Dani - Weapons Embraer Phenom 100

Daniel Fall is the owner of Dani - Airplanes (Dani - Weapons) and a new rising star in the Second Life flight community. 

He has produced many aircraft for the civilian and military aviation markets. The models and textures used in his products are very well made, but became suspicious to us after an anonymous resident reported this model had been stolen. 

UPDATE: A resident from the SL Aviation community has come forward publicly with a snapshot comparing the FeelThere Phenom textures with Dani-Airplane's Phenom's texture template.

(above) The circulated texture comparison of the two textures.

It's evident that Dani-Airplanes has compiled all 4 textures (a total of 4096x4096 pixels) from FeelThere's model into a single texture (1024x1024 pixels). This explains why the textures on the Dani Phenom are of lesser quality and appear blurry.

We'd like to personally thank whoever donated this image to the public. It has helped with our investigation into this aircraft.

UPDATE: An unofficial statement has been circulated that this product had a DMCA report filed against Dani-Aircraft by the Embraer company over the use of the copyrighted name "Embraer" in the Marketplace and in-world product's name and description. The aircraft's name has changed shortly after the report was actioned. The product itself has remained the same and is still in violation of FeelThere's Intellectual Property rights.

UPDATE: Another product from Dani-Airplanes was discovered. Please look below this post for more information.

The product: Dani - Airplanes: Embraer Phenom 100

The original: EMBRAER PHENOM 100 LE BY FEELTHERE

(Top) Dani - Airplanes Phenom 100

(Bottom) FeelThere Phenom 100

After searching Google images, we could already find Embraer Phenom 100's in Flight Simulator X that looked exactly like the Dani - Weapons model. We were soon to find out that Daniel Fall has stolen an Embraer Phenom 100 from a 3rd party Flight Simulator X developer. 

The Phenom 100's original model is the property of FeelThere.com, a third party licensed developer for X-Plane, Prepar3d and Microsoft Flight Simulator X. 

(Top) Dani - Airplanes Phenom 100

(Bottom) FeelThere Phenom 100

You will find that the overall shape and minor details between both models match up. The caution tags and engine plugs share the same likeness in detail and positioning. The Textures appear to be slightly blurry on the Dani model. This is because of the original FeelThere Phenom's textures being of a higher resolution were compressed to 1024x1024 pixels to be compatible for Second Life. However, the colors and marking positions haven't been altered.

(Left) Dani - Airplanes Phenom 100

(Right) FeelThere Phenom 100

(Bottom) FeelThere Phenom 100 complete interior

This is an Interior comparison. You will find that the carpet shares the same texture quality and color. The seats and seat belt positions are an uncontested match, as well as the texture quality and color as well. The window shades also share the same texture by color and quality. The grain direction and pattern in the wooden upholstery and dividers are consistent between both models.

(Left) Dani - Airplanes Phenom 100

(Right) FeelThere Phenom 100

Textures used on the Dani Phenom's HUD are cut out from the FeelThere Phenom's Flight Simulator X's 2D cockpit panel, which is included in the FeelThere Phenom package.

(Left) Dani - Airplanes Phenom 100

(Right) FeelThere Phenom 100

The Dani Phenom's textures have just been colored/tinted from the original skin that the FeelThere Phenom has as one of the packaged liveries.

As most mesh developers know, uploading copyrighted models into Second Life is a breach of the Terms of Service, as well as the original mesh's copyright holder. Anonymous residents, who were outraged by the discovery, had contacted FeelThere.com directly about the misuse of the model and it's breach of Second Life's Terms of Service. FeelThere support has replied and announced that they would be investigating the matter further.

With the evidence that we have compiled, we strongly believe that Dani-Airplanes has stolen multiple assets from FeelThere; mesh models, textures, and sounds. This product, under Section 2.7 of the Second Life's Terms of Service, is in major violation.

If you are a customer that has purchased a Dani - Airplanes' Embraer Phenom 100, we're are sorry to see that this developer has scammed you out of your money.

Dani - Weapons Commander 112A

The product: Dani - Weapons: Commander 112A

The original: AC11 Commander 114 by Carenado

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

Darim Darkfold - B-52 Stratofortress

The product: Darim Darkfold - B-52 Stratofortress

The sources: B-52 "BUFF" Stratofortress GTA mod by SkylineGTRFreak

                     B-52H Stratofortress from HAWX, model from TF3dM.com

An anonymous resident took at a trip down to Aleksandr Int. airport and came a across this B-52 created by Darim Darkfold. They had high suspicion that it was a ripped model because the textures had compression distortion in them (which usually occurs to an image if it's compressed with a restricted color pallet). A quick search in Google for a reference lead us to multiple Grand Theft Auto modding sites in which we found many exact matches. 

UPDATE: An anonymous tip off lead us back to TF3dM.com (A great spot for game ripped models) in which we found the original model. 

Darim Darkfold has uploaded a B-52H Stratofortress model originating from the PC game H.A.W.X, published by Ubisoft.

A GTA mod was created by user SkylineGTRFreak, which uses this H.A.W.X model, was our first lead as it was available to download on gtainside.com, and many other GTA modding sites. Though how Darim obtained the model is unknown, there is strong evidence that indicated that this model wasn't created by him and is in fact downloaded.

(Top) Darim Darkfold's B-52 (Bottom) GTA B-52 model

Here's an analysis of the B-52's wirefrime. The wings and joints are an exact match.

(Top) Darim Darkfold's B-52 (Bottom) GTA B-52 model

Highlighted parts of the B-52's wirefrime. Tail and forward fuselage are identical.

The wheels aren't part of the B-52 mesh. They're off another Shana Carpool aircraft.

(Top) Darim Darkfold's B-52

(Middle) GTA B-52 model 

(Bottom)B-52H from HAWX

Texture analysis of the B-52's. This explains the texture's color distortion.

(Top) Darim Darkfold's B-52

(Middle) GTA B-52 model 

(Bottom) B-52H from HAWX

Top down of the B-52's wirefrime. Texture quality is an exact match.

(Top) Darim Darkfold's B-52

(Bottom) B-52H from HAWX

Forward Fuselage texture comparison . Again, marking positions and texture quality is an exact match.

Darim Darkfold and his ripped B-52 were debuted in Luke Flywalker's SL Aviation Magazine issue 28 on Youtube. During his interview, Darim, the self-proclaimed creator, highlights his personal achievements on creating the B-52 project, but doesn't specify any technical aspects of the model or it's textures. Instead, he talks mostly about the impressive weapon system and flight physics that were created by Shana Carpool. 

SL Aviation Magazine Issue 28.

GTA B-52 Mod in action

This aircraft model is video game rip uploaded into Second Life and another Terms of Service violator.

We are disappointed to see that another content thief being advertised and praised by the ignorance of external Second Life Media .

Anyone who has obtained or bought a copy of Darim Darkfold's B-52 Stratofortress should consider this information before purchasing anymore products from this "creator".

Darim Darkfold is a confirmed Mesh Theif