1C Team Requests and Questions (discussions only)

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Question:
Does the dev team/marketing have access to numbers of unit sold in the EU & US? It seems everyone is touting MP as being the godsend for this sim, but if online numbers are any indication, it seems only maybe 210 people are still playing the game... (70max online any given time x 3 shifts of population peaks, rough numbers I know, but probably still more than are actually playing).

Just checking our stats: There's almost 2000 unique names on our server in a little over 2 weeks time. I'd say most are waiting for the patch.

[TomcatViP]

Online play hasn't been always marginal ?

[Dano]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

3 shifts of 70 was being cautious, and some people are probably in both those shifts.

So what you are intimating is that there are under 210 people who do nothing but fly for 8 hours a day every day of the week? I think you need to consider it a bit further.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

No, but if I look in the morning (my time) there might be guys back on from a look the evening before. When I have more time, I fly both before and after work, sure I'm not the only one who comes on more than once per day. God forbid someone is actually flying 8-10 hours a day, this isn't WoW!

Oh dear...

[Sven]

RoF? Last time I fired up that game the players were around a 100. Might have logged on at a wrong time though.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Here's about 1.5 weeks worth: http://216.52.148.29:2012/ATAGStats/ATAGStatsV1.html
Almost 2000 people - not to bad me thinks.

And I've never seen ROF have 200 people. It's rare to have 50. Actually we usually have more on a single server in IL2COD than all of rof mp combined.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Do you have indications otherwise? There's less than 100 active players at any given time. Some probably roll over to multiple time zone's prime time. Certainly this does not have the numbers of RoF, DCS A-10, or even old IL-2. What's the numbers in the West? Can we reasonably expect another western allies expansion, or will this focus towards where the sales went from here on out?

Learn some maths and stop making ridiculous assumptions would be my recommendation...

[NedLynch]

Originally Posted by ordway

Type of improvement: Gameplay (Campaign)

Explanation: of proposals: Add the campaign format of the original Red Baron simulator (the best flight simulator campaign I have ever played). For COD, this would mean in offline campaign mode, being able to first lead a flight, then lead a section then a squadron. Also it would mean getting the ability to get the best new planes' features first (metal ailerons, semi-no negative g cutout, pick of the best aircraft in the squadron (it performs a little bit better than others, climbs a little faster than others, has tighter controls, etc.). Thirdly, you would be able to choose a personal airplane marking as well as choose the pilots who fly with you.

Benefits: This would add more fun to COD, get higher magazine reviews and get more customers to buy the product so you can make more money.

+1

Not everybody here is an avid online player, in fact I believe a survey had shown it's about half and half.
A good DCG is sorley needed and would add infinite replayability to the game, right now I shelved the game due to the very meagre offline content.
No technical issues here whatsoever, I love the game but the lack of a DCG just makes for a very boring offline experience.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by NedLynch

right now I shelved the game due to the very meagre offline content.

If you flew all offline campaigns hosted by airwarware.com linked to in my sig already (1), you may want to try a dynamic engine developed by Octocat.

The thread is in Russian but the addin/engine is in English. It is not final yet but looks fantastic. Is created based on ideas of ArmaII - Warfare и CTI.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=73973

Settings screenshot http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachmen...8&d=1326704528

Octocat speaks English and is present on this forum too.

[NedLynch]

Originally Posted by Ataros

If you flew all offline campaigns hosted by airwarware.com linked to in my sig already (1), you may want to try a dynamic engine developed by Octocat.

The thread is in Russian but the addin/engine is in English. It is not final yet but looks fantastic. Is created based on ideas of ArmaII - Warfare и CTI.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=73973

Settings screenshot http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachmen...8&d=1326704528

Octocat speaks English and is present on this forum too.

I will give the DCE by Octocat a try. The offline campaigns on airwarfare I did play to a good extent and I also tried the other DCG available there, but I am indeed looking for a really comprehensive DCG.
The community developed ones are great and I very much appreciate the effort and time that went into making them, however they are not quite of the comprehensive type, due to fully understandable restrictions either by the tools that are available to whoever tries to make a DCG or personal time restraints.
An official DCG would be obviously very nice, maybe we'll get one with the battle for moscow......