05.01.2010, 14:38
My (not "first" any more) impressions of HSFX4.1 vs. UI1.1:
I really like the easy install and the JSGME, the fast loading times and the new backgrounds etc. For everything else (sound, textures, flyable planes, reticles...), I try to get the AAA mods back up and running. I can't see any use in TWO effects mods that, when activated, both don't even come NEAR to the great (and FPS-saving!) effects I had with my UI1.1. It just looks boring und uninteresting. Same with sounds - what sense does a sound mod make if it doesn't sound BETTER than the original? And as for the map textures - the maps I really liked to fly on because they looked so lush and nice and springy... they now look very depressing, cold and unrealistic, too.
I understand the idea behind a "standard" mod collection - but shouldn't it be the BEST mods available? I know HSFX is for SEOW, but still... of all the HSFX mods, I only have the History mod activated (because I have to). Almost all others look like crap to me (except for the realistic bomb fusing, the advanced engine management and the atmosphere mods, which I really like but don't use since to me, they seem to give a severe disadvantage on open servers against others not using them).
My conclusion is: I use HSFX because it was chosen as the new unified mod basis. But I would like to see ALL the AAA mods I used so far with UI1.1 as possible options in the JSGME because I would use them ALL against the HSFX ones.
I really like the easy install and the JSGME, the fast loading times and the new backgrounds etc. For everything else (sound, textures, flyable planes, reticles...), I try to get the AAA mods back up and running. I can't see any use in TWO effects mods that, when activated, both don't even come NEAR to the great (and FPS-saving!) effects I had with my UI1.1. It just looks boring und uninteresting. Same with sounds - what sense does a sound mod make if it doesn't sound BETTER than the original? And as for the map textures - the maps I really liked to fly on because they looked so lush and nice and springy... they now look very depressing, cold and unrealistic, too.
I understand the idea behind a "standard" mod collection - but shouldn't it be the BEST mods available? I know HSFX is for SEOW, but still... of all the HSFX mods, I only have the History mod activated (because I have to). Almost all others look like crap to me (except for the realistic bomb fusing, the advanced engine management and the atmosphere mods, which I really like but don't use since to me, they seem to give a severe disadvantage on open servers against others not using them).
My conclusion is: I use HSFX because it was chosen as the new unified mod basis. But I would like to see ALL the AAA mods I used so far with UI1.1 as possible options in the JSGME because I would use them ALL against the HSFX ones.