At 11/10/02, John Check wrote:
On Sunday 10 November 2002 2:21 pm, Michael Selig wrote:
> At 11/10/02, Jim Wilson wrote:
> >David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > > Thank you very much. It might be a good idea in the future to put 3D
> > > models directly into Aircraft/*/Models/ rather than
> > > Aircraft/*/Models/uiuc/, since 3D models are usable by all FDMs (all
> > > four major ones use the same C172 model, for example).
> >
> >Agreed, there need not be a one to one relationship between fdm models and
> > 3D models and the path implies there is. If there are differences in fdm
> > data output that require multiple 3Dmodel xml files for animation, they
> > can still be named according to the fdm they work with and still live in
> > the same directory as a single mdl or ac file and texture set.
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Jim
>
> Since these are imports courtesy of developers working with MSFS, would it
> be a good idea to keep a copy of their models in original form in a
> separate directory? That way they could always come to FGFS and fly their
I vote no. We can archive 'em someplace, but why should we use the extra
bandwidth distributing something thats not used?
> original models as well as any enhancements to them? In each case, the
> original model developers have expressed some interest in FGFS.
>
> We don't keep on the cvs legacy code as we develop it, but it might make
> sense to keep working legacy models when they are native to MSFS with their
> associated credits.
>
> If this does make sense, I am not attached to the "uiuc" dir name. We
> could call it "OEM", "orig", the author's name or something like that.
>
I understand where you are coming from, wanting to keep all uiuc enchancements
segregated, but graphic and cosmetic stuff really should be consistently
stored project wide.
All sounds good to me: no legacy dir, and no uiuc model dir.
Regards,
Michael
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