Il-2 MODs - Page 2

GAE_Charrua · #1 01-02-2009, 11:44 PM

Can somebody tell me what thinks Oleg about the MOD?
Thanks.
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LEXX · #2 01-03-2009, 12:19 AM

CFS was not killed by mod cheating because most customers were Offline players. Even they could see the sim was not that great, especially since Microsoft botched the project long term, while IL-2/FB was pretty good at start. Microsoft abandoned the sim in an unfinished state. That's what killed that sim.

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What killed CFS2 was three things, perhaps four. One, was The Zone Monster... Two, was cheaters... Three was CFS3 (with il2 being already released) and Four, was third party mod/ addon makers taking things over.

Exactly what I'm talking about -- "online" issues. You are considering "online" only. Online is irrelevant unless a sim is Pay-To-Play. Mods can't kill a primarily Offline game. Mediocraty and abandonment can kill an Offline game, which Microsoft CFS primarily was.

Even more interesting: Remember TAGERT at ubi.com. He told us that mods didn't kill CFS3, but accusations of cheating with mods DID kill it. I had to remind him that it may have killed "online" only, but not offline -- Microsoft killed offline play in that game. TAGERT even told us that he never saw a mod cheat incident, he was told about it by others he trusted, so he was still anti-mod in this sim because he was concerned over the potential for accusations of cheating killing a ONLINE sim. ie...lack of community. I agree with your (Bear's) view on the requirement for a bullish community, while a bearish community can kill an online sim.

Feathered_IV · #3 01-03-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by LEXX

mods didn't kill CFS3, but accusations of cheating with mods did kill it.

Hmm. Thats a really good point.

Feathered_IV · #4 01-02-2009, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I kinda disagree there Lexx.. I do believe that mods or the uncontrolled use of them was a direct factor in the demise of CFS...

Il-2 was the biggest facter in the demise of CFS. The first time I had an aircraft almost swap ends by pulling too tight a turn - I knew I could never go back to the MS series again.