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

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

I play only offline, and I have not ever used mods. That may be in part because I don't know them, but then again, I don't know because I haven't been interested enough to look for them. I'm currently using the stock 1946 disk install (4.07?), I installed up to 4.08 once, but reinstalled Windows since then and I can't be bothered to install and install and install to get up to the current version.

To get up to the current version you need to install two patches... 408m and 409m. After that I guess if you did want the MOD stuff that'd be countless amounts of installs and tweaking.

In any case bog standard IL-2 1946 comes with so much content. Yes I want more but I'm enjoying what I've got right now. So much potential and 4.10 with all of that new content will be really great to have in a full out release.

[SlipBall]

I think Oleg said it best...these people don't realize what they did to on-line play

and they still don't get it! LOL

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

If you're talking about offline gameplay then yes, by all means. Mods are perfect for offline game. In online game play there is no place for them.

When you look at it, it is sad what mods did to IL2 regarding online play. Those who still play keep to themselves with their own mod packs and to their own squadrons. Times where you could join any server and just pick up a plane and fly are long gone.

These are my feelings on this subject aswell.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

When you look at it, it is sad what mods did to IL2 regarding online play. Those who still play keep to themselves with their own mod packs and to their own squadrons. Times where you could join any server and just pick up a plane and fly are long gone.

It was predictable and has happened before in other games.

Basically you have the equivalent of trying to run a national football league where everyone can write their own rules, most state competitions have a home town rule set (squad servers) and the best you can get is groups of players agreeing on using the same rules (UP etc) except there are several different groups each with a different rule set.

Problem is whilst some teams still use the old national football rules many teams LIKE their own rules and would refuse to play if a national set of rules was re-introduced. Some players prefer no rules at all and in fact believe what makes a great player is being able to make up your own rules.

[T}{OR]

Precisely. As soon as the word come out it was just a matter of time. In the beginning when there was only one pack things more or less still worked.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

Precisely. As soon as the word come out it was just a matter of time. In the beginning when there was only one pack things more or less still worked.

Sad but true and things seem to have just gone a bit haywire from there. I would have loved to see a more dedicated group try to organize overall efforts (I was part of a community where the source code of the game was made available by the developer and there is a dedicated coding group that handles all of the "official" MOD releases) but that doesn't seem to have happened. There are several groups and they don't always talk to each other which is really too bad.

I guess these days I just play on one server and I know what my experience is going to be. Works alright for me.