http://352ndfg.com/vb/.......... Channel Map

It seems to me that magot thought Alpha requested that the Channel map from CoD be ported into 1946. He may not be aware that there are already modded Channel maps for 1946. (See the link in benson's post for one of them.)

Aviar

Still... You get more bees with honey than vinegar..

Eventually, there's very little TD's contract explicitly excludes, compared to what can be added no problem. BoB contents is one bit. It's nice to see the enthusiasm, but it will remain very highly unlikely that a channel map is being added to il-2 in foreseeable time. I'm using "very highly unlikely" as a euphemism, as I'm no fan of absolutes when it comes to predictions. Sorry.

Which is why I put the reference to him not using English as his first language so it was left as a misunderstanding on his behalf.

The point being, there are maps out there that could be used already and with some early mod pack aircraft available (if checked by DT for poly-counts etc)
Stil I would like to be optimisitic and hope it could happen in the future for IL2 1946.

Its a major theatre missing from the IL2 series and seems daft not to include it, but if they are held to promising 1C Team not to use BoB maps because of Cliffs of Dover then
I think there's a case to ask Luthier to release them from this restriction on the release of BoM for CoD.

(See my posts in this thread for further info.)
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Much as I would like to see Channel map included one day (who wouldn't?), I can live without it as long as maps of other forgotten theaters of war keep coming (like the forthcoming Tunisia map).
Some time ago I suggested a map covering the North Sea area, with eastern England coast on one side, and Dutch coast (as far as Zuider Zee) on the other, a sensible compromise IMHO.
A map of Sicily/Malta would be a blast.

So here's silly question #1 time. Don't most folks that play online do so with at least the HSFX or Ultrapack mods? I know SEOW has a ton of maps, so do Ultrapack and DBW, forgot it HSFX does.

"...most..."? I would say no. My guess would be that at least half of the online players mostly play stock. Add to that most of the mod players also have the capability (and often use it) to play stock. So, you have a large majority (probably over 75%) of online players who have immediate access to a stock version.

Aviar

The CooP's I host are stock with CRT=2 on to stop the modded game users getting in.

I have witnessed some strange stuff with the mod packs over the last few years,
also the improvements DT have bought to the stock game is increasing the people using it over modded versions,
when they work out a sound plug-in for it, it will be a real winner :)

My preference is to fly stock and it seems its a growing one with the Hyperlobby pilots of late.

Having a channel map would be a definite boost for IL2

And that trend will dissipate with the release of HSFX 6, and the 4.11 compatible up variation.

Question is would DT even be interested in such a project if they got the go ahead?