To enable aircraft blocking, do I need to use the actual ATC callsign or just the general flight number?

You would have to include the icao airline code as well as the flight number. 

You have to give the callsign as being used by RealTraffic, see the Log.txt for examples.

See also the Manual 4.7 about how you can get a list of the callsigns that are actually in the Sim.

Thanks for your reply. I’m still having a problem with BA flights out of London Gatwick. These are operated by Euroflyer and I’ve tried using both the call sign and flight number but it’s not blocking the flight.

So for instance, today’s service from Montpellier to Gatwick was BA2579 with an ATC call sign of EFW5BH. I tried entering both of those into PSX and also BAW2579….but the aircraft was still visible and departed Montpellier. 
 

Regards,

Andy

8 minutes ago, Basher34 said:

Thanks for your reply. I’m still having a problem with BA flights out of London Gatwick. These are operated by Euroflyer and I’ve tried using both the call sign and flight number but it’s not blocking the flight.

So for instance, today’s service from Montpellier to Gatwick was BA2579 with an ATC call sign of EFW5BH. I tried entering both of those into PSX and also BAW2579….but the aircraft was still visible and departed Montpellier. 
 

Regards,

Andy

Did you type Enter after you typed the callsign, and did you got a message about bloicking in the UI?

I did indeed. 

I didn’t put any spaces in the callsign, does that matter?

8 minutes ago, Basher34 said:

I didn’t put any spaces in the callsign, does that matter?

No, you must not use spaces. You must use the callsign that RT is using,  check the Log.txt. Also be aware that callsigns may change at the gate or  just before or after takeoff.

Edited August 3, 20241 yr by kiek

Okay, so I’m heading down to Seville and back today and will experiment a bit more.

Okay, seems fine now. Maybe yesterday was just a glitch.

One further question…my parking percentage defaults back to 30% on arrival at the destination regardless of what I enter in the GUI. Is there a way to prevent that?

57 minutes ago, Basher34 said:

ne further question…my parking percentage defaults back to 30% on arrival at the destination regardless of what I enter in the GUI. Is there a way to prevent that?

Could it be that you have set the percentage in the parameter.xml file for all airports?

If not, it jumps to the value you had set when you were the last time at that destination, the value is stored and red from the learned airport file. You can change it via the percentage in the GUI when you are at your destination. The next time you will be there it will take that new value.

Please check the Manual about this 

Edited August 4, 20241 yr by kiek

I’ve finally worked out what is happening. If I enter the callsign to be blocked for the return leg and the original inbound blocked aircraft is still live then obviously it shows up.

The only way I can see of fixing the problem is to be able to block two callsigns at once, the inbound and the outbound.