Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Dani - Weapons Commander 112A


Following the discovery of the Embraer Phenom 100's origin, we continued to investigate further.
We've discovered that the Rockwell Commander 112 looked fairly high quality, but didn't match with the rest of his products. We were soon to discover that the Commander 112A, is in fact an AC11 Commander 114. 




This model and it's textures were created by Carenado, a company that develops licensed third party aircraft for Prepar3d and Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Dani - Weapons has attempted to conceal his illegitimate ownership of this aircraft by renaming the plane to "Commander 112A", incorrectly hinging the cargo door, adding car seats to the interior, and a few modifications to the texture work. The wire frame comparisons of Dani's model match the topology of the Carenado model exactly (as seen below), as well as some matching UV seams in the interior. 




An anonymous user informed us that they have contact Carenado and presented them with the pictures below. Carenado considered this a breach of copyright and is investigating further. Because this aircraft breaches Second Life's Terms of Service and Carenado's copyright, it's highly possible that a DMCA notice will be filed against Dani - Weapons for the misuse of Carenado's intellectual copyright and property. 





Cockpit comparison. Dani (top), Carenado (bottom)
The Yoke has been re designated "112" but still maintains the same texture quality of the "114".
Most texture detail has remained the same through the cabin, except the seats.
The instrument rings are shiny, instead of mat.
Center console in both shots are the same texture.




Comparison of the left side. Dani (top) Carenado (bottom)
Cargo door has been hinged incorrectly. 
Interior layout and textures are also identical.




Wire frame comparison. Dani (top), Carenado (bottom)
Most noticeable areas of comparison are the Wings, Propeller, Roof and Tail plane topology.
Some of the Flight Simulator X model parts are missing.


Object inspection. Some parts are named "Commander 114" . 
Another object is named with "Mat.022_mustang_int1_t.dds.001". 
.dds files are compressed textures files and are mainly used in games, like Flight Simulator X.
"int1_t.dds" shares the same name pattern of most game texture file names.


Another comparison of the interior. Dani (top)  Carenado (bottom)
"Mat.022_mustang_int1_t.dds.001" seems to match the description of the car seats in the aircraft.
A UV seam is clearly in the same location to the Flight Simulator X model. 
The interior texture is also the same, but slighting recolored.


So buyer beware,

Dani - weapons is a confirmed Mesh Thief

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