Originally Posted by luthier (Post 292905)

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.

Originally Posted by Seeker (Post 296150)

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.

Originally Posted by nearmiss (Post 293807)

Civil and respectful discussions are welcome on this forums. Rants and continual barrage of whines is not acceptable content.:rolleyes:

This thread was started by Luthier in a sharing spirit. No one would dare to stand in his face and make some of the kinds of remarks I've read and deleted from this thread.
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Originally Posted by Phazon (Post 296275)

I haven't actually installed Cliffs of Dover on my new PC because of the sad state it is in at the moment. Why bang my head against the brickwall with that when I could be playing other games such as Rise of Flight or DCS A-10C, both of which just recieved significant updates further polishing what were already fine games to begin with.

That said I am looking forward to this next patch. As long as it addresses most of the critical bugs currently plaguing the game (no sound bug and graphical artifacts) I'll be happy to wait for future patches to finally give us a completed game and will reinstall it.

Originally Posted by Phazon (Post 296275)

I haven't actually installed Cliffs of Dover on my new PC because of the sad state it is in at the moment. Why bang my head against the brickwall with that when I could be playing other games such as Rise of Flight or DCS A-10C, both of which just recieved significant updates further polishing what were already fine games to begin with.

That said I am looking forward to this next patch. As long as it addresses most of the critical bugs currently plaguing the game (no sound bug and graphical artifacts) I'll be happy to wait for future patches to finally give us a completed game and will reinstall it.

Originally Posted by JG14_Jagr (Post 296694)

It should run VERY well on your setup right now..

Originally Posted by jg27_mc (Post 296686)

Wise man... My only problem is that I'm addicted to WW II era. And 1946 doesn't suit my needs anymore (after experiencing CloD, I can´t go back to cartoon cockpits and arcadish CEM).

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM (Post 296884)

And sniper AI bombers gunners, poor FM, obsolete DM, invisible forests...

IL-2 1946 is really near to be deleted of my HD soon...