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Originally Posted by KOM.Nausicaa

You are probably talking about the full plane, everything included. Damage model included? Lods included ? Research included ? Those things can't be deducted by average people from the update pics. I have a cinema pre-production company working for feature films, and we did high end / high polygon 3D models last year (streets in Beijing /cars/ characters to be exact ), and, as far as I can judge by the screens, my team could do the visible side of those planes posted in a matter of a couple of weeks / 1 month max (2-3 modellers) per 1 plane. Of course it's difficult to judge what's more to these planes thats not to be seen on those screenshots. I want to say hereby that I fully believe you, but the problem lies also within the information politics of 1C. Why you just don't say such things earlier, like what time it takes for you ? Why not give a little more in-deep explanation about whats taking the time and whats currently on the plate? I believe that is possible without giving away too much. The problem is, Luthier, that the fans live with unkept promises ("regular updates again" etc/ "release 2006"/ "relase 2007"/ "computer specs given mid 2008" etc etc etc) all too often and all too long, and that most dont know what you are cooking and cannot imagine the problems of high-game developping. Even a proffessional wouldnt know all the ropes of the flight sim genre, or what you are exactly planning. All I want to say is, the fault for the current situation on the forums is 50% 1C fault, no offense ment. It was just a huge bomb that everybody got hit by Birds of Prey out of the blue. Honestly, put yourself into the minds of the western fans for a second, and it's not so hard to understand.
I think what BoB REALLY needs is a website or a dev blog with some more regular info. It doesnt have to be Oleg doing it. That would calm a lot of people's minds. (and if its only to prove that BoB is not vaporware)

Best,

nausicaa

No disrespect to your well thought out comment, but their are a few people here that are NEVER happy with any information they ever get about anything...and they spend a fair amount of their time posting arguments here about why we should all be unhappy with the level of communication on updates...and why (in fact) "BoB SoW" will never come out (vapor ware). Its nice to think that their could be a reasonable solution to the current (silliness) situation, but I fear that nothing will appease the (small but vocal) group of unhappy posters. I'm a trusting sole by nature but their are times I question their motives...