Game 4 ideas

[Monk Xion]

2000's start too easy? Think about it, 9/11 on the second year, followed by skyrocketing fuel costs. Of course demand is huge until 2008/2009 but it would certainly have some interesting stuff going on.

hmm i see almost $1000 fuel coming by 2004/2005  .

RK

[Monk Xion]

Would some 1975 or so be a too bad time to start?


(= meh wantz to fly Caravelle!)

errr not after beta 3.... even though I made a killer @ Oslo- Gardenmoren. 

RK

[xtfer]

I would really like to play an earlier variant, say 1950 on... to fly some of the classic aircraft of that period. The Lockheed Constellation, the de Havilland Comet (complete with accidents), the Caravelle, the Stratocruiser, the 707...

It would probably start slowly, with these planes the range wasn't great and the load was low, but it would force you to be strategic in your gameplay, and set up a situation where new jets did not necessarily mean first-in was the winner, as established routings would play a part (as they do in real life).

[swiftus27]

Here's an idea

How about displaying airplane's airspeed in both kts and mach.  I hate trying to figure out if a propeller airplane would work better in certain situations.

[charger27]

1960 - 2010 = 50 years of flight... 2 different games of 25 years '60-'85 and '85-2010 (I'd play them both because of the diversity).
Limit to 300 people - double the credits to 20 (so it is worthwhile to the developers).

I don't know about anyone else, but I find 375 too crowded... and the route revenue watered down.
In Canada, 10 credits cost me about $6.50 - which is VERY cheap for that length of game... I'd pay more for a less crowded game world.
Heck, in this day & age even 12 bucks over 3 or 4 months is ridiculously cheap entertainment... good luck finding that anywhere else.

Some of those older jets would be nice to fly, while they are relevant in their era... for instance, my favorite are the stretched DC8's (61,62,63) - I could see trying to establish overseas with planes like that.
I wonder how Convair 880's and 990's would do for example?
I was really too young when they were commercial aircraft... but I've had opportunity to check them out up close over the years.

I'm an airliner enthusiast who appreciated the 737-100 as much as the 787 of today.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

[masoniclight]

I still say 1948-1968

Props are still king and jets are just making their presence felt.. more difficult.. would really challenge the players..

at least I hope there is more than one choice for game 4

[DubCook]

I'm a BIG fan of the early era... 40's or 50's to the 70's...

That said... as for how the sim stands now... I must agree with a workmate of mine that... the C check scheduling needs to be tweaked a bit... From what I am seeing, if you schedule a C check... which obviously takes the plane out of action for a good period of time... for the last week in a month, you are unable to schedule ANY flights on that A/C for the previous 3 weeks of that month!! Or are we missing something??? 

[Kontio]

That said... as for how the sim stands now... I must agree with a workmate of mine that... the C check scheduling needs to be tweaked a bit... From what I am seeing, if you schedule a C check... which obviously takes the plane out of action for a good period of time... for the last week in a month, you are unable to schedule ANY flights on that A/C for the previous 3 weeks of that month!! Or are we missing something??? 

You may be missing something. C checks are done once a year. They are not really scheduled. You can have them carried out automatically when the time comes, or you can send a plane to maintenance early. For the time the plane is in C check it is not flying, but it does retain its schedule and is automatically returned to service as soon as maintenance is finished. I'm not sure where you are getting the "previous 3 weeks of that month" thing?