IL2 and Sound Modding

[Brain32]

Falcon 4.0 Abandonware??? You'd better let everyone know then...

Everybody already knows, you better check your dictionary for the term "abandonware"

Janes F/A18 was released in 2000, a whole year before IL2 which was released in 2001

And it died...that's all that is important, say Hello to all the 4 guys playing it online

OFF and MAW came quite a long time since CFS3 already died and as much as I appriciate all and any efforts to produce something new on the field of flight simulation games, both are outdated for todays standards. I'm sorry but for il2 standards CFS is dead in online play segment...

[jasonbirder]

So Brain32 what you are saying is that Mods can make Older Flight Sims better, Mods can make Flight Sims that aren't as good as IL2 better, Mods can make games that are no longer supported by their developers better...they can improve Jet Flight Sims and they can Improve Prop Flight Sims...
But they cannot improve IL2...I can't really understand the logic...but nevermind!

And the examples of the Flight Sims that are worse after the addition of quality community created Mods are?

[Brain32]

Jason you fail to understand only one thing, one VERY important thing. IL2 was not meant to be modded, I really like many of the mods I saw on "that place" but I don't like possible consequences of modding in general, that's it.
Now if the game was made from the begining with modding in mind it would be an entirely different thing, and we wouldn't have this discussion at all

Originally Posted by Brain32

Jason you fail to understand only one thing, one VERY important thing. IL2 was not meant to be modded, I really like many of the mods I saw on "that place" but I don't like possible consequences of modding in general, that's it.
Now if the game was made from the begining with modding in mind it would be an entirely different thing, and we wouldn't have this discussion at all

exactly

[fireflyerz]

OH MY GOD.......Winge ,whine ,moan, grumble ,complain.....give it a rest, no one has ever invented anything that cant be destroyed,broken into, hacked, modded,.....ECT,its the way of the world and it will forever be this way,if your all cheezed off about the cheaters ,,then form your your own tight nit sim groups where no one else can get in and you feel safe from all the booooogy men out there.
Ive played this game for years but the biggest dissapointment was the sound, ITS NAF,so I added a sound mod and WoW it transfomed the game for me, since then ive added a few more to make the game a bit more realistic, but never anything to give me an unfair advantage or anything that isnt aicraft correct, I could if I wanted to but I dont , I know enough about this game and its aircraft to notice when somone is cheating and I just dont play them anymore, I like the realism in sturm, thats why I play it but I accept that spoilers are allways lurkin in the near distance, its just a fact of life. By the way some of the mod sites are fantastic , there working realy hard to keep this game interesting and enjoyable for people like me and there free too, Dont knock it till yav tried it..........
Jafa.

[jasonbirder]

In those...sims u mention it doesnt take much to "improve" the game since its crap

Yeah you're right! EAW, Falcon 4, Janes F/A18 etc etc...they were all crap! I'll bow to your superior knowledge and discernement!

[jasonbirder]

Name one other online WWII combatflight sim that can be compared to IL2

Well theres BOB II - WOV I enjoy both that and Il2

[Baron]

Originally Posted by jasonbirder

Yeah you're right! EAW, Falcon 4, Janes F/A18 etc etc...they were all crap! I'll bow to your superior knowledge and discernement!

That "crap" part was mostly directed at CFS1-3 since we are talking about online WWII sims, and European Air War is just..old.

[LEXX]

Even hacked open, this sim is not moddable like those others sims -- I assume no new maps or aircraft are possible for example, although never underestimate what could happen over time.

The most important use for the current hack derived modding may be deep customization of the sim for each customer, not exactly "modding."

As for StrikeFighters, the sim is closed to independent 3rd Party dynamic campaign engine creators. Even master Lowengrin can only make a campagin editor. As aircraft/object modding and independent campaign engine creation to be of equal importance, stock FB which allows Lowengrin's campaign mods and SF which allows aircraft mods are both partially open sims.