Basically that's exact same thing I do buddy.Originally posted by DKoor:
If stock IL2 has better campaigns I would still be playing them.
These days I also rarely fire up that game.
Real life stuff + years that have passed... have done the trick.
I rather invest the time in reading some books.
But... playing IL2 from time to time can still be fun.
I never get into the full bob campaign or il-2's.
They are both just nice diversions for me. Games are ment to be enjoyed. Not ment to be work Imo.
I played online from 2001 to 2003 and whilst they were good times, especially flying with my squad in co-ops and VOW the sillyness you refer to got a bit much, I may never go back.Originally posted by stalkervision:
Pictures do prove stuff if your being honest with them.![]()
Mp is not for me. I see lots of people think the same way. I have had enough sillyness with that aspect of sim games to last me a lifetime. Also I don't particularly like the Il-2 FM's with certain planes I favor.![]()
Also I tend to like the BOB sky graphics more then Il-2 but that is just a personal thing.
These are just personal prefrences.
Il-2 has a lot of things I do like. The game is a big supermarket of choices. BOB is BOB. Wish it had a bit more.What it does it does well imo. That's why I alternate the two.
I actually do not play much offline anymore either ... in the last 3 months my time spent related to IL2 would be divided thus:
posting on various forums ... 5%
researching material for skins/missions 20%
skinning and mission writing 50%
testing skins/missions 20%
actually playing the game 5%
In other words I spend the same time on the forums than I do playing
A lot of what I do "in game" most people would find just stupid. For example I recently decided it would be fun to make a mission where you had parked your plane between a clothes line and a toilet behind a house in a village in Slovakia and had to take off whilst being bombed. I spent several nights in FMB trying bush takeoffs from various mountain villages in a J8A until I found a spot where takeoff was difficult but reliably possible if you did it right.