Thanks for downloading the AI-AARDVARK paintkit 737-400
Model/Original Paint by:David Rawlins
FDE by David Carter
Re-Painted By: Jonathan Barton (family@barton01010.fsnet.co.uk)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UPLOAD ANY OF THESE FILES TO THE ANY OTHER INTERNET SITES OR TO ANY OTHER MEDIA WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S WRITTEN PERMISSION. THESE REPAINTS ARE FREEWARE AND SHOULD NOT BE SOLD, OR PUT ON ANY SITE THAT CHARGES FOR DOWNLOADING FREE FILES. THE FILES FOUND IN THIS ARCHIVE MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED ON CD OR ANY MEDIUM FOR ANY KIND OF FEE, INCLUDING THE COST OF PRODUCTION, MATERIALS OR POSTAGE.
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INSTALLATION:
Just drop the "AIA_737_400_AirBerlin" folder into your FS2k aircraft folder. Then assign the aircraft to some flightplans and you're on your way.
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NOTES
This aircraft was designed specifically for use as an AI aircraft. As such, the primary design criteria were that it look good sitting at the gate, or as seen when landing from an aircraft waiting to take off.
This plane also uses 4 different LOD (levels of detail) models, which means that as the plane gets visually smaller, the model displayed becomes simpler and simpler, thus reducing the drag on your computer.
If you download a GMAX aircraft that is just gorgeous, but really chews up your frame rates when used as AI if several of them appear on the screen at once, the designer probably did not use the LOD feature, so the model is always 20,000 polygons no matter how far away from you it is.
REFLECTIVE MODEL
By default this aircraft is using a non-reflective model. If you wish to use the optional reflective model, you will have to change the line in the aircraft.cfg file that reads: "model=no_refl" to "model=reflective"
This will enable the use of a reflective texture, though the blank texture included with this package does not have a reflective channel, so it will look exactly the same, regardless of which .mdl you are using.
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AI FLIGHT DYNAMICS
FDE's for AI aircraft are somewhat of a compromise. Dynamics that allow beautiful takeoffs often result in planes that will not land or land very badly. AIA fde's are also designed with traffic flow in mind. This means an AIA aircraft is going to touch down very near the end of the runway and quickly exit to make room for the next aircraft. If you want more "float" on landing, you can adjust the cruise lift, parasite drag and induced drag parameters in the aircraft.cfg file.
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REPAINTS
Ai Aardvark hopes that you will want to repaint our planes and we have blank paintkit versions of our aircraft available. The paintkit includes uncompressed .bmps of both the texture and light maps. It also comes with a layered photoshop file that includes windows, doors, details, panel lines, shadows and weathering.
We place no restrictions on where repaints are uploaded to, but we would like this readme to be included with all repaints. If you would like your repaint listed on our website, please email us and let us know the name of the repaint and where it may be downloaded. Email: ai_aardvark@earthlink.net
IMPORTANT
Not affiliated with, or endorsed by Air Berlin or Boeing Aircraft.
Not for commercial sale.
THIS AIRCRAFT IS FREEWARE.
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THIS MODEL (*.MDL) MAY NOT BE DECOMPILED AND EDITED/MODIFIED IN ANY WAY WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE DESIGNER!!!
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enjoy!
Craig Crawley
David Rawlins
David Carter
Boback Shahsafdari
Daniel DiBacco
Apr. 4, 2003
Comments or suggestions:
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