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Logbook & Time Tracking System Update

Overview

Rise has transitioned to a new unified time and experience tracking system designed to be more accurate, extensible, and profession-agnostic across aviation, ground vehicles, and future gameplay systems.

As part of this update, several legacy time categories have been retired in favor of clearer and more honest abstractions.

Removed Legacy Time Buckets

The following legacy counters are being fully deprecated and will no longer be tracked going forward:

• Aerospace / Aircraft / Ground Vehicle time
• Pilot vs Passenger time
• Simulator vs Non-Simulator time
• Odometer-based total distance
• The previous meaning of TotalHours

Important: The old TotalHours value was a computed column derived from the sum of the above mutually exclusive vehicle time buckets. It did not represent total connected playtime (although it did include time spent between legs or idle) in that it did not account for time inside buildings.

Legacy Experience Preservation

All previously earned experience from the retired systems is preserved as:

legacyExperience

• This value is frozen and will never decrease
• It permanently contributes to a player’s total experience
• It is intentionally opaque and not broken down by vehicle type or operating conditions

This ensures that no player loses progress while avoiding retroactive assumptions about data that was never recorded.

New Time Concepts

Total Play Time

totalPlayHours (formerly TotalHours) now represents:

• Total time the player is connected to the game
• Includes:
  • Time between legs
  • Time inside buildings
  • Idle time
  • Non-operational activities

This is a playtime metric, not an experience metric.

It is not used for:

• Skill progression
• Ratings
• Certifications
• Operational experience

Operational Time (Going Forward)

Operational time is now tracked only while the player is actively operating a vehicle, including:

• Flying
• Driving
• Taxiing
• Orbital maneuvering
• Surface movement under power

Operational time:

• Is credited in discrete 0.1-hour (6-minute) intervals
• Only counts if meaningful movement occurred during the interval
• Feeds experience, progression, and future certifications
• Will support granular breakdowns (eg night, IMC, orbital) moving forward

Time spent parked, idle, docked, or logged out does not count as operational time.

Why This Change Was Made

This new model:

• Separates playtime from experience-relevant activity
• Avoids inventing artificial vehicle types or backfilled conditions
• Works consistently across aviation, trucking, and spaceflight
• Is resistant to exploits and telemetry jitter
• Provides a clean foundation for future systems (fatigue, ratings, training, currency of experience, contracts)

Most importantly, it preserves player trust by being explicit about what time means and what it does not.

Summary

• Old vehicle-specific time buckets are removed
• All prior progress is preserved as legacyExperience
• totalPlayHours now reflects total connected playtime
• Experience going forward is based on operational time only
• The system is now simpler, more honest, and future-proof