Well, Maddox Games has always been a stout opponent for such pre-rendered GUI screens. We, part of the german community that is, have had this little discussion with Oleg years ago and he was steadfast against such 3D scenes as they would require too much work to incorporate not only all possible aircraft but also any potential location, various building types on airfields (i.e. Hangar or in front of a tent) etc and would have to be re-done for each and every new release (Oleg's arguments).

What I would have done - given the utter flexibility of the game engine - is to allow the user to design and set up his own GUI ideas: own layout, own graphics, own fonts and design characteristics ... All MG would have had to provide is a template and an API to read the user input. My 0,02 € ...

But then in doing so they just did all the work they never wanted to do.

If you are in pause with CLOD...
Is not a WWII Sim but a WWI Sim I recomended: Rise of Flight.
I have discovered this one two weeks ago, first with the free demo and now in full. Excelent atmosphere and interface, friendly forum with a lot of information, service, shop; at the sim not CTD, FPS friendly and stable(You dont need a top of line PC), excelent aircraft models, FM, damaged models, superb sounds, weather effects, good scenery and airfields, you have quick mission, single mission, career, campaign, very good multiplayer, system of points(score)in line, skins, maps, addons, etc.
Really a very good sim.

Here's something else to remember, whilst i agree that its matured into a very good game, i had it from day one, and i thought it was pants for the first year or so, before they got it working well.

ROF is indeed a great looking game.
Downsides IMO are that you have to buy every aircraft and you then have to buy gunsights and other bits for those aircraft, costs rack up.
if you want a level playing field online you would need to purchase everything.

maybe he left for that reason - who knows-looking at the state of the game that was released!!!

Just buy the mods for the planes you fly a lot, you don't have to buy them all unless you want to.

Oh, you were probably engaging in hyperbole to make a point.... ;)

Me? never, nobody exaggerates any point on this forum ;), having re-read my post it does suggest an obligation to buy I guess....my bad, I should have said any individual aircraft or aircraft packs you want has to be purchased and if you want gunsights they are also a separate purchase and lets face it aircraft like Fokker dr1 and SE5a were not included in the free demo for a reason.

I'm guessing you knew what I meant though.

Well they did bring over this hanger to COD that's for sure. Look at that door. I swear this is how wide the one at Lympne opens.

Thing is, even in it's so called beta stage, its more realistic and looks a lot better than 99% of other flight sims.