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JordanIRL

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Only Use One Operator
« on: October 01, 2025, 01:39:43 am »
Hi,

So the past few days I've been trying to setup GSX so that it only uses Swissport across any airports in the world. I've disabled all the other operators in the GSX Livery Manager and I've also added a Swissport rule that changes its ICAO prefixes to "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" so that it ranks highest in the scoring system. But sometimes there are still default Jet Aviation vehicles present. For example one time I requested boarding and all the baggage handling, tug and staircases were Swissport but the passenger bus was still jet aviation. I reloaded GSX to test if this was random and it then chose a Swissport bus. So is there a way to remove the default rule for Jet Aviation or change it to swissport?

The reason I want to do this is because I use to work for Swissport and it also has the added benefit of not loading thousands of SimObjects, thus reducing loading times. I know it's not realistic but I don't care.

Thanks

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Re: Only Use One Operator
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2025, 08:47:08 am »
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I've disabled all the other operators in the GSX Livery Manager and I've also added a Swissport rule that changes its ICAO prefixes to "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" so that it ranks highest in the scoring system

This won't work, because by creating such rule ( which should be listed like this "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z" ), you are just giving Swissport a global score of 1 in every airport. Jet aviation is a special operator, so it also has a default score of 1 everywhere, that's why you see a random choice: both have the same score.

To do what you want, you'll have to give an higher score to Swissport, by using rules with 2 letters, like EG for UK, ED for Germany, etc. That would be a bit cumbersome so, my suggestion would be:

- Leave only Swissport available, so it will reduce the installed Simobjects count.

- Explicitely select Swissport in the Operator page of the airport profile.

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Re: Only Use One Operator
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2025, 07:28:30 pm »
Perfect, thanks for the info!