Michael Selig writes: > * So if the top ten were optional, that would save about 15MB from the base > package and 10 interesting aircraft would be downloaded separately. > Is that worth it?
I think so, especially if we can trim down other parts (like the cloud textures) as well. What happens when we have 100, or 1000 aircraft? Are we going to keep putting them all in the base package? On the other hand, let's assume that we were willing to keep the base package at 100MB -- it might be a fair tradeoff to remove some default aircraft and add more default scenery. Most flight sims come with few planes but at least low-grade world-wide scenery by default; we give only a tiny square around KSFO, which a fast plane like the 747 or A4 will use up in minutes. We can also save some space for individual aircraft by looking at textures. Aircraft converted from MSFS are sometimes texture pigs, and a little scaling down might not hurt. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
