The Crystal Ball 2

[Force10]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

When was il2 "finished"? CoD may not be finished for another 10 years as well

Yeah...but when was IL-2 playable? Pretty much from the start. Don't care about finished as much as it being playable.

[Abbeville-Boy]

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[DroopSnoot]

this stuff is meant to be on the crystal ball thread, thats why they gave us that thread so people could get it out of there system.
Posting seperate threads just gets them deleted and infractions/bans handed out etc.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by Force10

Yeah...but when was IL-2 playable? Pretty much from the start. Don't care about finished as much as it being playable.

thats bull, go buy a p4 1.8 cpu with 512 sys mem and a 4600 ti gpu(top of the line 8 months after release) and tell me if you get more then 30 fps on high settings with il2 sturmovik out of the box.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

thats bull, go buy a p4 1.8 cpu with 512 sys mem and a 4600 ti gpu(top of the line 8 months after release) and tell me if you get more then 30 fps on high settings with il2 sturmovik out of the box.

But at the time that was considered playable by the majority of the community. I know no one that even thought about playing it with the graphics totally maxed out. IL2 was playable because you could get online with all your mates and fly it into the wee hours of the morning without a worry about CTDs,and have a grand time doing it. And we did, night after night, for years. And I did it with a Ti 4400.

That's playability. Don't confuse it with eye candy ability.

And that is what we currently lack.

[Buchon]

Sorry for the deception but we are not in the 90´s anymore.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

But at the time that was considered playable by the majority of the community. I know no one that even thought about playing it with the graphics totally maxed out. IL2 was playable because you could get online with all your mates and fly it into the wee hours of the morning without a worry about CTDs,and have a grand time doing it. And we did, night after night, for years. And I did it with a Ti 4400.

That's playability. Don't confuse it with eye candy ability.

And that is what we currently lack.

Respectfully, El, we lack playability too. I certainly can't play online with my mates into the wee hours without worrying about CTDs. There's a memory leak in the game currently. I can't fly more than about 45 minutes without the game crashing.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Respectfully, El, we lack playability too. I certainly can't play online with my mates into the wee hours without worrying about CTDs. There's a memory leak in the game currently. I can't fly more than about 45 minutes without the game crashing.

Doggles, I think you drew the wrong conclusion from my post.

We do lack playability in CloD is my point, as compared to IL2 that was "playable" out of the box.

Sorry if it's confusing.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Doggles, I think you drew the wrong conclusion from my post.

We do lack playability in CloD is my point, as compared to IL2 that was "playable" out of the box.

Sorry if it's confusing.

Maybe I read it too fast, apologies.

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

thats bull, go buy a p4 1.8 cpu with 512 sys mem and a 4600 ti gpu(top of the line 8 months after release) and tell me if you get more then 30 fps on high settings with il2 sturmovik out of the box.

I sure as hell remember IL2 being a resource hog in 2002. New mid-range hardware was able to run it low-to-medium settings at most, and that meant turning off the buildings. Some poeple just don`t remember where they come from.