May 28, 201214 yr Randomly generated search and rescue flights under the Jobs listings, similar to the one existing rescue mission, would be a great start. Target wouldn't have to be limited to water-landing pickups, either. Simply finding the target and reporting their location is the biggest part of real-world SAR. Could be overland, as well. Having lived in Hawaii, there are searches for lost hikers up in the hills on a surprisingly frequent basis. Crop-dusting would be another great way to flesh out Jobs. MFS actually used to have a crop-dusting mini-game. Maybe banner-pulling down the popular beaches, too, having to fly a specific course and keeping the banner straight in the "viewing" area. (Not that this is actually permitted in the real Hawaii, but still, it's "just a game"). And of course, fire-fighting. We'd need an appropriately-equipped helicopter or bigger plane for that, though. I've watched the helicopter bucket-brigade fighting a brush-fire in the dry Wai'anae range on Oahu, heading down to the beach to dip then flying back up to drop. Again and again. A helicopter would also open up aerial crane jobs, helicopter tours, off-airport pick-ups or deliveries, etc. these are all EXCELLENT ideas! well said, robo! please MS, can we have a jellybopter?
May 28, 201214 yr these are all EXCELLENT ideas! well said, robo! +1 I would love to see some of that implemented into the Alaska DLC release. Flight could really use some more missions such as the above. I absolutely loved the Kayaker misson along with the Hawaii photo shoot mission. Don B
May 28, 201214 yr please MS, can we have a jellybopter? My daughter used to call them hockadockers There's no place like this place, so this must be the place.
May 28, 201214 yr A whatalopter? sorry - Brit slang I picked up from some of my mates in the clan i'm in online in Naval Terminology - a rotary winged aviating device - a helicopter - now that I think about it, a Sea Stallion would be excellent!
May 28, 201214 yr Great ideas, Ray. Look at a game like Air Hauler, which uses FSX as its vehicle (literally) to sucess. You could incorporate most of Ray's ideas into a very similar MMO framework, where you competed against other real-person aviation companies.. Different kinds of companies: forest fire fighting; gliding tows; parachute carriers; helo tours; air-show acrobatics, heck, even standard haulage, but with more at stake than a kiss-off from some moody "nurse" and somebody who should really be in the infectious diseases ward of the local hospital... Come on MS..Look at Sim Cities; the Sims; any good MMPORG; any good FPS with a story-led misson structure (but crucially, not Op Flash or ARMA - too high a learning curve - like FSX - scare the "casual gamers", and therefore the cash, away) I dunno..got to be more to it than carrying cats around Hawaii, I'm afraid.. For me, FSX lived and lives so long because it allows me to choose not only my plane, but my location and crucially, my level of commitment..FLIGHT only offers me a layer of that at the moment, albeit dressed in lovely underwear and carrying a nice bottle of wine...but with some kind of serious reward-based "sim" (in the profane THE SIMS sense, not flight sim) component it might just swing it with both crowds, even with limited planeage and locations..I know a lot of "serious simmers" who still play AH because it adds dimension and depth to what could be accused of being stale six years on (depsite the plethora of lovely addons - blasphemy!! Burn him!! :Devil:) If you don't use VATSIM FSX can be lonely at times Dunno..Glad I'm not the person who has that job. JAKE EYREIt's a small step from the sublime to the ridiculous...Napoleon Bonaparte
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