Thanks Screwy
I have been back into FMB again this week, the whole point of the excercise for me, so more campaigns across the board coming from here as well as many other great contributors now writing for B.A.T.
As a flight-simmer, racing driver and gamer for many years online and offline I have been inspired by many of the great overhauls of history. - Operation Flashpoint, Battlefield Vietnam and others, many of the Skyrim Overhauls like Requiem, the Historic GT Car remake of rFactor (still play with that, its brilliant) and countless others. I love to get into a full on Supermod because the content is massively increased but I know the compatibility problems, the sheer hard graft of installing one by one, has been dealt with.
The need for B.A.T. to do the same thing for Il2 goes way beyond adding a few more planes, ships and tanks. We have studied many Supermods and Overhauls, their effect on the community, how they help users connect through a common experience and how the 'holistic' approach is a great help in solving all sorts of issues with the modded install. Hangar 19 began because a group of friends wanted to be able to help one another directly, some were skinners, some were modders, now we all know a lot more!
World at War is well known by now (our favourite behometh) but I think Dawn of Flight and The Golden Age also do an enormous job getting those unique aircraft into the 412+ environment.
The Jet Age is even more special as the most modern jet age aircraft, with unique flight models, avionics, weapon systems and in-flight re-fuelling, require such a specialised environment that they are virtually pointless as standalone mods. B.A.T. provides an Il2 universe where all this new stuff works right away.
We are very lucky to be in close contact with Western0221, 4S_Vega and others, as they work on the latest SAS-EngineMOD and Weapons Rationalisation. The Jet Age Flightline at SAS is treated as a group, rather than a series of individual models that cannot fit together.
Making the B.A.T. install complete and linear was the biggest breakthrough in terms of ease of use. We have SAS~Storebror to thank there, not just for the Installer and Modact code but assisting with the structure, content and overall streamlining.
Even so we couldn't predict everything and I would like to thank the great community here at SAS who have helped to polish B.A.T. even more, report and fix a very few unpredicatables and generally helped to lift others and share their experiences.
A pretty good start to the new year here at SAS.
SAS~Monty27
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