*You may scroll down to the 3rd post for a video describing such, instead*.
Hello, I've been experiencing a few glitches for SAM. Maybe it could be worthy of a bug report, or I simply missed a procedure. Tried opening a ticket, but for some reason, Captcha doesn't want to play nice, and I have searched topics for these problems, some were similar but not quite exact, so here's my post....
1) SAM thinks you're still near the gates even after departure.(Auto or Manual mode, any aircraft). >Screenshot
-As attached in the first screenshot, I was well into my flight from KTPA to KMSY (both airports having SAM Gates). However revealing the AOS, SAM thinks my plane is still in KTPA, and this is significant because I was not able to connect my SAM jetway in KMSY, as it still showed this all along the flight. This was taken in Manual mode, as I was using the FFA320. I tried cycling between Auto and Manual, but it still showed this.
2) SAM sometimes thinks it has connected to the door. (ToLiSs A32X, Auto Mode, Manual Mode.) >Screenshot
-In another screenshot, which was taken 30 seconds after the jetway "docked" into the aircraft, the jetway icon never turned green/disappeared, and still showed the blue icon. Of note, I "cycled" into auto mode, but the icon still showed a blue "M" manual icon.
-I changed the in-sim time, and it managed to connect to the aircraft in Auto mode, icon and all.
3) SAM in Auto mode doesn't disconnect even with beacon light on trigger / doesn't connect even with engines off and beacon light trigger (ToLiSs A32X, Auto Mode) >No screenshot available<
-I don't have a screenshot , but I have to cycle pressing from "Auto" to "Manual" to "Auto" again to disconnect the SAM jetway, in which this method disconnects the jetway without playing the animation. (Or do the same thing to connect the SAM jetway, Engines off, fuel flow zero, beacon light off, still none, still have to cycle Auto-Manual-Auto, which doesn't play the animation, but instantly connects) I'm aware it takes some time for the jetway to disconnect, but in this case, nothing happened even after 30 seconds.
-In fact, sometimes SAM doesn't detect the jetway at all (The Gray jetway icon in either "A" Auto or "M" Manual mode, which brings us to No.4)
4) SAM sometimes doesn't detect the gates when coming in for parking (Either both types of both Type01/Type02 SAM gates or the MisterX SAM gates) >Screenshot >Log.txt >SAM Log
-This is the reason why No. 3 happens. So not even the "Gray" jetway icon shows as the screenshot says. I was arriving to the parking stand in that screenshot.
-For this, I spawned at KCHA to test the gate. It worked, so I did my flight from KSFB to KCHA, and then it didn't work (which is when that screenshot was taken).
Notes:
-All jetways were within installation parameters ("Force Connect to Aircraft" revealed no parameters in the red).
-I've only ever used two planes, ToLiSs (in auto mode) and the FFA320 (in manual mode)
-XP11.53r1, SAM Suite 1.4.3, SAM Base Plugin 2.2.7, SAM Scenery Developer Pack 1.0.4