Friday 2011-02-04 Dev. update and Discussion

[FlatSpinMan]

What a human response (from Luthier). I really admire the honesty and the amount of info that is shared. Most companies would say "It's all perfect, it's exactly as we planned".
I like the video for the same reasons - it's just some guy showing off footage to other people who like the same kind of thing.
It sounds like some things are missing currently. Oh well. They'll show up sooner or later. That dynamic campaign idea already sounds great.

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by FlatSpinMan

What a human response (from Luthier). I really admire the honesty and the amount of info that is shared. Most companies would say "It's all perfect, it's exactly as we planned".
I like the video for the same reasons - it's just some guy showing off footage to other people who like the same kind of thing.
It sounds like some things are missing currently. Oh well. They'll show up sooner or later. That dynamic campaign idea already sounds great.

LOL, FSM. You've nailed it. I've had the impression for a long time that these guys are not making a game to make money, but are making the game because that's what they love to do, and are hoping to make money on it so they can do it some more (and still feed their families).

[ElAurens]

Thank you Luther, for being real, honest, and open about the progress of the new sim.

It's these little chats you take time for that keep a lot of us on your and Oleg's side. You are not some monolithic software giant company shoving out new, flashy, yet shallow content just to sell box art. The way that you and Oleg share with us makes me, and I'm sure most vets of the sim, feel like we are actually part of this grand adventure, not just customers picking up a fast food lunch at the drive through window.

Carry on just as you are.

The BlitzPigs, and our friends in the sim eagerly await the release.

S!

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Thank you Luther, for being real, honest, and open about the progress of the new sim.

It's these little chats you take time for that keep a lot of us on your and Oleg's side. You are not some monolithic software giant company shoving out new, flashy, yet shallow content just to sell box art. The way that you and Oleg share with us makes me, and I'm sure most vets of the sim, feel like we are actually part of this grand adventure, not just customers picking up a fast food lunch at the drive through window.

Carry on just as you are.

The BlitzPigs, and our friends in the sim eagerly await the release.

S!

Seconded.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

Seconded.

Thirded.

I really appreciate the down to the ground level in the trenches kind of information we're getting. It's fantastic and I'm looking forward not only to Cliffs of Dover but the continued evolution and development.

[brando]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Thank you Luther, for being real, honest, and open about the progress of the new sim.

It's these little chats you take time for that keep a lot of us on your and Oleg's side. You are not some monolithic software giant company shoving out new, flashy, yet shallow content just to sell box art. The way that you and Oleg share with us makes me, and I'm sure most vets of the sim, feel like we are actually part of this grand adventure, not just customers picking up a fast food lunch at the drive through window.

Carry on just as you are.

The BlitzPigs, and our friends in the sim eagerly await the release.

S!

Hear hear, and the same goes for the twenty or so people I fly with regularly. Onwards & upward Oleg 'n Co!

Brando

[addman]

"Never in the field of flightsims has so much been owed by so many to so few"

Thank you Oleg, Ilya and everybody at Maddox games for your dedication to something so rare as a serious combat flight simulator. No butt-kissing just a spontaneous act of appreciation.

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Thank you Luther, for being real, honest, and open about the progress of the new sim.

It's these little chats you take time for that keep a lot of us on your and Oleg's side. You are not some monolithic software giant company shoving out new, flashy, yet shallow content just to sell box art. The way that you and Oleg share with us makes me, and I'm sure most vets of the sim, feel like we are actually part of this grand adventure, not just customers picking up a fast food lunch at the drive through window.

Carry on just as you are.

The BlitzPigs, and our friends in the sim eagerly await the release.

S!

+1 EL.

Like your new avatar.

[Necrobaron]

Originally Posted by luthier

There's bits and pieces. We made a decision about 18 months ago that we wouldn't be able to make it right, and we'd rather build good static campaigns instead. So it's been on a backburner for some time.

I'm the guy who wrote a bunch of giant 100-page design docs for the dynamic campaign, so it was a very hard decision for me personally.

There's probably at least a year of work left on it to make it great. We could have make something like an Il-2 level dynamic campaign in a few months, but I don't want to do that at all. I want it to be ground-breaking and worthy of the rest of the game.

Sounds good to me! It's encouraging to hear that you not only want to make a dynamic campaign generator but also want to make if far exceed what we've seen before. I put countless hours in various campaigns from the old series but there is always room for improvement. I think a robust, well-made dynamic campaign generator on par with, or exceeding, the quality of work put into IL2CoD will be a joy to experience.

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Wiek Luijken is willing and able and happy to offer his services to Oleg.

That looks great! Just add some Spitfires (or make a separate RAF edition so consumers have a choice) and it'd be perfect.

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Thank you Luther, for being real, honest, and open about the progress of the new sim.

It's these little chats you take time for that keep a lot of us on your and Oleg's side. You are not some monolithic software giant company shoving out new, flashy, yet shallow content just to sell box art. The way that you and Oleg share with us makes me, and I'm sure most vets of the sim, feel like we are actually part of this grand adventure, not just customers picking up a fast food lunch at the drive through window.

Carry on just as you are.

The BlitzPigs, and our friends in the sim eagerly await the release.

S!

+1

Succinctly and beautifully said!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by FlatSpinMan

What a human response (from Luthier). I really admire the honesty and the amount of info that is shared.

I more admire his patience.