Choose airliners for other airlines

[Catolsen]

First, sorry if i'm posting too much, i'm just full of suggestions and questions

Anyway this suggestion is about being able to choose the airliner types that other airlines will order/buy/lease. In real life for example American Airlines ordered dc-10s in the late 60s, in the game however instead they go along the lines of ordering ~50 il-62s (Soviet planes... in the middle of the cold war). My idea is not some fancy AI or something, just a simple tag in the airline xml files, something like:

Code:

<onlyoperate aircraft="MD DC-10-10","Boeing 737-800","Boeing 727-100","Airbus A300-600","Insert ~40 aircraft here"></onlyoperate>

My only request is to make it optional, so that there is an onlyoperate tag which is not filled in, so that players can fill it in if they want to.
I dont want to bore/spam you so i'm not gonna talk anymore about this idea, unless you want to of course
Thats it, Thank You.

[Tjoeker]

As long as each post has added value, you can't post too much.


I think you are suggesting this tag in the xml:

Code:

<prefereds aircrafts="Airbus A319-100,Airbus A320-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-300,Boeing 737-300,Boeing 737-400,Bombardier Dash 8-400,Avro RJ100 Avroliner"></prefereds>

This example comes from Brussels Airlines if you want to check it out.

[Catolsen]

1. 
2. Thank you but i dont think thats what i'm looking for, as that is only preferred aircraft (Right?), as i would love to be able to choose exactly what aircraft they can or (more likely) cant operate, for historical accuracy (or just for fun!).

[Tjoeker]

I tested it: I gave the airline only the option to buy A319's.
50% of the aircraft it bought were A319's, the other 50% were aircraft meant for long haul flights.
So I guess it's kind of working.

You can put it in the preferred aircraft list.
At some point we'll make an option for the airline to be a little more strict with the list.
Probably when we're redoing the AI.


Edit: Upon second look, it doesn't work that well when you have more than 1 preferred airliner.
You can still put it in this list, we'll make sure it works.

[Catolsen]

Thank you 
I will try once i get back to my computer.

[Catolsen]

It works
Thank you, but i think i might have found a bug with their routes.
I set up 1 competitor (Scandinavian Airlines, my national airline), and set them up with the aircraft list i made for them. And of course it worked, however when i looked at their routes they were all over the place, like this 

I have no idea whats going on, as i have never had such a bug before.
Thats pretty much it.

Edit: For some reason the image isnt showing up for me, i dont know why, i will try to find a solution.
Edit2: The image still isnt working, you just have to trust me

[Tjoeker]

Images are shown like this:

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But I know what you are talking about.
AI will receive an update, and we will fix this.
But that's a long way from where we are now.
First we will make sure the economy works and everything from the users perspective is in decent shape.

[Catolsen]

It just didnt work
Anyway since we are on the suggestion forum i have a suggestion:
Aircraft total flown hours, and exact age, because i just feel that distance isnt enough.
Thank You.

[Tjoeker]

This should be easy I guess. Perhaps we should include the amount of pressurizations the airliner underwent as well.
And put a maximum amount of pressurizations on aircraft?

[Catolsen]

Possibly
Also maybe after the airplane has been worn down, you had the possibility of either scrapping the aircraft, restoring it and flying with enthusiasts or selling it to a museum.
I also have the idea of being able to order an aircraft before it has been built, enabling the possibility of launch customers.
But thats just some ideas.