Could 4.10 Update lock the SFS files again and reunite the online community?

[Viikate]

Minimum settings means that the cockpit uses EXACTLY same amount of textures and video memory as the perfect settings. There is no LODs or low res textures for pits like there is for pretty much everything else.

Putting some overkill pit repaint of 200Mb to official patch means that everyone is stuck with that. After this move we would see mods which would restore the original light weight textures, since not everyone can upgrade their PCs every six months.

[Flanker35M]

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In my experience the most FPS hit comes from smoke, explosions, ship guns and cities in IL-2, not the cockpit alone. But anyways, there are 2 installs so I can use both stock and modded game. Win-win Easiest upgrade for IL-2 player is to get a nVidia card as IL-2 is optimized for it. the difference to ATI can be quite big on certain scenarios. Friends of mine run on "lesser" nV series like 8800GT or Ultra and still get close to the AMD offerings even today with far less price. So no need to cycle every 6mth, just use NV for IL-2 and you can not go wrong

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by zaelu

My opinion is that people that cry now about mods are people that tomorrow will not play SoW BoB cause it will be a too much change for them.

The most absurd statement ever IMO. It has nothing to do with crying about it. It is just that we can't be bothered any more. In the beginning when we had only one pack it was easy. Hell, flying heavies was loads of fun, but it didn't last very long. Nowadays where every server has different requirements I just can't be bothered. The mere fact we now have a 'red' and 'blue' packs is enough to turn me down.

Those of us that flew before and after mods appeared know the difference. I would gladly trade a encyclopedia of planes where every server has different requirements for a stock game with only 2 flyable planes. Any day of the week.

The bottom line is - mods are great for offline game play, but kill the online uniformity. I long for the times when you could join any givens server with only one version of the game.

For me, IL2's AI is too dumb to play it in offline mode, especially once you start dueling with human opponents. There is no going back.

Originally Posted by ElAurens

The number of former online players sitting it out because of this crazy mash up of different mods, versions, etc, is far greater than the total mod fanbois think it is.

Be sure.

Amen.


=> Enter SoW.