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

[Sami]

I will probably integrate price management to route management later on (= own "tab" under route management, so you can use the same search tools etc). For now there are no changes planned to it (apart from very minor visual updates to match the layout) as I have a very tight deadline on these updates..

[hmellouli]

when will all these UI & other changes be deployed? within the current games like MT8 or in a new game?
I'm sure this is been asked before, but I can't really find anything exact.

[JumboShrimp]

It would be useful to see how the current prices relate to default prices.  Ideally (it was in several feature requests), the prices should be set in percentage of default rather than in dollars.  The percentage over / under default is a lot more important than the dollar amount.

[JumboShrimp]

Some nice features on the scheduling page (filtering).  One of the challenges of the existing UI, and existing filtering was to make the filters "stick".  Some operations would re-set the filters (such as scheduling checks).  Hopefully, the new filters will stay active.

[brique]

really do like the new schedule page filters : especially the highlighting of affected routes when selecting specific destinations : excellent addition!

[Sami]

- ui changes will affect whole site and all games

- as mentioned elsewhere, default prices are not getting focus anymore, and we'll be moving to a more dynamic/player influenced pricing.

- the filters will "stick" after every subfunction as they are loaded via ajax, so closing a route for example does not trigger a full page reload - just the content area reload (central part). Back button functionality in those cases isn't working yet as it has issues with mobile browsers but I will look into that later if suitable addon is found.

[Cardinal]

If you wish to manually perform A or B checks the links will redirect you to scheduling page that auto-opens the A/B maintenance window where you can tick "perform the check now" like already currently.

Does this mean that on an unscheduled plane, I'll have to assign A&B checks in order to be able to do a manual B-check? That'll involve at least two more clicks to do a manual check.

[swiftus27]

You almost never do a manual B check in this game.

[Cardinal]

You almost never do a manual B check in this game.

Speak for yourself. I often get pulled away for days at a time and when I come back I have a lot of idle planes that have expired B-checks (newly delivered or coming out of a C/D check). I do a manual check on them all before I schedule them, and before transferring a schedule to them I do a manual B-check to avoid losing two days of flying on that schedule because manually checking an idle plane finishes the end of the same game day if started before around 2000 (check is retroactive to the start of the current day), but a manual B-check while transferring a schedule I always lose the day I start the check and the next day.

[swiftus27]

Yes but those "manual" checks are done when you schedule the real b check.   It will warn you of the expiration when you set them.   So if you have idle planes, as long as you can get a schedule on it in under 25 minutes, you won't get busted for flying in an expired plane.   Of course we are only taking about maybe 4 more button clicks to b check a plane before scheduling so its really not a big deal

[ChrisA330]

Adding routes to schedules is more difficult now that the details of the flights - ie: times and days are hidden until the specific flight is selected on the Add route to schedule to page.

Would be great to un-hide that information.

[BD]

Really like the "in line" opening of messages rather than the old mode, much faster to navigate.  Thanks, Sami.

[Pukeko]

How do I view airline market share on a route now. I can't figure it out.

[Sami]

How do I view airline market share on a route now. I can't figure it out.

The same way as always before, pop up the route planning data from the globe icon or use the route planning page search tools.

[Pukeko]

The same way as always before, pop up the route planning data from the globe icon or use the route planning page search tools.

It only shows me breakdown of economy/business etc. when I click on the globe icon. Is my memory that bad or did it used to also show a pie chart divided up into airline market share?

[Sami]

Aa oh yes, the popup data has only limited information, since I don't wish to load the maps on the popups, so market share was taken out there too. ..good/bad?

normal: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/Routes/Planning/LFBO/EGLL/?go=1
popup: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/Routes/Planning/X/LFBO/EGLL/

[Frederik]

As a matter of fact I used to like the market share information a lot - in particular as it was an indication of whether your improved load factors were a permanent gain of a one-off while your competitor was absent (usually for maintenance). I would like to have it back please!

[Pukeko]

Aa oh yes, the popup data has only limited information, since I don't wish to load the maps on the popups, so market share was taken out there too. ..good/bad?

normal: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/Routes/Planning/LFBO/EGLL/?go=1
popup: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/Routes/Planning/X/LFBO/EGLL/

OK. I can only get through the route manage screen...is that correct? When I cam looking at my existing routes there is no easy way to see airline share of a current route? I kind of liked to have the info handy.

[Sami]

Added to popup too now. (no route map there though, intentionally; have to limit the map page loads a bit)

[BD]

Aa oh yes, the popup data has only limited information, since I don't wish to load the maps on the popups, so market share was taken out there too. ..good/bad?

normal: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/Routes/Planning/LFBO/EGLL/?go=1
popup: https://www.airwaysim.com/game/Routes/Planning/X/LFBO/EGLL/

Can do without the map, but market share is something I might do a quick check on that way.

BTW, I noticed the that pie slices move when clicking on them...not sure if that is new or not.