28.11.2007, 15:55
Thank you Falco and Username, I am glad to see you like them. :wink: I am going to follow up on uf_josse's lead regarding object durability and rocket dispersion and then consider moving back to 4.05 if it is feasible (and I learn Java fast enough!).
MrJolly,
No worries here, I recognise the need for regulation (although I suspect there is a fine line before another site may spring up to circumvent AAA just as AAA circumvents the main forums).
I posted these as I new you had some doubts (although I am still not entirely clear one them) and suspected that you were sitting on the submissions. So, I simply chose to make them available to anyone interested (at least as a low distribution via. e-mail).
As for the mods themselves I will offer these rationales:
1. The Hud Log text is easy to do. I wouldn't have bothered submitting a copy of so rudimentary a mod except for a simple fact. It isn't easy to do unless you know that you can do it and it took me a week or so of looking about before I noticed the file. By submitting the mod I could alert people to the possibility of editing this files and also suggest the innovation of using a "brevity code" of dots to reduce clutter.
2. Regarding the Mig-3 cockpits:
- My assumption is that the reason for your caution is that I am editing an existing airplane that is already flyable. I can see the reason for banning all modifications to existing aircraft, especially in cases such as my earlier suggestion of a reduction of the TRD's thrust and other changes to the jets (something I have held off on doing).
- If we ignore the "taboo", it is clear that swapping cockpits is much less invasive than adding new cockpits to AI aircraft (which can do things like change field of fire) or modifying the shapes of aircraft (eg. the questionable fairy battle and Cr-32 experiments).
In the mods defense:
- As you can confirm, the changes made were of a single character in the class file (something that is easy to do, although it requires the use of the right tools).
- The exterior and interior models do not match (this is an oversight by 1C)
- What is known about these variants would suggest that they are a mixture of field and factory retrofits to standard versions (and thus would have a pre-Mig-3U canopy)
- The canopy actually reduces visibility, so it is not a cheat
I give full permission for these mods being posted and submit them to your able judgment. If the judgment is a negative I will still distribute the mods but will do so separately from AAA (so you won't have to worry about it)
MrJolly,
No worries here, I recognise the need for regulation (although I suspect there is a fine line before another site may spring up to circumvent AAA just as AAA circumvents the main forums).
I posted these as I new you had some doubts (although I am still not entirely clear one them) and suspected that you were sitting on the submissions. So, I simply chose to make them available to anyone interested (at least as a low distribution via. e-mail).
As for the mods themselves I will offer these rationales:
1. The Hud Log text is easy to do. I wouldn't have bothered submitting a copy of so rudimentary a mod except for a simple fact. It isn't easy to do unless you know that you can do it and it took me a week or so of looking about before I noticed the file. By submitting the mod I could alert people to the possibility of editing this files and also suggest the innovation of using a "brevity code" of dots to reduce clutter.
2. Regarding the Mig-3 cockpits:
- My assumption is that the reason for your caution is that I am editing an existing airplane that is already flyable. I can see the reason for banning all modifications to existing aircraft, especially in cases such as my earlier suggestion of a reduction of the TRD's thrust and other changes to the jets (something I have held off on doing).
- If we ignore the "taboo", it is clear that swapping cockpits is much less invasive than adding new cockpits to AI aircraft (which can do things like change field of fire) or modifying the shapes of aircraft (eg. the questionable fairy battle and Cr-32 experiments).
In the mods defense:
- As you can confirm, the changes made were of a single character in the class file (something that is easy to do, although it requires the use of the right tools).
- The exterior and interior models do not match (this is an oversight by 1C)
- What is known about these variants would suggest that they are a mixture of field and factory retrofits to standard versions (and thus would have a pre-Mig-3U canopy)
- The canopy actually reduces visibility, so it is not a cheat
I give full permission for these mods being posted and submit them to your able judgment. If the judgment is a negative I will still distribute the mods but will do so separately from AAA (so you won't have to worry about it)