10-17-2018, 04:44 PM
So slots are only used to control the timing of takeoffs and departures at airports to ensure the airport is not congested at peak times?
The issue with adding slot limitations to the game goes back to gate limitations and why I didn't add those to the game, I feel it limits the growth potential especially since everybody plays in the same game world. If we had different games with limited number of players then it would work okay but what happens when we have 500 active players? 1000? 2000? I don't see limiting gates or slots as an option then.
I do like the idea of some type of detailed gate usage system with different statuses like alighting, boarding, etc. Keeping track of of the number of aircraft on the ground at the same time and then using that to figure out the required number of gates. Maybe even including leasing out your gates to other airlines when not in use. But that is something for the future.
For now the game is not capable of doing any of those things - so essentially the goal until something like that can be implemented is to come up with a way to manage how many gates are needed at each airport based on the number of flights you have operating out of that airport. I think for now I will keep the system I have as I don't see an easy way of implementing slots "correctly" without going all-out with a brand new gate management system.
The issue with adding slot limitations to the game goes back to gate limitations and why I didn't add those to the game, I feel it limits the growth potential especially since everybody plays in the same game world. If we had different games with limited number of players then it would work okay but what happens when we have 500 active players? 1000? 2000? I don't see limiting gates or slots as an option then.
I do like the idea of some type of detailed gate usage system with different statuses like alighting, boarding, etc. Keeping track of of the number of aircraft on the ground at the same time and then using that to figure out the required number of gates. Maybe even including leasing out your gates to other airlines when not in use. But that is something for the future.
For now the game is not capable of doing any of those things - so essentially the goal until something like that can be implemented is to come up with a way to manage how many gates are needed at each airport based on the number of flights you have operating out of that airport. I think for now I will keep the system I have as I don't see an easy way of implementing slots "correctly" without going all-out with a brand new gate management system.
I am the developer of Airline Enterprise