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AviationT

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GSX Boarding too much passengers
« on: May 26, 2018, 04:28:55 pm »
Hello, i have seen alot of twitch streamers or flight simmers that have that bug, where GSX boards more passengers than how much passengers fit in the actual aircraft. For example the QW787-8, 226 Passengers is set in the payload. GSX Boards 417. Maybe you can add a feature where you can type the number of passengers in GSX? Regards

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Re: GSX Boarding too much passengers
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2018, 11:54:34 pm »
As explained on the GSX manual, and so many times on the forum, GSX estimates the number of passengers by dividing the total station load by 220 lbs, which is the industry standard to estimate how much a passenger + luggage weights.

But this doesn't necessarily work with all plane configurations (full passengers, combi, etc.) or to whatever the 3rd party airplane you are using sets on its loading stations, and when.

In the latest version, we added a new control variable that 3rd party airplane developers can write to, to TELL GSX how many passengers they are assuming, so the two will be in sync. But it's a brand new addition, and requires changes in the airplane code to support it.

We contacted some popular developers (FS Labs, Aerosoft, TFDi, etc. ), explaining this feature, and they seem to be interested adding it to their products.