More on epilepsy in Cliffs of Dover

[YellowPaw]

It doesn't have to be you that has epilepsy.

You're playing CoD in your den and your son comes in to see what you're doing - he looks over your shoulder to watch and BAM! You didn't know he was an epileptic until that moment. All the 'I'll take responsibility for my own safety' arguments mean bugger all when that happens. It isn't just about you.

Sorry to be melodramatic, and I agree it's extrememly unlikely to happen, but... just sometimes, it does happen.

When I was a mere schoolboy of 15, I watched a teacher up and die in the middle of a lesson due to epilepsy - it was quite unnervinging to say the least.

For myself, I've been playing Il2 for the last ten years or so - and I'll be playing this new game for the next ten at least. I hope Ilya and co get things sorted out soon. Until then... the sun is actually shining on the south-east of England for a change - I think I'll go for a walk.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by YellowPaw

You're playing CoD in your den and your son comes in to see what you're doing - he looks over your shoulder to watch and BAM! You didn't know he was an epileptic until that moment.

That would be the perfect spot to notice his disease - at least, then you know and it happend right beside you.

What if this happens on a staircase? Or while climbing up a tree?

[YellowPaw]

Originally Posted by swiss

That would be the perfect spot to notice his disease - at least, then you know and it happend right beside you.

What if this happens on a staircase? Or while climbing up a tree?

I find this a somewhat specious argument. I don't believe there is a 'good' way to have an epileptic fit.

But, whatever - I'm not really arguing. I just don't think the more self-serving opinions being catapulted about this forum are entirely representative of the issues at stake.

Perhaps I'm lucky in that my PC died recently (motherboard or cpu - both were neolithic anyway). I was going to wait a month or so before working out the spec for a new 'beast-rig' and, consequently, I get to watch developments with a certain emotional detachment.

By the time I get round to playing, I have faith that the issues will be resolved. Why do I have faith you ask - it is simple: watching the attention given to the original Il2 over the many years since it launched.

[addman]

I guess if 1c/MG/Ubi would pay for upgrading my rig I'd buy it but how can you expect people to buy something that will be barely playable? No problems for people with deep pockets but for the rest of us?

[Devastat]

It seems that because of epilepsy-gate muzzleflashes, sparks and flying debree have been removed as well from current version of CoD. But the game sounds very good ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwOW8...layer_embedded

So is this issue past tense ie solved with this filter, or does it have to be added now?
Secondly is the game safe to play? I dont wanna spaz out and end up foaming at the mouth as epilepsy can start at any point in someones life I heard.

[LoBiSoMeM]

I love the way people blame UBISoft and US for everything... Oh, and Steam service will be the next devil!

Gimme a break... Freetrack works in this thing, at least? Any russian customer can say something about it?

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

I love the way people blame UBISoft and US for everything... Oh, and Steam service will be the next devil!

Gimme a break... Freetrack works in this thing, at least? Any russian customer can say something about it?

If it isn't playable why bother? http://goo.gl/6NHxZ

[mazex]

Well, the real lesson from this is for Ilya. Dropping comments like the first ones on the night of the pre-release was something you:

A/ Gained a lot of respect for - after all it was not your fault but Ubisofts!

B/ This whole story started another storm in the water glass and you MAYBE lost a bunch of "customers" that have been following the game for six years but now cancelled their orders just hearing this bable-fished rumor!

C/ Lost a big percentage of the REAL customers that will finance your further development of the series as the rumor of the anti epilepsy scheme will spread all over the world like the fire here in the forums.

My vote is at B if this is handled correctly.

Just make it work and delay the release in the rest of the world until you have acceptable frame rate with medium settings on a decent midrange computer bought last year. Not having that is something the reviewers will never accept, even though I will accept if until version 1.08 like I did with RoF.

If an 8Gb Core i7 with a GTX460/HD 5870 does not run the game decently you will crash in flames when the big reviewers put their teeth in this game... They don't care who's fault it is, and neither do the potential REAL customers. If making the anti epilepsy code optional is necessary then make 1C and Ubisoft understand that - or work around it.

[JG52Uther]

The filter is on now,thats why the game is screwed.Hopefully they can fix it,but for now in the west we have to live with it or not.
The filter on the Russian version will be removed within days.