[Other] - Purchasable De-icing Vehicles

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:bullseye: What is your suggestion?
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Currently, de-icing vehicles are not purchased as part of an airport’s services. With the new ambulift and repair technician vehicle. In my proposed change, the de-icing vehicles would have to be purchased from the airport services menu in order to be used.

:hammer_and_wrench: How would it work in the game?
Explain how this would be implemented from a gameplay or UI perspective.

  1. De-icing would be added to the service requirements for planes at certain temperatures. This might require some adjusting of times in order to have enough time available during winter temperatures.
  2. De-icing vehicles would have to be purchased in the services UI (along with boarding services, baggage services, etc).
  3. I would propose that the timer pauses at the de-icing time if players have the de-icing mini game option enabled.

:balance_scale: Why is this a good idea?
What improvement would this bring? Better usability, realism, fun factor, accessibility?

Realism, consistency of gameplay mechanics

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