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Products Support => GSX Support MSFS => Topic started by: pilot3033 on August 20, 2022, 07:40:30 am

Title: Jetway Position Retracts
Post by: pilot3033 on August 20, 2022, 07:40:30 am
Wondering if there's a way to increase the Level of Detail radius. I think while panning around it kept resetting and it resulted in the jetway getting stuck in the retracted position, but still "deployed." I also noticed the luggage on the carts disappears rather quickly. Terrain and Object LOD are set at 150 in the sim.

Title: Re: Jetway Position Retracts
Post by: pilot3033 on August 20, 2022, 11:16:14 pm
Bumping this as it may be a bug.
Title: Re: Jetway Position Retracts
Post by: virtuali on August 20, 2022, 11:30:03 pm
Yes, it's a known MSFS bug, which happens exactly the same with default jetways, we and other developers started reporting it to Asobo on the devs forum at least a year ago, they thought to have it fixed in a subsequent update, but it's still there.

This was the original thread, which illustrates the exact same issue you are having (jetway reportedly connected, but visibly not)

https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/questions/1695/su5-incorrect-ik-animation-behavior-for-asobo-jetw.html

Another thread, started by DrzewieckiDesign:

https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/questions/4807/lods-of-animated-objects-are-not-synced.html

This recent thread I opened myself, soliciting a solution:

https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/questions/9771/some-longstanding-jetways-issues.html
Title: Re: Jetway Position Retracts
Post by: pilot3033 on August 21, 2022, 01:01:30 am
Yes, it's a known MSFS bug, which happens exactly the same with default jetways, we and other developers started reporting it to Asobo on the devs forum at least a year ago, they thought to have it fixed in a subsequent update, but it's still there.

This was the original thread, which illustrates the exact same issue you are having (jetway reportedly connected, but visibly not)

https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/questions/1695/su5-incorrect-ik-animation-behavior-for-asobo-jetw.html

Another thread, started by DrzewieckiDesign:

https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/questions/4807/lods-of-animated-objects-are-not-synced.html

This recent thread I opened myself, soliciting a solution:

https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/questions/9771/some-longstanding-jetways-issues.html

Thank you. Good information to have!

The other question is about LOD. GSX is very aggressive about switching to a lower level of detail model on objects and vehicles. Luggage disappears off carts, for example. Is there a way to adjust that? Is it tied to “Object LOD” in the sim?

EDIT: I believe my LOD question is the same as the “invisible objects” thread. I’ll increase Object LOD and see if it helps (and doesn’t hurt FPS).