Battle of Britain addon qustion

sixstrings5859

sixstrings5859

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Being it's the 75 anniversary of the beginning of the battle of Britain,it sparked my interest so i downloaded and installed the BoB addon ,(not the just flight one). The addon is AWESOME ! I read ,at the official website , that there is a update in the works. Is there anyone here that would know about the project and as to where it stands ?
 
There's been an update in the works for 5 years! :)

Here's the progress so far:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gdh7opcj1oavzu9/AADVVUwVfc5pHVm5jtGl6XbXa?dl=0


CFS3 BoB Install 0.1
items added/revised/replaced

This is not all my work, credits are in the original readme file.


All 109 variants xdp cannons corrected
Improved ai chatter aircraft added
249 sqdn Hurricane 'Tom Neal'
Albion tanker
Contrail ai added
Hurricane & Spitfire cockpit updates
Goodwin sands Dorneir
DR Blackburn Skua
DR Fairey Fulmar
Defiant gunner improved


airfield updates:
Biggin Hill
Cosford
Hawkinge
Kenley
Littlestone
Penhros
Haldon
Eastchurch
Detling
St Eval
Shoreham
Croydon
Exeter


Field scenery tiles fixed
New city textures
Water textures
London & other areas scenery


Castle
Croydon Termnal
Factory
Hawkinge Fuel dump
Redhill hanger
Lighthouse
Officers married quarters
PAC crew
Railway signals
Tree updates
Romney chalet
RAF Personnel


Campaign with new ai


New/revised facilities:
Biggin
Croydon
Exeter
Supermarine factory
Haldon
Hawkinge
St Just
West Malling
Anglesey
Caernarvon
Fighter factories


Missions:
Sept 15th
Large formation intercept
Hurricane vs 110


Vehicles:
Factories with smoke
Pac gun
Burning house
RAF signal caravan
QF37
Bofors
Smoke effects


Pilots:
Briggs
Mackenzie
Miller
 
Thanks for the info. Buddy . Hopefully there will be a all in one update or i'll use the site given and add what's available there. Thanks so much for the heads-up....:very_drunk:
 
One more thing. CFS3-BoB addon is far and away better than Just Flights BoB- (payware CFS3 addon) and Il-2 Cliffs of Dover -(purposefully made for this era). Really enjoying it again,after being away for a while........Thank you to all involved in it's making/updating.
 
sixstrings5859 said:
One more thing. CFS3-BoB addon is far and away better than Il-2 Cliffs of Dover.
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Really? How do you compare DX9 to DX10 and the advantages that DX10 offers? have you tried CoD with the TeamFusion mods?

Are you really saying that a program that is +10 years older than CoD is better than that?

Have you also considered that there is still good support out there for CoD and that there is none for CFS3?

Let's face it: Mickey$oft dumped us simmers. Over the years they treated us like glorified beta testers and then they dumped us.

No matter how big the improvements of BOB, ETO MAW and PTO, it still is an old sim without any support whatsoever.

Johan
 
Didn't mean to offend anyone....sorry

Sorry about the CoD statement. Never played it modded/updated. I do love Il-2 1946 and all the advancements made over the years. Il-2 '46 and CFS3 are my favorites though i'm saving up for a high end computer to enjoy the latest combat flight sims at their best. Il-2 '46 is old,like CFS3 and there are pluses and minuses for both. Will try out CoD again see.Thanks for the info on CoD. Thank you very much, Pat,for the link will get busy installing today!!:very_drunk::applause:
 
Just installed the new stuff and started testing it. All i can say is WOW ! Thanks so much Pat and all the other people that made this possible . Must leave for a while to play!:ernaehrung004:
 
Dumonceau said:
Really? How do you compare DX9 to DX10 and the advantages that DX10 offers? have you tried CoD with the TeamFusion mods?

Are you really saying that a program that is +10 years older than CoD is better than that?

Have you also considered that there is still good support out there for CoD and that there is none for CFS3?

Let's face it: Mickey$oft dumped us simmers. Over the years they treated us like glorified beta testers and then they dumped us.

No matter how big the improvements of BOB, ETO MAW and PTO, it still is an old sim without any support whatsoever.

Johan
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Woah, seem to have hit a nerve here Johan! :wavey: There are plenty of reasons why the BoB addon for CFS3 is pretty good. The big ones for me are:

1 its free!
2 its flexible. So many amzing addons!
3 its got a dynamic campaign engine so if you are any good with spawns you have a fresh mission every time!
4 Ankors d3d mods make it the match of DX10 in terms of eye candy. Even the dodgy fishbowl effect has been addressed.
5 no matter what you say about M$, they were inspired with some aspects of the game architecture - like dds textures. This sim is far better now than it was 10 years ago. I wonder if CoD will be seen so kindly after 10 years?

(Sorry I couldn't resist it was too tempting :icon37:)
 
The BOB Anniversary set is wonderful, It's free, and updated too.

Thanks Clive for the update..
Need to upload this to SOH as a Zip file.

I will add more Historical missions for this, since you have released this update.

With the various effects add-ons this really Rocks.
Off to enjoy
Time to wreck ..
:applause: :applause: :applause:
 
Hopefully there will be a all in one update
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I don't know why Dropbox lists all the individual folders, it was uploaded as a single .zip - anyone know of a better service please?

On the CLoD issue - that sim was amazing and groundbreaking with its graphics and modelling. It's a real shame that it took a number of updates to get it stable. Having said that it raised the bar for combat flight sims. CFS3 still has it's place though as does the Rowans/Shockwave products. If you're interested in the Battle of Britain then all these sims bring a little bit to the party and all should be embraced as they are all we've got. I've been reading books aboout BoB since I was a kid and to bring that era to life through flight sims is simply wonderful no mater what your sim preference.

Just my tuppence worth :)
 
Pat Pattle said:
I don't know why Dropbox lists all the individual folders, it was uploaded as a single .zip - anyone know of a better service please?

On the CLoD issue - that sim was amazing and groundbreaking with its graphics and modelling. It's a real shame that it took a number of updates to get it stable. Having said that it raised the bar for combat flight sims. CFS3 still has it's place though as does the Rowans/Shockwave products. If you're interested in the Battle of Britain then all these sims bring a little bit to the party and all should be embraced as they are all we've got. I've been reading books aboout BoB since I was a kid and to bring that era to life through flight sims is simply wonderful no mater what your sim preference.

Just my tuppence worth :)
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Dropbox does indeed permit a download of the full zip, you just have to click on the "download" link in the upper right corner!

Johan

PS: here's a shot out of Cliffs of Dover

Bf110_Co_D.jpg
 
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And two more shots, out of the "pit" this time.

Clo_D_quality.jpg

Clo_D_cockpit.jpg


Do you think that this level of detail, quality, lighting and shadowing is possible with CFS3? In whatever flavour?

The future of flightsimming no longer resides with MS (offensive content removed by moderator), but rather with the other developers and gaming studios that have chosen to evolve. People and firms who embrace the limitless possibilities offered by new technologies.

CFS1/2/3, FS9 and FSX are relics. Remnants of a dim and distant past.

Those are my two €cents worth.

Johan
 
Great pics Dumonceau, they do show the graphics of CLoD very well. However it's not just about pretty aircraft pics surely?

Personally For example what I want to experience in some small way is what a pilot would see from the cockpit of his aircraft whilst flying from an RAF airfield in July 1940.

This screenie is from CFS3 BoB. It's RAF Tangmere in Sussex, It's certainly not 100% accurate but as close as I could get considering my free time, the available data and shortcomings of the sim. It does however have the correct Belfast hangars and Handley Page Shed. Now please show me what the CLoD version looks like...

...and please this isn't meant as an argument. As stated all sims bring a little to the table whether its fidelity of aircraft modelling, eye candy or historical placement, we should enjoy and embrace them all. Vive la difference!

TangmereCFS3BoB.jpg
 
Actually I think CFS3 can get to that level graphically. Ankor's shaders mod has given us the capacity to have nearly all the nice visual features of Cliffs of Dover, but this is all very new and hasn't begun to be fully implemented.

Where I think Cliffs really excels is the complex modeling of the aircraft systems, there are improvements for CFS3 in the works, but it won't be able to reach that level or even come close.

What CFS3 has in its favor is a proper sized map (way larger than is in any combat sim released in the past decade) and that by itself offers lots of possibilities that aren't available in other sims. Add to that the endless modding possibilities and there is still quite a bit of fun to be had with CFS3.
 
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