thank god they delayed this game

[guiltyspark]

2 whole months!

In this short timeframe from the original release look how much has been done to improve the game!

This is a godsend because if they would have launched it next week it would have killed the games chances in north america of forming a steady community.

It sucks that i dont get to play it now , but if there is two months to patch of the game it should be running pretty good when it comes out , and will feel more like a complete game.

Keep up the good work guys !

[Troll2k]

They have had 1 official patch in April and 1 official patch in May.At that rate, 1 official patch in July.

If they want to get the physical disks stamped,boxed and out to the retailers by July 19th I suspect they need to go gold by July 10th.Maybe enough time to squeeze one more official patch out by July 10th.

[Capt Backasswards]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

2 whole months!

In this short timeframe from the original release look how much has been done to improve the game!

This is a godsend because if they would have launched it next week it would have killed the games chances in north america of forming a steady community.

It sucks that i dont get to play it now , but if there is two months to patch of the game it should be running pretty good when it comes out , and will feel more like a complete game.

Keep up the good work guys !

You can play it now. Just go to Just Flight and do a digital download.

http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=645

You dont want to play it now GS, it will only frustrate you

[BigC208]

What I would like to have at release in the USA is a disk that I can pop in, install and play without any Steam involvement. Not first downloading 5gb of updates to get the game up to speed. I already found a solution around steam for the Russian version I bought and there is no way I'm going to ploink down $50 bucks only to be anoyed by Steam in the games current condition. If it gets to the point where the game is 100% fixed, I will get it but not before that.

There will, at some point, be different modded versions. Messing with Steam will be a pain in the rear end. I probably installed IL2-1946 5 or 6 times in a row before I had it modded the way I wanted it. Don't see myself doing that with steam, having to download patches at a snails pace.

If I can't have my cake and eat it too I'll just stick with the Russian version that plays without steam. This is really a double whammy. Unfinnished game=lots of patches=lots of waiting for steam to update game. If they published patches outside of steam via torrents or their own website it would be a lot more doable.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Capt Backasswards

You can play it now. Just go to Just Flight and do a digital download.

http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=645

Thats a big maybe...I did that yesterday and I've not been able to launch the game yet.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by BigPickle

You dont want to play it now GS, it will only frustrate you

Only if you have a low end PC with less than 1gb vram and less than 4-core cpu @ < 3ghz

There are many absolutely happy customers here

[guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by Capt Backasswards

You can play it now. Just go to Just Flight and do a digital download.

http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=645

i never download games from sites other than steam , if im going to buy a digital copy of a game they all have to be in one place and thats steam. It makes it easier to manage.

also i dont want to play the game in its current state

[guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by BigC208

What I would like to have at release in the USA is a disk that I can pop in, install and play without any Steam involvement. Not first downloading 5gb of updates to get the game up to speed. I already found a solution around steam for the Russian version I bought and there is no way I'm going to ploink down $50 bucks only to be anoyed by Steam in the games current condition. If it gets to the point where the game is 100% fixed, I will get it but not before that.

There will, at some point, be different modded versions. Messing with Steam will be a pain in the rear end. I probably installed IL2-1946 5 or 6 times in a row before I had it modded the way I wanted it. Don't see myself doing that with steam, having to download patches at a snails pace.

If I can't have my cake and eat it too I'll just stick with the Russian version that plays without steam. This is really a double whammy. Unfinnished game=lots of patches=lots of waiting for steam to update game. If they published patches outside of steam via torrents or their own website it would be a lot more doable.

unfortunately gone are the days where pc games can come without some form of security. currently steam is the best solution.

Steam is a fantastic program and i used it with 1946 and a bunch of other games and have no issues modding with it. You can also turn off automatic updates.

Its just smarter to have all your games in one place , you dont have to manage discs which degrade over time and CD keys which you can lose since gone are the days of actual jeweled cases.

i will never understand the hate steam gets in this place

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

unfortunately gone are the days where pc games can come without some form of security. currently steam is the best solution.

Steam is a fantastic program and i used it with 1946 and a bunch of other games and have no issues modding with it. You can also turn off automatic updates.

Its just smarter to have all your games in one place , you dont have to manage discs which degrade over time and CD keys which you can lose since gone are the days of actual jeweled cases.

i will never understand the hate steam gets in this place

Have to admit i dont mind it at all, done alot of formatting and reformatting lately and Steam is so easy.. i think its to do with the 'big brother' mentality which is fine i understand that although i would be very weary of what else you have/watch/download if that was the case