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Zappatime 03-29-2011 06:05 PM

UK CE Box delivery came today!
 
I just got 3 copies of the UK Collector's Edition (not all for me:-)) delivered today in a big box, they left it at my neighbour's house and theyve only just got back home - the delivery has come from Germany by DHL, but I live in the Uk so it confused me when the DHL delivery ticket left in my letterbox just said '1 box left at No 1 - sender - Germany' (real helpful), I'd paid for the express delivery as its the same for 3 as it is for 1 copy.

Very surprised as my Ubishop order just says being processed or whatever.

But, nevertheless YABBADABBADOOO!

JG52Krupi 03-29-2011 06:09 PM

OI one of those is mine, you greedy swine...

I know posted the same on ubizoo.

Just out of interest whereabouts do you live, hope mine arrives tomorrow apparently you can play straight away with it no steam lock :D

sallee 03-29-2011 06:13 PM

Still waiting for mine. I want to touch it....I may kiss it. But I'll stop there.

kristorf 03-29-2011 06:19 PM

Now that really pi@@ed me off after being told mine would not be dispatched until after release day???

JG52Krupi 03-29-2011 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristorf (Post 244165)
Now that really pi@@ed me off after being told mine would not be dispatched until after release day???

You should get it on or before the release date, the forum manager came back with the good news

ATAG_Dutch 03-29-2011 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zappatime (Post 244150)
Very surprised as my Ubishop order just says being processed or whatever.
But, nevertheless YABBADABBADOOO!

Seems it's impossible to get sense out of ubishop.

We've just been assured that they're 'on target to have all pre-orders delivered by release date'.
I'll believe 'em when it's in my grubby mitts.

But congrats, zappa mate, have fun.:grin:

PeterPanPan 03-29-2011 06:34 PM

Well done you, but where the hell's mine?! It had better come tomorrow or else! ;)

Zappatime 03-29-2011 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi (Post 244157)
OI one of those is mine, you greedy swine...

I know posted the same on ubizoo.

Just out of interest whereabouts do you live, hope mine arrives tomorrow apparently you can play straight away with it no steam lock :D


I live in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, it was UPS not DHL that delivered - sorry, sent 28/3/11 so that's actually pretty good going, I'd say.

kendo65 03-29-2011 07:07 PM

Kristorf - I suspect you have been given wrong info and that your copy will arrive in next day or so as well.

Seems to be confusion when contacting Ubi direct. I recall someone else being told the same thing, but apparently they are despatched to arrive in time. :)

Tigertooo 03-29-2011 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristorf (Post 244165)
Now that really pi@@ed me off after being told mine would not be dispatched until after release day???

Steady Kris, after all, you'r almost a Tangmere Pilot;)

goodwood 03-29-2011 07:48 PM

:grin::grin::grin: No booking tomorrow off if it does work ;)

addman 03-29-2011 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by goodwood (Post 244239)
:grin::grin::grin: No booking tomorrow off if it does work ;)

Why does your username sound familiar?

Alien 03-29-2011 07:59 PM

Pics please. I'm really horny now :twisted:

goodwood 03-29-2011 08:03 PM

First post so not sure, only reason I can see is that the Goodwood circuit was built around Westhampnett airfield:grin:
Now if you want to see the real thing try and get to the circuit revival - not only the best motor racing but allways a few spits flying from the grass airfield:grin::grin::grin: Just how god intended. Was there the first year of the revival too see Mark and Ray Hanna in there spit and 109. Did miss the opening of the circuit by a spit 10ft off the tarmac.

As for the CE's I work with Zappatime so looking forwad to my copy coming in the morning;)

goodwood 03-29-2011 08:13 PM

Just had a look on you tube, heres the link. Missed it by 10 min:(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnc78LW7V1U

cant wait to take off from the airfield and buzz the tower like that:grin:

Shrike_UK 03-29-2011 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristorf (Post 244165)
Now that really pi@@ed me off after being told mine would not be dispatched until after release day???

RAF33 pilots get it a day earlier, with a free bar of soap on a rope.
sorry had to say that kris lol.

Zappatime 03-29-2011 09:36 PM

Well it activates and works. made a new Steam user (as my old one gets used on my sons pc a lot); installs from DVD then when you run it it fires up into your Steam account and downloads a fairly big update, took a while, so watched the England match for 20 minutes:grin:

Frame rate is all over the place at the moment, but we've all heard why so wont go into all that, just hope the updates/patch coming by the end of the week maybe will make big improvements.

There's an absolute ton of control keys, not many with a default setup, just the familiar il2 ones for views, bail out, padlock fly-by etc.

Sound quality is variable, guns in the Hurricane sound oddly boxed in but loud, comms radio is difficult to hear and I havent seen any volume adjust for that, the audio setup is a little sparse apart from speaker selection, unless I'm missing something.

I havent really played about with the settings, it defaulted to my desktop resolution (1920x1200) and medium settings - my spec:

Q9650 @ 3.7Ghz, 4Gb ram, Zotac Amp 480GTX, SB X-Fi, Win 7 64bit

Changing the graphics settings requires a restart to take effect, I know most games require this these days, but it restarts through steam so takes a while, unlike il2.

I set it to very high just to see how it looked, my poor pc wondered what I'd hit it with:( its very early days, after such a long wait following the development for nigh on six years, I'll take a deep breath and accept waiting a bit longer to see it sorted, I remember thinking in the friday updates ' give it me now, I dont care that its got bugs' well, careful what you wish for!;)

PS: The CE box is very nicely done, the spiral bound handbook has a really thick front/back to it, it would have been nice to see a list of available controls, like the old keycard in all the versions il2, not checked to see if there's any pdf's on the disc etc.

Chivas 03-29-2011 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zappatime (Post 244150)
I just got 3 copies of the UK Collector's Edition (not all for me:-)) delivered today in a big box, they left it at my neighbour's house and theyve only just got back home - the delivery has come from Germany by DHL, but I live in the Uk so it confused me when the DHL delivery ticket left in my letterbox just said '1 box left at No 1 - sender - Germany' (real helpful), I'd paid for the express delivery as its the same for 3 as it is for 1 copy.

Very surprised as my Ubishop order just says being processed or whatever.

But, nevertheless YABBADABBADOOO!

Who did you order the 3 CE copies from in Germany? And you have one copy coming from Ubishop UK?

Zappatime 03-30-2011 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chivas (Post 244401)
Who did you order the 3 CE copies from in Germany? And you have one copy coming from Ubishop UK?

No youre confused - I live in the UK and it was a single order for 3 CE copies from Ubishop's UK site; its UBI Uk who have shipped them from Germany, perhaps because I had bought 3 copies on one order with the express (rather than free) delivery option it was cheaper for them to use UPS to courier rather than any other means, the result was it came in one day, where single copies might be taking longer. I assume all UK CE orders must be coming from Germany.

PeterPanPan 03-30-2011 03:51 PM

Fortune favours the multiple orderer!!

I'm in London and most jealous that you have 3 copies and I have none. Getting totally useless info from Ubi about this, so will just have to wait like a good little boy until Mr UPS pays me a visit.

TheEditor 03-30-2011 05:23 PM

Ironic that the packages come from Germany! Better games then He-111...lol

SEE 03-30-2011 05:41 PM

Has anyone (UK) received an email confirmation when despatched?

My CE invoice despatch date is 28th March but no email as yet - it appears a lot of us are still waiting delivery.

sallee 03-30-2011 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SEE (Post 245162)
Has anyone (UK) received an email confirmation when despatched?

My CE invoice despatch date is 28th March but no email as yet - it appears a lot of us are still waiting delivery.

I didn't get notification. It just arrived via UPS when no-one was in!

SEE 03-30-2011 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sallee (Post 245168)
I didn't get notification. It just arrived via UPS when no-one was in!

Thanks, won't waste my time checking and then deleting countless useless emails.....:(:grin:

Cowboy10uk 03-30-2011 07:19 PM

Well thats a surprise, despite all the promises from Ubisoft, NO CE has arrived, Think I might do the lottery, I think I might have a better chance of winning that.


Cowboy10uk

SEE 03-30-2011 07:32 PM

According to the UBI site, the majority of UK pre-orders should be with the customer on Thursday 31st the official release date.


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