Sadly, I'm beginning to think along those lines too...

He's talking about the improved Stalingrad maps which will be featured in CFM

Gotcha... Well while I think that IL2 is still the best pound for pound WWII CFS ever made.. visually IMO BoS is very hard to beat.. retextures or no.. but I still get a great deal of enjoyment out of IL2.. I never stopped flying it so I am looking forward to the CFM... I was hoping it would be out by this weekend.

Posted yesterday by RDDR, CFM team:
Re: TFM-412 The Next Level
« Reply #2119 on: Yesterday at 06:38:41 PM »
ReplyQuote

"At the moment the focus is to continue crunching and retesting over and over again as we want CFM to be the very best. We are all very confident that this will be the case as Simon, Marcus and I have always set a very high standard and are not willing to settle for second best.

The result will be much tidier and more importantly, the very latest updates compressed and ready even for the TD413 patch. Better still, we can remove all previous dependency so that this is a one stop install with everything in there.

We have integrated many new mods - the very latest - and prepared the ground for later patches too, so that CFM is rock solid. We still have a fair bit to tidy up, more than we estimated earlier. If you saw the totality of the code we are dealing with it would blow your mind! But we have a firm handle on it and really are on the final straightaway.

We all understand that there is a good bit of excitement on this Forum and a lot of you have many questions, most that can be answered as Simon has been doing, however I have offered to take up some of the slack and answer questions when I am able to as well. This will enable Simon to continue with his shakedown testing and crunching which is as you know, is all in the nature of Modding.

Every time he pops up to answer questions it takes him away from his concentration. At this moment it is a critical time.

I'm sure he will probably disagree, but nevertheless...Please be patient folks. CFM will get there when it gets there."
END RDDR quote.

OK, well not this weekend.

The good news, it will be 4.13 ready and will remove all previous dependency so that this is a one stop install with everything in there.
Worth a bit longer wait

Was this posted at SAS?

Yes

Hello!

Do i need anything else than stock version of il-2 1946 to install this mod?

NOT YET.

From UberDemon 1-27-14
Re: TFM-412 The Next Level
« Reply #2169 on: Yesterday at 11:02:02 PM »
ReplyQuote
Everyone,

"I recommend lots of patience. When CFM comes out, it will be in its own thread, and most likely this thread will be locked. Monty had a pretty good reason to decide to delay CFM, and the decision came right before the original release of last Sunday/Monday.

I tested a few versions of CFM to include the version which was about to be released, and I can tell you as it is, it is very, very stable. It brings new life to IL-2, but Monty is the boss, it is his project. All I can say is that he had a really good reason.

The short story without going into details is that he and his team were already working on some better features which would better integrate a myriad of Mods and content into IL-2 which would be much more stable and polished as a release.

Also they are going through painstaking efforts to eliminate a lot of conflicts... try to integrate the work of 50 different people who created mods and content with 50 different approaches, it is not easy, but that is what they are doing. 50 is just an arbitrary number, look at the manual credits, CFM contains the work of a lot of people.

So be patient... it won't be in the next few days. No need to wear out your F5 keys. It will come out at the right time, and I believe this will be the best super pack add on for IL-2, ever." END.

OK, we wait a bit longer than anticipated.
Monty pulled the release at the 11th hour to improve and add to it.

Cristian,
Yes, you need il-2 1946 patched to version 4.12.2.

If you have the stock version it should be version 4.07.
A patch from 4.07 to 4.12.2 is available here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?kp8n59eobi0an

The topic that covers the patch is here:

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,38443.0.html
You will need to copy and paste the above link to go to SAS site.

If your version is already 4.12.2 you will be ready when the CFM mod is released.

The download to get to 4.12.2 is large but you will see a very large improvement in il-2 1946.

The CFM mod is due soon and it will add a lot of additional content.

Feel free to ask if you have further questions.

I haven't played Il2 '46 in ages but the news of this CFM mod is very exciting. Many thanks to the dedicated individuals that have made this possible. And to this forum for keeping us all up to date on the changes.
Derek

I have the steam version, i think it is 4.12.2 allready, at work atm so i can't check for sure. If it is then i should get the mod u liknked? i dont know if there are the same and i read on 1C forums that ver. 4.13 is comming. It will work with that also?

Thank you for reply!

Cristian, if you have 4.12.2 you do not need the 4.07 to 4.12.2 patch linked above.

It has been stated that CFM will be ready for 4.13 when that is released.

This is the site where CFM will probably be released from and the major mod information site for il2.
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php

If you missed it earlier in this thread you may want to get this:
CFM USERS MANUAL.RAR - 77,679 KB
https://www.mediafire.com/?h4dvd4avjp2020v

Another site of interest is:
http://www.hangar19.net/

That is the home of several of the people responsible for CFM.

Thank you sir! It's clear now.

Ahh, got back from Egypt thinking I would be downloading CFM
Really looking forward to this!

Yeah, I don't mind the waiting for more improvements in installing and content at all.

At the same time I am looking forward to this very much.

In the meantime I am enjoying DBW with DCG playing Lonestar's Pacific campaign "Carrier Operations 1941-45".

Is the focus of this new compilation MP or SP?

I am currently enjoying DBW and are wondering if it will still be the best mod for SP or will this new compilation take over.

Regards MarkL

CFM is specifically for SP and is effectively the successor of DBW for 4.12 and is also supposed to be compliant with the upcoming 4.13.

Thanks for the confirmation, like everyone else now looking forward to its release, and holding off for a more polished product is a very god idea. It is not as though we were staved for content already.

Regards

The Saga continues....
Posted today by UberDemon at SAS:

harpia, et all

Monty is working in an enhanced CFM. So as far as what the original plan was last week, no it will not be that CFM, it will be something much better. He is actively working with his team as we speak, and I continue to support this project, albeit in a very small role. So no: CFM is NOT cancelled... it is just that the original plan of making CFM an easier-to-install TFM with some additional content, has grown to something much better, and much more stable. Patience and soon Monty will make the official statement of what the features are for this new pack. And believe me it will blow your mind. But wait, I already said too much. (Why am I posting here? Because Monty asked me to do a little Public Relations to assure the masses the work is really ongoing, and it is. Let us wait patiently and as he allows me to release additional info, I will.)

UberDemon/danzigzag
www.uberdemon.net

A key sentence:
"Patience and soon Monty will make the official statement of what the features are for this new pack. And believe me it will blow your mind."

I hope you all are not running out of patience with me, I have been cheerleading this for what seems like much longer than 1 month as being almost here....sorry, I guess it will be here when it is.