BOB a mistake ? --- The Battle of France

[Rama]

It will take more than years.... it will take forever... since as I said, no 3D-dev (third party) is interested in build a French Aircraft.

[Blood_Splat]

How long did the battle last about a month?

[Rama]

Originally Posted by Blood_Splat

How long did the battle last about a month?

6 weeks, if you don't take in account the phoney war (who saw some "aerial fights only" also) before.

Originally Posted by Chivas

If the BoF is popular enough it will be done. You never know, the right person/persons may show an interest.

It isn't popular enough.... it's not a guess, the 6 years of IL2 third-party dev tells it.
So except if we will have "new blood" among 3D-artists in SAW, not much is to be expected concerning BoF.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Rama

It isn't popular enough.... it's not a guess, the 6 years of IL2 third-party dev tells it.
So except if we will have "new blood" among 3D-artists in SAW, not much is to be expected concerning BoF.

Personally I have no doubt its not popular enough. There are a few enthusiasts who could make it happen but hardly enough interest to base the start of a new series on.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Rama
Quote...MAYBE we will see (made by third-party) 1 or 2 French planes and a minimap of somewhere in NW France some years after the release of SoW..... but that's probably the most we can expect...end Quote

Exactly what I was thinking.
MAYBE ...is good
but
FOREVER...is a long time...and very pessimistic.
If the BoF is popular enough it will be done. You never know, the right person/persons may show an interest. I know there was a group very interested in making BoF for SOW, but interest for whatever reason disappeared. Personally I have no interest in the BoF.

[Theshark888]

What scares me are the people who had an "interest" in the Pacific theater and how that went. Third party for SOW will be even more limited and that also scares me.

Chivas you are very optimistic about all of this-good for you. But the lack of work cannot be blamed on IL2. 1C and it's "associates" have used deception/excuses in the past-copyrights,car accidents, lack of sources, IL2 etc.

[Chivas]

The Pacific Theater add-on started small and expanded to a paid add-on. It was being done by a third party that eventually needed Olegs help to finish. It was never intended to cover all the Pacific Theater. Its a decent sim that had copyright issues and never deserved the bad rap trumpeted by a few people on the forums. At the time Olegs people were working on BOB and they had to be diverted to help the third party finish the Pacific add-on as soon as possible.

There is no conspirancy going on. Its normal business decisions complicated by many unforseen roadblocks, as anyone who has ever been envolved in a development understands.

I'm not sure why they consentrated so much effort on the Pe2 , 1946, etc addons, other than to milk alittle more revenue on the old IL-2 engine. My gut feeling is that the average computer couldn't handle all the features that Oleg intended for BOB, and/or they've run into some very difficult technical issues.

Whenever the SOW series see the light of day, I have no doubt it will be the new benchmark in combat flight sims. The only thing that scares me is the cancelling of further addons to the SOW series due to sales revenues killed by piracy.