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thorsten.ja

08-12-2009, 09:14 PM

...I´ve just noticed some interessting news. I don´t know if this has been already posted here ;-) :

Milton Keynes, 11th August 2009 – On Thursday 13 August, 505 Games, in collaboration with 1C Company, will give fans eagerly awaiting the 3 September release of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey the chance to watch the game being demoed live by members of the team through popular social networking site Twitter via UStream.

The demo session will be hosted by Mark Allen, European Communications Manager for 505 Games, who will guide viewers through a selection of some of the fifty missions available in the game that take place in locations as diverse as Battle of Britain, Stalingrad and the Battle of the Bulge. An exclusive UStream channel (http://www.ustream.tv) has been created to broadcast the demo to attendees who will be able to engage in live chat with other viewers throughout.

A Q&A session will also follow the demonstration to give fans the chance to pose questions to the developers on the inner workings of the title. For anyone who misses the event as it happens, all chat posts, questions and answers will include the hashtag #IL2LiveDemo for easy reference. The demo session will go live from 9:30pm AEST on Thursday 13 August. For further updates and details on how to view the live stream please refer to http://twitter.com/IL2BirdsOfPrey

source (http://www.games-news.de/go/il_2_sturmovik_birds_of_prey_demo_broadcast_tomorr ow/640648/il_2_sturmovik_birds_of_prey_demo_broadcast_tomorr ow.html?url=/nl/il_2_sturmovik_birds_of_prey_demo_broadcast_tomorr ow/640648/il_2_sturmovik_birds_of_prey_demo_broadcast_tomorr ow.html%3Furl%3D%252Fsearch%252F%253Fx%253D0%2526y %253D0%2526text%253Dil-2%2526type%253D0)

The Q&A session might be interesting, as we are wondering about the cockpitthing...

cydno

08-12-2009, 09:31 PM

The Q&A session might be interesting, as we are wondering about the cockpitthing...

Hi,

there's already a thread concerning the live demo: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=8750

Yes! if someone can do not hesitate to ask about the cockpit view on the german planes. during the Q&A session.

trk29

08-12-2009, 09:40 PM

What time will this be for EST?

cydno

08-12-2009, 10:03 PM

What time will this be for EST?

I think that 12h30 BST is 13h30 CEST.

Raw Kryptonite

08-12-2009, 10:11 PM

Hope someone posts the Cliff's Notes, that's too early for me to be in game mode. LOL

cydno

08-13-2009, 10:52 AM

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/il-2-sturmovik-birds-of-prey---live-demo

Enjoy! :-P

Jazzy Jase

08-13-2009, 11:11 AM

I hope the first thing they do is to jump into a 109 and show us whether or not it has a cockpit. Time to put the rumour to bed.

cydno

08-13-2009, 11:17 AM

You can go and ask it here :-P:

http://www.forums-xbox.com/showthread.php?p=5454#post5454

I am still wondering why that kind of event is exclusive to an XBOX forum....
Don't you like ps3 also?

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 11:24 AM

I hope the first thing they do is to jump into a 109 and show us whether or not it has a cockpit. Time to put the rumour to bed.

Whishfull thinking.........:(

cydno

08-13-2009, 11:34 AM

It starts!

Moog

08-13-2009, 11:43 AM

Why show the same mission everyone played in the demo? So stupid.

Nike-it

08-13-2009, 11:46 AM

Why show the same mission everyone played in the demo? So stupid.

Why stupid? The name states Live Il-2 Demo Broadcast, no words about additional missions.

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 11:55 AM

As I cant access the chat area of the stream, can anyone tell me if someone already asked about the "virtual cockpit only" horror-story?

Jazzy Jase

08-13-2009, 11:55 AM

As I cant access the chat area of the stream, can anyone tell me if someone already asked about the "virtual cockpit only" horror-story?

I don't think chat is working at all.

Moog

08-13-2009, 12:02 PM

I thought that by "Demo broadcast" they meant demoing the full version of the game, which they're finally doing. Finally, they're showing something relatively new, the Berlin level, although I saw this in one of the earlier videos.

The framerate feels really choppy. I hope it is caused the streaming and compression and not by the game..

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:02 PM

I don't think chat is working at all.

Honi soit qui mal y pense - comes to mind...:cool:
I think we are in for a nasty piece of news...

Nike-it

08-13-2009, 12:04 PM

Honi soit qui mal y pense - comes to mind...:cool:

Chat is working, but it seems not in all broswers

Jazzy Jase

08-13-2009, 12:06 PM

Chat is working, but it seems not in all broswers

Okay. Probably my dodgy old browser then! I can see the Twitter feed though.

Nike-it

08-13-2009, 12:06 PM

Okay. Probably my dodgy old browser then! I can see the Twitter feed though.

I also can't see the chat in recent firefox, only in opera. Strange.

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:06 PM

Chat is working, but it seems not in all broswers

Please let me know if theres an answer to the cockpit question ;)

Jazzy Jase

08-13-2009, 12:08 PM

Please let me know if theres an answer to the cockpit question ;)

Will do. They've just said that the video is being recorded and will be posted on the net at some point.

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:11 PM

Will do. They've just said that the video is being recorded and will be posted on the net at some point.

That makes me a happy Kraut. Thanks mate.

Jazzy Jase

08-13-2009, 12:18 PM

PS3 Demo - 20th August!!!

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:21 PM

PS3 Demo - 20th August!!!

With german cockpits that would make me very happy indeed. At the moment I cant realy feel happy about that. :(

Nike-it

08-13-2009, 12:24 PM

Recorded video of the LIVE DEMO
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1976329

H Lecter

08-13-2009, 12:29 PM

2:24 danneale: ok here goes
2:25 danneale: Mark from 505 Games here
2:25 danneale: fire questions(not all at once!)
2:25 MARTIANS: yeh, go ahead, ask me
2:25 MARTIANS: ;-)
2:25 H_Lecter: is there a cockpit view for the german planes or not?2:25 spunkyrakune: What game modes will be availaboe in MP?
2:26 elneilios84: will there be a flightstick bundle?
2:26 MARTIANS: do you have freeflight on all the maps?
2:26 danneale: Yes there is a cockpit view for German planes
2:26 H_Lecter: real or virtual cockpit..?2:27 danneale: IN MP - Dogfight, team dogfight, strike, capture the airfield, up to 16 players
2:27 danneale: flightsticks are avilable, and supported... it will depend on individual retailers
2:27 Spotter5: Can we pilot the ME262 in multiplayer/singleplayer?
2:27 danneale: real cockpits2:27 RawKryptonite: In ground strike, will each team be set to use a certain number of full sized bombers? assign player(s) to it? are there "slots" for bombers to fill so teams have equal number of them?
2:28 danneale: (almost every plane historically correct)
2:28 danneale: a couple without cockpit views
2:28 H_Lecter: *hugs mark and everyone else*
2:28 H_Lecter: it must be xmas, thanks guys!
2:28 elneilios84: that is very good news about real cockpits

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:32 PM

Somehow i still have firm doubts, sounds great but I guess I will rather hear what Anton has to say. Thanks mate!!

H Lecter

08-13-2009, 12:35 PM

Somehow i still have firm doubts, sounds great but I guess I will rather hear what Anton has to say. Thanks mate!!

Can't imagine that they would lie in that Q&A session.

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:37 PM

Can't imagine that they would lie in that Q&A session.

2:28 danneale: a couple without cockpit views

That worries me - I want to read something like "some german planes will have cockpits in MP mode" - a couple without could mean all german planes without. Chats are confusing sometimes.

elneilios

08-13-2009, 12:52 PM

H Lecter

08-13-2009, 12:56 PM

Hmm thought I'd ask just to see what they'd say...

1:46 elneilios84: ah sorry missed your reply. Can the buttons, sticks be remapped to some extent? E.g. flip the function of the analog sticks?
1:47 Spotter5: Does the game reuire a HDD install, and does it have trophies?
1:48 danneale: a definitive graphic layout of the Aviator would be helpful, in both arcade/realistic as well as sim. especially sim LOL --- we will look inot that :)
1:49 danneale: elneilios84: - Yes they can be

This is controversial isn't it?

Yeah, found that quite interesting. I always take the latest peace of info that I get from a publisher as up to date and reliable info until proven otherwise. If I found out that someone lied to me I will not bother asking in the future.

We will see when the game comes out. I'll buy it anyway and will post here about my experience especially regarding those sensitive topics like controls and cockpit views.

Gilgenbach

08-13-2009, 12:58 PM

Yeah, found that quite interesting. I always take the latest peace of info that I get from a publisher as up to date and reliable info until proven otherwise. If I found out that someone lied to me I will not bother asking in the future.

We will see when the game comes out. I'll buy it anyway and will post here about my experience especially regarding those sensitive topics like controls and cockpit views.

We should realy wait for a comment from Anton. And that he does not answer worries me enough to cancel my preorder until I get feedback.

Grüße nach Österreich!

Rob

H Lecter

08-13-2009, 01:01 PM

Grüße nach Österreich!

Rob

Jup, servus nach Deutschland :)

Martin

elneilios

08-13-2009, 02:22 PM

Yeah, found that quite interesting. I always take the latest peace of info that I get from a publisher as up to date and reliable info until proven otherwise. If I found out that someone lied to me I will not bother asking in the future.

We will see when the game comes out. I'll buy it anyway and will post here about my experience especially regarding those sensitive topics like controls and cockpit views.

Actually re-reading my question, I don't think I was clear enough... I asked if the analog stick functions can be flipped. This could easily be misconstrued to mean "can the X/Y axis be inverted" and we all know that they can even in the demo. I'm betting this is why he answered yes.

H Lecter

08-13-2009, 02:38 PM

Actually re-reading my question, I don't think I was clear enough... I asked if the analog stick functions can be flipped. This could easily be misconstrued to mean "can the X/Y axis be inverted" and we all know that they can even in the demo. I'm betting this is why he answered yes.

Well, honestly it's a non-issue for me. The AV8R standard button layout works (not all buttons are perfectly located but I got used even to the trim button).

The question and answer about cockpit view was very clear, so if I don't see German cockpits in the finished version I will ignore any further game coming from Gaijin/1C/505. Spending 60 Euros on that game will not leave me broke, so I'll simply take the risk and trust them for once.

Raw Kryptonite

08-13-2009, 03:14 PM

Raw Kryptonite

08-13-2009, 03:16 PM

Why show the same mission everyone played in the demo? So stupid.

We did see I think 2 other missions. The one with the IL-2 looked like a ton of fun. Rear gunning and all.

elneilios

08-13-2009, 04:16 PM

Well, honestly it's a non-issue for me. The AV8R standard button layout works (not all buttons are perfectly located but I got used even to the trim button).

The question and answer about cockpit view was very clear, so if I don't see German cockpits in the finished version I will ignore any further game coming from Gaijin/1C/505. Spending 60 Euros on that game will not leave me broke, so I'll simply take the risk and trust them for once.

Same here, I'm not that bothered about the control layout - I asked on behalf of the many that it does bother. Full German cockpits is a much bigger issue for me so I'm quite pleased with the answer.

Moog

08-13-2009, 09:08 PM

We did see I think 2 other missions. The one with the IL-2 looked like a ton of fun. Rear gunning and all.

Right, I continued watching and I saw the other 2. I wonder how much more maps/environments are there in game?

Zatoichi_Sanjuro

08-14-2009, 03:43 AM

'Strike' sounds like a great MP mode but does anyone know if MP servers are skill restricted i.e. only sim players, only realistic players etc.

I know it sounds like a no-brainer but in my experience gaming on console MP leaves a lot to be desired.

Raw Kryptonite

08-14-2009, 05:28 AM

The quality of gaming on pc or console is limited by the people you game with. You need a good friends list.
The game is hosted by a player, not game servers. Host has control over what type of room it is.

loopdreams

08-14-2009, 07:21 AM

2:26 H_Lecter: real or virtual cockpit..?

2:27 danneale: real cockpits
People seem to be getting confused over the term virtual cockpit, I've always understood virtual cockpit (http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GBGB337GB337&q=virtual%20cockpit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi) to be the type of view where you see the interior of the plane rendered in 3D. So the question "real or virtual" is absolutely meaningless. Who knows what the developer meant when he answered that way?

H Lecter

08-14-2009, 07:30 AM

People seem to be getting confused over the term virtual cockpit, I've always understood virtual cockpit (http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GBGB337GB337&q=virtual%20cockpit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi) to be the type of view where you see the interior of the plane rendered in 3D. So the question "real or virtual" is absolutely meaningless. Who knows what the developer meant when he answered that way?

Well, it's not me who invented those terms. It's the language of the developers and those terms are being used in game.

[EDIT:

2:28 danneale: (almost every plane historically correct)
2:28 danneale: a couple without cockpit views

This should point out that the guy answering the questions (Mark?) knew what was meant by real vs. virtual cockpits]

H Lecter

08-14-2009, 09:10 AM

That was what i was wondering about!!

The french 'no german cockpit' micromania PRE(!)view says that they only could do MP on arcade!?!?

If you are host why coudn't the guy just setup a MP in sim mode????

So, what kind of copy/build did the guy have?

Anyway, i hope for some german cockpits (as does everybody else here)

I find it funny that a gaming website enjoys higher credibility among the community than the word of the developers.

I rather tend to believe the makers of the game...

I highly recommend anybody to watch the recorded broadcast if you haven't done so yet and switch the audio on. There's lots of interesting background info about game modes and other details.

cydno

08-14-2009, 11:47 AM

Well, the Micromania PREview started the whole 'no german cockpits' fire, and was in fact THE reason why ppl (like yourself) specificly asked the devs during the broadcast.

What i did was just WONDERING what the micromania guy actually PREviewed. Prolly not the final/retail version.

Of course i believe the word of a dev. So, the broadcast gives hope/evidence that german cocpits will be in (but not all:))

+1 ;-)

H Lecter

08-14-2009, 12:42 PM

Well, the Micromania PREview started the whole 'no german cockpits' fire, and was in fact THE reason why ppl (like yourself) specificly asked the devs during the broadcast.

I'm aware of that. But even after the question was answered, there were people saying that the devs lie and Micromania was right. That's what I was referring to - and I know that you were not one of them. :)

David603

08-14-2009, 12:47 PM

If we could just get an answer from Anton about whether the 109/190 have the proper cockpit views, then I would be happy, or unhappy, depending on the response, but at least we wouldn't have all this speculation. With all the fuss you would have thought he would answer, since he can apparently spare the time to answer the question of whether the German planes will have swastikas on them.

Gilgenbach

08-15-2009, 05:02 AM