Note: Yes, I know talking about a mod for a game that isn’t released yet and will have neither Steam Workshop integration nor any official mod support for the initial release seems a bit strange and out of place. But let me explain what exactly I’m talking about (although the name of the topic is fairly clear) and why I’m talking about it right now.
[details=What it is all about]
In this forum there were quite often questions why real airlines won’t be in the game or why there won’t be real companies in general. The answers were always very similar: it’s due to copyright issues but it can be modded later.
So the ability to mod real airlines/companies into the game sounds cool, right?
But what if nobody creates a mod for my favorite airline/company and I’m completly helpless when it comes to creating liveries,…? Or what if I want to have as many real airlines and companies as possible in my game to get that realistic feeling? Do I have to subscribe to dozens of mods?
I think you understand at least now what I’m talking about: one mod that adds real airlines and companies to the game.
Yeah, cool idea but why do I have to read all of this and why does the topic say “Community Realism Mod”?
That is pretty easy (easy does not mean short 
) to answer. A mod like this is a big project that needs a lot of creativity and time - in my opinion too much for one person if the quality of the mod should be good. If you take a look at this forum and the community you can find a lot of creativity and willingness to enrich the game (seriously, the airline design contest and the business design contest have shown a lot of talent and the number of suggestions for the game in this forum is great).
Because of this great community I thought about the realism mod as a project by the community for the community to which everyone in this forum can contribute.
Features I think we can add with this mod:
- airline/company logos
- airline/company names
- airline liveries (maybe with a similar contest like the airline design contest to choose the best designs)
- airlines use the aircrafts they use in reality (as long as it is possible to define what aircrafts a airline uses and the models are in the game - not sure how well selfmade models would work)
- airline/company descriptions (although I don’t know how descriptions are implemented they can add a nice realistic feeling)
- company CEO names (I think that the airlines also need this, but names were not asked in the airline design contest so I left them out)
Even if the game is not yet released and it’s not clear when mod support will be added, we can already collect ideas which airlines/companies are a must have. I can imagine (and hope) that there are many suggestions that need to be collected and sorted. That’s why I started this topic so early.[/details]
[details=How can I contribute?]
If you like the idea (I hope so) you can currently contribute by leaving a suggestion of a real airline or company (or multiple) which you would like to see in the game. Try to suggest only global/big companies that are known almost everywhere and categorize your suggestions into airlines, restaurant/bars/cafes, shops/tax frees (are there well known shops at airports? - sorry its a long time ago I was at an airport) and fuel suppliers (I don’t know which companies do this). For banks and construction companies (are there airport specific construction companies?) I’m not sure if it is useful to have more than three but you can suggest them anyway. I don’t think that every suggestion can be added to the mod, but the best known companies will be added for sure (maybe we do a voting before adding companies)
Please try to avoid suggesting a company that has already been suggested. Therefore I will leave a list of suggested companies below and I try to update it regularly.
Liveries, Logos, Descriptions, etc. are a later topic when the game is released and we have something to mod, so please don’t post something like this right now.[/details]
Already suggested
I started with some obvious airlines/companies. The lists should be in alphabetical order.
Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- Air Berlin
- Air Canada
- Air Europa
- Air France
- Air New Zealand
- Alitalia
- American Airlines
- AnadoluJet
- AtlasGlobal
- Azul
- Borajet
- British Airways
- Delta Air Lines
- Easyjet
- Emirates
- Etihad Airways
- Eurowings
- Gol
- Iberia
- IndiGo Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- JetBlue
- Korean Air
- Lufthansa
- KLM (& KLM cityhopper)
- Latam
- Norwegian Airlines
- Onur Air
- Pegasus Airlines
- Philippine Airlines
- Qantas
- Qatar Airlines
- Ryanair
- Sata airlines
- Scandinavian Airline Systems
- Singapore Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- SWISS
- TAP portugal
- Transavia
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
- Virgin America
- Virgin Australia
- Virgin Atlantic
Restaurant/Bars/Cafes
- Burger King
- Caffè Lavazza
- Eataly
- McDonalds
- Olearys
- Starbucks
Shops/Tax frees
- 7eleven
- Ferragamo
- La Feltrinelli
- Pocket Shop
- Pressbyrån
- United colors of Benetton
- World Duty Free
Fuel suppliers
- Air BP
- Aramco
- Chevron
- ExxonMobil
- Gazprom
- Petrobras
- Shell
- Sinopec
- Total
Banks
- Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
- Bank of America
- Deutsche Bank
- Handelsbanken
- HSBC
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- JP Morgan Chase Banks
- Nordea
- Santander
- SEB
- Swedbank
- Unicredit
Construction companies
Thank you for reading this post. Leave your opinion about this idea below. If it is not so popular or anything else prevents the realization of this project, then this was just an idea and this topic can be closed
