TDS B787-9 as AI aircraft

[LLBG1]

Dear all,

 

Recently installed TDS B787-9 and wish to use it as an AI.

 

My question being the following: in the aircraft.cfg, the airplane title has more than 100 characters.

Traffic Tools software dosent accept more than 100 characters.

I am unaware of any TDS forum so I kindly seek for your valued advice.

 

Thanks,

Myrone

[tiger1962]

Dear all,

 

Recently installed TDS B787-9 and wish to use it as an AI.

 

My question being the following: in the aircraft.cfg, the airplane title has more than 100 characters.

Traffic Tools software dosent accept more than 100 characters.

I am unaware of any TDS forum so I kindly seek for your valued advice.

 

Thanks,

Myrone

 

Hi Myrone, the TDS airplane title is a copyright protection device and if you edit it the wings, undercarriage and other details will disappear. Try searching the Library for an AI 787, I found 40 of them here: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?searchid=67988398

[LLBG1]

Thanks Tiger1962,

 

My problem being lack of El-Al B789 for FS2004 except TDS's one.

Only if I could find the way to contact TDS people and seek for a solution. I dont

have a facebook page.

 

Yours,

Myrone

[hjwalter]

Myrone,

 

I would like to add my little bit to Tim's reaction in advising that you should in general never use flyable aircraft as AI because their external textures are far too large, too many, too detailed and always unmipped, giving your graphics system a hard time in trying to render them every time such "AI" aircraft come into view. Stuttering and frame rate loss is almost always the result and is especially true when you have more of these "AIs" flying or taxiing around your flyable aircraft.

 

Hans

[LLBG1]

Thanks Hans,

I am aware of the impact "normal" acfts might have on my system.

Fortunately I have a powerful machine. I have some SWISS Boeing 777W with no

effect on sim, and unable to find any other B789's for EL AL than TDS.

I am trying to find a TDS forum/panel to get advice on how to shorten the title. Otherwise

maybe TrafficTools experts might be of help.

An interesting challenge, isnt it?

 

Myrone

[LLBG1]

Thanks for your inputs Gentlemen.

Seems that no B789 AI for EL AL is at hands for the moment.

Otherwise, are you acquainted with this site ?

http://www.unitedtrafficteam.com/index.php/ai-models/utt/item/utt-787-900

[MrUnSavory]

TDS Facebook page for 737

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TDS.SkySpirit.B737NG/?ref=bookmarks

[hgschnell]

Here is somethng:

http://www.juergenbaumbusch.de/?s=El+Al

 

and the Base Pack:

http://unitedtrafficteam.com/index.php/ai-models/utt/item/utt-787-900

 

now you have to convert the textures from dds to bmp.

Edited December 15, 2018 by hgschnell

[LLBG1]

Many thanks HG Schnell,

 

Will learn now how to convert dds to bmp :)

 

Myrone

[LLBG1]

Dear friends,

 

Can someone explain me step by step how to convert acft texture from .dds to

32bit DXT3 bmp? I downloaded dxtbmp program but went totally astray. Results

are scandaleous. Much appreciate your patience,

 

Myrone

[hgschnell]

If this doesn't help, I can give you a step by step tutorial:

 

http://kaese2002.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

[Honus]

Just remove everything east of the date in the title.

[Honus]

Here is an example of what I do the shorten the title and my planes work fine:

 

 

[fltsim.0]

title=Plane0 FREEWARE_COPYRIGHT_TenkuuDevelopersStudio_01JUN2013 OPTANT1110000000_OPTDEC00000 American Airlines

[GKKnupper]

Sorry this is NOT true ..

 

" in general never use flyable aircraft as AI because their external textures are far too large, too many, too detailed and always unmipped, giving your graphics system a hard time in trying to render them every time such "AI" aircraft come into view. Stuttering and frame rate loss is almost always the result and is especially true when you have more of these "AIs" flying or taxiing around your flyable aircraft."

 

I fly >200 in an 60 nm radius at 6 different airports.

 

MIA to PBI and whatever is between them.

 

Your System Config (I.E. FS9 on an SEPERATE HD / SSD, my FS9 is 495 GB), your HD (SSD) HW Layout /Installation is another factor.

 

Sorry , but that is the truth I never ever see any stuttering .

 

ALL my AI planes are the same for piloting in ILS, Autopilot environment.

 

Sincerely

 

G. Kirschstein

[ColR1948]

I also use some flyable as AI, one of the reasons is some AI types are not only low quality textures but also low quality aircraft as well.

 

My machine isn't a top gaming spec but I have never had any stutters, I do take out a few things from the flyable though like the VC, panel and unused textures.

 

Col.

[Downwind66]

On 10/26/2021 at 9:34 AM, Honus said:

Just remove everything east of the date in the title.

East of the date? As you are facing north/south??? 

 

Never heard that one before!

[mrzippy]

5 minutes ago, Downwind66 said:

East of the date? As you are facing north/south??? 

 

Never heard that one before!

East is least and West is best!  Old sextant navigation term.  Or East to the right and West to the left.  Just don't hold the map 90 degrees from normal!

[PhrogPhlyer]

2 hours ago, mrzippy said:

East is least and West is best! 

This phrase is also used for selecting cruise altitudes: East = Odd thousands ( 3, 5, 27, 31, etc), West = Even thousands ( 4, 6, 28, 32, etc). IFR = X thousand feet (3,000, 15,000, 32,000, etc, VFR = X thousand plus 500 (3,5000, 12,5000, 17,500-max for VFR).