[Aces of the Pacific]

AOTP was great in that Dynamix actually came out with a fully integrated add-on with -1946 me and another guy build complet change overs for Aces Over Europe with snow for Aces Over Russia and sand for Aces Over Afrika.

SWOTL saw several extra aircraft completely integrated to the main game too.

My question has always been why can't/don't companies do real add-ons like that today?

I was one of those people using these type of add-onns for AOEurope. I remember the sand and snow terrains and loved em.

I also loved using a P-80 (from AOP 1946) in the European theater of AOE.

I also used some program someone made to modify the flight models and would make up experimental planes for AOE. Like a P-39 Airacobra powered by a RR Griffon with 2,000hp, or the XP-49 (a newer P-38 with P&W XH-2400 engines).

I like that CFS3 has some of the newer "X-planes" for "what if" scenerios, like the AOP 1946 add-on essentially was. I remember after Dynamix did AOE, they were deep into developing a Sim called "X-Fighters"(or something like that), and it was to be a WWII Sim with all the experimental aircraft I worked so hard on in AOE and using the new Red Baron 3-D game engine I believe. I was VERY dissappointed when it was shelved.

Red Baron 3-D was awesome though, but it kinda died for me when 3DFX"Glide" did. This also happened with European Air War, another awesome "Glide" game.

[Aces of the Pacific]

Yeah but Lee, I remember sitting in awe of the graphics of AOTP. Back then, that was eye candy.

I've said once and yall will get tired of hearing it, I want a game that draws me in like AOTP did. That had to be the best campaign setup I've seen in a flight sim.

Have you tried CFS3? I know there is alot of complaints about various bugs and shortcomings. My first flight sim was Red Baron and then the Aces series by Dynamix. I have tried several f-sims since those and omly Red Baron 3-D was as good campaign-wise, actually much better.

European Air War was good, but not as good.

Then I tried CFS1. I HATED it with a passion as I HATE Canned missions and not really a war campaign, just a string of single missions with NO continuity at all.

I skipped CFS2 because of CFS1 sucked so bad.

Then came CFS3...

If you want a really cool campaign, try CFS3. It is by far it's greatest strength, I'm totally enveloped now by it. The Eye candy is awesome, the best graphics I've seen in a f-sim though you NEED to have a great system, especially Video Card to see it like it should be seen. The greatest assortment of ground vehicles, targets, & ships I've seen also. Very good damage models and gun/ordanance ballistics also. Good A.I. pilots also.

My big complaints? The Flight models fly alot like those "old" sims, "Yank & Bank", "idiot proof", even on the hardest settings. The buggiest beast I've ever owned until you find all the proper video settings, then less buggy.

Sorry so long-winded my very first post.