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Maverick Lint 1456501
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Maverick Lint 1456501
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2nd time today, flying with a friend who is suppose to be 2000 feet above me and shows he is on the ground while cruising, if this could be a issue with my models let me know it only happened today though before it worked fine.

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Justin Shannon
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I recon your friend is using a legacy pilot client that does not support the aircraft configuration protocol.

 

When xPilot encounters other users who are using older pilot clients, it has to guess whether or not the aircraft is on the ground by looking at the current position update and comparing it to the previous position update; if the altitude did not change between updates, then the aircraft is placed on the ground. The logic itself is very rudimentary and because these legacy clients will eventually be retired, I haven't bothered with tweaking the logic.

Controller (C3), Los Angeles ARTCC
Developer: xPilot, vATIS

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Maverick Lint 1456501
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I recon your friend is using a legacy pilot client that does not support the aircraft configuration protocol.

 

When xPilot encounters other users who are using older pilot clients, it has to guess whether or not the aircraft is on the ground by looking at the current position update and comparing it to the previous position update; if the altitude did not change between updates, then the aircraft is placed on the ground. The logic itself is very rudimentary and because these legacy clients will eventually be retired, I haven't bothered with tweaking the logic.

He is using XSquawkbox however after reading through position logs all the data is accurate and he is climbing properly only at cruise it decides to say he is on the ground

 

Climb: https://gyazo.com/1485211ec195549d7a3870f385c64bfc

 

Cruise: https://gyazo.com/f39d9d05e4247464141a2e407143c703

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I recon your friend is using a legacy pilot client that does not support the aircraft configuration protocol.

 

When xPilot encounters other users who are using older pilot clients, it has to guess whether or not the aircraft is on the ground by looking at the current position update and comparing it to the previous position update; if the altitude did not change between updates, then the aircraft is placed on the ground. The logic itself is very rudimentary and because these legacy clients will eventually be retired, I haven't bothered with tweaking the logic.

He is using XSquawkbox however after reading through position logs all the data is accurate and he is climbing properly only at cruise it decides to say he is on the ground

 

Climb: https://gyazo.com/1485211ec195549d7a3870f385c64bfc

 

Cruise: https://gyazo.com/f39d9d05e4247464141a2e407143c703

Then an XSB bug report needs to be filed using the proper channels.

Controller (C3), Los Angeles ARTCC
Developer: xPilot, vATIS

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