Definitely a day one purchase. Tired of toolbar pushback clashing with the Fenix but in addition the immersion and pushback capabilities with GSX are a huge plus. Thanks for the preview, great content as always 👌
Been looking forward to this add-on! There's two things I'd love to see. To have AI and Static packs so that other aircrafts around larger airport's can be seen to be boarding so that the airport looks busy and alive. The other is for the pax movement to not look so zombie-ish, especially when you see how life-like some characters are in other computer games.
I had an instance were the A310 was pushed and the front wheel was rotating the opposite way. NBD I thought but all the wheels were heating up as shown in the Wheels display. Had to wait for them to cool down after the pushback. This was my first GSX experience after purchasing it yesterday :-)
Not sure at the price point and with the amount of reported bugs/instability if this is really worth it. I mean, it's nice all the bits and bobs it adds but at the end of the day is it worth 35£ (add an extra 5 or 10£ and that could easily be a week's shop at any supermarket)? I think 2 years after MSFS came out we should be expecting prices to drop a bit on these types of "peripheral" addons, however we're still seeing a push towards "premium" prices for what are sometimes very incomplete, almost "early access" projects. Anyway, thanks for the review, excellent content as always.
Brought it. Unfortunately 24hrs later, uninstalled it. I really like it, but the bugs were too annoying. Jetway issues and freezing spoilt it for me. I'll wait until SU10 and a solid update is released, before I give it another try.
I wonder when FSDT adds the BGL exclude feature. I also hope to add another jetway soon on GSX as well as be able to move a jetway. I customized a gate with an awesome 3 jetway gate at KDEN in FSX with GSX. I wish we could do this as well on MSFS.
There should be a separate button to board the crew because they should board way before the pax, not just a few seconds before. Otherwise who would prepare the plane! ;)
Good review. The majority of the pre-release YT videos are woeful in that the reviewer hasn't read the manual and has no real clue what they're doing with GSX. A lot of the issues people are having are manily user error. I'm not defending FSDT, some of their choices (using Digital River & Cloudflare being the main ones) are 'questionable' and their installer system is one of the worst I've ever experienced. I'm still on the fence about this one but I'm sure a couple of updates in (and an extra few days for Cloudflare to seed them) it'll be really good and most of the annoying little bugs ironed out. Couatl will always be iffy regardless of platform but the immersion GSX provides is worth a bit of the heartache IMO. One YT reviwer was critisising not being able to read a sign on the baggage cart and the fact both baggage loader looked identical - I mean come on, compared with what we had back in FS5.0 or even FS98 (which in realistic terms isn't that long ago) stuff like GSX is fantastic - nitpicking in the extreme.
Can confirm once you get through the installation process which is faffy at best (at least for me), it's a solid add-on and works very well in the sim.
Thanks! Always keen to offer an open and balanced opinion and believe it's important to show the good and raise the bad points too. Not sure who went into the nit picking on baggage signs as I've not watched any other reviews but that does seem a little OTT to me! That said, as with scenery - all this sort of thing is quite subjective and everyone's ideal level of immersion is different too 🙂 glad you enjoyed the review - I did have a tough time for 3 days trying to install it and found many others on previous versions experiencing the same issue on the forums for P3D and FSX so know there have been issues for a while and factored that into my review too. Fingers crossed it gets smoother and a bit more reliably stable over time
do you know if you can use only one airstair instead of having one in the back too? Plus I have seen where the plane at the gate as the jetway in the front and an airstair again in the back
Hi how do you check which version you on? Because the updated keep showing there's updated available. I don't know if is just one time click and it will update to the latest version?
Im a little confused over the flow of things in the GSX menu. Would not the jet bridge come as one of the first, at least before boarding. Looks like the "boarding" action does not pull out the jet bridge automatically. Just a flawed logic in my mind. I would say get the jetbridge connected as the first action and then we can add the pilot and crew, then start the catering, fueling and passengers when appropriate. (Are you allowed to board when the plane is fueled ?)
It depends - it often works for me but if not just toggle the jetway first.... And yes boarding can take place during refueling (reality is the seatbelt sign would be off in case of emergency)
I think it would be nice if in gsx we could: Chose the number of stairs (what i mean is that i can chose to have only one stair) same for the bagage loading trucs It would be nice to be able to board the crew separately from the passangers
Thanks for this which is now my 'go to' aid in using this. One issue I am finding is that sometimes the pop up GSX panel does not appear when you click on it. Did you come across this?
Hi Jimbo, thanks for commenting - great to hear you found it useful! I did run into that a few times - I found if I went to the system tray and restarted couatl (right click the logo in systray, click Restart then give it a few minutes until you hover over it and it says Airport Caching Complete) it'll kick itself in the backside and work again 😂
@@BritishAvgeek Excellent thanks so much. I also get a message saying 'scripting engine hasn't started. Sorry for sounding a bit dumb but can you direct me to systray just so I know I am in the right place. I have used the icon right hand side of task bat but GSX icon not appearing there?
@@jimbojames6401 that's the one! The right hand side of the taskbar in Windows where your time/date is - you should have a sort of green snake type icon called couatl (which is the message you have popping up). If you open it using the button in the start menu called Start Couatl for MSFS and it disappears from the taskbar after a minute then your firewall or antivirus is blocking the program
Unfortunately after 8 CTDs after hitting FLY I had to uninstall. now reinstalling however it has been going for 5 hours and still only 40% complete - I think their servers are in meltdown
Hmm, I'm not too sure about this addon. I'm usually too busy before the flight with all the cockpit prep (like in RL) and don't have time to watch the passengers board, do I? And then, during the flight I look through the cabin and it's empty anyway. Would be good to see these people not only board but also seated in my plane. This could be promising then. Thank you anyways for taking the time to showcase and explain it.
You're welcome... As I said in the video (interior sounds chapter too) we discuss how this would all be running whilst we're busy prepping the FMC etc for the flight ahead of us but it's nice to have the added layer of immersion
Great video, the detail looks amazing. Now that it’s been released, there have been some videos posted by other content creators that have shown numerous bugs. Have you noticed any bugs since you’ve posted this video? Other videos showed issues with the jet bridge, passengers were floating to the aircraft, you could see the passengers feet walk through the overhead panel when on the flight deck…
That's down to the fact the airports don't have custom files for GSX so would be avoidable if they went into the airport editor... ... But it's full of issues and the increase in CTD is infuriating
@@moem7018 currently I would wait - we aren't sure if GSX is crashing MSFS or if there is a wider Asobo Server issue causing CTD (because lots without GSX are reporting CTDs too over the same period of time).
@@BritishAvgeek for me I think it’s the flybywire a320 that’s causing the CTD. I didn’t get any crashes with the normal a320. Or I could of been lucky. Maybe a windows update?
It's a great product, but I personally uninstalled it because it was causing a bit CTD's flying different aircraft. I actually wish I would have waited to see if it gets any better, before I spent my money on it. Also, it's EXTREMLY time consuming to set up EVERY different airport, location of plain and everything else!!!
Yours welcome - always important to point out issues constructively and transparently rather than pretend it's all rosy and works great! Especially with the price, people want to know what they are getting
Any idea how to get the pushback team speak to you. No matter what audio settings I try its silence, Cancel, it was the audio settings in gsx, I have that many audio devices connected with similar names. All working now.
I do not seem to have the simbrief option? I also do not seem to be able to edit any of the aircraft options on the 737 nothing happens when I click any of those options.
Check the couatl thing in the sys tray, right click and click restart (give it a minute to recache the airport etc) and if that doesn't help then check your install has installed correctly and update inside the FSDT Installer
@@BritishAvgeek I think it has something to do with their server caching I have run the updater a few times but It still has me the on the 2015-2018 copywrite not the 2022.
Hello, After using Quick edit, I press Enter on keyboard and try use Enter on numpad there are same happened that not pushback, and GSX disable. Please help, thanks
Whenever i try to opertate stairs before pressing board passengers its says left forward entry is closed but its open but if i just board passengers instead of operating stairs i have no problem. Btw this is with b737 800. Am i doing something wrong
@@josephSE18 I meant like if you have a button to board just crew because in the normal config the passengers arrive right after the crew and its not so realistic if you know what I mean
@@alonbernstain6163 currently no but you could potentially tweak the files which work to timings for various animations so it could possibly be changed/edited (though I wouldn't know unless I took a deeper dive into it)
Very nice vidio good to see you are back :-) This utility looks very good, but people looks very lazy they need walk faster and trhe loader looks have bad payment work not enought fast ;-)
Probably is only me, but I'm not able to understand in a clear way in FSDT if a new update for GSX Pro is available or not. Each time I enter in FSDT the UPDATE option is always available, I run the option, and as soon as the update finishes, if I enter again on FSDT the option UPDATE is available again. Someone has the some doubt about how to know if a new update is really available to GSP Pro?
I totally respect your reviews but I've got to quibble with this one. I have had GSX for two days and I'm finding the interface annoying and it's incredibly slow and ponderous - but worst of all by far is that I every flight I have attempted since I installed it has resulted in a crash to desk top. In two years of using MSFS on my quite powerful computer I have never experienced a failure rate like this - and other reviewers of this product are noticing it to. I am uninstalling it pending a major upgrading of the product. I would urge you to revisit this review at a future date. The product has promise but is not ready for release in my opinion.
Hi! Thanks for dropping a comment - did you see my live stream today? I mentioned in the video about instability, CTDs and a difficultly installing to be fair but today whilst live and trying to enjoy a full flight I had 2 CTDs and ended up uninstalling it live on the stream
@@BritishAvgeek Wow!I didn’t see that. Not a good advertisement- and a very tricky task for you to accomplish. The product does look interesting but if it’s killing the core simulation, what choice do you have? It will be good if you can keep an eye on this - your opinion on when GSX is fit to use will be appreciated by myself and others I’m sure.
@@steveclarkemedia today I reinstalled it... I had 3 CTDs without GSX installed and if you look on the MSFS forums there are hundreds of users reporting similar CTD issues. It is definitely not GSX causing CTDs and from today I would happily be certain of that but rather some issue within the MSFS online data server stuff
@@BritishAvgeek Super useful. Thank you. I have seen that stuff on the forums. I will reinstall - cross fingers. You are a genuine bonus to your followers.
Yep - you make a good point actually so thanks for reminding me... You want to uninstall LatinVFRs AREX and their custom jetways products etc if you get issues with it clashing
Not sure to be honest as I use the iniBuilds/Origami Studios EGKK nowadays but even if it doesn't work quite right, you can go into the Airport Editor and add/tweak anything you need to change 🙂
@@BritishAvgeek whenever I try to open gsx in msfs it will speak out loud saying that there isn’t any available information at this airport position, I’m not sure why but for now I will keep it uninstalled.
Have you tried uninstalling GSX Pro, then uninstalling FSDT Update manger and then also deleting your Addon Manager folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager ? this has fixed a lot of the little weird errors for me at the moment
After that, restart your PC and then run the FSDT Installer and click and run the Update mode and try again (do not use the live updater program, it just crashes)
@@markjackson5333 because you end up turning nearly all of the settings down to 0 or very low showing how over the top the effects are. When I used it myself I ended up turning them all off because the head movement feature for example was almost like I was a nodding dog! Very OTT and unrealistic
Unfortunately after purchasing this for AUD $50 I cant get it to work. When I spawn at an airport I get a narrated message 'Says - Could not find valid AFCAD Data at this position, services are not available'. Cant get any assistance or support from fsdreamteam so thought id ask on as many platforms whether youtube, facebook as I can because I cant even use the support forum because you have to be authorised by a forum admin and im still waiting. There are others like me who cant get this to work. Trying to troubleshoot, is yours a steam or MS version? I have steam version so not sure if that is issue
Have you tried uninstalling GSX Pro, then uninstalling FSDT Update manger and then also deleting your Addon Manager folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager ? this has fixed a lot of the little weird errors for me at the moment
Hi! As George suggests have you tried that? Also make sure on the install you select on the left side menu of the Installer the version too (I have the MS Store version). Uninstall it, restart your PC then run the installer. After, restart your PC again and run the installer once more to click Update (do not use Live Installer, only the FSDT Installer to update). If that still doesn't work, check your Firewall and Antivirus to ensure there are exceptions in place for the entire Add-on Manager folder and the couatl.exe files within the packages too, uninstall, then restart, reinstall and update inside the installer again
@@TeamSethRules I had the same problem, no AFCAD at ANY airport. The problem was due to an orphan folder that was placed there by the Microsoft Store, as initially I had pre-ordered the MS Store version of the game, cancelled it then bought it on Steam. I have seen a post (in the FSDT forum) that someone else had this same folder. even though he had NEVER had anything to do with the MS Store version, just the Steam version In my %APPDATA% (roaming) folder there was a folder named 'Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe', removing the folder fixed the issue. I could see in the logs (after re-installing GSX again, after removing that folder), that my scenery files were scanned, therefore those missing AFCAD file were found. Temporarily remove that folder if you have it, just to see if it fixes it. I've deleted it now. So it's working, I've had one flight, and MSFS froze and CTD when on final approach @ 700ft ........... Grrrr! - But that's a different issue
@@TeamSethRules as jumpjet said above, looks to be an issue with MSFS again being a bit weird in the install and making it difficult for GSX to identify the file locations perhaps.
Check your antivirus and Firewall as they (like they did for me) block it and make it impossible to install properly. Mine took many attempts across 3 days
@@BritishAvgeek thanks not sure if it’s the same problem as you but everytime you try clicking run on it it comes up saying windows is searching for files
So much potential, but we shouldn't have to find major workarounds on day 1. I noticed you didn't include refueling as it doesn't work correctly with pmdg. The truck arrives and it instantly fills up the tanks. Pushback takes wayyyyyy too long. And the increase in ctd after installing is troubling. Ive uninstalled and hope to see a better product in the future.
@@WarHawkAU24 ah all good 🙂 when it works, it's amazing - but when it doesn't which sadly seems to be the majority of the time - it's just not fit to be sold
Ive not had a good experience with GSX. Glitches quite often. Opening the windows from the top tool bar is annoying. Have to click it multiple times. Im running a good solid PC setup, but when running GSX it causes skipping occasionally and even CTD. It will continue to ask that I enter fuel quantities, when all setup is already completed within SimBrief, Navigraph, EFB, MCDU. Just frustrating. After this evening I think Im done with it. Worse purchase to date.
May get this once any bugs are ironed out, and if it functions well post-SU10. It looks very polished, and immersive. Sorry to read you've had PC problems again, dude. Did you figure out what was causing the blue screen issues?
Not convinced they'll all be ironed out as a few historical posts on their forums suggest some have had issues with bugs since FSX and P3D got GSX but fingers crossed. All round it's very very good when it is installed and working! I think it was a driver issue which was resolved but also a RAM card that went faulty and wrecked my PC basically 😅
@@BritishAvgeek I've had PC issues myself, defective (I think) GPU causing artefacting after 3 months of use, had to hard reset my PC because of no display, got the BSOD. Had to reinstall Windows and lost everything. So I know how you feel haha. I'm just back to normality myself, having gotten a new, different GPU.
Hmmm… I’m back having bought and used GSX for several flights… sadly, im not happy. It is very buggy at lots of my airports. And procedurally, so much is wrong… might not bother some, but im paying for immersion and accuracy. It just isn’t anything close to real world in many ways. Why do the crew arrive and then immediately the passengers…? Am I not the pilot, should I not be able to call the crew and then spend 10 mins pre flight to get ready for pax?! The ground vehicles drive through each other and the aircraft all the time. Things take ages compared to real life. It has LOADS of potential and i really hope they fix things, but it’s a bit of a Fad imho… I feel a fool for rushing and buying as I was excited. Also it upsets me that so much of it can be fixed by “editing” things like parking stands etc… maybe that’s what everyone who used or knew GSX before was expecting, but I really don’t think they should be writing on their website that it works out of the box. If it was sold just as a tool to modify and enhance then maybe that would be okay, I’d expect to take time to fix things. But the things that aren’t related to where everything is placed is disappointing. And I do understand people saying “it is what it is, it adds a bit of immersion” well yes… but at least with toolbar pushback the marshaller guides me to the right stopping point and all the ground services happen as quickly as real life (or I can choose to manually dismiss them!) Not aimed at you BAVGeek but I think it needs acknowledging that it’s needing improvements
I agree, did you see my live stream today? We discussed the bugs and issues in depth, and some of the good too - then endured 2 CTDs in a row followed by me uninstalling it live on the stream
@@BritishAvgeek heya, I was watching the latter part of your stream at work without sound on, but gathered what has happened from the chat. I also think it’s bad for devs to be sending trusted and reliable UA-camrs like yourself these things for free to review, when they risk your reputation with an addon that might work for a bit (long enough for you to review) then fall apart. I don’t believe for a second that FSDT are malicious, nor do I think they’ve made you look bad - you’ve shown the mod in a true and honest light! But it’s really not going well for GSX is it… Just my thoughts. Anyway keep the streams coming and hope you get some sleep soon friend!
Beware: This is extremely buggy..... The crew embarking should of been made separate of the passenger boarding as boarding takes place later.... Specific airline textures and selection for a payware asset is missing and shouldn't.... Is this a buy, I think so but I am holding off till they resolve many issues... Fuel Truck animation is terrible... The follow me truck does not always stay on the taxiway path and decides to do it's own path.... Progressive fuel while a cool concept doesn't work right and each aircraft has its weird way of making it work...
@@BritishAvgeek : No, I did not see but this is a huge disappointment regarding coding... SUggest people do not buy till they iron it out... MSFS2020 is having cash cow releases based on eye candy...
It is quite a steep price but it offers a significant amount of immersion across a wide range of scenarios as we saw in the video - I'd just like the installation to be smoother, Couatl to be better and it to be a little less likely to crash the sim 😅
Is cute your video is nice but obviously the software have bugs, who would want to purchase a software that have difficulty to install , that really SUCKS !!!
I'm pretty happy with what it offers, they've commited to supporting and improving it over the next 10yrs and it's beyond anything else on offer by a long shot
@@JohnnyPerth so, the CTDs 90% of the time are something else having been using it a lot since its release. The baggage carts etc being on roofs and so on is down to it not being able to read specific afcad files which it needs for each scenery to work out where to put stuff - but that's easily sorted with a custom profile
@@BritishAvgeek I buy a lot of addons, but this seems like one giant hassle. A lot of poor reviews around as well. The idea is excellent, the execution seems buggy.
@@JohnnyPerth yeah it is a little frustrating digging around for all the custom profiles for every airport - but then if it means it works better I don't mind it too much (it almost becomes routine) 😂
I’m glad that this is a thing, a few days back, the default pushback flung the tiny crj into the air
Much better with smaller trucks using towbar push!
Definitely a day one purchase. Tired of toolbar pushback clashing with the Fenix but in addition the immersion and pushback capabilities with GSX are a huge plus. Thanks for the preview, great content as always 👌
Thanks Arko - it's out now you'll be pleased to know 🙂
@@BritishAvgeek it's like a birthday gift 😅
Toolbar Pushback hasn't clashed with Fenix at all for me. I just get the annoying pop-up from Fenix and ignore it.
Can’t get the menu up tried everything
Just bought this.....still has it's moments but very impressed
Been looking forward to this add-on! There's two things I'd love to see. To have AI and Static packs so that other aircrafts around larger airport's can be seen to be boarding so that the airport looks busy and alive. The other is for the pax movement to not look so zombie-ish, especially when you see how life-like some characters are in other computer games.
Nice idea for a future update perhaps
Could be worse, the pax could be from 24 days!.
love the Video Huge plus for me, to see GSX come to MSFS. love GSX in FSX Hope they bring the Voice part to GSX in the Future
I had an instance were the A310 was pushed and the front wheel was rotating the opposite way. NBD I thought but all the wheels were heating up as shown in the Wheels display. Had to wait for them to cool down after the pushback.
This was my first GSX experience after purchasing it yesterday :-)
Very odd 🤣 not sure if it's in the forum or not others having the same issue
Having trouble on the pushback with the fenix a320 hopefully I figure it out
Not sure at the price point and with the amount of reported bugs/instability if this is really worth it. I mean, it's nice all the bits and bobs it adds but at the end of the day is it worth 35£ (add an extra 5 or 10£ and that could easily be a week's shop at any supermarket)? I think 2 years after MSFS came out we should be expecting prices to drop a bit on these types of "peripheral" addons, however we're still seeing a push towards "premium" prices for what are sometimes very incomplete, almost "early access" projects. Anyway, thanks for the review, excellent content as always.
A great looking add on that will only get better over time
I certainly hope so... Sadly based on today's livestream issues and the 3 CTDs I've totally wiped all traces of it from my PC now
Brought it. Unfortunately 24hrs later, uninstalled it. I really like it, but the bugs were too annoying. Jetway issues and freezing spoilt it for me. I'll wait until SU10 and a solid update is released, before I give it another try.
Hi! Hope you caught my live stream today - I ended up uninstalling it live. Like you said, I want to really like it but today was unacceptable
Always well organized! Thank you
I wonder when FSDT adds the BGL exclude feature. I also hope to add another jetway soon on GSX as well as be able to move a jetway. I customized a gate with an awesome 3 jetway gate at KDEN in FSX with GSX. I wish we could do this as well on MSFS.
Thank you so much for showing the pre planned push back 😎 First one I’ve found showing how this works.
Good to hear! It's a key feature I thought warranted a tutorial theme for it within the video 🙂
Hopefully it's out very soon, managed to purchase it when the purchase link got leaked by mistake...oops I guess? Makes me more excited for it now!
It's out now!
Awesome video.. was already going to get gsx, now I will be prepared! Thank you for the tips I will likely use them all.
Great to hear! Hope you're enjoying it - it's out now 🙂
Very realistic and interesting add-on!! Good job British Avgeek
Thanks! Took 3 days to make the video with various software and hardware issues so hope it was good!
@@BritishAvgeek Yes you make very good video
There should be a separate button to board the crew because they should board way before the pax, not just a few seconds before. Otherwise who would prepare the plane! ;)
Nice idea for a future update perhaps!
Thanks for this, good well thought out and thorough review with lots of details
Thanks George! Hope you enjoy using it!
Good review. The majority of the pre-release YT videos are woeful in that the reviewer hasn't read the manual and has no real clue what they're doing with GSX. A lot of the issues people are having are manily user error. I'm not defending FSDT, some of their choices (using Digital River & Cloudflare being the main ones) are 'questionable' and their installer system is one of the worst I've ever experienced.
I'm still on the fence about this one but I'm sure a couple of updates in (and an extra few days for Cloudflare to seed them) it'll be really good and most of the annoying little bugs ironed out. Couatl will always be iffy regardless of platform but the immersion GSX provides is worth a bit of the heartache IMO.
One YT reviwer was critisising not being able to read a sign on the baggage cart and the fact both baggage loader looked identical - I mean come on, compared with what we had back in FS5.0 or even FS98 (which in realistic terms isn't that long ago) stuff like GSX is fantastic - nitpicking in the extreme.
Can confirm once you get through the installation process which is faffy at best (at least for me), it's a solid add-on and works very well in the sim.
Thanks! Always keen to offer an open and balanced opinion and believe it's important to show the good and raise the bad points too. Not sure who went into the nit picking on baggage signs as I've not watched any other reviews but that does seem a little OTT to me! That said, as with scenery - all this sort of thing is quite subjective and everyone's ideal level of immersion is different too 🙂 glad you enjoyed the review - I did have a tough time for 3 days trying to install it and found many others on previous versions experiencing the same issue on the forums for P3D and FSX so know there have been issues for a while and factored that into my review too. Fingers crossed it gets smoother and a bit more reliably stable over time
Quick question about the marshaller : is it also coming at the stand if you re not using the follow me car ?
Hi! Yes they do appear unless the stand has VDGS active in which case you use the guidance from safedock instead
do you know if you can use only one airstair instead of having one in the back too? Plus I have seen where the plane at the gate as the jetway in the front and an airstair again in the back
Hi Bill! Might have to look into tweaking it all inside the customisable scripts but wouldn't know where to start with that!
Great video! Have you tried it with the freighter?
Not yet no - it caught me in the midst of technical issues and a working week so cargo is one element I've not yet explored with it 🙂
Hi how do you check which version you on? Because the updated keep showing there's updated available. I don't know if is just one time click and it will update to the latest version?
21:00 Bernd Mayländer is driving that car?
great addon!..i will certainly enjoy using it and thanks for the video!.
Cheers John! I'm sure you'll enjoy using it 🙂
Im a little confused over the flow of things in the GSX menu. Would not the jet bridge come as one of the first, at least before boarding. Looks like the "boarding" action does not pull out the jet bridge automatically. Just a flawed logic in my mind.
I would say get the jetbridge connected as the first action and then we can add the pilot and crew, then start the catering, fueling and passengers when appropriate. (Are you allowed to board when the plane is fueled ?)
It depends - it often works for me but if not just toggle the jetway first.... And yes boarding can take place during refueling (reality is the seatbelt sign would be off in case of emergency)
I think it would be nice if in gsx we could:
Chose the number of stairs (what i mean is that i can chose to have only one stair) same for the bagage loading trucs
It would be nice to be able to board the crew separately from the passangers
I'd need to dig more into it but there are developer modes that you could tweak
@@BritishAvgeek okay thanks! Keep on with the videos i really like them
@@AirDogHD thanks! Had a lot of significant technical issues this last week so nice to be able to get some videos back up and running
@@BritishAvgeek You’re keeping up good 👍
@@BritishAvgeek can i ask some questions about osprey?
Thanks for this which is now my 'go to' aid in using this. One issue I am finding is that sometimes the pop up GSX panel does not appear when you click on it. Did you come across this?
Hi Jimbo, thanks for commenting - great to hear you found it useful!
I did run into that a few times - I found if I went to the system tray and restarted couatl (right click the logo in systray, click Restart then give it a few minutes until you hover over it and it says Airport Caching Complete) it'll kick itself in the backside and work again 😂
@@BritishAvgeek Excellent thanks so much. I also get a message saying 'scripting engine hasn't started. Sorry for sounding a bit dumb but can you direct me to systray just so I know I am in the right place. I have used the icon right hand side of task bat but GSX icon not appearing there?
@@jimbojames6401 that's the one! The right hand side of the taskbar in Windows where your time/date is - you should have a sort of green snake type icon called couatl (which is the message you have popping up). If you open it using the button in the start menu called Start Couatl for MSFS and it disappears from the taskbar after a minute then your firewall or antivirus is blocking the program
@@BritishAvgeek Many thanks. Appreciated
Unfortunately after 8 CTDs after hitting FLY I had to uninstall. now reinstalling however it has been going for 5 hours and still only 40% complete - I think their servers are in meltdown
Can you show gsx world people are saying it’s pointless on Xbox and only replaced vheicles no passengers or animated loaders etc
GSX World on Xbox? This wouldn't work on Xbox as it requires an external program to run in addition to the sim so I doubt it'll release on xbox
Hmm, I'm not too sure about this addon. I'm usually too busy before the flight with all the cockpit prep (like in RL) and don't have time to watch the passengers board, do I? And then, during the flight I look through the cabin and it's empty anyway. Would be good to see these people not only board but also seated in my plane. This could be promising then. Thank you anyways for taking the time to showcase and explain it.
You're welcome... As I said in the video (interior sounds chapter too) we discuss how this would all be running whilst we're busy prepping the FMC etc for the flight ahead of us but it's nice to have the added layer of immersion
Can you do a video on how Jet bridges work ?
In what way? In gsx?
@@BritishAvgeek Never mind. I figure it out, you have to disable the add on airports.
The front stairs in gsx dont come and the passengers are invisible. is it a bug
No, it just needs a profile creating for the airport you are at that's all
@@BritishAvgeek But it only happens in the pmdg 737
the fenix also works
@@smurfcat2010 try using the aircraft editor in gsx then
@@BritishAvgeek do you know anyway to share the gsx set
Hello, thanks for the video. When it comes to me I fly basically entirely in VR. Do you know if GSX works in VR as well?
Fantastic video as always mate 👍
Thanks Mariner! 🙂
Excellent video and explanation.
I know i am really late and i can only hope that you see this, but how do i get those busses, i have been looking for weeks and cant figure out how
The passenger buses? They'll arrive if there are no jetways or stairs with "walk in gates" for your GSX profiles
Great video, the detail looks amazing. Now that it’s been released, there have been some videos posted by other content creators that have shown numerous bugs. Have you noticed any bugs since you’ve posted this video? Other videos showed issues with the jet bridge, passengers were floating to the aircraft, you could see the passengers feet walk through the overhead panel when on the flight deck…
That's down to the fact the airports don't have custom files for GSX so would be avoidable if they went into the airport editor...
... But it's full of issues and the increase in CTD is infuriating
@@BritishAvgeek So would you say buy it or not? Thanks.
@@moem7018 currently I would wait - we aren't sure if GSX is crashing MSFS or if there is a wider Asobo Server issue causing CTD (because lots without GSX are reporting CTDs too over the same period of time).
@@BritishAvgeek for me I think it’s the flybywire a320 that’s causing the CTD. I didn’t get any crashes with the normal a320. Or I could of been lucky. Maybe a windows update?
It's a great product, but I personally uninstalled it because it was causing a bit CTD's flying different aircraft. I actually wish I would have waited to see if it gets any better, before I spent my money on it. Also, it's EXTREMLY time consuming to set up EVERY different airport, location of plain and everything else!!!
Appreciate the honestly in regards to the product potentially making your sim freeze on certain airports. Thanks for the review
Yours welcome - always important to point out issues constructively and transparently rather than pretend it's all rosy and works great! Especially with the price, people want to know what they are getting
Any idea how to get the pushback team speak to you. No matter what audio settings I try its silence, Cancel, it was the audio settings in gsx, I have that many audio devices connected with similar names. All working now.
Good to hear you sorted it!
Hey how can u make the livery of ground service to match each airport i cannot do it in gsx
The loading passengers need to have more backpacks and small carry-ons
I do not seem to have the simbrief option? I also do not seem to be able to edit any of the aircraft options on the 737 nothing happens when I click any of those options.
Check the couatl thing in the sys tray, right click and click restart (give it a minute to recache the airport etc) and if that doesn't help then check your install has installed correctly and update inside the FSDT Installer
@@BritishAvgeek I think it has something to do with their server caching I have run the updater a few times but It still has me the on the 2015-2018 copywrite not the 2022.
Hello, After using Quick edit, I press Enter on keyboard and try use Enter on numpad there are same happened that not pushback, and GSX disable. Please help, thanks
Just trying it for the first time, a bit disconcerting when the ground staff walk through the tug!!
Hello, I have it but I have always ULD Loaders and never luggages.
Can you help me pls ? Thank you in advance
You need to download custom profiles from flightsim.to
Whenever i try to opertate stairs before pressing board passengers its says left forward entry is closed but its open but if i just board passengers instead of operating stairs i have no problem. Btw this is with b737 800. Am i doing something wrong
Try just selecting "board passengers" or whatever the button is - it should automatically command the doors, stairs, etc
FBW A32NX Experimental has already a warning when starting the pushback system.
Does it interfere with GSX ?
Ah yes if you are using the EFB to pushback it will interfere with GSX so only use one or the other!
Can you board the crew and the passengers separately?
yeah. I've seen a video on this webiste where the crew rock up in their own little bus before the passengers.
@@josephSE18 I meant like if you have a button to board just crew because in the normal config the passengers arrive right after the crew and its not so realistic if you know what I mean
@@alonbernstain6163 currently no but you could potentially tweak the files which work to timings for various animations so it could possibly be changed/edited (though I wouldn't know unless I took a deeper dive into it)
thanks for the update and video
You're welcome! Been using it for a few months now and whilst it needs custom profiles to enhance it more, it's absolutely worth it
Very nice vidio good to see you are back :-) This utility looks very good, but people looks very lazy they need walk faster and trhe loader looks have bad payment work not enought fast ;-)
😂 I think you can change the speed in some of the settings as quite a lot of it is customisable code/settings so I'll explore it a bit more
Probably is only me, but I'm not able to understand in a clear way in FSDT if a new update for GSX Pro is available or not. Each time I enter in FSDT the UPDATE option is always available, I run the option, and as soon as the update finishes, if I enter again on FSDT the option UPDATE is available again. Someone has the some doubt about how to know if a new update is really available to GSP Pro?
It's because it's the worst installer we've seen so far 😅
Do you think that in the md-80, people can board in the back?
Not sure but I'd say it's unlikely, though you could manually set passenger "waypoints" to make them board the rear if you wanted!
That’s true but it would be awesome!
Positively INCREDIBLE.
Hope you enjoy using it 🙂
I totally respect your reviews but I've got to quibble with this one. I have had GSX for two days and I'm finding the interface annoying and it's incredibly slow and ponderous - but worst of all by far is that I every flight I have attempted since I installed it has resulted in a crash to desk top. In two years of using MSFS on my quite powerful computer I have never experienced a failure rate like this - and other reviewers of this product are noticing it to. I am uninstalling it pending a major upgrading of the product. I would urge you to revisit this review at a future date. The product has promise but is not ready for release in my opinion.
I came to post the same thing
Hi! Thanks for dropping a comment - did you see my live stream today?
I mentioned in the video about instability, CTDs and a difficultly installing to be fair but today whilst live and trying to enjoy a full flight I had 2 CTDs and ended up uninstalling it live on the stream
@@BritishAvgeek Wow!I didn’t see that. Not a good advertisement- and a very tricky task for you to accomplish. The product does look interesting but if it’s killing the core simulation, what choice do you have? It will be good if you can keep an eye on this - your opinion on when GSX is fit to use will be appreciated by myself and others I’m sure.
@@steveclarkemedia today I reinstalled it... I had 3 CTDs without GSX installed and if you look on the MSFS forums there are hundreds of users reporting similar CTD issues. It is definitely not GSX causing CTDs and from today I would happily be certain of that but rather some issue within the MSFS online data server stuff
@@BritishAvgeek Super useful. Thank you. I have seen that stuff on the forums. I will reinstall - cross fingers. You are a genuine bonus to your followers.
Flight sim is laggy when I use GSX. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks for another great video
It looks wonderful waiting for it to release. LVFR have discounted their AREX Global think they know GSX is coming😂
Yep - you make a good point actually so thanks for reminding me... You want to uninstall LatinVFRs AREX and their custom jetways products etc if you get issues with it clashing
guys the vehicles and passengers are stuttering on my sim thats since 1-2 month like that how can i fix it ?
I just watched your video about the freeware Gatwick airport. Will GSX Pro work with it or conflict?
Not sure to be honest as I use the iniBuilds/Origami Studios EGKK nowadays but even if it doesn't work quite right, you can go into the Airport Editor and add/tweak anything you need to change 🙂
I have no clue why but whenever I go to any airport in MSFS it will say it does not have any information for the airport and GSX Pro doesn't work.
In the airport cache? I've not experienced that yet myself - what happens when you open the editor menus in gsx?
@@BritishAvgeek whenever I try to open gsx in msfs it will speak out loud saying that there isn’t any available information at this airport position, I’m not sure why but for now I will keep it uninstalled.
@@denisthekingofducklings See my post above to Seth2413
Anyone know the issue behind “GSX could not find valid AFCAD data”. Keep getting this, presume it’s just me being silly but not sure what?..
Have you tried uninstalling GSX Pro, then uninstalling FSDT Update manger and then also deleting your Addon Manager folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager ? this has fixed a lot of the little weird errors for me at the moment
@@georgebarlowr will give this a go!!
After that, restart your PC and then run the FSDT Installer and click and run the Update mode and try again (do not use the live updater program, it just crashes)
I've wrote to the dev team and they said me that the GSX wasn't available for MSFS2020 yet and will be availablle in a few days...
It's out now 🙂
gsx and fsrealistic both are must have addons.
FSRealistic - yes for GA I'd say, not so much for the airliners unless it's been wildly improved since I last used it
@@BritishAvgeekwhy not for airliners
@@markjackson5333 because you end up turning nearly all of the settings down to 0 or very low showing how over the top the effects are. When I used it myself I ended up turning them all off because the head movement feature for example was almost like I was a nodding dog! Very OTT and unrealistic
Unfortunately after purchasing this for AUD $50 I cant get it to work. When I spawn at an airport I get a narrated message 'Says - Could not find valid AFCAD Data at this position, services are not available'. Cant get any assistance or support from fsdreamteam so thought id ask on as many platforms whether youtube, facebook as I can because I cant even use the support forum because you have to be authorised by a forum admin and im still waiting. There are others like me who cant get this to work. Trying to troubleshoot, is yours a steam or MS version? I have steam version so not sure if that is issue
Have you tried uninstalling GSX Pro, then uninstalling FSDT Update manger and then also deleting your Addon Manager folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager ? this has fixed a lot of the little weird errors for me at the moment
Hi! As George suggests have you tried that? Also make sure on the install you select on the left side menu of the Installer the version too (I have the MS Store version). Uninstall it, restart your PC then run the installer. After, restart your PC again and run the installer once more to click Update (do not use Live Installer, only the FSDT Installer to update).
If that still doesn't work, check your Firewall and Antivirus to ensure there are exceptions in place for the entire Add-on Manager folder and the couatl.exe files within the packages too, uninstall, then restart, reinstall and update inside the installer again
@@BritishAvgeek yes done that at least 5 times now. No joy. Terrible release of a flawed product.
@@TeamSethRules I had the same problem, no AFCAD at ANY airport. The problem was due to an orphan folder that was placed there by the Microsoft Store, as initially I had pre-ordered the MS Store version of the game, cancelled it then bought it on Steam. I have seen a post (in the FSDT forum) that someone else had this same folder. even though he had NEVER had anything to do with the MS Store version, just the Steam version
In my %APPDATA% (roaming) folder there was a folder named 'Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe', removing the folder fixed the issue. I could see in the logs (after re-installing GSX again, after removing that folder), that my scenery files were scanned, therefore those missing AFCAD file were found. Temporarily remove that folder if you have it, just to see if it fixes it. I've deleted it now. So it's working, I've had one flight, and MSFS froze and CTD when on final approach @ 700ft ........... Grrrr! - But that's a different issue
@@TeamSethRules as jumpjet said above, looks to be an issue with MSFS again being a bit weird in the install and making it difficult for GSX to identify the file locations perhaps.
Oooh look first comment
This is exactly what I wanted Luke a how to do, not just a oooh look it does this
Cheers
Good to hear it hit the brief! 🙌 Took long enough it to make too 😂
Just bought gsx but having trouble downloading it ?
Check your antivirus and Firewall as they (like they did for me) block it and make it impossible to install properly. Mine took many attempts across 3 days
@@BritishAvgeek thanks not sure if it’s the same problem as you but everytime you try clicking run on it it comes up saying windows is searching for files
@@pilotcolebrooke5202 that sounds like your Antivirus has put it into Quarantine or something and deleted the files
Where is the link I want to buy it!
Here 🙂
fsdreamteam.com/products_gsxpro.html
How do I uninstall the GSX PRO for MSFS?
Dig through windows and delete everything (I showed it in today's live stream as I wiped it all live due to CTDs)
I get a 'Couatl scripting engine hasn't started' even tho i have gone into the file and started Couatlmsfs
Try going to the system tray for Windows, right click Couatl and restart it
So much potential, but we shouldn't have to find major workarounds on day 1. I noticed you didn't include refueling as it doesn't work correctly with pmdg. The truck arrives and it instantly fills up the tanks.
Pushback takes wayyyyyy too long.
And the increase in ctd after installing is troubling.
Ive uninstalled and hope to see a better product in the future.
Yeah that's mentioned in the manual about "custom fuel loading". Not sure if you watched my live stream today but I ended up uninstalling it live
@@BritishAvgeek i didn't as I just got home from work. Here's to hoping an improved version comes soon!
@@WarHawkAU24 ah all good 🙂 when it works, it's amazing - but when it doesn't which sadly seems to be the majority of the time - it's just not fit to be sold
Is it worth it?
Absolutely - providing it has a number of custom profiles for each airport you need to ensure it works the best it can
@@BritishAvgeek cheers mate, love the videos ❤️
You finally got it working!
Yep! Wasn't easy with a few lingering technical issues too over the last few days but we got there in the end!
Ive not had a good experience with GSX. Glitches quite often. Opening the windows from the top tool bar is annoying. Have to click it multiple times. Im running a good solid PC setup, but when running GSX it causes skipping occasionally and even CTD. It will continue to ask that I enter fuel quantities, when all setup is already completed within SimBrief, Navigraph, EFB, MCDU. Just frustrating.
After this evening I think Im done with it. Worse purchase to date.
I have a Dierya keyboard and don’t have num locks
Then you'll need to try and manually set some keybinds instead
@@BritishAvgeek Yep I got it all sorted
its out now
It sure it!
fsdreamteam.com/products_gsxpro.html
May get this once any bugs are ironed out, and if it functions well post-SU10. It looks very polished, and immersive.
Sorry to read you've had PC problems again, dude. Did you figure out what was causing the blue screen issues?
Not convinced they'll all be ironed out as a few historical posts on their forums suggest some have had issues with bugs since FSX and P3D got GSX but fingers crossed. All round it's very very good when it is installed and working!
I think it was a driver issue which was resolved but also a RAM card that went faulty and wrecked my PC basically 😅
@@BritishAvgeek I've had PC issues myself, defective (I think) GPU causing artefacting after 3 months of use, had to hard reset my PC because of no display, got the BSOD. Had to reinstall Windows and lost everything. So I know how you feel haha. I'm just back to normality myself, having gotten a new, different GPU.
Great video...!
Thanks!
Looks like osprey needs their own ground vehicles. Lol
Absolutely!!
Hmmm… I’m back having bought and used GSX for several flights… sadly, im not happy.
It is very buggy at lots of my airports.
And procedurally, so much is wrong… might not bother some, but im paying for immersion and accuracy. It just isn’t anything close to real world in many ways.
Why do the crew arrive and then immediately the passengers…? Am I not the pilot, should I not be able to call the crew and then spend 10 mins pre flight to get ready for pax?!
The ground vehicles drive through each other and the aircraft all the time.
Things take ages compared to real life.
It has LOADS of potential and i really hope they fix things, but it’s a bit of a Fad imho…
I feel a fool for rushing and buying as I was excited.
Also it upsets me that so much of it can be fixed by “editing” things like parking stands etc… maybe that’s what everyone who used or knew GSX before was expecting, but I really don’t think they should be writing on their website that it works out of the box. If it was sold just as a tool to modify and enhance then maybe that would be okay, I’d expect to take time to fix things.
But the things that aren’t related to where everything is placed is disappointing.
And I do understand people saying “it is what it is, it adds a bit of immersion” well yes… but at least with toolbar pushback the marshaller guides me to the right stopping point and all the ground services happen as quickly as real life (or I can choose to manually dismiss them!)
Not aimed at you BAVGeek but I think it needs acknowledging that it’s needing improvements
I agree, did you see my live stream today? We discussed the bugs and issues in depth, and some of the good too - then endured 2 CTDs in a row followed by me uninstalling it live on the stream
@@BritishAvgeek heya, I was watching the latter part of your stream at work without sound on, but gathered what has happened from the chat.
I also think it’s bad for devs to be sending trusted and reliable UA-camrs like yourself these things for free to review, when they risk your reputation with an addon that might work for a bit (long enough for you to review) then fall apart.
I don’t believe for a second that FSDT are malicious, nor do I think they’ve made you look bad - you’ve shown the mod in a true and honest light! But it’s really not going well for GSX is it…
Just my thoughts. Anyway keep the streams coming and hope you get some sleep soon friend!
The pushback editor needs to be scrapped, It needs a editor like toolbar pushback
Catering with boarding pax while fueling? W t fuc
Correct... Having worked on airlines, It does happen
Sold, tske my money))!!!
Enjoy!
Beware: This is extremely buggy..... The crew embarking should of been made separate of the passenger boarding as boarding takes place later.... Specific airline textures and selection for a payware asset is missing and shouldn't.... Is this a buy, I think so but I am holding off till they resolve many issues... Fuel Truck animation is terrible... The follow me truck does not always stay on the taxiway path and decides to do it's own path.... Progressive fuel while a cool concept doesn't work right and each aircraft has its weird way of making it work...
I agree - not sure if you saw my life stream today but after 2 CTDs live I uninstalled it live too
@@BritishAvgeek : No, I did not see but this is a huge disappointment regarding coding... SUggest people do not buy till they iron it out... MSFS2020 is having cash cow releases based on eye candy...
@@brittanymcguire7996 I'm confident the issues will be fixed in the future 🙂
Way too expensive for me unfortunately.
It is quite a steep price but it offers a significant amount of immersion across a wide range of scenarios as we saw in the video - I'd just like the installation to be smoother, Couatl to be better and it to be a little less likely to crash the sim 😅
Is cute your video is nice but obviously the software have bugs, who would want to purchase a software that have difficulty to install , that really SUCKS !!!
It has many bugs for sure! Hopefully it'll improve vastly over time 🙂
As long as they don't give me a German accent, I won't use it
Is there a way to edit the sound files to tweak it into German? Not sure myself
@@BritishAvgeek I don't think so, but pushback express has the option to choose English with a German accent and I love it
@@hades_monsta perhaps it's worth raising it as a suggestion in their forums and see what they say 🙂
Ultimate Immersion? I dont think so...
I'm pretty happy with what it offers, they've commited to supporting and improving it over the next 10yrs and it's beyond anything else on offer by a long shot
Buggy
Only as default profiles etc but if you get a custom profile for a payware airport it's really really good and I wouldn't fly without it now
@@BritishAvgeek watching reviews, I’ve seen reports of CTDs, I’ve seen push carts on roofs, etc. seems like a mess
@@JohnnyPerth so, the CTDs 90% of the time are something else having been using it a lot since its release. The baggage carts etc being on roofs and so on is down to it not being able to read specific afcad files which it needs for each scenery to work out where to put stuff - but that's easily sorted with a custom profile
@@BritishAvgeek I buy a lot of addons, but this seems like one giant hassle. A lot of poor reviews around as well. The idea is excellent, the execution seems buggy.
@@JohnnyPerth yeah it is a little frustrating digging around for all the custom profiles for every airport - but then if it means it works better I don't mind it too much (it almost becomes routine) 😂