At the 4-times-a-week events at EDDF we experience more and more that models suddenly are not visible any more, i.e. they just show up as blue/yellow gliders or even cause a FGFS-crash for other MP-users - who may have that same model installed from a different "hangar". I myself know very well how difficult it is to agree worldwide on ONE unique model - every engineer wants to improve "his" baby without getting bothered with "compatibility between versions". But on the other hand we want that our "fantastic, new, and better Baby" is seen and used by others (e.g. via MP). But that is not possible if there is not at least one common MP-source for all models of that type. Sorry enough: In the meantime there are over 50 different hangars in FGFS (see http://wiki.flightgear.org/FlightGear_h ... e_releases) where there may be different versions of same models - thus pilots may be using same/different models and never notice the reason why they cannot see the other "same" model! Anyhow: You cannot expect any FGFS-user (or ATC) to reload models according to the unique model that a unique user is flying! So we must find a way to ensure that every MP-user can visualize every Model in his area - independent of any "hangars".
I am not sure how much we can "standardize" the design-control inside FGFS - but my suggestion would be: Use the
* http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/flightgear/ftp/Aircraft/ as a base
+ https://github.com/FGMEMBERS for upgrades that are controlled MP-compatible
- everything else may be used by the designer himself in his own environment
Thus we could achieve an enjoyable get-together in MP - without long discussions about who's model is the correct one.
For the EDDF events I will in future: Whenever I notice a blue yellow I try to find an update in the FGMEMBERS:
- if I find an update there I will reload
- if it "crashes" other MP-users I will delete it out of my library (now about 400 models!). (Of course that then makes all models of that type to blue/yellows - independent of the hangar it comes from!)
I will not try to find it in any other hanger because the next guy coming might need it from again another hangar! (And I will not daily search 50 hangers for 400 model-changes!). Because of that I already have deleted from my list: A320neo, A330-300, F14b, F-15, TU154B, TU154B-MOD (see list on top of table http://www.emmerich-j.de --> EDDF- Triangle Movies).
Does anybody have a better idea how to solve that MP-incompatibility-problem?