Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

Hey Oleg,

will you change the visuals of the GUI of the FMB so it better fits the modern look of the overall sim?

[JG52Krupi]

Dam it only just missed out the south west...

[whatnot]

Wow, a lot of options, I sure have work cut out for me!

Haven't been much of a mission / campaign builder myself but I plan on becoming one with BOB. What I really like in the campaigns I've played with IL-2 is historic accuracy and content that encompanies the story along so a few questions around that area:

1) Will you be able to add more 'story content' to the campaigns than just text in a narrow box. Stuff like pictures, sounds and videos would be fantastic immersion boost for me! Maybe an html format or whatever for the content could do the trick the easiest way, dunno.

2) The map look pretty big already (400+ KM diagonally I recon), but can you tell us what are the capabilities for the mapsize given the engine / HW limitations? So if there would be a crazy team of mappers who'd be ready to work 24x7 for a decade to build a map of entire europe for example?

3) I assume custom map building is possible?

4) Should there be benelux, norththern britain or whatever maps coming in the future releases, would it be possible to think that they'd be 'attached' to BOB map to create a bigger entity?

Thanks for the friday updates Oleg, it's a fantastic way to start a weekend!

[Avimimus]

# of passes!!!

(However, I saw no setting of random failures or a way to add extra weight from field repairs)

Still, I'm very pleased - there are so many details that I'd never have thought of!

Hey Oleg, thanks for the update, the editor looks great fun!
My question would have to be, what will the flight size be, in IL2 we were restricted to 4, will SoW have bigger flight sizes?
Thank you

[flyingblind]

Very frustrating - I just keep going to click on tabs and pull down menus to see what's there forgetting it's just a .jpg!

Thanks for update.

[Redwan]

I see that I have been waiting for 1 week just to see .... boring maps ...
After the last week's update session with BoB menus, I would have expected something more graphic/exiting.


I know, "I dont have the time, I'm tired", or what ever excuse we already heard here ... but is it so difficult to start the beta version and push on PRINT SCREEN on some ongoing air action ? I cant' believe that Oleg cannot delegate such an easy task to one of his guy's if he doesn't have the time himself.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Redwan

I see that I have been waiting for 1 week just to see .... boring maps ...
After the last week's update session with BoB menus, I would have expected something more graphic/exiting.


I know, "I dont have the time, I'm tired", or what ever excuse we already heard here ... but is it so difficult to start the beta version and push on PRINT SCREEN on some ongoing air action ? I cant' believe that Oleg cannot delegate such an easy task to one of his guy's if he doesn't have the time himself.

Oh dear...

[moilami]

Dear Oleg

I hope from the bottom of my heart that you make sure meaningful Online Campaign Wars between squadrons can be run in SoW.

I hope SoW doesn't end up to be a similar fiasco as NWN2 was, where realm build tools were so limited when compared that many just kept playing NWN.

You have a great concept in your hands. Please make sure we can dig deep on it and use it for our needs, whatever they are.

Originally Posted by Redwan

I see that I have been waiting for 1 week just to see .... boring maps ...
After the last week's update session with BoB menus, I would have expected something more graphic/exiting.


I know, "I dont have the time, I'm tired", or what ever excuse we already heard here ... but is it so difficult to start the beta version and push on PRINT SCREEN on some ongoing air action ? I cant' believe that Oleg cannot delegate such an easy task to one of his guy's if he doesn't have the time himself.

Well, you could ask your mom to look at the update first on friday morning , and if there are "only" maps, then she could tell you : sorry sweety, not this week ! But I made some good pancakes for you...

So that way, you would'nt be too disappointed....