1C and Ubisoft Announce IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

[Nike-it]

World famous IL-2 Sturmovik series of flight simulators roars over Britain. 1C Company and Ubisoft announced that IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (for PC) will take off in March 2011.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover is the latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer 1C: Maddox Games.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover takes place in 1940 during the pivotal aerial battle for the skies over Britain between the British, the German and the Italian air forces.
Key Features:

New aircraft: incredibly detailed true-to-life modeling of aircraft systems based on thousands of hours of dedicated research. Every single aircraft component can be damaged for realistic and immensely satisfying results.

Flyable aircraft – Over a dozen famous and highly detailed English, German and Italian aircraft available, with all crew positions open to players. All flyable aircraft have been painstakingly researched, resulting in incredibly accurate cockpit interiors (including Spitfire, Hurricane, Messerschmitt and the Stuka).
Non-flyable aircraft – 13 AI controlled additional aircraft are also available to allow an even more accurate and immersive experience thanks to a varied aircraft.

Immersive game modes:

Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side, or join the German Luftwaffe and take part in meticulously recreated historical battles.
Massive multiplayer – Customizable modes range from simple deathmatch-style free-for-alls to epic, ongoing 128 player battles that can last hours, days, weeks, or even longer.
Interactive training – Comprehensive interactive training for new players – fly a real WWII trainer plane with a computer controlled instructor through a series of training missions.



Brand new setting – The battle will take place on a large area spanning London and southern England in the north, to Northern France and Belgium in the south. The huge map will contain thousands of historical cities, towns, roads, airfields, radar stations, ports, and industrial areas – all located exactly where they were in 1940.
New 3D engine – Latest-gen graphics engine with DX10 and DX11 API support. Huge variety of photorealistic ground vehicles, buildings and other environmental elements recreate minute details of 1940s Europe.
Customizable difficulty – dozens of realism options allow newcomers to the franchise to reduce the difficulty and focus on the fun while learning the ropes of being a pilot.


1C and Ubisoft also announced that IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover will be available in a special Collector’s Edition, along-side the standalone version.
This Collector’s Edition features the following collection of exclusive pilot material assets in a premium packaging:


The Windows PC version of IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
A cloth pilot escape map showing The Battle of Britain strategic locations
A replica of the Pilot’s Notes on the Spitfire I Aeroplane, provided to RAF pilots during The Battle of Britain and reprinted from the RAF Museum original document
An in-depth 150-page ring binder pilot instructions


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO35o8IRDz0

The official trailer in HD can be downloaded here (http://www.1cfiles.com/IL2_CliffsofDover/IL2CoD.avi).

[fireflyerz]

Blimy...:grin::confused::eek::(:grin:

[Sven]

Awesome!!!! March 2011 Here I Come!!:grin:

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

hello birthday gift, nice to see you're official!

[6BL Bird-Dog]

Well done Gentlemen ,I am sure there will be many smiling faces now we have a release date.Bird S!

[David603]

So the March release date is true :) :grin: :) :grin:

[Wutz]

What no German Campaign? That is not going to go well on the German market, but lets wait and see.

[kristorf]

Top marks

[Dano]

25th according to the Ubisoft site: http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329

[TinyTim]

Better two months than two weeks!

Looking forward.

[acare84]

Awesome but I hope it won't use Ubisoft's annoying DRM. I don't want to be on the internet everytime while playing the game. I know it is early to speak but can you give us an official response for it will use Ubisoft DRM or not? Thanks.

[Zorin]

Nothing new... Only that we now know for a fact that there will be no German or Italian campaign, German trainer or German collector's box edition.

Somehow I do believe that that is a stupid decision. The guy in the store won't know that there is eventually a German campaign when it is not written on the box. Let alone that I am sure that you would sell more if you offered a German collector's box. A good number of people are drawn to the "evil" side of WWII. Oh well... It is Ubisoft through and through...

[T}{OR]

So the rumors were true - no Luftwaffe campaign eh?

Still, I can't wait! :D

EDIT: Since creating a Luftwaffe campaign would most definitely involve creating a bomber campaign as well (most likely a formation training missions too), I would rather have a solid RAF campaign alone than rushed & unfinished game. If this was the decision Oleg, made I think it is a good one. Much better to include a proper campaign later on via patch or possibly add-on.

If on the other hand we get to pay for LW campaign - this presents a slightly different approach than the RoF, but on the other hand a very similar one. ;)

[csThor]

{SNIP}Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side.

Quite frankly that sounds very strange, not to say it sounds like fried BS but it's close. Not only that a german campaign branch is missing (for the time being?) but that "renegade pilots" thingy sounds a lot more gamey than I'm comfortable with. But then I'm a stickler for historical accuracy ... :rolleyes:

[SturmKreator]

I cant explain my happiness :grin:

[Wutz]

Nothing new... Only that we now know for a fact that there will be no German or Italian campaign, German trainer or German collector's box edition.

Somehow I do believe that that is a stupid decision. The guy in the store won't know that there is eventually a German campaign when it is not written on the box. Let alone that I am sure that you would sell more if you offered a German collector's box. A good number of people are drawn to the "evil" side of WWII. Oh well... It is Ubisoft through and through...
Yes you could almost think they wish for customers only from the English speaking countries.....and that everyone is keen on flying a dweebfire.
We will see what happens.

[T-JETTer]

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329

[Baron]

Very exiting.


No german campaign though, is a glaring omission imo.

[4S_Nero]

Uaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

:grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:

[Letum]

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329
• Show your pilot mastery and take advantage of the AI flaws


Eh?
"take advantage of the AI flaws"


What's that supposed to mean?

[T-JETTer]

:)jump-in/jump-out multiplayer mode

[Wutz]

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329



Eh?
"take advantage of the AI flaws"


What's that supposed to mean?
Maybe that the AI will in tight formation smash into the hill side like they do in IL2? :cool:

[zauii]

Omfg, this is so awesome.
Praise the lord wtf is going on this year, we're getting IL2, Duke Nukem Forever and Red Orchestra 2 !, I think hell just frose over and pigs started to fly!

[Daniël]

:grin: Good news, but sad there isn't a German campaign. Can Oleg confirm that? It's sounds strange to me that there isn't a German campaign... And don't forget the Italians!

[Triggaaar]

1C Company and Ubisoft announced that IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (for PC) will take off in March 2011.I call fake.

Kidding. Great news, thanks.

Nothing new... Only that we now know for a fact that there will be no German or Italian campaign, German trainer or German collector's box edition.Really? Had a publisher already announced the date?

I am sure that you would sell more if you offered a German collector's box.That would be nice, but they didn't need to offer a collector's box at all - so they offer one, and you complain that they don't offer two.

that "renegade pilots" thingy sounds a lot more gamey than I'm comfortable with. But then I'm a stickler for historical accuracy ... :rolleyes:I agree, and you don't have to be a stickler to think that sounds ridiculous. Are we seriously going to be shooting at other RAF pilots that have gone bad?

[Dano]

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329



Eh?
"take advantage of the AI flaws"


What's that supposed to mean?

Replace 'the AI' with 'your opponents' I reckon, bad translation or a misunderstanding probably.

[Hecke]

no visual tidbits to an official anouncement? weak

[1.JaVA_Sjonnie]

This year can't go wrong anymore. Yeah!!!

1C: , this rocks!!:cool::cool:

[Triggaaar]

No german campaign though, is a glaring omission imo.A lot of us have been posting that we'd like the game to be released asap - some wanted it now, with whatever bugs it has. If we're getting it in March without a German campaign (that surely has to come later) or later with both, the feeling I get from the forum is that most would take it in March.

[Richie]

Tree is going to be so upset :( .....


LOL

[luthier]

There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

[David603]

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329



Eh?
"take advantage of the AI flaws"


What's that supposed to mean?

I think it means "take advantage of an AI that makes human errors", but that is an unfortunate way to word it ;)

[GF_Mastiff]

A lot of us have been posting that we'd like the game to be released asap - some wanted it now, with whatever bugs it has. If we're getting it in March without a German campaign (that surely has to come later) or later with both, the feeling I get from the forum is that most would take it in March.

nope an add on more than likely money maker gimmick.

Ubi$oft?

must of needed a cash in flukes.

and anti piracy on line play only more then likely too.
thats crap, to many people out in the fields who kill time with no Internet connection cant play any games.
Suxs!

[Dano]

There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

:D Would you care to make a more complete announcement now that Ubi have fluffed the official one up? :D

[Hecke]

that's the good thing about being pessimistic

it's a win win situation

[Sven]

There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

That made my day for the second time!

Yeah!!! rock on 1C!!

[FlatSpinMan]

Im absolutely delighted to hear this. Can't wait, even if my PC can't run it I'll buy it.
EDITED: It's actually coming out!

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

edit: nevermind.

[csThor]

There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

This is a really ominous start for the series if even the initial announcement is full of errors. :roll:

Ilya, could you please hurt the PR guys? They seem to be begging for some decent hiding. :roll:

[Triggaaar]

Asked before I'm sure, sorry -

do we have any choice whom we buy the game from - 1C or Ubisoft?
And if it's released on steam and we buy it there, who gets the money?

[Hecke]

There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

+ ∞

[zauii]

I think its weak to see so many people whining about insignificant things, now when we're finally getting the game after years and years of waiting people find new things to complain about..
I can't wait be it without a German campaign at launch or not , i couldnt care less. About the name of the game itself and the tagline, its really irrelevant.. we all know its a simulator of the
highest degree and a PC exclusive, just drop it already and enjoy the news will ya?

[csThor]

zauii ... Everybody has different ideas how he wants to spend his time with the Sim. If there we´re no german campaign my main reason for playing flightsims would be gone so why should I bother with such a game? Just having it for the sake of having it would not give me a decent reason to actually play it ... :roll:

[Dano]

You'll never please everybody, if I was Oleg I'd make sure everybody has to tie their forum account to their activation and then force anybody who complained to fly around in Hello Kitty skins for a month or two ;)

[Insuber]

Luthier,

Many thanks for your huge contribution! We all appreciate your work.

Cheers,
Insuber

[Baron]

There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!



Sorry for letting doubts creep in :)

[Nike-it]

Check our Youtube channel for Official Trailer!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO35o8IRDz0

[luthier]

This is a really ominous start for the series if even the initial announcement is full of errors. :roll:

Ilya, could you please hurt the PR guys? They seem to be begging for some decent hiding. :roll:

That's not an error, that's an omission, and the PR guys have nothing to do with it.

It's entirely my fault.

[Daniël]

:grin: Thanks for the answer about the campaign.
That trailer makes me smile:cool:

[Sutts]

Fantastic news guys, you've made my year.:grin:

Please do give the marketing guys a kick though. Forgetting the German campaign and suggesting the AI has flaws isn't great for sales. LOL

[csThor]

Well, I have not the greatest trust in the innate intelligence of PR people. Kinda burnt by past experiences. :roll:

[Hecke]

haven't I seen this trailer weeks ago already?

[LennysCopilot]

if I was Oleg I'd make sure everybody has to tie their forum account to their activation and then force anybody who complained to fly around in Hello Kitty skins for a month or two ;)

They have Hello Kitty skins now? Where can I get them?

Seriously, though, this is great. I am excited. I just hope that getting into another flight sim doesn't jeopardize my marriage.

[Dano]

Please please please tell me that the sounds in the trailer are from in game? :)

[Wutz]

I think its weak to see so many people whining about insignificant things, now when we're finally getting the game after years and years of waiting people find new things to complain about..
I can't wait be it without a German campaign at launch or not , i couldnt care less. About the name of the game itself and the tagline, its really irrelevant.. we all know its a simulator of the
highest degree and a PC exclusive, just drop it already and enjoy the news will ya?
What a silly kids comment, totally agree with csThor.

[Hecke]

Luthier, now it's official,

can you tell us which system the trailer was made on?

[Sternjaeger]

At Last!!!! I would have waited two weeks before though!! ;)

WELL DONE OLEG AND TEAM!!!!

SJ

[Oktoberfest]

Yeeees ! Soon, you'll fear the 110 that you had not noticed in your 6 !

[luthier]

Luthier, now it's official,

can you tell us which system the trailer was made on?

Most of the footage was taken on my own crap PC months ago in an early beta.

[Dano]

Most of the footage was taken on my own crap PC months ago in an early beta.

So the sound was added later from sampled recordings and nothing to do with how the sim itself will sound?

[Hecke]

Most of the footage was taken on my own crap PC months ago in an early beta.


That's the very first official trailer I've seen on earth which was not made on a high end system to show the people the full glory of the upcoming product.
:cool:

[zauii]

Most of the footage was taken on my own crap PC months ago in an early beta.

lol :P, love you guys

[SlipBall]

Thanks Nike-it and luthier, great news...go get Oleg to join in on these festivities with us.:grin:

[Krt_Bong]

Not having a bunch of campaigns included is no problem it has a mission builder, and Wutz I bet you can count on one hand all the uberscmitts (originals not buchon) left in the world, how many dweebfires do you think there are hmm...?

[K_Freddie]

Good.. now we wait for the activation surprise - the maker or breaker of the game :!:

[zauii]

Good.. now we wait for the activation surprise - the maker or breaker of the game :!:


Not.. how can anyone be so lame to consider the DRM a gamebreaker..

[Wutz]

Not having a bunch of campaigns included is no problem it has a mission builder, and Wutz I bet you can count on one hand all the uberscmitts (originals not buchon) left in the world how many dweebfires do you think there are hmm...?

And what pray tell does that have to do with the game? Planes only available in relation to existing examples? :rolleyes:

[JG53Frankyboy]

seeing that the Ju88 has both bombbaydoors open (to improve range, the forward one was most times used to carry an additional fueltank), i conat wait to see the armament option screen of CoD................

i hope that there will be a "maximum startweight" and that you have to balance the fuel (=range) with your bombload :)

[Talbot]

Luthier, Oleg wrote that you've got an ati crossfire, it works well in Cliffs of Dover??

[Oldschool61]

That's not an error, that's an omission, and the PR guys have nothing to do with it.

It's entirely my fault.

Did someone forget to add the system requirments too???
I thought that when the release date was announced we would also get some basic system specs.

[Tbag]

Congratulations to all members of the dev team, counting the days now! :)

[Flyby]

Did someone forget to add the system requirments too???
I thought that when the release date was announced we would also get some basic system specs.
+1 for that. Now that the cat's out of the bag, how about releasing the system requirements. Or has that still to be sorted out?
Flyby out

[kristorf]

luthier,

Many thanks for clearing the campaign issue up.

Amazes me that the game we are all waiting for is announced, and within minutes people are moaning about it, talk about impatiant and (possibly) ungratefull :confused:

[Oktoberfest]

Not even to mention the first complaints when they will own the game....

[Hecke]

So a lot of scenes of the trailer are taken from the igromir presentation video.

[smink1701]

Did I hear some new engine sounds in the official trailer??? If so, I think they sounded pretty good.

Very Good News!!!

[Jaws2002]

Great to finally have an official announcement and pass the last corner before the finnish line. :-P

including Spitfire, Hurricane, Messerschmitt and the Stuka).

Could you maybe add to this announcement any bomber that will be flyable, like the He111. It looks weird not having any flyable multi engine bomeber in the official announcement. Specially if they are going to be flyable. :o


Thank you Oleg Ilya and all that took part in this project!

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[Qpassa]

Thanks 1c, OM Team, and luthier.
I hope you show us hardware requirements
Thanks

[Richie]

+1

This doesn't give me much time to start looking for a new system, I'm sure there's alot of us that would appreciate the specs being released as soon as possible.


I can relate. I'm just going to have mine done in time..... WEW!

[Foo'bar]

I wonder how much of the trailer's sound will be left in the final product ;) For the 110's sound I would sell my mother-in-law.

[JG52Uther]

My birthday in March! FANTASTIC!!!

[T}{OR]

I can relate. I'm just going to have mine done in time..... WEW!

Same here. :)

[The Kraken]

Quite frankly that sounds very strange, not to say it sounds like fried BS but it's close.

Indeed, sounds more like Crimson Skies, but since the "French chick" pics from Igromir I was more or less expecting that ;) While my own interest in this kind of campaign is quite limited, I see two upsides here:

- This should go well with general review sites, who usually criticize most sims as too dry and not exciting enough.
- A dedicated single player campaign system is there, instead of generic and repetetive furball action as an appendix to online gameplay.

Thanks to Luthier for clearing up the German campaign situation; would have indeed been a major omission for obvious reasons.

Congrats to the team and I'm looking forward to March!

[Bricks]

Nice! Finally!

From the texters point of view, some oil ready to catch flames, but I'm glad we're finally heading for an official date.



Things alerting the professional texters eyes:

Show your pilot mastery and take advantage of the AI flaws
First time I read AI flaws are a feature :D

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329

The huge map will contain thousands of historical cities, towns, ...
Sad the map doesn't include them already ;)

[RXMAN]

I'll take one of each....Standalone to play and Collectors Edition to immerse myself.
Hope they are both readily available.

[Uufflakke]

That's the very first official trailer I've seen on earth which was not made on a high end system to show the people the full glory of the upcoming product.
:cool:

Sooo true.
How can you promote a brand new sim with a months old video on a crappy system?
Was there nobody around to make something decent on a high end system? Even IL2 Youtube clips from years ago look better than this.
Amazing.

[HB252]

Hi Oleg!!

And Now the questions are:

1.- System features

2.- Price

Thx!!!

[Bricks]

I wonder how much of the trailer's sound will be left in the final product.

Good question.

I guess and hope that we will see more videos the closer we get to the date.

[carl]

goodbye 4.10, hello cliffs of dover, last time this excited i had on a game i had just bought il2 grey box edition

[VO101_Sanyo]

So many years, just waiting, waiting... I still can't believe it. :)

[F19_lacrits]

Great news! I'll start saving up.. new rig and new exciting WWII sim for March! :) Now if we could just see the system specs recommendation as well. ;)

[zauii]

Sooo true.
How can you promote a brand new sim with a months old video on a crappy system?
Was there nobody around to make something decent on a high end system? Even IL2 Youtube clips from years ago look better than this.
Amazing.

Rofl, no they don't.. its only the first scene which looks abit odd.. if you find anything in IL2 even remotely close to the later parts in the video i'll bow to you as my god, and i am atheist.
And besides, since when did the Sim community become graphic whores? There's just so much depth here when it comes to realism, that we dont know even where to begin..

[Qpassa]

Rofl, no they don't.. its only the first scene which looks abit odd.. if you find anything in IL2 even remotely close to the later parts in the video i'll bow to you as my god, and i am atheist.
And besides, since when did the Sim community become graphic whores? There's just so much depth here when it comes to realism, that we dont know even where to begin..

Do you include the unofficial pack? :rolleyes:

[NSU]

nice :)

[Robert]

Thanks 1C. It's amazing that we are now so close to the release. I can only imagine the stress level there while trying to meet the final deadline.

Maybe we'll meet in the skies over London. Would be nice. It would give you a chance to flame me...... or any other of the forum posters here.

Folks, this is just the beginning. I'm looking forward to where IL2:CoD takes us with developer and 3rd party updates.

Congrats to everyone involved. May your work be rewarded. I also hope CoD and this new engine take you where you and the company want to go.

[kendo65]

Great news! I see that the first page announcement now mentions the German campaign.

This is a bit cheeky - but lets think of absent friends - Tree must be sick as a parrot today - wrong on 3 big issues:

1. DX11 - confirmed.
2. Ubisoft as publisher - confirmed.
3. Release date - March - confirmed......Spring 2012 my arse!

------

Feb 11th - decided to revisit this piece of ancient history in the interests of fair play, justice, and a nagging guilty conscience :) - or maybe it's just masochistic self-indulgence? Probably I'm just bored. No-one's probably going to read it anyway - bit like a tabloid issuing the retraction to their front-page headline on page 34 in very small print....

Anyway, hindsight (which, as we all know, is a 'wonderful thing') has revealed Tree not to have been as wrong as I made out.

A re-evalution shows:

1. DX11 - Tree was right, though God knows how, when Ubi didn't even know? Lucky guess, esp?, or sleuth-like powers of deduction (or is it induction?).

2. Ubisoft as publisher - Wrong - debates about when they got involved not withstanding.

3. Release date - Wrong, though arguably only because the devs left out half the game :) [deliberate overstatement before anyone takes offense]. Arguably if DX11, dynamic weather and dynamic campaign had been included, we may not have seen the game to 2012.

So there you have it. Tune in next week to see me whip myself with stinging nettles...

[Robert]

Great news! I see that the first page announcement now mentions the German campaign.

This is a bit cheeky - but lets think of absent friends - Tree must be sick as a parrot today - wrong on 3 big issues:

1. DX11 - confirmed.
2. Ubisoft as publisher - confirmed.
3. Release date - March - confirmed......Spring 2012 my arse!

:)


Yeah, but that was for "Storm of War".... NOT "Cliffs of Dover." :D

[lbuchele]

Please Oleg or Luthier, could you clarify that "fight against renegade pilots" thing about the British campaign?
I´m sure it´s some kind of mistake, because doesn´t look like anything that Maddox games works before.
I mean,you always look compromised with historical accuracy and the way it´s written is really strange...
But what I really want to do is compliment Oleg , Luthier and all the staff for the years of hard work that finally are coming for
the end.
Years of good historical battles are coming for the community starting March 2011...

[Glider_UK]

WHOOOO HOOO cant wait OMG looks excellent

[Abbeville-Boy]

Please Oleg or Luthier, could you clarify that "fight against renegade pilots" thing about the British campaign?
I´m sure it´s some kind of mistake, because doesn´t look like anything that Maddox games works before.
I mean,you always look compromised with historical accuracy and the way it´s written is really strange...


does sound strange, any history of such a thing in rl bob


good news on release, can't wait

[mr71mb0]

It looks stunning, really excited for it and can't wait for release.

Also, everyone please remember it won't be perfect day one so don't expect it to be.

[jamesdietz]

Does anyone have a suggestion as to who is the best to pre order this from?Has Ubisoft already made it possible thru this siteor will in the immediate future- I wanna be the first on my block to get it..ok ok probably the onlyone on my block to get it!!!

[JG52Uther]

Friday update should be good this week! Should be no need for secrecy now. :)

[David198502]

yehaaaaaa!!!i just cant believe this is true!!i am so exited like a boy on x-mas evening.
if the trailer shows ingame graphics, then i wonder that nobody mentioned the clouds and the morning fog yet.looks reaaallly stunning!!the next two months will be the longest in my life i think.

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Friday update should be good this week! Should be no need for secrecy now. :)

Oooh, hadn't thought of that!

[BLR_Tonin_fr]

lol, I wait to see Tree_UK's joy outburst.
:)

[mr71mb0]

All we need now is that Glorious Official "It's gone Gold" Announcement.

[MD_Titus]

excellent news!
The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side

uh?

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Wait, doesn't someone have to eat someone elses' underwear since CoD is coming out now?

[MD_Titus]

no visual tidbits to an official anouncement? weak
video enough for you?
*edit* having read the rest of the thread, i'll take that as a no.
Wait, doesn't someone have to eat someone elses' underwear since CoD is coming out now?

PICS!

[Novotny]

I'm fairly positive that if a patch is released during next Spring then he'll maintain that it has, with that patch, reached the stage at which it should have been released; it was rushed out too early and he was right all along.

Anyways - damn, this is going to be a tough couple of months.

[jippy13]

Hi Luthier, Oleg and all the Team.

This is excellent news today. Thank you for this information.

Long live CoD !!!!!

[mazex]

My birthday in March! FANTASTIC!!!

And mine is on the release date of March 25:th so thanks for my best birthday present up to date ;)

[addman]

Thank you Oleg and team and congratulations to the bab...ehr sim! sim!:grin:

[lbuchele]

This announcement really deserves a new killer PC.
Core I7 2600 K OC to 4.3 Ghz , GTX 580, 8 MB DDR3 , SSD 80 GB, 26'' Acer monitor , a new HOTAS (warthog?)
Probably will do the job...:cool:

[ElAurens]

Great news.

You have made my week!

I guess I had better start practicing with the Hurri, as it will be my ride, unless of course the Gladiator, Anson, or Defiant are flyable.

:cool:

[=SLO=Hellcat]

The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side


Renegade pilots as in Polish, French, etc., pilots flying for RAF?

[Daniël]

This is going to be the longest thread ever on this forum... More than 12 pages in one day!

[philip.ed]

Awesome news, and I completely agree with Kristorf: I can't believe the hypocrites here, who have slammed members in the past for pointing our historical or realistic inaccuracies in the sim, who are now moaning about the game's release. I've been waiting at least 5 years for this sim, and this news is perfect.
Cheers team: I wish you a happy, and prosperous, 2011 :D
Blue skies :cool:

[David198502]

im curious when it will be available in the shops in austria!!!cant wait

[Rubberchicken]

Does this mean there won't be a Friday update? Bummer

[Wutz]

Renegade pilots as in Polish, French, etc., pilots flying for RAF?
Nope those are Germans flying Spits with German markings! :lol:

[furbs]

Great news!! just enough time to sort my upgrade!! roll on march!!

Lets hope we get to see and hear a bit more in the updates too :)

We should see a dedicated website soon with more info.

[easytarget3]

Thank you so much!the best news this year so far!I will have to improve my fly skill because right now i suck.Good luck with finishing the game release and i hope you will manage to put in what ever you intend to!

[CallMeSarge]

1st post in these forums, just to say I am damn exited about this. Good show 1C!

[Baron]

Ooooooh.


http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/IL2/images/Il2-cod-screen-018.jpg

[Dano]

Website: http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com/cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/home/coming-soon.aspx

[Darbo]

Well done guys

long awaited game as for many

now i can also do the computor upgrade ive been holding out on for ages

what do you guys reccomend
was thinking a i7 930 based computor
what ram 4-6 gb?
ssd hdd
gfx?

any ideas appreciated

[Alien]

This announcement really deserves a new killer PC.
Core I7 2600 K OC to 4.3 Ghz , GTX 580, 8 MB DDR3 , SSD 80 GB, 26'' Acer monitor , a new HOTAS (warthog?)
Probably will do the job...:cool:
Not too less memory, chap?

[Dano]

Pre-orders are also up, £49.99 for the collectors edition.

[JG52Uther]

Hmmm wonder if other re sellers will sell it?

[lbuchele]

Not too less memory, chap?
Wow, with that amount of memory I will be able to play only chess in the PC:rolleyes:
Sorry, my mistake: 8GB RAM.
Thanks for correcting me.:)

[mazex]

Website: http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com/cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/home/coming-soon.aspx

Come on... SO!

Never was so much owed by so many to SO few

It one of the most famous quotes in the friggin world so get it right ;)

[Hecke]

Website: http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com/cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/home/coming-soon.aspx


look at the bottom of the page.

"Storm of War, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft entertainment ..."

[PeterPanPan]

Thank you Oleg and team. Simply the best news. Very, very excited now.

PPanPan

[Triggaaar]

The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side

Renegade pilots as in Polish, French, etc., pilots flying for RAF?We can only hope it's a typo. I'm pretty sure the Polish pilots in RAF planes were on the same side as the Brits, I really don't want to be fighting them (unless i'm in a 109).

[lbuchele]

Probably =SLO=Hellcat is right.
That´s the logical explanation , the annoucement was a little confused, probably the Ubi guys doesn´t know much about the BoB history...

[nearmiss]

This should change the temperament of these forums for sure.

The updates should be fueled with information that has been concealed.

[AndyJWest]

This should change the temperament of these forums for sure.

The updates should be fueled with information that has been concealed.

Like the system spec for instance... :rolleyes:

[Stiboo]

Thankyou Oleg, Luthier and team

I think the "fight against renegade pilots" may be about online play - as you often face then enemy flying the same plane. ie - you can set up an online war with all planes available to both sides maybe?

...or a 'what if' scenario with Adolf Galland getting his Squadron of Spirfires?!



Any suggestions on how I approach my wife about buying a new PC...:(


Do not worry about campaigns - I have at least 7 already planned...


.

[Qpassa]

IMHO Saying that is going to be release but not tell you what System Requirements will have It's absurd, you need them to know if you need a new PC or but a new video card

[BadgerSmedly]

Excellent news!!! Thanks for the info.

As others have posted; time for that new PC.... :D

[lbuchele]

Hmm, Ubi has only PC download pre-orders at this time at 49.99 EUR
Better wait for the collector´s edition.

[AWL_Spinner]

First: quick bit of PR nitpicking. It's the British Army, but the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

Vets/historians might be a little miffed to see mention of the "British Airforce". There is no such entity - it's the RAF. Especially in a product like this, that's quite important!

Second: Woohoo! Will be awaiting news of delivery/download options before purchasing. I'm in North America so not sure what the best method of acquiring a collector's box would be (I'll take a download for the game, if it's via Steam or other such system).

That linked screenshot (0018 (http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/IL2/images/Il2-cod-screen-018.jpg)) is gorgeous. Most of the others have been seen before.

Congrats 1C & devs, can't WAIT to see the full thing running on a high-spec system!

Cheers, Spinner

[GHarris]

I can hardly believe this day has arrived. Wonderful news.

Good.. now we wait for the activation surprise - the maker or breaker of the game :!:

Agreed. I can't in good conscience buy this game if the DRM goes too far. And neither could I play my small part in making the sim a commercial success by recommending it to friends. Both things I ver much want to be able to do.

I'd happily buy 3 or more copies - of the collector's edition, too - if there was no DRM at all. Which might as well be the case since DRM doesn't work. But then I guess we can't expect executives working for Ubisoft to be in touch with reality.

[DesertFlyer]

I'm new to this forum...I just wanted to add my excitement and thanks to the new up-and-coming IL-2. Sweetness!!!

I'm truly excited for the announcement of Cliffs of Dover but I can't but dream a little about the possibilities in the future of a North African campaign/DLC/Mod. I'm just dreaming, so no offense to what was just announced, CoD.:grin:

[Triggaaar]

I'd happily buy 3 or more copies - of the collector's edition, too - if there was no DRM at all.Yes, but will you - will you really buy 3 copies or are they just cheap words? There is bound to be some DRM, I'm totally fine with online activation - once.

[Richie]

I wonder if the shops..Not online stores but places in town will get any collector editions.

[Azimech]

Omfg, this is so awesome.
Praise the lord wtf is going on this year, we're getting IL2, Duke Nukem Forever and Red Orchestra 2 !, I think hell just frose over and pigs started to fly!

I dislike the name Duke Nukem Fornever in the same sentence as CoD! It shares the title "biggest vaporware in history" with Elite IV.

[GHarris]

Yes, but will you - will you really buy 3 copies or are they just cheap words?

Yes. At least three. The sim, to me, is worth that much. I'll happily supply evidence on release day. If!

[furbs]

First: quick bit of PR nitpicking. It's the British Army, but the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

Vets/historians might be a little miffed to see mention of the "British Airforce". There is no such entity - it's the RAF. Especially in a product like this, that's quite important!

Second: Woohoo! Will be awaiting news of delivery/download options before purchasing. I'm in North America so not sure what the best method of acquiring a collector's box would be (I'll take a download for the game, if it's via Steam or other such system).

That linked screenshot (0018 (http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/IL2/images/Il2-cod-screen-018.jpg)) is gorgeous. Most of the others have been seen before.

Congrats 1C & devs, can't WAIT to see the full thing running on a high-spec system!

Cheers, Spinner

does that screenie look retouched?

[BadAim]

I have a simple suggestion that I'm sure won't make any difference, but wouldn't it be nice if the preorder for the collectors edition came with a free download version on release day, so that no one has to worry about not being able to play if there box doesn't show up straight away. (although I suppose the servers will be dog-slow for the first few days anyway)

[Bogusheadbox]

Yes, but will you - will you really buy 3 copies or are they just cheap words?

Of course he won't, just cheap words.

[Flyby]

Come on... SO!

Never was so much owed by so many to SO few

It one of the most famous quotes in the friggin world so get it right ;)
good catch! bad on Ubi$oft for not catching that. I hope that little error is not indicative of the support we can expect. If anyone comes across the system requirements, please put that in a new thread so we don't have to go through a million pages of an older thread.
Flyby out

[Hunden]

Thankyou Oleg, Luthier and team

I think the "fight against renegade pilots" may be about online play - as you often face then enemy flying the same plane. ie - you can set up an online war with all planes available to both sides maybe?

...or a 'what if' scenario with Adolf Galland getting his Squadron of Spirfires?!



Any suggestions on how I approach my wife about buying a new PC...:(


Do not worry about campaigns - I have at least 7 already planned...


.If the computer you have now somehow falls off the computer table while you were cleaning it. You will need a new and improved model. I drove my Datsun B210 into a wall once. My next car was a Mustang GT 5.0:grin:

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

Trailer is really boring for this FANTASIC GAME. What happened??????
Soundtrack really sucks, where is Vera Lynn? :-P :(:(

I hope engine sounds are "ingame"

Have u guys ever watched one of Jafa´s videos( trailers)


The setting, music,.... everything..oh man
The "feeling" the "atmosphere"........ iam just disappointed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVfBdlVPFx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYVG_ZviL8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTnz11qsL5U&feature=related
.................................................. ...........................

[Kye]

Have I missed something?

When did the rename take place???

[Tempest123]

Wow, great news, hats off to the dev. team, I'm sure its been a struggle for quite a few years and it must be quite a relief to see a finished product. Looks awesome. We need some really nice videos now :)

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

damn right :grin:

[zauii]

I can hardly believe this day has arrived. Wonderful news.



Agreed. I can't in good conscience buy this game if the DRM goes too far. And neither could I play my small part in making the sim a commercial success by recommending it to friends. Both things I ver much want to be able to do.

I'd happily buy 3 or more copies - of the collector's edition, too - if there was no DRM at all. Which might as well be the case since DRM doesn't work. But then I guess we can't expect executives working for Ubisoft to be in touch with reality.

Fail @ reasoning.
No wonder the niche is dying , we're a small community as it is, but this....

[JG53Frankyboy]

so, an online verification ONCE (as was announced by a UBI official in the german UBI forum) is too much ??

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

And good music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITLBRkOd2k&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-12-HM

i hope we will have this engine sounds

White Cliffs of Dover... from the bottom of my heart...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUx3MU9iM6c&feature=watch_response

[Krt_Bong]

And what pray tell does that have to do with the game? Planes only available in relation to existing examples? :rolleyes:

Actually in relationship to how people make condecending statments about the plane that won the battle over the plane that lost it, calling it a sissyfire as if the guys who fly it are only doing so to get kills easier. Apparently the assumption that it is non-historical modeling or some such. I think going around posting such statements make the poster seem like a snot nosed teen who knows absolutely nothing about history and is attempting a troll. I think you got the analogy you just chose to see it otherwise, Now do you get it?

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

damn i would kill for this 3d grass ^^ :-P:-P:-P
look at the color of the forrest just wow
holly cow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRuAaby1Dno&feature=related

[Wutz]

Now do you get it?
Well another one for the ignore list....

[whatnot]

What a silly kids comment, totally agree with csThor.

Absolutely, there is never too much whining whether it's your wedding day, a lottery jackpot or a release info of your favourite title after five years of waiting! :-P

(Couldn't resist, peace out =)

[smink1701]

Where are the linked images???

[bugmenot]

Ooooooh.


http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/IL2/images/Il2-cod-screen-018.jpg

This is also a great pic:
http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/IL2/images/Il2-cod-screen-012.jpg

Others...not so much:
http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/IL2/images/Il2-cod-screen-014.jpg

I just hope they can find someone with a decent computer in the next months. So they can present some screenshots with modern features like high resolution textures or anti-aliasing.

[Bloblast]

Where are the linked images???

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/6641091509

[smink1701]

Thanks for the asst

[JG52Uther]

I really wish Tree was here... ;)

[Krt_Bong]

Well another one for the ignore list....

Really? You must have accumulated a pretty long one by now judging by your contentious comments, I just find it pretty odd that people post on forums just to insult others about the choice of airplane to fly in a game. It's not football, it's a flight sim

[d0o0m]

clickable cockpit?

[Biggs [CV]]

Great news. Thanks to Oleg and his awesome team. Can't wait to start flying.:)

[whatnot]

Fantastic news! I'm having trouble believing this as it's been like a mirage for such a long time.

I'll arrange a good week-long vacation once this baby is out, arrange the family to another address and lock myself in with a new rig, a few copies of CoD, beer and pizza.

Never thought I could get such a vibe from a game release at this age. Life is good! :cool:

THANK YOU DEV TEAM!

One whine-o-rama however: How on earth can you mistype a Churchill quote like that on the homepage? Ever heard of google and proofreading? Well I guess it happens to everyone every now and then.. :P

[philip.ed]

Only one thing: the roundel for the collectors edition is definately not 1940 specific! Oh well, no problem :D

[major_setback]

Am I missing something? Why are people saying that there is no German campaign?

"Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side, or join the German Luftwaffe and take part in meticulously recreated historical battles."

[Richie]

There is one.




Originally Posted by luthier View Post
There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

[Tigertooo]

where can i order my copy????....just joking, standing by to order where ever and when ever:cool:

[whatnot]

Am I missing something? Why are people saying that there is no German campaign?

"Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side, or join the German Luftwaffe and take part in meticulously recreated historical battles."

I guess you didn't read through the three billion responses. I assume in the original text the german campaign was not clearly stated. People went ga-ga and after that luthier corrected the misunderstanding and I guess the original announcement was changed too.

A nice little storm in a teacup..

[major_setback]

There is one.




Originally Posted by luthier View Post
There is a full German campaign. Please calm down. The announcement is just a little incomplete.

Sorry about the confusion!

Ahh, just read that myself...but I still don't understand why people missed it..it's stated clearly.

[Bloblast]

The last time I saw a community getting so excited was some weeks prior to the release of UBISOFT's Silent Hunter IV.........

http://www.shipwrecksofegypt.com/images/sinkingsub.jpg

In March 2010 (!) UBISOFT released Silent Hunter IV and the support already stopped on December 1st 2010 ! (http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3431013487/m/1451048598) UBISOFT closed down the producing romanian branch office. As the matter of fact the community is dead and we all wasted € 45,00 for a DRM infested, buggy, unfinished piece of s....oftware with a campaing ending in 1943 ! :roll: So UBISOFT already screwed one of my favourite games and I HOPE AND PRAY that they will not do the same with the other one. Don't get me wrong, but I'm not that excited ! UBISOFT turned into a greedy company protecting the interests of their shareholders only. They don't give a sh*t for their customers. Remembering UPLAY.......:shock:

Anyway, I'm an optimist and will of course support Oleg efforts....4 weeks after the release.

P.S.: Although it is probably a rhetorical question; will there be a dedicated server for IL2 Sturmovik "Cliffs over Dover" ? ;)

You mean Silent Hunter 5, yes I was a big fan of SH3, SH5 came as a big disappointment.

But you can not compare SH5 with IL-2 COD, totally different situation, UBI is not developing IL-2 COD. And the initial IL-2 has a good history of support, not to worry!

[JG52Uther]

People missed it because it wasn't in the original post.Notice the post has been editted.

[Blackdog_kt]

Excellent news all around.

As for the "renegade pilots" bit, it could either mean pilots from occupied countries in RAF service, or simply AI wingmen that could be either inexperienced and incompetent or blatantly disobedient.

Repeat please! :grin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXf1bhEEXd0

I mostly fly axis but
a) there's no fw-190 yet and
b) the goodies in the package are very tempting either way
so i'll probably go for the collector's edition.

Also, i like the idea someone posted about making a download available with the installation files, so people who are waiting for their physical disc to arrive in the mail can start playing right away.

For example you could create an account on the title's dedicated website, input your order number from the webshop you bought it from and it would unlock a download option on your account. This would be good for us since we could start flying right away (depending on your internet speed and the server load on their end, you could have the game as early as late evening on the day of release), but also good for them since it would boost sales during the early days when titles are selling for full price.

It would also be an extra incentive to get the collector's edition, while otherwise some people who live in somewhat out of reach places might be put off by the long delivery times and opt for a download version instead.

Overall, excellent news and exciting times ahead, plus a special cheer for including the new multiplayer mode without skimping on the the offline content/campaigns. Like someone mentioned before, even if some fictional missions make an appearance (like the screenshot from igrommir with the damsel in distress), it will only serve to highlight the customizability (is that even a word? lol) and potential of the mission editor.

I would say i can't wait for March but i'm generally a patient guy, so i usually don't get all anxious and excited when there's still a month or more on the deadline clock. In that sesne, what i really can't wait for is this week's Friday updates.

Now that the cat's out of the bag, i suspect we could be seeing a demonstration of some of the special features that we all know are going to be included, but don't know much else about. Graphics are already awesome (CoD on reduced detail and no filters looks as good as modded IL2 on full detail to me, imagine what's going to happen with CoD cranked up to full) and a video of selected sequences will be enough to showcase the sounds too.
Dynamic weather, AI complexity, in-game briefings, the built-in support for 3rd party content/community mods without compromising online gameplay, systems and engine management, radio communications and vectoring by ground radar controllers, etc, that's stuff we all know have been planned features for a very long time but don't know how exactly will work in the sim. ;)


EDIT:

clickable cockpit?

It's been confirmed as a control option at an earlier date. There have also been screeenshots in the development updates showing tooltips on various buttons and levers, much like it works in FSX. That doesn't mean we'll have to click buttons in combat with the mouse though. I guess we will be able to map whatever we want to keyboard, stick or HOTAS and/or click on them in the cockpits, whichever way we like. In that case, i'll keep guns, gear, flaps, engine controls, etc mapped to my keyboard and stick like i have them in IL2, then use the mouse for secondary controls that are not time critical or only get used once or twice during the course of the flight (rotating the compass marker to a new heading, choosing a fuel tank or turning on the landing light switch for example).

I guess this goes hand in hand with the new view system that's been talked about and recently we saw a screenshot of. Oleg Maddox said there will be two view systems, one similar to IL2 and a new one. There was one pic in a recent update showing a pop-up camera menu, so i guess this is it.

That would be cool for movie makers. Instead of cycling through the cameras you just right click and select the aircraft you want to view, then probably save the track again with the view transitions you want and finally (this last one was also a confirmed feature in one update), export it directly to video format without having to use external video capture software.

[kapteeni]

can't wait.... Can't wait!!!
Í just hope that we will have UBIZOO again. I'm missing all the weirdo's.
And whining about how P-47 won teh war..
I need to buy a new rig!!!
kap..

[careca]

Is that true now?
It's not the first time I've heard talk about it. O surely hope so. I'm waiting this game for years.

[Richie]

A hurricane and a real, non Bouchon 109 E


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP5zCM2sR1o

[FAE_Cazador]

Today's news are good news, but, respectfully, few news.

News:
a.1) Released date March 2011
a.2) Publisher: Ubi (and a embryo of webpage)
a.3) Collector's Edition with a historical Spitfire Manual/Document
a.4) Renegade pilots flying for the Luftwaffe (Awesome ! :eek: :grin:)

Nothing more.


Already known (just following Oleg's good old Friday updates):

b.1) Planeset (not fully explained in release news)
b.2) Map printed in a cloth : this was already leaked/announced by Luthier weeks ago even asking to the community for historical background
b.3) Part of the footage already shown in Igromir show (to the fortunate spectators) or to the Internet in Youtube, via Iphones, etc.
b.4) DM and FM much more accurate
b.5) Better AI
b.6) Much more accurate environment (wheater etc)
b.7) Higly detailed ground objects
b.8 ) Scenario (obvious)
b.9) Graphic Software (DX11)
b10) Name (for somebody :) )
b11) RAF and Luftwaffe (and italian CAI) careers (Thanks, Luthier, for the correction)


Unknown yet (some very important)

c.1) Specs :confused:
c.2) DRM or antipiracy software
c.3) Cover
c.4) Price
c.5) Sale of Normal Edition (Steam? , direct download like ROF?
c.6) Activation mode (Internet connection full time even off-line? only 1 activation when purchased?
c.7) Worldwide release or different dates for countries
c.8 ) Forum?
c.9) Full Webpage
c10) Merchadising (Wall Papers, posters)

...and probably many other.

And finally, the quality of the video is, in my humble opinion, poor to show the great new capabilities of this Sim. Taken from old footage from low-end computer, short, and not transmitting the potential of this Sim. Just it looked like another Air Simulator more.

IMHO, this new Sim deserved a better Marketing campaign, better video, a better webpage, a Forum started, and a much more intense media speech to explain to newcomers what it really will be, and to spread illusion between us ,the old foxes that are expecting this great Sim for years.

Sorry, it is my feeling, ilusion and disappointment a the same time. It seems like if , suddenly, they were in a hurry. Why? Leaks?

I repeat, respectfully to all, specially to 1C Management and Dev Team.

PD: Of course, no doubt I'll purchase the Collector's Edition...

[Triggaaar]

Yes. At least three. The sim, to me, is worth that much. I'll happily supply evidence on release day. If!You'd be better sending a donation to the development team. But there will be a DRM, and you should be able to understand why (although hopefully not one that requires a connection every day, or that installs dodgy software on your PC).

Ahh, just read that myself...but I still don't understand why people missed it..it's stated clearly.Come on Major, get with it - it wasn't clearly stated - it wasn't stated at all, until after everyone spotted the mistake.

[Triggaaar]

IMHO, this new Sim deserved a better Marketing campaign, better video, a better webpage, a Forum started, and a much more intense media speech to explain to newcomers what it really will beYes it does deserve all that, but so what? The main thing is there's been an official announcement that it's due to be released in March. That's fantastic news. The fact is that it's now close enough that we don't have to worry much about system specs because a) we'll probably find out shortly, and b) we'll definitely know when it's out. You mention price - there is a pre-order price on the ubi website. It's just been announced today, you don't need to know everything from day one, and as you pointed out, we've already been told much of it before now - that's a good thing, not a bad thing that the news isn't new today.

[Chivas]

Today's news are good news, but, respectfully, few news.

News:
a.1) Released date March 2011
a.2) Publisher: Ubi (and a embryo of webpage)
a.3) Collector's Edition with a historical Spitfire Manual/Document
a.4) Renegade pilots flying for the Luftwaffe (Awesome ! :eek: :grin:)

Nothing more.


Already known (just following Oleg's good old Friday updates):

b.1) Planeset (not fully explained in release news)
b.2) Map printed in a cloth : this was already leaked/announced by Luthier weeks ago even asking to the community for historical background
b.3) Part of the footage already shown in Igromir show (to the fortunate spectators) or to the Internet in Youtube, via Iphones, etc.
b.4) DM and FM much more accurate
b.5) Better AI
b.6) Much more accurate environment (wheater etc)
b.7) Higly detailed ground objects
b.8 ) Scenario (obvious)
b.9) Graphic Software (DX11)
b10) Name (for somebody :) )
b11) RAF and Luftwaffe (and italian CAI) careers (Thanks, Luthier, for the correction)


Unknown yet (some very important)

c.1) Specs :confused:
c.2) DRM or antipiracy software
c.3) Cover
c.4) Price
c.5) Sale of Normal Edition (Steam? , direct download like ROF?
c.6) Activation mode (Internet connection full time even off-line? only 1 activation when purchased?
c.7) Worldwide release or different dates for countries
c.8 ) Forum?
c.9) Full Webpage
c10) Merchadising (Wall Papers, posters)
c11) RAF and Luftwaffe (and italian CAI) careers (Thanks, Luthier, for the correction)

...and probably many other.

And finally, the quality of the video is, in my humble opinion, poor to show the great new capabilities of this Sim. Taken from old footage from low-end computer, short, and not transmitting the potential of this Sim. Just it looked like another Air Simulator more.

IMHO, this new Sim deserved a better Marketing campaign, better video, a better webpage, a Forum started, and a much more intense media speech to explain to newcomers what it really will be, and to spread illusion between us ,the old foxes that are expecting this great Sim for years.

Sorry, it is my feeling, ilusion and disappointment a the same time. It seems like if , suddenly, they were in a hurry. Why? Leaks?

I repeat, respectfully to all, specially to 1C Management and Dev Team.

PD: Of course, no doubt I'll purchase the Collector's Edition...

Big deal. All the information you want will be in the next couple of months. Show a modicum of patience.

[II/JG54_Zent]

FINALLY !!!
that was (is) the longest wait ever for a piece of software....
i think they originally announced it 2006, wasnt it ?

the only problem i have is that i have to divide my flying time now between ROF and CoD (stupid title by the way)....imho they could have waited a year more to get it bugfree and ...noo...dont throw that big stone at me ..help ! :grin:

[PeterPanPan]

Come on... SO!

Never was so much owed by so many to SO few

It one of the most famous quotes in the friggin world so get it right ;)

Good spot. Bit like Neil Armstrong's cock-up in his first foot on the moon words. Didn't matter in the end though! :grin:

[klem]

First: quick bit of PR nitpicking. It's the British Army, but the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

Vets/historians might be a little miffed to see mention of the "British Airforce". There is no such entity - it's the RAF. Especially in a product like this, that's quite important!

.........................

Cheers, Spinner

What do you expect? Those Ubi idiots seem to have lost the point of the "Storm of War" series concept, left it out of the main title, included "IL-2 Sturmovik" to completely confuse anyone tracking this for the past six years and... oh wait, yes, they did mention SoW at the bottom in no context whatsoever just to further confuse anyone not aware of this new game and left them wondering "wt* is that"?

Yes I know its been said but I'm entitled to a nitpick too :)

TG it's on it's way at last.
(It's disappeared from play.com)

Luthier:
"Most of the footage was taken on my own crap PC months ago in an early beta. "

Did I waste my money then Luthier?.......

ASUS Sabertooth mobo
Intel i7 950 o/c @ 4GHz
6Mb RAM
GTX570 GPU
750W PSU
HAF912+ case, fans, stuff
Win7 64

[150GCT_Veltro]

Great news but..........

.....after so many years i was wainting for some special announcement.

This should be the official web?

http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com/cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/home/coming-soon.aspx

This shuold be the official Ubisoft press release?!

http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/Info.aspx?pId=9329

We still don't know what aircrafts will be flyiable, ecc. ecc. ecc.....

Really a poor announcement, not a good way at all to promote CoD, really a poor marketing policy.......and the video based on a pre-beta is a shame.

However, thank you a lot. We were waiting this annoucement since 7 years ago, so today is an historicall day for us.

[Dano]

Does anybody know if the UBI store takes payment immediately or when ready to ship? Also, over eight quid for express shipping that takes one to three days!?!?

Edit: Ok, the faq links are now working, they take payment when it's ready to ship.

[Wailwulf]

What no German Campaign? That is not going to go well on the German market, but lets wait and see.


"Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side, or join the German Luftwaffe and take part in meticulously recreated historical battles."

[whatnot]

Sorry, it is my feeling, ilusion and disappointment a the same time. It seems like if , suddenly, they were in a hurry. Why? Leaks?


This stuff is beyond me. One waits for years to know when to get out of jail as there is no definate date.. and once that date is set a few months from now it can in some twisted way be a disappointing as the warden didn't mention the make of the car that will be there to pick you up.

My analogy might suck but so does comments like this from people with tears in their eyes as they don't know what the DRM etc. will be like the first minute the official announcement is out..

[JG52Uther]

You might want to wait for Amazon or Play Dano,shipping will probably be free...

[Avimimus]

You'll never please everybody, if I was Oleg I'd make sure everybody has to tie their forum account to their activation and then force anybody who complained to fly around in Hello Kitty skins for a month or two ;)

You see - this is exactly what we're afraid of when we oppose DRM ;) ;)

[Avimimus]

What a silly kids comment, totally agree with csThor.

Guys - it has a mission builder... You will have day-by-day historical campaigns

[Dano]

You might want to wait for Amazon or Play Dano,shipping will probably be free...

It's free at UBI if you want the slow shipping option, if they ship early so it arrives on day of release that's not a problem.

[Avimimus]

Not.. how can anyone be so lame to consider the DRM a gamebreaker..

Hey man, regardless of the debate (other thread) - you have to accept that the DRM scheme used was a major reason why Silent Hunter V failed (and why subsims are dead for the moment). UBIsoft effectively killed of a genre (for a few years).

[Osprey]

Happy Birthday to me in March :D :D :D

Can't wait to get up into the blue and give Jerry a black eye.

[klem]

You might want to wait for Amazon or Play Dano,shipping will probably be free...

Will Ubi hog the distribution?
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=213540#post213540

[madcat]

Hi there, this is awesome news :)

PS has some ones made a typo on the official cliffs of dover web site (http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com/cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/home/coming-soon.aspx). The quote by Winston Churchill "Never in the field of human conflict
was so much owed by so many to few" shouldn't it be "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" or is it "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" ?

http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0702/0000/0340/battle_of_britain_propaganda_poster_mid.jpg

[HB252]

About the video:


In the second 26/27 yuo can see a sailor run toward the bow of the boat!!!

Amazing!!! :grin:

[Dano]

About the video:


In the second 26/27 yuo can see a sailor run toward the bow of the boat!!!

Amazing!!! :grin:

No you cant, it's debris.

[HB252]

No you cant, it's debris.

I think no, Dano. Debris running?

I can see how the sailor run and up and down toward the bow.

I think that is a sailor. :grin:

Anyone can see a sailor o debris?

[major_setback]

Thanks development team!!

[Mustang]

i think no, dano. Debris running?

I can see how the sailor run and up and down toward the bow.

I think that is a sailor. :grin:

Anyone can see a sailor o debris?


YES !!! OMG !!

it's debris ...

:(

[Dano]

I think no, Dano. Debris running?

I can see how the sailor run and up and down toward the bow.

I think that is a sailor. :grin:

Anyone can see a sailor o debris?

No, debris and it's shadow from the explosion.

[Blackdog_kt]

For the people asking about the price, if you click on the pre-order button on the title's new webpage it takes you to Ubi's web-store but it's not listed in the slideshow of pictures.

No worries, just go to the top right of the page/menus, type cliffs of dover in the "search ubishop" textbox (don't click on the "browse games" button as it's not listed there yet) and voila!

Currently, the listed price is 49.99 Euros for a download version. I guess this is not the collectors edition. I'd expect a physical boxed copy to be around 50-55 Euros and the collectors higher than that.
In one of the linked pages from last week's leaked information, a Swiss online shop had the collector's edition priced around 85 Euros (at least that's what google came up with after i converted 110 Swiss Franks to Euros).

Hope that helps.

[HB252]

No, debris and it's shadow from the explosion.

Dano put in you tube FULL SCREEN and you see the sailor!!!

Its a sailor because he made a shadow.

No debris, just a scare sailor! :grin:

[Dano]

Dano put in you tube FULL SCREEN and you see the sailor!!!

Its a sailor because he made a shadow.

No debris, just a scare sailor! :grin:

HB252, put youtube in FULLSCREEN and 720p and you see the debris making a shadow.

[Abbeville-Boy]

Dano put in you tube FULL SCREEN and you see the sailor!!!

Its a sailor because he made a shadow.

No debris, just a scare sailor! :grin:


i don't see it
use a screen capture and post your sailor

[Sven]

it's all lies it's a sailor!!:grin::grin:

Thought it as well, but it's a piece of the captain's quarters I believe, if you look really carefully you can see a picture of his wife without any... nevermind:)

[IceFire]

So now we can start up the when is this game going to come out threads :)

Great news! Can't wait for March!

[meplay]

hehe i thought it was the shadow of the a/c flying over the boat

[dflion]

Well done to Oleg and his dedicated team for all your hard work - its been a very long development time and now we are all nearly there. March will be a big month in the Flight Sim World and a big month financially for Oleg.
The next Friday update should be very exciting. I will be ordering the 'Collectors' addition.

DFLion

[SlipBall]

Sailor:confused:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/SlipBall/ScreenHunter_01Jan181823.jpg

[meplay]

yeap thers a sailor just before the explosion runing up the stairs between at the front!

[el0375]

well done 1C! 4 years of waiting ...

where to preorder teh collectors for italy as UBi sents me to It ubishop with only download version, where i seek for a pc-cd version.
if the game goes liek il2 did i will be more tahn happy, im in teh otehr hand concerned about small dlc which in my opinion i do not liek them and not buy.
in Il2 for example i bought original , forgotten battles, ace expansion pack and tehn il 1946..just my personal opinion.

question: if suppose that the game costs 50 euros, how much you think will go to 1c? answer by experience from other games.( i suppose that will be something 50 50 but ubi as shipper will have less profit and that might explain the low hype made by it all over the internet but actually i don't know)

[Dano]

yeap thers a sailor just before the explosion runing up the stairs between at the front!

Where?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/daniel.clarke17/debris.jpg

[SlipBall]

If they have sailors on the ships, that will be very cool.

[Sven]

There he is! Ahh you missed him, now he's gone:grin:

I like the detailed freighters, makes for good hunting with the Stuka/Ju88!

[Deadstick]

Great news 1C! Thanks.:grin:

[kirq]

Finally! Preordering.

[jamesdietz]

Finally! Preordering.

Where? I'm in the U.S. and having no luck yet!

[proton45]

Ahh, just read that myself...but I still don't understand why people missed it..it's stated clearly.


It seems that the current "mood" of the forum, is to find the flaws (kind of a "Where's Waldo" game) in the upcoming release. Apparently, people feel that Oleg needs help "finding & fixing all the mistakes". EXAMPLE: the unattractive box art, & the lack of a Messerschmidt manual...OMG!!! Who wants to play the game without a Messerschmidt booklet?!!?? I think Oleg needs to realize that people are buying the game for the packaging...NOT HIS BEAUTIFUL & BRILLIANT GAME.

Let us continue to explain to Oleg why, "we will buy the game", but most people will not, because of the box...or the name...or the color of the grass...or the lack of a flyable P-51 (Its the worlds best fighter!!!). Lord knows we all know about the "world wide confusion" that followed the "CoD" series. Remember all the people who tried to install "CoD Modern warfare" over "CoD Black Ops". Or how people thought "Call of duty" was a WW2 game...my buddy didn't buy the new "Call of duty" because he was so confused by the title. He just stood in Best Buy mumbling to himself, "Call of duty" means WW2...this game is in the present day. This is confusing...


Eh...you know what, I'm gonna stop here. LOL ;)

[FAE_Cazador]

My analogy might suck but so does comments like this from people with tears in their eyes as they don't know what the DRM etc. will be like the first minute the official announcement is out..

My worry is not the DRM stuff, sir, may be I did not explain myself well.

My point is that, a so long awaited by all of us new Flight Simulator, that probably will set up a new level in this market (as IL-2 did), would have deserved a better explained, and more documented and even spectacular release note. They want to sell the product, don't they?

[Defender]

Great news, now to figure out how to pre-order the special edition boxed edition to Canada....north america doesn't seem to be offered as a pre-order option on the ubi website.
Love how flight sim enthousiasts can be the most demanding bloody arrogant audience of the entire video game market. No wonder they've stopped making games for us, we're never satisfied with anything.

I am VERY satisfied with this news, not an ounce of negativity over here.

[Fltlt_HardBall]

Congratulations to Oleg and team for all your hard work. Roll on release day!

[Richie]

Great news, now to figure out how to pre-order the special edition boxed edition to Canada....north america doesn't seem to be offered as a pre-order option on the ubi website.
Love how flight sim enthousiasts can be the most demanding bloody arrogant audience of the entire video game market. No wonder they've stopped making games for us, we're never satisfied with anything.

I am VERY satisfied with this news, not an ounce of negativity over here.


Me either. I was dumbfounded when I saw that sailor running his butt off on that freighter. Wait a few days or so and they'll have a box for us to order eh.

[Blackdog_kt]

I can't pre-order the collector's edition from Ubishop either. It automatically takes me to the UK part of the website, but when i run a search for it the only thing that comes up is the download version, the others are not even listed. No boxed, physical copy neither a collector's edition (i live in Greece by the way).

Being in Europe i think i will be able to order a properly boxed collector's edition from the likes of Amazon. It's already listed on the German section of Amazon for example, price for collector's edition is 70 Euros which to be honest, is not bad at all. I hope zavvi.co.uk will carry it, they usually have good prices and they have some familiarity with the IL2 series as they have some of the previous titles listed.

I dislike the fact that most publishers today ship their games without even a manual, only to put it into the collector's edition for a huge mark up, especially considering the think manuals of older releases, but what we are getting with CoD on top of the manual i think is pretty good and totally justifying an extra 20 Euros on top of the base package. I just think that some kind of manual should be supplied with the base version as well, even if it's a small booklet instead of one with ring binders.

However, and especially since the base version doesn't mention any kind of printed material at all, i honestly think the collector's edition is the way to go, it's really good value.
It might even be possible to buy a few extra copies to sell on ebay a few months down the line, too bad i can't spare an extra 200 Euros or so for a few extra boxes :-P

[Ploughman]

Well sh*t the bed I never thought I'd live to see the day. I was 35 when Storm of War was first announced and while I never thought it would happen to me I thought maybe my son would have at least a fool's chance of one day stepping into the bright sunlight uplands of a 2nd generation Oleg Maddox flight simulator. But here I am, barely 42 and with a son still in the tubes and here it is. Even the wife, who frankly couldn't give a flying **** gave an cry of joy to hear it was actually finally going to happen.

Tears of joy.

And.

Oleg, for the first time in way too long, I get to give you some more money. Carry on sir.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Damn! One day spent getting my Warthog throttle working again (Thanks for the support TM! it was a great!) and I come back find Bob's release has been anounced! Crikey!!

Who's the Australian distributor?????? I want my collectors edition delivered on the release day!

Has anyone said this is fantastic news?

WOOT!!!

[=XIII=Shea]

Fantastic news,thanks

[Avimimus]

Congratulations to Oleg and team for all your hard work. Roll on release day!

+1

[sneakytails]

To me "renegade" means to "go against or to oppose the status quo".

I am thinking that at 1940 the United States was not in the war yet and offically neutral so the american eagle squadron pilots could be considered "renegade". In fact there may have been talk of prosecution back then, not sure on that one though. For a young american to sign up to fight for anothers armed forces when most of thier peers oppossed the war is quite renegade indeed. Heck most of those pilots just showed up and got there themselves somehow...

To me the french and pole fighters were simply fighting for their countries not what I would call renegade as I am sure all of their countrymen were cheering them on in silent while watching the grey hoarde pass.

Yeah im thinking eagle squadron pilots are what renegade is refering to.

[drewpee]

You bloody little ripper. We get a second Xmas. My family will be so happy that I'm no longer obsessing about Friday update.
Thanks Team.

[Tiger27]

Good.. now we wait for the activation surprise - the maker or breaker of the game :!:

For you maybe.

[Buglord]

Thats great news, will have to upgrade my rig sooner that i thought. :) :)

[Jaws2002]

Thats great news, will have to upgrade my rig sooner that i thought. :) :)

Now you can start on a list, and prepare refference for a bunch of gorgeous skins you'll do when you'll get your hands on the game.:mrgreen:
All the skinners will be bussy for a looooong, looooong time!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/<FA>Jaws/jumping0041.gif

[ChrisP]

Let me start by saying that I am going to purchase this game no matter what, because I love what Oleg and his team have done, and I'd like to thank them for it. I have spent countless hours strapped into my chair playing IL2 because, in my opinion, there is simply nothing that is more accurate and more enjoyable when it comes to WWII flight simulators.

This being said, I sincerely hope that IL2:CoD does not use some ridiculous anti-piracy solution that inhibits the multiplayer/singleplayer aspect of this game. Sure, there needs to be security in place, but it must not make the game any less enjoyable or reliable for legitimate paying consumers. Regardless of how sophisticated the DRM solution is, hackers will find a way to get around it. This has been demonstrated time and time again, and the main victim in this battle is the honest paying consumer. Which, in turn, eventually leads to a decline in sales. I passionately hope that Oleg and his company do not lose some of their hard earned money to such a small aspect of what appears to be an amazingly well designed product.

[JimmyBlonde]

Please Oleg or Luthier, could you clarify that "fight against renegade pilots" thing about the British campaign?
I´m sure it´s some kind of mistake, because doesn´t look like anything that Maddox games works before.
I mean,you always look compromised with historical accuracy and the way it´s written is really strange...
But what I really want to do is compliment Oleg , Luthier and all the staff for the years of hard work that finally are coming for
the end.
Years of good historical battles are coming for the community starting March 2011...

As far as my ability to translate spangrish goes I'd say it really refers to 'renegade' Poles, Czechs, French and other pilots from occupied nations, volunteer foreigners, and volunteers from the Commonwealth.

I'm sure it's not some half-arsed "plot device" thing, that would just be stupid.

So excited to actually have a firm date!

[Heliocon]

Great news, really looking forward to the game!
Dont mean to be a downer, but to be honest I was unimpressed by the graphics I saw. Maybe it was the lower video resolution but it had really bad Jaggies. The cockpit lighting and detail is incredible, photorealistic. I am sure the terrain closer up is more detailed, but in the sky scenes / cliffs it looked very much like WOP graphics.

[K_Freddie]

For you maybe.

Yep... Ubi has a checkered history leaning towards the real bad, with the uncanny ability to completely stuff up a really good sim.

IF,... Ubi was not the distributor, I'd buy it even if the first reviews were 'neutral'. For now, I will sit and wait the outcome. Hopefully 1C have UBI on a very, very short leash wrt to this sim.

;)

[Tiger27]

Yep... Ubi has a checkered history leaning towards the real bad, with the uncanny ability to completely stuff up a really good sim.

IF,... Ubi was not the distributor, I'd buy it even if the first reviews were 'neutral'. For now, I will sit and wait the outcome. Hopefully 1C have UBI on a very, very short leash wrt to this sim.

;)

Sorry my reply was a bit abrupt, I only meant that I will be buying, no matter what, but yes I hope UBI don't screw the pooch with this one, as they did with SH.

[Biggs [CV]]

Sorry my reply was a bit abrupt, I only meant that I will be buying, no matter what, but yes I hope UBI don't screw the pooch with this one, as they did with SH.

This is where I have alot of faith in Oleg, he would not sign a deal with UBI if he thought there was an ice cubes chance in hell of them screwing this up.