Just my thoghts on the latest Screens update +examples offuture hopes for SoW

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I think we are all thinking the same thing: SoW is well on it's way. But we differ in how long we think it will take to get from the present stage of development to the final product.

I must say that I am sceptical about it being completed before the end of the year. The WiP's we saw from (for example) RoF looked a lot more complete at this stage (a year before release), and SoW:BoB will be very much more complex than that game, so will presumably take more time. Also I can't see Oleg releasing a game that is half-completed, as RoF was.

As has been stated before, time has to be reserved for: various types of testing on different computers, bug testing, bug fixes, adjustments to flight models/weather/etc.

I know Oleg has stated that most of the elements of the sim are ready, and just need to be incorporated in the game engine. But that will not be so simple. There are bound to be problems with each element, and how it fits with the others. I can imagine that even just one thing such as railway lines could cause lots of problems when added to the maps, especially when they have to cross towns, or hills.
And something as seemingly simple as getting the colour right has taken scince the end of the summer to adjust, and it isn't finished yet!

I'm optimistic - that the game will be released at some time in the future: when it's ready. It is because of my optimism that I question the release date given. It has to be completed first, whatever anyone wants to believe, and irrespective of the given release date.