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Hi All,

I have converted the default Air Creation ultralight for use as a static aircraft in my scenery. Whats the copyright situation regarding including it in my scenery if I upload it? Who would I ask for permission?

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Keith
 
That would be in breach of the Microsoft EULA unfortunately.

Even worse, there is no-one to ask .. unless you have contacts at Microsoft.
 
Hi,

You would not be able to upload the scenery if it contains a MS aircraft that you converted this way, unless you get permission from them.
 
Quick question along this line. I see in the FSX SimObjects Aircraft folder, .MDL files for all the MS acft. I assume that this is the same kind of MDL file that gMax produces for static object models. So theoritically (I haven't tried this), I could use one of the many applications out there to compile that model into a scenery library and then use it as a static model? I assume that is the point where the copyright gets infringed. OK, we'll stop there.

So is there any way to somehow call those models into a scenery as static AI aircraft? - i.e. write a flight plan so they never leave the ground? I'm pretty sure I could do this for a boat. Set up a path that was shorter than the length of the boat and set it on a long repetition cycle.

That way you are using the .MDL file that the user purchased as part of FSX - just like using a call to the the static scenery that comes w/ FSX - which is not a copyright violation.
 
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Hi,

Yes, if you just call the object that is there by default that won't be a problem. I am not an expert on AI, but if you can make AI traffic that does not leave that would work. Another option is to use SimConnect to position them at the places where you want them, but that would require an external application doing that.
 
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