Route Research

[Unknown98]

I've setup a route research page so you can select origin & departure airports and see the demand for any particular route. You can also input a custom ticket price (at this time for economy class only) and see how that affects demand, as well as input a custom reputation percentage and see how that affects demand. 

For now it just tells you the total passengers and not the passengers per class. Soon I'll implement individual demand formulas for each class of passengers, so once that is done it will be reflected on this research page.

This could also be a good tool to use to test changes to the demand formula prior to actually implementing changes into the game.

[POTKC]

This looks really great. Only thing I would change is perhaps add a field which indicates projected revenue for a round trip/one way, whichever would be better to use...

[Unknown98]

Good idea, I'll add that when I get a chance

[Carde]

I kinda like that it does not give you all the information on a silver platter means there is some work to be done yourself

[Frenchie]

Agree with Carde, a degree of uncertainty makes it more appreciable when you do find a very lucrative route!

[Unknown98]

I think once we have the formula finalized and the actual game starts, I will only display the basic things like total # of passengers, and leave out the detailed info about the different factors that affect the formula. I might even remove the ability to input certain ticket prices and see how they affect demand, cause in the real world you wouldn't necessarily know that down to the exact number. Idk, we'll see.

[POTKC]

But if it only displays the number of passengers the projected revenue can still be found through simple multiplication, so really it doesn't make much of a difference. It'll just be a lot less annoying if the info is already displayed.

[Unknown98]

That's true, and I think I would leave the revenue estimation in there. I just wouldn't display exactly how each factor would affect demand. Instead give more of an overall estimate of "this is in the ballpark of what you can expect on this route" type of thing.

[POTKC]

Yeah, that would be perfect.

[Unknown98]

I've made an update to the route research system. It now displays the total weekly flights among all airlines, which is helpful in determining amount of competition on a particular route. In addition, the results of the research are now displayed above the search form, instead of on a separate page. This allows you to change the inputs without having to go back to the form every time. Hopefully it makes route research easier.