Air combat has been a blast with guns, but maybe its time to enter the "jet age" and give us sim pilots some guided missiles and a targeting systems to fight with.
  Although I would like to see a "Battle for Japan" and an "Eastern Front" series wouldn't it be just more of the samething?  Lets all take the next step forward.
     

Hawker said it all.  Chuck the whole thing and start over at CFS 2 or FS 2004.  A wider selection of nations besides the Big Four.  Step outside WWII and go to Korea.  I believe Korea is the best choice because of the prevelance of both props and jets.  Not only that, you could fight against both.

If it ends in the Pacific I wanna fly 47s for the USAAF.  I got sick of flyin' for Navy in CFS2.  They had the P-38, but no campaign for it.  It was so sad.

Sock

I just thought of somethng else, the ability to produce custom bail out scenes. 

I want another game with the CFS3 engine. I want a campaign which follows history and doesn't pay attention to how well I fly.

The CFS3 engine was a bold step towards the future. It has great potential but needs refineing. As with all new things there are teething problems to start with. And when they are ironed out, we shall have a great game.

People just don't realise that.

Also the guided weapons idea is a bad one. The multiplayer community will never accept it. 

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Not in the slightest. I think CFS3, although with its problems, is a great game with lots of potential.

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The idea of Guided Weapons could be a great addition to the CFS series!

I wouldn't mind seeing a Korean era or Vietnam era CFS 4!

How about some missions in a Photo Recon Mustang with the side camera setup... It could rock!!!

Well, that's my 2 cents worth...

Regards,
Stratobat

Psst.....! I've seen a report from a reliable source on CFS4 which is already under development. If I remember it right it will continue the Pacific theatre from where CFS2 left off using an updated CFS3 engine. The format is already decided & nothing we say will have any effect. This is typical of the way M$ work. One step forward - 2 steps back.

I never liked CFS3 & will be sticking with CFS2 for the forseeable future.

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Hawker sums it up just about right for me peeps!

You know, I'm sitting here thinking about this and backwards compatability, as nice as it is, may no longer be an option.  The FS engine IS quite a bit long in the tooth.  How long have we been using it now?  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think with the exception of autogen scenery in 2004, every FS has been built upon FS 95 and are really only upgrades.  There are people here who know more about this than I do.  A new engine may not be such a bad way of doing it after all.  I think I'll change my mind from CFS3 sucks to give it a better chance.

So was J.R.R. Tolkien.   I guess it's just my Irish heritage taking over.

I totally agree with Hagar on this one. Just about everyone here who has 2K4 thinks it's superb. No one minds that it's an evolution of the FS engine and not a totally new engine. M$ should bite the bullet, admit they got it wrong and give us what we want. After all, we pay their wages.

I don't mean to badger the point but a CFS 4 should be backward compable to CFS 2 or at least CFS 3 and should make the technological leap into modern warfare. Options for switchable ECM, and other control variable can be used to suit the expertise of the user. What makes CFS2 so great is the access to great downloads from the web. The computer demands of CFS3 are slowing interest in the game. I couldn't play it if I wanted to in my current system. Games are a technological carrot for people to go and upgrade there systems. Microsoft knows this. The new video chipset technology available will make current cards worthless in the very near future.  If CFS4 takes long enough only those who upgrade their entire systems may apply  .
If modern aircraft are incorporated (which they likely will not) it would be interesting how they handle the western aircraft stealth & avonic superiority to the Russian fighters. Vector thrusting with the hat control it was possible in the Jane's series of games. http://www.sci.fi/~fta/Su-35.htm I really would like to fly this airplane  8). It also interesting to note the French & Russians are working together in the development of their next generation of fighter aircraft. French electronics in a good Russian platform would be an interesting opponent.

Korea& Veitnam would both be good! How about both? It would be cool to be an F-86, F-100, F-80, F-84 and    F-4.  And in the 'Nam you could be a Huey (Medevac transport of gunship), Cobra, Wild Weasel or FO.

I think CFS4 should have the Persian Gulf War instead of this WWII nonsense, even though I do you CFS2 I would like that better

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I think that would be interesting having it in the Persian Gulf, but WWII isn't nonsense.  In fact, WWII is probably better.  If you want modern day combat, get "Lock-on: Modern Air Combat" from Eagle Dymanics.