Gentlemen,
Sorry that I have been out of the loop and not flown, been busy over here mainly painting and building skins. I myself completely understand the waiting and the problems we face with OFF. I have been flying OFF since phase 1 and the problems that do occur is the main reason PD and the Boys of 60th got away from OFF. I think that a campaign with both sides is a good idea. That is something that me and Stump have talked about but have not implemented as yet or gone forward with. Depending on how many people show up is the main key in its success. Most people want to fly an aces plane while they are flying, or see the different schemes of their particular aerodrome or jasta. It is not as easy as IL-2, as we all know. Me and Stump did come up with a way to use the AC planes to see different schemes in the game, but that would mean the building of standalones(which is not a problem), a mission builders nightmare to create missions, and the swapping out of files depending on who you are flying with. I think that more people would fly, like you suggested, if we use both sides in a coop setting with different skins showing up for each ace. Stump had come up with an idea of a swap-out program so that you don't have to do any backups and swap out files manually, but alas it has not been put together as yet. I myself don't have the foggest idea of how to make such a program. If any of you guys can come up with a program to do such a thing that would be a plus for your MP games.
As far as mods or add-ons for the game, I have not yet implemented FB's DM in my game. I still need to talk to Stump and put our minds together to see what direction he wants to go with Dove and Hawks. Should we make a Dove and Hawks squadron using our own personalized planes like we did in the Boys of 60th using AC files to see each others planes? Do we need a different personalized and eye catching Dove and Hawks website for our members to go to and get the latest downloads and mods besides going to the CombatAce forum? If any of you guys have any ideas and want to share them, then by all means let us know so we can get more people to fly with us in MP.