Sharing FS9 Stearman Model 4 Speedmail?

[leuen]

Is anyone willing to share his Golden Age Stearman Model 4 Speedmail?

 

I know that few years ago, such a provocative question would have been impossible. Since Golden Age no longer offers this model, all concerns about copyrights and so on are now absolutely obsolete. Such considerations were justified fifteen years ago, but no longer today.

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

Bernard

[tiger1962]

It's still available at Simmarket, Bernard: https://secure.simmarket.com/golden-age-stearman-model-4-speedmail.phtml

[leuen]

Thanks for your tip. I have been there already before. But no ordering possible.

 

Bernard

[tiger1962]

You're right, I hadn't noticed the missing Add To Cart button.

[lnuss]

You certainly are welcome to think as you like, but actual, real, legal copyrights don't expire just because something is no longer on the market. They are valid for many, many years, depending on the jurisdiction.

[leuen]

Be sure that I will ask the same question in fifity years again. Then nobody will care about anymore. It's ridiculous!

 

Bernard

[lnuss]

Lots of us don't like certain laws, but that doesn't change the facts.

[leuen]

Usually I don't give up very easily. This is also the case with the Stearman 4 Speedmail from Golden Age Simulation, which was the reason of this thread.

 

I only recently discovered that the whole package can be downloaded from the FS2004 file library. Only the air file is missing. Therefore I replaced this with the default Boeing737-400.air file. And it works.

 

 

Just in case someone else is still desperately looking for this aircraft.

 

Bernard

[hjwalter]

A Boeing 737-400 air file being used in combination with your Stearman-4 ?? Sounds great, especially when your very sluggish Stearman is now a "little" over-powered ?? How does it handle at 34000 feet ?? LOL.

 

Pleae supply the exact file name of the Stearman-4, which you've evidently downloaded and are now happy with, the one with the missing air file ? I would like to try my own B737-400 air file on it.

 

Thanks in advance.

Regards

 

Hans

[leuen]

That's the said package:

 

https://www.flightsim.com/download.php?fn=gasstr2.zip

 

In fact I use the Stearman as AI aircraft. So I'm not able to answer yur question concerning performance. You have to try.

 

Bernard

[hjwalter]

It's not advisable to assign any type of flyable aircraft as AI because of the multiple and complex external textures involved. These will cause stuttering whenever they (unexpectedly) come into view and especially when there are more of them (flying) around. Also don't forget that such flyable "AI" aircraft are always burdend down by cockpits/panels, possible virtual cockpits, programmed instruments, custom sounds, far more complex model and air files, etc.

 

AI aircraft have none of the above but have purpose made far simpler mipped external textures only and are not really suitable for close-up viewing. However, a quick search on my part did not turn up any AI Stearmans ..... yet.

 

Good luck.

Hans

[hjwalter]

It's not advisable to assign any type of flyable aircraft as AI because of the multiple and complex external textures involved. These will cause stuttering whenever they (unexpectedly) come into view and especially when there are more of them (flying) around. Also don't forget that such flyable "AI" aircraft are always burdend down by cockpits/panels, possible virtual cockpits, programmed instruments, custom sounds, far more complex model and air files, etc.

 

AI aircraft have none of the above but have purpose made far simpler mipped external textures only and are not really suitable for close-up viewing. However, a quick search on my part did not turn up any AI Stearmans ..... yet.

 

Good luck.

Hans

[tgibson_new]

It's interesting, some computer systems are very sensitive to that and the frame rate will drop significantly. But other users I know can use all the flyable AI they like and never see much of a frame rate drop. So your mileage may vary.

[hjwalter]

Tom,

 

I suppose that some machines with very high tehnical specs will be somewhat less sensitive but the basic issue remains, epecially when more than a few flyable planes are active as AI. The same stuttering will also occur when, e.g. a complex airport suddenly comes into view but it's related textures, other than those of flyable planes, are structurally be mipped so as to greatly reduce this effect. External AI plane textures are normally mipped as well, for the same reason.

 

Regards.

 

Hans