This is EXACTLY what COD needs..

[tintifaxl]

I absolutely loved the Falcon 4 campaign and that was released when? 1998?

Noone was ever able to recreate such an engine and that even when the source code was released or leaked? sometime ago.

[Revvin]

Yeah I think it was 1998, I remember trudging through the snow into town to pick up my copy. Shame it was just so horribly buggy to start with but it was well ahead of its time.

[The Kraken]

"ahead of its time" indeed, in the sense that it was only playable a few years down the road

Considering how much money they burned without really finishing it, and how it contributed to SH/Microprose effectively going out of business, I think it's obvious why Falcon 4 doesn't serve as a good example on how to make a successful flight sim franchise - even if things turned out well for the community who stuck with it after the source code was leaked.

Originally Posted by tintifaxl

Noone was ever able to recreate such an engine and that even when the source code was released or leaked?

Copyright issues aside, the code was a mess and of little value to anyone trying to make a different flight sim. Especially if it's supposed to be somewhat historical, like in a WW2 setting.

On a related note, this is what a BoB2:WOV developer says about their own dynamic campaign engine, which they have working and implemented already:

Using the BOBII Dynamic campaign in another simulator would be a major development, with a major cost, and a testing nightmare. We have looked at it and we have concluded it is too risky and costly.

IMHO, any new games based on the BOBII engine will not have a Dynamic campaign.

link here - just to underline that it's not a trivial task, no matter if using legacy code or starting from scratch.