[HN Gopher] AirportSim ___________________________________________________________________ AirportSim Author : skibz Score : 109 points Date : 2023-10-26 14:47 UTC (8 hours ago) (HTM) web link (airportsim.com) (TXT) w3m dump (airportsim.com) | PreInternet01 wrote: | Ah, yes, this seems to be an excellent example of "someone caring | _very much_ about things I _don 't_ care about _at all_ " | | Still wish everyone involved the best of luck! Licensed vehicle | models, upcoming DLC, hope it all works out! | m463 wrote: | I'm sort of reminded of the VR job simulator. (I can job!) | | To someone, all this is job description stuff. But to others | this is super fascinating. I've met lots of train people who | would do train stuff for free just for fun. | Aeolun wrote: | > I've met lots of train people who would do train stuff for | free just for fun. | | This shouldn't surprise me -I do a lot of programming for | fun- but it still does somehow. | givemeethekeys wrote: | I wonder if it lets us simulate the baggage handlers; X-ray the | bags.. find the wall-mounted sexessories.. open the bag / | misplace luggage, etc. | | Crazy feature request: It would be awesome if MS Flight Simulator | let players fly to player controlled airports - maybe players can | reclaim an abandoned airport. Or even go to airports where | players must communicate with each other to coordinate landing / | take-off. | ChicagoBoy11 wrote: | I can see it being do-able with some kind of VATSIM-like | integration, where you would just need to get the live plane | movement data across, and then use that as the AirportSim plane | traffic... | JCharante wrote: | It's not on MS flight sim but on another flight sim there are | RP servers where people role play as ATC and pilots | EGG_CREAM wrote: | That's actually across multiple Sims, including MSFS, using | VATSim | Cthulhu_ wrote: | https://www.airportscannergame.com/ | | There's also Papers, Please, which is great and depressing, lol | oellegaard wrote: | Too bad it's windows only | manchmalscott wrote: | works just fine with proton | trollied wrote: | I'd like an Apple Silicon version. | ceejayoz wrote: | I wish someone'd make a good SimCity-style airport/airline | simulator. There've been a few attempts, including one looking a | bit like Prison Architect, but none that have been super | compelling to me. | SteveNuts wrote: | I really liked this when I was a kid, it looks like it may be | available to download | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Tycoon | | It was a _little_ buggy and felt like some feature's were about | 80%, but overall pretty fun. | barbazoo wrote: | I enjoyed https://store.steampowered.com/app/598330/SimAirport/ | when it came out. | resolutebat wrote: | SimAirport is the least bad one I've found, but still not | great, both UI and graphics are kinda janky. | | https://www.simairport.com/ | op00to wrote: | Aerobiz? | perfect-blue wrote: | I have really enjoyed AirportCEO on steam. I would check it | out, might be exactly what you're looking for. Another option | would be to get the mods for MS Flight Simulator that allow you | to create an airline and make money and grow your business, | etc. | rob74 wrote: | I had to squint a bit to decipher the writing on this airplane | https://airportsim.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1016.png, but | it seems to be "Luftwaffles" - a nice mix between _Luftwaffe_ | (the German Air Force, which however doesn 't operate any A320s | AFAIK) and _Lufthansa_ (which seems to have inspired the livery | of the plane - Lufthansa also has a circle on the deep blue tail | fin, but it contains a crane instead of waffles). | lainga wrote: | Also appeared in Breaking Bad as one of Pollos Hermanos' sister | brands! | coolspot wrote: | Luftwaffe operates A320s as medevac - | https://defencehub.live/threads/germany-rolls-out-first-a320... | NittLion78 wrote: | It's also a class Onion article: | | https://www.theonion.com/german-luftwaffle-chain-offers-waff... | ramesh31 wrote: | Thanks for setting off the Airline Tycoon theme music that has | lived rent free in my head for 20 years now. | brk wrote: | Shitty dark pattern on the cookie pop-up. Close tab, ignore. | Daviey wrote: | Best Chrome add on: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ | OscarDC wrote: | > sometimes it will accept all [...] cookie categories | | That's a shame, I like the idea of explicitly indicating that | I don't want anything more than what's necessary (or at least | not indicating that I don't care about them). | notpushkin wrote: | Consent-O-Matic lets you choose categories to allow: | https://consentomatic.au.dk/ | Beijinger wrote: | Well, you really don't care since you have temporary | containers on your news browser installed. | Daviey wrote: | From a technical perspective, if you actually care about | cookies, then blame your client for not maintaining your | privacy, because that is where your real complaint is.. Not | with the site. | wongarsu wrote: | The client has a hard time telling useful and tracking | cookies apart. The popups do a good job at this, since | they don't affect cookies that provide actual | functionality. I just don't like having to navigate them. | manchmalscott wrote: | oh snap, it's out? | | I played the demo a while ago, I hope they've ironed out some of | the jank lmao | slipperlobster wrote: | I downloaded the demo, and it seems to just be two different | tutorials - chocks and cones (handling an existing parked plane | at a gate) as well as GPU (ground power unit, also on a parked | plane). | | Really didn't get a good feel for the game, which is a shame | because I usually really love these mundane simulators. | CodeWriter23 wrote: | Does it accurately reproduce what happens when a passenger | refuses to sit down before the scheduled pushback at JFK on a | Friday at 5:30PM? | Daviey wrote: | I'm more concerned if someone starts having a meltdown that | another passenger is "not real" and off-boards. | Silent6361 wrote: | Working cyber at an airline, this kind of game would drive me | fuckin nuts. This is where all the OT and aircraft cyber ops are, | the worst shit. | justapassenger wrote: | Is it just me, who spent few minutes on the website try to | understand what you can actually do in the game? They make it | super clear on steam - ground handler, but on the website - I | keep on reading about weather. | charles_f wrote: | Yes, the website is going out of its way to explain that it's | very realistic and based on people who know, but doesn't want | to tell you what the game actually does. | | I came thinking this was an airport ticoon, and leave with the | impression that it's a series of minigames themes around | airports | seism wrote: | Do they have regulation and management of air space in the game? | The whole aspect of 3D terrain management would appeal to me. | benniomars wrote: | I'm not ever buying anything on Steam ever again. Not after they | started deleting games of my machine. I feel like someone came | into my house and robbed me. | Meekro wrote: | I feel like this needs more information. Please don't assume we | all know which incident you're talking about. | itishappy wrote: | I'm betting it's their recent CS2 rollout, where instead of | adding it as a new listing they released it as an update to | CS:Go. This meant the next time you logged in, it downloaded | the new game and removed the old. The goal was to funnel | people over to the new game. | | Upsides: CS2 should immediately have the full player base. | | Downsides: CS:Go is no longer available. CS2 is not a drop-in | replacement, it has higher system requirements and no longer | supports Mac. No opportunity for CS:Go to live on through | custom servers. | | It's definately an odd situation, but it's very much not the | norm. Steam tends to be ridiculously good at leaving your | library intact. I still play Rocket League through steam even | though it's been Epic exclusive (and free) for years. | | https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_noteworthy_games_d. | .. | | https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_delisted_fro. | .. | cmeacham98 wrote: | If we're talking about CS:GO, it is still available as a | "beta" for CS2 - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view | /73EF-08A3-0935-63... | | That said, Valve isn't running any servers for the game | anymore, so matchmaking will no longer work. But you can | relatively easily download the game and play on | community/private servers. | I_Am_Nous wrote: | A recent possibility could be Valve releasing Counter Strike | 2 by replacing Counter Strike: Global Offensive entirely. | _Technically_ you can still play CS:GO by selecting the | version in the Betas drop down (for now at least) but there | are plenty of people who purchased CS:GO years ago before it | was free and are upset because their "paid" game was | replaced by a "free" game. | rubberband wrote: | Apparently I'm Forbidden (403) from airports... :( | Scene_Cast2 wrote: | There's also this one. It's in VR, but I've read that it has | fairly limited content. | | https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088630/Airport_Ground_Ha... | jacobsenscott wrote: | Is the goal is to sell this as a training tool to airlines? | Otherwise wha? | smcleod wrote: | Windows only! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-10-26 23:00 UTC)