The Crystal Ball

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Redroach

While the patch has fixed some things (no doubt about that), the radio comm "fix" was the last straw for me. How on earth could a thinking being believe that it can substitute the old, absolutely un-implemented radio command lists for 2(!) 'patched' commands, both of which actually do almost nothing, intrinsically, and get away with it? In addition, it's still buggy and no one even seems to bother to shuffle some tables around to bring some order into the menu. I consider this a personal insult to my intelligence - I hate to say those words, which are well worn out, but this is a genuine 'slap in the face', if there ever was one.
Hell, it was enthusiastically announced that "most, if not all AI commands" will work as of the recent patch. Slap. Ouch. And while we're still sitting around luthier in a semi-circle and listen to his wonderous promises, full of respect and admiration, I still lose half the squadron when I'm the leader and I'm attempting to land (due to AI reacting to more pronounced movement, flying into the ground etc.)
But thank god we have a new online lobby to enjoy the MP sound bug more. Yay!

The game is dead. They may be writing things, they may even try hard to 'fix' things for some time to come, but... yeah, you've witnessed it all. It's over. And I despise Team Maddox for throwing such great potential, which I looked forward to for some time, straight into the trashcan (can't even imagine the reason for their modus operandi except inability...). No Battle of Moscow Add-on for me.

You're perfectly entitled to your own opinion. Just don't expect everyone else to share it, especially it the game works for what they want to do.

Also, honest question and i'm not being a smartypants, what are you doing here (unless you don't like being slapped in the face)? Find something else to do if it stresses you so much and no, we don't need you to tell us about it afterwards in an effort to "rub it in"

What i'm trying to say is, people have a different taste and different expectations, so the amount of compromise they are willing to display also varies. I certainly got exactly what i expected and since it runs ok for me since a couple of patches ago i have no reason to complain much, i'll wait it out.

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Nice idea in theory, but personally im struggling to learn about what i got without having any sound, i have tried flying about with the theme music to 'The Battle Of Britian' blasting out in the background but I fear I will wear the record out before the sound fix is here in several(ish) months time. And its not too good for my relationship, my girlfriend is German and they dont have the same nostalgic feeling towards this part of history as we Brits do. Please help!

Can you please get her..Verrry angrrry vis you.

[Redroach]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

What on earth is this crap!

Luthier came with a new patch on the 24th of June, this is not even 7 days ago and you complain about lack of communication?????

While the patch has fixed some things (no doubt about that), the radio comm "fix" was the last straw for me. How on earth could a thinking being believe that it can substitute the old, absolutely un-implemented radio command lists for 2(!) 'patched' commands, both of which actually do almost nothing, intrinsically, and get away with it? In addition, it's still buggy and no one even seems to bother to shuffle some tables around to bring some order into the menu. I consider this a personal insult to my intelligence - I hate to say those words, which are well worn out, but this is a genuine 'slap in the face', if there ever was one.
Hell, it was enthusiastically announced that "most, if not all AI commands" will work as of the recent patch. Slap. Ouch. And while we're still sitting around luthier in a semi-circle and listen to his wonderous promises, full of respect and admiration, I still lose half the squadron when I'm the leader and I'm attempting to land (due to AI reacting to more pronounced movement, flying into the ground etc.)
But thank god we have a new online lobby to enjoy the MP sound bug more. Yay!

The game is dead. They may be writing things, they may even try hard to 'fix' things for some time to come, but... yeah, you've witnessed it all. It's over. And I despise Team Maddox for throwing such great potential, which I looked forward to for some time, straight into the trashcan (can't even imagine the reason for their modus operandi except inability...). No Battle of Moscow Add-on for me.

[skarden]

Originally Posted by Redroach

The game is dead. They may be writing things, they may even try hard to 'fix' things for some time to come, but... yeah, you've witnessed it all. It's over. And I despise Team Maddox for throwing such great potential, which I looked forward to for some time, straight into the trashcan (can't even imagine the reason for their modus operandi except inability...). No Battle of Moscow Add-on for me.

What an absolute load of crap,you Despise team Maddox? really,despise?? sheesh get over it,go outside or get a hobby out doors perhaps,I don't know but save your disgust for those who truly deserve it.

[Redroach]

ok, I'll retract that and substitute with "disapprove of". Being no native english speaker, my dictionary says something along the line of "to think little of". But I realize it may have other, stronger meanings.

@Blackdog: I'm not completely sure. Maybe I'm whining after a great, missed opportunity. As I said, the potential of CoD is just awesome and that's what still bothers me in a way.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Redroach

@Blackdog: I'm not completely sure. Maybe I'm whining after a great, missed opportunity. As I said, the potential of CoD is just awesome and that's what still bothers me in a way.

Well, i can certainly understand that, although your messages usually give a different kind of impression. Maybe it's a language barrier thing and you just come off the wrong way, i don't know, but it's certainly possible (i'm not a native speaker either).

Anyway, no hard feelings. If i were in your shoes i'd just forget about it and check up on it later on. There's enough people here collecting bug reports and helping get a "list of what needs to be included" for the developer team and many can make their case in a calm manner (so we avoid flames and stick to the subject), so you don't need to worry that if you take a break nobody will annoy them to fix the sim

I mean, i'm one of the most positively minded people around here and i've still come up with a half a dozen page list of immediate bug fixes and future feature ideas. I just have a little more luck than others getting my point across, thanks to using softer words. It's not only the message that counts, it's the delivery as well

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by Redroach

In addition, it's still buggy and no one even seems to bother to shuffle some tables around to bring some order into the menu. I consider this a personal insult to my intelligence - I hate to say those words, which are well worn out, but this is a genuine 'slap in the face', if there ever was one.

What intelligence?! You kidding? You are stupid enough to go bragging about this game even if you don`t play it. Yeah, a slap in the face with a friggin video game. Where`s that lawsuit you keep talking about, genius?

Hell, it was enthusiastically announced that "most, if not all AI commands" will work as of the recent patch. Slap. Ouch. And while we're still sitting around luthier in a semi-circle and listen to his wonderous promises, full of respect and admiration, I still lose half the squadron when I'm the leader and I'm attempting to land (due to AI reacting to more pronounced movement, flying into the ground etc.)
But thank god we have a new online lobby to enjoy the MP sound bug more. Yay!

That is your take on the facts. I keep enjoying the game in ~3 hour sessions in sp regardless. Doesn`t bother me because I ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER, MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS TO THINK ABOUT. You`re whining as if it was the end of the world but NEWS FLASH it isn`t! If you can`t find anything enjoyable about this game, whining won`t help you (which you WOULD have figured out if you were intelligent).

The game is dead. They may be writing things, they may even try hard to 'fix' things for some time to come, but... yeah, you've witnessed it all. It's over. And I despise Team Maddox for throwing such great potential, which I looked forward to for some time, straight into the trashcan (can't even imagine the reason for their modus operandi except inability...). No Battle of Moscow Add-on for me.

Ok. It is dead. Now when you put it that way, it is all over for you. Time to find another video game to have a reason to sit in front of your pc all day. Don`t let the door hit you on the way out.

One whiner down, handfull to go.

[JG52Krupi]

Calm down carguy, I feel your anguish and I know how frustrating it is to try to talk common sense to people that don't or unwilling to have any.

They even have started to wind up blackdog and GRAthos with there nonsense and myself more than once I thinks it's about time we all learnt how to use the great ignore feature of this forum.

We KNOW that this game will be a classic just remember that, in the future you can decide to either rub it in these fools faces or take the high road and forgive them for there dazzling idiocy.

[Rattlehead]

Nearly all these threads end up like a dog chasing it's own tail. Tiresome.

[Megahurt]

After patching and playing and doing some mission designing and really trying to force myself to overlook the cattelog of bugs and missing and broken features, i have to say im pretty darn frustrated.
I finally got it to run half decently by turning off the trees so it wouldnt lock up every 20 minutes and talked a friend into also buying it.
We setup a multiplayer game and the planes were lime green.

Is this turkey ever going to get fixed?

So sad they soiled IL2's good name. Reminds me of Flashpoint 2. Use a fantastic title to slog a mediocre substandard piece of unfinnished garbage on once loyal customers.

Just had to say it.

Has anybody got the texture problem in multiplayer and is there a fix?