Interesting...
Interesting, but not so much, at the same time...
My discussion about NG Corp., and the right to use names, and stuff appearence built by them during WWII, is exclusively on IL-2 Sturmovik. There are some personal motives on this, but others that involves all of us.
First of all, a SoW PTO (or whatever the name used on it), will take a long time till release, and we can take CloD as example. The sim was in development for at least for 6 or 7 years, what is a long time, and even when released, showed a lot of development problems. It isn't a criticism about Oleg or the development team. To me, they could take 10 years more, and I will wait (anyway, they already give us the best WWII simulator of all times, it's not difficult to wait at all). We can put some time until a PTO themed pack in SoW appear.
This fact gives IL-2 a huge advantage. IL-2 is an extremely tested sim already, and there are just minimal flaws to be corrected. If NG Corp. authorization come up today, by tomorrow we already could expect releases of NG Corp. related stuff.
Another advantage is Team Daidalos. They are, IMHO, the best development, non-profitable team related with games. In a really short time, I believe they could start adding NG Corp. stuff to the IL-2, without bothering Oleg, that is working in CloD project.
Finally, and that's is my case, a new PTO sim, even if released today, wouldn't run on my computer at all. I was very excited about CloD release, but when I read the first PC requirements, I got very sad. And, after the release, I saw people with top notch PC complaining about fps and other stuff, I couldn't believe. I don't have money to change my computer right now, and I think thats the case of some people out there too. But the fact is: I already have a awesome sim installed in my computer, with an unchallenged content, that any sim would take some years to be equal; this sim has a good graphic content, and even this way don't abuse from older computers (thats is my case); the already existing content is, at least, huge, considering about planes, maps, ground objects, effects, etc.
Then, my fight is to make possible NG Corp. 'copyrights' appear in IL-2, first, and of course, try to keep a good relation with this company, thinking about future releases. The threads DD_crash linked us is a kind of mind blower, I know. But I still have hope that we can make IL-2 even bigger, adding NG Corp. related stuff.
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