Cargo handling, Map size, Seasons, Diverted flights, Security gate, diagonal buildings

[pderuiter]

Hey there, welcome to the forums

Cargo:

Cargo handling?

We definitely see the value of adding a freight perspective in the future and are making sure to write generic code where due with the purpose of easily being able to integrate this in the future. For now though, we will focus on completing the baggage simulation. When that’s finished, adding a freight perspective shouldn’t mean too much extra work in terms of developing an extra feature.

Map size

How large will the initial map be?

It will be large enough, as developers we will not put any restraints similar to Sim City in regards to the map’s size and so you’ll have a big sandbox and we could of course implement the possibility of buying more land if needed. However, we will issue “recommendations” or perhaps guidelines as to what amounts of simulated agents the game can push out on an average computer at an acceptable FPS. We currently do not know what these amounts are since there is still loads of optimization and test…

Seasons

Time in the game

Yup, parts of this answer is still relevant. The time scale has not changed, but we have made some progress on the thought process. Three real world seconds per in game minute is still a good measure for the testing environment, but might be experienced as slow and tedious if there’s not a lot going on at the airport. I had an idea of perhaps adjusting the time scale depending on the number of important activities going on in the game, I don’t think it has been done before, but it would probably…

Diverted flights
Has been discussed as an event, but the devs have not commented on this

Gate
The devs have not said anything further about this, but i do believe this is only an initial implementation

Diagonal
Not at the moment no. Only taxiways (perhaps)

Different taxiways

Even though we indeed use a grid system it could be possible to implement 45 degree angled taxiways. It is a matter of aligning the taxiway diagonally, however, we don’t want to get your hopes high so it is not something we will not prioritize it at the moment. Maybe in post alpha releases.