Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speaking of congested airspace… Yesterday’s 50-mile line of planes coming to Oshkosh is something to behold: https://youtu.be/9IHbO0tzpMc
why was this, some event?
"Oshkosh", aka "EAA Airventure"
Airport Simulator
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Re: Airport Simulator
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speaking of congested airspace… Yesterday’s 50-mile line of planes coming to Oshkosh is something to behold: https://youtu.be/9IHbO0tzpMc
why was this, some event?
Re: Airport Simulator
#63I still miss flight control, seems wrong that such an important early iPhone OS game is just… gone.
Re: Airport Simulator
#64I was only thinking about Flight Control[0] the other day and how I wish there were more modern takes on it! There was Mini Metro[1], but that was released over a decade ago. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Control [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Metro_(video_game)
On Android there is Endless ATC. It also appears to be on Steam.
Re: Airport Simulator
#65Fun little game
However I notice people have realized they can set their own score with an HTTP request (I mean, it's Hacker News), maybe put in some sort of mitigation?
Re: Airport Simulator
#66This was really fun to play with, I have a few suggestions: - As the airspace gets more congested, it becomes difficult to click the airplanes as you can also grab an existing path, messing everything up. - The big stats table on the top left completely obscures a good portion of the map, making it harder than necessary. A togglable or semi-transparent option would be nice. -The possibility of zooming or moving aroun…
ctrl-shift- until the stats table is as small as you like
added a button to hide the scoreboard on desktop! was originally only available on mobile viewports
Re: Airport Simulator
#67the graphics reminded me OpenTTD
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#68Nice work!
Re: Airport Simulator
#69Looks like Kennedy Approach from mumble years ago!
Re: Airport Simulator
#70Nice! But whatever happened to "Show HN"? I see more and more people posting their own projects here (which is completely ok!) but avoiding (or unaware of?) the "Show" option.
About the game (sorry, sim) itself: it was really fun once I realized that I have to drag the airplanes to the runway threshold matching their color. You can draw a straight line from the plane to the runway, and it will land even if it has to do an instant ~360° turn directly before touching down, which is a liiiitle bit unrealistic :) Also, while landing the planes just float with constant speed right until the end of the runway and then taxi away. A nicer animation would be if they would touch down somewhere in the middle of the runway and then decelerate gradually before taxiing away. Same in reverse for take-offs.