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#52185 List of Airports Complete!

Posted by Kontio on 02 December 2007 - 04:47 PM in Announcements

Not to ruin this thread, but check out the sim announcements for some major AE changes. Should be exciting.


What, where, when? :sdrool: I notice that login has been closed.


#52226 Announcing Airline Empires 1946!

Posted by Kontio on 03 December 2007 - 04:33 PM in Announcements

So what happens at the end of 2008?


That would be in about 2 years in real time. I hope there will be a reset before the game reaches 2008.


#52229 Announcing Airline Empires 1946!

Posted by Kontio on 03 December 2007 - 05:55 PM in Announcements

I meant, game year 2008, because in the aircraft section Miller put earlier in this thread, all production ceases in 2008, but I'm wondering what happens after that.


I was talking about game year 2008 as well. It's now game year 1946, so if the game would run until game year 2008 at the present rate it would take about 2 years in real time. But anyway, Miller answered your question about the planes already.


#52575 Displaced cities in sim2

Posted by Kontio on 17 December 2007 - 08:40 AM in Bugs

MDW in sim2 is located at 41° 46" North 874° 54" West

I think the longitude should be 87°, not 874°.


#52576 Sort feature not working

Posted by Kontio on 17 December 2007 - 08:50 AM in Bugs

The sort feature is not working in the newly opened sim2. Just bumping the thread if this could be fixed. Thank you!


#52590 Autopricing not giving me best profit

Posted by Kontio on 17 December 2007 - 03:03 PM in Bugs

I'm flying DTW-PIT 5X with a Q400.

Autoprice gives me:
Ticket Price Automatically Set at: $560
Load Factor - %42.65
Projected Revenue - $88,365
Projected Profit - $74,677

Looking for the best profit manually:
Ticket Price: $460
Load Factor - %82.48
Projected Revenue - $140,381
Projected Profit - $126,692

And when I try to "Update route" I get an error message.


#52610 Autopricing not giving me best profit

Posted by Kontio on 17 December 2007 - 09:53 PM in Bugs

Were these auto-updates made when opening the route, or after changing the route?


Mine was when I swapped the route from a Beech to a Q400. I get the feeling that the autopricing does not work when you have "too much" capacity on the route. It leaves the price too high and the load factor too low. If you then lower the frequency, for example, it does a much better job.

EDIT: I used to be the only airline on DTW-ORD, but now there are several competitors. The autoprice function did not work properly in this situation, it left me with a less than 50% loadfactor and I was able to double my profit by setting the price manually.


#52657 Multiple Airlines

Posted by Kontio on 18 December 2007 - 05:22 PM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

I really don't see the point here. So what if my props and regional jets were operated from one account and big jets from another account? I would have to manage them all anyway and it would be inconvenient to switch between accounts. Also, for this to make any sense, the two accounts would have to share the connecting passengers. That sounds like a major change in the game, which would introduce lots of new bugs and take a lot of time until it worked properly. That time would be better spent on developing other aspects of the game.


#52670 Error message while buying off the used market

Posted by Kontio on 18 December 2007 - 10:24 PM in Bugs

I bought a Beech on the public market and received the following error message:

Warning: fopen(sale_log.csv): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/airlinee/public_html/sim2/buy_used_ac.php on line 298
Error writing to log.

I did receive the aircraft, though.


#52673 Disproportionate demand in sim2

Posted by Kontio on 18 December 2007 - 11:15 PM in Bugs

I'm flying DTW to DEC (Decatur, IL) with a 739 and autoprice gives me ticket price $1,197.00 for one daily flight and a a nice profit correspondingly. This seems really disproportionate compared to other nearby little airports I am flying to which barely make any money with a Beech. I actually checked the Decatur airport web page and their only scheduled flight is to STL twice daily on a Beech 1900 :P


#52674 LF 100% with autoprice

Posted by Kontio on 18 December 2007 - 11:32 PM in Bugs

I have hubbed DTW and am flying to big cities and small cities with big planes and small planes. After opening the hub I have noticed that autoprice tends to make the loadfactors go all the way to 100%, which is kind of nice but somehow seems wrong. When I first create a route it gives a more realistic loadfactors, but when I open more routes the older routes sort of creep up to 100% LF. Not all routes, but most of them.

Looking at the route information pages with the pie charts of routes with 100% LF I notice something weird. For example, DTW-ALB with 1X ATR-42, it says:

O&D passengers 70%
Connecting passengers 30%
Unused capacity 61%

O&D + connecting is always 100% and then there is additional unused capacity. That can't be right, or is it just a problem with the chart?


#52706 Add countries in "Gate rental negotiations"

Posted by Kontio on 19 December 2007 - 10:12 PM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

Would it be possible to add the state and country to the city name in "Gate rental negotiations"? This information should be available in the game database as it is shown when selecting the city pair in "Research route".


#52898 1$ tickets Are BACK!!

Posted by Kontio on 27 December 2007 - 07:00 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Was the auto price suppose to prevent this?


No. Auto-price helps you if you want to find the price that gives you the best profit. Flying 3 X A380 on ATL-TPA for $1 is not about making money, quite the opposite I believe.


#53077 Ok here's how you fix it....

Posted by Kontio on 01 January 2008 - 08:29 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

http://www.airlineem...ent/view/68/64/

I think the reaosn is for somethign brought up over the last few threads. AKA airlines not leting new airlines in to routes. AKA putting the A380 on a short haul for $1.

In the real world we have a name for this unfair market strategy and we even have legislation and a court to report it to if they are attempting to create total market control. Maybe we need that.


Check the year...


#53079 Ok here's how you fix it....

Posted by Kontio on 01 January 2008 - 08:33 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Damn it. A reset would be really good.


The game (sim1) is usually reset after 10 game years. Sim2 runs faster and I haven't been paying attention how often that is reset.


#53091 Not Again x.x

Posted by Kontio on 02 January 2008 - 05:22 PM in Bugs

Is this an isolated incident, or has this problem been recurring?


This has been quite frequent on recent rounds of the game.


#53102 Marsh Harbor - busiest airport in the game?

Posted by Kontio on 02 January 2008 - 07:41 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

on the longer routes over the larger domestic would be a a300 the smallest would be a319s? should i change that? Flyworld i have played several rounds already and i would like to be assured that my flights are proper and not considered cheating as in alot of cases the fine line of cheating and legit is hard for me to understand in this game. I am greatful for you advice in this matter and i dont want to stray into the cheating zone


I don't think it's cheating. However, if you find an airport that is small in real life but large in the game, you should not build a hub there but report it on the forum, because it is most likely an error in the database. Errors should be fixed, not exploited. This is, after all, a game in development and we are basically playtesting it. Just my 2 cents...


#53107 Marsh Harbor - busiest airport in the game?

Posted by Kontio on 02 January 2008 - 07:54 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

this is actually a tough one because most Carribean airports not matter how small are large tourists hubs.


Some quick googling tells me that MHH is not a huge airport in terms of passenger numbers.

http://www.farecompa...HH/airport.html

Did you know?
Over 3,788 passengers can travel out of Marsh Harbour Airport every week.
There are 6 airlines operating out of Marsh Harbour Airport.
There are over 75 international flights per week from Marsh Harbour Airport.
The smallest commercial aircraft flying out of Marsh Harbour Airport is a PAG with 8 seats.

In the case of this airport what should i do about my routes?


I'm not the one who makes the rules, but in my opinion you can just keep them unless someone with authority tells you to close them.


#53185 Ultra noob question :(

Posted by Kontio on 03 January 2008 - 10:17 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

This 'sim2' will be reseted in jan5, so I thought it would be a good idea start a game from the begining too.. so, here is my dummy question: where is this game? I see no reference in airlineempires.net home page? :puzzled:


There's a menu on the top of the page. Select MANAGEMENT SIM, then LOGIN. On top is the login to sim1 (Original AE Game Server). Scroll down for Premuim Game Server (sim2). I think you can use the same username and password as for sim1.


#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.


#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.


#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.


#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.


#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...


#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.


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