MSFS | REALISTIC SEA TRAFFIC TUTORIAL

[@SeafrontSimulations]

Hi All - For Global Shipping the ships and ferries slider needs to be set at 80-100% to benefit from a reasonable volume of traffic. We highly recommend 100% as the performance impact is negligible. Enhanced AI updates the few ~1000 default routed cargo and cruise ships too so a higher ship and ferry slider also improves your experience from that product. Our other sceneries use settings above 10% as well. Global Shipping quantity jumps in 10% increments so you will NOT get anything below 10%. We understand that going below 10% is recommended for the freeware in order to reduce/remove the default routes that conflict with it. Clearly this is not recommended for owners of our addons. Thanks for featuring two of our products in this video and giving us the opportunity to clarify optimal settings. We hope you have plenty of fun with whichever combination you choose 😀👍

[@SeafrontSimulations]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS no problem at all. Hopefully you will now be able to get the full benefit of them with a slider increase.

[@SeafrontSimulations]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Just know that that will effectively be turning Global Shipping off so people shouldn't expect to see any traffic from it at low settings.👍 As such we don't recommend it if you want the real-world based traffic increase.

[@Tyrell63]

Now I am confused :-). I also have the 2 ship mods by ORBX (and usually set this to 100% - but honeslty, there are not many ships out there). What would be recommended for running all THREE mods? 7%? (What Seafront says will switch OFF their Global AI) so it will run only the flightsim.to Gobal ship AI? For static ships, will still the Seafront models be used (by MSFS)?

[@tk64681]

I heard 90% for S&V then he says 7% WTF

[@eliseubarros]

I hope they will improve the oceans, because it looks like a river than a sea ocean

[@jimcummings7758]

ships really add an important detail, especially around singapore where there are always dozens moored offshore awaiting docking, also rotterdam & shanghai,

[@johnkeegan6646]

Good video again. By the way, I was pleased to see you decided to switch the in-game render scale to 100 and the OpenXR to less than 100. I set my OpenXR to 85. This seems to work very well. Cheers!

[@antebellum45]

Have so far flown a helicopter from Texas (USA) to Dhubai at 1,500' AGL, and have come across just a few ships (

[@TattedUPLidd]

That’s a lot of flying x 😬

[@richpaul8132]

OUTSTANDING!!!! This finally addresses the question I always find myself asking while I'm in a flight, but then forget all about it after I've flown and closed the sim. In fact, it was only yesterday that I downloaded and installed the "GST MSFS V2" from flightsim.to. I was pleased to see the traffic but I still didn't see any real motion going on like I was used to seeing in FSX. However, your video enlightened me to the first two "Vessels..." payware, which I can get through Orbx. This is what I needed to know because up until now, the lakes and seas were like something out of an apocalyptical-themed movie LOL! After I installed the flightsim.to addon package for Milford Sound, (including the suggested "GST MSFS V2"), all of which I installed yesterday, I was glad to see the ships and ferries in, and around, the sound. But I wasn't sure if they were planted there as part of the NZMF addon installation, or as a result of the Global Ship Traffic MSFS V2 installation, or both. However, I didn't have time to go to some other location, (far from NZMF), to confirm the additional shipping elsewhere on the ocean and/or lakes yet. The only question I have, (but will figure out soon enough), is what to set the MSFS UI Boat Traffic percentage to, considering that I'll have all 3 of the software packages shown in your video, installed. You suggested 80%+ for the first two addons, but then recommended a max of about 7% for the third. I didn't quite understand your caution about how the 7% would avoid possible anomalies, (I'm paraphrasing because I don't recall your exact words). The GST MSFS V2 developer also recommended a low setting for the MSFS Boat traffic, but I'm concerned that if it's set too low, the payware vessels won't show up, no? Well, I'll find out soon. Thanks again for the video! Rich

[@MrScott_e]

Great Video. Your delivery of information is clear and concise. Keep up the good work and keep the Mod Videos coming.

[@4secsharkmr352]

Great video Chris. I was waiting for that because I was not sure to combine that mods. But if you set the traffic to 7 do you see enough of the Seafront vessels? Sometimes I try to land on them with the H135🤣 but I guess not all have a hardened surface. (Heinrichs ones don't have that. I know)

[@SeafrontSimulations]

Hi, we will have hard decks once the sim engine allows it. It's currently not possible on the moving objects. Please see our comment above re the best slider settings

[@Wheels91hockey]

I’m using global ship traffic, but I don’t see any of the ships moving so far. And there’s no trail behind the boats. Is that normal?

[@Verbal_DEU]

Why all ships only static? You see as moving but they dont. How can I set thar they move?

[@captainzeppos]

Great review. I'll be probably buying both of Seafront's addons, as GAIST is great and the number of ships it's modeled is unbelievable, but the volume of traffic is nearly nonexistent in my experience. At 10% busy Mediterranean harbors are almost empty when there should be dozens of ships of all sizes according to real life data. So doesn't matter if I have 800+ excellent models but I can never view more than 1-2 of these. Traffic >>>> ship model variety, especially if you're flying over 3000' and can't see much detail anyway.

[@captainzeppos]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS First impressions are excellent. I now have plenty of ships and boats and whatnot even in relatively confined waters. Exactly what I was looking for. All 3 mods are enabled (GAIST included) with ship/ leisureboat traffic bumped to 100% and so far I haven't seen any issues.

[@jandersen6802]

wow

[@luckykev1]

There's a big problem not much information on the internet how to install it not many people are telling people how to install it easy to get it but not to install it bit by bit how to install it

[@markbenelli7569]

Does not work... I just bought it, I'm flying over Hamburg. Not one single ship driving. Ship traffic at 100%. What am I doing wrong?

[@markbenelli7569]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Yes I am on PC.

[@markbenelli7569]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Vessels Enhanced AI and I even downloaded the free library. Now it seem to work but I'm still disappointed. So few boats.. in Hamburg... even with traffic on 100%

[@mickyaussie2364]

So the payware and freeware can coexist next each other ? But then you have to set it to 7 procent or did i hear it wrong ?

[@SeafrontSimulations]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Hi we have clarified the optimal settings in the main thread for everyone. I hope that helps. Thanks again.

[@bcbey711]

Hey brotha for some reason i downloaded the AI ships vessels on the xbox console abd cannot not one ship in the sea. Did i do something wrong? Ive tried many times to delete then download again. Is it because i dont use msfs deluxe? Im currently using msfs premium

[@bcbey711]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURSare you sure its compatible with xbox x mine is presently set to 100. Flying over Madeira off the coast of portugal and its black af no ships. Should i restart the game?

[@bstikkel]

Does the product "Vessels Global Shipping" - except from shiproutes that use the ships from "Vessels Enhanced AI" - also contain new shipmodels that are used?

[@bstikkel]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURSI have seen it, thanks. But I wonder why we need the other product too if these are other models than the ones in "Vessels Enhanced AI". So I wonder, if the shipmodels in Vessels Enhanced are only new textures at the default ships and if in "Vessels Global Shipping" there are all new models. I think this is a bit vage...

[@cebrady]

@@bstikkel He says it in the video. Enhanced AI replaces the stock AI ships. Global Shipping adds *new/more* ships plus their real-world routes.

[@bstikkel]

@@cebrady Thanks! In the meantime I understood. And the Global Shipping addon uses also the ships from "Vessels Enhanced AI". That is the reason why "Vessels Global Shipping" cannot do without "Vessels Enhanced AI", they explained to me

[@nexus888]

I would like a review of these to better understand what I get for $44AUD compared to a free mod that has a very large amount of ships.

[@kevinbrook7033]

I have used all three. Obviously Heinrich's GAIST mod is essential, and works well with SU5 now with no slowdown. He's also bringing wakes, night lighting and hardecks in the future. There's thousands of unique vessels that are regional specific, for me its one of the best add ons available, free or payware. I bought both Seafront Simulation's Enhanced AI and Global Shipping Mods. My thoughts below. Enhanced AI - Recommended for most users, especially who fly coastlines a lot Replaces the stock Asobo crappy boats with much better PBR model ships. The night lighting is really well done, the wakes are ok but look very jaggedy from a distance in VR, even with the G2. Not the fault of the add on, masts, cranes etc also look jaggedy in other add ons. I really like the yachts, they make the coastline look much nicer. All of the boats in Enhanced Ai just randomly generate, so you'll see a few around each bit of coastline, normally two or three, maybe four or five in larger bays. I think this is a worthwhile purchase as the new boats are a lot nicer. Note that you get 14 models, but you'll only really see five or six of the leisure boats as you require the Global Shipping Mod to see all the cargo boats as they don't autogenerate but follow fixed shipping routes. Global Shipping - Only recommend if you visit a lot of major port cities, follow shipping routes, does nothing for coastlines The Global Shipping mod is definitely not for everyone. It does add thousands of shipping routes for realistic cargo traffic, but it does not enhance coastlines in any way. If, like me you fly mostly around the coast, I fly around Devon and Cornwall a lot the global shipping mod does nothing at all. If you fly a lot in major city ports or shipping areas, then you will get a LOT more traffic, dozens of ships in places like Gibraltor for example. It's a good buy if you fly these kinds of routes a lot but if you don't then I wouldn't recommend. I got a refund, as the places I like to fly, Penzance, Newquay, St Ives, Torbay, Plymouth, Jurassic Caost, Weymouth etc, despite being fairly significant harbours and bays did not get a single cargo ship added. Meanshile Heinrich's GAIST add on does let me see the odd tanker and cargo ship along those parts of the coast. Therefore I kept Enhanced AI for much nicer looking leisure boats, and Heinrich's free mod as that's perfect for enhancing general coastlines. I'd only get Global Shipping if you frequently travel to major shipping ports as you won't see the benefit else.

[@nexus888]

@@kevinbrook7033 Awesome. Thank you for the detailed reply Kevin.

[@gjerningsperson]

Link to national geographic explorer

[@jimcummings7758]

key is fast internet, where i live in north central alberta canada it's 65km to nearest paved road and everything has to come by relay towers, for me this game is crap, visually it's so awful that it's often unplayable, on good days i get 15Mb/s while most of the time it crawls along at

[@Ozieneercs]

hello from 2023, first we are at V3 and Global AI ship traffic and it is a disaster! it makes your world map / start up flight to freeze and hang at certain airports (try: LFEC with GAIST fully enabled) ! i have got rid of this pos of an addon.

[@bstikkel]

Interesting video. If possible, please speak a lower tempo...