it is b check or similar, otherwise it has lost the slot and have to figure why.

[DenisG]

* Press 'edit' for the route.

* Check if slot price is $0, or not

* if price is 0$ then it is b check or similar, otherwise it has lost the slot and have to figure why.

Slots are ok; I believe it must have been B-check, but it should have shown results from earlier weeks. Now, all Madrid routes are working fine again. I have another route with $0 right now, but it shows me that the concerned flight was canceled.
Denis

Edit:
C-checks had no influence on this, just checked the dates.

[DenisG]

The route 017/018 did not show any results on 02 October (posting, screenshot above). Now on 14 October, it shows results for the 22 September, that should already have been displayed in the screenshot from 02 October.

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