Any idea of a release date, please and thanks?

Ah now when it comes to World War I, there is some excellent stuff out there already, which spoils us Sim Pilots for choice. There's the dedicated Sims like RED BARON II which has recently been given a massive, technical and graphical update by a consortium of fan developers, there's Sim-lites like WINGS OF WAR (also under fan development) and WINGS OF HONOUR. Naturally there's quite a collection of stuff for CFS2, both commercial and freeware, and even though IL2 from Oleg Maddox doesn't have the open architecture that allows users making new aircraft, there are enough Biplanes out there, with readily available WWI freeware skins and missions to fly over what is probably the best-looking scenery in any current or past Flight Sims.
Plus the other good news is that Third Wire, who gave us STRIKE FIGHTERS and WINGS OVER VIETNAM, are currently developing a new WWI Flight Sim, and since they already have a huge fan base manufacturing add-ons for these current open architecture Sims (just go to http://forum.combatace.com to see how quickly these come out) the future for that project is looking very bright indeed.

LOL, that's why we don't need CFS3  8)

[quote author=IndioBlack  link=1126649208/0#2 date=1126686943]and even though IL2 from Oleg Maddox doesn't have the open architecture that allows users making new aircraft, there are enough Biplanes out there, with readily available WWI freeware skins and missions to fly over what is probably the best-looking scenery in any current or past Flight Sims. [/quote]

I beg to disagree for three reasons :
- dogfighting in a gladiator with a DR1 skin and another one with a SE5 skin doesn't really compare to a dogfight between say, a real model of an albatross and a SE5 with their proper flight characteristics.
- you can't use TrackIR with 6DOF in the sims you mention and that kit adds IMMENSELY to immersion.
- the best looking scenery and best looking effect will, IMO, be in OFF

[img]http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/winter1.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/OFFeffects.JPG[/img]

So for all these reasons, you need cfs3 to be able to enjoy OFF.  :)

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I expect collectively we did  

IR defiantly has some sort of illogical dislike for CFS3 & I still can't figure out what it is even after all his posts trying to explain it.

One clue to his own personal issue with CFS3 is how he keeps going back to the same central theme, this plane is already available in such & such a sim so why bother doing it in CFS3.  

Maybe he should tell Oleg "BOB" had been done 4 or 5 times so why bother with yet another version of the same old same old.

But then just to confuse us IR talks about all the wonderful things being done by the Red Baron II fan base..Wings of War...STRIKE FIGHTERS...and naturally the CFS2 fan base to improve them.  

Lets see out of one side of his mouth all new things re-creating & improving already developed planes are wonderful if they are for CFS2 etc. which should be encouraged & applauded.

Out of the opposite side of his mouth all new things re-creating & improving already developed planes are terrible if developed for CFS3.  Nothing should be done at all for CFS3 or if they are, knocked & derided .  Go figure  ???

Since most planes were already covered by the early '90's maybe the manufactures should have taken his advice & bagged it in 1996 & save a pile of money.

BTW Those are really really ugly OFF screens Bzhyoyo.  My god in one the trees don't even have any leaves, how could they forget them & the grass is the wrong color. I am sure IR is now in the loo barfing at the horror of it all.  

Hey Bear, what's your home town? Then I can organise a Bomb-run in CFS3.
Lighten up, man, I'm just having a laugh.
I love your B-17, but that's all I use CFS3 for. STRIKE FIGHTERS is great for Korea, F-14s and Nam; IL-2 for biplanes and F-80s. CFS2 definitely for Korea.
I'm a flier, not a developer, and I take the best of what I see and use it how I want.

Peace, man.

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Don't bother, OTU,
the bloke is merely interested in having an argument than talking on-off-whatever topic.

Av Bear you still have not given Sharpy a straight answer. When is MAW going to be release. By the way does are nice shots.

Here is where those shots belong.


James007