Ok, I have my own idea of what the best sim would be. I like doing other things that flying all the time, and Aces High has those.
Really, Aces High is close to it right now. If I could I would add the following things.
1. Treelines. A long, 2D flat sprite treeline. I would have them on the farmland terrain textures instead of the painted trees that don't actually exist. They wouldn't stop bullets, but the tops would be solid so planes could run into them, but vehicles would not.
2. Slight modification to naval fleets. A change from the ship's gunner postions to the gun director stations on top of the superstructure. I would also split up the carrier and cruiser into seperate fleets. Also, I would enable the destroyer's forward turret for player use.
3. A change in spawn points. I would add sections of road that can be captured. You could spawn at either end, and there would be a tower at either end so the road can be captured. Between road sections would be a town that you would also need to capture. Airfields shouldn't be the primary targets, towns should be.
This would also get rid of the need to teleport ground units ahead, bypassing an enemy ground units comming the other way. You need to capture that "warp tunnel" since it now exists as an object you can capture.
Thats just what I would like.
Hans.
