Friday 2010-08-27 Dev. update and Discussions

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by Insuber

BG don't worry they will fix that or sure ... it's Work In Progress don't forget ... I agree with Winny, I was thinking exactly the same.

May be I am wrong...may be the pilot is waiving his legs in to the air intentionally for some rest because of the long cross Chanel flight...

Insuber, I am sure that they will fix it. But I am afraid that, Oleg is hurrying for the 70-th anniversary of the Battle Of Britain, planing to issue the SoW-BoB at this time. But, SoW-BoB is not ready yet...

[Chivas]

I'm not so sure that SOW will be beta tested like IL-2 was. The original IL-2 beta went very well as the beta was presented to the testers with very few bugs. Most of it was just nitpicking similar to what you see with peoples evaluations of the current update screenshots. They may just do an in-house beta test if the sim is coming together as well as IL-2 did. Or they could just sell the beta much like most of the other flight sims have done these days.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by BG-09

But I am afraid that, Oleg is hurrying for the 70-th anniversary of the Battle Of Britain, planing to issue the SoW-BoB at this time. But, SoW-BoB is not ready yet...

Quit worrying already about things you don't have any control over.

[Antoninus]

Why is that something to worry about at all? As long as there are no mayor bugs an "unfinished" sim is better than to have no sim at all. Releasing a less than perfect version to finance future development worked well for Rise of Flight. Eyecandy stuff like correctly animated pilots, more realistically looking clouds or landscape isn't that essential for a combat flight sim and can be updated later.

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Quit worrying already about things you don't have any control over.

Wise advice. Thanks.

Thanks for the update Luthier some superb work, so .....<Deep breath>......Is it possible that you could answer a few questions that most of us would like clearing up,

Anyhow here goes.

1. In May 2009 Oleg stated that it would be accurate to say that the sim was now 80% complete. Would it be possible to tell us what percentage we are currently at?

2. Would it also be possible to tell us if the sim is currently at the beta stage of deveolpment?

3. From the same simhq interview Oleg suggested that thousands would be playing SOW in October or maybe before. Is that still possible? If not will it be later this year or early next?


4. Will we see a dedicated SOW website?

Many thanks luthier.

Please note, these questions are for luthier to answer or Oleg if they choose to, If they choose not to answer then that is fine by me and understandable. If anyone wants to take issue with this post or make any snide comments or normal abuse then please pm me rather than post below.

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

I've finally figured out the 'Tree' phenomenon.

We've been working on the assumption that 'Tree' is a person posting on the forum, and trying to make sense of the postings accordingly. This has proved impossible, but if instead one assumes that 'Tree' is a computer-generated pseudo-forum-poster, his idiosyncrasies make sense. His endless predictions about the future release date for SoW:BoB, each different from the last, can only be indicative of a program which is reset on a regular basis, and thus has no knowledge of previous predictions.

Sadly, I suspect that 'Tree' isn't yet in the Beta stage, so accurate predictions may be some time coming.

And heres me thinking you had put me on your 'ignore' list!! lol.

Originally Posted by Eries

Mommy!..... say it aint so !!!

****fixed****

Excellent post again from you Eries, its just like being back at school all over again, i take it your still at school though right?

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Thanks for the update Luthier some superb work, so .....<Deep breath>......Is it possible that you would be able to answer a few questions that most of us would like to know the answers to, but some simply dare not ask due to nasty/snide reprisals from certain over zealous fans.

Anyhow here goes.

1. In May 2009 Oleg stated that it would be accurate to say that the sim was now 80% complete. Would it be possible to tell us what percentage we are currently at?

2. Would it also be possible to tell us if the sim is currently at the beta stage of deveolpment?

3. From the same simhq interview Oleg suggested that thousands would be playing SOW in October or maybe before. Is that still possible? If not will it be later this year or early next?


4. Will we see a dedicated SOW website?

Many thanks luthier.

Please note, these questions are for luthier to answer or Oleg if they choose to, If they choose not to answer then that is fine by me and understandable. If anyone wants to take issue with this post or make any snide comments or normal abuse then please pm me rather than post below.

+1 with greatest respect to Oleg and Luthier
I'm sure most of us would welcome an official update on the current status of the sim to replace the endless speculation and argument.

[furbs]

yep...if they cant or choose not to at this time its fine with me also...but would be great to get a heads up on where SOW is timescale wise.