[15/JG52_Riddler]

Don't be affraid. The mods are cursed by the online comunity now. Nothing can change this. Instead to worry about this, try to develop a method to don't allow new planes to be online. Thats all.

Actually I do want to fly the new planes online since offline game is just not fun for me. If we only had a way to say check and enforce that everybody runs the same FM as the server...any ideas?

So far, we do not have a comprehensive mod (except the sound mod that is). Everything else is a bunch of various independent tweaks and hacks. We need a comprehensive community mod with strict versioning. I'm talking about something like "community edition of il-2" with the best new features incorporated including sound, maps and flyables.

Only question is where do we draw the line in order to keep the high quality of the original?
I'm not a fan of frankenplanes, be sure, but I do not see anything wrong with creating subversions of existing aircraft like:
Spit MkII
possibly rare MkI with 2 x 20mm
Spit MkIX with gyro gunsight
Early MkIX (maybe we could reproduce the famous A3 vs IX test?)
Bf-109F1
Bf-109G10 with 20mm motorkannone not the famous "hungarian" version we have in game.
Early/late G2
...I'm sure there are other high quality flyables that can be created without the need for too much compromise regarding 3D model.