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I am a user of this mod since inception thanks for the efforts and congratulation. Please note that the behaviour in mountain/hilly areas is still doubtful. I tried using a mission on netmountains map and majority of the plains crashed on the mountain side or on landing. I was the only mission survivor. Thanks

These kinds of observations, while intending to be helpful, can not only be misleading, they can be totally inaccurate. Please let me elaborate.

Let's take the example in the quote. I don't doubt that the player saw those modded AI planes crashing. However, unless he/she can conduct a controlled test that proves the modded AI planes are crashing while the unmodded AI planes are not, a solid conclusion cannot be gained.

I see undamaged unmodded AI planes crashing all the time. This has been happening since day one, way back when the original IL-2 was released. (Yes, I have been playing IL-2 that long...)

Not to be mean or hurtful, but when I see an observation like the one above, it means very little to me unless there is real proof that the incident(s) was a direct result of the AI mod.

For instance, if I witnessed the modded AI crashing in the observation from above, this is what I would do. I would run the mission from the FMB. I would watch the action using the external views.

When I saw a crash, I would note the plane, time and location of the crash. I would then run the mission again several times to make sure this particular crash (or crashes) happens every time. (If you do a lot of testing, you'll know this happens a lot in IL-2. I mean, the same incidents repeat over and over again with each replay.)

Ok, so now I have a reproduceable modded AI crash. Next, I would replay the same mission, but with unmodded AI. Depending on what I observed in this particular replay, I could then make a more accurate judgement.

For instance, if I observed the same crashes with the unmodded AI, it wouldn't make sense to 'blame' the modded AI for those crashes. However, if the unmodded AI was not crashing, I would have some solid evidence that there may be a problem with the modded AI.

That being said, there may well be other factors to consider while doing such testing. However, it's a good place to start and certainly a lot better than no testing at all.

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