Provides ground services with object animations using OpenSceneryX objects. A great way to have some movement around your plane, and do your push-back and refueling Posted Image
- PushBack: Selectable distance and rotation, fully automated.
- Refueling: Request the desired fuel amount for each tank.
- GPU/Stairs (animation only) the stairs may go to a wrong position if the aircraft door is not correctly defined in the .acf. I din't find any way to simulate the gpu power with the current datarefs Posted Image.
- The plugin auto assigns fuel and push-back tugs based on the weight of your plane.
- Each tug and fuel truck has its own characteristics like fuel rate or power.
- I've modeled the tug power so it should give some real feel.
- All objects are unloaded if you're far enough in order to save framerate.
You need an updated installation of OpenSceneryX and Sandy Barbour x-plane python interface.
Install or update OpenSceneryX. Some people are reporting missing objects please update your installation before complaining about missing objects or crashes.
Sandy's python interface requires a python installation in your computer, some OS come with python preinstalled.
window users must install Python 2.7, windows 64bit users should also install the 32bit version and then PythonInterfaceWin27.zip
Osx comes with python preinstalled but with different versions:
- Leopard 10.5: outdated python version, install Python 2.7.2 Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC and then PythonInterfaceMac27.zip
- Snow Leopard 10.6: python 2.6 preinstalled install PythonInterfaceMac26.zip
- Lion 10.7: python 2.7 preinstalled install PythonInterfaceMac27.zip
Check for the your version of python:
joanpc:~$ python --version
Python 2.7.1
- 2.6.x: download PythonInterfaceLin26.zip
- 2.7.x: download PythonInterfaceLin27.zip
If you downloaded a python installer, run-it.
Then copy the contents of the PythonInterface---.zip file to your xPlane/Resources/plugins directory. It should look like:
xPlane / Resources / plugins / Pythoninterface.ini
xPlane / Resources / plugins / Pythoninterface---.xpl
Create a directory named PythonScripts in your xPlane/Resources/plugins folder and copy PI_GroundServices.py into it
xPlane / Resources / plugins / PythonScripts / PI_GroundServices.py
The rotation of the pushback doesn't work i you don't have a joystick plugged and assigned to the rudder.
The plugin is not as finished and feature-rich as I would but it's stable. I had this file sitting around for months without adding new features but it's ready to enjoy. I'll probably add more features when I get more motivation (money sometimes is a good motivations... not always :P). The source is released under the GLP license so feel free to improve-it and send-me your patches.
To Zach De'Cou for sharing his plans of a refueling plugin with me and debugging the plugin. (the refueling is not yet as complete as he designed) To ramzzess for donating some objects that the plugin is not using yet.
The original idea was to provide all the objects with the plugin, If you're interested in donating objects to the plugin please contact-me. We need: fuel trucks, tugs, stairs trucks, gpus, airport buses, cargo loaders, food services...