whens new patch due

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by Phazon

I would not be surprised if there was some delay, as some serious tinkering is going on with the game over at Maddox Games. Alot of changes that can easily break parts of the game or introduce new bugs. They want to make sure that the next patch is a solid step forward on all fronts.

I just hope that if they have significant delays, Luthier will be kind enough to give us an update on where things are at so we know they are making progress at least.

I like the all fronts remark LOL.
But I cant play the sim as I still have Launcher problems it crashes all the time
I really hope the patch wil make that problem go away.
Cheers

Niels

[r0bc]

Originally Posted by Chivas

What happened....they ran out of money for development and were forced to release the sim as is or cancel it. If they told us it wasn't finished, only a few would buy it, and it would be canceled.

Unfortunately thats the biggest abuse PC gamers face

[SiThSpAwN]

This is pretty common across the board anymore, not just here, Publishers set a release date and developers are told to release then, if its not done then patch away, but the at least have the money from the initial release to keep the doors open...

I dont see that changing anytime soon... unfortunately.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

This is pretty common across the board anymore, not just here, Publishers set a release date and developers are told to release then, if its not done then patch away, but the at least have the money from the initial release to keep the doors open...

I dont see that changing anytime soon... unfortunately.

I agree....simulators are becoming very very complicated, take years to develop, and cost a fortune. Most customers realize that fact, and cut the developer some slack. Especially a developer like Maddox Games who has a history of the supporting their product, unlike Microsoft and many others.

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

This is pretty common across the board anymore, not just here, Publishers set a release date and developers are told to release then, if its not done then patch away, but the at least have the money from the initial release to keep the doors open...

I dont see that changing anytime soon... unfortunately.

You can blame the 'net for it, actually, since now it's so easy to update things post-launch. Before the 'net became so widespread and used for just about everything, you rarely saw things getting launched before it was as ready as it possibly could.

These days, updating things is easy since damn near everyone has 'net access. Hence why you see many minor (and some major) bugs never getting squished and products launched despite having more bugs and issues than a roach-infested psych-ward.

[JZG_Con]

ran out of money , the game world makes millions ...and ubisoft have millions ..to spend ..

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by JZG_Con

ran out of money , the game world makes millions ...and ubisoft have millions ..to spend ..

The publishers, UBISOFT and IC, have been funding the project for years, and obviously not willing to keep funding the project for another year. This genre does NOT make enough money to fund the project indefinitely. Publishers regularly fund projects because small developers usually don't have the funds to pay empoyees for years of development.

[Phazon]

I'm not entirely sure how the funding side works. Technically Maddox Games and the IL-2 Sturmnovik name are the property of 1C, not Ubisoft. If anything I would've thought that 1C are the ones soley responsible for funding development. Ubisoft simply acquired a licence from 1C to publish and distribute the game outside of 1C's main territories.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Phazon

I'm not entirely sure how the funding side works. Technically Maddox Games and the IL-2 Sturmnovik name are the property of 1C, not Ubisoft. If anything I would've thought that 1C are the ones soley responsible for funding development. Ubisoft simply acquired a licence from 1C to publish and distribute the game outside of 1C's main territories.

IC and Ubisoft are both publishers of COD. They front money for games developers the same way book publishers front money for authors.

Originally Posted by Chivas

The publishers, UBISOFT and IC, have been funding the project for years, and obviously not willing to keep funding the project for another year. This genre does NOT make enough money to fund the project indefinitely. Publishers regularly fund projects because small developers usually don't have the funds to pay empoyees for years of development.

Ubisoft only got onboard in 2010, Oleg announced they had just found a publisher and that the publisher would make themselves known, some people have failing memories around here.