Oakland Airport by BMOTW & AmSim - Jetways problems

[BAW9DV]

Hi,

 

Hope this is the right place to ask this . . .

 

I recently purchased the new Oakland Airport KOAK scenery by Beautiful Model Of The World (BMOTW) and AmSim.   All looks good, but the Jetways in the Terminal 1 and 2 area, just north of the Runway 30 threshold, do not work!   They are there but I cannot get them to connect to the PMDG 737.   And to be fair, spawning onto a stand, actually does not put the jet on the correct ground marking.

 

So I moved the aircraft into position manually - and still the Jetway does not move!   I tried three different stands and none of the Jetways work.

 

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Now I also recently purchased and installed GSX Pro - does this have an effect on the Jetways?   The GSX Pro menu reports " No Jetways Here "    Any help would be appreciared.

 

Thank you,

 

regards

 

 

Lee

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,
please provide a gate number for where you have this problem.
At the approximate location that you describe, there seems to be a working jetway:

 

[BAW9DV]

Hello Nick,

 

Thanks for responding. 

Since my post above, I have learned a bit more about this and how GSX Pro works with 3rd Party Add-ons.   Today I conducted some tests.  Here are the results and full description.

 

Both the PMDG 737 and the Fenix A320 spawn well out of position when a stand is selected from the MSFS Menu and so I began a series of tests to see if I could get Jetways to actually move and connect.

  

Now I recently purchased GSX Pro and in order NOT to see any conflicts, in the GSX Config menu, I selected EXCLUDE 3rd PARTY JETWAYS.     I then conducted tests on the Terminal One and Two area Cul-De-Sac gates.      I tested Gates, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, first using the FENIX A320 (current Block V2.0 version).   Initially, loading the GSX menu, GSX Pro reported NO JETWAYS HERE, even though their ARE actually Jetways there - and I noticed what appeared to be some double Jetways too! (see Pics 01, 02 and 03 below):-

 

PIC-01

PIC-02

PIC-03

(Cannot seem to embed them into the post!)

 

So to try to get around this, I then I loaded the freeware PushBackHelper (see pic 04 below) - and attempted to connect the Jetways using this utility.   I used to use this utility to push back ALL my aircraft before I got GSX Pro.

 

PIC-04

(Cannot seem to embed image into the post!)

 

Here are the results of my tests:-

 

OAKLAND AIRPORT - JETWAYS
 

Abbreviations:-
NJH - No Jetways Here (GSX Pro menu reports No Jetways at this stand))
PBH - PushBackHelper (results when PushBackHelper is used to try and move and connect the Jetway)

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1. FENIX A320 used - A/C spawned directly onto stand from the MSFS Menu:-

 

GATE 24 - NJH - Works with PBH Jetway moves & connects;
GATE 23 - NJH - Works with PBH Jetway connectss but aircraft spawns quite out of position;
GATE 22 - NJH - Works with PBH;  Jetway does move, but falls short of the aircraft side and does not connect;
GATE 21 - NJH - Works with PBH connects fine, close to the aircraft.  Best so far;
GATE 20 - NJH - Works with PBH connects even though aircraft was again, spawned well out of position!;

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2. PMDG 738 used -  A/C spawned directly onto stand from the MSFS Menu:-

 

GATE 21 - NJH - Works with PBH and is pretty good;
GATE 24 - NJH - Works with PBH and connects well;
GATE 22 - NJH - Jetway does not move even with PBH.   Jet is also well out of position;  

 

I have yet to try the Jetways on the West and East side of the Cul-De-Sac.    I also checked the MSFS CONTENT MANAGER to see if there was a default Asobo KOAK Airport that needed to be disabled - but I could not find one.   Only the BMOTW & AmSim scenery was shown as installed and active in the CONTENT MANAGER.

 

Any advice or help would be useful as I intend to review this product.

 

Cheers Nick,

 

regards,

 

Lee

 

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,
with GSX set up like this:

 

The product's jetways appear to be there, only one at any gate and they work.

 

 

 

 

It looks like it is not particularly compatible with GSX, so if you want to review it, it might be a good idea to do so without any third party addons.

[BAW9DV]

Hello Nick,

 

Ok, I might have figured it out.   Yes, until someone does a GSX Profile for KOAK, the Jetway services won't work.   Only the stairs and passenger bus option will be offered.

 

However - I checked the GSX Pro Config option again and discovered that I had clicked on the EXCLUDE 3rd PARTY option, but I did NOT remember to disable the actual KOAK Jetways & Services.   Still learning what GSX does and how it works, so I might be abe to do this.

 

I just flew KLAS to KOAK in the Fenix A320 Spirit Airlines and parked on stand 24.   Jetway did not work for GSX (No Jetways Here message) but it worked using PushBackHelper, although it disconnected and GSX took over and sent stairs and the Buss !!   

 

thanks for your insight . . .

 

Lee