Development Update and Roadmap – April 14

[mazex]

Originally Posted by HamishUK

As much as I like FFB the game itself has issues that are more urgent than any FFB.

I can live without FFB for now but optimisation and dials etc not working is far more important

Off course all of us can live without it while they fix the most urgent bugs - the problems is that Ilya has never addressed this issue at all. The silence about it really is starting to get annoying. There are hundreds of posts about it and a simple answer that they will do it after fixing more urgent issues is fine.

So Ilya - just say that "Yes, naturally we will add that somewhere down the road" is OK!

We don't demand it next week - but as a rather large bunch here has G940 systems or MSFFB2 sticks it would be good to just know that we are not left in the cold? As it is now the G940 system is totally crippled in CoD. As Logitech is THE only peripheral manufacturer that the large masses know about their top of the line system not being supported in the "ultimate simulator" must be a very bad business decision?

An yes, If you think: "what a whining" bastard - of course it will will be done so why are you FF bunch whining?" The reason is JUST the lack of information which is just silly if they are really planning of doing it... FF support is not a "nice to have" feature in a modern flight simulation. Period.

And I have been accused of being a fan boy so many times the last weeks so this is really my only issue with this game! The rest of the stuff will get fixed!

[SaimOn67]

nice.
I really would love to see FSAA fully working (activate full screen please).

[Lensman_1]

Originally Posted by mazex

Off course all of us can live without it while they fix the most urgent bugs - the problems is that Ilya has never addressed this issue at all. The silence about it really is starting to get annoying. There are hundreds of posts about it and a simple answer that they will do it after fixing more urgent issues is fine.

So Ilya - just say that "Yes, naturally we will add that somewhere down the road" is OK!

We don't demand it next week - but as a rather large bunch here has G940 systems or MSFFB2 sticks it would be good to just know that we are not left in the cold? As it is now the G940 system is totally crippled in CoD. As Logitech is THE only peripheral manufacturer that the large masses know about their top of the line system not being supported in the "ultimate simulator" must be a very bad business decision?

An yes, If you think: "what a whining" bastard - of course it will will be done so why are you FF bunch whining?" The reason is JUST the lack of information which is just silly if they are really planning of doing it... FF support is not a "nice to have" feature in a modern flight simulation. Period.

And I have been accused of being a fan boy so many times the last weeks so this is really my only issue with this game! The rest of the stuff will get fixed!

I totally agree. The silence on the FFB subject is deafening and unneccessary. Even if the announcement is 'No FFB EVER!' then at least get it over with please.

Apart from that I'm very pleased and impressed with the communication that we're getting from the development team and I'm delighted that another CPU core will be employed to obviate stuttering. That leaves one of my cores still doing nothing though (i7 975) and it'd just love to handle FFB of course!

[jamesdietz]

Originally Posted by mazex

Off course all of us can live without it while they fix the most urgent bugs - the problems is that Ilya has never addressed this issue at all. The silence about it really is starting to get annoying. There are hundreds of posts about it and a simple answer that they will do it after fixing more urgent issues is fine.

So Ilya - just say that "Yes, naturally we will add that somewhere down the road" is OK!

We don't demand it next week - but as a rather large bunch here has G940 systems or MSFFB2 sticks it would be good to just know that we are not left in the cold? As it is now the G940 system is totally crippled in CoD. As Logitech is THE only peripheral manufacturer that the large masses know about their top of the line system not being supported in the "ultimate simulator" must be a very bad business decision?

An yes, If you think: "what a whining" bastard - of course it will will be done so why are you FF bunch whining?" The reason is JUST the lack of information which is just silly if they are really planning of doing it... FF support is not a "nice to have" feature in a modern flight simulation. Period.

And I have been accused of being a fan boy so many times the last weeks so this is really my only issue with this game! The rest of the stuff will get fixed!

I have a MSFFB stick too & like it....I don't get the sim for 2 more weeks (her in USof A)but am upgrading to Windows 7 & 64 bit ...are you saying I'm SOL with FF or does it work just not very well...What does???
Worried....

[ubermachtig]

Dear Oleg & Luthier,

Thanks for keeping us up to date about the games progress. It is quite rare that developers really speak to their community, but it is highly appreciated.

Recently, Oleg posted a video on his channel regarding the Wellington bomber. The main thing I noticed is that the colors are a little bit more grey-ish (or less saturated, however you want to call it). Personally I think this greatly reflects not only world war 2, but also the overall weather conditions around the channel.

I hope a switch can be added ingame to recreate the same effect, which will get rid of the (in my opinion) oversaturated appearance. War should look dark, scary and that kind of stuff, not like the teletubbies landscape.

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/user/OlegMaddox

[Blue Scorpion]

Originally Posted by jamesdietz

I have a MSFFB stick too & like it....I don't get the sim for 2 more weeks (her in USof A)but am upgrading to Windows 7 & 64 bit ...are you saying I'm SOL with FF or does it work just not very well...What does???
Worried....

There is NO FFB whatsoever, you like the rest of us are sol until it's added

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Did you ever think that maybe in a real 109 you dont get ffb before a stall??

All aircraft controls let you know when the airflow over the wings is disrupted and approaching a stall. Recognising an approaching stall, is one of the first lessons you are taught, you will either feel a shudder or buffeting or the yoke will lose tension becoming slack in your hands, Flyby wire systems create an artificial shudder (using a device called a stick shaker) along with an alarm to warn the pilot.

With correctly modelled ffb the amount of additional information available in a sim is invaluable, just as tactile feedback is in real aircraft. It is no different from good ffb in a racing sim relaying levels of grip back to a driver. Unfortunately, not all ffb implementations in the past have been up to the task, but where they have, the extra feedback will enable any competent simmer making use of it a far greater degree of control than without, as well as adding greatly to the immersion. While many non ffb users may not get it, once you are used to the extra information there is no going back, which is why people are so annoyed at its not being included from the start.

[sorak]

Originally Posted by jamesdietz

I have a MSFFB stick too & like it....I don't get the sim for 2 more weeks (her in USof A)but am upgrading to Windows 7 & 64 bit ...are you saying I'm SOL with FF or does it work just not very well...What does???
Worried....

Not working at all right now.... but im sure as time goes by FFB will be added. Once you go FFB you never go back.. hehee

[II/JG54_Zent]

Sounds good.... i had cancelled my preorder but will buy the game as soon as FFB is implemented... no FFB = no buy.

[TitusFlavius]

Originally Posted by II/JG54_Zent

Sounds good.... i had cancelled my preorder but will buy the game as soon as FFB is implemented... no FFB = no buy.

+1

The same goes for me... NO FFB = NO BUY!

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by TitusFlavius

+1

The same goes for me... NO FFB = NO BUY!

Dont let the door hit ya in the arse on the way out!!!