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Bugs / Crash from routes page

« on: November 30, 2009, 02:22:23 pm »

Help.  I've never run into this before.  Lately, as soon as the routes page comes up (like if I notice that my loadfactor is way down and I want to choose a route to edit), the game crashes.  I am using Windows Explorer 8 with Windows Vista Premium Home edition.  I didn't run into this until recently...it seems like it crashes before it can finish loading all of my routes, so I am assuming that it is either a capacity issue, or a faulty route that is crashing the system.  I'm playing on a high end, quad-core laptop with 4 GB of RAM, and haven't had problems with any other games.  Thanks for your advice.

User 9177
Playing in PW990 and PW1014
Bug occurs in the View Routes screen

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General Chat / When to upgrade...

« on: April 10, 2008, 10:41:25 pm »

Don't upgrade your planes unless necessary.  When you notice competitors placing more seats on a route, that is the time to begin matching the equipment.  Put your highest capacity aircraft on busy routes with multiple competitors.  You  "take" passengers off their planes.  It's not very profitable to put your newest airframes on uncontested routes.  I agree with Hanover's strategy of multiple short routes usually paying off better than one long route.  Your best income will come from large airports in close vicinity.  Note that as the game progresses the competition at these airports will eventually drive your prices down to being unprofitable...this is when you should switch strategies to long cross-country or international flights from big airports to smaller ones some distance away.  There isn't much point in selling your airplanes unless you are severely strapped for cash.  Even a small plane will pay for itself again every few days...the only reason to replace it is if you have so much money and so many planes that your aircraft are sitting unused because you have literally run out of route segments to attach them to.  I shift my older equipment to new routes and place new equipment on the most profitable routes.  I hope this advice makes the game more enjoyable for you.

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General Chat / Time until game begins??

« on: April 05, 2008, 12:18:11 am »

Sorry, I musty be missing something, what do you mean nothing happens until it starts? I've already opened routes, and there's ranking.

What he means is that you (and all other players) have time to set up routes and do some research, but time does not tick forward until the start of the game.  In other words, you won't be making any money--you're planes are grounded--time is standing still.  When the game starts, then you start getting hourly income.  Hope that helps.[/quote]