FsX native freeware aircraft list

[kilo delta]

If it has the 2 .mdl files it is native is my understanding, if not it is a FS9 craft converted (should have said ported) to use in FSX.

Not necessarily..many FSX native aircraft,both freeware and payware, have been released without a VC model and yet are "Native". For those that run DX10 mode generally only FSX native aircraft can be used without graphics issues (yes I know that some portovers might display okay ,but they are few and far between).

 

[hschuit]

I am sure this has been explained before but for those who don't know yet: There is a simple test anyone can do to verify if an MDL file is native FSX:

Open the MDL file with a text editor like Windows Notepad, then look at the 1st line and you will see one of these words between a bunch of unreadable characters:

MDL8MDLH This means the MDL is FS2004 (portover)

MDLXMDLH This means native FSX

 

[N2056]

If it has the 2 .mdl files it is native is my understanding, if not it is a FS9 craft converted (should have said ported) to use in FSX.

That's not necessarily true. To know for sure you need to look at the model.cfg file. For a true FSX model you should see something like this...

[models]
normal=thorp_exterior
interior=thorp_interior

It is also possible that the author used one model for both the exterior and interior, in which you could see this...

[models]
normal=thorp_exterior
interior=thorp_exterior

It is possible to have a true FSX plane that uses one model for both. I do that a lot as a project evolves.

 

[2Low]

Thank you for continuing my FSX education guys. I at one time new about the MDL8MDLH vs MDLXMDLH fact but my memory is not quite as good as I'd like it to be.

Let's see if I have this bit right. If you run a FS9 model through the FSX SDK's compiler you get the MDLXMDLH mdl?

One thing I used to check as well was for bmp vs dds files in the texture folders. Bitmaps did not perform as well on my system. Do any native planes use bmp for textures?

 

[N2056]

Let's see if I have this bit right. If you run a FS9 model through the FSX SDK's compiler you get the MDLXMDLH mdl?

That is correct, but in this case the "model" has to be the source file from the 3d design program, NOT the one from FS. That's where the fun starts as if you do manage to get the source file there is a fair amount of work that needs to be done on it prior to sending it through the compiler in order to make it work.

 

[euroastar350]

Will get around to finishing this off one of these days, too many projects going on at one time....but it's on the list along with Mario's P149.
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[vonstroheim]

Sikorsky MH-53 Pavelow

Will get around to finishing this off one of these days...

Very nice! Is it a Republic Seabee?

Found this at Simviation, another native FSX: Sikorsky MH-53 Pavelow by "Dirty" Dunken Avionics. Uses the default EH101 VC. What a beast... She goes fast! 260mph! And she floats!

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With a FSX native aircraft, you get correct 100% propeller texture, animation, transparency, and shadow. This is quite problematic with FS9 portovers... always something wrong... With this MH-53, the main rotor is very very well designed.

EDIT - This appears to indeed be a pirated version of a payware product. Sim-V has been notified of the issue. N2056

 

[rcbarend]

Rob, starting a new thread titled "Freeware FS9 aircraft converted for FSX" shouldn't be too difficult if you want to start one up. It's not one or the other, plenty of room in the forum for both. Post up a list of ones you know and others can add to it and maybe comment on the performance. Such a list may convince me to try a few more.

I think such a list could prove quite usefull but I personally would rather a seperate thread than combining the two topics. There is my $.02.

Cheers ,
Rob.

I agree.
And I should have known better to get OT this way

But the point I was trying to make, is that for a lot of simmers these days, the criterium for downloading/installing a freeware aircraft in FSX appears to be that it should be FSX-native; and that's what I don't understand, since there are still excellent non-native-FSX aircraft released.
But I'm getting OT again ... Sorry.

Rob

 

[euroastar350]

Very nice! Is it a Republic Seabee?

Found this at Simviation, another native FSX: Sikorsky MH-53 Pavelow by "Dirty" Dunken Avionics. Uses the default EH101 VC. What a beast... She goes fast! 260mph! And she floats!

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With a FSX native aircraft, you get correct 100% propeller texture, animation, transparency, and shadow. This is quite problematic with FS9 portovers... always something wrong... With this MH-53, the main rotor is very very well designed.

Nardi FN333 Riviera by Mario Noriega.

And BTW....Thats the Alphasim/Virtavia MH53 that has been put up on SimV....last time I checked, it was still on sale and hasn't been released as freeware

 

[vonstroheim]

There is something strange going at SimViation...

And BTW....Thats the Alphasim/Virtavia MH53 that has been put up on SimV....last time I checked, it was still on sale and hasn't been released as freeware

There is something strange going at SimViation. The Falcon 50 I converted to FSX was uploaded without my knowledge over there. No big deal because it's definitely a freeware project, but it's nonetheless a surprise... Looks like this Virtavia MH-53 was hacked too? According to Google/Firefox, Virtavia website is corrupted, and Simviation website was down for 3 days...

Moderator: you can delete/edit my previous post if necessary... The MH-53 is still for sale at flightsimstore...

 

[N2056]

I edited your post to reflect the piracy issue. Since you had no links I feel that removing it is not required. In regards to your other file showing up there...I'd be willing to bet it is on a lot of other sites as well!

 

[Roger]

Ok list updated.

 

[Bjoern]

There is something strange going at SimViation. The Falcon 50 I converted to FSX was uploaded without my knowledge over there. No big deal because it's definitely a freeware project, but it's nonetheless a surprise...

They do that all the time.

But what the heck, too little time to start a turf war.

 

[vonstroheim]

CLS Piper Arrow II

Not very original, not as nice as the Carenado versions, but cheaper! The FSX native Commercial Level Simulations Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow II. VC comes in various shades...

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Previously a payware product, sold for $0 at the flightsimstore. Hope it's not a hack this time... I double checked...
Looks ok... Free but not freeware. Is this ok for this thread?
http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=590

It is possible to have a true FSX plane that uses one model for both. I do that a lot as a project evolves.

This is the case for this aircraft...

[models]
normal=CLS_PA28-151
Interior=CLS_PA28-151

 

[gtirob01]

There is something strange going at SimViation. The Falcon 50 I converted to FSX was uploaded without my knowledge over there. No big deal because it's definitely a freeware project, but it's nonetheless a surprise... Looks like this Virtavia MH-53 was hacked too? According to Google/Firefox, Virtavia website is corrupted, and Simviation website was down for 3 days...

Moderator: you can delete/edit my previous post if necessary... The MH-53 is still for sale at flightsimstore...

SimV is usually pretty good at catching bad things like this, but of course nothings perfect and this one slipped through the cracks. And on top of that the main site went down, so the priority was to get the site back up. Once that was done and people started posting screenshots of the MH-53, a discussion came about on one of the posts that something seemed fishy. Several members started doing some investigating and came to the same conclusion that this was pirated, as I myself found it on several of the trusted sites for sale. The file has been removed from the site.

 

[orionll]

Previously a payware product, sold for $0 at the flightsimstore. Hope it's not a hack this time... I double checked...
Looks ok... Free but not freeware. Is this ok for this thread?
http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=590

This is the case for this aircraft...

[models]
normal=CLS_PA28-151
Interior=CLS_PA28-151

In the product description, it says "this product is not compatible with DX10 preview". Doesn't that suggest it's non native?

 

[vonstroheim]

In the product description, it says "this product is not compatible with DX10 preview". Doesn't that suggest it's non native?

You're right, textures are regular DX9 / DTX3 bmp's, and the mdl file is MDL8MDLH... So this is indeed a port over...
So sorry about that... Hope I won't be banned....

 

[N2056]

Well, I guess I learned something about portovers on that one!

 

[Roger]

You're right, textures are regular DX9 / DTX3 bmp's, and the mdl file is MDL8MDLH... So this is indeed a port over...
So sorry about that... Hope I won't be banned....

Ha ha,
No problem Von Stroheim. I think another thread I may start soon is "What Are your favorite port-overs?"

 

[OleBoy]

Just saw this one at Avsim

Nord 3400 Norbarbe






File Description:
The Nord 3400 Norbarbe is a two-seat observation aircraft built for French Army ALAT at 1960-1970. Model by Restauravia Team. This version beta is a work in progress, but it fly well. It need Nord 3202 for FSX by Andr�© Chancel/Restauravia to have Gauges. Model by Gilles Faulmeyer. Flight Dynamics by Jean-Pierre Bourgeois, Gauges by Jean-Michel Renaux, Livery by Marc Hardouin.

Filename: nord-3400_fsx_beta1.1.zip
License: Freeware, limited distribution
Added: 13th October 2011
Downloads: 31
Author: Gilles Faulmeyer & Restauravia Team
Size: 13337kb




http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=162602