Oleg Maddox's Room #2 QUESTIONS & REQUESTS TO OLEG ABOUT BOB SOW

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by reggiane

It would be nice to get some more info on the production team working on BOB.
Some photo's of the workers. With descriptions what each persons task is etc.
So we can get a idea how this game is being produced and what it takes to get things done. Most people have no idea on how games are made and i think it would be nice to get some behind the scenes info.

They might be too busy for that, good idea though. You can view the team on the bonus DVD that shipped with 1946

[reggiane]

@Slipball
that cd was produced ages ago.
Things may may have changed and not every il2 player purchased 1946.

We have a perfect website here for this kind of information.
To my amasement there are still a bunch of il2 fans regually looking for info here and discussing the old and future game...and not finding much info.
Why not use this website?
It is not like it is used for anything else. Plenty of space left.

Any il2 fan living near Oleg's office? Hop in there with a digital camera and pen and paper and get to work.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

I think all you would find is an out of date dusty PC in the corner of a small office, the nicotine stained walls adorned with old creased and well thumbed WIP' shots, the phone would be flashing alerting you to 100's of un-listened to messages which is on top of a Cad drawing depicting the front view, side view and plan of a 1940's windsock.

I see a perfectly clean working environment, no nicotine stained walls or dusty old PC's and plenty of staff working away, that's what I see in the pictures from the interview.

You need to move on from this constant diatribe.................



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[reggiane]

thanks for the website link nearmiss.
about the picture...
And i thought MY desk was a mess!!
Nice model of the HE 219 nightfighter in the corner.
Would love to go mossie hunting with that plane Oleg!

[llama_thumper]

sorry to interrupt. quick questions:

- will SoW support hyperthreading/will it make use of multiple CPUs?
- will it be in a position to use more than the 3GB XP32bit RAM limit? (eg on a 64bit system)

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by llama_thumper

sorry to interrupt. quick questions:

- will SoW support hyperthreading/will it make use of multiple CPUs?
- will it be in a position to use more than the 3GB XP32bit RAM limit? (eg on a 64bit system)

Yes

[llama_thumper]

Quote:
Originally Posted by llama_thumper
sorry to interrupt. quick questions:

- will SoW support hyperthreading/will it make use of multiple CPUs?
- will it be in a position to use more than the 3GB XP32bit RAM limit? (eg on a 64bit system)

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Yes

nice to hear - has this been stated anywhere?

[KG26_Alpha]

Yes many times regarding Multiple cores.

The other part of your question regarding the ram is simple if the Bios dont recognize more than 3 gigs of ram then nothing else will.

Read the following regarding using 4 gigs under 32bit os ++++ AT YOUR OWN RISK I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR PC'S++++

When you boot the pc does the bios report 4 gigs of ram.

If it don't see 4 gigs in the bios then XP wont see it either.

If it does see the full 4gigs then follow this:

To enable Physical Address Extension (PAE) X86

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK. If you are presented with a warning dialog box, click Yes to continue.
4. In the root folder (for example, C:, locate the Boot.ini file and remove its read-only attribute.
5. Open the Boot.ini file, and then add the /PAE parameter to the ARC path, as shown in the following example for Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\%systemroot%=" Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition" /PAE
6. On the File menu, click Save.
7. Restore the read-only attribute to the Boot.ini file.
8. For the change to take effect, restart the computer.

Example:

Original Boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=”Micro soft Windows 2000 Advanced Server”
/fastdetect

Change the Boot.ini to become:

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=”Micro soft Windows 2000 Advanced Server”
/fastdetect /PAE

Problem: The computer will not start after PAE is enabled.

Cause: Your hardware may not support PAE.

Solution: Start the system and run Safe Mode, which disables PAE. Then remove the /PAE parameter from the Boot.ini file.

To run Safe Mode:

1.


When you see the message "Please select the operating system to start," press F8.

2.


Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate Safe Mode option, and then press ENTER.
To use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad to select items, NUMLOCK must be off.

Problem: After PAE is enabled, the computer runs for a time and then displays a Stop error.

Cause: Your hardware may not support PAE.


For Vista 32 bit

Typing "cmd" in the "start" "search" space, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter. This runs "cmd" in Administrator Mode.

Then type - "run" Type - BCDEdit /set PAE forceenable

This enables PAE but if you have DEP running then its already enabled

Also if you experience any problems if running a Creative Xfi sound card turn off PAE it has been known to cause problems.

Then type - "run" Type - BCDEdit /set PAE forcedisable

[Acid]

Hi, new to this forum just wanted to ask a question about Sow,

What will the Pilot career mode be like, as in will it have a detailed stats on all the type of planes youve shot down, ground target's destroyed, kept in a kinda of log book, also will it have ranking system and medals etc aswell, sort of like what as done in the old Red baron game's, hope it has a cool interface menu not a bland ordinary/simple one like most flight sims have , red baron 3d i think did it right, or another game i can think of was battlefield 2, more of a Mp game, not a pure flight sim but it had a good stats system.

Thankyou

i hope Oleg can answer this.

[Feathered_IV]

Luthier is in charge of the single player campaign apparently. He tends to favour more of a gaming experience. Abandoning your aircraft to run to an AA position was his idea. Oleg said Luthier talked him into it and he eventually gave in. This worries me. My own ideas of what a next gen campaign should be like are very different to those that Luthier has.