Welp, think I'm done with my probing to get answers as to intentions and the like....So many of the responses absolutly clear, yet one hopes that out of all the evasion and doubletalk some promise will show through....

Fact of the matter is the mods/hacks at this point are clearly a Frankenstein's Monster. Good intentions my guess the original reason, yet in short order the requests by many for something beyond good intent and fair play were responded to with zeal. My guess is the adoration, feeling of power and so on took it to where it is and clearly going......So in the end, as it is already, something that proves out to not be trusted and dangerous to those who hold the sim dear.

Oleg & his team created, and though flawed and lacking in some regards remained trustworthy.....The hacks and their clear direction now simply corruption of that which was pure.

Thankfully also telling much of the players, modders or anti......Inner selves revealed. Trust & respect now able to be correctly applied.......Pity, I had hoped efforts would of been made seeing reason that would of allowed a good solid and equitable resolution for both sides of this issue. Clearly the fears of one now justified by the other.

SV/ How so? you give no reason whatsoever for that opinion, you just ask us to accept this nonsense as is. No, I just put these examples out to show that the field wasn't level to begin with BF. Never has been. Btw, you have not answered my question either. Which would you prefer. A game with no mods or a sub-par low end system? Indeed, some il-2 on-line pilots cheat and they use their wallet to do it. There is no habicapping function in the game to fix that either.


SV/ Yes, indeed that is what the modders all intend to do.. :) Quote your system and we will see how low it is. How does your fps do when you have a sky full of planes? If your low end system was anything like mine when there were too many players it got very slow. It did pretty well when only a few players were playing though. :) How about your internet connection too?


Sv/ Hardly and where you have gotten that completely wacko idea I have no idea whatsoever..

You keep worrying your little mind about all these spurious little mind affecting mods BF. I just hope BOBSOW comes out before you blow a fuse over them.. :)

Let me give you some friendly advice. Don't worry so much about these mods BF..

apparently you do so well with a low end base machine the modders better worry about YOU! :)

This definition of the word cheat from an online dictionary; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cheat
Please explain to a oblivious, native Australian how anyone who has more money in their wallet to spend on a game/game accessories than someone else is a cheat.

Cheers

Goanna

Why you guys spend time eating each others? Please stop.

Pictures of some work is much more interesting to me and many others that read this forum...

Thank you to respect this.

Now lets go to this..

Kursk Original
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/379...knulal2ua9.jpg

Same view new...
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/556...eaulal1ke3.jpg

Again, the fact that you can see aircraft so far off in this sim is just plain "gamey" and not realistic at all. The glint thing is rare as I stated and vision, good or bad has nothing to do with haze and other factors that are not present in the sim. If anything, seeing planes so far off needs to be toned way down. If you won't believe a real pilot that flies most everyday, well, I don't know what to tell you. I think that if you talked to a majority of pilots instead of reading of just a select few, you'd hear the same from the WW2 guys. You can't see planes normally that are 3, 4 or 5 miles out. In here you can see them a good 10k out without even trying. You're more than welcome to stop by our forums and just ask there. I'm just a commercial pilot with my instrument and multiengine ratings. Vidar is one too, except he is a flight instructor as well. He'd be more than happy to explain things. www.bss214.com

Well it all depend what is the task asked.. and area.. in fight good to average pilot will probably see 6 to 8 miles and above distance for better eyes guys. There are different technics ofcourse .

I think that the game is just fine the way it is. I used to have trouble keeping my eye on a aircraft, then I learned to not take my eye off of it. If I do loose sight, I look where it should be, and quickly can pick it up again. Changing the glit factor would make the game less realistic, because those aircraft were painted back then to have low glit, with flat camo paint. I can see where a less experienced, or a lazy pilot, would want the mod

@Stalkervision

are you really implementing that only people with "sub - standard" systems use these Hacks to even out the gameplay?
When i still was playing ADW even people with high end systems tuned their systems way down to get an advantage in spotting the enemy earlier.(I stopped playing there because of to much Hack - Cheating)
Usually at 1024x768 (native for IL2) with 16 bit color and all effects at minimum settings.
At these settings even a "sub - standard" system runs quite well.
And for the internet connection you also mentioned somewhere, a lag is a lag is a lag and no hack will change that.

best wishes

robtek

There are also a number of interesting new maps in development.
This is one which covers Battle of France, Dunkirk, Dieppe Raid and Ardennes 1944 as well as no end of cross channel raid missions. The map extends from Dieppe to Aachen and Sedan to Rotterdam. Isn't this worth having?

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...reenshot-6.jpg