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Online issue in FSX

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:eek: I thought I read somewhere that FSX players which play online would be able to see airplanes from other users online which people had downloaded, without having to download that airplane them self.

My friend has a piper from Carenado and I could only see his airplane as a Cessna.

Can anyone confirm this to be true or not? :eek:
 
Seems very unlikely (though I really don't know) because you would have to pass the model through the connection otherwise how would FS know what to draw?
 
I agree with Jon, seems very unlikely to me. I don't think the payware guys would be that happy if their models got send to other people as well :).
 
Hi there.

Yea it is properly so.

When you put it that way, I like FSX just the way it is.
Just thougt I had seen it somewhere. Many people say things which are not true. I gues it was a false message by that person which wrote it.


Thank you for your reply
 
Don't know about Gamespy, but if you're flying through VATSIM using FS INN ( MCDU.com ), or Squawkbox3 ( Squawkbox.ca )the other user's aircraft will resolve to the nearest either program can find in YOUR own library. There are MPP packages of AI models available (low poly models), that you can set up to show about anything. The coding in the software even identifies company livery to use if available.

FS INN server side can fly on any FS Host capable computer as well. Don't know about Squawkbox.

Having said all that, Your computer won't show the Carenado textures and model unless you have the Carenado version on your machine. Having the server resolve to a particular model means you just increased the poly/texture/draw count by the number of polys/textures/draws in the original model...not good for frame rates.

Very cool.

JimD
 
Technical Point

It IS possible to download only the textures and model of say, My favorite PMDG B747-400 Continental (for FS9)...

Tested and works in FSX. :O

Maybe I need to update my InnerGears.exe with the required files, then you install them as SimObject/Aircraft and then display a PMDG aircraft instead of one of the default Airbus'? (see thread called 'About AIObjects')

Interesting stuff...

We'd need a Generic area to get our friends aircraft data from, but after that? We should be able to display him properly as an AI aircraft. And? We wouldn't need to actually own the product itself. :p

*Note: Like the other AI Aircraft? I dunno if we'd see details like Lights/Flap Set...etc.
And! As jdhaenens pointed out? It would be pretty easy to find the closest resemblance to an aircraft that is in your inventory. But, I think we can do better than just that. ;)

Flaps
 
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The main thing about this is the aircraft model. That is of course the most valuable thing on a (payware) aircraft and won't be accessible without paying for it.
Of course it is possible that you fly a PMDG 736 with Air China paint scheme and your friend installs an Air China texture pack for the default 736, then he will see you almost like you can see yourself, but he'll never be able to see a PMDG without purchasing one. ;)
 
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