For example, if you have made a KLM livery, then you need to make a file called KLM.xml in the Models/Liveries directory. Let's make it aircraft/Models/Liveries.įor every livery, we need to make a file. We also have to make a new directory to store our liveries in. Where aircraft is the name of the aircraft. There are a few files we need to make (or edit), namely: Paintkits are usually provided within the aircraft's Models/ directory and/or at the livery database. This makes the process of creating a livery a more fun and less stressful task. This is done so any other users looking to create their own livery can make a realistic looking livery with these construction elements, without having to redraw them or trying to avoid painting over them. If your livery is likely to be edited by other users, consider making a paintkit in addition to your livery.Ī paintkit is where you create a blank livery which shows only constructional elements like bolts, rivets, windows, doors and panels.
As we were able to save the list of liveries, they ended up in the database eventough the files got lost. Most of those got lost when the former server suddenly quit (all the way back in December 2009). On Januall liveries that lacked a download were deleted from the server. Including personal pages - listing an author's liveries, thumbnails, and more recently an option to control various layout aspects has been added. Over the past years, the database has been extended with many functions. Nowadays those are the languages used to run the database. This brought a whole lot of new possibilities, including a MySql and PHP driven database.
In December 2009, a paid domain was offered by Airborne Technologies. The initial database was hosted on a free domain, which had its obvious disadvantages. At that time there was no standard in how to name liveries, not much support in how to create liveries and no place to submit liveries and share them with other users. The database was started in February 2009 by Gijs, as a place to collect liveries. All liveries and paintkits are released under the GNU GPL license and are free to download. Only liveries that flew, fly or are certain to fly in the near future are accepted, adding to the realism of the whole simulation. The FlightGear livery database hosts liveries and paintkits for FlightGear aircraft, as contributed by users and developers.
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