A final message from Luthier

banned · #1 12-12-2012, 08:21 AM

See ya mate. An incredibly sad day. I too have been there from the start. It's going to be extremely sad not having those feelings of what is coming in the next release.

All the best mate.

baronWastelan · #2 12-12-2012, 08:28 AM

Thanks for the excellent 'toy' Cliffs of Dover. Many of us will be admiring it, off and on, for years to come. In the distant future it will be regarded as a software equivalent of the famous Venus statue with no arms.

Screamadelica · #3 12-12-2012, 08:32 AM

Good luck Ilya.

fireship4 · #4 12-12-2012, 08:36 AM

Thanks Ilya and good luck.

Birdflu · #5 12-12-2012, 08:42 AM

Thank you luthier good luck and Merry Christmas.

addman · #6 12-12-2012, 08:53 AM

I already said my thanks in another thread but it does deserve to be repeated. Thank you Ilya for all the years of dedication that you gave the IL-2 community. I will remember CloD as a kind of "Spruce Goose" of the simming world. It was a marvellous feat but never really took off, the execution can be faulted but the ambition was unparalleled IMO. Thank you and good luck with whatever you take upon yourself in the future!

Froddi · #7 12-12-2012, 04:52 PM

~S~ Luthier!

Mysticpuma · #8 12-12-2012, 07:17 PM

BTW, let's hope you now have time to make your Korean War simulator and maybe you now have time to fix the CloD engine to utilise in that game instead?

MP

fruitbat · #9 12-12-2012, 07:27 PM

I wish you all the best for the future, its sad that things have ended as it has.

I was talking to T_O_A_D on comms earlier about this, and it occurred to me that its thanks to yourself and Oleg and the rest of the team involved with il2, that there we were, talking to each other, me in the UK, him in the US.

Without il2, it is very unlikely that we would ever know each other and be friends, and all the other friends i have made though flying il2.

For that alone, you have my thanks, the hours and hours spent flying il2 is a a massive bonus.

cheers fruitbat.

SlipBall · #10 12-12-2012, 07:27 PM

There was nothing ever wrong with the engine, the patch's hurt the engine, complainer's demanded more patches...in short, we killed the game. I am flying the release now, it just needs some horse power to run, and some AI commands to enjoy.