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You are right Krupi, and I agree with you with what you are saying in the last post.

I think that most of who criticize this game (like me!) do it becouse we "love" Il2: if we do not care about this brand, we did not spend our time in forums "whining" :).

I played IL2 since the 2001 demo. In my experience, I am not able to play CloD since its release. I tried a lot of time, every time I exit frustated and a week later I tried again... there are simply too many things (some serious, others minimal) that, put togheter, made my experience frustating.

I know that it is not the case of all players, lots are happy with Clod and I "envy" them becouse I regret the Il2 days.

I don't think I know anyone who is particularly happy with the game, yes the last beta has ushered a few back into the fold but the red pilots are not very happy (when are they ever :P) with the FM's.

Personally I will only be "happy" with COD when we can get a online moving fronts campaign up and running like back in the good old days :D, unfortunately that is going to take sometime.

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Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 454178)

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at the end of the day we there are plenty of other aspects of the sim that need to be corrected before they start working on the landscaping I think we can at least agree on that :o

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Sorry Krupi, and I'm probably going to get scorched by the majority here, but what the heck, for me the landscape is the thing I'd probably like to see redone most - right now. I haven't liked it right from the start. It really grates on me. Sets my teeth on edge. It is the biggest issue that puts me off firing the game up. I've set up a few missions in the FMB over the Channel purely so that I don't have to look at the landscape.

I don't expect anyone will pause in their criticism and scorn as they point out the relative lack of importance of this issue in their opinion. Well fine.

Also, once again, the fixes to terrain really do not need to consume any more PC resources than currently. It's more a matter of rearranging and tweaking the presentation.

I'm prepared to bet that in a year or two when the game has been tweaked, repaired, reworked and had features reinstated, that most people will look back at how it is now and agree with much of what the critics are saying.

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Originally Posted by kendo65 (Post 454203)

I think the landscape we have at present is awful too. As you can see from Krupi's picture and if you fly into the UK the immediate, overwhelming impression is how green everything is. The technicolour dream coat landscape we have now is a let down compared to the sometimes jaw-dropping impression of flying and fighting that this sim can deliver when it all comes together. However, there is a lot more that needs working on at present than the landscape.
For the moment, I just don't look down!

You have to remember that the British landscape has changed since the 1940 in terms of what the farmers cultivate.

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Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 454224)

You have to remember that the British landscape has changed since the 1940 in terms of what the farmers cultivate.

Agree totally. They have got a lot of things right in that respect, especially things like field sizes but nevertheless the colour scheme we have at present is only remotely applicable to a couple of weeks in late August - imho of course!

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Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 454224)

You have to remember that the British landscape has changed since the 1940 in terms of what the farmers cultivate.

trouble is fields in Clod look nothing like what was grown then.

speaking from someone who has just done 21 days straight in said modern day fields.

actually, one of the major differences between today and back then, is we harvest earlier now and much quicker, i look at the fields in Clod, and i can't tell you what they are supposed to represent, it looks more like spring than anything else, but even thats not a good match.

it isn't summer 1940, thats for sure, no wheat, barley, rye.........

Jolly inconsiderate of those Luftwaffe blighters to attack in summer don't you think chaps. Spring would have been much more convenient.