openSAM plugin for X-Plane

An open source implementation of SAM that drives jetways and provides VDGS and Marshaller service.

If you are happy with SAM or use an add-on package for SAM like "SAM Ground Service" you can already stop reading here. Also if you have no idea what SAM is or SAM-Seasons are good for you probably won't need this plugin.

This is a lightweight open source replacement for SAM's basic functionality: Jetway animation and VDGS and Marshaller guidance + custom animations.

It supports the multiplayer plugins xPilot, Traffic Global XP and LiveTraffic as well.

It is meant to be a drop in replacement for SAM, i.e. at startup it scans for SAM enabled sceneries and uses the original configuration files.

https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/292710-skunkcrafts-updater-standalone-client/

Support Discord: https://discord.gg/BtDvKcUSEP

Be sure you read the 00_README.TXT file.

Credits

Jonathan Harris (aka Marginal) (https://github.com/Marginal) for creating Autogate
@Papickx + @cxn0026 for providing better textures and day + night lighting
@zodiac1214 (aka cfanap) (https://github.com/zodiac1214) for creating the automated build and release system including skunkcrafts support
@twinfan (https://github.com/TwinFan) for providing LTAPI
@X-Codr (https://www.x-codrdesigns.com/) for performance improvements

License

Please observe that this material is covered by various licenses.

The objects and textures and source code of Autogate by Marginal:

-- copy of license remark from https://github.com/Marginal/AutoGate ---

The plugin code in the src directory is licensed under the GNU LGPL v2.1 license.
The rest of the kit is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. In short, you can use any part of this kit (including the 3D objects and their textures) in original or modified form in a free or commerical scenery package, but you must give the author credit.

The alerting sound for jetways:

pixabay.com "8 royalty-free reverse-beep sound effects"
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/backing-up-beepwav-14889/

LTAPI code

/// @author     Birger Hoppe
/// @copyright  (c) 2019-2025 Birger Hoppe
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///             and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
///             Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\n
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///             OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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