I'm just wondering how many of you use default AI Traffic in FSX.

 

I never use it because I never use fsx ATC, so I usually end up landing while some other plane is landing right in front of me, and sometimes a plane is on the runway while I'm landing.

 

I also hate how the planes are labeled, I would love to actually have to spot the aircraft myself without a giant red label over every AI airplane.

 

Also, AI planes decrease frames ALOT.

 

thanks for voting

 

ADD: Also, for some reason, I see sometimes two of the same AI Traffic fly immediately right next to each other.. So sometimes I see two 747's seperated by 10 feet landing at the same time.

I think you'll find most will say no to default AI, but do use 3rd party AI like MyTraffic Ultimate Traffic 2 or the freeware World of AI I use UT2, and sometimes WOAI!

I did use third party ai but now I don't use any ai offline. I do use third party ai when flying on pilot edge or vatsim.

I ditched the default AI right from the start and used WOAI exclusively for years until UT2 came out mainly due to the fact that I like real world liveries/traffic, default AI has more FPS hit due to the higher poly models and the fact that the default AI call for jetways which can cause a major slowdown.

UT2.  FSX ATC always clears me for touch & go inside the airliner on final...eesh.

It's fair to say that AI has been a hot topic lately. I find AI to be an fps killer especially if you use My Traffic Pro 5.4b. It takes up 10gigs of drive space, slows down the initial loading of FSX, and I can't even run 20% AI without performance issues. This is using the lower quality models and disabling animations. This to me was one of the worst purchases. It was a total loss financially for me.

 

I'm seriously considering downgrading to My Traffic 2013, but I'm afraid of wasting my money. I wish there was a demo.

 

I found WOAI to be fantastic, because the models look great, perform well, and you only need to install the airliners you like or want. There's some work involved, but it's not too difficult to do.

 

I found Traffic X to be a good product, easy on fps, less space needed, and the product is expandable. The one thing I don't like is that some of the airliners are placed too close to the terminal or too close to other airplanes.

 

If I had to choose, I would pick Traffic X because you get a ton of airliners, military planes, and GA with one simple install and performance is very good.

 

 

I also hate how the planes are labeled, I would love to actually have to spot the aircraft myself without a giant red label over every AI airplane.

You can disable traffic labels in the FSX traffic settings panel. I use UT2. 

I'm using IVAO's MTL but not sure if this really is to be considered as A I...AI to me is when a computer is behind the steering wheel.

No, I use UT2

I don't use AI as I only fly online, but I do use the WoAI models and liveries to represent online traffic

I'm seriously considering downgrading to My Traffic 2013, but I'm afraid of wasting my money. I wish there was a demo.

 

I think Mytraffic 2013 is just Aerosoft version of Mytraffic 5.4, thus it shouldn't really be any better.

 

 

I think Mytraffic 2013 is just Aerosoft version of Mytraffic 5.4, thus it shouldn't really be any better.

+1

 

On topic: I don't use default AI, but I use a third party program, and since I usually disregard ATC I don't care for aircraft landing in front of me - either I go around, if there's obviously no chance of me slowing down and landing far enough behind the trafffic, or I continue if I can see that the aircraft is going to exit soon, and it's far enough down the runway. (I know that's not eralistic at all, but I justdon't want to go around just becuase the traffic thinks the aircraft is too fast to leave the RWY, but prefers to taxi half a mile on to the next exit.)

Yes I use AI traffic, but its not the defalut one.. for a better result change it to ai yes or no..

I do my own AI aircraft and flightplans thanks to a mentor. Adds better quality aircraft and you can tailor it more. Like adding nostalgic aircraft from my good ol days.   :biggrin:  This is the result. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I tried the default AI traffic, but there wasn't much traffic and it was not realistic in terms of schedules, routes, or carriers.   I switched to UT2, now I have plenty of GA traffic and realistic commercial carriers with scheduled flights and routes.