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Have repainted more than 50 WOP B17G's to be used as AI for Ridgewell Station R167 project.

Do I need permission from Shockwave to upload these repaints with the airport scenery? :confused:

The kicker is that all these aircraft textures are reduced to a minimum except nose art and no VC cockpits are included in order to keep framerate hit down.
 

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Hi,

Can you provide a little more information about the aircraft? I mean is it payware, freeware, etc?

Uploading only the new liveries should not be a problem I think. But in general it is not allow to redistribute the other files belonging to the aircraft (like AIR files, MDL files, etc) without permission from the author.
 
More info

The aircraft would be offered as freeware only, and are intended for use as AI. No panels would be included.

The livery textures could be uploaded without any of the model files associated with the Wings of Power model. However, since there are so many, more than 50, installation would be sort of tedious, but not impossible.

I have all the files in separate folders named after their squadron numbers, about 13 aircraft each. I think FS9 limits the number of aircraft that can be in a single aircraft container.

:scratchch I could provide the basic folder structures with instuctions for installing the missing files. Am I correct to think that the model file must not be uploaded as this is the same as distributing the original WOP model without paying for it?

There is also concern about reducing the size of the textures to minimize framerate hit. Not sure if this is permitted. Simular to a repaint but manipulated.

I am willing to do whatever I need to do to offer these repaints as AI. They will be an important part of the 'atmosphere' I want to provide with the 8th Army Air Force 381st Bomber Group(H), Station R167, Ridgewell, England, that I have created.

Any suggestions about how to do this properly will be appreciated. Just cleaning up these details before I upload the project, all as freeware.

Al
 
There is a limit on the number of variations for an aircraft in FS9, but it is over 200, so that should not be a problem.

The biggest problem is that the WOP model is not an AI aircraft and the frame rate hit would be substantial if a large number of these aircraft are within the same airfield area.

You are correct about the mdl file, uploading that would constitute a breach of copyright.

The B17G WOP model has 46593 polygons and no LODs, an AI aircraft would be expected to have certainly less than 10,000 polygons and several LOD models to reduce the FPS hit at distance.
 
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