Friday 2011-01-14 Dev. update and Discussion

[Oleg Maddox]

Hi folks,
First of all I would like to say about incorrect information of release date and image of package, leaked by some way yesterday: Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.
About current version progress: shots are done using pre-holidays version. Team is working over the new version. More news - next week.

Just 5 screen shots.

[trO]

:)

[JG52Uther]

Thanks Oleg.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Waiting fore the info, VERY much. Thanks and have a good weekend.

[Siko]

Look forward to it! Thanks....

[NSU]

the picture with the german Airfield and the Map table look very good

and the Trees look now very good, i like it

[caprera]

The level of detail for the airports is outstanding...i'm impressed Oleg.

I'd like to see that that vegetation green toned down , but everything else is awesome.

Hope to see it coming soon ;)

[Hecke]

next update please ;)

[Feathered_IV]

Thanks for taking the time. Looking forward to more info later about the incorect release date and images. Have a great weekend.

[Dano]

Looking great to me, the shot of the hillside and gun emplacements looks so peaceful - for now... :)

[David198502]

so does this mean that the rumours are right,except the release date and the package, and ubi is the puplisher??

[BadAim]

It's already stunning, and it's not finished. I am getting all jittery with excitement.

[David198502]

everything looks just perfect to me!!!cant wait for the release-information.

[Hecke]

Will the vehicles be driven by persons or by ghosts?
It looks odd especially with the tractor.

[Abbeville-Boy]

it looks so good
does the wind sock function as it should? :grin:

[Foo'bar]

Will the vehicles be driven by persons or by ghosts?
It looks odd especially with the tractor.

Who says the tractor is driving?

[HFC_Dolphin]

Sounds like we're very close to the release and that is great news :D

[NSU]

there comming out any sound (please see picture)?

[Gourmand]

Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.

good news, it's confirm that the project it's nearly over, and it's not a fake packaging but just the unofficial press release who leaking ^^

the screens looks good and finish...

I'm curious to see the effect when we shoots the bicycle ^^

[T}{OR]

Fingers crossed for the announcement next week then. :)

Thanks for the update.

[Hecke]

Who says the tractor is driving?

Nobody, the question is obviously meant for driving vehicles.

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

nice to see some news about the leak. Hell of a way to generate a buzz about your product as well.

[Gourmand]

there comming out any sound (please see picture)?
probably for alarm sound when enemy attacks ?

[JAMF]

Oh dear, the flak guns are going to be much hard to hit, dug in like that.

[Daniël]

I really like the shots of the Luftwaffe airfield:cool:
It's looking so perfect!
Can't wait for the release date:)

[JG52Uther]

Looks pretty much finished to me,with that level of detail.Guess we just have to wait for the publishers now.

[F19_lacrits]

Thanks for the update Oleg and Co., as always very nice and exciting screens! These look close to represent what we can expect once we can "fly" it.. Well, at least up to my expectations.. :)

[JVM]

Hello Oleg!

Very nice! I notice with pleasure a pair of "demi-tonneaux" French hangars in the background...What French airfield is it suposed to be? I would bet on Rouen-Boos which had Bf 110 in June 1940...

A very pleased JV

[Bewolf]

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=4360&d=1295017102

This must be one of the most impressive flight sim screens when it comes to atmosphere I have ever seen. This is exactly going where I wished Sims would go eventually.

Maybe in ten years or so we can also have personal walking around and doing what ppl do on an airfield. More epicness to come.

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

Please fine tune the color of the 3d grass
it still looks a bit unnatural


Thank you very much

[Richie]

Looks great. I can't wait for next weeks announcement.

[Ploughman]

You only have to squint your eyes a tiny bit and that Spit shot looks like a photo. Love the Cloud shadows on the landscape. Shots of the Lufty airfield equally convincing. Look forward to the 'official' statement perhaps in the next two weeks.

Three years late and got a silly name...Oleg's never worked in Ministry of Defence procurement has he?

[Uufflakke]

Nice little detail on first screenshot: a bottle of wine and cups.

[Ploughman]

Nice little detail on first screenshot: a bottle of whine and cups.

Is it Luftwhine?

[Daniël]

Nice little detail on first screenshot: a bottle of wine and cups.

Prosit!

[CharveL]

I just wish we could get some audio in an update and any info on how positional - and dynamic - sound is handled. This was one of the most glaring deficiencies in IL2 although understandable to some extent due to the widely varying implementations for handling sound in the industry.

I'm sure it will be much improved and knowing Oleg have some innovative features in the new sound engine.

[Sutts]

Beautiful shots Oleg, thanks. I love Fridays.:grin:

The airfields are going to be so much more immersive now. I'm sure that windsock has some wind in it too. Can't wait to get my hands on this.

[stanford]

Nice little detail on first screenshot: a bottle of wine and cups.

Is it Luftwhine?

lulz

[Daniël]

Hmmm... S9 code on the Bf110s. -> Erprobungsgruppe 210, later Schnellkampfgeschwader 210, Zerstörergeschwader 1
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=18046 You've looked at that tread mr. Maddox or is it coincidence that the code S9 is on the Bf110s? ;)

http://users.hol.gr/~nowi/ Nice website for Luftwaffe codes

[csThor]

http://home.arcor.de/csthor/SOW/Erg210.png

Got that covered, Daniël. :cool:

[Avimimus]

The grass and the colouration is coming along nicely.

I suppose the new weather model is something we'll see post release?

[Avimimus]

I just wish we could get some audio in an update and any info on how positional - and dynamic - sound is handled. This was one of the most glaring deficiencies in IL2 although understandable to some extent due to the widely varying implementations for handling sound in the industry.

I'm sure it will be much improved and knowing Oleg have some innovative features in the new sound engine.

Mind you - it was impressive back in 2001!

[smink1701]

Looks great, especially the Spits. I hope the final version has some people in it. They don't have to move but it would be better and more natural looking than empty chairs, cars, tractors, etc.

[julien673]

How work on the cloud are going ?
Did the object on the ground will be affected be the weather ?
I didn t see battleship, carrier etc..are they modeled ?
Nice update by the way :)

[Hecke]

How work on the cloud are going ?


+1 ?

[Qpassa]

Nice update(I like the airfield but Spits screenshot seems very similar to IL2) but nothing new, no audio, no video
I feel like this
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/jko/lowres/jkon675l.jpg

[Triad773]

Nice- can't wait

[Hecke]

any news if we need hyperlobby?

[sorak]

any news if we need hyperlobby?

Been wondering that myself. I wonder if they will have a built in game finder in the game itself.

[JoeA]

Nothing to say but I am pleased.

[Pato Salvaje]

Uff can´t wait!!! another week of impatience... I hope good news in the next week press note... or my heart will not resist... ;)

[=XIII=Shea]

Thanks for the update oleg

[Peck]

There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover...

[mazex]

Sigh... This is like Schrödinger's cat... Is the cat dead or alive?

[Bloblast]

Oleg, what about ground personnel, any news about this?

Next week press release, the moment we have all been waiting for!

[Icewolf]

Hi folks, Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.


this means a Russian two weeks

the tractor does not look like a real tractor but not that it matters much as this is looking like a great air sim

[NSU]

probably for alarm sound when enemy attacks ?

Alarm Sirene is the small one in the front of the Map

hope for:
" Flugzeugführer an die Maschinen und Motor warm laufen lassen, Start um 16 Uhr"

[Insuber]

Oleg,

The shots are beautiful, similar to paintings. Looking forward to the announcement.

Cheers,
Insuber

[speculum jockey]

the tractor does not look like a real tractor but not that it matters much as this is looking like a great air sim

Obviously I'm not going to find the actual one they are using in the game, but aside from the lack of wear/rust/dirt I think it's a pretty accurate depiction of a late 1930's tractor.

http://i51.tinypic.com/1zek210.jpg

[Flying Pencil]

Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.


Best news I heard since SoW was announced in 2004!

[wheelsup_cavu]

Looking forward to next weeks news.


Wheels

[major_setback]

....
the tractor does not look like a real tractor but not that it matters much as this is looking like a great air sim

Why?
It looks like an excellent representation of an RAF tractor to me:

http://www.tractorbarnproductions.com/communities/4/004/006/915/384/images/4533629131.jpg


http://www.canvasstorehouse.com/image/waaf-tractor-driver_707906.jpg


And it will also be useful for placement on farms:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Fordson_tractor_with_members_of_British_Women%27s_ Land_Army_1940s.jpg


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[Avimimus]

Obviously I'm not going to find the actual one they are using in the game, but aside from the lack of wear/rust/dirt I think it's a pretty accurate depiction of a late 1930's tractor.


I have it on very good authority that most farmers take extremely good care of their tractors (addressing rust, painting regularly). So - it is probably just the dirt which is missing...

[Asheshouse]

I didn t see battleship, carrier etc..are they modeled ?

There were no battleships or carriers present in the area covered by the map at the time of BoB.

-apart from HMS Victory :)

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

We all look forward to the press release as this incorectly "leaked" information has many in the combat sim community GOING CRAZY! lol

[Foo'bar]

the tractor does not look like a real tractor but not that it matters much as this is looking like a great air sim

Then buy that sim and learn about historic vehicles as well :)

[major_setback]

Then buy that sim and learn about historic vehicles as well :)

Did you make the model Foo'bar?
What type is it? A Fordson N?

[katdogfizzow]

ooooooh ahhhhhhh


the tractor does not look like a real tractor


http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/news/films/blindbeast/Blind_Beast.jpg

[camundahl]

Beautiful Oleg, thank you for your time and effort.



I CANNOT WAIT to operate some ground gunning positions!

[kristorf]

Ta very much

[ATAG_Dutch]

Love the difference in ambient lighting.

The shots of the 110's capture the late summer evening look perfectly, compared to the more middle of the day shots in bright sunshine.

I can almost smell the difference. :)

[Coen020]

so are these shots still made on a low-end pc? because it looks pretty :mad: awesome for low quality, and don't even let me dream on about how good it will look on a high end pc!

Still people, don't forget that 'PROBABLY' next week there is going to be a press release, don't get your hopes up just yet.

[Chivas]

so are these shots still made on a low-end pc? because it looks pretty :mad: awesome for low quality, and don't even let me dream on about how good it will look on a high end pc!

Still people, don't forget that 'PROBABLY' next week there is going to be a press release, don't get your hopes up just yet.

I have my hopes up because there will finally be an official announcement.

[lbuchele]

Is this really true?We will have a release date?
System specs too?

[Richie]

I think when the publisher announces a release date then that's it isn't it?

[Stiboo]

I feel sorry for Oleg being put in an awkward position by these rumours and I hope he knows that we know none of this is in his hands or his fault.

Yes I hope we have some people to sit in the vehicles, as we know - when you make a flightsim you are really making a 'world sim' and it will look silly if there are no people anywhere, i'm sure IL2COD will have everything and more that IL2 had, and as IL2 had people then COD will have them and better.... i'm hoping this will be one of Oleg's surprises in a week or 2.

So it sounds like IL2COD will be released a week or so after Shogan Total war2 and the same week as Crysis2 and Assassins creed Brotherhood and Sims 3 medieval....a nice way to be over shadowed and over looked by the gaming press and other gamers who might have given COD a try....stupid !


My advice is to bring the release date forward to Feb !!


Simon




ps - what's the release date?

[Chivas]

I think when the publisher announces a release date then that's it isn't it?

It is up to the publisher to make the release announcement. If Ubisoft is the company making the annoucement next week they will be very carefull with the date, especially after their 2006 announcement. I doubt they will decide to suspend SOW and carry on making addons for IL-2 this time. ;)

[Chivas]

I feel sorry for Oleg being put in an awkward position by these rumours and I hope he knows that we know none of this is in his hands or his fault.

Yes I hope we have some people to sit in the vehicles, as we know - when you make a flightsim you are really making a 'world sim' and it will look silly if there are no people anywhere, i'm sure IL2COD will have everything and more that IL2 had, and as IL2 had people then COD will have them and better.... i'm hoping this will be one of Oleg's surprises in a week or 2.

So it sounds like IL2COD will be released a week or so after Shogan Total war2 and the same week as Crysis2 and Assassins creed Brotherhood and Sims 3 medieval....a nice way to be over shadowed and over looked by the gaming press and other gamers who might have given COD a try....stupid !


My advice is to bring the release date forward to Feb !!


Simon




ps - what's the release date?

Maddox games has been working very hard on implementing realistic humans into the sim. We don't when they will make an appearance other than the pilots and vehicle drivers. If they don't make the initial release I'm sure they will be implemented in future addons.

No one knows the exact release date. I'm sure even Oleg and publishers are wrestling with that as we speak. BUT a spring release is a great possibility.

[Towarisch]

Thank you Oleg for these nice little things (Pictures) today. And thanks a lot for your great work and reserche of this chapter in Our history.

And thank you very much for your hard work and your team ,too. It´s amazing.

But i cannot wait too, for this great Simulation. I am nervos like my first Rendezvous:)


I wish you and your team and famaly´s a very nice weekend. And a little bit time for her.

Gretts from germany ( with little english gramatic faults;) )

Towarisch

[Triggaaar]

First of all I would like to say about incorrect information of release date and image of package, leaked by some way yesterday: Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week. That's great news, thanks for that Oleg.

And a special thanks to the naugty girl that leaked the info.

[erco]

The Spit formation looks outstanding. Coming together nicely folks!

[rakinroll]

Thanks Oleg.

[smink1701]

Been thinking about Oleg posting just five images. My theory...he wanted to give us something since he didnt post last week but not to much since the the official announcement is coming next week anyway and will probaly come with a bunch of new content to check out.

[Icewolf]

no color makes it look like something out of the movie "the road"
you be the judge

[Richie]

no color makes it look like something out of the movie "the road"

My brother who was a heavy duty mechanic would have loved to have gotten his hands on that tractor .. The gray one...I can see him now putting around the field with it :)

[Redwan]

Very nice indeed except one thing. The textures under the grass don’t have the same color and aspect as the 3D grass they support. This causes a brutal transition when the 3D grass is vanishing in the distance and only the texture remains visible.

In one word, from close the green areas look very good with the 3D grass but the textures should be improved to render the granularity of a field covered by grass (not to look like a golf course)

But again, I think that they are still working on the textures, so may we hope that this feature will be improved for the release version.

[Redwan]

Nice update(I like the airfield but Spits screenshot seems very similar to IL2) but nothing new, no audio, no video
I feel like this
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8059/jkon6756.jpg

I agree for the clouds, but Oleg knows that they suck and he said that it will be improved but probably after the first release version.

But I don't agree for the textures and the airplanes.

The planes look very good and much more detailed than in IL2 but as the graphic engine is not fine tuned yet I understood that it was not possible to use any anti-aliasing (that's why we see that crappy effect on the wings ...)

The textures look much better than in Il2 from that altitude even if we compare with modded versions.

[F19_Klunk]

sound great..nice details ...but..kind of hmmm... desolate?I wonder if we will se not only bicycles and stuff humans use... but also actually people? ground crew?

[Wutz]

no color makes it look like something out of the movie "the road"
you be the judge
Well if sounds halfs ways like this that would be grand! :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmg9L0wui1s&feature=related

[BigPickle]

Great news about finally getting a release update and some offical information. Really looking forward to that.
The shots look lovely, my pc & Joystick are probably gonna melt with happiness the day i put the SOW disk in the drive :)

[Foo'bar]

Well if sounds halfs ways like this that would be grand

Just be patient ;)
http://fooblog.mexxoft.com/lanzbulldog/

[Foo'bar]

Did you make the model Foo'bar?
What type is it? A Fordson N?

No, it's been made by MG. Yes, a Fordson N type.

[Wolf_Rider]

Stunning work in the images Oleg... a standing ovation to you and the team


bravo

[Icewolf]

My brother who was a heavy duty mechanic would have loved to have gotten his hands on that tractor .. The gray one...I can see him now putting around the field with it :)

I rode many hours on a JD 730 and later a JD 830
no wonder farmers suffered hearing loss

[Oldschool61]

Been thinking about Oleg posting just five images. My theory...he wanted to give us something since he didnt post last week but not to much since the the official announcement is coming next week anyway and will probaly come with a bunch of new content to check out.


Whats amazing is the publisher is allowing the screens and interaction

[Old_Canuck]

Who says the tractor is driving?

I was thinking the same thing. :rolleyes:

[Necrobaron]

I'd like to see that that vegetation green toned down , but everything else is awesome.



I agree. The green is still looking a bit too "lime green" for me, but overall the shots look very nice, as usual.
________
The cigar boss (http://thecigarboss.com/)

[Oldschool61]

I agree. The green is still looking a bit too "lime green" for me,

Well it is after all a country full of limeys...

[brando]

Well it is after all a country full of limeys...

My advice is don't give up the day-job.

[niallpatty]

Just got this today from play.com

"Dear MR N J M PATERSON

We are contacting you regarding your current outstanding order for: IL2: Storm Of War - Battle Of Britain

We have been advised that this item has been removed from sale and unfortunately we are unable to fulfil your order. Please be assured that you have not been charged and your outstanding order has now been cancelled.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused in this matter and thank you for your patience and valued custom.

Kind Regards

Play.com"

They were quoting a late Feb release but have now changed their minds. Booo!

[SlipBall]

Hi folks,
First of all I would like to say about incorrect information of release date and image of package, leaked by some way yesterday: Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.




Thankyou, look's excellent...can you comment as to spit/and possible 109 manual. Thanks for your hard work:grin:

[JG52Uther]

I don't think we will hear anything more now from Oleg until the announcement.

[Baron]

Just got this today from play.com

"Dear MR N J M PATERSON

We are contacting you regarding your current outstanding order for: IL2: Storm Of War - Battle Of Britain

We have been advised that this item has been removed from sale and unfortunately we are unable to fulfil your order. Please be assured that you have not been charged and your outstanding order has now been cancelled.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused in this matter and thank you for your patience and valued custom.

Kind Regards

Play.com"

They were quoting a late Feb release but have now changed their minds. Booo!


Thats probably because of the name change. "IL2: Storm Of War - Battle Of Britain" is no more, hence the "removed from sales".

Preorder "IL2 Sturmovik: Cliffs Of Dover" and ull be right back on track. ;)

[Skoshi Tiger]

Oleg. Thanks for the update, it is looking great!



Please fine tune the color of the 3d grass
it still looks a bit unnatural


Thank you very much

Don't you know? The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence!

I didn t see battleship, carrier etc..are they modeled ?
Nice update by the way :)

I'ld be thinking most would be up around Scapa Flow or projecting Brittish Sea Power on the High Seas around this time? I doubt you'ld put many capital ships in a confined space like the channel. Though a few shots of destroyers would be a treat.

Sigh... This is like Schrödinger's cat... Is the cat dead or alive?

Ah yes, the old debate. If you put a cat into a box and don't feed it, how angry will it be once it gets out?

Cheers

[Codex]

http://home.arcor.de/csthor/sow/erg210.png

got that covered, daniël. :cool:

lol


Oleg: Superb Detail in the models mate. I can not wait to take to those Tommies ;)

[Bearcat]

Excellent news....

[heywooood]

its getting close now...

poor Oleg on 'vacation' whilst someones 'leaks' the box art and other big news.....

I suspect nefarious deeds - Ilya please cancel the project before someone else complains about how the grass is greener on the other side of the pond...not that it will gain much 'traction' in a flight sim of this magnitude mind you

[choctaw111]

How far away are the trees and objects visible now?
Everything is looking great!
Thanks Oleg.

[Flying_Nutcase]

Amazing vehicles and ground objects. It's great to see your baby close to a release announcement. Congrats Oleg & Team. :-)

[Blackdog_kt]

Seems like it's so close now that we could probably reach out and touch the DVD box :-P

Excellent details and scenery objects (reclining lawn chairs around the table with the wine bottle, you can almost smell Galland's cigar burning nearby), but what i absolutely can't get over is how pretty the sum of its parts are. It's looking almost real in those ground level pictures and i don't mean photorealistic, but the way your eyes would perceive it.

Also, the ambient lighting rocks and the terrain draw distance is insane, especially if you consider that we more or less know it will be manageable for most PCs.

We've seen it running a bit jerky on an i5 with 2Gigs of RAM at highest detail settings in the Igrommir expo, so i think i'm going to be very pleasantly surprised with how it runs on my i7, 3GB RAM, Ati 4890, even if i have to turn off a couple of graphics options. Since it doesn't use tessellation yet, i guess most quad cores with a late DX10 series GPU will run it fine for the most part.
I might stick an extra 3 Gigs of Ram in there if i need to (windows7 x64 hogs almost a gig, not to mention that i'd probably be running things like TrackIR and Teamspeak in the background as well) but i guess the rest will be more than enough to see it the way it appears in these screenshots and still maintain acceptable frame rates, which is just perfect for me.

It's visually excellent so let's hope that along with a release date we'll get some of the really juicy bits in next week's update , like gameplay features/mechanics, sounds or even a full length promotional video that shows it all off.

It's finally coming together and in a very good way. Can you hear that guys? It's the sound of cabbage crates coming over the brinney :grin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek

[I/ZG52_Gaga]

briliant screenshots - looks exciting!!!

I would love to see at some point animated routines of "traffic"

concerning people & vehicles within Airfield perimeter dealing with

chores around the base.

It should get to a point that the enviroment is alive .....

[philip.ed]

Beautiful update, I have to say, that spit formation shot is just beautiful. The landscape, to me, looks perfect.
Is AA and AF a taboo subject, though? I can't image how that would have looked if they had been present....
Excellent work Oleg and co ;)

[flyingblind]

Gun emplacement and slit trench interesting showing how objects can be embedded both below ground surface level and above rather than just placed on top. Probably this feature that will allow formation of actual bomb craters rather than simple surface representations?

[Ploughman]

I didn't notice first off but there's a barrage balloon below the right wing tip of the lead Spitfire. Must be quite an altitude.

[winny]

I didn't notice first off but there's a barrage balloon below the right wing tip of the lead Spitfire. Must be quite an altitude.

They could put them up to 6000 feet, 2000-3000 seems more common though.

Could be a stray? That would make things interesting.. he odd rogue barage balloon.

[Skoshi Tiger]

They could put them up to 6000 feet, 2000-3000 seems more common though.

Could be a stray? That would make things interesting.. he odd rogue barage balloon.

Aparrently they could cause quite alot of damage trailing several hundred metres of steel cable. and a reasonable number got away.

Cheers

[Xilon_x]

Good MR.OLEG MADDOX i loock the flag for measuring the force of wind to the airport BELLO BELLO MOLTO BELLO.
4371

[zauii]

Amazing!

[He 177]

Nice screens :grin:

[Defender]

Images look great as always.

[CRO_Adriatic]

Ohohoh grat news!

[ktodack]

I hope in career mode that even if you don't achieve the stated object, that you still are able to continue with the next mission as long as you survive. Continued sub par performance should result in no promotions, assigned inferior equipment, and lastly returned to training or dismissal. Sometimes the task was too much for anyone no matter how skillful, and not every mission allowed for a kill(s).

[ATAG_Doc]

it looks so good
does the wind sock function as it should? :grin:

Would be nice if it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbGZA3SfnI

[Sutts]

Would be nice if it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbGZA3SfnI

Oleg did say yes to this a while ago. That ROF windsock is very well implemented with the gusts etc.

[David198502]

hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.

[brando]

hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.

The balloons are tethered by steel cables and placed on the approaches to important targets, with the intention of interfering with bombers and spoiling their bombing runs.

[Abbeville-Boy]

some had a parachute attached to a cable designed to break away when struck
grab hold of the plane then act as a drag on it
you know the outcome of that

[winny]

hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.

A picture paints a thousand words...

http://www.wellingtont2905.co.uk/images/Balloon%20Barrage%20Drawing.JPG

Some worked like this and some had a fixed cable which dragged the plane down.

This lead to some interesting German experiments in cable cutting!
http://www.bbrclub.org/Heinkelballoonburster.jpg

[Rodolphe]

...

1. And this Fordson Sussex Barrage Balloon Tender truck is also available in the game. ;)

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/Tender.jpg

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/Tender1.jpg

http://www.battleofbritainbeacon.org/wallpapers/images/1280x960/9.jpg







2. Thanks for the Update.


Happy to see some new "objects" on those screens.



60cm Flakscheinwerfer (Flak-Sw 36)


http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/FlakSw36.jpg

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/FlakSw36a.jpg

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/FlakSw36b.jpg

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/FlakSw36c.jpg



Bosch Anlasswagen, external power supply cart

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/Trailer1.jpg

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/Trailer.jpg

http://www.white1foundation.org/parts/anlasswagen1.jpg



QF 3 inch 20 cwt


http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/QF3.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/3inch20cwtAAgunsideviewHayesCommonMay1940.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/3inch20cwtAAgunFrontViewHayesCommonMay1940.jpg

http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/gun/gb/aa/07549.jpg
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[Hecke]

do you guys think the anouncement next week will be on friday or already earlier?

[robtek]

As the announcement will be coming from ubi and not from OM, nobody, except ubi, can do more than, maybe educated, guesses. :-D

[hiro]

I felt a great disturbance in the Flight Sim World, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy and rumors were suddenly silenced. I fear something awesome has happened.


Thanks Oleg.



Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.
About current version progress: shots are done using pre-holidays version. Team is working over the new version. More news - next week.


New Best Year's resolution :)

[Feathered_IV]

do you guys think the anouncement next week will be on friday or already earlier?

Not sure. These things tend to get a little muddled. Ubi seems to think the game is coming out in March. Oleg says this isn't true, but he thinks Ubi will make an official announcement this week. Ubi may not make an announcement this week... etc etc. Must be hard for the left hand to know what the right is doing sometimes.

[Richie]

Not sure. These things tend to get a little muddled. Ubi seems to think the game is coming out in March. Oleg says this isn't true, but he thinks Ubi will make an official announcement this week. Ubi may not make an announcement this week... etc etc. Must be hard for the left hand to know what the right is doing sometimes.


I missed that where does he say that?

[Triggaaar]

Ubi seems to think the game is coming out in March. Oleg says this isn't trueHe didn't say that here.

[Richie]

He didn't say that here.



I'm all over looking up stuff all the time and I never saw that.

[SlipBall]

"I would like to say about incorrect information of release date"


I think that is all that was said on the matter...could be March first, or October 2nd for all we know:grin:

[Feathered_IV]

Yep. Page one of this thread. Are you guys sure you looked all over?

[Richie]

Yep. Page one of this thread. Are you guys sure you looked all over?

I see what you mean now. I read that. I thought the exact date came out of his mouth is what you meant..sorry.

[Bobb4]

My biggest concern is when was the Beta testing held? We jump from 90% complete to a semi-official release date, completed box art etc...

No real info on system specs, especially online specs.

And what about the DRM. (please this is not a rant for or against the drm, Really I do not care what they use as long as it actually works, ubisofts always on did not. If they have fixed it fine, but SH5 proved what happems to a game used as an experiment.

I have that sinking feeling that this is being rushed out the door with the normal Ubisoft "We will patch it if people buy it" attitude. What they did to Silent Hunter 5 made me sick!

That said loved the screenshots and i am betting I upgrade my computer very soon lol.

[Richie]

One thing I would like to know is when a publisher announces when a game is coming out is that it...does it come out on that date? Didn't Oleg say something about that in November? Someone in here must know how it works.

[K_Freddie]

I have that sinking feeling that this is being rushed out the door with the normal Ubisoft "We will patch it if people buy it" attitude. What they did to Silent Hunter 5 made me sick!
I don't think that this is anything to worry about considering Oleg's intention to move into Korea, and 1C also have TeamD as a backup.
UBI are just a dead loss, with no longevity interests in a game/sim.

[JG52Uther]

Well ubi will want it out the door ASAP,finished or not.

[Feathered_IV]

One thing I would like to know is when a publisher announces when a game is coming out is that it...does it come out on that date? Didn't Oleg say something about that in November? Someone in here must know how it works.

Historically, Il-2 products such as the FB 1.02 patch, Pacific Fighters, PF "Betty" patch and Pe-2 addon have tended to average 6 to 9 months after their Ubi-predicted release date. SoW was an exception for this, being first announced close to five years ago.

Well ubi will want it out the door ASAP,finished or not.

I suspect you are right. There must be considerable pressure on MG at the moment for a release candidate. The mention that the game won't ship with a German single player campaign suggests that there has been a few cuts made. Presumably more than one. One might also surmise that if Ubi is indeed bringing such pressure to bear, then Maddox Games must have signed on officially with them recently.

[dhyran]

looks great!

will there dedicated official server avaible? Its the only real weak point of the IL2 series in the past, so i hope it might be changed

[Dano]

looks great!

will there dedicated official server avaible? Its the only real weak point of the IL2 series in the past, so i hope it might be changed

What was the weak point? We've had a dedicated server for as long as I can recall for IL2.

[Richie]

Does he mean the IL-2 site?

http://il2-sturmovik.de.ubi.com/en/il2.php

Or the Hyperlobby. Hyperlobby is excellent.


http://hyperfighter.sk/

[Richie]

I'm sorry but just to add but is it the offline fliers who don't know about the Hyperlobby? The limmet in Spits VS 109s is up to 92 know I think, that's a lot of people or is that what is meant by a dedicated server...I'm a little foggy on this one :)

[Avimimus]

Gun emplacement and slit trench interesting showing how objects can be embedded both below ground surface level and above rather than just placed on top. Probably this feature that will allow formation of actual bomb craters rather than simple surface representations?

Not in the initial version (if reports are to be believed). However, the engine is designed for growth.

[Abbeville-Boy]

I'm sorry but just to add but is it the offline fliers who don't know about the Hyperlobby? The limmet in Spits VS 109s is up to 92 know I think, that's a lot of people or is that what is meant by a dedicated server...I'm a little foggy on this one :)


early days people signed in at ubi
then chose one to join

[jermin]

These screenshots need HDR effect desperately.

[Richie]

early days people signed in at ubi
then chose one to join

I remember that back in 2001. I started with the demo of old IL-2 in August but even then the Hyperlobby was up. People tried that and also the Gamespy launch room but they all decide Hyperlobby was best after a few months.

[334th_Gazoo]

Please fine tune the color of the 3d grass
it still looks a bit unnatural


Thank you very much


Yer Joking Right?

334th_Gazoo

[T}{OR]

These screenshots need HDR effect desperately.

Nope they don't. :cool:

[tourmaline]

Thanks for the update, Oleg. It really is comming nicely together now.:cool::!:

[kapteeni]

Can we add new maps on it? I remember Oleg told that it has inbuild mapmakingtools and even possibilty to add new planes.
I'm hoping and praying that the tools are there.
kap

[Chivas]

Ubisoft may not be the best company, but they have supported IL-2 for many years and it appears they are still involved in supporting the new series starting with The Cliffs of Dover.

As far as missing features. People are suggesting that there will not be a German Campaign in the initial release. We do not know that. Yes Maddox Games was still working on the campaign a couple of weeks ago, but that doesn't mean it won't make the initial release. The same goes for the new clouds. That said.... IF these features don't make it they will be added later.

[Hecke]

anyone having an idea what happend with luthier's website?

http://www.rrgstudios.com/

[K_Freddie]

Ubisoft may not be the best company, but they have supported IL-2 for many years

You are very funny... ROFL

[speculum jockey]

Ubisoft may not be the best company, but they have supported IL-2 for many years and it appears they are still involved in supporting the new series starting with The Cliffs of Dover.

Supported is not the word I would have used.

[Ctrl E]

anyone having an idea what happend with luthier's website?

http://www.rrgstudios.com/

i was curious about that myself.

i often log in to his site in the vain hope that one day i will find a whole bunch of new information about project galba.

the website seems to have died.

[Ploughman]

Supported is not the word I would have used.

The last time Ubi updated their Il-2/Pacific Fighters site was February 2005. I was young back then.

[major_setback]

The last time Ubi updated their Il-2/Pacific Fighters site was February 2005. I was young back then.

I'll soon need a stick, to get to my stick.

[Wutz]

I'll soon need a stick, to get to my stick.

Wow you old fogeys age fast in six years......but true Pacific Fighters got a real step childs treatment.

[speculum jockey]

Does Ubisoft even host patches for games that are not their front line A++ titles?

Also . . . . Silent Hunter IV . . . yah, let that one sink in.

[Wutz]

Does Ubisoft even host patches for games that are not their front line A++ titles?

Also . . . . Silent Hunter IV . . . yah, let that one sink in.

Well Silent Hunter IV was at least playable what can not be said of Silent Hunter V

[speculum jockey]

Well Silent Hunter IV was at least playable what can not be said of Silent Hunter V

I totally forgot about that Pacific release! I meant to say Silent Hunter V (5). That was a pretty unforgivable thing Ubisoft did there. Taking a solid concept, shoehorning in a bunch of crap to make it appeal more to RPG/MMORPG players, then giving them 1/2 the time required to finish it.

Also Ubisoft has a bad habit of laying off dev teams as soon as a game is released (if they have that control over them). There have been a few instances where a dev team was fired the day after release and they had issues patching games because the devs had either moved on or refused to work with Ubisoft again.

Sadly this is starting to become a common practice amongst other companies as well.

[Wutz]

Yepp it is all about the fast money, although that is nothing new.....just look at old cars how thick the sheet metal is and how thick it is on todays cars. Things have to be out to the customer fast, and if possible only last a minimal amount of time, so that the people will buy something new again. Unfortunately a wide spread policy in most industries.

Yes Silent Hunter V has been sunk by Ubi, just need to read the critques at amazon on SH V never seen a game get so fast so many negative comments than that one. But I guess they have to learn the hard way.

[Abbeville-Boy]

Yepp it is all about the fast money, although that is nothing new.....just look at old cars how thick the sheet metal is and how thick it is on todays cars. .


ha ha less weight
thin sheetmetal to meet
gov mandate fuel standards

[Defender]

Yepp it is all about the fast money, although that is nothing new.....just look at old cars how thick the sheet metal is and how thick it is on todays cars. Things have to be out to the customer fast, and if possible only last a minimal amount of time, so that the people will buy something new again. Unfortunately a wide spread policy in most industries.

Yes Silent Hunter V has been sunk by Ubi, just need to read the critques at amazon on SH V never seen a game get so fast so many negative comments than that one. But I guess they have to learn the hard way.

Distribution of impact as well, those old tanks of the 50's 60's were way bigger death traps than the cars now plus the reasons Abbeville-Boy mentioned. Anyway that's a whole can of worms completely irrelevant to this thread heheh.

I think Oleg brings a little cred to whatever Ubi is going "to do" with this title.