Announcement of the game "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad"

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Interesting developer update just released. Some good news and some interesting news.



Maybe we weren't that bad off with the COD engines?

So I guess I wont be rushing off to get a processor upgrade in the near future!


Cheers!

Computers needed for Clod have not been invented yet...that was the best part of it

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Computers needed for Clod have not been invented yet...that was the best part of it

"You'll grow into it" is a phrase that is best used for jumpers that your grandmother buys for you when you are a child, not retail games.

[bongodriver]

I think it applies completely to retail games, just about every title I ever owned was beyond the full capability of my hardware, demands of the software are what prompt me to upgrade my hardware.

[Fjordmonkey]

Developement in and demands from software drives the developement of hardware. That's how it's been since the dawn of computers.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

I think it applies completely to retail games, just about every title I ever owned was beyond the full capability of my hardware, demands of the software are what prompt me to upgrade my hardware.

That's fine if you don't want to sell any copies. The difference is that I'll warrant most of those were playable on an average system at launch without major problems and loss of stability. Which is the real shame about CloD because on systems that can handle it, it's the best looking flight sim out there. I'll be interested to see how close the new project gets in looks.

[MB_Avro_UK]

I can't see Cliffs of Dover being abandoned in the medium to long term. For now there are other priorities, but CoD has now reached an almost finished state.

After so much work and development, it seems crazy to just drop it.

Will someone else pick up the ball?

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by MB_Avro_UK

Will someone else pick up the ball?

The question isn't if someone else will. The question is of 1C will ALLOW someone else to pick up the ball.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by MB_Avro_UK

Will someone else pick up the ball?

Unfortunately, I doubt it, since improving CloD only creates a competitor for BoS, which doesn't make much business sense.

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

Unfortunately, I doubt it, since improving CloD only creates a competitor for BoS, which doesn't make much business sense.

On reflection, I'm not so sure that is true. A lot of people will be put off by all the negative press CloD got, regardless of any future developments... a case in point being Empire Total War! I've lost count of the times I've had this conversation:

"Empire Total War is great!"
"Nah.. It's broken!"
"Have you seen the stuff modders have done with it?"
"Nah.. It's broken!"
"Seriously! Check out Darthmod!"
"Nah.. It's broken!"
(Beats head against wall)

People will still buy the new game BUT, when the work ATAG are doing takes off, a reasonable amount of people may be convinced to go out and purchase CloD just to install the mods and see what it can do... which can only lead to 1C making more money. They'd be fools to turn down easy cash.

Who knows? If they become aware of the stuff ATAG pull off (Assuming it goes well)... they may even be convinced to hand it over?

A dream? Perhaps... but all realities start with a dream!

[nic727]

Hi, I'm looking for WIP pictures of Battle of Moscow. Just want to re-see them, but can't find them.

thx