UP 3.0 vs HSFX 5.0?

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Originally Posted by tk471138

so about this hsfx aaken mods...you have to enable the expert mode in the jsgme? lol this whole time i thought that aaken was available with stock hsfx...

Aaken is a professional aircraft design engineer with a Ph.D. and is currently working in that capacity. Not since Oleg himself has someone with this much experience and education touched the flight modles of IL-2. Aaken uses actual aerospace methods to develop the flight models as opposed to the 'that looks about right' flip a coin method that other mod packs employ. As for what planes are affected, note in the stock HSFX 5.0 configuration (EXPERT mod off) all of the stock IL-2 planes (original slot) have the stock flight models, but some of the the mod aircraft (new slot) use Aaken’s flight models. When you enable the EXPERT MOD via JSGME in HSFX 5.0 both the stock (original slot) and mod (new slot) aircraft use Aaken's flight models. In the initial release of HSFX 5.0 Aaken's focus was on the popular ETO aircraft, Aaken is currently working on the PTO aircraft flight models which will be released as an update/hot fix, it is in beta testings as we speak. For a list of all the planes that Aaken has done see below

Originally Posted by tk471138

what else does enabling 'expert mode' do besides put in the aaken stuff...

You can refer to the HSFX 5.0 readme, which I found hard to read and took it upon myself to make a unofficial version, below i the link

http://flightsimtesting.com/my/docum...WTO_MANUAL.pdf

Refer to section '8 Aaken's Flight Models' to learn more about what was done, and refer to section '7.12 EXPERT mode aircraft' to see a list of the planes that Aaken has done, and keep in mind that list will be growing as time goes by, where I noted above he is currently working on many of the PTO aircraft. The EXPERT MOD is something I think you will enjoy, for most of those who have tried it all say one thing THE FEEL IS REAL!

[tk471138]

Thanks alot for the info and the little guide was helpful as well.

[EZ1]

Yes, thanks from me too. The MANUAL was the best thing yet on mods. It answered several questions that I've had for a while. It seems that most of the documentation provided by the mdders assumes the reader has been involved with the developemnt.

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Thanks a lot for the info and the little guide was helpful as well.

Your welcome!

And..

EZ1
Yes, thanks from me too. The MANUAL was the best thing yet on mods. It answered several questions that I've had for a while.

Your welcome!

Oh and feel free to give the link to others who you think may need it, I post the link in HL when ever I see someone asking questions

EZ1
It seems that most of the documentation provided by the mdders assumes the reader has been involved with the developemnt.

That is the feeling I got from it too, which is what motivated me to make the one I made. The HSFX readme is more of a diary or log that captures the sequence of events, and credits to those who did what, which makes a lot of since to the guys doing the work because like you said they were involved with it.

But very hard for anyone that was not involved. I found myself reading the first few paragraphs and than giving up.

It wasn't until I saw a bunch of people in HL asking questions that were answered in the HSFX readme that I went back and force myself to read it all!

And sure enough the info was there but you really had to dig for it, and in some cases it was in more than one place. So, putting myself in the shoes of the 'user' I took out most of the diary/log of events stuff, the credits to those who did it, and focused on 'what' was in there and providing pictures to go along with the 'how to' stuff