FAIB - FSX AI Bureau BOEING 737-900 Base Models Pack With Service Pack 3.

Model, base paint, lightmap, FDE by Erez Werber
Parts of readme based on TFS's readme.
Nose steering XML code by Flusirainer.

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Contact: contact@fsxaibureau.com
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PERSONAL NON-COMMERCIAL USE IN LOCKHEED-MARTIN PREPAR3D (V1/V2) IS ALLOWED.

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----NEW IN SP3 P3DV2 COMPATABILITY----
While not being native P3DV2 models (compiled with the P3DV2 xToMdl compiler) the models will now fully work within P3DV2 during the night.
Please note that you are only allowed to use these models in your P3D (V1/V2) for personal use and NOT professional commercial training.
If you wish to use these models in a professional commercial training environment please contact FAIB at: contact@fsxaibureau.com

----SUPPORTING FAIB----

Making an AI model takes a lot of time if you appreciate my work please donate through the website @ FSXAIBureau.com Thank you.

----SPECIAL NOTE----

This is an AI aircraft and will NOT BE VISIBLE in the aircraft selection window in flight simulator. However if you want it to be visible in the aircraft selection window, you have to edit the "FAIB_7379.air" file with the program "AirEd" (available (if not corrupt) at AVSIM "aired.zip"), change "Aircraft Type" from "2" to "0".

NO SUPPORT IS GIVEN TO HUMAN PILOTS, AI PILOTS ARE FREE TO CONTACT US ABOUT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.

----NORMAL NOTE----

This aircraft was designed specifically for use as an AI aircraft. As such, the primary design criteria were that it look good sitting at the gate, or as seen when landing from an aircraft waiting to take off.

This aircraft feature 6 LOD'S for optimal performance, to learn more about LOD'S and why they are important go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_detail

FSX models features Toggle able landing lights, logo lights and taxi lights, and HD 2048X2048 textures.

---FSX ONLY IMPORTANT NOTE---

New since SP2, please make sure you have both FAIB_737_900_AlwaysOn_L.DDS AND FAIB_737_900_L.DDS from the included "PLACE INSIDE YOUR FSX MAIN TEXTURE FOLDER" folder inside your FSX main texture folder.

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Inside the EXTRA folder you will find the LOGO LIGHT ALWAYS ON folder which includes special always on textures designed to give you logo light illumination at all times similar to UT2 models.
Simply copy these textures to your MAIN FSX TEXTURE folder and overwrite.

---PAINT KIT INFO---

A new version 1.1 paint kit is available separately on FAIB's website.

---Shockwave Lights---

Location for Shockwave lights are included in the aircraft.cfg's, however you still need to un-comment them.
Look at the [LIGHTS] section of the aircraft.cfg files for more info.

---FSX door locations---

Door locations are included in the FSX aircraft.cfg's.

---FSX Only Known Issues---

After landing and generally when braking AI pilots will tend to lock the wheels.
Lights such as strobes, nav lights etc tend to move out of position over time.
Several areas of the plane cannot be lighted using the light map consult the paint kit for more info.

---Service Pack 1,2 & 3 updates---
SP3 upgrade includes the SP1 and SP2 updates.
Paints made with the older Paint Kit are compatible with new non Scimiatr models.

Issues fixed by SP3:
FSX & FS9: 
1. Added Scimitar Winglets models

FSX:
1. Made landing light splash compatible with P3D V2.
2. Added new sat dome located on top of the vertical stabilizer
3. Various memory savings by removing alpha and changing to DXT1 compression on the lightmaps without any visible difference.

Issues fixed by SP2:
FSX & FS9: 
1. Delayed reverser animation, reverser deploy 2 seconds after touchdown rather then immediately.
2. Top of fuselage was made smoother and rounder at the cost of an additional 44 polygons, performance hit is NON existent.
3. Contact point data revised fixing excessive gear damping causing AI planes to bounce on the tarmac, if your AI planes are performing adequately you can skip this FDE update.

FSX:
1. New FAIB_737_900_L.dds and FAIB_737_900_AlwaysOn_L.dds texture to be placed in the main FSX texture folder, you can now delete all other copies of FAIB_737_900_L.bmp and enjoy a much reduced memory use with the model.

Issues fixed by SP1:

FSX: 
1. Wing root mapping alignment issues fixed

FS9:
1. A fix for users reporting shaking tires is implemented.
2. Tweaked the main gear contact point as they tended to sink into the ground too much.

---HOW DO I UPDATE AN EXISTING INSTALL???---

How to update FSX:

UPGRADING FROM SP2?
Copy the model folders and overwrite existing ones, then copy the content of the "PLACE INSIDE YOUR FSX MAIN TEXTURE FOLDER" into your main FSX texture folder.
There are no changes to the .air file or the aircraft.cfg file between SP2 and SP3.

UPGRADING FROM BEFORE SP2?
Copy the model folders and overwrite existing ones, optionally if you want you can update your aircraft.cfg file, make sure to copy all of your existing [fltsim.x] sections into  
the new supplied aircraft.cfg file for the fixes to take effect.
Copy the content of the "PLACE INSIDE YOUR FSX MAIN TEXTURE FOLDER" into your main FSX texture folder, you can now search for all the FAIB_737_900_L.* files outside the of the main FSX texture folder
and delete those as they are no longer needed, you will not need a copy of FAIB_737_900_L.bmp or FAIB_737_900_L.dds with every repaint and should see a reduction of memory usage when using the FAIB NG models.

How to update FS9:
UPGRADING FROM SP2?
Copy the model folders and overwrite existing ones.
There are no changes to the .air file or the aircraft.cfg file between SP2 and SP3.

UPGRADING FROM BEFORE SP2?
Copy the model folders and overwrite existing ones, optionally if you want you can update your aircraft.cfg file, make sure to copy all of your existing [fltsim.x] sections into  
the new supplied aircraft.cfg file for the fixes to take effect.

Note for users experiencing strange FDE issues such as plane bouncing on landing and disappearing, it is recommended you try Jan's improved FDE's available here:
http://janswebsites.110mb.com/fde/index.html 
Or on this mirror:
http://janswebsites.ja.funpic.de/fde/index.html

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NOTE THE FOLLOWING NAME CONVENTIONS:
FAIB_B737-900 - Non Winglet equipped 737-900
FAIB_B737-900_W - Winglet/Scimitars equipped 737-900

INSTALLATION FSX:

1) Move all folders inside this archives FSX folder into your FSX AI aircraft folder.
2) Copy all textures from the folder "PLACE INSIDE YOUR FSX MAIN TEXTURE FOLDER" into your main FSX texture folder.
3) Download a few liveries for it. (Available as separate downloads)
4) Copy the texture folder from the livery download into the correct variant folder (either non winglets\winglets).
5) Copy the [fltsim.x] entry supplied with the livery into the aircraft.cfg file supplied in this base package. Be sure to number them correctly, starting sequentially with [fltsim.0] and working your way up with each additional livery you add...e.g. [fltsim.0], [fltsim.1], [fltsim.2]...making sure not to skip or duplicate any numbers in the sequence.
6) Be sure when filling in your [fltsim.x] entries that you pay special attention to which model you are needing to use.
7) Then assign the aircraft to some flightplans and you're on your way.

INSTALLATION FS9:

1) Move all folders inside this archives FS9 folder into your FS2004 (FS9) aircraft folder.
2) Download a few liveries for it. (Available as separate downloads)
3) Copy the texture folder from the livery download into the correct variant folder (either non winglets\winglets).
4) Copy the [fltsim.x] entry supplied with the livery into the aircraft.cfg file supplied in this base package. Be sure to number them correctly, starting sequentially with [fltsim.0] and working your way up with each additional livery you add...e.g. [fltsim.0], [fltsim.1], [fltsim.2]...making sure not to skip or duplicate any numbers in the sequence.
5) Be sure when filling in your [fltsim.x] entries that you pay special attention to which model you are needing to use.
6) Then assign the aircraft to some flightplans and you're on your way.


For more information or If you're not sure how to assign an aircraft to a flightplan, please visit our website at http://fsxaibureau.com and look in the FAQ / Help section of our forums. You may post any problems you may have or bugs you may find in our forum.

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THIS AIRCRAFT IS FREEWARE AND SHOULD NOT BE UPLOADED TO http://www.fs2000.org.

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Thanks to all the great people who keep this hobby alive and the following people for their help delivering this model:
Ben Clark
Andy Carroll
Philippe Tabatchnik
Juergen Baumbusch
Craig Ritchie
Mariano Bonaccorso
Frank Severino
Gerry Lewis
Nils Bindauf
Johan Clausen
Robert Williams
Axel Huettemann

October 2014


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