Avast - couldn't a body run GAIST alongside this Seafront Simulations addon doohicky and get even moar shippies?  Kind of like running FSLTL and AIG AI traffic addons together??

Edited December 12, 2025Dec 12 by Stoopy
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Guys, help me: 

Whats the main difference to the live ship traffic implemented in 2024?

Whats the advantage of this addon?

Do we need to enable live traffic to get traffic?

9 hours ago, Stoopy said:

Avast - couldn't a body run GAIST alongside this Seafront Simulations addon doohicky and get even moar shippies?  Kind of like running FSLTL and AIG AI traffic addons together??

I thought of doing this the other day as even with this mod and GAIST it's still nowhere near the real amount of ships on the sea. So the more the merrier, will give it a go later and see if it works.

I used GAIST in 2020 and loved it, but this software is what I'm using in 2024 and very happy with it.

Purchased through the Marketplace, it's incredibly easy to get started, although my original purchase through Contrail was problematic when I tried to upgrade. (By the way, the Seafront website offers a free Channel Islands Package.)

It works offline, though I use it in Real Time mode, which covers most live traffic.

Ferries and cruise ships are included, although my regular RoRo ferry across the Irish Sea looks nothing like it does in the sim.

 

14 hours ago, knich said:

Hmm...I thought GAIST was part of base MSFS 24...I did not realize that you needed to download it.  So the base ships, ferries, ect in the sim are Asobo models? 

GAIST is a third-party addon. The author has done some great work, to be sure. However, as far as I know, if you don't install it, you will be using MSFS's default boats and ships.

Questions for those who’ve purchased this -

1) Any sort of load in stutters at all when approaching ships and

2) What do the Great Lakes vessels actually look like?

 

Very tempted by this purchase as in XP12 the vessels (that don’t even follow routes) add a fair amount of life.

 

Thanks…

On a side note, how well does GAIST run in MSFS 2024? This is a very important addon package for me, so I want it to run at least as well as it does in MSFS 2020 (with respect to number of vessels/routes, animation/wakes, and visibility at distance).

4 hours ago, Republic DC9 said:

Questions for those who’ve purchased this -

1) Any sort of load in stutters at all when approaching ships and

2) What do the Great Lakes vessels actually look like?

 

Very tempted by this purchase as in XP12 the vessels (that don’t even follow routes) add a fair amount of life.

 

Thanks…

So  I rented it from the marketplace and all of the vessels on the Great Lakes are just generic models, they didn't actully model and specific ships (American Spirit, Alpena etc) like the dev from GAIST did. 

They look good and the effects are cool but I don't know if Im going to buy it or not. 

8 minutes ago, fakeflyer737 said:

So  I rented it from the marketplace and all of the vessels on the Great Lakes are just generic models, they didn't actully model and specific ships (American Spirit, Alpena etc) like the dev from GAIST did.

Do you have the Seafront Core Library installed?

 

On 12/13/2025 at 11:34 AM, RandallR said:

Do you have the Seafront Core Library installed?

Ya from the marketplace right ? 

4 minutes ago, fakeflyer737 said:

Ya from the marketplace right ? 

Are there supposed to be specifically modelled Great Lake freighters ? 

Flying from CYYJ to PAJN but no ships with the new SeaFront.

 

Any ideas?

EDIT:  looking at the interactive map there is no coverage in the North American Pacific: Global Shipping 24 Map | Seafront Simulations

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Edited December 16, 2025Dec 16 by Sky_Pilot071

On 12/15/2025 at 12:38 PM, fakeflyer737 said:

Are there supposed to be specifically modelled Great Lake freighters ? 

I believe they're all generic Lakers.

I can't even get gaist working in 1024 though