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NO ONE (hardly) just has PF stand alone.

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Well, actually, there still will be released the 4.03 for PF stand-alone, which will include the Japanese stuff from the 4.03m. But, that's rather formal.
So, generally, you're right.
All commercial add-ons with new objects (like maps, aircraft or vehicles) will be released for the merged version only. And you will not be able to install subsequent add-on, without obtaining the previous one.
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Best regards,
SaQSoN (Vladimir Kochmarsky)

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if these three add-ons will create different "versions" within your FB

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You could have unswered this question yourself, should you read my earlier post carefuly.
And the unswer is yes, basically, this add-ons are a paid patches. In other words, the Pe-2 addon will change the game version into 4.04m, the IL-10 will change it into 4.05m and so on. Obviuosly, the 4.05m will be installable only over the 4.04m.
The first add-on to be released (as Oleg already stated) will be the Pe-2. It will go gold soon after the 4.03.
What will be the second - I don't know. Probably, it will be the IL-10.
Besides this commercial add-ons, it is quite possible, that there will be another free add-on, with the user-made objects, that didn't make it into the 4.03.
This one will be probably released after all 3 commercial add-ons and will be installable only over the most recent ommercial add-on.
The price $30 per add-on is completely fictional, picked right up from Tolwyn's ceiling. What will be the actual price for each add-on - I don't know.
The user made objects (maps, planes, vehicles), that were submitted for free CAN NOT be included into any commercial add-on.
Any other add-on system except the described above is NOT POSSIBLE due to the technical limitations.
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Best regards,
SaQSoN (Vladimir Kochmarsky)

mkubani napsal:
Mikkey, ina moznost nie je. Oleg nemoze predsa robit X patchov pre X roznych verzii. Sturmovik nie je CFS. Plus si treba uvedomit, ze vydavanie free addonov s modelmi od roznych nadsencov (ako je napr. aj Avia a Letov) je viac-menej prejavom Olegovej dobrej vole a nikto by ich nemal brat ako samozrejmost.

Mungo napsal:
Co sa mna tyka, som ochotny do tych komercnych add-onov investovat. V Il-10 sice nevidim az take pozoruhodne rozsirenie hry, hoc je to zaujimave lietadlo, Pe-2 chcem urcite. S tym, ako vzrasta pocet letov, kedy sa venujem bombardovaniu a JABO akciam su tieto lietadla pre mna zaujimavejsie, nez nejaky Spit XXX. O com bude eventualne ten treti add-on?
Neberiem to ako namastenie si vrecka, to, o kolko Oleg bezplatne rozsiril povodnu hru je v dnesnej dobe az neuveritelne. A tiez musi z niecoho zit a financovat vyvoj BoB.
Takze jedine, co ma zaujima je, aby tie add-ony boli dostupne a bezkonfliktne co sa online hry tyka.

There are 3 addons in the making.
Pe-2 addon, that includes all Pe-2 that we have in the current sim with one exception – they all will be flyable! Tons of new ground objects, maps and from what I heard over 100 campaings and missions. But it seems like the new toys (planes and ground objects) are not the MAIN purpose of this addon, even they take the most time to develop. It appears to be leaning towards new campaign/missions experience. Looks like a lot of work was put onto this (campaigns) and it does sound revolutionary if you ask me.

Also, there is IL-10 addon – not sure if it`s final title name, but this is how it sounds translated from Russian. This addon will feature long awaited IL-10 along with several Japanese aircraft. Will also feature a rather large map and of somewhat 50+ campaigns and missions. Can you say Manchuria?

And the last addon… well, it`s an interesting one – looks like it covers “what if” type of thing hehe. Kind of pretending that war between Russia and Germany went past 1945. This addon will feature several jet and rocked engine driven aircraft and will be based probably on maps of Germany which wasn`t covered before, if memory serves me right.