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Loading fuel - a suggested enhancement

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Ray Proudfoot:
Hi Umberto. I bought the Xtreme Prototypes Learjet 25 last week and today I used the fueling system for the first time. Very nice feature to have.

If none of the load options match the required fuel load the user has to enter the values in the P3D fuel dialogue. Returning to the sim the fuel truck then animates the load but in reality the fuel has already been loaded which somewhat spoils the effect.

Would it be possible for an initial choice to be made and then subsequent menus offer different values so that a precise amount can be loaded solely via the menu system?

For example if the first menu offered 1000lbs but I needed 1250lbs I could choose the 1000lbs option. Then a second level menu could offer 100, 200, 300, 400 etc. I’d choose 200 and then a third level menu could display 25, 50, 75 as final options. Of course each level of menu could have an option to start the fueling process.

That way, through multiple menu levels, the precise amount of fuel could be loaded. Somewhat like the parking gate menu system where there are multiple levels.

Hope that makes sense and worthy of consideration.

virtuali:

--- Quote from: Ray Proudfoot on March 07, 2018, 09:53:21 pm ---If none of the load options match the required fuel load the user has to enter the values in the P3D fuel dialogue. Returning to the sim the fuel truck then animates the load but in reality the fuel has already been loaded which somewhat spoils the effect.
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No, it hasn't.

Assuming the airplane is not flagged for having a custom fuel system (it's not included in the GSX database so, unless you did it yourself, I assume the default configuration is valid), even if you enter something in the default Fuel page of the sim, the fuel is not loaded immediately: your desired quantity is read by GSX and the plane will be refueled progressively by GSX, until the quantity you asked for is reached.

If, instead, you flagged the airplane for having a custom fuel system, than GSX will not touch your fuel at all, and will just animate its vehicles, for as long the airplane will be fueling itself. And, if the airplane has a custom fuel system, you shouldn't probably use the default Fuel page in the first place, because the airplane would have its own system.

Ray Proudfoot:
That aircraft uses the default fuel system. But even if the fuel isn’t actually loaded by me entering that dialogue the overall effect is spoilt by having to do so.

My request stands.

virtuali:

--- Quote from: Ray Proudfoot on March 08, 2018, 11:11:13 am ---That aircraft uses the default fuel system. But even if the fuel isn’t actually loaded by me entering that dialogue the overall effect is spoilt by having to do so.
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I'm not entirely sure how having a GSX menu that would basically have to replace the default one would be so much different, in relationship to the immersion factor. It's still a menu, after all.

The proper way, would be something fancy, like an actual reproduction of a fuel loading card, displayed in 3d inside the VC, which you'll have to sign...which is surely something we might take into account for future versions.

Ray Proudfoot:
It doesn’t need to be something as different as that. My suggestion is simply asking for a multi-level menu with diminishing values of fuel so a more accurate amount of fuel can be loaded. The current system, whilst helpful, is quite a blunt tool. If I require an amount between two values displayed how do I achieve it?

GSX has multiple menu levels when selecting a gate. I’m just asking for a similar procedure for fuel loading.

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