1C and Ubisoft Announce IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Boredom beyond belief.

Yep...but still the only one that would surprise me.

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Boredom beyond belief.

With the current level of fidelity? It would just be boredom (or boredom with belief).

The landscape details and flight modeling should add a lot to civilian flight (and if Oleg incorporates cargo loading and unloading animations and a navigator who actually says things...)

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

The only thing that would raise my eyebrows, would be a civilian add on.

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Boredom beyond belief.

there is a logical next step into that direction however, and that is adding non combat features into the combat sim to make it a more realistic real life world

for ex, ejecting as a pilot over enemy territory should allow you to then land in a field and interact with you environment. climb over a fence, ride a bicicle or steal a parked car/truck. maybe even sneak at night into an enemy airfield and try and pinch an unguarded enemy plane and try and make it home

that scenario doesnt have to go to the absurd level of making SoW/BoB/CoD a 1e person shooter or action game, it just needs to open up the pilot interaction with your environment (for ex enemy guard will only shoot at you if they see you, or if a passing vehicle notices you etc). oleg already added features like being able to open doors on vehicles and planes, moving objects like boxes and bicicles, driving a car, walk around inside a plane etc (many of those not included in CoD first release, but built into the engine to allow later expansion)

in the same vein we should in future be able to fly some supply missions to airfields or troops (eg a non combat aviation mission), do photo reconnaissance and have our photo's available in the mission briefing rooms for other squad mates to view and plan a mission, etc. some myopic combat aviation purists might not get the point (and choose not so fly those missions etc should it become available, which is fine), but it would open up interest from a whole new range of customers who otherwise might not buy the sim (for ex ms-fs-9/10 users etc). whatever expansion in that direction i just mentioned, should of course be in context of the combat flightsim product this game is, but there is lots more to expand into rather then just shoot'emup and bomb the crap out of something for yrs on end

[zapatista]

excellent news on the close release date !!

big thanks to oleg and crew for their hard work and perseverance

even a cloth map in the special edition release, AND a ring binder pilots manual, nice job !! cant wait to get my copy

[Baron]

Originally Posted by Chivas

Thanks for the link. It was great to hear they had that much fun developing the game. My only concern now is their next addon to the series, when Luthier said there will be alot raised eyebrows when its announced. I think it may now be something other than the Med.

We know Luthier is developing IL-2 Korea and another third party developing IL-2 Battle for Moscow. It was strongly rumored that Oleg was going to do the Med, but I'm not so sure now. Its all good and let the speculation begin.

Maby Battle of France, pre. BoB?

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Baron

Maby Battle of France, pre. BoB?

Would be great, but would require modeling a large number of never done French aircraft, that could be quite time consuming.

On the upside we would have a high fidelity Curtiss Hawk 75, and that is a good thing.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Baron

Maby Battle of France, pre. BoB?

i don't think so, not enough interest from a monetary standpoint. They will leave the small theaters to third parties and concentrate on the larger theaters. I know BOB wasn't a large theater but they had a game engine to build as well as the theater, so BOB was a perfect, recognizable, small early war theater to start off at.

I used to think there was an 80% chance it would be the Med, but I have no clue now. Unless they decide to work with the third party doing IL-2 Battle for Moscow and expand it into a more complete Russian theater.

[heywooood]

dammit this schtuff is exciting....I think I just got Wooooooood

[Jatta Raso]

well gents, time has come to make the legend come true. i've been saving my first post for this, for quite some years now...

so we'll all be happier soon. maybe broker, but happy! three cheers for Oleg and his crew! see you guys online!!!

'Jatta Raso' AKA 'UFO113'

[steven197106]

Will it be available to buy from? steam