A300-600
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Any chance JustFlight will consider adding the A300-600 with freight routes, since we now have a popular A300-600 in MSFS? It would be nice to have a high quality optimised model for representing online flying. Or are JustFlight still only interested in making a separate freight-traffic package in the future if the GA-package sells well?
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With how few A300s of any type are still flying in passenger service, the passenger variant would be very far down our priority list for FS Traffic. With a freighter update/expansion to FS Traffic, there is a higher possibility of an A300 model being added as there is a much larger number of them still flying as freighters.
At the moment, we are still focusing on the GA expansion so we haven't yet got a firm list of freighter models that may be included, but it would be safe to assume that we would pick the more commonly used types that are still in service today.
A freighter update/expansion to FS Traffic wouldn't necessarily depend on how well other products sell, it's more so the limitations of the simulator that have stopped us from wanting to add freighter models up to this point. For instance, we are not able to control if a freighter aircraft is parked at a terminal, or at a cargo ramp, so this would be an issue at any airport that doesn't have the correct parking codes and gate types set up.
Mark - Just Flight
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"For instance, we are not able to control if a freighter aircraft is parked at a terminal, or at a cargo ramp, so this would be an issue at any airport that doesn't have the correct parking codes and gate types set up."
Oh, yes, that would look silly. Not possible to tell certain aircrafts/liveries to avoid the terminal gates? Don't you have the same problem with the GA-aircraft?
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It's not so much of a problem with GA aircraft, as they operate from different airports and have much smaller wingspans, so there are various factors that we control to make sure that the GA aircraft only generate at the correct airports/parking areas.
With freighter aircraft, they are typically the same size as passenger aircraft, so the only way we can tell these aircraft what gates to load in at is via airline codes and the type of parking space that they can generate at. Unfortunately, most (if not all) default MSFS airports have these two parameters set up incorrectly. Off the top of my head, I think the default MSFS airports categorise any gate that does not have an airbridge/jetway as a "cargo" parking space, so by default, you would see freighter aircraft generated at these gates at passenger terminals.
This wouldn't be an issue at third-party airports that have correct gate sizes, airline codes, and gate types set up, but as the vast majority of airports in MSFS aren't covered by third-party alternatives, and as most users don't own every third-party airport, this would be a very common problem.
We hope that the upcoming MSFS World Hub may bring a lot of improvements to this area, and allow us to investigate the feasibility of an FS Traffic freighter expansion again.
Mark - Just Flight
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If you want to use the A300 with Vatsim, I have a few text lines you can add to your VMR file that work with liveries downloaded from Ini.
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@TrailerSwift89 Thank you, but I'm more interested in having a consistent approach to frame-rate friendly traffic and online-representation in MSFS. At the moment I don't own the A300 either, but again, thank you for the offer!
