Post by Dutch Owen on Sept 30, 2012 19:26:08 GMT -5
Captains,
If you use the gate assignment feature of FSCaptain for maximum realism, it can be a challenge to find your target gate since FS doesn't mark the gates on its airports. FSCaptain 1.4 will address this by marking your target gate, and maybe provide a follow-me car.
In the meantime, if you haven't ready got it, I'd recommend GSX: www.fsdreamteam.com/products_gsx.html. FSCaptain isn't going to provide anything this sophisticated. But, GSX doesn't come cheap.
A free alternative is FollowMe2 for FSX. The author has released it into the public domain as he is no longer maintaining it, and I have a copy on the FSCaptain website for you if you want:
www.fscaptain.net/downloads/FollowMe2_final.zip
This is a beta version, but it seems to work pretty well. The manual explains it, but basically you use the hotkey (default TAB-F) to call up a menu where you can summon a follow-me car to lead you to any gate or ramp or runway.
So far this add-on has reliably led me to my gate every time. I'm not sure how well it will work with complex add-on airports. But if you have lots of those, you really should have GSX or AES.
Hope this helps,
Dutch
If you use the gate assignment feature of FSCaptain for maximum realism, it can be a challenge to find your target gate since FS doesn't mark the gates on its airports. FSCaptain 1.4 will address this by marking your target gate, and maybe provide a follow-me car.
In the meantime, if you haven't ready got it, I'd recommend GSX: www.fsdreamteam.com/products_gsx.html. FSCaptain isn't going to provide anything this sophisticated. But, GSX doesn't come cheap.
A free alternative is FollowMe2 for FSX. The author has released it into the public domain as he is no longer maintaining it, and I have a copy on the FSCaptain website for you if you want:
www.fscaptain.net/downloads/FollowMe2_final.zip
This is a beta version, but it seems to work pretty well. The manual explains it, but basically you use the hotkey (default TAB-F) to call up a menu where you can summon a follow-me car to lead you to any gate or ramp or runway.
So far this add-on has reliably led me to my gate every time. I'm not sure how well it will work with complex add-on airports. But if you have lots of those, you really should have GSX or AES.
Hope this helps,
Dutch