Cliffs of Dover, a Year Later

[salmo]

Originally Posted by Comrade Jordan

That just wouldn't make sence. The engine will be the same in the sequel so implementing it in CloD is just whats right, and it has to be. surely, some things will probably only make it into the sequel, but the performance patches have to be applied to CloD, in order to get things right for the sequel and to raise the community for buying BoM.

Yes, but what I'm saying is that we will likely not see any further changes to CLOD perse, until BOM is released.

[LoBiSoMeM]

No ETA of patch.

Some info. I liked the one about more FPS.

But we all know that. The real update will have patch ETA ou patch relase itself.

Until then, not very usefull or promising, sorry to say.

Still waiting. When the pacth is out, i believe that NOW we will have some MAJOR performance gain. I have faith in this team.

[Stirwenn]

First, thanx for the update.
Second, confidence is not restored at all as we got lots of "eye-candy" vidéos one year ago incitating to buy a broken game.
Third, sooner the patch is out and efficient, sooner i will trust you again.

[GraveyardJimmy]

Originally Posted by salmo

Yes, but what I'm saying is that we will likely not see any further changes to CLOD perse, until BOM is released.

That is contrary to all information we have received. In this update he even said it is almost ready. I dont think BoM is almost ready.

It makes no sense financially either. Who would buy a sequel to a game that hasnt been supported? Not many here- so they will patch CoD then release BoM when it is ready and people are happier with CoD.

[RickRuski]

This is the sort of information that we should get to keep things with the support base up to date. As I have said before, sometimes news that is not what we all want to hear better than no news at all. I am quite happy to see the expansion packs bring in more planes and theatres of operation so long as patches to fix the original release are done before any expansion. This is definitely going to go the way of the old Il2 series with improvments and extras being brought into BoM,Med,Pac etc. just as in Il2,AEP,Pac, and 1946 series. The only thing that would hold me back from buying the expansions would be uncertainty with performance if CoD isn't fixed before.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by salmo

I've been quitely waiting for news from the dev's knowing that it's been 1 year since game release. Thankyou Luthier for your post.

I've taken time in the last week to (1) read the original game reviews from when CLOD was released, (2) look at some of the original videos & clips of the game & (3) read many of the posts from the dev's since game release. Most reviews indicated that CLOD was in a poor state at release, but suggested there was some hope for improving the game once bugs were fixed & once the community were involved in expanding the game content (mods). While most dev posts promised a range of forthcoming improvements/developments (SDK's, bug fixes, AI improvements, faster fps etc). I really want to believe that bigger things are possible with the CLOD engine. I really really do ... but ...

Let's take a step back & review exactly where we are 1 year down the track? A patch 5 months ago & only vague promises since. Well to be frank, more promises just doesn't cut it any more! We still have a bugged game engine, a game that doesn't run on the specified minimum PC specs, an extremely limited number of online servers, limited mission functionality because of game limitations (no tree collissions, no dynamic weather, porked AI, no DCG etc).

It's fairly obvious from the dev's comments that 1C has little intention of fixing CLOD as it stands now. CLOD will likely get an upgrade (?fixes) when the BOM sequel is released (no forecast release date yet?). Regretably, I am out of patience. 1C has lost my good will & my enthusiasm for this game.

Neither COD nor BOM could be fixed or finished until the graphic/performance patch is successfully completed. Without this patch COD, BOM, and the develpment were finished. The sequel hasn't been even officially annouced yet so I think there will be time for a couple more patches to COD. If the development survives COD will never be finished, all feature fixes, like the AI, Commands, FM, DM, Weather improvements will apply to COD, BOM, MED, PAC etc etc. The only improvement to COD that probably won't be done by the developer is new campaigns which is not a problem as the community will be able to handle that very well along with a number of other additions.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by luthier

We cannot wait to prove our detractors wrong, crush the competition, and give our fans what they are looking for with our next major release!

We can't wait either! Thanks for the good update, much appreciated.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by luthier

We cannot wait to prove our detractors wrong, crush the competition, and give our fans what they are looking for with our next major release!

Im hoping you prove your detractors wrong, crush the competition and give us what we want with more patches that fix ALL the problems with CLOD first, then give us the next major release.

[150GCT_Veltro]

Originally Posted by furbs

Im hoping you prove your detractors wrong, crush the competition and give us what we want with more patches that fix ALL the problems with CLOD first, then give us the next major release.

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[smink1701]

Originally Posted by 150GCT_Veltro

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