Got a reply from Igor Belago

[Ubaku]

I got a reply from Igor Belago since its monday and he came to work and read my email. The news arnt bad at all. I'm sorry I can't translate for you right now, I will do it properly later. Here is the original link in Russian. http://forums.games.1c.ru/?type=thread&msgid=1954886

Edit: Evgeny has properly translated the letter into English. Thank you very much.

Hi,

Two versions of the demo were presented at IGROMIR. The first one was from the previous IGROMIR and it was presented to let people get acquainted with the “Single Player” mode. The second one represents the mode, that has been just developed, it’s called “Instant Order”. This demo is very raw, so there may be some bugs. This mode was created to let people get acquainted with almost the whole ingame territory, the capabilities of particular supply depots, the capabilities of particular trucks. We think, that such acquaintance allows a player to choose the optimal strategy in the final version of the game.
In the second demo almost the whole ingame territory and most trucks were presented.

The things, that left to do:
1) The plot subsystem. Here the big part of development is left.
2) The game world. Here mostly the painterly modifying is left.
3) Trucks. The same as for 2).
4) Total testing. It’s being done permanently.

As for the release date, I can tell anything precise now. And not because I don’t want to or it’s a secret. Just because there some factors, that are hard to predict. But I can tell, that it’s not sooner than in 2-3 months. We want the game to be released as much as you do and we do our best to achieve it. Even developers’ stamina has its limits.

Thank you. Igor.

[GinXeng]

Do that good make demo people make realease date and the demo single player.

[JOleg]

Thanks a lot Ubaku!
Now I wonder/curious, how are you going to translate the word "трехжильных" LOL

So, basically what he said is the release is difficult to say, but no more than 2-3 months at the most?

[Flagman_20]

I believe he ment it will not be realesed in the next 2/3 months.

The translation was tough to understand, but, I think I got it. Not bad news at all.

[roebedoes]

no as usualy this game will be delayed to next year

[Holland1994]

Originally Posted by roebedoes

no as usualy this game will be delayed to next year

This we knewed already, but now there are problems with the game...
I know it can be very hard, but after finishing other products, that has cost a huge amount of time.
Now there are some problems with the game.
Its really disponting me,

P.S. I see you make some mistakes, (in English), that is typicaly Dutch.
(You are Dutch is'nt it? x

[1Truck]

2 demos? I'm confused . It won't be released in the next 2-3 months. They don't know when themselves. The game looks great, I hope they can release it in 2008. That should be the final year. (of course I told myself that in 2005). I hope Igor will say something about multiplayer soon.

[bigbubba467]

Originally Posted by 1Truck

2 demos? I'm confused . It won't be released in the next 2-3 months. They don't know when themselves. The game looks great, I hope they can release it in 2008. That should be the final year. (of course I told myself that in 2005). I hope Igor will say something about multiplayer soon.

i thought that multiplayer was dead.. like not happening anymore. hmm 2 demos would be interesting to bad they cant let us have one of them to tie down the time of waiting for it.

thanks for posting ubaku great work as always
bigb

[USA Driver]

Originally Posted by 1Truck

2 demos? I'm confused .

According to what I saw, Demo 1 is Single Player. Demo 2 is Multiplayer.

2-3 months sounds like it could be released by January or February of next year!
But I wouldn't hold my breath.