For my two cents, I don't want anything stealing processor cycles that does not lend to the subject at hand: air combat. Even if there is a strong air to ground component in Sow_BoB, I still don't see the need to have more fully articlulated human models. Do I need to see the gore of a Stuka gunner getting splattered? I could live with it. Do I need to see a member of an antiaircraft batter get gutted by a strafing attack? Not if it steals processor cycles. I figure it will be enough trying to set the clouds, weather, and other eye candy to where they provide some immersion while not bogging down the frames. Heck, if you're flying full real (full difficulty) you won't be able to see that stuff anyway. You know how Oleg is. He'll say you'll need a 9ghz processor to get the full beneift anyway. So why add to our woes?
But that's just me.
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