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  5. DUBAI AIRPORT - OMDB HAS BEEN RELEASED

    in ATC Simulators

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    In crbscott's defense, I would further point out that there is not a separate forum for Nyerges Design.  Moreover, he is right that the two products are intimately connected.  This is not about laying blame, and making people feel bad.  The point is to learn from past mistakes and turn a fairly good product into a Fantastic one.  Nyerges does a great job with liveries and models.  The Nyerges schedules, however, have been consistently problematic all the way back to the Tower2011 days (namely that they include unrealistically low traffic levels).  Surely, there is a way that this could be resolved, considering that some of their customers manage to regularly produce schedules in their spare time that are light years better (even including entire weeks of traffic instead of just a single day, and breaking schedules into snippets that ensure that all of the traffic shows up for a given hour).  I am ever grateful to the users here who produce custom schedules, but if they can do it for free in their spare time, it seems like Nyerges might try a little harder to improve his process, since he is asking us to pay for it.  Again, I am not questioning the integrity of either Nyerges or FeelThere. I know that you guys are honest, but this is an issue that one way or another needs to be solved; others here have shown that this technical hurdle can be overcome.

    Andrew

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  6. OMDB - Custom Schedule for 9/14/2019

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    Thank you for doing this.  I will take a look at it later.  Any idea why 3-5 am is such a busy time in Dubai?  Most airports are pretty quite at that time, except for cargo traffic, but this is mostly passenger traffic.  Where is everybody going at such a miserable hour?  Is it possible that the schedule times are in GMT instead of local?  The RT schedule shows a similar peak.  Weird.

     

    Andrew

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  7. DUBAI AIRPORT - OMDB HAS BEEN RELEASED

    in ATC Simulators

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    51 minutes ago, rmcglew said:

    Hi All,

    I have the latest airport Dubai. I find it extremely boring or am I missing something? I have the latest RC and RT installed. I go back to my favorite airports that are fast paced like JFK, LAX, ATL. 

    Please tell me that someone has an updated schedule in the works. If I could I would make one but my computer talents are not that good. I love the customs scheds that are available. You guys are fantastic! I use a custom schedule on all my airports by various authors or programmers.

    Give me a hint. Is there one in the making for Dubai?

    No complaining Feelthere, I have all your add ons. 

    Cheers to All

    It's only been out a couple of days.  I am sure there will be some user-made schedules coming soon; to do good ones takes time.  As mentioned earlier, ATC Joe intends to do one. Personally, I hope that Battlehawk77 might do one of his full week treatments, the way he did for Vancouver and Melbourne.  We will just have to wait and see.  Alternatively, you could try doing one of your own.  In the meantime, try controlling during the mid-morning hours on the RT schedule.  It's pretty busy then.

     

    Andrew

  9. DUBAI AIRPORT - OMDB HAS BEEN RELEASED

    in ATC Simulators

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    To Vic,

    I just wanted to say I played my first session at OMDB, and just wanted to say WELL DONE!  The airport looks and works very well.  Just looking at the map, it seems like it would be rather boring, but turns out to be the opposite.  Part of it is all the heavies.  Another part of it is that the tower is positioned right in the middle of the action with excellent up close views of the gates and taxiways on both sides.  Thirdly, you guys did a fantastic job with the cut away camera; it's great to see you trying new things 9though it would be need if you could go back and do the same with some of the older airports).  There is just  something about being surrounded by all those A380s and 777s moving back and forth on both sides of you that really gets the blood running.  If he gave it a try,  I'm sure even CRBASCOTT would have a good time 😉  [Don't take that the wrong way; I just miss your passion for and contributions to the game.]

    Regards,

    Andrew

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  10. So what's next?

    in ATC Simulators

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    3 hours ago, FeelThere said:

    Oh come on guys 🙂 You know how to push my buttons 🙂 
    OK, OK 🙂 Currently, we are testing two airports. I can tell you one. Which one should I tell you the smaller or the big one (not KORD) 🙂 
    We are in development for 4 other airports one of them is a non-US airport, one of them is an island airport 🙂

    Have a wonderful weekend and thank you all for the continuous support!

     

    Vic

    I am assuming that the big one is KDFW, since you did not rule it out, and since more that one now claim to have seen this elusive announcement that I still cannot find.  Just tell me this:  Is EGLL or EDDF somewhere in the pipeline, either from you or from Gabor?  Knowing that would go a long way to keeping me and many others here very excited.

     

    Andrew

  12. So what's next?

    in ATC Simulators

    Posted

    Not at all concerned that they did not answer within the first few hours after my post.  After all, I'm not that dude who advertises Dos Equis.  Nevertheless, it is always fun to poke the hornet's nest and watch what happens from a safe distance 🙂   Vic and Gabor are both great guys.  They may not post here every day, but they always post precisely when they mean to.

     

    Andrew  

  13. So what's next?

    in ATC Simulators

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    I was hoping that Vic might like to shed a little light, or at least some hints, on airports they have in the pipeline?  As I recall, the recent surveys put KORD and EGLL near the top, and CRBSCOTT mentioned something about a newsletter talking about KDFW, but I could never find it.  So how about it Vic?  What can we look forward too?

     

    Andrew

  16. Lag for L-SHIFT Release?

    in ATC Simulators

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    I know I have experienced this at times, but is not something that happens all the time.  For me, it seems to happen when the game has been running for a while with heavy traffic at a big airport like KATL or KJFK.   Are you saying that this is something that happens to you all the time, or just some of the time?  What are your system specs?  Are you sure that you have killed as many background apps as possible?  Are starting the game with "Run as Administrator"?

     

    Andrew

  19. Reinstall

    in ATC Simulators

    Posted

    I believe his question was whether the FeelThere-purchased add-ons were compatible with the Steam-purchased base game, not where to download them.  I believe that they are, and that you just have to point the installer to the correct folder in you Steam directory.  Perhaps someone else can chime in with the specifics.

    Andrew

  21. Camera position

    in ATC Simulators

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    9 hours ago, crbascott said:

    Depends on the airport doesn't it? Don't some airports have ramp controllers that control the ramp area and they are not located in the tower?

    Which begs the question, how is FT handling the multiple control towers (East and West) of KDFW? Will there be separate views or an "unrealistic" central tower view? FYI - The central tower is not used by ATC.

    Yes, many airports have ramp towers, and in tower 3D we must do the ramp controller's job in addition to Ground and Tower positions.  It seems clear that the current game is simply not designed to handle the complexity of multiple towers.  It remains to be seen whether they will try an airport like KDFW or EHAM that has them.  Honestly, for it to be an effective simulation, complex multiplayer, from multiple viewpoints would be needed.  It would be neat to see, though I have my doubts they will go that far even in the next version.  Time will tell.

     

    Andrew

  22. Crossing Command?

    in ATC Simulators

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    12 hours ago, Agrajag said:

    BTW, I guess my compass could be off, but I played SFO at 6am and was a bit shocked to see the sun rising from the ocean's horizon, which I believe is rather wrong?

    You can't see the ocean from SFO, as it is blocked by the high mountains west of the city.  The water you see is San Francisco Bay, which is on the east side of the airport.

     

    Andrew

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  23. Camera position

    in ATC Simulators

    Posted

    My suggestion would be to keep the default view as is, from the tower, but have additional views that could be brought up on demand, from various points around the airport.   I would imagine that such options exist for controllers at larger air[ports.

     

    Andrew

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  24. LFPG - Paris CDG Airport is OUT!!!

    in ATC Simulators

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    3 hours ago, nyergesdesign said:

    Dear Guys,


    thank you for your feedback! All information help our work so we can make products that are fun and enjoyable for the players.
    We always try to put new parts in the airports, for example the wind sock in Paris.
    A new team made the ground for Paris, but according to the forum and feedback from the players, many of them disliked it.
    We didn't receive that much feedback about the ground texture until now, so we have to find a solution with the team for the ground texturing. 
    Anyways, we are delighted because the game is playable so far.
    Big thanks to ATControl who tested the airport, thanks to Pedanticg, Battlehawk77 and to Hexzed who helped us making the schedule and the RC for this airport.
    The next aiprot is being tested. LFPG's ground texture is also on the to-do list.

    Thank you again for your feedback, have a pleasant controlling!

    Best Regards,
    Gabor

    Thanks Gabor.  It means a lot to hear your comments on these issues, and it is good that you are experimenting with new ways of doing things.  The imagery has improved so much in the most recent releases, starting with Barcelona..  The LFPG add-on has "good bones" and works quite well.  I love the detailed taxiway markings and extended jetways.  At night, it the airport is especially beautiful.  Once the ground textures are improved, I am sure it will be among the best airports for the game.

     

    Andrew

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