FSDreamTeam has rolled out a new and fairly substantial update to GSX Pro and the core GSX program for MSFS. This update brings with it general improvements, regional visual upgrades, compatibility updates, and much more. This version also marks a major technical shift as the software now runs entirely in a Stackless Python 3 codebase, which paves the way for future performance enhancements and flexibility.
In addition, GSX Pro users will get the new Cobus 3000 model, along with buses and catering trucks showing localised license plates depending on nationality and even individual US states. Passengers will now appear (if selected) for the PMDG 777-200ER series, and developers now have access to even more variables.
There are a host of other bug fixes, as seen in the changelog below. But FSDT say that this new version brings with it much more stability and reduces slowdown.
GSX Pro is available from FSDreamteam’s website. The update can be downloaded from the FSDT Live Update tool.
Changelog
- GSX (all versions) NEW: Switch to Stackless Python 3 codebase.
- GSX Pro New: New Cobus 3000 Passenger Bus.
- GSX Pro New: Loaders are now filtered by airplane idMajor criteria, to prevent loaders like the CHAMP70 to appear on smaller airliners that use ULDs, like the A318/319.
- GSX Pro New: Operator Logos folders reorganized for better file organization.
- GSX Pro New: All Passenger Bus and Catering trucks show localized license plates depending on their company’s nationality. The available set of license plates has been expanded to cover many more countries and individual US States.
- GSX Pro New: New rules_passengerbus.cfg file, to select Passenger Bus to follow their own scoring rules instead of being tied to the Handling operator.
- GSX Pro New: Seated Passengers support for PMDG 777-200 in MSFS 2020. Internal profile for the 777-200 now provides GSX automation.
- GSX Pro New: FollowMe Cars have now scoring rules with regionalized License plates.
- GSX Pro New: License plates collection expanded to include all US States.
- GSX Pro New: (Add-on creators) Allow to create texture-based model rules, naming the section like this: [FSDT_neoplan_bus_zrh] instead of [FSDT_neoplan_bus].
- GSX Pro New: (Add-on creators) Give rules in external packages a +1 boost, so they can win against 4-letter icao in stock rules.
- GSX Pro New: GSX Menu will show the current installed version and the latest version if GSX is outdated. If your installed version is newer than the latest one, it will indicate the version as a Test version.
- GSX (all versions) New: Added new LVars to be used by developers to detect cargo loading status indexed by Exit.:
- FSDT_GSX_GPU_CONNECTED: 1 if the GSX GPU is connected.
- FSDT_GSX_AUTOMATION_DOORS: can be set to 0 to disable GSX doors automation.
- FSDT_GSX_AUTOMATION_FUEL: can be set to 0 to disable GSX fuel input automation.
- FSDT_GSX_AUTOMATION_PAYLOAD: can be set to 0 to disable GSX payload input automation.
- FSDT_GSX_AUTOMATION_GROUND_EQUIP: can be set to 0 to disable GSX toggle of Chocks or GPU during operations.
- FSDT_GSX_BOARDING_CARGO_EXIT_0: Boarding Cargo status (0/1) for Cargo Exit 1.
- FSDT_GSX_BOARDING_CARGO_EXIT_1: Boarding Cargo status (0/1) for Cargo Exit 2.
- FSDT_GSX_BOARDING_CARGO_EXIT_2: Boarding Cargo status (0/1) for Main Cargo Exit.
- FSDT_GSX_DEBOARDING_CARGO_EXIT_0: Deboarding Cargo status (0/1) for Cargo Exit 1.
- FSDT_GSX_DEBOARDING_CARGO_EXIT_1: Deboarding Cargo status (0/1) for Cargo Exit 2.
- FSDT_GSX_DEBOARDING_CARGO_EXIT_2: Deboarding Cargo status (0/1) for Main Cargo Exit.
- GSX (all versions) New: Added feedback on the refueling progress in the menu.
- GSX Pro Change: Pushback Wingwalkers won’t be spawned if they have been disabled either globally or in all Pushback slots of a parking.
- GSX Pro Change: Passengers number not capped by the number of available seats in the 3D cabin if Seated Passengers have been disabled on the airplane.
- GSX (all versions) Change: Text showing passengers boarding progress will only appear every 10 passengers.
- GSX Pro Change: Better recognition of the icao_airline for Liveries missing it.
- GSX Pro Change: Removes objects at gate after Warp to a Parking, to prevent MSFS to create another AI immediately after.
- GSX Pro Change: When GSX is called, the radius to remove default ground vehicles is now the max between the Left/Right customized radius, instead of the default radiust pre-customization.
- GSX Pro Change: If “Disable in Cruise” in Enabled, no calls to the Navdata API are made in cruise, including when overflying airports, to further reduce the chance a problem with Navdata might cause a CTD when queried.
- GSX Pro Change: GSX Menu completely refactored, to make it more reliable to slowdowns or other issues that might prevent the menu from Loading correctly.
- GSX Pro Change: GSX Menu now showing multiple independent progress bars to clarify which step of the loading process is happening.
- GSX Pro Fix: PMDG doors/payload Automation compatible with MSFS 2024 SU3.
- GSX Pro Fix: Audio devices with names using non-ASCII characters not in Unicode.
- GSX Pro Fix: Wrong names when adding Pushback Slots.
- GSX Pro Fix: UI Crash entering the Pushack editor with unsaved changes to the Pushback slot.
- GSX Pro Fix: UI Crash removing an unsaved Pushback slot.
- GSX Pro Fix: VGDS Fonts displayed at different heights when starting a flight.
- GSX Pro Fix: Error when Warping to a non-parking spot (Runway or Deice Area).
- GSX Pro Fix: Error when finding a spawn spot when the airport has no parking fuel and vehicle parking.
- GSX Pro Fix: VGDS ETD readout not refreshed when parked.
- GSX Pro Fix: Units of measure in PMDG 777-300 not read correctly.
- GSX Pro Fix: Empty airports list in flight, causing GSX to not being available on landing.
- GSX Pro Fix: Planned arrival airport when selecting GSX in flight listed twice.
- GSX Pro Fix: Error in Parking customization page when pressing Reset with the whole Airport node selected.
- GSX Pro Fix: Error after Jetway connection with PMDG airplanes.
- GSX Pro Fix: Error during Pushback with heavy airplanes with no main exit defined and parking customizazion forced to be Towbarless only.
- FSDT Installer New: Added a BETA Channel in the FSDT Installer, to test new features in advance.
- FSDT Installer Change: Every FSDT installed package will be checked at start to be sure it’s a Symbolic link rather than a real folder.
