A users request....

[DB-ERAUPilot 0]

Now before someone gets pissed..these are just my IMHO..ok lets face it about 85-90% percent of addons people put their best efforts into are NEVER used in missions or campaigns..how many missions do we see that use Preperation H's UH-1N? CBT's M901? any of BW-Mod's stuff? Laser's ranger/delta units? CSJ's Hueys? and the list goes on and on and on. Along with regular addon's the number of islands that never have a single mission based on them is numerous also..has any other user or mod maker even wondered why. well all know missions, campaigns and addons are all time consuming endeavors and it sucks that addons and islands don't get the use that the maker is hoping they get when they put their time into them. I don't have an answer just a couple of suggestions and I wanted to see what everyone else was thinking and is there a way as a community we could do something about this.. my suggestions are:

-Before a "mod group" invests time into "re-eventing" the wheel when it comes to building addons..take time to see if that unit ie( BMP-1, M4A1, Mi-8..etc) has already been built it could only save your group time by having to do a retexture instead of startin from scratch

-maybe a mission building team is well overdue..we have more mod groups than are nessesary and to be frankly honest most will never finish when they set out to do..maybe their talents could best be used in building mission making teams so more addons get usage

-More realistic islands..alot of islands get no use from me and prolly other users on this board because their not very realistic and/or mission options are limited for one reason or another or the island is released unfinished ie(no island anim) on a personal note..I've alway wondered why there aren't more islands themed after real geographical locations ie(Balkans, Korea, South America or Central America) with these islands more realistic mission and campaign options would be avaliable ie fighting the FARC in Columbia, fighting off a North Korean invasion, fighting narco terrorists and there wouldn't have anymore more "evil" russians vs. ?? on Nogova again again and again

-Another possible suggestion would be if a maker releases an island how bout some generic opfor that "lives" on that island with large mod groups like CSLA, FDF, Hokkaido,BAS there are more than enough eastern, western and resistance equipment that can be retextured and made into fictional armys..yes this would take longer but it would leave open options for campaigns and missions on newly released islands

-I know one of the problems is new groups usually want to make their own stuff for their mod..my only question is WHY? it only extends release dates..makes it more likely your mod will fail and why does the community need 5 BMP-1Ds made by 5 different mod groups?

I like how some mod groups are startin to share their stuff with other groups..definately the direction things should go IMHO..what does everyone else think??

[deathsai 0]

I agree 100%. In fact, I think that mod groups that already have enough addons need to stop making addons altogether, and start making missions and campaigns their top priority.

[Pathy 0]

I agree with most of this, i myself am using other mod teams weapons and parts in some of my ongoing projects, for example, the CBT M2 and Mk19 models, and the LLW FN MAG for my F350. Why am i not doing those myself? Those are of as good quality as i could produce, and it'd save me alot of time.

On the other hand there are some things i prefer not to use existing stuff, as i can do better myself. Usually before i start upon an addon, or when im looking for ideas, ill hit up someone knowledgable on MSN and say "do you know if anyones made a decent xxxx yet?", if the answer comes back as, yes, then obviously im not going to waste my time reinventing the wheel. If the answer comes back, no, or yes, but its really outdated, then obviously its not a waste of time to start making it.

Guess thats the appeal of the Irish stuff to me, nobody else has done any yet.

Anyway, i wish people would share openly more often, sometimes its a pain when theres exactly what you need, to a good enough quality, already in existence, but the authors are being funny about giving it out, for whatever reasons.

Edit: Obviously if someone asked for something i was working on at the moment id say no, wait till its released, as i wouldnt have it in any state to be out the door, in any way shape or form.

[russin 0]

when Wargames Mod is released i do beleave there will be a few Conversion campains included as well as many missions

it is in beta stage and i figure there is a great deal of work to do still but the end result will be a amazing tottal conversion

beta avlaible there with campains that need testing

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