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Selecting planes and Making planes for AI Use

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Hello All -----
Working on a new airport (using ADE) and using AI Flight Planner to do my AI flight planning for the new airport.

Wondering if someone could point me toward a good write-up on AI aircraft and the limitations of existing (non-AI) aircraft for AI usage. I notice that some planes work well, and others crash FSX for no obvious (to me at this point) reason.

Trying to get through this learning curve so I may "tweak" planes (more modern ones) to whatever extent is needed so that FSX will accept them into the AI engine.

Any and all inputs and comments appreciated.

Thanks --- Bob --- :D
 
Well, user aircraft do not make good AI. Not all default aircraft make good AI. The default Piper comes to mind. Good user aircraft are too detailed to use as AI. While many user planes will work, there is an fps hit the more of them you use.

Bob
 
As Bob says, default and add on UI aircraft do not make good AI aircraft.

A good AI aircraft will have several LODs (levels of detail), which ensure that the aircraft model becomes less and less detailed the further you are from it (and vice versa). This minimises the FPs hit each aircraft creates.

UI aircraft do not have LODs and, consequently, have a heavy FPs hit when in use in numbers. That said, using a small number of UI aircraft at a relatively quiet airport is usually okay, although ti depends heavily on the specifications of the user's PC.
 
Howdy Guys !!!

And thanks much for the replies. Yes, it appears that the LOD scenario is the major contributor to performance with AI aircraft. For the time being, looks like I will just have to do some experimenting and pick a few "low load" UI aircraft while looking around for some "real" AI aircraft that have been tailored for the job :D

That will probably be my best approach since I don't want to get bogged down with producing AI planes. I have seen a few payware packs of AI aircraft. One of those might be useful as well.

Thanks again for the pointers.

Cheers --- Bob --- ;)
 
Hi,

Real AI can be found (amongst other places) on
the site of World of AI and on Military AI works.
No need to revert to payware AI.
 
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