Simple question, what is going on?

[Bobb4]

As the title says, I would like to know has the IL2 series including Clod been canned as rumoured?
Has Ilya left MG?

When rumours get this bad, it needs someone to stamp them out by actually answering questions and not by simply deleting threads.

[JG52Krupi]

+1

In before deletion!

[ATAG_Colander]

+2

[Bobb4]

+3

[Redroach]

hmm if I understand those rumours right (and if they are true, of course), I am of the opinion that those new 'facts' might, after a transition period, actually be beneficial to CoD and the Il-2 franchise in one or another way.

[ATAG_Colander]

Originally Posted by Redroach

hmm if I understand those rumours right (and if they are true, of course), I am of the opinion that those new 'facts' might, after a transition period, actually be beneficial to CoD and the Il-2 franchise in one or another way.

If the rumors are right, the franchise is over.

[Kongo-Otto]

+4

I fear nobody will answer anything or maybe they give us a lukewarm short message as they did with Captain Blood

[*Buzzsaw*]

Salute

From the SimHQ forums. Jason from 777 responds to comments:

PV1,

It was not a Burma sim, it was a P-61 and then a P-47 sim set in the Pacific with the Merlin engine. I had funding set up in the beginning in 2007 and we began work, but then the funding dissappeared soon after when the economy tanked and I was never able to find more funding again for the team and I didn't want work to continue with no one getting paid. It was a good learning experience though. Then I concentrated on finding games to publish which eventually lead me to the ROF team and the rest is history.

And I'm sorry, Chivas is probably a nice guy, but he doesn't know our finances. ROF has turned a profit every year since 777 took over. Yes, we ask for continued support because when you have a program of constant development you have to remind people to keep up the support. And building a huge WWII sim is a multi-million dollar expense very few in this tiny genre can afford outright not matter what business their current title is doing. All this talk comparing CLOD to ROF is not worth the effort. Soooo much misinformation about ROF and the CLOD engines and their teams floating around. Plus so much hate and angst out there in this genre that doesn't need to be there. It annoys everyone involved in making these titles and some talented people have quite over it. Does anyone even fly and have fun anymore?

The posts at 1C were taken down because they do not appreciate their forum being used as a conduit to bash 777 and ROF and we agree with them. Such harsh comments do not further this genre at all.

Anwyays, all this has been interesting to watch, but please don't push falsehoods about the 777 Team or ROF. ROF is an EXCELLENT product and works very well on a wide range of systems. It does things no other sim does and does most things better than any other prop sim ever made. Our business model works and it's kept us going, along with our dedicated fans, for several years now. And it costs you absolutely nothing to give it a go! We have a track record of keeping our promises and having open and honest communication with our community and giving them regular updates on progress. We've worked with talented parties in the community to make some cool content for the community and we listen to our fans as evidenced by the content and features we have added. Our team, management and technology has been recognized by other organizations in the gaming industry and some have asked for our help on projects not even related to hardcore flight-sims that you will most likely never ever know about. We are not the backwater rookies some uninformed people on internet forums make us out to be.

This should be one big happy genre. I can't change what other companies have done to piss people off, but we work hard every day to improve our product and by extension the genre.

I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow is Friday and my wife is out of town so it will be a ROF MP all weekend! See you in the sky!

Jason

As he said he would, I saw him flying on the RoF servers on Friday. If he was so involved in negotiations to sell/buy, would he have the time to spend his weekend flying?

[[URU]AkeR]

When an important deal is being negotiated, whatever it will be, from 1C buying 777, to MG negotiating publishing conditions for the sequel; a misplaced word on an innocent response can backfire and throw aways months of negotiations.

I´m sure this "silence" has a reason to be. I still think high of Maddox Games and Luthier and I don´t think they will just go away without a single word.

We will have news in due time, meanwhile COD rocks online, we have great servers and even online campaigns. Not to mention IL21946.

[Freycinet]

Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw*

From the SimHQ forums. Jason from 777 responds to comments:
...
Soooo much misinformation about ROF and the CLOD engines and their teams floating around. Plus so much hate and angst out there in this genre that doesn't need to be there. It annoys everyone involved in making these titles and some talented people have quit over it. Does anyone even fly and have fun anymore?
...

Jason confirms what is evident to all the reasonable people in the forums, namely that the haters and their destructive vendettas are really causing damage.

It will always be a mystery to me why these haters (some also polluting this thread) don't just walk away and spend their lives on things they enjoy more, instead of spouting venom ad nauseam and wasting everybody's time, including their own. When they look back in some years' time they are bound to ask themselves why they wasted their lives like that... At least I hope they will...