Where 'meheleventyone' droped IL2:Sturmovik in actual thread just as "alternative game to play" — there is nothing about its software development described here and IL2:Sturmovik is not in whole or even in part open-source app.[1]
Lets not manipulate in the middle here.
To be clear, I posted YSFlight on HN to look on it from software developer point of view — not as a game suggestion.
That is Hacker News, not a Game Wiki.
Of course no, but I'm really not seeing any relation between YSFlight and IL2:Sturmovik, except both are in "flight simulators" category — those two software are totally different, from hackers point of view.
Also, YSFlight is freeware & partially open-source personal/hobby project, IL2 instead is a commercial product made by big company with a lot of devs specially for selling and marketing.
> The parent I originally replied to said what they liked about YSFlight but that they've since found multiplayer to be too quiet for them. I suggested an alternative which does what they seem to be interested in and has a more lively multiplayer population.
You seem to be taking this as a slight on YSFlight which is not the intention and perhaps a bit overly defensive.