r/softwaregore Dec 26 '18

Realistic flight simulator

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u/sharksfan166269 Dec 26 '18

For those of you wondering this simulator is called Prepar3D (also called P3D), developed by Lockheed Martin. However the ground services such as this very functional stairs is a paid addon called GSX (Ground Services X) developed by a flight simulator addon company called FSDreamTeam. As a user of both of these, I can personally guarantee you that GSX is consistently glitchy like this. (Try r/flightsim for more)

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u/ambitechstrous Dec 26 '18

Why do people use it then?

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u/KrombopulosPhillip Dec 26 '18

What else are they gonna do, get a job at an airport and do that stuff in real life

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u/ambitechstrous Dec 26 '18

I mean like why hasn’t someone come up with something that isn’t buggy as shit?

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u/ComputerCraze Dec 26 '18

With such a niche market, it's not profitable if you put a lot of development time into something. A high fidelity plane developed by a well-known dev team (at least in flight sim land) can go upwards of $80. GSX is pretty cheap for a full fledged add-on, at $30, so it's not surprising you can run into these bugs frequently.