What is your suggestion?
Add buttons for each runway of an airport that is when activated it auto-follows the plane that is currently using the selected runway.
How would it work in the game?
In game, we already have the functionality of “Center Camera on Object”, this suggestion is just an automatic version of this functionality. So for each airport, the number of new buttons will depend on the number of runways. Take for example in MCT, there are two functional runways, so there will be two buttons for auto-plane spotting. When you are playing the game and the Approach and Departures are ON, tapping one of these buttons will Auto-Follow the plane that is currently using the runway in the following priority:
- The plane that is currently taking-off
- The plane that is currently Landing
- The plane that is currently Lining-up
For taking-off planes, the auto-follow will last until the landing gears are retracted, then for landing planes, the auto-follow will last until it is about to exit the runway. And lastly in the absence of take-off and landing then the camera will center on the lining-up plane or just nothing if none of the three is happening.
This functionality is best used when the ATC is ON but will still work on manual management but is more hassle due to manual clicking for clearance but still serve its purpose. This will also work together with the current Cameras In game (ATC Cameras, Runway Cameras, PlaneSpotting Cameras, Flyby Camera)
Also, when the Auto-follow function is ON, this will not be interrupted by handling of planes in the airport like assigning crew and handling. This will allow you to handle planes while watching landing and take-offs. If you want to handle planes centered on them you have to deactivate the auto-follow feature by tapping on the buttons once more.
Why is this a good idea?
Personally I love planespotting and implementing this suggestion will allow us to handle planes while watching beautiful landing and take-offs minus the never ending search for the card of the plane that is using the runway plus the many clicks and drags just to look on the runway and click the plane.
Optional: Image or reference
Since these are toggle buttons, the example below will just be added to the toggle buttons inside the Eye Menu.
