by HJ1AN » Sun May 04, 2014 3:19 am
Hi galvedro!
First of all, my highest respect for you and others for taking your time and effort to make Flightgear so amazing. Unfortunately, as I have this idea, but I have no specifics (I am sure, programmers hear this all the time... sorry).
But.. here's my idea, let's start with something simple... let's say if you go full thrtottle the engine for long periods of time, flying from destination to destination, it will eventually come to a point where something may happen.... but in order to have that happen for example, we need to be able to save our fights, which we can continue for longer periods? (Or do we have that feature already? I'm sorry if we do, there are many things I have no figured out yet). Effectively, everytime you startup the sim and load the flight and jump into the plane the hours is counting down until and the longer you do so with 'that' particular plane then soon wear will set in, and depends on how we abuse the plane (using too much brakes every landing for e.g. makes those parts wear faster, engine run full too long = reduced performance, or worse case, overheat / shutoff) Make it default as anyone who wishes to save the flights and keep using the same plane will have to eventualy deal with this. Those who don't save their flights start out with planes in tip top condition anyway and won't be dealing with it (or optionally, a menu option for those, like some planes already have).
My 2 cents.