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Lack of interest

For me, I go through phases where I fly in just one theater for a long time and then move on to another. Right now I'm into the KTO, next month it might be PTO.

I think the interest will always be there as long as people continue to make/add things for CFS3. If there are to be no theater updates or nothing new in the DL section on a regular basis then interest will surely fade.
 
NachtPiloten said:
I also believe that the Beaufort did too.
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Yes Ted they did, the Aussie's used them to great effect against Japanese shipping. Now there's one bird I'd like for the Coastal Command set of aircraft. They were moved from the ETO theatre to the Med early in to attack Axis shipping there.
 
Led Zeppelin said:
Somebody, don't remember who, worked on a Beaufort for MAW. It's a real shame that DR team disbanded.
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Burnout, mainly. Don't forget that pretty well every single thing in MAW was 100% new, never released before and made specifically. That goes from the sandbox, of course, through weather, effects, vehicles, buildings, trees, sounds, missions, campaigns and of course, aircraft. That is quite a lot, and I think it would have been difficult to improve upon.
 
Led Zeppelin said:
Somebody, don't remember who, worked on a Beaufort for MAW. It's a real shame that DR team disbanded.
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I know who, I'll try and contact him, it will be a long shot though, so no promises!
The Beaufort was finished apart from pits, I almost had the model for paint, it was that close, but he was in the US army and got posted, then things got pushed back, and forgotten, he's no longer active modelling AFAIK?
 
Beaufort

Don't we have one already? I know it is a bit long in the tooth but a new skin, up dated fm and damage and she should be ok.
 
No Ted, are you thinking of the Beaufighter, Beaufort was a different lady?

BTW I'll have something big and German for you to look at later:wiggle:
 
Jon: which IL2??

Ted: Have you thought of doing a B-24 ala PB4Y
(I think it is) with the big B-17 tail??
 
NachtPiloten said:
it was almost like the Ventura or Harpoon then?
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In a way - they were developments of the Hudson, while the Beaufort was a development of the Blenheim. However the Beaufort was designed from the outset as a torpedo bomber. Both the Japanese and the Afrika Korps would rather we hadn't used them, as would many of our aircrew...!

The Beaufighter (Beaufort fighter) was developed as an improvement on the Beaufort and pretty much replaced it altogether.

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WOW.. For a Lack of Interest, it has become a interesting thread..

I couldn't help Myself...:redf:


I know.. "Bad" Hobbit :a1089:
 
johannesl said:
I can understand the need for a break. We all reach a burnout point, but a lack of interest. I don't think so. As in real life the ETO got all the glory and the MTO and PTO not to mention CBI got the table scraps.

One need only look at this forum to see an interest in MAW and this is an area that has only had its early years/months covered. I for one was looking forward to the missions that covered Operation Torch, and Tunisia as well as Sicily and Salerno. So much will be missed.

As for PTO, remember that CFS2 was a PTO only simulator and if you check that forum you'll see that it's going strong today. Here again it is more a lack of material, which must I admit, has to be made from scratch, than a lack of interest. This is an area that has so much room for creating missions and aircraft. The island hopping up the Solomons and New Guinea with the US Army Air Corp, RAAF, RNZAF and US Navy carrier ops. Lae, The Battle of the Bismark Sea (a real shoot em up), and the campaign for Rabaul. There is a lot of creative gold to be mined here. I'm not very familiar with mission builder myself, but I have a couple of ideas for historical Wildcat missions floating around in my head I might try.

So, by all means please take a much deserved break and rest we all need them, but a lack of interest? Never!
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Johannesl,

I know all about CFS2 and have been doing work on it since it came out,even now I still do missions for it.

In MAW Operation Torch can not be done because there isn't the correct scenery for it.

As for PTO Battle of the Bismarck Sea can't be done right as of now because the correct scenery hasn't been done yet. When the new scenery comes out there are B-25's,A-20's and I have a B-17 setup for skipbombing. Most don't know the B-17 was used before the B-25 for skipbombing. At the Battle of the Bismarck Sea a B-17 sank the first transport by skipbombing.

I started on a RNZAF mission set in the Solomons and there was no real interest in it. I have a Cactus Airforce mission set started for the PTO update. As for the CBI I did a 45 AVG mission set for CFS2 and 28 CATF ( formed July 1942 after the AVG ) mission set. This could be done for the CBI in PTO also.

Hobbit,

Sometimes a thread like this has to be done to bring some members out of the woodwork. When you ask if any interest on what you're working on only a few regulars speakup but when you say no one has interest you can see what happens. Most people have more interest in the scenery,planes and ships or as some say the eye candy but when it comes to missions not many speakup. What would they do with all the eye candy but no missions to go with it? Complain of course.


Talon
 
I've never flown a mission in my cfs3 life.
always qc because I'm checking my gmax work.
maybe that's why I lost interest...not joking either
 
Talon said:
In MAW Operation Torch can not be done because there isn't the correct scenery for it.
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Yes but this operation was the only action that occured in these areas. Building specific theaters just for this is not well worht the effort, it is much better to build an Operation Torch around Tunisia. It is semi-historical but should be ok.

Same for Operation Exporter for exemple, I had to build it in Turkey as Syria is not on CFS3.
 
I have to admit that I hadn't flown CFS3 much until Hobbit turned me onto ETO and MAW and that has really changed my view on CFS3. I can't speak for anyone else but for myself I really enjoy MAW. I haven't checked out the missions yet because I'm still getting used to everything but plan on here shortly.

I just want to say thank you for everyone's hard work. I hope you enjoy your time off and I will be anxiously looking for any future updates.

Thanks again,

T.
 
For me it's not as much lack on interest but rather lack of time, a full time job while in a graduate program doesn't leave much room for fun, or sleep for that matter.
 
Hello Sailor

My mind is that real life allways comes first

And I don't know things so much real than sailling ! I practiced Windsurf and catamarans by the past and I couldn't feel more alive when the sea started to shake me more and more...

I hope you will have great times and lot of nice encounters with the sea life, and for sure good winds that will kindly bring you back to us one day or another.

All the best
:engel016:
 
I'd miss your input Al. I haven't flow all your missions but appreciate the hard work that goes into each one of them, especially all the research beforehand! Happy sailing. :salute:
(would like to see some pics of your model railway btw!)

Personally I still have yet to find another sim that beats cfs3 for keeping my interest.
There are arguably better combat sims about but they're not moddable, if I see something missing or wrong I like to be able to fix it.

I also have a ton of ideas and new things to model, my problem is lack of time!
 
Hi Talon ,
We all need time by time a break in all the domains that refresh the brain.:mixedsmi:

...Most people have more interest in the scenery,planes and ships or as some say the eye candy but when it comes to missions not many speakup. What would they do with all the eye candy but no missions to go with it? Complain of course.
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don't trust that about the missions ,we built sceneries planes object etc...not only for the eye candy,if we can also do it ,why not ?,but for ,my part ,I do the sceneries to use them at the end for the missions ,who know will built them to transport us in the time.

JP
 
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