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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
Well here we are, well into 2009 and jeez there have been some developments in the il2 community since I last posted some news here. But before we get into that stuff I just wanted to say I hope everyone had a enjoyable holiday season and managed to stay safe and well and out of mischief (well...a little bit of mischief is ok!).
So what are these developments I mentioned? In a word...MODS. Yes, the already splintered IL2 community (is the current version 4.08 or 4.09?) has become even more splintered with the arrival of MODS for IL2. Fortunatly, it's not all doom and gloom. I'm as paraniod about cheaters as the next bloke, but from the way things are going, I think cheaters will be few and far between. With version 4.09 offering game installation checks against the servers version, players can feel 99.9% sure that everyone is using the exact same version, including the same MODS. And from what I've been experiencing, these mods are really, really good. There are too many improvements to mention them all, but the four big ones are -
- much better sounds for pretty much everything
- much better cockpits, most of them hires
- an enormous number of new flyable planes
- several new maps of very good quality
So if you haven't already installed the community modpack, I highly recommend doing so. It's called the Unified Installer 1.1. It's a big download - around 2gig, and you have to be registered at the all aircraft arcade forum to be able to download it. I suggest you read the installation instructions on the AAA forum. One other great thing about it, it installs a version switcher which allows you to quickly change which version of IL2 you want to run ie.4.08/4.09 mods/no mods.
On the theme of mods, here is a nice piccy of the new desert modified Bf109F4. I guess you call it the desert mod mod ;)
Thanks to Jive for the piccy.
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