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Originally Posted by jamesdietz
This may not be exactly the right place for this question,and I'll understand if it is moved.It is really a hypothetical one anyway...Il-2 didn't really start to take off ( so to speak) until its code was cracked & modders had a field day ( & still are to some degree...)Could the same thing happen here ,if as mentioned all new developement to CloD is to be stopped( with the exception of well known performance & visibility issues?I'm guessing alot of still unshown ,unfinished bits are/were well along the way ( Do-17 cockpit, Bf-108 flyable,He-59 floatplane to name just three.) In looking at the work if Modders at SAS & AAS it looks as if there is a vast resource that could be a real benefit in not only fixing this sim but finally making it live up to its promise as a real historical re-do of the Battle of Britain ( France , Poland etc.) I know there are already small mods going on & mentioned at this site, but I don't dare try them as the next official patch could simply wipe them out ( at least that's my understanding.So is this possible , can modders go into this & fix it? The devlopers seem to be taking their time( and perhaps spending it on the Battle of Moscow or whatever title it will be...)or is the sim just too complex for 3rd parties to tackle?
I like many others enjoy the sim( even with indifferent FPs) but at times what it doesn't do with the features it has & don't work drive me a little crazy!
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I find this blind faith in "the modders" highly amusing. As it is there were a handful of people (literally) who could and did produce models for 1946 which adhered to the given standards and didn't need any or much fixing. The new 3D models are a few more notches above what we had in 1946 and given the amount of internal things (structural parts, systems etc) I doubt there is a single 3D modeller who can produce an aircraft or cockpit within a year, if the standards of MG can be achieved by private people at all (due to the question of obtaining sources, spare time vs modelling etc).
Aside this ... in my opinion the game needs other things than more aircraft. There is virtually no offline gameplay (my main gripe), FMs a mess ATM and the issues with the engine itself prevent people from investing more time into making their own solutions.