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====== Aircraft Development ====== | ====== Aircraft Development ====== | ||
- | Using simple | + | We recommend starting with the [[sdk:aircraft: |
- | ===== Modding Of Existing Aircraft | + | ===== Aerofly Simulation |
- | Modifying an existing | + | Aerofly FS 2 uses an object-based approach to simulate an aircraft |
- | ===== Creating A Custom | + | Please refer to the [[sdk: |
- | When creating an own aircraft for the Aerofly FS 2 a [[sdk:aircraft: | + | ===== Limitations ===== |
+ | The Aircraft Converter that comes with this SDK is the same tool we use to convert | ||
- | The overview below shows the necessary steps to get an aircraft model from a 3D design software like 3D Studio Max or Cinema4D into Aerofly FS 2. The steps are described in more detail later in the [[sdk: | + | However, |
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- | Steps 1. to 6. have already been done for the example aircraft that comes with this SDK so that you can start with step 7. right away and use the example aircraft as a reference for your projects. | + | |
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- | - Create a new folder using lowercase letters a-z, digits 0-9 and the underscore only (like c172, b747, f4u, mustang, …). This folder will be referred to as the intermediate folder. The name of this folder will be the internal name of the aircraft (the name displayed in the aircraft menu can be set later) and determines the names of several files. In the following, we will choose the name to be xxxx. | + | |
- | - Copy and/or export | + | |
- | - Prepare the 3D model as described below. | + | |
- | - Export the 3d model to the intermediate folder using the filename xxxx (this creates the ' | + | |
- | - Create the aircraft definition and configuration files. You can create these files from scratch using the section ' | + | |
- | - Add the ' | + | |
- | - Run the aircraft converter. Right click on the ' | + | |
- | - Your new aircraft is available in Aerofly FS 2 now. Test and refine the dynamics, graphics and sounds as desired. | + | |
sdk/aircraft/introduction.txt · Last modified: 2022/07/08 14:48 by jh