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#58154 Game reset / Bugs, Features, New rule

Posted by Kontio on 02 November 2008 - 01:09 PM in Announcements

In the new rule, what does "build a hub" mean? Does this refer only to using the "Open a New Hub" option in the Gates menu? Can we still have focus cities with any number of gates and flights anywhere in the world at any time in the game as long as we don't "Open a New Hub"? Are the rules enforced by the game, or do we have to remember ourselves not to break the rules?

Is the used aircraft market still useless and are there any plans to fix it?



#57001 Time

Posted by Kontio on 19 August 2008 - 06:16 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

I can only assume the largest player base is in the USA so it really would make more sense to have the changeover during our nighttime (like Sim1... its at 10:00pm Eastern) so more people could be online during the changeover but its been early in the day for the last 2 rounds in Sim2 since it went to 1hr=1day.


Of course everyone wants the changeover time to be convenient to them, but since there are players all over the world the fair solution is to vary the changeover time from one game to another. That way everyone gets to have convenient changeover times and inconvenient changeover times. The other option would be to have a 30-hour month, for example, so that the changeover time would change from day to day.



#56988 Time

Posted by Kontio on 18 August 2008 - 07:08 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

is it possible to make it back to that?


No.

and what delivery time do we have now atm?


17:30 (my local time).



#56955 DC-9 performance

Posted by Kontio on 16 August 2008 - 08:23 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Not a case of cares for the rest, I am investing $$$$$ of it into AE, I will in one last ditch try to get the game up and going.

We talk about a lot of things and all for the goodness of the game, if you want more MSN me its there open a lot, but even you have been a little offhanded of late so sorry, but one of us MUST take a lead role and get this game advancing.

If you dont like my to the point reply, sorry, but I am advanced in my last attempt to salvage AE


Taking a lead role and investing money in the game is just great, but while doing this please bear in mind that the big problem with this game has been lack of communication from the developers to the players. "To the point" replies just do not help with keeping the game alive. I do not need to be "in the loop" as I am just a regular player, but I would very much like to hear more about your plans for the future of this game on this forum.



#56953 how change airline`s name

Posted by Kontio on 16 August 2008 - 06:37 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

It is can, but only by declaring bankruptcy (starting the game again with 5 million cash and 2 planes). Then you will have the option of renaming your airline.



#56583 Time Suggestion

Posted by Kontio on 18 July 2008 - 07:39 PM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

What is everyones opinions on this? I would like to see the game play bumped back up to 2:1.


In my opinion 1:1 is fine. I found the faster pace difficult as I was not able to log in every game day. The market will always become saturated, not really a question of how fast the game advances. I don't think bug fixes are delayed by waiting for resets, were there any fixes when Sim2 was just reset? As for progress taking "forever", it may feel like that in the very beginning, but I really did not find that a problem in the past sometimes spending hours every day adjusting routes.



#56501 Aircraft missing

Posted by Kontio on 15 July 2008 - 05:54 AM in Bugs

If you bothered to read all the posts about the used market you would realise that it is riddled with bugs.

Don't use it until it's fixed!


I have "bothered" to read the forum, I am not saying that I am exactly surprised that this happened. However, this is a beta game and we are testing it as much as we are playing it, and what gets tested if we just don't try all features after a reset and a possible fix?

What I am saying is PLEASE revert back to the old system, it enabled us to buy and sell used aircraft without (usually) getting screwed.



#56498 Aircraft missing

Posted by Kontio on 15 July 2008 - 05:27 AM in Bugs

The exact same thing just happened to me. When I received the airplane it was already placed on routes but I was able to close them. Now I've lost the money, the plane, and am stuck with gates I can not return. PLEASE bring back the old used market, even with all the cheating it worked!



#56481 Can't edit list price

Posted by Kontio on 14 July 2008 - 03:44 PM in Bugs

I want sale a aircraft (B 707)
Now I have a price 82'000'000 and i would change this price, but there isn't an edit button.. what can/should I do?


Take it off the market and put it back with the new price.



#55740 How do you guys keep track of your air routes..

Posted by Kontio on 29 May 2008 - 06:53 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

How do you continue making sure they make around the same profits everyday.. i only have 3 planes... and it changes all the time!


I don't, really. I sometimes sort the routes by load factor to see if any have dropped significantly for some reason or sort them by profit to look for any anomalies. But I don't have time to track for the small changes that occur all the time due to changes in my routes and my competitors' routes. And why would I want to do that?



#55680 Terminal gate leases

Posted by Kontio on 22 May 2008 - 06:19 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

can a person lease gates from their own terminal?


You mean lease them to other players? That is not possible.



#55647 Im a hacker?

Posted by Kontio on 18 May 2008 - 03:04 PM in Bugs

When you order multiple aircraft you get a discount. However, when the system checks if you have enough cash for the downpayment, it does not take the discount into account. If you have just enough money to pay the discounted price, but not enough money to pay the full price, you get that message.

You could also try searching the forums...



#55631 Used Beech

Posted by Kontio on 17 May 2008 - 07:27 PM in Bugs

I bought a used Beech 1900D from the used market. I placed my bid with a maximum price of 0 (testing what that would do, hoping to get a Beech immediately at any price, basically) and a Beech was immediately delivered with the price of -180,000 and I was charged slightly less than 6 million. The plane is still flying WAW-FRA (I have neither of those gates). This may be a bug?



#55602 Restart Errors

Posted by Kontio on 16 May 2008 - 06:25 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

My sim2 account has was reset today? And my sim 1 account still has not reset? Reasons?


Sim2 and Sim1 are independent games, only Sim2 was reset recently.



#55580 So how does the new used aircraft market work?

Posted by Kontio on 14 May 2008 - 03:57 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

I understand that you make bids to buy aircraft and offers to sell them. When a bid and an offer match, the system automatically executes the sale. This is how I have always thought it should be. What I don't understand is how am I supposed to do business if I can't see the bids and offers anywhere? It is just showing the values of the aircraft, which is rather pointless. What I want to see is what is the highest bid and the lowest offer at the moment, and also the second and third best offers, if possible. I also want to see the price of the latest sale for any given airplane. The whole idea with a stock market type system is that all this information is public.

So am I missing something here, is the information available somewhere? What do I have to do to sell my Beeches?



#55576 Sim 1 and 2 Reset this Weekend

Posted by Kontio on 14 May 2008 - 07:39 AM in Announcements

The update will come when it comes, if you want your money back just send a copy of your receipt to miller and he will maybe refund you :sdrool:


This excuse kind of stopped working when Miller asked for donations and got them (at least from me). Obviously work and babies and real life in general are more important than running free of charge online games, and I am certain that Miller is not making money off this game even with donations. However, when you ask for money, even in the form of donations, I think that there is some kind of a moral obligation to at least keep the game running. I don't want my money back, I think that this is a great game, I am grateful to Miller for making this and spending a lot of his time and money. I am just tired of reading the same excuse every time someone dares to ask for something or ask why something did'nt happen when it was supposed to.



#54286 Hacker Alert?

Posted by Kontio on 19 February 2008 - 07:43 PM in Bugs

Ooooh, ooooh, is it the Karma Sutra?


Well, obviously the Kama Sutra, but one might also find something about the hacker alert.



#54276 Hacker Alert?

Posted by Kontio on 19 February 2008 - 06:08 PM in Bugs

I saved up to buy an A330-300 and when tried to buy it, but when I clicked on 'Confirm Purchase' it went to a screen that said hacker alert. I don't know what happened or why it did that. Any help?


I wonder what you might find if you searched the forum...



#53458 -Read First- AE questions and answers -FAQ-

Posted by Kontio on 08 January 2008 - 11:54 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

a few more questions and i think i might fully understnad this...

what is the difference between AE and SIM2?

when do the aircraft get added? im guessing when they appeared in real world, but dont know, and how long does the game last?

and how long is a "day"?


Please read the manual/wiki, you can find the link in this thread.

There are currently 2 versions of AE running simultaneously, referred to as sim1 and sim2. You can log in by choosing "management sim" -> login from the menu above. Scroll down for sim2 login.

In sim1, one month in a game equals one day in real time (game month has only 24 days). Sim2 is a test game for new features and it is currently running at 4 times normal so that testing would be faster.

Aircraft gets added (in sim2) when they appeared in real life. There was a list showing the aircraft that will be available, maybe a search could locate it for you.

In the past, a game has usually lasted for about 10 game years.



#53339 Airport Space Limitations

Posted by Kontio on 05 January 2008 - 11:39 PM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

So you see, there is no minimum runway length per aircraft, but rather a spectrum of limits.

...

Answer #3, and we're in business, but I've been looking for a long time, and I'm not sure it can be done without shelling out huge amounts of $$$.


That sounds great, the game really needs some kind of limits as to what planes you can fly to what airports. Have you considered a simpler model, in case the realistic model you outlined proves not to be doable? I am thinking something along the lines of restricting the aircraft size and/or possible route length based on the runway length of the airport. That would be relatively simple to program (?) and runway length data is relatively easy to obtain, if not already in the database. Of course it would only be a crude approximation of the real-life situation, but better than the current situation where you can operate long-distance flights with huge aircraft from any airport in the database.



#53334 Name Changing

Posted by Kontio on 05 January 2008 - 11:26 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

I'm declaring bakruptcy because my main route was taken over by two other people (one of which is in my alliance =()


With friends like that, who needs enemies...



#53241 Rankings Page

Posted by Kontio on 04 January 2008 - 03:40 PM in Bugs

When i go on to the rankings page sometimes it shows me that im 8th but on my main page it shows im 29th, Is this a bug?:puzzled:


Yes, it is a known bug. The ranking of a player tends to depend on whether he/she is logged in or not.



#53227 AE 1946 Help..

Posted by Kontio on 04 January 2008 - 09:26 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

You have 4 DC-3s and the game is already well underway. You are flying between major airports, but the problem is that so is everybody else! Bigger airlines probably have bigger planes on these routes which means that the prices have gone so low that your DC-3s just are not competetive.

As for short routes making most money, if you think about the DC-3, it is really slow and only has 28 seats. A plane like this is most suitable for short flights with higher frequencies. MDW-IND seems like a good route, the airports have decent passenger numbers and are close together.



#53193 Ultra noob question :(

Posted by Kontio on 03 January 2008 - 12:01 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Hmmm, did you sign up separately for both? I had to sign up separately for sim1 and sim2.


Maybe it depends on when you signed up in the first place? When sim2 was opened I was already playing sim1 and I just logged in to sim2 with my old username as soon as it was announced. If you started with the game later, you may have had to sign up separately for sim1 and sim2.



#53189 Ultra noob question :(

Posted by Kontio on 03 January 2008 - 11:50 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

No, both sims require you to sign up separately, but you can use the same username/ password for both.


I used the same username/password and I have the same number (#12604) in both sim1 and sim2 so there must be some kind of connection there. I suppose you can use the same account or different account, as long as you run only one airline in sim1 and one airline in sim2.