Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 483430)

Actually not correct. The Check system that Oleg introduced in the IL-2 FORGOTTEN BATTLES and its sequels, if enabled, allowed the server to check the player's install vs the server install, and worked well.

And regarding the tools:

I am not asking for tools to allow modding of existing aircraft flight models, I am asking for tools to allow the creation of new cockpits to go with the existing aircraft and their existing flight models, as well as the creation of new maps, objects etc.

This is what Oleg and Luthier, (Ilya Shevchenko) promised.

As it seems questionable at this point whether we will actually get a sequel, why not release the keys to what tools have been made and let us as a community work on improving the game.

The company can only stand to gain in sales and income. Right now the game is flatlined as far as sales are concerned, they can only improve.

Originally Posted by Redroach (Post 483456)

Hmm, that certainly would be nice if you look at what the community guys are capable of.
If that happens, depends imo on what the future of the Il-2/CoD franchise is supposed to be.
I could imagine a business model like Microprose/Lead Pursuit currently has, with Falcon 4.0/AF. And if I look at the degree of realism and at the variety of functions Falcon got, I'd wish for that path to become reality.

Originally Posted by csThor (Post 483504)

Problem from my POV: I just don't see an unbiased group working within this community. All I see is a lot of people making a lot of noise about "performance this, performance that"..

Originally Posted by philip.ed (Post 483261)

Who actually votes no in a poll like this? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by fireflyerz (Post 483602)

LOl , nice one P.ed.O ;)

Originally Posted by csThor (Post 483504)

Problem from my POV: I just don't see an unbiased group working within this community. All I see is a lot of people making a lot of noise about "performance this, performance that" and all kinds of things that reveals just how one-sided their own thinking is. There are people who think the RAF flew only by flapping their arms as if they were wings as well as there are people who think the Luftwaffe aircraft flew with potatoe schnaps.

And if someone were to make an accurate modification said people would grind the effort to data dust between their constant sniping, at each other and the makers of this mod, because these constant skirmishes in the forum is actually all they care about, it has become the reason they hang out here.

Originally Posted by addman (Post 483606)

Wow! It's nice to see that universal truths are still being posted in these forums. I couldn't agree more, even if both "sides" got a sim, modelled perfectly down to a microscopic level, both sides would still find something to complain about. I'd say this is one of the main reasons for CloD's failure, developers spending too much time correcting chart fetishists imaginary problems when there are much broader and important things that should've been prioritized. First you make the basics THEN you tweak, not the other way around. There are so many variables required for a perfect FM that this sim doesn't even model in the first place!

I think the game should be handed over to modders BUT under some kind of quality control framework, otherwise it will remain one of the most potential and unfulfilled sim of all times. CloD screams potential, since day one but it needs the right people tapping away on that code and making those 3D models.