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Originally Posted by zapatista
the point about including the potential for very high detailed scenery (and drivable ground vehicles, controllable ships, etc..) is that if this is built in from the start of SoW-BoB then it makes the sim engine scalable for the future as hardware increases, and then you end up with BOTH aspects (the best of both worlds so to speak)......
i have repeatedly asked questions to Oleg and Co allong those lines over the years, but i dont think the idea has received much traction, and i am not sure oleg entirely got my point either.
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My own understanding was that after ACES studio was erased from the face of this planet, Oleg did indeed see the potential in making a play for the MSFS niche - the overarching flightsim framework that might support a multitude of 3rd party addons and sceneries. I think the quote was "a vibrant 3rd party eco-system" or some such.
I see no reason why not, given the sophistication of what Oleg is trying to do
and the beautiful CURVED Earth that we saw in the WIP pictures a couple of weeks ago. I was a little surprised noone seemed to comment on them from that perspective then. Indeed, I'd be quite certain that Oleg is building in a SOW equivalent of FSUIPC or simconnect.
My own dream would be for MSFS developers (or similar) to step in very quickly to perhaps offer a payware (or even better freeware!) fully functioning Biggin, say, or (my Squadron's heart
Tangmere, with ground vehicles, textures, triggers, surrounding structures,etc, even for the original (Vanilla) BOB map, in much the same way as FSDT or Flytampa or Aerosoft publish airports and expansions for FSX/98. This is apart from offering new aircraft, new areas of the world, new eras...
(Personally, I'd love a set of early airliners, the DH Comet, the Caravel, the Constellation... These might appear in a SOW-engine-equipped addon, perhaps even able to use the same maps, perhaps not... Possibilities, possibililities...)