A way to tell that Il2/BoB is SO popular
 

This Il2 forum ALWAYS has so many people viewing it compared to the other forums here at 1C. Out of the nearly 15 games that have forums here, a lot of the time those other games have one or two people on those forums, THIS one always has so many people here at any one given time. It just goes to show that Il2 and BoB are so well liked by the fans that Oleg has accumulated over the years. The same goes for the UBI forum. That is a VERY active forum as well. I have never seen such an active forum as that one, and so helpful...and this forum compared to the others here at 1C...Oleg, you should be so proud of what you have created, and the large fan base you have made. There really are a lot of people that love Il2 and are so excited to see how great Sow:BoB will be.

It took long time for people to realize that IL2 series has quality written all over it. I wish there was more boxes of 1946 in local stores....

Same at Simhq.

Another feature is that I posted a list of the "great sims" along with videos on a couple of unrelated forums and the only feedback I got back was people approving of listing Il-2 and adding their praise for Oleg Maddox.

This sim was so far ahead of it's time that TODAY.... if you get new hardware.. you may still find something new that you didnt see or hear before.... think about that.. with the way that technology expands...

Then consider what we may have with BoB...

Exactly!! it's really amazing, almost scary how good it is and how high the bar has been set. Expectations for BOB are high indeed, we will run that sim maxed out in maybe 2015 :shock:

I can't remember a game that has been eagerly awaited by so many people for such a long time. I agree with Bearcat about it being so far ahead of it's time.

If we end up with a sim that makes us feel even close to being there, it'll be worth it...

I remember a post on the Ubi board from way back when the game first hit the stores. It went something like:

WAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! IF SIMS CAN LOOK THIS GOOD NOW, WHAT WILL THEY BE LIKE IN 10 YEARS TIME!!!!!!

Well soon... we'll find out.

I hope so because I'll be almost 70 then.
best regards,
Pike.

The IL2 forums are so popular because all the other forums everyone is busy playing the game, and with IL2 everyone is to busy posting on the forums

That and tweaking the game trying to get it to run smoothly. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the game but perfect it ain't. After almost eight years it's still not a game you install and just play. It takes a lot of trial and error to get it running right, IMO. I appreciate the difficulties of setting up a game to run on many different computer systems and I appreciate the many patches we've gotten over the years to correct problems. Hopefully BoB:SoW will run great out of the box. I'll believe that when I see it.

Actually this is not the case... My kid and his friends play a lot of other games on the net and there are not that many servers AND they are not that populated, compared to the IL2 'network'.

I think it's more of a case that there are so many IL2 players (and growing) that not everyone is playing at the same time. I think the 'attention span' of other games is not that great compared to IL2, resulting in this 'population longevity'

Well, .. that was worth a few BoB ! :cool:

Tweaking
 

The ability to tweak and tune the iL2 series sim/game straight from the box to suit you system hardware and drivers only illustrates the flexability Oleg and his Team have allowed the consumer.
I have tried other sims/games and found although the performance has been generaly ok some can`t be tweaked to give the best overaul performance quite like this simm.Tech support and fellow simmers have realy helped in this and I am sure reccomended setups for your hardware ,O/S and ATI or iNvidia card will be available on BoB release.So many combinations of hardware and O/S are possible to build a rig I am glad that we have not been tied to an out of the box configuration whether we like it or lump it.
Mission Builder has made me do a lot of research into WW1/2 History as it has with many enthusiasts and I have grown to appreciate and respect the sacrifices and courage of the people who served during those times.It opened my eyes to many conflicts that sadly the education system during my school days neglected .
I sincerely hope many youngsters will also find this out as they get involved within the communities activites and realise the freedom and liberty they have today was paid for by our forefathers at a great cost to so many.
My Father seved on the RN Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific and landed US troops on the beaches of Guada Canal,One uncle was capured at Dunkirk and spent the duration of the war in a work camp in Rumania whilst another was on an RN escort with the Russian supply convoys .My sisters father in Law was a Para dropped at Arnem .None of them talked about it but because of this simm I now know what they lived through and what they did for us .
Salute !

Thank You Oleg!
 

Oleg,
Huge thank you for the best game / flight sim ever! Im sort of old...44. I have loved WWII aircraft since I can remember. Both of my Grandfathers were pilots in WWII. One of them (P51 / A-36) ex-pilot got to enjoy my "IL2 Forgotten Battles" befor he passed and said "this is amazing...all that is missing is the g force nausea". I had it all set up with his face photo already loaded on the pilots list such that he freaked out when I zoomed in on the cockpit!

Oleg ...I can not tell you how much time I have spent building custom missions and enjoying all the replay action. PLEASE DO NOT DROP THE ABILITY TO RECORD THE ACTION IN BOB!

I purchased the first PC Il2 game when it first became available and every new release since.


PLEASE ...PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREATNESS ON A PC FORMAT. YEA IT TAKES ALOT OF HARDWARE BUT IT IS SO WORTH IT!

THANKS AGAIN!

HERZIK

I got lucky
 

IL-2 1946 worked straight out the box, no tweaking. Maybe I missed out on the issues of IL-2 series pre 1946?

Then again my PC is the last of the 3 ghz single cores and with 2 g of ram runs IL-2 ok.

I'm going to build a powerful dual core, I'll see how that goes.

But you can tell how popular and loved a game is by the modding and community it has.

IL-2 commands a strong group after 8 years. BOB SOW is supposed to eclipse IL-2 series by a lot . . . they have alot to beat . . .

But I think Oleg n crew can pull it off.


You wanna know how good IL-2 is? When it works as a "nicotine patch"

WHen IL-2 enhances your life, and even helps deal with issues people pay thousands to a shrink to half work out and 100 AA type sessions.


I'm a picky gamer. Even games that got near tens' or game of the year (like Knights of the Old Republic) what was good was I could play for 1-3 hours and walk away, 2 months they were uninstalled b/c I got bored or the ran through all the mods.

OR

I played to them like no other, such as a good MMO like Lord of the Rings Online or World of Warcrack (WOW). I was a hardcore MMO addict but they slowly rotted away my real life. I had to give them up.

Only when IL-2 came along, that I was able to close the door on MMO's again.

IL-2, I play it for a few hours and let it go, but unlike other non MMO games after 4 months still I'm playing. I'm even perusing M4T and looking to photoshop for skinning.

Deleted all other games, removed 100 gigs of MMO games and patches and related programs for them. Even some uber mods that few else had and can't find out on public domains and rare on private . . .

I was on the following the next biggest MMO (its the new starwars one). I found out I was on the list to beta test it and the game company had selected me. I deleted it and the beta testing liaison emailed me a week later asking me why I haven't activated my account. He said they have millions of people that would kill to get my slot.


I told them; Well I've always taken, now I'm going to be giving. Tell someone I said Merry Christmas, and have fun. I'm getting out of MMO's and also because the real game worth waiting for that fits me and my lifestye is BOB SOW. He emailed me back, "Don't you know this is the biggest MMO since WOW (WOW commands 5-10 million subscriptions depending who you ask) and will be even more popular. Are you sure?" I replied, "Yep. Good luck with the game and beta testing!"



IL-2 rekindled a childhood love of warbirds and military planes. I couldn't get into the miliary due to asthma, weak eyesight, and other medical issues. So when that door closed I walked away from planes completely. Partly the hurt of losing something I swore I'd be as a kid, and I didn't want to be a poser, love something but you can't do it (fly).


I realize now even if I was healthier and did become a fighter pilot, I wouldn't be where I am now, and right now my life is going really great and I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything else.


IL-2 has helped bring closure to a chapter in my life I had long ignored, and now there is a game I can enjoy for years, but be willing to walk away from to enjoy and take part in other aspects and responsibilities in my life.

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This sim is so popular because .. it is just a damn good flight sim DAMN GOOD... period..

From day one.. right out the box... period.


If this sim was not head and shoulders above ANYTHING out there in 2001 when it was released we wouldn't be here now.... pirates, free patches and all be damned... 1C had to be able to eat from the proceeds .. or else they would be doing something else now...

IL2 didn't raise the bar for flight sims... it redefined it .... and that is why it has such a following... anytime you can get a software product...a game mind you (OK I have been guilty of the semantics thing ... to me it is more sim than game... but let's face it..at the end of the day.. it is a computer game) that ... even after 9 almost 10 years on the retail market, given Moores Law it is still a product that can after almost a decade on the market make a high end PC burp and still play well on a 7 year old rig... You have something truly special... I tell ya what... get any sim from the era... run it on your current rig (if you can) and then get IL2.. not even 46.. IL2.. and max it out.... and tell me it is not a thing of beauty on your PC.. FB even more so... This sim can play well on Oss fro Win 98 to Vista.. even Linux.. What's not to like...

Thats why this sim is so popular.. there are guys who have been here for 6+ years... and new guys coming in every day...