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Originally Posted by felix_the_fat
SOW is about BOB, right?
Only the Americans called them missions, and they werent in BOB !
The RAF called them sorties, and (less formally) "trips" or "ops". Any of these terms would do, as would the German (or Italian?) equivalents. But not "mission" !
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Hi. You seem to be forgetting that "The Americans" are not the ones who named the missions in Il2 " *.mis "
"The Americans" had nothing to do with it. I'm sure the Germans and the Soviets didn't use the term "Mission" on the Eastern front, and yet 1C:Maddox Games, a Russian company, saw fit to use the term "Mission"
Now, as far a the term "mission" goes, I can't see how the naming convention matters. If you'd look at the actual question addressed by the poll, you'd see that the extensions are listed:
.mis
.srt
.flt
That is how the sim reads the nuts and bolts so to speak, of the missions. For example, when I make a campaign, the missions must be in a list as follows, with each name before the .mis corresponding to the correct files, so the mission will play:
nameofmission1.mis
nameofmission2.mis
nameofmission3.mis
So I really can't understand why the fuss is being made over the naming convention used by the simulation to identify files. I really can't understand why anyone gives a damn; those extensions are not used for voices or in mission briefings; those extensions are 100% for the benefit of the code- when the sim reads the list and sees ".mis", it knows those files are for a single mission to be generated, corresponding to the name before the ".mis"
This naming convention does not cause the sim to generate any terms at all, whether or not they were used by "the Americans". I'm a little concerned over the immediate assumption that Americans have one bloody thing to do with this use of the term "mission"- the Russians who made the damn sim did it
Now as far as "Americans" not being part of the Battle of Britain, the members of the Eagle Squadrons would beg to differ, but that's plainly observable history, not a topic of debate. But I really cannot understand this hub-bub over the term "mission". The use of this term actually offends? I do not believe it. And if by some chance it actually produces some type of ill feeling, try blaming the Russians who made the sim, not "Americans" who use the term "mission". That's just silliness. This is absurd on many levels. If Maddox Games chooses the term "mission", are you honestly going to be unhappy? And are you also forgetting that the name of the sim is not "Battle of Britain: Battle of Britain"?
The name of the sim is "Storm of War:Battle of Britain". The BoB is simply the first installment. You do realize that you are arguing that the entire simulation series get something like ".ops" as a convention for the whole series, of which only one segment will be covering the Battle of Britian? What makes the British term more suitable than the American one in that light? The fact that somehow an "American" naming convention will always be "wrong"?
Such short sightedness on one hand, and such a tempest in a teacup on the other
What does it matter what the missions get as an extension? They can name them "nameofmission.bhs", with ".bhs" standing for "Big Ham Sandwich" for the amount I give a damn. Just so long as it works, what does it matter?