Presently, we at Infinite Flight will confirm top requested liveries in the Features category by closing the topic, labeling the topic with the confirmed tag, and announcing it’s confirmation on the topic. Due to frustrations regarding livery release order and the methods in which liveries are created by 3D artists, we will be implementing changes to the process.
New Livery Selection Process
Once selected, a confirmed livery will be added to our internal development list without topic closure, tag, or public announcement. Confirmation of the livery will come in the form of a mid-cycle WIP post or release day discovery.
Though internal confirmation date will be considered, liveries may not always be released in the order in which they were developed and/or confirmed. Release liveries are purposefully chosen to provide a diverse selection or pair with an anticipated 3D airport.
Change Reasons
3D artists often work on all requested liveries for a single aircraft type to prevent context switching between several variants. This is not always in the order that liveries are internally confirmed
A requested livery’s complexity or lack of reference photos may result in it taking longer than others
Community frustration regarding livery release order
Nice Implementations. I am really hopeful to see Pakistan International Airlines 777-300ER in the near future.
Only 2 Aircraft liveries remain for Pakistan International Airline : 777-300ER & 777-200ER.
@Tyler_Shelton I have a recommendation. Whenever a Livery gets Confirmed, why not credit back all the votes so the Livery doesn’t clutter the top requested feature. This would do 2 things.
Make easier for user to view the “up next” or u can say most to least voted.
I believe many user think that keeping your vote on a confirmed livery would make it come faster or be pushed back.
Just a Humble recommendation or you can say opinion :)
Thanks for the feedback! It’ll definitely be taken into consideration. The initial change several years ago was done for this exact reason… to return votes. Once closed it’s the same as confirming and for many the timer begins and a livery is expected in the next cycle. We’ll explore other ways to meet in the middle!
Maybe if before liveries are confirmed, there is a checklist to ensure that livery delays for reasons like lack of reference image, texture issues and other things wont happen to this livery, THEN it can be confirmed. Because having a livery confirmed and have people still vote for it should have been “Wasted votes”
But i dont really know how liveries work at IF, so i could be wrong.
We don’t always release liveries when they’re done and ready. We purposefully select a lineup from our completed liveries that considers things like:
date added to the pipeline
3D airport pairing
airframe diversity
global representation (not all US liveries, etc)
upcoming official events/partnerships
Closing a topic, whether we explicitly state it is confirmed or not, is a confirmation in the community’s eyes. We are going back to the original way of doing things, outlined above, to simply confirm a feature once shared publicly, whether as a WIP or actual release.
The A319 is not on the dev list at all. I know we released the Air Serbia A320 in 24.2. I’ll track down to see if it was marked by mistake or if we purposefully converted it to the A320. Thanks for surfacing that again!
Correct information, they do plan to phase out the A319s as it is no longer a viable aircraft for their plans and they plan to get E195s, and A320s. So because of this the A319 livery is now no longer confirmed for development? Thanks😁
Correct. It seems we have the most accurate representation and I’d rather additional resources be used to make an e-jet in the future vs an outgoing A319.
