December 6, 2022

Support of Aerosoft Offshore Landmarks: North Sea

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In 2030 65% of the North Sea will be an industrial zone. Over 70% of the electricity for countries surrounding the North Sea will be generated by the massive offshore wind parks. The North Sea is the biggest work site on the planet, where ships costing billions of dollars place and remove wind turbines and platforms. Thousands of people work there in often atrocious conditions. What used to be an ‘empty’ sea is now filled with platforms, wind farms and other structures. Aviation plays a huge role in this developing industry. Over 90% of European helicopter traffic is dedicated to the offshore industry.
That is why we believe a scenery covering the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish sea makes sense. With the simulator fully supporting helicopters, a new territory to explore is available!
All the objects are placed in exactly the correct position using databases collected over many months. The ships are all located where they were on Jan 20, 2022, at 12:00 GMT. This means that every ship is in a ‘logical’ position. So, a cargo ship could be at an anchorage waiting for a port dock to become available, a small fishing vessel going to its fishing ground or a construction ship placing pylons for new wind turbines.

 

OnAir now generates missions for this add-on.

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This feature will be in beta for a couple of weeks.

Airport Database update

The airport’s database has been synchronized with the last MSFS database (Sim Update 11).

We closed all airports that have all runways closed in MSFS. This will prevent getting jobs at airports not present in MSFS world map.

We synchronize the airports with the simulators databases. Therefore, if there is any misplacement or error in the sims database, we also get it in OnAir Database.

If you detect such an issue in MSFS, you can post a ticket to ASOBO/Microsoft here:

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Other Changes

  • Sim pause for glider challenges is now detected
  • Added rescue missions incident locations around Tokyo
  • Fixed error message sometimes displayed when registering a flight made in offline mode
  • Fixed FBO mechanics count display taking in account traveling mechanics
  • Fixed Bell 407 fuel transfer from FWD to AFT tank sometimes causing a tracking interruption
  • Fixed some FBOs not displayed in the World > Database > FBOs menu
  • Fixed cargo splitting on aircraft prepare page