Yes, i think that's one of the things that makes simulations special compared to other games today. Maybe 10 years ago most games were driven by the same things, but today it's only a handful of titles each year that stick to that old method of making something in a way that you would enjoy it yourself if you were a customer, instead of just making it in order to milk a cash-cow franchise through sequels.
I was talking to a friend who's into graphics programming and he told me that he e-mailed mr Carmack of ID software himself with some coding questions. The guy is probably a millionaire but he took the time to respond to my buddy because for him making games is not just a job, it's also a hobby.
I think this is also the best anti-piracy method available, make something good, maintain a healthy community connection and sell it at a reasonable price so that the true hobbyists, those who maintain each particular genre, would feel guilty not to buy it
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Originally Posted by Chivas
Questions for Oleg...
How big will you be able to model new maps?
Will the other theaters be a series of small maps? or
Will you be able to model the whole Mediterranean Theater with one large map?
Will you be able to model a map from England too Germany for a Bomber Campaign?
Or will all this have to wait until computers are powerful enough to handle large highly detailed maps. Although by the time you are able to make these theaters, computers may be strong enough.
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Some interesting questions here. While i think they are not to be answered by the first release in the upcoming series, it still is an intriguing topic. I suspect i'm not the only one who would be interested in a 1:1 map of most of Europe, or in a similar fashion an expansive map depicting part of the pacific theater of operations.
My guess is we'll see things like that, just not now but in the future, probably midway through the life-cycle of the series as it would be pretty taxing on PC resources.
Cutting up a theater into pieces worked well enough for IL2, but i think where big maps would come in handy for Sow is the possible addition of an improved multiplayer environment. For example if people could fly an online dynamic campaign spanning a few weeks or even months, bigger maps would really add a lot to it. I tend to think this is not doable with current PCs, but i'd still be interested to know if there's a provision for it in the simulator engine for when stronger PCs make their appearance.