Ok, I guess I just don't get it or understand the philosophy behind this, I mean I do, but I don't really .  Why do Aircraft Sim creators Designers want to create Ladders or passenger unloaders that really don't do much of anything ?? except roll up to the aircraft and do not much of anything , except sit there, theres no Pilots exiting or coming down the Flight Stairs or Stewarddesses or passengers for that matter. So whats the Point of taking the time & effort to  design that silly stuff since it doesn't do much ? What I'd rather see and wish I had the Talent Skill and know how in Designing Aircraft especially Flight Decks and Passenger cabins , would be more detailed passenger cabins instead of carts and Cargo unloaders that don't really do anything !  How about a great detailed Virtual passenger cabin with passengers on board with Stewardesses moving about the isle . Maybe even a Stewardess Slapping a Passenger or even better Throwing a passenger out of the Aircraft at 20,000 ft high over the Pacific or mountains somewhere, with the push of the "T" button and out the unruly passenger goes !! Sounds a tad bit more Entertaining than watching a bunch of carts roll up to an Aircraft and not do much. ( just my personel opinion ! ). Now who wouldn't want a Freeware Aircraft with those fine animations ?? Who can hardly wait to get to high altitude and Punch that "T" button on your key board and watch the unruly passenger get thrown out the 747 or whatever for grins ?? I have a feeling the "T" key would be worn out soon ~ !!!  ( T for Throw ). Just some Crazy idea I had this late night, and no I don't drink either, least not yet anyways .

I suspect that additional complication, and complex animation, to an object/scene will only result in even more strain, to already struggling Frame Rates, (especially with FSX!).

I often have to remove certain complex scenes from my FS 2004 to achieve; "smoothness".

There is a limit to what can be achieved without the ownership of an IBM Supercomputer from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California... ....!

...(..and I haven't got one of those!)... ...!

Paul... ... ...!

P.S. There must be a very good reason why; "Computer Games" can involve highly complex foreground and background animations, running quickly and smoothly, compared to our Flight Simulators.

Jetranger wrote on Jun 20^th, 2012 at 7:38am:

That's the wrong sort of ATLAS for navigating with 

Geesh!We'd need a B or a C because our principal is a bit...
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