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I don't see why this CAN'T work, and the devs have been communicating with modders here a fair amount as well - but it is a bit more likely with 1C, mostly because the developers of IL-2 (Maddox games) have a lot more autonomy in what they do, especially when it comes to IL-2 which is already an established commercial hit that is well past its prime. It is not expected to make a lot of money anymore, nor do potential intellectual property (and money) issues really get in the way. They might with a new game that is still commercially hot - I mean, let's face it, when two sides are working together and one is benefitting from the game selling at $60 while the other isn't, there is an ethical issue.

Meanwhile, Oleg Maddox still basically owns his game and has made plenty of money off it, so it seems that as long as a project has his blessing, it becomes in all respects much simpler to get through. It's easier to get it through than it would be with a complex company such as Ubisoft (and, vice versa, also a lot easier to get through than with a small independent developer who really needs to defend their chances of making a profit off their own content (i.e. not just code but also game data changes) - see Storm Eagle Studios, for example). Someone like Dan is far from the owner of SHV and thus projects like this are obviously much more complicated and are more dependent on Ubi's legal and marketing departments for going ahead. So in this case, modding is a convenient 'grey area' for everyone.