Rise of Fligh late 2008 or early 2009

[Feathered_IV]

Originally Posted by ECV56_LeChuck

Well, the concept of grass. SoW:BoB was the first flight simulator with grass, correct me if I´m wrong...

Get ready to be corrected...

About two years ago, the kots Gennadich team merged with another group of developers who were working on the purely Eastern front WW1 flight sim (can't remember their name now , but they had a Sikorsky scout as the main aircraft. Anyone?). It was at the same time that KotS decided not to use the Il-2 engine. Anyways, the Eastern sim people were already releasing screenshots and video back then of grass in their sim, along with proper deep water and high-res terrain. It is not meant as an insult to Maddox Games, but credit for such a development must go to the RoF co-operative team, as they were first by about two years.

[ECV56_LeChuck]

So, thanks for the correction!

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Get ready to be corrected...

About two years ago, the kots Gennadich team merged with another group of developers who were working on the purely Eastern front WW1 flight sim (can't remember their name now , but they had a Sikorsky scout as the main aircraft. Anyone?). It was at the same time that KotS decided not to use the Il-2 engine. Anyways, the Eastern sim people were already releasing screenshots and video back then of grass in their sim, along with proper deep water and high-res terrain. It is not meant as an insult to Maddox Games, but credit for such a development must go to the RoF co-operative team, as they were first by about two years.

Pretty sure Oleg mentioned that they had grass in IL2 Alpha/Beta at one point, could just be my mind playing tricks on me though

[JG53Frankyboy]

to avoid serverchrashes after gamerelease - put the Fokker D.VII and the Spad XIII in the original game and make therefore the game a little bit more expensive !!

i doubt anyone who is buying this game want "only" the crap planes N.28 and Albatros D.V ( its not early 1917 for the Albatross, its mid or better late 1917 for this version !!).....................................

[Metatron]

Wouldn't it be nice to have Zeppelins in this sim?

[tagTaken2]

Originally Posted by Metatron

Wouldn't it be nice to have Zeppelins in this sim?

I think they are, but do you mean as flyable?

[Blackdog_kt]

The only thing that's bugging me is that if the initial release ships with mid to late war planes we'll miss a lot of the famous WWI actions that made it what it is collectively remembered for...the initial shock when faced with trench warfare, the early pioneering days for the airmen and so on...

I'm not saying to start with Fokker Eindeckers and morane bullets, but a neuport 17, a De Havilland pusher and an albatross D.II would be fine to get the pace going. Why start it off with the late war planes and campaigns and miss out on all the early war legendary actions?

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

The only thing that's bugging me is that if the initial release ships with mid to late war planes we'll miss a lot of the famous WWI actions that made it what it is collectively remembered for...the initial shock when faced with trench warfare, the early pioneering days for the airmen and so on...

I'm not saying to start with Fokker Eindeckers and morane bullets, but a neuport 17, a De Havilland pusher and an albatross D.II would be fine to get the pace going. Why start it off with the late war planes and campaigns and miss out on all the early war legendary actions?

Probably to hook as many non-hardcore simmers as possible. Most of us will probably buy it anyway, but a Spad on the cover will sell it to a much wider audience. That's my guess anyway.