Better Pushback for X-Plane 11/12 (2024)

Thanks to the time and work of @robwell, BetterPushback had a second life. And it is not finished.

Here continues its support.

Description:

This is a pushback plugin for the X-Plane 11/12 flight simulator. It provides an overhead view to plan a pushback route and accomplishes a fully automated "hands-off" pushback, letting the user focus on aircraft startup and other pilot duties during pushback. It can of course also tow you forward, or perform any arbitrarily complicated pushback operation. To increase immersion, it speaks to you in a variety of languages and accents, simulating ground staff at various places around the world.

Fork & Copyrights:

This is a FORK from the originalBetter Pushback, we all love, developed by Saso Kiselkov. So say thanks to him!.Copyrights remain.
Because there have been no further modifications in the last 2 years, I did some modifications and improvements but most of the Plugin is still the orginal Better Pushback.

Credits:

Most of the modifications and improvements are from @robwell.
Some of the modifications and improvements are from@hotbso. So also many thanks to him! He is the developer of the wunderful plugin "AutoDGS". I use all the time.

Fixes in 1.8.1:

• Fix audio setting issue in the preference window
• Eye tracking exclusion is now done from the preference window (read carefully the FAQ in readme.pdf file)

New in 1.8:

• setup window revamped ( big thanks to @slgoldberg, )
• BpB menus display now the keyboard shortcuts
• add datarefs to expose tug position
• improve BpB camera management with other camera plugin ( i.e. ABC, X-Camera….)

New in 1.7:

• Improve the magic squares (read carefully the FAQ in the readme.pdf file).
• Add setting to “Always connect the tug first” (read carefully the FAQ in the readme.pdf file) (thanks to @Bogdan Petrescu).
• Fix SSG B747-F doors checks

New in 1.6.1:

• Fix 3rd magic square still displayed regardless of the preference settings
• Update french translations(thanks to @Guynemer)

New in 1.6:

• Add Portuguese-Brazilian translation (thanks to @Marcus Gama).
• Add GPU/ASU check ( Zibo B738, FF A320, FXP Concorde, Toliss A320/321/319/340, X-Crafts E195, SSG B748 )
• Add 1 magic button for the 'connect tug first' command (thanks to @thel28)
• Doors/GPU/ASU check is now just before the tug connection to the nose wheel
• The 3rd magic button displays the status of the ongoing push-back(read carefully the FAQ in the readme.pdf file)

New in 1.5.1:

• fix CTD on multiple monitors configuration
• Improve magic squares behavior.

New in 1.5:

• Improve BpB behavior in case of multiple monitors configuration (read carefully the FAQ in the readme.pdf file) (thanks to @Marcus Gama).
• Hide the magic squaresoption is now per aircraft
• Add setting to move up or down the magic squares
• Fix:Hide the magic squareoption is now visible on Xp12
• Fix: “ground to cockpit, plan acknowledged, call me through the menu when you are ready” vocal message not triggered

New in 1.4:

• Add option in the preferences window to ignore doors/hatches check.
• Doors/hatches check : FF B777v1 added
• Fix some French translations (thanks to @Guynemer)
  

New in 1.3:

• add doors/hatches check before starting pushback (see FAQ in the readme.pdf file), currently for these:.
  • Zibo B738
  • Sparky B744
  • FF A320, A350
  • Collimata Concorde
  • Toliss A319, A321, A320 (thanks to @GlidingKiwi)
  • X-Crafts Embraer E175, E195
  • SSG B748
• Help welcome to get the datarefs that give the doors and hatches status for Flight Factor Boeing aircrafts and others
• fix some vocal messages on specific langs (ru )( i.e "starting push-back, you can start engines" while engines were already started, and corrected to "starting push-back" ). thanks to @AtariX

Fixes in 1.2:

• fix some vocal messages on specific langs (en-fr, en-AU, en-de )( i.e "starting push-back, you can start engines" while engines were already started, and corrected to "starting push-back" ). this issue persiste for 'ru' as I'm not an russian speaker.
• remove vocal message at plugin start-up for non-compatible gear.

New in 1.1:

• Add shortcut command buttons (“magic squares”) on the left side of the screen (see more in readme.pdf file)

Requirements
The latest version of X-Plane 11 or X-Plane 12 ( Windows, Mac/Intel/Arm, Linux).

Installation

1. Download the file BetterPushback_vxx.zip from github
2. Uncompress the zip file in your Ressources/plugins folder
3. Read the readme.pdf file (in the BetterPushback folder) before continuing

Upgrade

From version 1.0.11 you can useSkunkCrafts Updater Standalone client

or

Remove the previous BetterPushBack folder from the Resources/plugins folder, proceed to the installation step.

Informations, History and FAQ

Everything you want to know is in thereadme.pdf file (in the BetterPushback folder).

Support

Why is it so difficult for many people to understand that without information we simply cannot help? Even a bad rating doesn't help. This is free software. We spend a lot of time to make it happen. And we spend more time to help you.

When you contact us, please provide as much as you can:

• X-plane version andPlatform ( Window, Mac Intel or Arm, Linux ) ( important )
• on which airport it occurred ( very important )
• the log.txt file (very very important)

Developer support welcome at any time

• If you want to improve or fix some stuff ... do it and make a pull request. We will check it for sure and give feedback anyway.
• Github Repository:https://github.com/olivierbutler/BetterPusbackMod