[Robert]

IIRC = If I Remember Correctly.


As far as 1C selling add ons. While it sounds good I think it is a limited appeal. The only folks that would buy the add ons would be folks who already have IL2. I can imagine the confusion on forums from newbies asking if they bought the correct add on, or which version of IL2 they need. We've all seen that, and it's inordinately frustrating for the newb to find out he bought IL2 FB/PF, but doesn't have AEP. So now he can't upgrade at all. Can you imagine the confusion with all the different versions availible now being even further muddied with addons? I doubt the effort would be as sucessful as hoped. (I'd love to be wrong)

Say he went 3rd party on us to make more money, and thus spend more time and capital on BoB. Would he release the FMs he's working of for BoB? Remember we've been 'experimenting with BoB FMs' since patch 4.01. Sure there are nondisclosure clauses, but we've all seen leaked patches. I doubt it would be different for FMs. I have no doubt that were Oleg to have done this the chances of the FMs being illegally disseminated would have been high. Even if it's a small risk it wouldn't be worth it.

As much chagrin I have toward the hack I think it's the only path open for 'continued developement' to IL2.