Hi Adrian,
On 07 Nov 2012, at 09:48, Adrian Musceac wrote:
>
> What about AI traffic according to real-life schedules, for most major
> airlines? That's something FS-X doesn't do out of the box.
>
That's certainly a good feature to mention and -as you may have guessed-
something I care about a lot. I usually mention the AI traffic system when
talking to interested visitors. But, like the other features mentioned, the
coolness of it is in the details. For the casual visitor, it's just a bunch of
aircraft (much like the way FSX has them), and therefore, not really a reason
to stop by and start asking questions.
Also, with regard to the second group of visitors I mentioned in my previous
email, the FSX aficionados, couldn't care less if FSX doesn't do this out of
the box. Last weekend, I got a very strong impression that these people
consider FSX to not much more than an elaborate API where you need to buy loads
of add-ons to work. So, these people also don't really care that FSX can't do
something out of the box. The standard response would be "there's an add-on
that will do exactly this".
On a more general note, the latter argument makes it really difficult to
convince these people that FlightGear might be worth considering. I've also
gotten a few questions about whether there would be commercial add-ons for
FlightGear, and the fact that there isn't any need for them doesn't convince
these people at all.
Anyway, its a tricky problem and it make me realize that I wasn't born to be a
salesman. :-)
Cheers,
Durk
P.S., I do hope to pick up the AI development again in the near future.
D.
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