19.12.2009, 10:00
I posted this in a reply over at SimHQ, but the more people see it the better, as it might explain why certain things in HSFX are like they are.
Everyone assumes that the HSFX mod package, which is now being used to underpin the 'unified' mods, was designed for this purpose. It wasn't. We in 242Sqn, and the squads we fly with, have been using HSFX for a long time now, through its A-G then v2 & v3 incarnations until the present v4. HSFX was built to allow us to fly in Scorched Earth campaigns and contains the featured mods that WE need for those campaigns.
Many of the mods that you, and others, like have been rejected by us for one reason or another. Some caused conflicts, some weren't very good, some we didn't like and some we hadn't tried. Others just weren't necessary for our purposes.
However, Charlie Chap, the main man behind HSFX, didn't do this all on his own. He believes in cooperation and is always in touch with any modder who wishes to be so. Thus, when it was found that HSFX 4 was going to be in compressed .SFS format, shipping along with Prof's excellent installer, then the other modding groups were immediately aware of this.
AAA, SAS, etc realised that this was the way to go and decided to adopt the HSFX package as the basis for all mod packs. All jolly good, unification of the mods - well done everybody said.
But, and here's the rub, because of this what you now get as the 'unified' mod pack is OUR mod pack, designed by us, for us. The features in it are designed for 242Sqn, 102nd, IAF.101 etc, i.e. the groups we fly with, so it's inevitable that it won't suit everyone.
So, by accident really, you are stuck with what we like, but at least its fully customisable. You can add whatever you like to it very easily. Yes, it is a nuisance that some of your favourite stuff gets overwritten (it removed my splash screens that I now need to put back) but there it is. Perhaps a small price to pay for a mod pack that isn't bloated beyond belief, and you now have a game that loads in seconds once more.
What is missing from the pack, is this explanation of how HSFX came to be the 'unified' pack. Hope this goes a little way to towards rectifying that.
:cheers:
Everyone assumes that the HSFX mod package, which is now being used to underpin the 'unified' mods, was designed for this purpose. It wasn't. We in 242Sqn, and the squads we fly with, have been using HSFX for a long time now, through its A-G then v2 & v3 incarnations until the present v4. HSFX was built to allow us to fly in Scorched Earth campaigns and contains the featured mods that WE need for those campaigns.
Many of the mods that you, and others, like have been rejected by us for one reason or another. Some caused conflicts, some weren't very good, some we didn't like and some we hadn't tried. Others just weren't necessary for our purposes.
However, Charlie Chap, the main man behind HSFX, didn't do this all on his own. He believes in cooperation and is always in touch with any modder who wishes to be so. Thus, when it was found that HSFX 4 was going to be in compressed .SFS format, shipping along with Prof's excellent installer, then the other modding groups were immediately aware of this.
AAA, SAS, etc realised that this was the way to go and decided to adopt the HSFX package as the basis for all mod packs. All jolly good, unification of the mods - well done everybody said.
But, and here's the rub, because of this what you now get as the 'unified' mod pack is OUR mod pack, designed by us, for us. The features in it are designed for 242Sqn, 102nd, IAF.101 etc, i.e. the groups we fly with, so it's inevitable that it won't suit everyone.
So, by accident really, you are stuck with what we like, but at least its fully customisable. You can add whatever you like to it very easily. Yes, it is a nuisance that some of your favourite stuff gets overwritten (it removed my splash screens that I now need to put back) but there it is. Perhaps a small price to pay for a mod pack that isn't bloated beyond belief, and you now have a game that loads in seconds once more.
What is missing from the pack, is this explanation of how HSFX came to be the 'unified' pack. Hope this goes a little way to towards rectifying that.
:cheers: