GTA 5 NPC aircraft spawning problem

[OpenWorld23]

I know allot of people have noticed the airport in GTA 5 seems to have allot of NPC aircraft spawning problems like when you land for example. The smaller north side runway at Los Santos international is hard to land on without a shamal landing when you are trying to land.

 

It also happens on the large runways but with the 747s both landing right wen you reach the runway. It would be a good idea if they allowed you to get permission to land when approaching a runway. It's also annoying how the shamal on approach to the northern runway spawns and tries to land every time you try to land there even when you fly away and come back in a brief amount of time.

Edited March 13, 2014 by OpenWorld23

[uNi]

I never had this problem, I see them spawning but they're never in my way.

 

In which runaways are you landing?

[OpenWorld23]

I never had this problem, I see them spawning but they're never in my way.

 

In which runaways are you landing?

the one made for smaller aircraft in LS international airport. The 747s apear allot on the two main runways but not as much that one shamal private jet that spawns in mid air on every approach and tries to land wen I do. It made me crash once.

 

This problem makes flying even less enjoyable than it already is. The turbulence is an annoyance (even after flight school) because in reality any aircraft don't experience that much turbulence.

 

Helicopters I understand being difficult to stabilize but airplanes in reality rarely experience turbulence the way GTA 5 depicts.

Edited March 13, 2014 by OpenWorld23

[player999]

 

• Why even use the smaller runway if there are 2 broader ones?

 

I never had such problems. Only thing is you must leave the runway after landing at once in order not to be hit by the next landing Jumbo.

 

The more you fly, the turbulences will decrease.

 

What level of flight-skill do your characters have? (see "statistics")

 

[flyus747]

I completely agree with you. Being an aviation enthusiast,I bought GTA V with the full expectation that its aviation aspect would be even better than GTA IVs. As you have noticed, the two parallel runways are ONLY for 747 AI while the one perpendicular is ONLY for the learjet. I would also like to point out that on the left runway, is only take offs while the right is only landings. I felt Rockstar could have done a better job with the AI commercial plane paths. None are seen flying around the state. They exclusively spawn whenever the player is around the airport. Another criticism of mine is the random appearance of the planes. Sometimes I'm on the runway and all of the sudden I turn around and a plane has taken off apparently on the runway I was on. Why did they even bother putting a spawn location in the terminal where they had put two 737s so close that the 747 could barely fit thru. As impressed as I was with the AI traffic, I was also disappointed with the lack of detail in the airport compared to GTA IVs. Final point, where are the pilots? The so called pilots in all AI plane are the same, they look like janitors.

[OpenWorld23]

I completely agree with you. Being an aviation enthusiast,I bought GTA V with the full expectation that its aviation aspect would be even better than GTA IVs. As you have noticed, the two parallel runways are ONLY for 747 AI while the one perpendicular is ONLY for the learjet. I would also like to point out that on the left runway, is only take offs while the right is only landings. I felt Rockstar could have done a better job with the AI commercial plane paths. None are seen flying around the state. They exclusively spawn whenever the player is around the airport. Another criticism of mine is the random appearance of the planes. Sometimes I'm on the runway and all of the sudden I turn around and a plane has taken off apparently on the runway I was on. Why did they even bother putting a spawn location in the terminal where they had put two 737s so close that the 747 could barely fit thru. As impressed as I was with the AI traffic, I was also disappointed with the lack of detail in the airport compared to GTA IVs. Final point, where are the pilots? The so called pilots in all AI plane are the same, they look like janitors.

Basically my point. GTA has almost always had vehicle NPC spawning issues but it seems that GTA 5 has it the worst (both cars & aircraft) spawning bugs. also I'm a bit if an aviationist myself BTW. I am even thinking of going in for my pilots license.

[chrisscorsese88]

I don't fly much but when I do I encounter the NPC AI flying and landing where you're talking about quite a bit but since I know where they spawn I just land on the part of runway they don't come at and usually don't have problems at that point. But you're right and it can get frustrating if you land where you are supposed to, you know, playing the game?

[OpenWorld23]

I actualy came up with an idea over the weekend about GTA 5 using an air traffic controll request for landing command. Basically my idea is when you apeoach a major airport the tower would contact you & you can press Dpad right or something to request clearance to land & they can leave a runway avalable for you to land on free of air traffic. That's what they do at a real airport anyway. It may not be best for GTA 5 but perhaps it could be a good feature in GTA 6.

[DaltonWilliams123]

I was landing before on the main runway in a Shamal and a 747 drove up the runway and when it saw me, it still increased its speed until I jumped out and left the Shamal glide to a stop. My plane took two of its engines out and about 30 seconds later, I had 3 stars due to the plane exploding after an accident.

[Flesk99]

Higher in altitude over the desert you can occasionally see a 747 flying through the stratosphere.