Friday Update, April 6, 2012

[Ploughman]

I can't remember the last time I played this sim, and I'm a huge fan of it and flight sims in general, playing mostly off-line. Even when the patch arrives I can't really see myself playing it again any time soon, frankly, the game's been so broke for so long I'm out of the habit of playing it. That doesn't mean I wont' buy the next instalment, I certainly will to support development, but this sim's simply dropped of my 'available to do' menu.

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by Ploughman

I can't remember the last time I played this sim, and I'm a huge fan of it and flight sims in general, playing mostly off-line. Even when the patch arrives I can't really see myself playing it again any time soon, frankly, the game's been so broke for so long I'm out of the habit of playing it. That doesn't mean I wont' buy the next instalment, I certainly will to support development, but this sim's simply dropped of my 'available to do' menu.

Exactly how I feel. I visit the forum like once a week...mostly because the shortcut is there in my browser. No news ever.
I will dust off my game when the patch arrives and hope for that loving feeling to return.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by Ploughman

I can't remember the last time I played this sim, and I'm a huge fan of it and flight sims in general, playing mostly off-line. Even when the patch arrives I can't really see myself playing it again any time soon, frankly, the game's been so broke for so long I'm out of the habit of playing it. That doesn't mean I wont' buy the next instalment, I certainly will to support development, but this sim's simply dropped of my 'available to do' menu.

I would say that's how most people feel. Waiting, hoping.

[150GCT_Veltro]

Considering how is the England landscape, is a good news you guys have changed team for the russian landscape.

For the future, if we'll never have a future for the BoB, would be nice have a new English landscape rebuild from scratch, even if as a third party work.

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by 150GCT_Veltro

Considering how is the England landscape, is a good news you guys have changed team for the russian landscape.

For the future, if we'll never have a future for the BoB, would be nice have a new English landscape rebuild from scratch, even if as a third party work.

I'll be honest..... Personally I see no problem with the English landscape. I prefer the french one on a purely aesthetic level but I think they have England pretty much nailed...... apart from the glaring omission of some of our major landmarks- St Paul's, Battersea Power Station....... lol (Are said landmarks being introduced in future?)

[furbs]

Colors are still not quite right, no way enough hedgerows, trees, roads and buildings dont blend with the landscape, apart from that its ok.

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by furbs

Colors are still not quite right, no way enough hedgerows, trees, roads and buildings dont blend with the landscape, apart from that its ok.

That is true..... We definitely need a lot more trees and hedges but, sadly, that would make the game a slideshow.

I did have to make a few adjustments to my monitor settings as, with it's factory pre-sets, the countryside was a pastel nightmare.... but yeah... I'm 'appy.

I think the buildings blend in ok.... but that's probably because I have bad eyesight and can't wear my glasses as they makes my facetrack go mental. Every cloud has a silver lining and all that.

I'm going to have a potter around Berkshire in the Tigermoth later this afternoon to see if Windsor Castle is modelled....... if not, I'll add that to the glaring omissions list. I did see a video of someone doing the tour of london flight and they said they were pleased to see Windsor Castle included..... though I'd have to be a bit concerned as to why Windsor Castle has suddenly found itself in London of all places. LMAO

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

I did have to make a few adjustments to my monitor settings as, with it's factory pre-sets, the countryside was a pastel nightmare.... but yeah... I'm 'appy.

After hearing the 'calibrate your monitor' response a few times I bought a Spyder 4 Pro - no good, it's still a 'pastel nightmare' (I'll qualify that a bit - everything looks good from the ground and low-level, it's when you get a few thousand feet up that the pastel tones come in. The devs must surely be aware of this so I hope to see some more tuning of the lighting effects in the new patch to get it right)

I think France works better than England too. Everything seems too haphazard and unstructured in the COD English landscape. The strange thing is that they did a much better job with the old Open GL version (1946 DVD). Even videos of the pre-release demo version from the Russian games show (Igromir) look A LOT better than I see currently on my PC.

[=FI=Scott]

personally I think that is too harsh,

I lived in the south east of England (Canterbury) for three years and go back about twice a year (wifes paternal family from there -Folkestone & Caple Le Ferne) and I think they have done a pretty decent job of the landscape. lots of people complained about the frequent haze but it is very common, even on sunny days. Perhaps the biggest ommission is hedgerows imo but also having lived in Canterbury no Cathedral is a bust. In RL it dominates the landscape for miles around.

Perhaps one of the most difficult RL factors to include is the fact that the sea can change so radically, and in short spaces of time. It can change not only in terms of swell but also colour, from deep blue to light green. I would pay to have that on its own in a sim.

[ChocsAway]

Originally Posted by 150GCT_Veltro

Considering how is the England landscape, is a good news you guys have changed team for the russian landscape.

For the future, if we'll never have a future for the BoB, would be nice have a new English landscape rebuild from scratch, even if as a third party work.

I've only just started to re-visit the forum after a fairly long break.

It has been my opinion for a very long time that the devs 'hearts' have never been included within the development of CloD. I feel they are keen to now use it as a sketchpad for BOM and that CloD may never reach its true potential.

As for BOM...well I for one will not purchase it unless they one day make a decent fist of CloD, ie make it at least playable without the micro-stutters and implement the myriad of missing (promised)features. Even then, I'm not sure I'd be interested in what is essentially (correct me if I'm wrong) a tarted up version of the original IL-2. That is a personal opinion though and I'd have much rather seen the much ignored Korean theatre given a fair crack of the whip this time around.

I'm still on board though and would love to see CloD working in all its glory, but I still have my doubts as I did 6 months ago. I personally feel we've been fed an awful lot of 'waffle' by the devs since the last beta patch was released and I just hope the graphics engine re-write will have been worth the wait. Then there will probably be an even longer wait for the missing features to be implemented...that is if they decide to go that route rather than concentrating all of their efforts on BOM.

The patience of many on here (not speaking for everyone) including me has been pushed to the limit and I think the devs have to do something positive soon to avoid a 'rats leaving a sinking ship' scenario (or did that happen already!). In the end I only want Clod to work as advertised and include the promised features that I payed for.

It has to be said that in a year plus since release very little has improved with the sim and although the 'avid' fans (not going to use the 'fan***s' word ) might disagree with me the devs have IMO deserved the amount of 'flak' that has been directed towards them from digruntled purchasers of CloD.

I hope that they are able to redeem themselves soon and go someway to making CloD into what they claimed it would be before we see BOM.