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what we wish: actual thrust-vector VTOL modeling + others (Read 1069 times)
Jan 11th, 2011 at 12:47pm

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well this is an oldy, but quite sure a most-requested

FS (well, now just "F") needs, and has needed for some time to get some proper support for VTOL operations

right now, we have either plane or chopper - what we're asking for, is basically, everything in between  Roll Eyes

i'd say: just put in a bell tilt-rotor as a default aircraft and let that be the open door for all the possibilities it opens for addon makers  Cheesy

a few other random requests on my list would be:

- proper in-cloud effects (like the IL2 series)
- more "lively" failures such as engine fires and popping tires
- full weather overcast conditions that don't beat your system down to 2fps
- boarding stairs along with gate service trucks on gates where there are no jetways + the "follow-me" truck for progressive taxi (and make them always appear where i'm parked, regardless of density settings, why not?)
- hire/buy/abduct the authors of FSPassengers and integrate it as another alternative to free-flight and missions
- let us open a map without pausing the game... we can't memorize all our VOR frequencies, can we?
- remove the need for us to buy a top-notch rig 2 years AFTER the release of the game so it can look even half as good as it does printed on the back of the box


other wishes like ATC emergency and airpeed handling have already been mentioned, no point in hitting that nail once again, right?

with that, just "make it awesome" - i'm already looking forward to this  Smiley


cheerz!
 

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Reply #1 - Jan 11th, 2011 at 2:07pm

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Well, its a good thing you don't want too much . . . Grin

Seriously, those are some good requests.  I am all for the VTOL thing, although a few payware products (specifically Wilco's BAE-609 and AlphaSim's Osprey), but it would be nice to have that capability intrinsic to the sim, so that designers wouldn't have to go through all the hair pulling and teeth grinding to get it done.

The follow-me truck is a great one, although Foz will get a little miffed if we take away his purple paintcan . . . Wink  But I think a truck that meets you out at the runway or at the gate would be perfect.  Or perhaps progressive taxi instructions ("N745CC, turn right next taxiway.") at smaller, less crowded airports.
 

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Reply #2 - Jan 11th, 2011 at 2:30pm

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yeah, could be like:

heavy jets (ATC "heavy" or whatever gets sent to the big boys' gates) get the follow-me truck AND an animated marshaller (guy that goes: Smiley) to guide into parking...
smaller planes may get the less-troublesome "turn next taxiway" treatment...

the good 'ole "visual progressive taxi" could still be available as a piloting aid (like the approach guides), ideally, independent of ATC comms  Roll Eyes

 

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Reply #3 - Jan 12th, 2011 at 2:39am

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As well as without the annoying "I don't know where I am" purple stripes that have been the standard since FS8.

I would love to be able to leave my parking spot and be directed, not by ATC, but by a follow-truck that could point me in the right direction an then go home once I was at the threshold.
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 28th, 2011 at 11:51pm

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Another good thing would be if jetways could attach to 2 doors at once like in real life.
 

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