IL2 and Sound Modding

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Golden_Eagle_FM

The work that has been done by as I understand a team of modders, in any case does not spoil the game but gives it some fresh air and longer lifetime. If Oleg has not enough resources available why not team with them, help them to make it perfect along the Oleg Maddox top quality criteria.

you've missed the point yourself as to why a hack like that is a major problem for the il2 community. nobody really cares if somebody uses different sound files for a few aircraft engine noises, and i suspect that for all oleg cares you could choose to replace the sounds of aircraft engines with the sounds of barking dogs or wailing banshees..

the real problem is that a lot of other parts of the il2 code have also been altered or unlocked at the same time, and you have now no way of knowing how fair or unfair online flying is when you join a server.

individual aircraft characteristics (speed, turn rate, weapons load, flight behavior) have been hacked, so you can now have yak's that fly at the speed of a rocket plane, take off like a harrier, and turn in mid air like a hurricane at stall speed, and all this while carrying unlimited ammo on a server that doesnt allow it (youtube video's have already been posted which show that exact type of problem occurring) .

the hack has also delayed the release of the 4.09 patch, and important bug fixes we have been asking for previously will not be addressed now because there is no time left. BoB will also incur some delay because the whole file protection system has the be altered and made safer.