Civilians?

[artjunky]

Something that might have been 'a good idea' earlier in the SoW development cycle but that only gets suggested now is unlikely to be incorporated into the release version unless it needs minimal work, I'd have thought, and many of the suggestions are anything but simple. One of the 'resources' involved - possibly the most significant one - is development time. If 1C:Maddox were to incorporate even only the best 'good ideas' they'd risk never actually releasing anything - it is a darned sight easier to think of an idea than implement it.

You might argue 'include it in a later version' - well yes, but before you do that, at least see what version 1 actually does first.

And pointing out that resources are finite isn't 'policing', it is stating an elementary fact.

So you're saying this is a good idea if it was introduced earlier in development?

I suggested this idea about 6-7 years ago. This was WELL before there was even talk of BOB so I think you must agree this is possible.

I also remember when Flight Sims didn't have ANY ground objects and the same sort of people said the SAME sort of things. And now today "it's preposterous to suggest new ideas." And even though Oleg has told us, HIMSELF, that they plan to have civilian buses, that run on a path, people STILL insist that THEY are the arbiters of ALL good ideas.

For example, while some here will "Geek-out" on the climb ratio of the BF-109, I really couldn't care less about it. It's just not something that interests me but I understand that some people have different ideas that DON'T include scenery. What interests me in this sim is flying in a "realistic" environment. To me, civilians bring a level of realism that doesn't CURRENTLY exist.

If it's a bad idea, fine, argue on that merit. However, what people are REALLY saying is "don't make suggestions unless it's a suggestion "I" agree with. If I agree with the idea then they're TOTALLY possible."

Civilians in the sim are totally possible. Most likely, some executive somewhere made the choice and that was that.

As far as the position that people shouldn't use the Civilians in the Sim to make violent videos, well, I wonder if that means Legos should stop making civilian Legos because someone might make a YouTube Video of their Military Legos killing the "civilian" Lego sets.