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#4536461 - 09/10/20 01:26 AM Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept  
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A quick video in CFS3 putting the Spitfire Mk.II through its paces during the Battle of Britain. About 12 Spitfires vs about 70 Germans. Gets a bit hairy, and in retrospect I should have made my exit much sooner!

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#4536476 - 09/10/20 07:24 AM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: gecko]  
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I may have to dust this off......Can't remember why this sim didn't achieve the popularity of IL2. Ai seems more intuitive, sounds more authentic and no unrealistic sniper bomber gunners!
#4536520 - 09/10/20 03:17 PM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: gecko]  
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#4536522 - 09/10/20 03:28 PM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: BD-123]  
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Originally Posted by BD-123
I may have to dust this off......Can't remember why this sim didn't achieve the popularity of IL2. Ai seems more intuitive, sounds more authentic and no unrealistic sniper bomber gunners!



I played quite a bit of CFS 3 back in the day and I seem to recall that it wasn't nearly as moddable as IL-2 was. The mission editor was also much easier to use in IL-2 for creating new missions so that's really what sold IL-2 to the online players.

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#4536564 - 09/10/20 08:51 PM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: gecko]  
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That was some great action! That is why we do what we do! Thanks gecko!
#4536592 - 09/11/20 05:52 AM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Glad you guys liked it, might make some more if I have time.

Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer



I played quite a bit of CFS 3 back in the day and I seem to recall that it wasn't nearly as moddable as IL-2 was. The mission editor was also much easier to use in IL-2 for creating new missions so that's really what sold IL-2 to the online players.


CFS3 has always been quite moddable (absolutely nothing you see or hear in the video is stock), but it was rushed out half-baked. Some saw the potential and stuck with modding it and have done some great things with it, but most saw the mess it was at the time and moved on to greener pastures.
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Originally Posted by gecko

Glad you guys liked it, might make some more if I have time.

Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer



I played quite a bit of CFS 3 back in the day and I seem to recall that it wasn't nearly as moddable as IL-2 was. The mission editor was also much easier to use in IL-2 for creating new missions so that's really what sold IL-2 to the online players.


CFS3 has always been quite moddable (absolutely nothing you see or hear in the video is stock), but it was rushed out half-baked. Some saw the potential and stuck with modding it and have done some great things with it, but most saw the mess it was at the time and moved on to greener pastures.

So Similar to 'Cliffs of Dover' then.
#4536655 - 09/11/20 05:31 PM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: gecko]  
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Great video! The pilot breathing really added to the immersion and tension of the air battle. The water landing was exciting too ending up on shore in a sheep pasture.

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#4536657 - 09/11/20 05:37 PM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: BD-123]  
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Originally Posted by BD-123

So Similar to 'Cliffs of Dover' then.


I really tried to get into that flight sim but I ended up putting less than 10 hours of flight time into it before I dumped it and moved on. By the time Cliffs of Dover had been updated many times and somewhat improved I had already moved on to IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad.

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#4536675 - 09/11/20 07:18 PM Re: Video-Battle-of-Britain-Intercept [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Great Video

Rats - now I got to hunt down the mods to try and make my ETO look and sound like that smile

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