ATC Landing Pattern Protocol

[KodiakJac]

Is it still too early to ask if the player's aircraft is going to always land last when under AI control?  Doing this always positions the player's aircraft last in the traffic pattern, and even if landing by hand, forces the player to duck and weave through the traffic pattern to land or fly straight in, ignoring the traffic pattern, which is unrealistic in either case.

 

Hopefully, 1C will determine the player's landing priority based on their position in the flight like the AI aircraft landing priority in IL-2 Great Battles is done.  This will provide the most variety in traffic pattern positions for the player.

 

And always landing last is not only unrealistic, but it is not high on the player satisfaction index for many pilots...

 

Poll: Do you like the fact that the player's plane always lands last?

 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

This is the, what, 3rd thread you start on this topic. If this is something they can easily change, one would think that by now they must've seen it.

 

4 hours ago, KodiakJac said:

Doing this always positions the player's aircraft last in the traffic pattern

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Hopefully, 1C will determine the player's landing priority based on their position in the flight like the AI aircraft landing priority in IL-2 Great Battles is done.

One small but IMO very important remark - as I have explained in your other threads, it is not true that the player aircraft always lands last per se. This is only the case in Career and AQMB missions.

 

4 hours ago, KodiakJac said:

And always landing last is not only unrealistic, but it is not high on the player satisfaction index for many pilots...

 

Poll: Do you like the fact that the player's plane always lands last?

Come on... this poll has absolutely zero added value. The question itself is biased since it assumes that people must have a strong opinion about it. You actively advertise it in threads right after you give the disadvantages of the player always landing last. You actively demand dissenting voters to explain their votes while not asking the same of those who vote "no". There is no third option "I don't care" which I suspect the majority of all players would vote.

 

I think especially the last part is very important since IMO the most interesting question is not whether or not people like that the player lands last in some missions, but whether or not people actually give a damn.

[Trooper117]

I don't care... I just come in and land as I please.

[BlitzPig_EL]

Pretty much this.  On the rare times when I fly a campaign mission, after completing the assignment, usually without help from my NPC "comrades", I fly home alone because my flight is bimbling about picking their noses, and land as soon as I can.  Get tea and medals, then rinse and repeat.

[KodiakJac]

5 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

There is no third option "I don't care" which I suspect the majority of all players would vote.

 

I think especially the last part is very important since IMO the most interesting question is not whether or not people like that the player lands last in some missions, but whether or not people actually give a damn.

 

If you don't give a damn, then why did you post in this thread?  I'm sorry that this topic upsets you so much...not.

 

Ignored.  I suggest you do the same of me.