What is CHEATING in Air Hauler?

What is CHEATING in Air Hauler?

 

I have been at this hobby since 1984 when I bought my first Commodore-64. My philosophy has always tended toward exploiting any weakness I find in a computer game. Here are a few things I have discovered about Air Hauler.

 

First, let me say that AH is one of the greatest games I have ever played. It has provided me with many hours of excellent game-play, and I salute the developers.

 

THE FIRST BREAK-THROUGH

When you assign a job to an AI pilot, they always fly with a full tank of fuel which severely limits their cargo capacity. However, you can load the aircraft manually from the FLIGHT SCREEN, increasing the cargo load and off-loading fuel. Then assign a pilot to fly to the destination. If you make a note of the destination and arrival time, you can unload the job manually. This technique can turn a 2 or even 3 flight job into a one-flight job. You must take notes and become a flight-controller in order to manage this, but it can nearly double your earning capacity.

 

Is this cheating? I think not. Any intelligent pilot would off-load unnecessary fuel in order to save an extra flight! Any intelligent manager would insist upon it!

 

THE SECOND BREAK-THROUGH

Anyone who has played AH knows that your REPUTATION determines the quality of the jobs available to you. While AI pilot failures can lower your reputation, they cannot advance it. The only way you can increase your REPUTATION is to fly complete jobs yourself. Using the technique described in THE FIRST BREAK-THROUGH, every time I manually unload another pilot's cargo, the job was credited to me and my company gains reputation points.

 

After only 2 days of using these techniques, my reputation has soured to over 70, and I had bring on new pilots and open new bases in order to deal with the increased demand.

 

Is this cheating? I don't know, maybe your should ask the developers. I have become a millionaire so I don't care.

 

Pity, pity....if only I were a  millionaire in real live. :)

"THE SECOND BREAK-THROUGH
Anyone who has played AH knows that your REPUTATION determines the quality of the jobs available to you. While AI pilot failures can lower your reputation, they cannot advance it. The only way you can increase your REPUTATION is to fly complete jobs yourself. Using the technique described in THE FIRST BREAK-THROUGH, every time I manually unload another pilot's cargo, the job was credited to me and my company gains reputation points.

After only 2 days of using these techniques, my reputation has soured to over 70, and I had bring on new pilots and open new bases in order to deal with the increased demand.

Is this cheating? I don't know, maybe your should ask the developers. I have become a millionaire so I don't care."
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Yes you will get the credit for the flight and gain the funds. But if I recall, at the time the original flight would have been unloaded AH changes a few things. First of all go to the jobs completed and you will notice that your name isn't there anymore on that specific Job. It has been replaced with the original AI's name that was assigned.

But, with what you are saying you probably don't care as you got the reps, and the money, and the credit for the flight in numbers only.

You'll also be saddened to know that being a Millionaire in real life really isn't that big of a deal. Only benefit is that your Income Tax is out of this world, and the interest you gain on various accounts isn't worth squat. Better to invest in a Cargo Company, and let the other Pilots fly the jobs while you count the cash.

I made my first Million at age 28, and have been supporting the FEDS ever since.



Happy flying.

Personally I wouldn't do either, but if players want to play this way then fair enough as you have to put in the effort making a note of all those times and making sure your on your PC for all that loading and unloading.

However I have 29 AI pilots and it takes me about an hour to set them to smash through the jobs as quickly as possible. Yes I could earn more cash, but it doesn't take that many days to earn enough for my monthly overheads and I have a varied fleet which you can check out at my site:

http://web.me.com/slimnasty/SlimAir_Logistics/Welcome.html

Going back in time can corrupt the database. So its done at your own risk.

A very easy way to earn reputation is to open a base on an island with at least two airports with sizeable runways. Buy 3 or 4 of the lightest aircraft with the shortest range and a medium (or heavy depending on the runway lengths on the island) aircraft. Accept all the jobs to and from the airports on the island. With this method it's possible to complete 20-30 jobs in only one very short flight!

  I think the problem you are having is loading the cargo then assigning it to a pilot,i would just choose a job and then assign it and they will load it themselves.

You only get credit for unloading it anyway.