No traffic at arrival airport

[BBoaBrim]

I’ve just taken off from ESSA for a journey to Farnborough.

There was traffic at ESSA but only at the gates in my immediate vicinity. The rest of this large airport was empty.

[BaxterChico]

Is there any way you guys could release it as a beta? I don't always have traffic at the destination airport either. And so I could say whether it works for me or not.
Best regards

[BBoaBrim]

@baxterchico said in No traffic at arrival airport:

Is there any way you guys could release it as a beta? I don't always have traffic at the destination airport either. And so I could say whether it works for me or not.
Best regards

I wouldn’t want them to release a patch as a beta. We had beta testers for the main game itself. That didn’t seem to stop even the most blatant of issues. So I’d rather they released the patch when it’s ready for full release.

[balzbac]

@steve67 Did Brussels to Zurich: Did everything the same except that when I landed in Zurich: Empty! No wait… there was 1 Iberia A320… really weird as until a few days ago everything worked „well“ i.e. full destination airports)… also unclear how traffic gets spawned and how the destination confirm thing works and how the en-route traffic works… questions… waiting keenly for the update as I think has potential.

[hunterdouglas]

Do you think this might have something to do with having rolling cache, on or off settings. ie if it's on, does that stored info muck up what happens when we fly into the destination and how FStraffic wants to inject traffic

[BBoaBrim]

@hunterdouglas said in No traffic at arrival airport:

Do you think this might have something to do with having rolling cache, on or off settings. ie if it's on, does that stored info muck up what happens when we fly into the destination and how FStraffic wants to inject traffic

Have you tried it with cache on and off?

[hunterdouglas]

@bpfonteyn said in No traffic at arrival airport:

first I left it on, but cleared it out, flew into KBOS plenty of aircraft. I then turned it off and flew into KBOS again, only a couple of aircraft. Then repeated both options, with it on, next time no traffic, with it off, no traffic. So it's still not the answer, it's always hit or miss for me, sometimes it works, other times no. I'm very tired of it now, I reckon I've done more testing of it than the beta guys ever did. hopefully the promised patch they say is due out this week will work

[BBoaBrim]

@hunterdouglas said in No traffic at arrival airport:

@bpfonteyn said in No traffic at arrival airport:

...the beta guys ever did ...

snort of derision :grinning_squinting_face:

We're all hoping for a patch this week. I can quite imagine it's been quite a stressful time in JF HQ since the release of Traffic. Hopefully before the release of Kerbal Space Program 2 (EA) on Friday. :grinning_cat_face:

[BaxterChico]

I hope you are making good progress. It's really frustrating that I often have no traffic at the destination airport.

[Elpix]

lots of hope ... ;)

[xtreme33guitar]

So we are what....30+ days in. Still no aircraft at arrival airport. I'll see aircraft at departure and like 30 minutes after I'll see aircraft arriving at my departure....sometimes. I'll see the occasional aircraft enroute...but I never see aircraft landing or taxing and barely ever at a gate at my destination airport....STILL. It's getting a little frustrating. I've put in a ticket quite awhile ago and given the required data asked for and haven't heard back since. Sigh. I do like me JF products but this one is more frustrating than the norm.

[Derek]

@xtreme33guitar said in No traffic at arrival airport:

So we are what....30+ days in. Still no aircraft at arrival airport. I'll see aircraft at departure and like 30 minutes after I'll see aircraft arriving at my departure....sometimes. I'll see the occasional aircraft enroute...but I never see aircraft landing or taxing and barely ever at a gate at my destination airport....STILL. It's getting a little frustrating. I've put in a ticket quite awhile ago and given the required data asked for and haven't heard back since. Sigh. I do like me JF products but this one is more frustrating than the norm.

Totally understand your frustration. We are equally frustrated. FST worked fine for our large testing group and is also working for most users. It would have been impossible to release a traffic program that had no arrival traffic. But, it is clear that some users are getting a different experience to others and, for them, it is a traffic program with no traffic! We are working hard to nail whatever it is that causing these isolated problems with arrival traffic and thank you for completing the log for us. These logs are helping to find a common denominator and the latest build of an update is being tested at the moment.

[BBoaBrim]

@xtreme33guitar

I do understand your frustration. I too rarely get any arrival traffic, nor enroute traffic.

I sometimes get both when flying into EGLC, with the latter, enroute traffic, only being heard as I approach London.

Really wanting to keep JF Traffic installed, but as each day passes without a fix it’s becoming harder not to uninstall it and write it off as a wasted purchase. Simple Traffic is by no means the best traffic software, but at least it had plenty of enroute traffic and traffic at destination airports (and no “ghost airports”). 😢

[Rich]

@bpfonteyn
We're almost there with the update. We had hoped to release today, but it wasn't to be. It should be available early next week though.
Here is the current changelog for the update:

Module: Departures now using correct callsign callouts
Module: Destination airport detection revisions
Module: New system for handling departures
Module: Additional cruise AI scenarios added, plus increased randomness
Module: Additional airports added to database
Module: SF3 added to aircraft database
Module: Remove traffic/Regenerate traffic system improvements
Module: Bug when switching to an airport with no scheduled arrivals - fixed
TCC: VMR template exporting/importing bug
TCC: Right clicking headers in the TCC would cause a crash - fixed
TCC: Localisation issue fixed
Misc: In-sim menu not showing ICAO code when reopened during flight - fixed
Fleet: Added Cebu (CEB) Pacific A320, 320_SL and A320_NEO, A321_SL, A321 NEO, a330-300, ATR72
Fleet: Added Air China 747-400
Fleet: Added Air New Zealand 777-300ER
Fleet: Added Asiana 747-400
Fleet: Added Aurigny E195,ATR72
Fleet: Added Iraqi 747-400
Fleet: Added REX 737-800
Fleet: Added Singapore 777-300ER
Fleet: Added Smart wings 737-800
Fleet: Added missing A320NEO textures. AVA, QDA,SKU,LAN,IBE
Fleet: Colour matched BA fleet
Fleet: Rebuilt Aircraft.CFG's to correct some callsigns
Fleet: Updated wheel anim code
Fleet: Added bogie tilt to A330-200/A330-300/747-400/747-8/787-8/787-9

Subject to change before release, of course.

Thanks
Rich

[Elpix]

@rich sounds promising ! its worth the wait ;) Thanks for the update

[Monkeypants]

please add cargo carriers! thanks!

[ClevaTreva]

@monkeypants Yus! :thumbs_up: I'd like to see more smaller aircraft.

I love the models but I find the implementation of FS Traffic limiting. I like to roam around (okay I get lost a lot!) and have traffic generated wherever I go and not have to worry about entering a destination which is why I currently prefer the FSLTL injector.

[hunterdouglas]

I think I've solved the problem. I've just done 7 flights with plenty of aircraft at destination.
It's the instructions that are wrong , they say to enter and confirm your destination AFTER you have loaded into a flight.
thats wrong, enter and confirm your destination BEFORE YOU PRESS the FLY BUTTON
In flight set up, i entered both departure and destination airport, then in FStraffic I entered and confirmed destination, then pressed FLY and it worked

Please could other people try this method and see if it works for them

[BBoaBrim]

@hunterdouglas

No, you have not fixed the problem. I believe the manual gives two methods, of which one of them is your “fix”. Either that or a dev has already asked people try this method. I myself have already tried your suggestion without success.

If it was that simple don’t you think the devs would have fixed it by now?

Kudos, however, for your efforts 👍

[hunterdouglas]

@bpfonteyn

Sorry, but maybe you misunderstand what i did, attached is the two methods of the manual, both say click the fly button THEN type and confirm the destination,
what I'm saying is from the fstraffic control centre type in the destination and confirm BEFORE you hit the fly button.
I had been trying for weeks with know aircraft at destination, I tried this method and it works for me,

here is what the the manual says,

Method 1 – setting the destination via the in-game menu:

1. Load MSFS and go to the World Map.
2. Select your departure airport and then click the FLY button.
3. Once loaded into the flight, open the FS Traffic in-game menu.
4. Type the four-letter ICAO code of your destination airport into the DESTINATION ICAO field (for example,
   EGLL for London Heathrow, EHAM for Amsterdam etc.).
5. Press CONFIRM.
   Method 2 – setting the destination via the MSFS main menu:
6. Load MSFS and go to the World Map.
7. Select your departure and arrival airports and then click the FLY button.
8. Once loaded into the flight, open the FS Traffic in-game menu.
9. Confirm that the four-letter ICAO code of your destination airport is in the DESTINATION ICAO field.