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PMDG phantom traffic

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I guess I still don't really know how default traffic works in MSFS. Sometimes back when I bothered with ATC it would clear me for takeoff when a plane was on short final. I assumed that was a human user that ATC couldn't see.

Lately, flying the PMDG 73-8, I keep getting traffic alerts, but I never actually see the plane even if I cheat and go to external view. It sees several ghost planes around me that are just invisible. Anyone have insight as to what's going on?

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I noticed that too. Really annoying. 

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Funny enough, this happens in real life sometimes. We’ll get random traffic targets with no altitude on TCAS randomly. I remember transmitting to ATC and a “TRAFFIC” alert play at the same time. He asked us what was up because there was no traffic around us. I explained to him that we sometimes get these false alarms, and we had a good chuckle. 

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3 hours ago, eslader said:

I guess I still don't really know how default traffic works in MSFS. Sometimes back when I bothered with ATC it would clear me for takeoff when a plane was on short final. I assumed that was a human user that ATC couldn't see.

Lately, flying the PMDG 73-8, I keep getting traffic alerts, but I never actually see the plane even if I cheat and go to external view. It sees several ghost planes around me that are just invisible. Anyone have insight as to what's going on?

The "Invisible aircraft" section in FSLTL FAQ helps explain many cases of invisible AI aircraft. Have a look here:

https://www.fslivetrafficliveries.com/support-faq/

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1 hour ago, Alvega said:

The "Invisible aircraft" section in FSLTL FAQ helps explain many cases of invisible AI aircraft. Have a look here:

https://www.fslivetrafficliveries.com/support-faq/

If I'm reading that right, every object associated with the PMDG plane is counted against you whether you see it or not? So the catering trucks/pushback tug/etc are all objects that exist for the whole flight?

That's kind of a bonehead way for Asobo to handle things, isn't it?
 

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