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Old 01-06-2011, 10:20 AM
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I take it you are describing the effects of a worn engine on how easy it is to start? If so then I agree that keeping track of the state of the oil and the degree of wear in the individual components would be way over the top and would affect performance.

However, I think all this could be easily modelled through a simple factor applied at startup that is based on the degree of abuse an engine has suffered. I believe Oleg is already keeping track of the "abuse factor".
~ Glad we agree, though a 1 ~ 10 rating on engine wear, will have some complaining things aren't real enough... back to square one

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The procedures we're talking about are pretty straight forward really. Things like:
~ I understand what "procedure" is, some however, seem to think "procedure" should include the effect of a worn seal


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While I hope he does make an effort to model the parameters and limitations of each type (boost/rpm/temps etc) I can understand his reluctance to turn this into a study sim (which was never the intention).
iirc, il2 Sturmovik started out very much as study sim and the series has been expanded on and extended from that
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