Hi Virtuali,
I was intrigued by the following:
I am sure that if Mr Carlson was informed of exactly what GSX is doing to the aircraft in MSFS during pushback, he would be in a fairly good position to try to solve the issue.
Of course he has.
From the above, it appears you
have been in contact with Mr Carlson. I would be interested to know how extensive or fruitful your correspondence with Mr Carlson has been. Did you propose any form of 'interface' testing?
Earlier, you yourself hinted that GSX
could be responsible for the appalling pushback animations we see on Vatsim:
For some reason, it only happens with GSX, because the difference comparing to other pushback method, is that GSX freezes the airplane, so maybe vPilot would need to account for that.
[My emphasis on your quote] Your use of the word 'maybe' concerns me in that it suggests you have not undertaken any testing whatsoever with vPilot. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Further, can you explain what 'freezing' the airplane means? To me this is critical to understand since any other of method I have tested (Toolbar Pushback, PMDG and FBW inbuilt push back, and even simply slewing) does not result in the gymnastics we see from online users of GSX Pro. What, precisely, is 'frozen' during the pushback?
I appreciate that many of your clients will fly offline and therefore cannot adversely affect the simming experience of others. However, several, through no fault of their own, do ruin the immersion of other VATSIM users. Consequently, I think this is a growing issue which will not go away.
I do not represent VATSIM other than being a user, but it should be noted that a GSX Pro pushback is establishing itself as something of a meme in the community. Which is a shame. GSX Pro appears to have its benefits but, and from a personal perspective, since most flights I undertake are online, I will not be party to wrecking someone else's immersion by using it.
Umberto, in closing, I refuse to believe that this cannot be readily resolved by a short collaborative effort between yourself and Mr Carlson.
Respectfully