Friday Update, Q&A - December 23, 2011

[Pudfark]

No problem...is russian, I believe.....

http://www.wordnik.com/words/maskirovka

The link will give you some examples of it's use....

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

Are you planning to transfer the new graphic effects (eg, weather) from future sequels into Cliffs of Dover?

Woot!

Best news yet! I just knew 1C would not ditch the 1C IL-2 way of doing things (aka track record)!

[Skiiwa]

Really hate that the complainers got to them. As Ive said, I will continue to buy this series. Cant wait till I get my 109-g10 and my p-38! (Yes I realize the end of the world will be here before I get those planes. One must have dreams!)

[salmo]

Cheesehawk,

Are you talking about development of a "dynamic war" type system for ClOD? Something akin to the old IL2-1946 Bellum code, or IL2 Wars, Southern Cross War etc.

What I mean is things like...

1. Persistent aircraft states - damage takes time to repair a given airplane, wear persists & increases from flight to flight, maintenance "repairs" wear. maybe maintentance rates could be related to number of workshops at airfield. Destroy workshops leads to reduced maintentance rate.

2. Peristent pilots - "same" AI pilot for a given plane. Same name, skill attributes increase with number of succcessful missions &/or number of kills, targets hit etc.

3. Moving front lines - based on outcome of missions & objectives achieved. Some script for moving front lines is already available.

4. Pilot replacement - Pehaps lost pilots can be replaced at a certain rate.

5. Plane replacement - Perhaps planes can be replaced at a certain rate, maybe related to the presence of aircraft factories. Destroy aircraft factories leads to reduce aircraft replacement rate.


Merry X-mas to all.
Cheers
Salmo

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by addman

I'd be more comfortable if they called BoM DLC instead of a sequel and also charged for it as such.

Isn't that what they are doing?

[BPickles]

So we have to pay again if we want a working game. Not me.

[Insuber]

I believe that 99% of those who declare that they won't buy BoM will be the first to jump on the wagon ... flight sim addiction is a bad beast ...

[rollnloop]

I swear i'll wait 3 months after BoM is out before i jump in, and i'll jump only if the reviews are ecstatic.

You can quote me on this when time comes.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by Insuber

I believe that 99% of those who declare that they won't buy BoM will be the first to jump on the wagon ... flight sim addiction is a bad beast ...

So true!

[M1sF1rE]

Originally Posted by Insuber

I believe that 99% of those who declare that they won't buy BoM will be the first to jump on the wagon ... flight sim addiction is a bad beast ...

You are wrong. You guys give this game too much credit. It runs fine for me, it's just broken in so many other ways. I was hoping they would allow the modding community to fix it, I guess that was asking too much. What good is a game if it reaches gold status 18 months after you bought it? I have racing sims I enjoy also and they have taken up most of my time since this POS was released.

I keep waiting for a meaningful update status, but this just wasn't one of them. I find myself checking less and less frequently and at some point I will give up.

There is no damn way I would ever pay for a sequal.