Friday update and duscussions 2011-02-18

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

Oh dear , oh dear , this is what we are to expect upon release ?

what's wrong?

[JAMF]

OK, one Q for Luthier: Did you get CoD to go above 2GB yet?

[Meusli]

Love the hills in the shots really gives that rolling feeling. Also the pilots in the planes look awesome especially the spitfire pilot you can really see them. Also the last shot looks good as well, just imagine what sort of movies could be made with the effects that good.

PS Oh, also noted the trailers for the guns are different, is it the angle they are looked at or different screen capture speed?

[fireflyerz]

Originally Posted by Hecke

what's wrong?

High expectations , but its as Nearmiss sais too close to release for anything to change , but I see it gave all the yesmen somthing to wave there angry handbags at

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

High expectations , but its as Nearmiss sais too close to release for anything to change , but I see it gave all the yesmen somthing to wave there angry handbags at

Although I disagree with you mate, there are way too many people here who wish to be Oleg's online boyfriend, and try to ram their thoughts down your throat. They don't realise that, in moaning about 'whiners' they become that which they hate.
If any of the latter people are interested, I'm selling rope and nooses quite cheap


can't wait for release now just to see the user made videos

[Richie]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Although I disagree with you mate, there are way too many people here who wish to be Oleg's online boyfriend, and try to ram their thoughts down your throat. They don't realise that, in moaning about 'whiners' they become that which they hate.
If any of the latter people are interested, I'm selling rope and nooses quite cheap


can't wait for release now just to see the user made videos

I don't do that do I? LOL. Remember I was horrified when I saw those flames coming out of the stacks in the daylight! I do police Tree but it's all kind of a tongue in cheek kind of thing with me and him. I don't like it when people really come down on him. I can see why people are nervous about some things. If they say this or that looks bad I'll hunt down a quote by someone... Ilya or Oleg... or hunt down a good pic of the terrain on good settings but I'm never nasty about it. I always let them come to their on conclusions. It's hard to not believe in these guys when you've been flying everything they've down since the demo in August 2001 and have loved every minute of it. That's not being a Butt Kisser, that's just being honest about what a kick I get out of flying this sim. I'm sure Tree will have fun too

[Novotny]

Yes indeed - there is a difference between slavish devotion to a developer and railing against ignorance and negativity.

[philip.ed]

Richie, you definately aren't in that camp mate! (scuse the pun)

[Richie]

Good!

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by Novotny

Yes indeed - there is a difference between slavish devotion to a developer and railing against ignorance and negativity.

Yes, this distinction needs to be made. I understand criticisms when they are constructive, but we see to many responses in here that are just foaming at the mouth rants about something that is relatively trivial or personal preference. Being critical is one thing, but just being rude and unpleasant is another. There are many legitimate complaints about things we won't have at release, but at the same time some of these have been promised in later updates when they are fully ready. Too many of the really mean spirited criticisms though seem to come from people that want things in a way that virtually only they want that way. I know it's useless sometimes trying to talk sense into this community, but I would really love to see people be more constructive in the way they say things. We all have things we really want out of it, and in some areas what each of us wants varies widely from what others expect.

Personally the main things I wanted are already in. A very detailed damage model, and an improved (over Sturmovik) flight model. Things I want that aren't expected at release is the dynamic weather, and a dynamic campaign. The main thing I wish for that just isn't going to be fulfilled though is a PC on the current market that will be able to run this at full spec, but then the same was true of Sturmovik wasn't it?

I have high expectations of 1C Maddox, and I can assure anyone that believes me to be a "They can do no wrong" fan that simply is not the case, but I am an optimist. I believe they will do the best they can with the time and budget at hand, but if it doesn't meet my expectations I will be amongst the first back here to throw a fit I just don't see that as very likely.

I assume there is still no word on whether or not the release has changed?