Very short development update
 

Yes, we're alive. Me especially. I rarely feel more alive than after a morning reading of the forums!

The sound is progressing well.

General mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qbB4Kq3Y0

What more could we ask for?

Now that was short. lol

Hope the multiplayer coop interface also? ;)

I never feel more dead after reading the forums. :grin:

At least it's good to know that the sound is coming along.
Thanks Luthier
cheers.

Oh god the lynch mob will be even more wound up by this and take it as a personal insult...

When do you expect the sound to be completed, could you give us an estimate?

Hi Luthier,....
 

.... good to hear that things are progressing,
I hope to have a playable (on - and offline) "Cliffs of Dover" by christmas this year. In the meantime I fly "Rise of Flight".

;)

Luthier, thats great....now if you dont mind as im sure it would help these forums very much and give the mods a welcome rest...

Could you write maybe a sentence or 3, spending maybe 5 mins on when, where and what(patch)...

Thanks very much, your most humble servant.

furbs.

PS. im asking nobody except Luthier, not anyone else on the forum, or any mods.

you must be joking me.. now they started to mock us? really?!

I think we are close :grin:

Morning Luthier,

Priceless, unexpected and refreshing LOL :grin:

Looking forward to the next update!

PPP

What did I tell you... Luthier you are not dealing with reasonable people here they have no humor and any attempt at "lightening the mood" will be met with an angry response. :)

Please post some more info for everyone's sake... :|

Thank you luthier, ;)

adonys, c'mon... it's just a little step... don't spoil it please... ;-)

I think some of us understood that perfectly...

I'll be smiling all day:-D

Yes I like the light hearted update, albeit brief.

Thanks Luthier

Thanks luthier, good enough for me.
Love your sense of humor. Lol

Tehehehehhe :D

Love it,
I'll raise you a deliverance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yt9R0I3gSk

*yawn*

When is the game coming?

Oh come on Adonys lighten up mate,what,and we have'nt been doing the same to them over the last months?,what goes around comes around mate.

See it for what it is,just a bit of fun.

When it's done?

lol, when there is one thing that has to be learned from IL2 updates, then it is "whatever you say can and will be used against you in court".

We'll it's good to see that the development team are in high spirts! (Unless of course Russians hate banjo music??????) All must be going well!


Cheers!


Um! it was released four and a half months ago, we're waiting for updates.

This was the recording of the background music for the third instalment of the series, 'Thunderbolts over Europe'

Come on guys smile.................

Nice vid cheers.:)

I can't stop grinning :D

I think the ppl that will be hating on Luthier atm will actually be Alpha and Nearmiss ;)

Hmmmmmmmmmm,i think the sounds sound a bit....southern?

I just have this mental image of several people actually foaming at the mouth :D

Thank you luthier! :mrgreen:

Can I ask people (both fanboys and whiners like me) please don't spoil this post quoting who don't understand the joke? If we do that we can keep this thread clean and calm... thanks

Yes, but look how that ended :(

Hey, Luthier, irony is a trait of British humour. Have you applied for citizenship?
I hope there's a nice prezzie behind that cheeky smile.

Oh and thanks, for the entertainment, now THAT's talent!

reaction to the errrr update :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzhH9...eature=related

Ouch!

I hope thats not the new sound developer! Could mean a bit of a delay.

:grin:

Touché!

Thanks for the ermm... not sure what to call it.
Not entirely sure what the point was of this but I actually feel a little embarrassed to be a member here now that i know the game developers regard the communication with customers as a joke, if that is what it was ment to be?

I wonder if the mods will make this one a sticky? :) I hope so.

wow..those kids :)
with that speed I think we`ll have
a sound-patch to day..lol

Thank You :)

IiiiiHaaaaaaaa! Excellent Luthier, all the best for you guys, Allons!

LoL, exactly.


Just imagine Luthier and team giving their "thoughts" on everything the community "released", now that would be real fun, or not. :)

..I dunno what's more insane, the fact that we're keeping on being fooled around or the fanboys squeaking with joy at a sign of Luthier's posts. :confused:

At least Oleg had respect for his fanbase/customers, bravo Luthier, bravo...

uh and before you answer me, don't bother, cos there's not one rational reason in the world why we should deem this behaviour as acceptable, and surely you won't change my mind with your dogma, because to think otherwise I need facts, not humour, not sarcasm, not "hey yeah it's fine, it's coming out well" updates.

and no, I won't foam, won't smash my PC, I'll just shake my head, roll my eyes and lose yet one point in the esteem scale of Ilya Shevchenko.

At least he's not lost his log in, as we feared...

Yep, they're all over this thread.

Thanks for the update Luthier, i knew you had a sense of humour, the first time I came across it was just after I installed Clod. :grin::grin:

:grin: the second time was when i saw the last patch notes :)

.......and how fitting Luthier puts a link up to some 'Cowboy music'!! :grin:

Pssst... pssst... Oi Sternjaeger, im sure Ilya really couldn't care less about what somone on the Internet thinks of him.

Whahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa...........that is f***ing hilarious!

People were begging for "just a line or two" and here it is. :-P

Krupi, he should care, he brought Luthier's last product and hes a potential customer of his next...

Yes but by the time the next installment is out all we will be arguing about is the fm and why the med wasn't the next installment ;).

Nagh, he´s just showing us how the Germans lost the war. It was a Russian secret weapon developed in the USA called Bluegrass. It´s deadly if you take it seriously! It´s like this wannabe flight sim, you´ve got to be a

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/9154/clowna.jpg

to stand all this clownery

Oleg plays accordian,Luthier on guitar...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1upZz3a-7iM[/video]

Ahhhh the Med....such a pity....109s over Malta...p40s over the desert, hurris with cannons...

Wow he plays the accordian far better than he makes games!! :grin:

Maybe, maybe...but if this trend continues, there soon won´t be anyone on the internet who cares about CLOD too...
Oh and BTW, I thought the video itself was funny, and thinking of Luthier rushing around with this tune playing on background... yea´ I got the humorous point.
But seriously, in this situation, this is ridiculous. Please give us a realistic roadmap for what to expect, and I mean on the long run,´cause it´s surely gonna be one.
If it´s going to take 2 years to make this sim be like it was advertised to, fine. Just say it. Then all this BS on this forum would stop. (oh, surely not... :) )

Luthiers reaction to this thread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMGlQ...eature=related

There were tears,there was laughter, just another day at 1C :)

Ok this one wins for funniest reaction of a game designer...

and the One where Oleg plays the accordion, gets the win for most original cover song by a video game design team
(that i must admit i listened too the whole way through lol

thanks for the laugh guys :)

I cant stop laughing. furbs you are awesome

I think Luthier's response was funny as hell, to be honest, and hey, at least it's SOME news. It's 100% better than NO news.

You have screamed for some news, even if it's just a line or two. Now you have it. You have gotten what you asked for.

I find it hard to take anyone that's foaming at the mouth about this thread seriously.

May I express my doubt in regard to this? ;)

Back to reality for a moment Luthier and whilst you are in such a joyous mood, is it possible you can tell us how you are getting on with fixing co-op missions, unlike some of the other problems this one was broken out of the box. Its something that all squads enjoy doing especially for training etc, and it is in my opinion a very important feature of the game.

You stated shortly after release that your main priority was to get DX11 working and I guess you are close after 5 months but could you start work if possible on the co-op's asap.

Many Thanks

Tree (your comedy chum):grin:

Thanks Luthier, it's a shame the usual suspects are here with their pitchforks and burning torches again but as they say "a leopard can't change it's spots".

Come on lighten up Meusli, its all good fun..... isnt it?

They ARE still alive! And the cake is NOT a lie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RthZgszykLs

Most probably won't understand this anyways judging from some of the responses. :D

Or a tree can't change it's bark :-P sorry tree had to do it.

On a serious note everyone here wants different things some want coop others single player and ppl like me that want multiplayer sorted out first, it's hard to satisfy everyone... But the main thing is that both the positive and negative posters here all want the same thing, a replacement for 1946 and we will get it... at some point.

Its good to see that most ppl are liking the humour in Luthier post rather than throwing the toys out of the pram again :D

hehe nice one,put a smile on my face :)

p.s. those kids are bloody amazing,what talent!

But he has already done that. Haven't you read the previous updates?

Tiger I have tried that.. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink :|

Lol! thanks for the update Luthier. It's sooo funny to read this thread because it's sooo obvious that "some" people are playing along with the joke but if you read "their" posts closely you can tell "they" are actually ticked off. Mission accomplished Luthier! I dig your style.:cool:

Does it means Luthier is having good mood, because he already resolved conflicts with .NET which are causing the crashes? Man, that's good news!:cool:

Good to hear... :)

I am assured that this project it in good hands.

:grin:

yeah it's quite obvious, the fact that he's in charge of PR for a software house that has sold for good a rough beta is obvious too, as it's obvious that he has no respect whatsoever for his customers.

Take the sound example for a minute: they hired a sound engineer AFTER the game was released.. the scenario that is starting to depict is quite simple: they were forced to release a game, whilst keeping the original roadmap they had planned, and instead of giving some kind of explanation they keep on joking about it, like nothing happened.

Reality check my friends, reality check..

I try to state it clearer... I know that some of you folks are running this sim perfectly and are extremely satisfied. That is great, it really is but to some of us (this includes me) the game is still pretty much in the same state, especially performance-wise as it was on the initial release.

Ok, I admit, performace has improved somewhat, but I really expected more performance gain in the timeframe of 5 months. And before you jump on me; I´m know my way around computers and optimizations and I´m willing to do that (I play Arma II afterall :) ), but at certain point I came to realize that (at least for my setup) there is no point trying to optimize anymore. Something´s got to be done to the core of the sim itself. This belief is amplified by the fact that I run ROF (not so hardware demanding) and DCS A-10 (pretty damn demanding) everything maxed out with great frame rates.

So, what I´m trying to say is this; to guys that struggle with performance, the patch and work-in-progress details in previous posts by Luthier give little comfort. For us (and believe me, I really am not the only one, you can see that when you look around other forums that are not infected by this utterly stupid "fanboy-whiner war") game in many parts looks ugly, performs badly and feels that it needs a major overhaul. Not some new mineboats, or even some things (like the quality of the sounds) that could, on other conditions considered pretty important.

To us, fixing the performance is the paramount right now.

I don´t think that stating this could hurt anyone´s feelings or ignite other flaming war.

You need to take a deep breath before you have an aneurysm. Oleg stated ages ago that he had to release the game before Christmas last year as he was out of cash. How he got to spring is anyone's guess but I am prepared to cut them some slack even though I have only played 10 hours of CLOD since release. Luthier now has some breathing space and is finishing the sim for us to make his future and ours bright. Take the hate and use that energy for something useful.

Lets be clear, Luthiers post is not a "update"...its just a funny post.

Sorry, but line #2 in his post does seem like an update to me. Quick and short one, yes, but an update none the less. Maybe not what we'd like to see (I'd love to see a better roadmap for fixes etc), but hey, at least it's SOMETHING.

Again, 100% of something is better than 100% of nothing.

"The sound is progressing well."

It's an update. We read that sound engine was a headache to dev team, and will be remake from scratch. Now Luthier says that this issue is "progressing well".

Good enough.

why do we need a sound patch ?
we aldready have some very good sound mods
i dont think they will beat them.

What we need are good textures.

LMFAOROFL :D gold :D

No, if it was a "update" it would of also been posted at the COD russian website, Luthier hasnt made a post there since the 1st of July, this is just a post.

But, it seems you are very very easily pleased, good for you. :)

Thanks for the medical recommendations, love it when people get so brash and out of place because they're posting on a forum. :rolleyes:
Anyway, I know the story, it doesn't change the fact that there's better ways of handling this, if you're happing with knowing nothing about it, fair enough, I won't make a comment about it, but please have respect for people that do care and would like to know what's going on. It's not that hard, is it?

I don't think I can have a constructive exchange of opinions with someone who really thinks this post is nothing but another joke, from a person that can't really afford to be only a joker..

This is a little impression how it could be - especially the flies.. :grin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnHd6rNRrmM

Well we gave Luthier an update on what we (his paying customers) thought of his communication, it was in the form of a petition, the thread was removed so as not to upset our little joking friend.

Now, im not in anyway going to compare the sound your post to the sound we have in COD, no way, im not...that would just be silly. :grin:

I know a lot about it as I have been following development for years, I also have no respect for people who go on and on like a broken record. You have information that you refuse to hear and demand more and more detail that you won't get. Hence the calm down statement as you are doing your blood pressure no good, history has shown a bit of humour in a dark place can be a good thing lest we all go mad.

You sound upset Tree_UK just remember it's all good fun..... isnt it?

Tree I suggest you read this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ams?CMP=twt_gu

hey kammo :)

Next update fixes graphics:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyu0w1fzyIc

What's this, Luthier... you're reading the forums in the morning instead of working on the fix?

I suppose the next thing you'll tell us is that you take time out from patching to actually sleep for 8 hrs every night?!? The nerve! :-D

Dammit puma stop posting wop videos here...

well the fact that you have no respect for people that have a different opinion and would like to be heard is your problem, not mine.

I have been listening to the same information you have, you draw your conclusions based on your experience, so do I.

I dunno whether I should feel sorry about the fact that my blood pressure is regular (in fact a bit too low lately)? Please help me understanding.

Or maybe it's just a case of you being a troll, deliberately poking people that are not happy just to stir some mess and then point fingers? Who knows..

Again, feel free to explain, I (unlike you) am a very tolerant person.

meh. whats the damn point anymore.

Luthier's post was a hint...

... to the May 2018 release of IL-2, codename "Han" (look what appears in the background at 0:30)

Come on guys: Have humor.

I would agree if there was something to laugh about, in my humble opinion there's not much to laugh about, last thing we need from Luthier is jokes: a serious update and a joke, well played; a joke by itself, not fun.. that's all. Still, feel free to find this humorous.

5 months after releasing a half finished game, this is the best the guy can do to update his paying customers, sheer arrogance in my opinion.