Next patch info

[Seeker]

It would make sense to me if 1C avoided unsourced sounds such as Jaffa's, but found away to allow an individual user to integrate them into his copy of the game.

Flexibility would seem to be the way forward.

[roadczar]

So much for...

Originally Posted by luthier

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So stay tuned for more patch info next week. I'll try to do more regular weekly Friday updates from now on.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by sgt fury

i dont understand why Combat flight simulator 2 which is over 10 years old allows real weather as an option extra cloud sets and has over the years had uploaded by the fans the real sounds of almost all the aircraft present in WW2,they simply went out with the recording equipment to the airshows and recorded them start up, etc,same goes for gun sound whats the big deal? so why cant the developers here do the same!!??

Copyrights and royalty fees.

It's one thing for me to record sounds from an airshow and upload a mod because nobody can hold me responsible thanks to internet anonymity, but it's a completely different thing for a software publishing company to do the same and have lawyers knocking on the door.

Selling memorabilia and sound recordings is usually what pays for the expenses of keeping restored warbirds in an airworthy state, so i doubt the associations maintaining them would take kindly to having their aircraft sounds used without permission. Sure, these are non-profit groups of volunteers but that doesn't mean they don't need money, it's very expensive to keep a 70 year old engine running when there's no supply of spare parts.

[nearmiss]

I don't know how anyone would know if they were hearing their specific aircraft or not.

I mean an aircraft engine sounds like what it sounds like.

So, I would'nt think air show participants would give a flip.

I know the guys that worked on BOB II WOV actually went out to airports and recorded aircraft sounds under all kinds of conditions. The aircraft owners were very helpful. The owners were very helpful, afterall they encourage all simmers for the most part. We go to airshows and air museums and are very interested in the aircraft.

I think you might get in more trouble plagerizing sounds on the internet than actual aircraft. Then again... I think with all the sound editing tools available.... I don't see how anyone could point a finger and identify their specific recorded sounds.

[roadczar]

1C needs to learn the meaning of "commitment".

Originally Posted by roadczar

So much for...

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by roadczar

1C needs to learn the meaning of "commitment".

You need to learn the meaning of "Patience". Friday's not over yet.

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey

You need to learn the meaning of "Patience". Friday's not over yet.

And you need to learn the meaning of 'understanding said sentence'

I think hes revering to the fact that were still not having updates, communication etc etc

[roadczar]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

And you need to learn the meaning of 'understanding said sentence'

I think hes revering to the fact that were still not having updates, communication etc etc

There you go

[zakkandrachoff]

Originally Posted by luthier

Hi everyone,

We've been hard at work on a whole bunch of stuff here. Quicker fixes are now a thing of the past; we're working on larger more complex stuff and so patches, updates and improvements will be coming at a slower pace.

Our next BETA patch is tentatively scheduled for two weeks from now for Friday the 17th, and the release version of it is scheduled for the Friday after that, June 24th.

The next patch will contain:

* Improved streamlined multiplayer GUI
* Other multiplayer improvements - more stability, all plane settings like convergence and paintscheme working at all times, less rare bugs, etc.
* Various graphical improvements. The distant clouds are finally back - i.e. the flat representations of clouds you saw on beta screenshots with pretty sunlit borders. Finally fixed the landscape stripes bug, etc.
* Improvements to FM and DM and various cockpit systems, as usual - long list there.
* AI improvements, including at least the majority, if not all, of the order system working.
* A new warship!

Other things that are in the pipeline:

* Sound. This is probably the biggest issue we're facing. We're taking a very drastic approach to the issue and pretty much redoing our sound from scratch. This means you won't see the new sound for a few more months.
* FPS. The final remaining performance issues, which fortunately are comparatively minor, lie very deep in the engine, and require us to do a significant amount of work. Probably at least 2 months of it.
* Online stability, more anti-cheating controls, and server and aircraft SDK - also a few months out. Dedicated Server SDK and documentation is probably going to be done the quickest.

NOTE: this isn't an exhaustive list, but rather the main bullet points.

So stay tuned for more patch info next week. I'll try to do more regular weekly Friday updates from now on.

and... E-4 ???

[Sven]

Must... Have .... E4 . .. Sooon!



and E1, E7, and 110 with actual MG FF/M