Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

[Insuber]

I humbly suggest to refrain from intellectual overload about hypoteses and partial information. It's a game, and few houses or a railway here and there will not alter by much the pleasure of playing it. At least for me.

Again: priority number 1 is to play BoB asap ... small fixes will follow, if necessary.

Cheers,
Insuber

[Chivas]

Its highly doubtful that the development team would have the time and energy to model the towns and cities as large as they were in 1940, let alone later.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Chivas

Its highly doubtful that the development team would have the time and energy to model the towns and cities as large as they were in 1940, let alone later.

you'r an optimist, but you have a point

it is possible the towns we see on the recent oleg map are just the wrong size on the printed map, and that the actual town size "in the game" is the correct historical size.

somehow i doubt it !

even if all the buildings are not modeled, the urban sprawl will probably correspond to map sizes seen in the recent oleg preview maps (otherwise it would be hard to do VFR navigation by the game maps compared to the "in game" world we fly around in).

[janpitor]

The in game maps can be placeholders for now. I dont think there are too large towns after seeing olegs huge passion for details and precission

[CrazySchmidt]

Looking forward to everything, expecting nothing.

My philosophy on life.

Cheers, CS.

[[URU]AkeR]

Maybe the towns are right size, but the rest of the land is smaller? I mean if map is not 1:1 scale, then towns would be reduced too much in size to a point it doesn´t resemble the original town. Or if you keep the original town map in small scale you would have small toy houses.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by [URU]AkeR

Maybe the towns are right size, but the rest of the land is smaller? I mean if map is not 1:1 scale, then towns would be reduced too much in size to a point it doesn´t resemble the original town. Or if you keep the original town map in small scale you would have small toy houses.

I believe Oleg has confirmed that the map is 1:1 scale. It is the shape of the towns that is wrong - showing evidence of post war expansion. They haven't just been scaled up.

[Flying_Nutcase]

Originally Posted by CrazySchmidt

Looking forward to everything, expecting nothing.

My philosophy on life.

Cheers, CS.

Now there's a 'secret' of happiness.

[klem]

Originally Posted by CrazySchmidt

Looking forward to everything, expecting nothing.

My philosophy on life.

Cheers, CS.

Hey CS, here's a dollar. (It's wooden btw)

[JVM]

Originally Posted by Insuber

I humbly suggest to refrain from intellectual overload about hypoteses and partial information. It's a game, and few houses or a railway here and there will not alter by much the pleasure of playing it. At least for me.

Again: priority number 1 is to play BoB asap ... small fixes will follow, if necessary.

Cheers,
Insuber

This depends a lot what is pleasurable for everybody...This being said, do not underestimate the importance of proper recreation: since 1940-50, railways in France have comparatively evaporated when looking at their present day status: I have studied very closely the harbors involved in BoB on the French side: their dedicated railroad network is not even 10% of what it was, and this is quite true of the general network (especially if you include the extensive 1m gauge network).
It is difficult to imagine now how much everyday life (and military transportation) revolved around railways...

So yes I give a damn about some precisions there (and do not start me on airfields!)
Amically,

JV