I wonder if the World Updates are partially using the community mods? The POIs in the USA, for example, were also available via flightsim.to. UK now has the most mods, which may have led Asobo to choose this country as the next World Update. Following this logic, France, Holland and Spain would be next …
Or does Asobo do everything himself?
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isartaler
Asobo isn’t new at making 3D assets. There’s no reason for them to commercially distribute work that they have no rights to use.
Nothing comes from the community. Most community-made landmarks are either illegal rips from google or assets from 3d model online depositories that cannot be used commercially. Only a very limited number of POI are actually made by the community. Those that are, might be included down the road. Asobo is working on a system to officially include community-made content but it will take a while.
No, in some cases, the custom POIs are actually larger in scope than MS-Asobo’s.
Compare Srinivasman’s Washington DC Freeware with the USA Update. Srinivasman hand-built the Jefferson Memorial dome (very elegant but simple poly), whereas even after the World Update, the Jefferson Memorial is still an autogen asset.
MS-Asobo did a very good job, but let’s face it - how many assets can you possibly hand-build over time? Nothing will be complete. At least Community Mods are available to either replace areas wholesale, or in cases like Acktu’s Cape Canaveral, perfectly supplement the USA Update to the NASA Visitor’s Center.
That would require a license/purchase agreement between MS/Asobo and the original developer. If it happens, someone’s gonna get a nice paycheck…
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