nearmiss,
Yeah, birds would be great, but I am sure that they could be done with little impact on Storm of War frames per second. Remember how the pilots in IL-2 could be reduced in quality with a graphics setting change? This made the pilots have less impact on IL-2.
In Storm of War, I trust that the Maddox Team will make many things available with variances of detail setting. How far this will go, we do not know at this time.
Like many things with all simulation or game developers, features tend to evolve with time. Perhaps a day will come when we can choose the number of extra features, such as setting the
number of birds, leaves, dolphins, insects, dust, debris, and so forth generated in the simulation for customization.
...Just a dreamer's thought.
Maddox Team: Have huge fantasies about your simulation! I hope that you really have fun in developing it.