Friday Update, February 24, 2012

[Das Attorney]

Originally Posted by Chivas

They already have the WW2 combat flight simulator market sewn up with absolutley nobody pressuring them. I still don't see the problem with IC publishing increasing the budget for a couple of guys to work on the land combat aspect of the sim if it doesn't detract from the air combat aspects of the sim. Thats where we differ, you say the ground work dilutes the work on the air aspect, and I say it will only help finance more features for the air war in the long run.

Quoted for truth mate. This additional stuff looks good, but ultimately irrelevant if the core game still stutters when there's too much going on or crashes when it fills up your on-board memory.

[MegOhm]

Guess the patch is getting closer....if all they fixed was the crashes and AI behaviour ...I would be pretty happy... Our small group has planty of coop missions..so thats all we need to enjoy a mission flight... .all the new stuff is nice to have... but without a stable Sim...what's the point

[Richie]

Does this count for anything? I've been showing these updates to a few friends who are mostly not involved in this game. They are very impressed especially one who's father was in Russia. He just loves these vehicles and wishes he had the PC to run this game because Edmund was scared sh*tless of those Russian tanks and he would like to blow some up for him with whatever. A Stuka a Panzer IV etc. I would too because I knew him pretty well.

[badaboom]

K-U-R-S-K.........

[Ploughman]

Looks a bit chilly for Citadel.

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by Ploughman

Looks a bit chilly for Citadel.

Jeez, just focus on the Tigers, THE TIGEEEEERS!

[DennydD]

Every friday we do get an update now. Thats awesome. Big Thank you to the team. I am realy looking forward what comes next friday.

I am glad that this wunderful Sim was not abandoned like many other games. Hard work and money is invested. Yes, I don't realy care about vehicles, tanks and AAA but: I am glad that a big part of the community likes it because this means that this Sim lifes on and grows.

They are implementing what always was intended to be there, they fix the bugs, there is a new addition to the series in sight. That will take time but -happy happy joy joy.

Maybe I have once a weak day and then I grab myself a tank...

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Theshark888

This update is really disappointing and has nothing to do with the IL2 franchise. If you are going to be creating a new game at least make a new folder and don't try to connect it to Cliffs of Dover.

Next you will be showing us drivable trains and how we can unload freight at a station

All of these ground vehicles etc always were going to be part of Storm Of War, now IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs Of Dover. It's not some kind of sudden wim they're taking off on.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by furbs

Again i love reading your CLOD fiction Blackdog, it sounds so good but whats makes you think any of that will happen?
When they fix what they already have and it doesn't crash after 30 mins EVERY time i play il have more faith in them pulling off a combined arms war.

I cant wait to drive into enemy territory with out being taken out by those P47s because i was driving through the trees

Well, i've got a good track record so far. I only ever advocated two inter-connected features thus far (CEM and systems mamagement, along with clickpits as an interface to manage that for people without a HOTAS set) that met a lot of resistance early on and now almost everyone likes it.

My fiction sure beats other people's fiction i'd say

Also, this:

Originally Posted by 6BL Bird-Dog

QUOTE FROM FRIDAY 17 UPDATE from Black Six
We haven’t talked about our flight model for some time. We haven’t been idle however. Not only are we fine-tuning plane performance, we’re making some very deep changes to the underlying core of our physics code.
We are completely rewriting collision and landing gear, while also making other elements of the flight model more complete and precise. Control surface behavior and reaction has been significantly improved. Refined transverse velocity calculations in relation to aircraft performance. Made it possible to calculate different transverse velocity at different points along the wing. Improved pylon and loadout FM calculations. Added many new features to allow FM calculation needed in future sequels. Many of these changes have also entailed completely rewriting existing code.
And this is by no means a complete list!
QUOTE FROM FRIDAY 26 UPDATE from Black Six
Most of us are busy preparing the beta version of the upcoming patch. We did make a whole lot of FPS benchmarking, and the great news is, it’s all in line with the previously announced numbers. The performance increase is very significant.

I gues at the moment the preperation for the Beta patch would include a write up of bug fixes,FM changes & GUI if any .It appears from what Black Six has said that a lot of the team are presently involved in this .

...ie, the things we all want as a priority are already well on the road to getting finally fixed.

Not to mention that the "WTH?! Tanks?!" outcries prevent many from noticing the obvious:

a) That the much-maligned graphics performance finally seems up to par. No slowdowns during explosions or display of particle effects at the (comparatively to air combat) extremely close ranges depicted during the ground combat demo

b) That the sounds seem to be getting better and better.

So, in others words

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Theshark888

This update is really disappointing and has nothing to do with the IL2 franchise. If you are going to be creating a new game at least make a new folder and don't try to connect it to Cliffs of Dover.

Next you will be showing us drivable trains and how we can unload freight at a station

Being harassed by a aeroplane in a train..exciting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GUzTJCumuE