Custom bort number and payload for static aircraft

[Quetzalkoatl]

Hey everyone,

I had this idea in my head for some time and decided to write it here with hope that one day ED is willing to implement it.

 

As you could have guessed after reading the title, I'd want it to be possible to set custom bort number to static aircraft as well as give them specific payload.

It definitely would be important improvement for mission makers who'd want surrounding scenery to be as close to real life as possible.

 

Things with bort number i managed to achieve by spawning AI aircraft on the parking spots, because those have them editable. Then I set fuel to 0% so they wouldn't try to take off.

Basic cons of this solution is that pilots are inside of these aircraft and I am limited to use only parking spots instead of whole airfield ramp.

 

And here's the part of this effect that I'd love to achieve with static planes too:

All of these AI controlled planes are with their real numbers - in a way that they match real counter part that is visible on archive photos.
Sadly it is currently impossible to set it like that when using static aircraft because it gives random number to each static plane.

Thank you for reading.

Edited May 7, 2021 by Quetzalkoatl

[sirrah]

First of all, if you use AI aircraft for statics, you don't have to set fuel to 0. You just need to click the "uncontrolled" tickbox (this tickbox appears when you set an aircraft to "start from ramp")

 

By the way, on top of what you said about the AI pilots sitting in their pits, if you just set fuel to 0, the AI will still power up their batteries and turn on their nav lights.

 

 

Also, maybe I'm having a total messed up memory, but iirc you can also just give static aircraft specific board numbers.. not at my pc to check now..

Thinking about it, you might be right about not being able to give static planes/helos a specific board no.

This option should be added indeed.

Edited May 7, 2021 by sirrah

[fagulha]

+1

For ages i want to edit my statics loadout. Tried to edit a .lua file but with no joy. 

[GumidekCZ]

+1
Waiting to be designated as W.I.P. or "will be implemented soon"

[Nealius]

+1. Setting as uncontrolled AI doesn't allow specific placement of the static, often comes with various bugs (Petrovich sitting in uncontrolled Hinds, Mudhen's JFS sounds on infnite loop, etc.), and impact performance more than statics of the same aircraft model would in some cases.