Assuming you're on PC: you don't need to put them in a folder, just click the file and it should open the plane in the game. You can also download directly through the Steam browser if you're using Steam, or by copying the URL and then pressing ctrl+L in the builder if you're on Windows.
Normally people do it with a hidden engine set to an action group. They often use an engine that is xml edited for more power, to get a big speed boost. VTOL engines are especially effective for this, and much easier to hide.
Lots of little fuselage pieces, usually.It usually requires xml editing, but the latest update might make it a bit easier with the smaller fuselage piece limits. Being able to nudge is also really helpful. Nudge still works on mobile if you have a bluetooth keyboard or some other way of assigning an input to it. I believe some people even use headphones volume buttons.
@VTOLCO you did, but it may have been an accident or something. I know I've done it accidentally before now, it's no big deal.
As for the response to this plane: this community has suffered quite a lot from people stealing the work of others, unfortunately. As such, it makes people pretty quick to condemn what they see as copying. Don't take it personally, people just get jumpy about things
@Hazard222 an alternate account. Normally this is fine, and I actually have a second account that I use to test things occasionally, but there are circumstances where it isn't. Using an alternate account to upvote your own planes, for example, will get you banned. Using one to get around your main account being banned is also very definitely against the rules, so I suggest you stay off of the website for the duration of the ban. Using alts to break the rules can result in an IP ban, which prevents any account coming from your IP (an online address for your specific internet connection) from accessing the site.
@CarlosDanger13 hold down the power and volume down buttons together for one second. Once you've taken the screenshot, upload it to somewhere like imgur, and then use this format:
It's important to remember that you need to use the URL of the specific image, not just the page of the image.
@CarlosDanger13 this is the forum post that brought inline images to the SimplePlanes community. Welcome to a very small piece of SP history, I guess haha. Anyway, what device do you have? Once I know that, I can tell you how to take screenshots
@Jetspeed1001 when you're looking for the right link, make sure it ends in an image extension, like .jpg or .png or something. Make sure that when you copy the link, the image is literally the only thing one the screen. If you're on Chrome, you can right click and hit "open image in a new tab" to get this. Other browsers may be similar
@Jetspeed1001 it needs to be a link to the actual image, rather than just a search page containing it. Those ones should have been http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XkviAtJ1s6Q/T3YFb2RUhDI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/EHomLZlFMKo/s1600/small+cat.jpg
@Jetspeed1001 I think you actually did it right with the first attempt, you just picked a bad link. I tried following it and got a 404 error. But, just as another example, let's do your gravatar:
@Noman0rumeral it needs to be a direct image link for that, so either hit "view image" from google, right click and hit "copy image URL", or something similar. The link you want is https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2e/bc/9b/2ebc9b47567dbbc2b4e781b19dd604a9.gif
+19Select the parts that you want to make in to a subassembly
Make sure they aren't connected to a cockpit
Click the little arrow button that opens the menu for rotating parts
Click the button with the subassemblies icon (the triangle above two squares)
Assuming you're on PC: you don't need to put them in a folder, just click the file and it should open the plane in the game. You can also download directly through the Steam browser if you're using Steam, or by copying the URL and then pressing ctrl+L in the builder if you're on Windows.
+6Normally people do it with a hidden engine set to an action group. They often use an engine that is xml edited for more power, to get a big speed boost. VTOL engines are especially effective for this, and much easier to hide.
+4@Halfstrike it moved to the top left in the recent update, it only appears when you're dragging something that you can make in to a subassembly
+4Lots of little fuselage pieces, usually.It usually requires xml editing, but the latest update might make it a bit easier with the smaller fuselage piece limits. Being able to nudge is also really helpful. Nudge still works on mobile if you have a bluetooth keyboard or some other way of assigning an input to it. I believe some people even use headphones volume buttons.
+3@VTOLCO you did, but it may have been an accident or something. I know I've done it accidentally before now, it's no big deal.
As for the response to this plane: this community has suffered quite a lot from people stealing the work of others, unfortunately. As such, it makes people pretty quick to condemn what they see as copying. Don't take it personally, people just get jumpy about things
+3@SeraphimVault someone spammed roughly 300 racist forum posts
+3@JeffCruise it was made on mobile
+3@kikasshes
Start the line with four spaces
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+2- > testing
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+2Testing
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What did you actually change on this? It looks to be exactly the same to me
+2@Hazard222 an alternate account. Normally this is fine, and I actually have a second account that I use to test things occasionally, but there are circumstances where it isn't. Using an alternate account to upvote your own planes, for example, will get you banned. Using one to get around your main account being banned is also very definitely against the rules, so I suggest you stay off of the website for the duration of the ban. Using alts to break the rules can result in an IP ban, which prevents any account coming from your IP (an online address for your specific internet connection) from accessing the site.
+2@Hazard222 I didn't, but one of the other mods apparently has. Identifying this account as an alt is not a great idea.
+2@Farhad
+2@Farhad you need to use this link instead. It has to be for the actual image, not just a page with the image on it
+2@kikasshes numbers work too. Seems to be anything except letters, in fact
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+2@kikasshes maybe a measure to stop inline html stuff?
+2@kikasshes I shall edit accordingly
+2@kikasshes ooh, the less than thing is new, that used to result in an error message. <<<<
+2@kikasshes well that sucks. I guess they don't work in comments.
+2@kikasshes lemme test...
+2this should be a bullet point
these
should
be
numbered
and
indented
this should also be a bullet
@kikasshes never mind haha
+2@kikasshes oh, sweet. Backslashes?
+2@Jacobiangaming aha! The line of equals signs goes underneath, not above
+2Testing
+2@Jacobiangaming never mind, I see now, lemme experiment
+2@Jacobiangaming which one were you trying to do?
+2@CarlosDanger13 hold down the power and volume down buttons together for one second. Once you've taken the screenshot, upload it to somewhere like imgur, and then use this format:
It's important to remember that you need to use the URL of the specific image, not just the page of the image.
This will work: http://i.imgur.com/gypKUB3.png
This won't: http://i.imgur.com/gypKUB3
Similarly, for google image search:
This won't work: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=morgan+aero+8&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=705&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj92YWXpoPLAhWGaRQKHV2vA2EQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=BxnLZPxkUfNg6M%3A
But if I click view image, I get the link that will: http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201503/2015-morgan-aero-8-21_1600x0w.jpg
+2@CarlosDanger13 this is the forum post that brought inline images to the SimplePlanes community. Welcome to a very small piece of SP history, I guess haha. Anyway, what device do you have? Once I know that, I can tell you how to take screenshots
+2@bobthetitan needs to be an image URL, that was just a google images one. If you click view images, you get http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/2/22/TIEdefender_negvv.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110701073721, which is the one you need.
+2@Earthbenderrwefa use your new power responsibly hahahaha
+2@Earthbenderrwefa gotta get rid of the spaces mate
+2@DeezDucks you need the rest of the formatting dude. It's just like a clickable link, but with an exclamation mark at the start
+2@Jetspeed1001 when you're looking for the right link, make sure it ends in an image extension, like .jpg or .png or something. Make sure that when you copy the link, the image is literally the only thing one the screen. If you're on Chrome, you can right click and hit "open image in a new tab" to get this. Other browsers may be similar
+2@Jetspeed1001 it needs to be a link to the actual image, rather than just a search page containing it. Those ones should have been http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XkviAtJ1s6Q/T3YFb2RUhDI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/EHomLZlFMKo/s1600/small+cat.jpg
+2@Jetspeed1001 I think you actually did it right with the first attempt, you just picked a bad link. I tried following it and got a 404 error. But, just as another example, let's do your gravatar:
Gives us:
+2@TheMasterSoldier can't... stop... staring...
+2Experiments with dashes and things:
Five equals
Four equals
Three equals
Two equals
One equals
Five hyphens
Four hyphens
Three hyphens
Two hyphens
One hyphen
+2@RocketLL I don't know anything about that, sorry. Is OSX modding supported at all just now? It might be worth asking the devs.
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+2@RocketLL I can delete that bit if you want
+2@AeroEngineering what have I done (ಥ_ಥ)
+2@dsr1aviation I am so sorry to everyone
+2@AeroAvionics23 yeah!
+2@AeroAvionics23 it's near the bottom of the main post.
+2@Noman0rumeral
+2@Noman0rumeral it needs to be a direct image link for that, so either hit "view image" from google, right click and hit "copy image URL", or something similar. The link you want is https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2e/bc/9b/2ebc9b47567dbbc2b4e781b19dd604a9.gif
+2@Noman0rumeral a quick test: #middle of the line
own line
+2@Noman0rumeral apparently headings only work on a line by themselves
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