IL2 and Sound Modding

[strewth]

Originally Posted by DerAlte

Well first of all, as ex-military I know one of the last things done before take-off was to wipe the canopy clean one last time.

Remind me to NEVER fly with you........

DerAlte

Edit: And who says the "World according to Oleg" is right? That I always wondered.

I really thought that I would stay out of this, because "There are none so blind as he who doesn't want to see".

Firstly DerAlte, I am guessing that you are a pilot of the jet age. Big difference between having a jet engine behind you and having a poorly serviced oily piston engine right in front of your windscreen with a bloody great fan blowing all that crap straight back at you.

The point I actually have though is that although the mods were initially done with the best of intentions, there will always be people wanting to abuse the situation. That is why if the corner store owner leaves his key in the door for the honest employee to start next morning; Most people walking past would ignore it or try to act responsibly by removing the key and returning it to the owner believing that it may have been an accident. The sad truth is that there are those in our community that would take advantage of the unlocked door for their own benifit. This does not insinuate that all the others are bad or have bad intentions, but hey, if the hat fits, wear it. You know if you are doing the right thing or not and regardless of how much better it makes your honest life to have that key in the door. You know that one day/night, some low life will rob the store and start to ruin things for everyone, including yourself. Sad but true.

I would dearly love the sound mod as I think that it was always a weak spot in a fantastic sim and I accept that it was done with the best of intentions. But I also know that it WILL get abused by some miserable idiot, so I choose not to open Pandora's box myself.

For those that put foward the argument that it is just scare tactics and paranoia to state that some idiot WILL if not already having done so (the second being my personal belief),abuse the mod/hack/whatever you want to call it. I say to you - That I see your paranoia and raise you a substancial dose of ignorance for the belief that someone out there will not take advantage of the situation for their own personal gain.

Some say that ignorance is bliss though. Time I retired for the evening.

Oh! and one final thing. I don't believe that anyone said that the world according to Oleg was right. However! he probably has a better idea on things than most other people here. Oleg is not just some nerd that made a game one day. Try a bit of research.