Passenger2 Beta Version B1.2x
Passenger2 beta branch users will get updates more regularly but may experience bugs as some features are being tested. We urge beta branch users to provide feedback to help us improve. Please report bugs or seek support in the normal form of a support ticket.
CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION
By using Passenger2 Beta you will receive updates more regularly and have early access to new features. We rely on your feedback to help us stabilise these features and roll them out for everyone. Please provide us with feedback at the end of your flight.
This version of beta uses a new systems for aircraft and airline management. When you opt into beta, your airline and subsidiaries will be transferred to a new system. You will not be able to transfer new data back to the stable version. We suggest you back up the folder called “Passenger_2” located in “C:\Users\[YOUR-NAME]\AppData\Local\” in case you wish to return to your current state in the stable version.
Please note the “turn around” and “transit flight” options are temporarily disabled in beta due to conflict within the systems.
If you switch back to the stable branch, you will lose any changes you have made in beta version. This is because beta uses a new system for saving and managing your airline. You will not lose any flying hours, however, you will lose this data if you override “profile.data” when restoring your backup. Please see the “How do I restore my backup?” question before for information on restoring. If you would like assistance, please contact us.
Revert to the previous state (lose all progression with beta since B1.2x) (METHOD 1)
If you wish to return to your previous state, simply delete the folder called “Passenger_2” located in “C:\Users\[YOUR-NAME]\AppData\Local\” and replace it with your backup folder. This method will remove all changes and progression made in the beta version, including flying hours and company reputation.
Keep flying hours (METHOD 2)
If you wish to keep your flying hours gained while using beta, override all files with the extension “.data” except “profile.data”. This will return only your company values to the previous state.
Keep flying hours and progressions (METHOD 3)
If you wish to keep your flying hours and company progression, just simply switch from beta to stable on the settings page within Passenger2. This will reset your aircraft only. If you wish to switch back to beta, delete the file named “company.P2” located in “C:\Users\[YOUR-NAME]\AppData\Local\Passenger_2”. This will prompt the transfer message to appear and restart the aircraft system transfer.
Passenger2 has already progressed through major development since its first release. To further improve the add-on, we need to simplify and advance methods on how data is managed internally.
Passenger2 Beta End Of Flight Survey
Thank you for being part of the beta branch. Please complete the survey below at the end of your flight to help us improve.
We cannot provide support from this survey. Please open a support ticket if you require support.
Known Issues:
None.
Currently in Beta
Company Selection Menu
The first screen you are presented with (after loading) is the company selection menu.
Select the company you want to manage. You can create a new company from this menu by clicking the + icon. You can have a maximum of 4 companies. If you want to fly without company restrictions, click the “Just Fly” button.
You can delete a company by pressing the “DEL” key.
NOTE: Subsidiaries are no longer a part of Passenger2. Subsidiaries made in stable will transfer into separate companies.
Dashboard
Overview
When you select a company, you will be taken to your dashboard. The dashboard gives you an overview of your profile and company.
Profile Statistics
Profile statistics are based on your pilot profile, not individual airline statistics.
- Pilot Rating – Your pilot’s current rating. Rank is based on your pilot rating.
- Hours – Your current flying hours using Passenger2.
- Flights – The number of flights you have completed.
- Passengers – The number of passengers you have flown.
- Achievements – The number of achievements earned.
Airline Statistics
Airline statistics are based on the company you have loaded.
- Hub – The hub of your airline.
- Reputation – The reputation of your airline.
- Maintenance – The average maintenance of your fleet.
- Employee – The average satisfaction of your staff.
- CSAT – Your airline’s average customer satisfaction score. NOTE: This will be 0 until you fly.
- Fleet – The size of your airline’s fleet.
- Bank – The current bank balance of your airline.
- Value – The total value of your airline.
Recent Flights
A quick overview of your recent flights. This is based on your pilot profile and not individual flights with the selected airline.
Miscellaneous
- UTC Time – The current time in UTC (Zulu) is always displayed in the top right. This is the time that pilots use when flying.
- Passenger2Bridge – The status of Passenger2 Bridge.
Flight Logs
Easily view your flight reports from all flights you have completed using Passenger2.
Achievements
View the achievements you have unlocked and which ones you are still working towards.
Headquarters
Overview
The headquarters is where you manage most of your company. This is where you will manage contracts, HR and marketing.
The airline overview presents you with statistics about your airline.
- Reputation – The reputation of the airline.
- Maint. – The average maintenance of the airline’s fleet.
- CSAT – The average customer satisfaction of all time. NOTE: This will be 0 until you fly.
- Employee – The average satisfaction of the airline staff.
- Passengers Carried – The total number of passengers the airline has carried.
- First Class – The number of first-class passengers the airline has carried.
- Economy – The number of economy passengers the airline has carried.
- Bank Balance – The current bank balance of the airline.
- Fleet Size – The number of aircraft in the airline’s fleet.
- Airline Value – The total value of the airline.
Change Airline Name
You can change the name of the airline by clicking on the name of your airline.
Change Airline Logo
You can change your airline’s logo by clicking on the current logo.
Airline Hub
You can choose a hub for your airline. When you fly in/out of your hub, you will receive a discount on the landing and gate fees. You will also benefit from increased passenger numbers when flying from your hub. These benefits are still to be implemented with the next stage of beta.
You can choose your hub by clicking “click here to select a hub” from the “airline overview” menu.
Your hub cannot be changed after it has been set!
Catering
You can select a catering contract by clicking “click here to get a catering contract” from the catering section.
Select the catering supplier you wish. Each supplier has a different quality rating, different products, and a wastage fee. The wastage fee will be explained later.
You can view the products the selected supplier offers by clicking “VIEW PRODUCTS”.
When you are happy with the selected supplier, sign the contract by clicking the “sign” button.
Editing a Product
After signing a contract, you can view all menu items in their respective categories using the drop-down. Edit a product by clicking on it.
After clicking on a product, you will be presented with the product configuration screen. Here, you will see the product’s popularity to help you manage the configuration.
You can serve each product in economy class, first class or both. You can also set the selling price for each cabin. This feature will be in a future update. Products in all cabins are currently sold at economy selling price.
Use the quantity slider to select how many products should be loaded at the start of a flight. If you do not want it on your menu, select 0 (do not load). After your flight, any left over products will be charged the wastage fee per item that was agreed when you signed your catering contract.
Manage Contact
You can manage your current contract by clicking on the supplier name under the catering heading.
You can review the current contract and the termination fee. The fee changes based on the term remaining. You can terminate a contact by using the “terminate” button. This button will only be shown if the “extend contract slider” is set to 0.
Contacts can automatically be cancelled after the term has been reached. You can extend a term by using the “extend contract slider”.
Ground Handling
In the same way as catering, you can select a ground handling contract by clicking “click here to get a ground handling contract” from the ground handling section.
Select the ground handling supplier you wish. Each supplier offers different rates for landing, airside and cargo fees. The quality rating of the supplier will affect passenger satisfaction for services within the airport, incident rates and amount of excess baggage fines.
When you are happy with the selected supplier, sign the contract by clicking the “sign” button.
Overview
After signing a contract, you will see an overview of how your contract is performing.
- Total Landside Charges – The total amount of landside fees charged within the contract term.
- Total AirsideCharges – The total amount of airside fees charged within the contract term.
- Total Cargo Charges – The total amount of cargo fees charged within the contract term.
- Baggage Fines – The total amount of baggage fines earned within the contract term.
Manage Contact
You can manage your current contract by clicking on the supplier name under the ground handling heading.
You can review the current contract and the termination fee. The fee changes based on the term remaining. You can terminate a contact by using the “terminate” button. This button will only be shown if the “extend contract slider” is set to 0.
Contacts can automatically be cancelled after the term has been reached. You can extend a term by using the “extend contract slider”.
Human Resources
This is currently unchanged from stable however, an overhaul of the system is planned for later in the beta process.
Marketing
You start a new marketing campaign by clicking “click here to start a marketing campaign.
Select the campaign you wish to start. Only one of each campaign can be active at a time. When you select a campaign, you can review its effectiveness and cost per flight.
The duration can be changed using the slider. When happy, click the “start” button to start the campaign.
Hangar
Managing Aircraft
All transferred aircraft from the stable version will automatically have a state of repair of 100%, 0 flown hours, no upgrades and 0 first-class seats. Registrations are also automatically assigned as “AIR(1-100)” in numerical order.
The manage aircraft screen will show you an overview of your aircraft, including upgrades applied and state of repair.
You can select an aircraft to manage by clicking on it. You will then be presented with an overview of the aircraft’s properties. These are the number of pilots, number of crew, maximum passenger capacity and maximum fright. In addition, you can see the state of repair, applied upgrades, the size of the economy and first-class cabins.
Option Buttons
Repair Aircraft
Repair your aircraft to a chosen state of %. The cost of repair per % is dependent on the aircraft size. The button is disabled when the state of repair is 100%.
Upgrade Aircraft
Upgrade your aircraft with an IFE system, better seats, seat power and wi-fi. Each upgrade will be reflected in your customer satisfaction during a flight. Upgrades cannot be removed, and cost varies on aircraft size. The button is disabled when all upgrades are applied.
Configure Cabin
You can configure the amount of first-class seats on each aircraft. This is free to adjust, and the economy cabin will automatically configure based on the amount of first-class seats selected. NOTE: the first-class cabin slider is no longer applicable in career mode due to this configurator.
Sell Aircraft
Sell your aircraft for the value shown. Value is determined by the flown hours, state of repair and applied upgrades.
Next Aircraft
Manage the next aircraft in your fleet.
Previous Aircraft
Manage the previous aircraft in your fleet.
If your aircraft is leased you will have additional option buttons.
Buy Aircraft
Buy the aircraft at the current purchase value. The value is determined by the flown hours, state of repair and applied upgrades. The button is disabled if you do not have enough money.
Extend Lease
Extend the current term of the lease. The lease cost will remain at the current price.
Cancel Lease
Cancel the lease for 50% of the remaining lease cost. Cancelling the lease will remove the aircraft from your fleet. The button is disabled if you do not have enough money to cancel the lease.
Purchasing Aircraft
You can purchase an aircraft by either buying a new or used one. New aircraft will be in 100% state of repair and have 0 flown hours. You can also upgrade them at the time of purchase. Used aircraft will need some repairing, and upgrades are pre-set. Used offers change daily, and not every aircraft will have a used offer every day. You can only purchase 1 of each offer per day.
Leasing Aircraft
You can lease an aircraft for the lead price displayed. When you configure the aircraft and contract, you will notice the longer the term you select, the more discount you will receive on the lease price. You can also choose aircraft upgrades, which will increase the lease price. You can view how long is left on the lease and extend or cancel the lease from the manage aircraft screen. After your lease is finished, the aircraft will automatically be removed from your fleet.
Bank
Account Overview
You can see an overview of the last 100 bank transactions when you open the bank.
Cycle through the pages using the arrows in the bottom right.
Loans
The loan system sees the introduction of credit limits.
Credit Limit
Your credit limit is displayed at the bottom of the loan screen. It increases and decreases according to your company’s reputation.
Interest Rate
The interest rate changes daily, adding to the challenge of accepting a loan at a good rate. Loans already accepted are frozen at the interest rate they were accepted on.
Getting a Loan
You can take out a new loan by clicking “click here to get a loan”.
Use the sliders to adjust the loan amount and duration. You can take a loan up to the amount that remains within your credit limit.
The terms of the loan will adjust automatically. When you are happy with your loan contract, click “accept”. The loan funds are credited instantly.
Manage Loan
Manage any outstanding loan by clicking it.
Using the slider, you can view the remaining loan contract or repay it partially or in full. If you repay part of the loan, the contract terms will update automatically. The interest rate will stay the same as agreed upon at initial acceptance. If you are happy with the new contract, click “repay.”
