777 have announced that they're merging RoF with Mourmets! Actually the big news is that they're finally going to apply some FM tweaks and popular "fixes" to RoF:http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=44683 (http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=44683)
My reading of this is that it's a parting shot at the constant bitching from certain forum members. Zak says that the changes may not work as players want them to and that tweaks may affect the FMs in unexpected ways. I've always thought that 777's reticence to change the performances of the planes had less to do with a stick in the mud attitude and more to do with their knowledge that they had created the "best fit" for each plane using their engine. Forcing one parameter to match its "real" value will probably skew a whole other bunch out of whack.
I hope I'm wrong, but I think they're saying "be careful what you wish for".
Or, they just like watching heads explode, figuratively, on the forums :D.
Just read then news. Gonna but the big bird Ted?
Pip, pip,
Conky
Yep, though I note that Jason replied to my post worrying about the FM "fixes" by saying exactly what I posted at the end of my post above...
Wowzers! Changelog:
1. Added: Ilya Muromets S-22 added;
2. Added: Tarnopol (Western Ukraine) map for Quick Mission and Multiplayer mission designers;
3. Added: Nieuport 17.C1 Russian edition added;
4. Adjusted: Nieuport 28.C1 FM - "Heavy tail on takeoff" issue fix;
5. Adjusted: Pfalz D.3a FM - Reduced of turn rate;
6. Adjusted: Pfalz D.3a FM - Speed increased;
7. Adjusted: Albatros D.3 FM - Speed increased;
8. Adjusted: Albatros D.5 FM - Speed increased;
9. Adjusted: Fokker Dr.1 FM - Speed reduced;
10. Adjusted: Fokker Dr.1 DM - Increased of left-top wing console durability to high-G loads;
11. Adjusted: Sopwith Camel FM - Speed reduced;
12. Adjusted: Sopwith Camel FM - Engine RPM reduced;
13. Adjusted: Sopwith Triplane FM - Speed reduced;
14. Adjusted: Sopwith Pup FM - Speed reduced;
15. Adjusted: Bristol Fighters FM - Climb rate reduced;
16. Adjusted: Bristol Fighters FM - Roll rate reduced;
17. Adjusted: Sopwith Dolphin DM - Increased of airframe durability to combat damage;
18. Adjusted: Nieuport 11.C1 DM - Increased of tail durability to high loads;
19. Adjusted: Nieuport 17.C1 DM - Increased of tail durability to high loads;
20. Adjusted: Handley Page O/400 DM - Increased of engine supports durability to combat damage;
21. Adjusted: Gotha G.V DM - Increased of engine supports durability to combat damage;
22. Fixed: No particle effects wen shooting a building;
23. Fixed: the weapon mods file description of the balloon gun of HD 1 and HD 2;
24. Fixed: Photo missions for Strutter in Career Mode are too rare;
25. Fixed: Cables in the gunner's seat of the Roland C.IIa are misaligned;
26. Fixed: No ambient light flash when firing the Vickers MG on the Strutter and Strutter B at night;
27. Fixed: AI AAA shoots at "Ghost planes" that have been shot down or de-spawned in multiplayer.
Might not mean much to those who haven't played a lot, but 5 through 16 are BIG news indeed.
I can't wait to see the whinging on the RoF forum... :D