Hi,

 

is it possible to reconfigure the primary door to be 1L rather than 2L? Some jet bridges aren't long enough to reach it without being torn to "floating bits".

 

cu

Roman

Most Crew & PAX actually board the 744 by Door 2L.

Found the solution exploring the aircrafts config file. There's a block describing the coordinates for the exits:

[exits]
number_of_exits = 5
exit.0 = 0.4, 37.008, -11.030, 6.158, 0		//Door 2L
exit.1 = 0.4, 67.605, -10.033, 6.158, 0		//Door 1L
exit.2 = 0.4, 49.639,  10.121, -3.736, 1	//Fwd Cargo
exit.3 = 0.4,  -46.387,  10.121, -3.736, 1	//Aft Cargo
exit.4 = 0.4, -61.272, 5.341, 2.906, 1		//Bulk Cargo

In order to make 1L the primary exit I switched out the first two entries:

[exits]
number_of_exits = 5
exit.0 = 0.4, 67.605, -10.033, 6.158, 0		//Door 1L
exit.1 = 0.4, 37.008, -11.030, 6.158, 0		//Door 2L
exit.2 = 0.4, 49.639,  10.121, -3.736, 1	//Fwd Cargo
exit.3 = 0.4,  -46.387,  10.121, -3.736, 1	//Aft Cargo
exit.4 = 0.4, -61.272, 5.341, 2.906, 1		//Bulk Cargo

That way jetways dock with 1L rather than 2L when Ctrl-J is pressed.

Mind you, these changes are from the 747-400 file. Other models like the Combi or domestic might be different. The process should be the same however.

 

It's true that a lot of boarding happens via 2L. However the simulator isn't always capable enough to simulate everything. I rather have a bit of an unrealistic scenario than jetways ripped into floating blocks

 

Hopefully this is useful to some folks in the future. Have fun!

 

cu

Roman

 

 

I rather have a bit of an unrealistic scenario than jetways ripped into floating blocks

 

It is possible to either move the parking spot closer or move the jetway using ADE.  I prefer this to using the wrong door.  Just takes a couple minutes and only have to do it once for that parking spot.