Author Topic: GSX follow-me vehicle not routing according to ATC instructions.  (Read 289 times)

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GSX follow-me vehicle not routing according to ATC taxi route instructions.

On simple airfield layouts, with for example only one possible taxi route,  it works ok, but on airfields with complex layouts and taxiways the follow-me vehicle has a mind of its own and it appears that GSX has no connection at all with ATC.

I have had ocassions at some airport where the follow-me vehicle has even driven straight through terminal buildings etc.


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Re: GSX follow-me vehicle not routing according to ATC instructions.
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2025, 10:44:17 am »
I don't think GSX was ever designed with ATC in mind. It certainly has no way of knowing what ATC instructions even are.
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Re: GSX follow-me vehicle not routing according to ATC instructions.
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2025, 01:28:06 pm »
GSX follow-me vehicle not routing according to ATC taxi route instructions.

It's not supposed to do that, since there's no way to obtain the ATC taxi routing from the sim. GSX uses its own pathfinding method, which works just fine.

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I have had ocassions at some airport where the follow-me vehicle has even driven straight through terminal buildings etc.

Nobody ever reported this, and this is not supposed to happen. While the routing will be likely different than the one suggested by the default ATC, it will correct anyway and won't drive into buildings provided, of course, the airport layout (which GSX gets from the Navdata API) is correct.