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#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?


#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.


#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.


#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.


#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).


#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.


#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!


#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.


#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.


#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.


#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.


#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...


#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.


#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...


#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.


#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.


#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.


#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?


#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...


#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?


#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.


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