NZFF

Time to do another photoshoot, after Orbx's AI update.
It is also time to start stating that my NZCH screenshots do include some other addons, such as Orbx AI, GSX, PTA tweaks etc. I may do a 'naked' photoshoot (wow, that brought back some memories...) without these addons, but then again I may not.









Just collecting the mail....

looking great Rob

Looking real good!
I'm downloading AI pack now.

Will you be adding the parking codes to the AFCAD? I spy some AirNZ at the J* gates
And private jets probably don't park at the terminal... sorry for more work

NZ255 wrote:
Will you be adding the parking codes to the AFCAD? I spy some AirNZ at the J* gates
And private jets probably don't park at the terminal... sorry for more work

Yeah, the AFCAD is normally one of the last steps, since it relies so much on the placement of the 3D elements. At the moment I just 'randomise' the gates, and every other week I re-randomise just to switch things up, in the hope that I'll accidentally get the ideal setup.
I also notice that with the update there's been a real switch-up with some of the parking, I haven't seen Emirates since, but that SA 777 always seems to be hanging about.
And I don't think that the Aeroclub would be popular parking on the Freight apron like that...
The aeroclub is a bit of an issue, back in the old days developers used to add a dummy airport for that situation, but that was always frowned upon. The sim normally does a good job of placing everything when it starts a flight, but after that it's a bit of a shambles. So the sim's cavalier attitude to finding the first acceptable parking spot becomes a real issue until we get more control over what goes where. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him part in the right spot.

AMAZING AMAZING

Well, I was meant to drive to Christchurch for the day today, but I forgot to pay myself yesterday, so no petrol money. So I spent the day trying to get the parking assignments sorted, I figure it would take half a day, so good for a change of pace... well, here I go not much further ahead, I've completely lost the aero club fleet more than once, and spent the last three hours trying to figure out why one 777 triggers at least one of the dual gates, but another doesn't....
This is a horrible job for me, because it mainly involves looking up charts and typing codes everywhere. My brain doesn't work that way, really, and I tend to switch letters and numbers around when I note them down, and then again when I copy them in somewhere.

But it is fun seeing it slowly come together, and testing it yet again this evening (I think I've started the simulator 40 or 50 times today) with real weather for a treat, I notice it was raining, so maybe tomorrow will be better for a roadtrip anyway.