Congrats devs
 

I just want to say congratulations and thank you for the hard work you've been putting into this sim. There were times when it felt a little grim, but bit by bit you've shown your dedication and work and honestly; the recent videos and screenshots and informational posts have really got me excited for every patch release. Playable vehicles? I mean, now we're talking about an entire virtual war going on! Crazy! The detail from ground level is surprisingly good... it's kind of ArmA2 level almost. If we got some infantry available? Fuggetaboutit! Very, very exciting.

I definitely noticed the graphical improvements. I said to myself in that new video, "why does their version look so much nicer than mine?" and then I realized that, duh, it's because they're using the latest patch. Stunning! And the fact that it runs smoother? Even better! SLI is getting there for me after many tweaks so my only hope is that it's also on the list of things to do.

Just great.

I can't help but ask about in-game comms (in regards to communicating with your wingman, home base, etc.) and AI behavior (I know you guys were asking help from the community, which is very cool of you to do by the way) simply because as the game is now it's pretty much limited to online play. I like online, but I love offline campaigns -- it's why I sim. It's tough to do when enemy AI moves like a banshee and you can't communicate with your wingman. Even then, I've enjoyed some of the campaigns that are already out there, broken as they may be.

REGARDLESS, great work, and keep it up, and yeah...just...good stuff guys! Go team!

+1

COD will only get better, as time passes, even more so when the SDK is released. Even when the developers are working on the sequels we will constantly see improvements to COD's, AI, Commands, FM, DM, and Graphics etc as these aspects will apply to all theaters. The new game engine and the continued addition of features will eventually make the original IL-2 series look and play like a 2001 combat flight sim. ;)

Agreed. :-P

I'm with you guys on this one!

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and i want a patch that actually lets me play the sim on my mid level pc (as advertised on release)
(i5-dual core @ 3.6, 8 mb ram, and ati 5770)

having high hopes for the new patch, but more then 4 months now without any indications of release time

Luthier has already said that you will notice very little difference in detail with the upcoming patch. The difference will be in the speed of graphic process & thus improved FPS. Ground detail on my machine are same/similar now to what appears in the video.

I do not share your optimism/enthusiasm about the progress of the game. It's now 1 year since the game was released & still many players cannot play the game on medium level machines, even those that meet the officialy advertised minimum specs. There are only a paultry number of player online in multi-players servers. There has been no indication that the dev's are correcting some of the fundemental flaws in the game. By this I do not mean FM's or minor cockpit graphic errors, I mean basic game elements that just don't work. (see http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=29858 ). A miriad of (sometimes fatal)online server console errors (server admins will know what I mean), indicating many flaws in the game code. Random launcher disconnections from the game. We don't even have proper skins on stationary aircraft, or have working air-raid sirens. There's no sign of any SDKs being released. There's no sign of a propper DCG, and the list goes on.

I would agree with you if the developers weren't working on the sim, but thats not the case. COD was just released unfinished and unoptimized so there are going to be a myriad of problems. A major hurdle will be address soon with the optimizations in the next patch. I would assume the patch will include some of the FM, AI, changes, or they might want the new graphics optimizations be tested by the community before introducing any other changes. There is a long list of work that has to be done, so it going to take time. I don't have a problem as I would much rather have an unfinished WIP sim than a cancelled sim.

Have faith it will be fixed.

Tree sarcasm, but he .. you still there so you love the sim don t you ;) :)

I am being positive i do believe that the next patch will be a major step forward, as you all know zapatista ardently disagreed with me during development. However a year since release i think we are on the verge of getting what we paid for.