[ElAurens]

You guys know what my stance was at first, all caused by my concerns for the game.

Now I can say I'm glad that I softened my position.

Is everything perfect in mod land? Hardly.

But by and large they have improved the experience of IL2, and helped fill the gap until SOW arrives. I also see the mods as a training ground for when 3rd. party/player contributions will officially part of the sim, as they will in SOW. Has it has been pointed out, and rightly so, it is easy to make something that is high poly and looks good, but it is much harder to make it look good, and be low enough in poly count to actually work in the engine. The modders are indeed finding this out now and honing their skills. When SOW is released I don't think we will have so long to wait for new aircraft, ships, etc... I just hope that the system for official testing and approval of 3rd. party additions is able to cope with the flood of new content.

Enough squabbling, I'm going to go fly.

Cheers.