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Is a gate required for a fuel stops? For safety reason it's in the real world imho required, passengers leave the airplane (I joined a flight with a fuel stop only one time - this was a helicopter flight within the Grand Canyon area). Is this correct?
In this case you have to have a free gate/gate slot for a fuel stop.
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#66584 Direct Flights
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on 11 January 2010 - 11:00 PM
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#66578 ATC Handling fees / new fuel calculation
Posted by
on 11 January 2010 - 03:36 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
A possibility is a discount on atc handling fees for small airports. So for example if you fly from/to an smaller airport (let's say less than 1.5 million passengers per year) you will get an discount of 20% (if you fly from a small airport to another small one this would result in 40%). This would perhaps push the usage of smaller airports.
The new fuel calculation itself doesn't allow to land at an airport with a shorter runway with a long-runway-model. But this new model is the base for this feature which will be implemented soon too.
The new fuel calculation itself doesn't allow to land at an airport with a shorter runway with a long-runway-model. But this new model is the base for this feature which will be implemented soon too.
#66576 ATC Handling fees / new fuel calculation
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on 10 January 2010 - 10:20 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
Hi everybody,
I startet implementation for a new (more realistic) fuel calculation. The new way of being will be introduced with the next reset, additional where are ATC handling fees upcoming. I will introduce both to give you a hint.
1. ATC Handling fees
I took the formula of DFS (the German aviation authority, a German version of the FAA) and changed it a little bit:
Formula for start/landing fees: sqrt(MTOW) * factor
Formula for enroute fees: sqrt(MTOW) * (distance in miles/50) * factor
First the start/landing formula will be applied two times for every flight (once for start, once for landing) - so for a round trip you have to pay this fee four times.
As you see the MTOW of an aircraft is influencing the result, I collected the MTOW data of all aircrafts within the game, in the new version you will see this data also on aircraft information pages and when buying an aircraft.
Very important: the factor. This factor depends on the MTOW. The principle is: Heavy aircraft with a high maximum take-off weight (MTOW) will result in higher fees. There is a simple rule:
(This values are not fixed)
For example the fees for a Embraer 190 LR (MTOW: 51.8 t) on a roundtrip between LHR and FCO (896.5 miles) will be:
2. Fuel calculation
There will be a new fuel calculation, the old was based on some assumptions on the TSFC - these assumptions went wrong for long flights (so perhaps a Boeing 747 resulted in a fuel load on a long trip which exceeded the max. fuel load of the aircraft).
Now the calculation is a little bit more realistic (but not realistic) - it depends on the max. fuel load and the range - and 30 minutes as taxi reserve.
To mention the example flight LHR-FCO (round trip) with an E190LR again:
For short/mid-hauls normally the new ATC fees will assimilate the fuel savings, but on long hauls this behaviour will be different - so more long flights will be profitable.
For the future there will be another, more realistic fuel calculation which respects different fuel burns in different flight levels and flight states (the take-off will require more fuel than the landing and so on). This very complex model is on the agenda, the first step will be the mentioned range-max-fuel-model.
I startet implementation for a new (more realistic) fuel calculation. The new way of being will be introduced with the next reset, additional where are ATC handling fees upcoming. I will introduce both to give you a hint.
1. ATC Handling fees
I took the formula of DFS (the German aviation authority, a German version of the FAA) and changed it a little bit:
Formula for start/landing fees: sqrt(MTOW) * factor
Formula for enroute fees: sqrt(MTOW) * (distance in miles/50) * factor
First the start/landing formula will be applied two times for every flight (once for start, once for landing) - so for a round trip you have to pay this fee four times.
As you see the MTOW of an aircraft is influencing the result, I collected the MTOW data of all aircrafts within the game, in the new version you will see this data also on aircraft information pages and when buying an aircraft.
Very important: the factor. This factor depends on the MTOW. The principle is: Heavy aircraft with a high maximum take-off weight (MTOW) will result in higher fees. There is a simple rule:
- MTOW < 125 t = 75 $
- MTOW >= 125 t = 125 $
- MTOW >= 250 t = 150 $
- MTOW >= 350 t = 200 $
(This values are not fixed)
For example the fees for a Embraer 190 LR (MTOW: 51.8 t) on a roundtrip between LHR and FCO (896.5 miles) will be:
- ATC factor: 75 $
- Start and landing fee for one flight: 1079.58 $
- Enroute fee for one flight: 9678.36 $
- ATC fee for round-trip: 21515,88
2. Fuel calculation
There will be a new fuel calculation, the old was based on some assumptions on the TSFC - these assumptions went wrong for long flights (so perhaps a Boeing 747 resulted in a fuel load on a long trip which exceeded the max. fuel load of the aircraft).
Now the calculation is a little bit more realistic (but not realistic) - it depends on the max. fuel load and the range - and 30 minutes as taxi reserve.
To mention the example flight LHR-FCO (round trip) with an E190LR again:
- Old fuel calculation: 91724 lbs
- New fuel calculation: 40142 lbs
- You will save about 20.000 $ for fuel on this flight
For short/mid-hauls normally the new ATC fees will assimilate the fuel savings, but on long hauls this behaviour will be different - so more long flights will be profitable.
For the future there will be another, more realistic fuel calculation which respects different fuel burns in different flight levels and flight states (the take-off will require more fuel than the landing and so on). This very complex model is on the agenda, the first step will be the mentioned range-max-fuel-model.
#66564 Direct Flights
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on 07 January 2010 - 08:30 PM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
Interesting issue, I will think about it - perhaps we can integrate such a thing with the new fuel calculation system.
#66563 Planes operating from short runways
Posted by
on 07 January 2010 - 08:28 PM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
The "less fuel" option is coming, hopefully until february.
#66562 Metro 3 and J-41
Posted by
on 07 January 2010 - 08:23 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
They will come soon 
#66561 ATR-600
Posted by
on 07 January 2010 - 08:22 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
Will add this aircraft soon - do you know the TSFC of the PW127M engines?
#66560 Aircraft types
Posted by
on 07 January 2010 - 08:13 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
Just as a side note: The simulation already includes a hidden fleet-system. The cost calculation respects the number of aircrafts out of the same family, it's not displayed to the user, but using many aircrrafts of the same type will reduce costs.
And the aircraft delivery system is one of the things I will rework in 2010
And the aircraft delivery system is one of the things I will rework in 2010
#66558 Bristol
Posted by
on 07 January 2010 - 07:45 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
The code right know asumes a full fuel load at every time, that makes some aircraft/runway scenarios impossible (eg. Bristol and 757-200). The related code must be changed - together with the formula how much fuel is required for a route (this is in progress already) we should also introduce different factors as Maestro said so you can use smaller runways with heavys if they are not fully loaded.
#65828 [Sim 2] Premium features and Reset (Oct 07th)
Posted by
on 19 October 2009 - 09:43 PM
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Announcements
I was expecting more features to be implemented for having to pay upfront.
Should we expect more?
They will come - i have to test them (the fiasco with the stock market was enough
)
#65700 [Sim 2] Premium features and Reset (Oct 07th)
Posted by
on 07 October 2009 - 02:09 PM
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Announcements
Hey Janice,
no problem - I was also not around here for some months due to work
no problem - I was also not around here for some months due to work
#65698 New Gates
Posted by
on 07 October 2009 - 12:55 PM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
Added.
#65662 [Sim 2] Premium features and Reset (Oct 07th)
Posted by
on 02 October 2009 - 09:18 AM
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Announcements
Hi together,
today I introduced the first premium features within Sim2 (Sim3 will follow soon). You can remove all ads from your account and activate route suggestions also when your aircraft has more than 5 hours available (at least one flight is required).
Right know only PayPal is a supported payment provider, Amazon InstantPay will follow. You can book the new features via the Premium features menu entry.
- There are no subscriptions, you have to order x months of the feature you want.
- If you run into trouble with the payment process or the premium features: Just let me know, I will fix it soon.
- Booked premium features won't be deleted with an game reset - they stay valid until the date mentioned on the Premium features-page.
Another point: A game reset on Sim2 is planned for Wednesday (Oct 7th), 05:00 GMT. The game will start again on Oct 9th 10:00 GMT.
today I introduced the first premium features within Sim2 (Sim3 will follow soon). You can remove all ads from your account and activate route suggestions also when your aircraft has more than 5 hours available (at least one flight is required).
Right know only PayPal is a supported payment provider, Amazon InstantPay will follow. You can book the new features via the Premium features menu entry.
- There are no subscriptions, you have to order x months of the feature you want.
- If you run into trouble with the payment process or the premium features: Just let me know, I will fix it soon.
- Booked premium features won't be deleted with an game reset - they stay valid until the date mentioned on the Premium features-page.
Another point: A game reset on Sim2 is planned for Wednesday (Oct 7th), 05:00 GMT. The game will start again on Oct 9th 10:00 GMT.
#65661 New Gates
Posted by
on 02 October 2009 - 09:12 AM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
Hi,
I will add them soon. Stay tuned
Bye,
Tobias
I will add them soon. Stay tuned
Bye,
Tobias
#65577 excell download
Posted by
on 25 September 2009 - 05:26 AM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
Hm,
is there a file downloading and just excel means that the file is corrupt or is no file coming from server for download?
is there a file downloading and just excel means that the file is corrupt or is no file coming from server for download?
#65575 getting rid of gate/terminal you build
Posted by
on 24 September 2009 - 07:19 PM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
Update: Integrated this feature on the "Return gates" page today. Have fun with this.
#65022 stock market
Posted by
on 17 August 2009 - 12:22 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
Expect an active stock market with the next reset of sim2 again - one without the bugs the current one showed up with.
For the reset: I'm working on some other features and test it, expect the reset something in between middle and end of september.
For the reset: I'm working on some other features and test it, expect the reset something in between middle and end of september.
#64732 forced bankcrupt?
Posted by
on 03 August 2009 - 11:58 AM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
maybe the inactive airlines credit is not less than their debt , did you think about that?
It used to be that airlines who did not login every 2 weeks got reset. Not sure if that still is the case or it is done manually.
It will be done automatically by the system after 19 days of inactivity.
#64415 [New] Sim2 keeps logging out
Posted by
on 27 July 2009 - 07:11 AM
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Bugs
Hi,
little bit later - but starting from now confirmroute.php will bring you back to the aircraft information page you came from before creating the new route.
little bit later - but starting from now confirmroute.php will bring you back to the aircraft information page you came from before creating the new route.
#64167 [New] Sim2 keeps logging out
Posted by
on 20 July 2009 - 08:19 PM
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Bugs
Uhm, will have a look tomorrow, but also can't reproduce it here. But I will introduce a feature - if you come from an aircraft, you will get back to the a/c-page after creating a route (you will not be redirected to the route-page ).
Tonight I'm in a four star hotel within a suite, so just relaxing - will do the AE work tomorrow
).Tonight I'm in a four star hotel within a suite, so just relaxing - will do the AE work tomorrow
#64088 [Resolved] Aircraft value buying from the bank.
Posted by
on 17 July 2009 - 10:43 AM
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Bugs
Resolved it.
#64086 getting rid of gate/terminal you build
Posted by
on 17 July 2009 - 10:30 AM
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Suggestions and Feature Requests
Uhm, yeah miss this feature also, it will come soon
#64085 [New] Sim2 keeps logging out
Posted by
on 17 July 2009 - 10:28 AM
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Bugs
Is this still current? Can't reproduce it.
- Logged in, my first page after login is the aircrafts page.
- Clicked on gates
- Clicked on the details link of a gate
Works fine.
- Logged in, my first page after login is the aircrafts page.
- Clicked on gates
- Clicked on the details link of a gate
Works fine.
#63830 The future, the stock market and the life after/with it
Posted by
on 13 July 2009 - 04:58 PM
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Game Discussion (SIM2)
I will open a up 2 more sims this week:
- Sim 2 - Future: This is the game as it is right know, it will be under constant development and get new features
- Sim 3 - Classical: This is version David mentioned, a code frozen to a revision few weeks ago. This code is stable, but this game version will not profit from new features. In this game there is an explosive growth, if you want such a gameplay, join this version
- Sim 4 - Adventure: The same as the future-version (features will be got introduced), but with quite harder start conditions, less money, less start gates, smaller aircrafts at the beginning, higher gate fees.
You can (and you should if you want) join all three variants of the game - feel free to play in three different ways.
On the login page you can choose the game version you want to play/join, so you have to remember only one login-page
- Sim 2 - Future: This is the game as it is right know, it will be under constant development and get new features
- Sim 3 - Classical: This is version David mentioned, a code frozen to a revision few weeks ago. This code is stable, but this game version will not profit from new features. In this game there is an explosive growth, if you want such a gameplay, join this version
- Sim 4 - Adventure: The same as the future-version (features will be got introduced), but with quite harder start conditions, less money, less start gates, smaller aircrafts at the beginning, higher gate fees.
You can (and you should if you want) join all three variants of the game - feel free to play in three different ways.
On the login page you can choose the game version you want to play/join, so you have to remember only one login-page
#63804 Restored database before stock market
Posted by
on 13 July 2009 - 12:05 PM
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Announcements
Good - have to get a drink tonight
