I would like to see UI that works. I select “more” on the UI menu screen, load flight plan, the flight plan loads, I select “gate 3” and it won’t let me.
Even if I simply enter a departure and arrival airport, the moment I select the arrival airport, the “gate 3” selection reverts back to starting on the runway with engines running. I cannot change it back unless I delete the departure and arrival airports.
Only if I do not select a destination am I able to start at a gate/ramp.
I’ve had this problem forever. I would have thought this simple thing would be fixed by now.
Other times it works, but rarely, so idk wth is going on with this. My fault again? Once again, a culprit in my community folder?
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For spawning cold and dark, you need to make sure that your departure location is the last thing you select. If you change your plane, it will spawn you on the runway
And dont get worried about the buggy UI
Even though departure point is always reverting to the runway after you selected a gate, you will still be spawning at the gate you selected.
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Really? I never made it that far. Good to know. Thanks.
I’ve been away from the hobby for awhile. What’s the best new thing for ATC right now (payware), if any?
That’s been happening forever. I load my plans from SimBrief and always change to gate/ramp… it reverts to runway, but still spawns at the gate I selected. As a matter of fact, if you press that departure location, you will see that your selection is still active down on that list, it just doesn’t show up in the window.
Hmm, I tried it again, and it still started me on the runway. No matter how I go about it. I just can’t get ATC to taxi me to a runway if it’s IFR conditions unless I select ‘ignore weather’. It’s about impossible to even explain, so I guess I’ll just shut up and deal with it since they can’t figure out how to fix it.
Personal Comments and Observations
Once your plan is loaded in the World Map, select your ramp spot or gate by clicking on the drop down list beneath the Origin/Departure airport and selecting it that way. Do not use the graphical interface where you click on a ramp spot using the airport diagram. It will not honor the starting position that way.
Just curious… I’ve been using a fix for SimBrief loads that involves changing the code in the .pln file that shows up in the LocalState folder (specifically, adding a line with the parking position after the DepartureName line and deleting the line that mentions the runway number under the first ATC waypoint).
Is that no longer necessary?
The other option is to remove the departure, if the departure is “Direct” then you can choose a gate or ramp from either the map or the dropdown and the plane will start cold & dark from that position.
It is very very annoying.
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It won’t change. It’s stuck on “runway”.
The only reason I really need it is to get a taxi clearance in IFR. Otherwise I can just ignore ATC. I dont expect they will ever fix the ATC on 2020, since 2024 is coming out now.
You can use XBox Gaming App to record a video. It might be useful to see this problem in action.