Guernsey

[mikced 76]

So happy to hear about Guernsey I will pick up for sure but how about all the static aircraft can it be disabled. I have Jersey but have not used it in a long time but as I remember it could be disabled there at least. Dont care much for it eith todays nice AI alternatives

[Jersey Beano]

Hey there Mikced 76 I did ask Gary for a common library that had less static aircraft thinking it was that causing the issues but i was wrong its the scenery itself.
All the Exec jets at EGJJ in 2024 anyone would think we were rich over here;) , There used to be way back, for 2020 a 'No Static' version hopefully he will do the same for EGJB, pretty please Gary
EGJB is truly lovely all I need now is a UK2000 EGJA
Cheers.

[mikced 76]

Exactly. That was it, a different no static airplane version of the common library. please Gary also for FS2024 would be very nice to get rid of those static planes. We have AIG, FSLTL and the default AI traffic, who needs non moving planes 😀

[Gary Summons]

Sorry but I only can make 1 version, it will never please everyones personal wishes and I do realise that. But It's too complex to maintain different versions. Its not just an odd file swap like it was in the older sims, it's a whole new separate project.

[mikced 76]

I fully understand your position and its your scenery addons in the end so you do them the way you want 😀 The question is would it not be easier for you without? I hear people complain, there is too many biz jets, there are too few of this or that. Why add them in the first place. why not let peple add whatever AI they want and make all airfields static free? Have you ever asked your customers if this is actually what they want.

[Gary Summons]

Yes I have asked, and in general the compremise I have is the best solution for most but not all. I generally don't block any official parking stand. So AI is not effected.(yes for egjb, stand 23 is blocked) I can assure you I regularly get requests for static airliners as well and I have to explain this compremise from opposite side.

AI is very difficult and time consuming to even get anywhere near acceptable for any airport. You may be good at it, but the vast majority are not. I'm not exactly a noob at FS, but I gave up with Ai, yes I've tried various addons, but I always end up with default cj4. And those crazy looking msfs airliners Everywhere, it just does look correct for me. Just last night I got 2 sprit crjs at Guernsey. Also What about xbox users? , remember there is a large msfs xbox market, and in general they use default ai alone.

How would you pack AI into tight parking arrangement which GA parking generally is? Also inside hangers, that's even tighter. How would you create custom scenes, like c17s at prestwick, falcon 20s,european a340 at Bournemouth without going to extreme levers by the by the end user. It's not viable to expect users to do all this with Ai when it will certainly fail. Sorry I will continue to create airport scenes using static GA aircraft while not effective those who want to add specific AI.

[Christopher Low]

I think that static GA aircraft is a good compromise. The massive AIG AI database that I have installed works well as far as seeing realistic airliners and executive jets are concerned. In addition, the impact on performance is not as great as I had expected. I have my AI set to 100%, and I have a 2015 specification PC (i5 7600K @ 4.5Ghz/32BG DDR4-4200 RAM @ 3.6Ghz/6GB Nvidia GTX 980Ti).

The only problem I have concerns the animation and behaviour of the AI planes. Take offs and landings are very basic when compared to the smooth animations of AI planes in P3D, and runway control is all over the place (I have seen all four runways in use at the same time at London Heathrow)!

[mikced 76]

Clearly you dont have the AIG latest venture into the world of GA then Chris with DynFP. Its GA traffic packages (Cessnas, Pipers etc) that install like any commercial airline package from AIG but it adds flying schoos and clubs etc in various regions of the world. UK especially is well represented. Its rapidly growing as well and Holland so far is above and beyond amazing.

Eighteen years with this hobby and I dislike static aircraft as much now as ever 😂