Suggestion: Set up tug type contingent on aircraft type

[bantha121]

So as the title suggests, my suggestion for a new feature for GSX is the ability to bind a specific type of tug to a specific aircraft, regardless of TOW, e.g.: the smallest tug for aircraft like the ERJ-135/-145, the medium tug for the 737, E-190, A321, etc., and saving the supertug for the 777, 747, A380, etc.

[virtuali]

I think the same results can be obtained by linking it to the weight, as it is now. It's just a matter of choosing the right threshold values.

[bantha121]

I guess the concern I have is that even a fully loaded 737-800, much less a -700, shouldn't need a supertug. This is from my arrival in Kansas City with a gross weight of 126.6k lbs: http://i.imgur.com/LhXbWgH.jpg

[virtuali]

I guess the concern I have is that even a fully loaded 737-800, much less a -700, shouldn't need a supertug. This is from my arrival in Kansas City with a gross weight of 126.6k lbs: http://i.imgur.com/LhXbWgH.jpg

That's exactly what I've said: maybe we can just change the weight values as they are now, there's no need to change the program or add new things.

In any case, I don't see a "supertug" in your screenshot, that truck is way smaller, and seems to be appropriate for a 737.

[bantha121]

I guess I've just conflated supertug with the kind of tug that surrounds the nose wheel rather than using a towbar. Further question: I found a workaround to always get the tug I want (move all folders except for FSDT_PUSHBACK_TMX out of simobjects/misc), but now the tow bar is black; do y'all have any idea how to fix that? This is the sort of tug I've managed to get, which is what I've seen SWA use pretty much everywhere I've gone on them: http://www.travel-images.com/pht/usa1709.jpg

[virtuali]

I guess I've just conflated supertug with the kind of tug that surrounds the nose wheel rather than using a towbar.

We call that "Towbarless tug"...they can be of any size. They are *usually* the largest ones, but not always. Here's a real-life video of such tug, pushing a 737-600:

Further question: I found a workaround to always get the tug I want (move all folders except for FSDT_PUSHBACK_TMX out of simobjects/misc), but now the tow bar is black; do y'all have any idea how to fix that?

That's not the correct way of doing it, because (for the obvious reasons of saving space and not duplicate textures), the vehicles share lots of folders, so you cannot just remove stuff liberally.

The correct way of doing it is, as I've said, acting on the vehicles SIM.CFG files, and look at the line that says "condition", and work on the weight thresholds, as explained here:

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,13135.msg98273.html#msg98273