Both are Good

sixstrings5859

sixstrings5859

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How many of you still play CFS2 ? Just a few months ago i got back into CFS2 and found out that i really missed it.Lots of stuff for it and there are new and reworked aircraft and scenery being released all the time.Like it better than what IL-2 '46 or CFS3 has to offer in the Pacific War. While CFS3 has it beat in scenery and AI ,CFS2 has it's benefits too and it is easy on your pc performance. Just wanted to know how others felt about this earlier sim. Regards,Scott
 
haven't tried it for ages. It would be great if Ankor's shaders or a variant of them would upgrade the visuals of CFS2
 
Personally I don't play CFS2 that much do to the lack of a dynamic campaign, as well as my preference for the look and feel of CFS3, but I agree that it's worth having both. I've been meaning to see about getting into it more, as right now I only have a unmodded install, and CFS1 in CFS2, but I know there's theaters that are either better covered, or flat out aren't available in CFS3.
 
I've had CFS3 eto installed on my pc for years and recently got back into CFS2 after a long absence. I must say I prefer CFS2 to CFS3. In spite of Ankors brilliant work I prefer the lighting and atmosphere of CFS2 It may be my imagination but the ai seems less predictable as well. I'm predominantly a BoB era fan and Cfs2 with Rami's Bob package install really satisfies my interest in that direction. I'm so motivated by the sim that I'm currently working on an english summer terrain mod to be used with the Bob package.

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i like both and i agree that cfs2 had better atmosphere feels and they have tons good planes model and ships, just lack of shader and low res ground texture...im using payware clouds in cfs2 and its looks more pretty. both cfs2 & cfs3 is a must have for me.

@rence
looks familiar with your scenery texture..
 
I do like that scenery, Rince! I hope you'll release it in due course. I do still fiddle round with CFS2, and I've just figured out how to get it looking a bit better by using my video card settings to over-ride the game settings. You'll all have been there long before me. But one thing that drives me mental is the too many aircraft bug. Has anybody fixed it? I love to have as many different aircraft as possible, and I don't suppose I'm the only one. If anyone has downloaded any of our CFS3 aircraft sets, they'll understand the problem...
 
There is no real fix for the too many aircraft problem except there is a program that has hangers that store aircraft you are not using and can switch out aircraft as needed to keep the number down below 90. Not the best fix but it works for me. You can also run different installs for different theaters and time periods,this also helps. Regards,Scott
 
Kinda like. It moves aircraft from the sim and places them into folders called hangers. They can be moved back and forth. Enabled or removed. Very simple program.
 
ndicki,I will be releasing it very soon, just some airfield re-texturing to complete. I'm also creating a cloud mod for cfs2 that incorporates Aris's excellent cloud textures. cfs2 screenshot below:

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@rince
seems you're succesfully adapt the ground texture in cfs2, will u release it too along with clouds? nice job rince!
 
Haven't installed Rami's BoB package yet,but sounds interesting as i'm very interested in that era of WWII. Will need to make a separate install just for the BoB. Your textures and clouds will be a nice addition. Right now i have only the PTO , but have everything downloaded to do the ETO ,just not enough time to spend on it yet. Using Rami's guide to installing the ETO in CFS2 so it shouldn't be too bad. Plus the people here at SOH in the CFS2 section are very helpful as they are here.Just got back into CFS2 a few months ago and really enjoying it. Along with CFS3,they are my favorite sims,even beating out IL-2 '46. Regards,Scott
 
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