Friday 2010-08-20 Dev. update and Discussions

Oleg hasn't officially said he will not make the 15th of September, so theres always hope, and he did say that thousands would be playing by October.

On the other hand we are still waiting for his may 2008 system specs!!

[ptwparkinson]

my apologies but I thought the anniversary was a few weeks ago -- however -- I think you are correct in saying that BOB SOW won`t be released in September -- the big question is -- who does know when it will be released !!!

although I am quite sure that it will be worth the long wait eventually

I was playing IL2 Birds of Prey on PC but I stopped for a few months and when I went back to it no matter what I did in the settings I just couldn`t get the joystick to work properly again so I gave up --- very frustrating --- now I am waiting for delivery of ROF Cross Of Iron on DVD --- hopefully this will work better than the previous download version which I could not get the hang of

[ptwparkinson]

sorry I don`t know how to post a link -- all you have to do is to go into youtube and type cory chisel gettin by in their search engine and play the one which ahd about 20,000 hits

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by ptwparkinson

my apologies but I thought the anniversary was a few weeks ago -- however -- I think you are correct in saying that BOB SOW won`t be released in September -- the big question is -- who does know when it will be released !!!f

so far the indications are still that it will hopefully be in the next couple of months. this is mostly going by the development updates of the last 12 months, and my personal impression is that oleg and Co are battening down the hatches to get ready for release

a couple of months ago oleg indicated he personally is working on the sequel to BoB already, so fingers crossed release should not be far off.

ps: i am one of the optimists around here

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Oleg hasn't officially said he will not make the 15th of September, so theres always hope, and he did say that thousands would be playing by October.

On the other hand we are still waiting for his may 2008 system specs!!

and as usual you get it all mixed up and cant seem to think straight, in a way i hope for you are doing this on purpose. because if you dont you really do have a serious problem and are a sad case, and should be pitied rather then made fun of

what oleg DID say (? in late 2009 ?) that he intended/hoped that by the anniversary of BoB in 2010 many 1000's of people would be playing it. officially the real BoB lasted untill late october, so there you are, its no more complex than that.

secondly, around the same period he might indeed have given an indication that in that "release date context" he intended to give an indication of the required system specs around may, at least that is what several people around this forum were quoting at the beginning of the year. the funny thing is, he pretty much did (and you missed it, unsurprising given your display of limited mental faculties). i think either the last week of may 2010 or the initial part of june he indeed made a post right here in this forum to indicate the system specs. that same quote has already been repeated here in other threads, and an oleg'ish translation and interpretation discussed

your so busy with your depressive destructive banter you'r not paying attention to what actually is being provided in news snippets. ahh but hang on, you actually need spoon feeding dont ya ? like big bold letters saying "oleg promises" or "formal announcement", with that mentality just stick to browsing game retail websites, dont fester in developer's forums because you'r in the wrong department

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by zapatista

and as usual you get it all mixed up and cant seem to think straight, in a way i hope for you are doing this on purpose. because if you dont you really do have a serious problem and are a sad case, and should be pitied rather then made fun of

what oleg DID say (? in late 2009 ?) that he intended/hoped that by the anniversary of BoB in 2010 many 1000's of people would be playing it. officially the real BoB lasted untill late october, so there you are, its no more complex than that.

secondly, around the same period he might indeed have given an indication that in that "release date context" he intended to give an indication of the required system specs around may, at least that is what several people around this forum were quoting at the beginning of the year. the funny thing is, he pretty much did (and you missed it, unsurprising given your display of limited mental faculties). i think either the last week of may 2010 or the initial part of june he indeed made a post right here in this forum to indicate the system specs. that same quote has already been repeated here in other threads, and an oleg'ish translation and interpretation discussed

your so busy with your depressive destructive banter you'r not paying attention to what actually is being provided in news snippets. ahh but hang on, you actually need spoon feeding dont ya ? like big bold letters saying "oleg promises" or "formal announcement", with that mentality just stick to browsing game retail websites, dont fester in developer's forums because you'r in the wrong department

He DID say that thousands or hundreds should be playing my October and that anytime after that is not viable for the group. So basically they can't release it any later than this year as it just won't work financially. So Tree is correct to a large degree.
Luthier himself said even more recently that system specs will NOT be released until the sim is as anything can change until then, and he would not say what hardware he was using to play the sim as he wouldn't want people to buy that particular graphics card as it may not run the sim on the best settings.

So there we have it; Oleg wants the sim out this year but everything is speculative. I honestly don't care when it's released; I just want it to live up to the expectations Il-2 has set for me And judging by a majority of the screens and videos, this will happen.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

He DID say that thousands or hundreds should be playing my October

no philip, he didnt he never said a specific month, week, or day. you have a semi semblance of rationality in some of your posts but you often get the details wrong. if you are dead sure of your last statement, go find the specific quote oleg made and paste it here, but you wont be able to find it

what oleg did say (? late last year) was something like "he intended/hoped/aimed that by the anniversary of BoB in 2010 many 1000's of people would be playing it", thats the closest he has come to giving any dates from what i have seen

some time after he made that statement i did some searching to see if that could mean a specific date, but for the BoB ceremonies there seem to be a host of different anniversaries and commemoration dates by different organizations and no single fixed day by what i can make out. all we do know for certain is that officially BoB ended at the end of october, and that presumably most of those dates would therefore fall before it (? or right at the end)

Originally Posted by philip.ed

and that anytime after that is not viable for the group. So basically they can't release it any later than this year as it just won't work financially

kinda, almost, well you almost got that one right. i'd say a little more accurate would be to say that from what oleg said it was obvious he he was under significant financial pressure and couldnt afford any further delays. this doesnt mean they "cant release it any later", it means they are under very severe pressure to get it out the door this year, some minor last moment delays that would make a forced release date after newyear is not an impossibility. its not as if that would suddenly cancel the whole project and fold it

Originally Posted by philip.ed

So there we have it; Oleg wants the sim out this year but everything is speculative. I honestly don't care when it's released; I just want it to live up to the expectations Il-2 has set for me And judging by a majority of the screens and videos, this will happen.

and that part i would fully agree with, and it is what makes tree constant deliberate negativity completely unnecessary

Originally Posted by zapatista

no philip, he didnt he never said a specific month, week, or day. you have a semi semblance of rationality in some of your posts but you often get the details wrong. if you are dead sure of your last statement, go find the specific quote oleg made and paste it here, but you wont be able to find it

what oleg did say (? late last year) was something like "he intended/hoped/aimed that by the anniversary of BoB in 2010 many 1000's of people would be playing it", thats the closest he has come to giving any dates from what i have seen

some time after he made that statement i did some searching to see if that could mean a specific date, but for the BoB ceremonies there seem to be a host of different anniversaries and commemoration dates by different organizations and no single fixed day by what i can make out. all we do know for certain is that officially BoB ended at the end of october, and that presumably most of those dates would therefore fall before it (? or right at the end)





kinda, almost, well you almost got that one right. i'd say a little more accurate would be to say that from what oleg said it was obvious he he was under significant financial pressure and couldnt afford any further delays. this doesnt mean they "cant release it any later", it means they are under very severe pressure to get it out the door this year, some minor last moment delays that would make a forced release date after newyear is not an impossibility. its not as if that would suddenly cancel the whole project and fold it



and that part i would fully agree with, and it is what makes tree constant deliberate negativity completely unnecessary

For the record. I will be expecting your apology Zapatista.

Doug: A few more questions (for now) on Storm of War: Battle of Britain before we move to the next topic area.

You said recently you want it released for the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. That would be in September 2010. Are you confident flight simmers around the world will be flying Storm of War: Battle of Britain in October 2010

Oleg: Yes, it is our general plan. Maybe it will arrive earlier. I can't say right now the exact date. But by October 2010 (if not before) Storm of War: Battle of Britain should have many thousands of users

[Foo'bar]

There's a difference between "should" and "do".

Originally Posted by Foo'bar

There's a difference between "should" and "do".

Of course there is, but zapitista claimed that Oleg never mentioned a specific month, when he clearly did. Its obvious to me from Oleg's quote that he fully expected to have an SOW release either in or before October 2010, has there as been no retraction from this date then he may well be still aimimg for it, however as i have pointed out so many times before most rational thinking people here will clearly see that its not going to happen.