Ground Services 2020

A ground services addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Features

• Jetway interaction
• Ability to call a fuel truck
• Manual pushback control
• Automated pushback (distance, turn direction, and angle of turn implemented) with automated parking brake option

Planned Features

• Doors page to open/close aircraft doors
• Rudder pedal based pushback steering
• More pushback planning options including the ability to save/load pushback plans
• More ground services options if/when Asobo add them to the SDK
• Optional audio feedback from ground services

Installation

Ground Services 2020 is a 2 part application, however only the GS2020 server is required to be installed. You can optionally also install an in-game panel that will allow you to access GS2020 from within the simulator itself.

Server Installation (required)

• Unzip the release package
• Copy the GS2020 folder to where you like to keep your addons. DO NOT put this folder into your community folder!.

In Game Panel Installation (optional)

• Unzip the release package
• Copy the fs-base-ingamepanels-gs folder to the MSFS Community folder, locations vary:
  • For the Microsoft Store edition AND/OR Gamepass edition: C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_<RANDOMLETTERS>\LocalCache\Packages\Community.
  • For the Steam edition: C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community.
  • For the Boxed edition: C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Local\MSFSPackages\Community.
  • If none of those locations work you can find you community folder by going into MSFS 2020 by doing the following:
  • Open general options and enabling developer mode.
  • In the bar at the top of the screen find the tools menu, then virtual file system.
  • Click on watched bases, your community folder will be listed here.

Usage

IMPORTANT: If you plan to use the in-game panel you MUST start GS2020 server BEFORE you start a new flight in MSFS 2020, the in-game panel will not work if the server is started after the flight. Usage is simple, open your GS2020 folder and run gs2020-server.exe. This will open a terminal window and display some debugging text. You can minimize this window.

Without the in-game panel

Open a browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox etc.) and navigate to: (http://localhost:5000)

With in-game panel

Start a flight and move your mouse to the bar at the top of the screen (the one that has ATC, VFR map etc.). If you don't see a GS20202 icon click on settings and enable Ground Services 2020 Open the GS2020 panel and enjoy!

Contributing

GS2020 is an open source application, if you wish to contibute to its development fork the repository at (https://github.com/james-atkinson/gs2020), make your changes, and submit a pull request.

License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3