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One texture or multiple textures?

Posted: 22 Jun 2023, 13:45
by Joseph29
With my hard drive starting to fill up (it's at 56% full now) and tons of scenery left to install (and I install airlines and GA traffic too) I am thinking about reinstalling my military AI and using one texture to represent all the planes in a squadron (of course separate textures for special liveries and CAG aircraft). This will save me some hard drive space, plus I don't see the military AI that I have installed very often.

I am curious, how do you guys install your military AI aircraft? Do you install one texture to represent the whole squadron? Or one with individual textures for each aircraft?

Re: One texture or multiple textures?

Posted: 22 Jun 2023, 16:50
by Firebird
For me its each individual scheme. Ironically, the opposite is true when it comes to civvie stuff.

Re: One texture or multiple textures?

Posted: 23 Jun 2023, 00:33
by Joseph29
I am not worried about filling up my hard drive any time soon, but with it over 50% full now saving space is in the back of my mind.
Firebird wrote: 22 Jun 2023, 16:50 For me its each individual scheme. Ironically, the opposite is true when it comes to civvie stuff.
I am that way too. Although when it comes to biz jets and GA traffic I put in each individual registration.

When P3D v6 comes out (at least I hope it comes out) I am going to get a large hard drive (maybe a 2TB or 3TB).

Re: One texture or multiple textures?

Posted: 23 Jun 2023, 05:50
by Firebird
Slightly off topic, but still related, if anybody is thinking about getting more HD space in the near future then now is a good time to get yourself an SSD or M.2 drive. The prices are the lowest they have been for 3 years.

As an example at the moment a 1TB Samsung 980 M.2 drive is down to £39.99 on Amazon. This is reduced from £96. I have just bought myself another M.2 , Samsung 990 Pro 2TB, which is reduced to £170 but has a cashback of up to £75 available until July 4. Plus a £15 voucher for downloading the Amazon Photo app. £80 for on of the fastest M.2 drives around just can't be ignored.

At least I think so.