Pre-Purchase DCS P-51 Now!

[MegOhm]

Originally Posted by Fansadox

This whole CLOD situation is starting to piss me off... I have been waiting for a proper game to play for over a long period now. I expect the guys behind CLOD and 1C to at least give the customers that bought CLOD in its Pre Alpha state at release back then to give a discount for the upcomming title.

I have supported you guys over the last eleven years starting with the initial release of IL2 back in 2001. But this is just a nightmare scenario imo.

Yours Faithfully Sam

I saw an interesting statement today. And at this point, I have to agree

"ED has blown COD out of the water with the release of just one plane"
and it is the 1st BETA for the P51D! I have to agree, it is awesome....

Maybe COD will one day be flyable...but for now... I have a new Pony

[wildone_106]

uh, not really? Its just 1 plane, theres no missions and its flying around in the Crimean landscape, its a fun study plane but nothing more. COD has much more going for it.

Originally Posted by MegOhm

Saw an interesting statement today. And I have to agree at this point

"ED has blown COD out of the water with the release of just one plane"

and it is a 1st BETA for the P51D!

[MegOhm]

Originally Posted by wildone_106

uh, not really? Its just 1 plane, theres no missions and its flying around in the Crimean landscape, its a fun study plane but nothing more. COD has much more going for it.

Uh.... yes really... From what you just said... it is apparant you don't know what you are talking about.

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by MegOhm

I saw an interesting statement today. And at this point, I have to agree

"ED has blown COD out of the water with the release of just one plane"
and it is the 1st BETA for the P51D! I have to agree, it is awesome....

Maybe COD will one day be flyable...but for now... I have a new Pony

40 bucks. 1 plane. Nothing to compare FM against. No coop. No nothing. You guys make absolutely ZERO sense. Its everything you complain about here and worse. The ground textures look so arcade and can only assume so is FM. I downloaded this morning. Will get the low-down on it in a few hours. But so far for what you're willing to spend for as little as you get makes me think you need help!

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[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Codex

... as it stands DCS have already asked the cumminuty to make 3rd party options AND get paid for it.

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=87343

Well sort of. What they are really doing is encouraging people to market separate third party commercial products and are happy for you to make a profit if you manage to sell any.

[ATAG_Dutch]

You tell 'em Doc!

Fired up the A-10 tonight just to remind myself. The whole environment looks far worse than old IL2.

Wouldn't want to fly anything in that dead place, let alone spend more money on it.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

You tell 'em Doc!

Fired up the A-10 tonight just to remind myself. The whole environment looks far worse than old IL2.

Wouldn't want to fly anything in that dead place, let alone spend more money on it.

The thing that always got me was the developers said they were working on dedicated server files for A10. This was while it was a beta. So not only do you not have any environment to speak of, you can't even have a true MP experience on a real dedicated machine. AKA - you need a graphics card to run a server in that game.

I'm not buying it until they come through with the MP aspect. 2 years and counting

[kestrel79]

I think they are trying to get some of the FSX 3rd party devs over to DCS. Making a P51 was sort of a way of "showcasing" their engine and sim to the FSX A2A crowd.

I think they have a chance too because you can actually blow stuff up in DCS compared to FSX. But how large is the DCS community compared to FSX? My guess is FSX has many more potential customers so the 3rd party devs can make more cash. But it's a start.

Can't wait until we see some 3rd party stuff for CloD series, but I think we are still pretty far away sadly...

[159th_Jester]

Might want to check your facts, Bliss.

The 159th and many other LOMAC/ DCS squads are running dedicated servers. Don't have the specs to hand... And you may be right about the dedi needing a GFX card..... But it IS doable and it is being done.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by 159th_Jester

Might want to check your facts, Bliss.

The 159th and many other LOMAC/ DCS squads are running dedicated servers. Don't have the specs to hand... And you may be right about the dedi needing a GFX card..... But it IS doable and it is being done.

My facts are correct. It appears you don't quite understand what a real dedicated server is. 1st off the large majority of them are rack mounted machines that don't have video cards. These are located, for instance, like our dedicated machines with access to high amounts of bandwidth.

The only thing people are doing in A10 is running a home pc (AKA using their crappy home ISP) to host a MP game. If you can find one A10 server that has ever had over 50 players in it, I'll eat my shorts.

If you want me to conjure up the post from ED concerning my facts that I mentioned in the 1st post (AKA - dedicated server support) a simple google search can find it for you. Next time you might want to know the facts yourself.

Edit: Here's from ED's forums. Notice they even give the definition of what a dedicated server is and the value of having what is known in the industry as "dedicated server support".

Dedicated Servers

It looks like they have just added it to their list of things to do - do not know if it will be patched in soon. For an expansion pack maybe as a selling feature - including Nevada terrain

The value of Multiplayer Dedicated Servers had to be explained in the thread. A dedicated server program does not need a fancy graphics card to run the game. All it needs to do is handle the data packets coming in from users(clients).
That means you can use old computers that were likely to be tossed out anyway. And you can run multiple versions at once (as long as your internet pipes are big enough).