by Hedgehog » Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:05 am
The main problem with the 'old' IL-2 series (Pacific Fighters => IL-2/1946) is that it branched off into a myriad of incompatible mod packages, which splintered to community. And now, of course, it's 'abandonware' and pretty long in the tooth to have much appeal to today's VR-dependent sim pilots.
Like most sim pilots, I have a small handful of flight sim packages installed, like DCS, the current IL-2 platform with WWI Flying Circus, and MSFS. I'm not saying I wouldn't find and install old IL-2/1946 for some Pacific carrier wars action, but it would be a matter of re-discovering the functional mod packages and deciding on which to use. And, as I recall, it was typically a pain in the ass to get the mod packages installed and updated properly. It got to be mostly a battle of making sure everyone had the exact same mod packages and update versions installed. And everyone had his own favorite mods that he was not willing to do without.
But if someone wants to do the legwork to figure out how to get it up and running, I'm game to give it a shot. I don't see it as having the appeal necessary to re-adopt it as an 'official' supported sim package again for
VFA-41. But I could be wrong...
The main problem with the 'old' IL-2 series (Pacific Fighters => IL-2/1946) is that it branched off into a myriad of incompatible mod packages, which splintered to community. And now, of course, it's 'abandonware' and pretty long in the tooth to have much appeal to today's VR-dependent sim pilots.
Like most sim pilots, I have a small handful of flight sim packages installed, like DCS, the current IL-2 platform with WWI Flying Circus, and MSFS. I'm not saying I wouldn't find and install old IL-2/1946 for some Pacific carrier wars action, but it would be a matter of re-discovering the functional mod packages and deciding on which to use. And, as I recall, it was typically a pain in the ass to get the mod packages installed and updated properly. It got to be mostly a battle of making sure everyone had the exact same mod packages and update versions installed. And everyone had his own favorite mods that he was not willing to do without.
But if someone wants to do the legwork to figure out how to get it up and running, I'm game to give it a shot. I don't see it as having the appeal necessary to re-adopt it as an 'official' supported sim package again for [b]VFA-41[/b]. But I could be wrong... :1wink: