Earliest possible plane model used by default when a new air design is created

[william21]

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Summary​

Earliest possible plane model used by default when a new air design is created

Platform​

Steam

Operating System​

Windows 10

Game Version​

1.12.13.fbdd [b721]

Enabled DLC​

• All of the above

Do you have mods enabled?​

No

Description​

The 1936 Inter-War airframe visual icon is used, by default, for all new airplane designs after the initial Basic airframe.

I.e., When creating an Improved Small Airframe model, though the design preview shows the Fw 190 Visual icon as being selected, the design after being saved will always by default be represented by the inter-war design.

The player can manually change this, but the ai can't. This leads to some visual ugliness that breaks the immersion, like the UK's AI spitfires being represented by biplane icons.

I've recorded the bug in action for you below:

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Steps to Reproduce​

1. Start the game.
2. Research any Improved Airframe.
3. Design an Improved Airframe model WITHOUT manually selecting an visual in the top right for it to be represented by.
4. Save this design.
5. Notice that the design is represented in your production tab by the Interwar visual icon by default, even though it was not when by default when designing it.

Are you playing on a save from the previous/older version of the game​

No

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