10-07-2005, 02:40 PM
Hello,
I downloaded the free demo and tried to take the passengers for a single test flight. Below are some issues I
have had during the use of this addon.
They are mostly minor, except for one which I think is a bit more serious.
1) Creating Company #1 - In the foundation date the word after the year drop down box reads "years" which is
plural... I think just word "year" should be used (extremely minor bug)
2) Creating Company #2 - The IATA code database contains code "OK" which is asignated as "Czechoslovak"
which is wrong. Not only Czechoslovakia does not exist as a country for quite some time already, so if you mean it
as a private registration which is used in Czech Republic then it is correct, Slovakia uses "OM". And of
course "OK" is also IATA for Czech Republic's biggest airline - CSA Lines
3) FS Passengers and online flying (IVAO/VATSIM and other reality simulating networks) - from my point of view FS
Passengers are not very usable for
flying in this environment at this moment or I just failed to find one config option in the setup. For online flying it is
essential for the pilots to
have detection of collisions with other aircraft set to OFF. If collisions are enabled then you can "crash" your
airplane during boarding or during
taxi just because other pilot spawns at the same gate you are standing at or has different scenery for the same
airport and BOOM. Unfortunately I did
not find a checkbox in FS Passengers config to disable collision detecting. In my FS2004 settings the detection of
aircraft collision with other
aircraft is off but it looks like FS Passengers override this setting or make collision detection on it's own and that is
something that needs to be
turned off when pilots/users/CUSTOMERS are willing to use this otherwise very good product for flying online. So
maybe this is not a bug, maybe I just
overlooked one checkbox somewhere but I doublechecked it with friend and neither of us found the way of
changing this.
Sincerely,
Post Edited ( 07-10-05 15:42 )
I downloaded the free demo and tried to take the passengers for a single test flight. Below are some issues I
have had during the use of this addon.
They are mostly minor, except for one which I think is a bit more serious.
1) Creating Company #1 - In the foundation date the word after the year drop down box reads "years" which is
plural... I think just word "year" should be used (extremely minor bug)
2) Creating Company #2 - The IATA code database contains code "OK" which is asignated as "Czechoslovak"
which is wrong. Not only Czechoslovakia does not exist as a country for quite some time already, so if you mean it
as a private registration which is used in Czech Republic then it is correct, Slovakia uses "OM". And of
course "OK" is also IATA for Czech Republic's biggest airline - CSA Lines
3) FS Passengers and online flying (IVAO/VATSIM and other reality simulating networks) - from my point of view FS
Passengers are not very usable for
flying in this environment at this moment or I just failed to find one config option in the setup. For online flying it is
essential for the pilots to
have detection of collisions with other aircraft set to OFF. If collisions are enabled then you can "crash" your
airplane during boarding or during
taxi just because other pilot spawns at the same gate you are standing at or has different scenery for the same
airport and BOOM. Unfortunately I did
not find a checkbox in FS Passengers config to disable collision detecting. In my FS2004 settings the detection of
aircraft collision with other
aircraft is off but it looks like FS Passengers override this setting or make collision detection on it's own and that is
something that needs to be
turned off when pilots/users/CUSTOMERS are willing to use this otherwise very good product for flying online. So
maybe this is not a bug, maybe I just
overlooked one checkbox somewhere but I doublechecked it with friend and neither of us found the way of
changing this.
Sincerely,
Post Edited ( 07-10-05 15:42 )
Zdenek Cizek