There is no such thing as ‘all the necessary objects’, as the world is filled with millions and millions of objects, which all evolve over time. They are great for freeware scenery designers because they add greater realism to the scenery package without re-inventing the wheel, and without the huge investment in time (and talent) it take to build all these objects. The libraries are great for end users because 1) they are free, 2) they avoid downloading same objects over and over again, 3) far easier to keep up-to-date etc etc. They are all free, for the use of anyone who develops or uses freeware scenery. GymW, none of these libraries is payware. The downside of this is that it would increase the size of the add-on and the same object might be present multiple times in different add-onesĪs it currently stands I would not be surprised if the complexity of all these libraries is creating resistance from potential customers of the add-ons from investing the time and money into using them to enhance X-Plane, then subsequently being disappointed by the stock version limitations.
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The use of libraries does not directly benefit the users but does benefit the developers as it makes it faster and easier for them to create their add-on.Īn alternate paradigm would be to be the source of all these libraries for developers and have the necessary objects be incorporated in into the add-on so users would not have to be concerned about installing libraries in order to get the add-on to work properly and constantly having to be concerned if they have the latest update for all the libraries whenever they incorporate a new add-on into their user copy of the simulator. If the developer wants to pass that cost onto the user through a purchase fee for the add-on then so be it.īut to charge users a fee directly for downloading each library or subscription fees for library access I feel would strongly reduce interest in add-ones that use the libraries. server.Īny costs for the administration of the libraries I feel should be borne by the developers of the libraries as they are the ones adding to the library complexity and using objects from the libraries to same themselves the time and effort needing to build the object directly into the add-on. – Release regular updates to these libraries from a central source – i.e. – Work with library developers to resolve duplicate efforts and conflicts. – Combine existing libraries into the topic libraries and administer the updates or new libraries to them, along with some light testing to make sure they do not conflict with each other or create runtime errors. – Limit the number and content of libraries to a few specific ones covering topics such as scenery, aircraft, airports, cities, etc. Here is what I believe would benefit the users that the library administrator should do: Personally I feel it that either the development team of X-Plane, or if that is not possible, then should take over the administration of all these libraries. I am of the opinion that it is past time for some better control and managing the growth and functionality of all these libraries before they get completely out of control. It seems as though more new libraries are often being created which of course adds to the size and complexity of the program, while possibly reducing its performance. – New XAirport Scenery library version 1.1 – New The Handy Objects library version 5.81 Soon the list will be growing and growing!įor your convenience, here are the direct links to all the libraries we offer (as per April 10th 2017): Oh yes, there are much more libraries, but we need to wait for everybody’s approval to support and offer them on X-Plained. X-Plained.Com is pleased to announce that Scottish Wings (The Handy Objects library), CAMI (CDB library), Oleg Shevchenko (RD library), Einstein (RE_library) and AndrooC (XAirport Scenery library) have given their approval that X-Plained can support and provide these libraries to their members. We did support/provide you already the NAPS library (Freddy De Pues NAPS)), the MisterX6 library and his Airport Environment HD library, but from today and on, we offer additional libraries. We’re pleased to inform you that X-Plained will from today, April 10th 2017, offer X-Plane libraries too. Libraries, libraries and even more libraries!