03-30-2017, 05:32 PM
I don't plan on implementing cargo aircraft and a cargo demand formula until after we get the passenger formula completed and stable. But I wanted to start a discussion on cargo now so we can come back to it in the future when I'm ready to start working on the cargo aspect of the game. Basically post/discuss anything you'd like to see implemented (or things you'd like to avoid) when dealing with cargo. A few things I thought of:
Transporting cargo on passenger planes: Allow the transportation of cargo in the belly of your passenger planes, much like many airlines do in real life. Would allow utilization of cargo hold space that would otherwise be empty.
Cargo contracts? Sign various contracts with made up companies to transport their cargo. They would have specific routes that would need to be served and so on. Might be a bit complicated to implement but I think it would add a lot of immersion, rather than just having cargo magically appear on any route you fly.
Cargo would be exempt from any political restrictions (if those are ever implemented), just as in real life.
Additionally I still need to compile cargo statistics for a lot of airports. Right now there are 593 airports that do not have any cargo stats associated with them. Thats 38.7% of the airports that are missing data. Not too bad, much better than if it were all of them.
Transporting cargo on passenger planes: Allow the transportation of cargo in the belly of your passenger planes, much like many airlines do in real life. Would allow utilization of cargo hold space that would otherwise be empty.
Cargo contracts? Sign various contracts with made up companies to transport their cargo. They would have specific routes that would need to be served and so on. Might be a bit complicated to implement but I think it would add a lot of immersion, rather than just having cargo magically appear on any route you fly.
Cargo would be exempt from any political restrictions (if those are ever implemented), just as in real life.
Additionally I still need to compile cargo statistics for a lot of airports. Right now there are 593 airports that do not have any cargo stats associated with them. Thats 38.7% of the airports that are missing data. Not too bad, much better than if it were all of them.
I am the developer of Airline Enterprise