Thanks for the info, ganesh! I've ordered a CD version of CFS3 on eBay and should have it middle of next week. I'll send you a PM but I think I understand what you're saying: The update doesn't alter the exe, but just checks for it then updates other files in the installation. So I can swap the CD exe for my no-disk exe in my install, run the update, then go back to my "no-disk" exe for gameplay.
In the mean time I'm playing the stock version and I like it! Just nice to see the different art style of different sims for one thing, so it is a nice change from IL-2 (CFS3 is immersive in a different way). Will be fun to start modding it up when I can update to v3.1a next week.
Thanks for all the welcomes and info!
P.S. Turns out I don't have FirePower. I thought it was freeware like most of the other content I've found but turned out I had downloaded a giant 30MB trailer for it...lol So I'll not buy it right away as it sounds like there are more recent options as Daiwilletti explained above.
Question: I'm also thinking the same may be true for D-Day 1944: Invasion of Europe. It was published around 2004 or something like that and is not freeware. Would the ETO add-on pretty much make D-Day 1944 redundant content?
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