Development Update - Tuesday August 30th 2011
 

Hi everyone,

Sorry for making you wait for an update. Here it is!

We’ve been working very hard on multiple aspects of the game. We are pushing with all our might to have the beta version of the upcoming patch ready… Well, sooner than you might think! If nothing goes wrong, it might even be out this very Friday.

As stated earlier, it’ll contain a beta version of the completely new sound (fewer individual engine models, sparse ambience), revamped color processing algorithms, transparent shorelines, and numerous fixes and improvements. It’ll also contain the Bf-109E-4 and E-4/B and at least one new mid-size online map.

Following that, we have other things in the works. We are finally ready to start knocking out SDKs, with the map making SDK being the first one you’ll see – quite soon, too! We’ll release more details on that, and on the plane-making SDK, after the upcoming beta patch is fully tested and goes live.

We also have a rather cool new major feature almost ready. It’s not going to make this patch. In order to keep the competitors squirming, we won’t say what it is until we’re ready to release it.

With that, here’s a short video showcasing the new WIP sound. It’s recorded on a deprecated version of the patch, after which we’ve toned down the ocean colors and filled in the sounds. The biggest omission is the turbine whine of the Daimler-Benz. Don’t worry, you’ll hear it in the actual patch.

(I didn’t want to make an update without the video, and by the time I finally captured and spliced it together, the game version advanced way ahead. And by the time I make a new video of the sound as it is today, you’ll all be playing it yourselves!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdJsck3r3lQ

nice Update

Thanks for the update Luthier
Looking forward to the patch.
:grin:
OMG that video is incredible. You will silence a few critics with that.
:o

Thanks for the update!

Sounding good there Luthier! Have you also worked on performance improvements in this new patch? Cheers!

Looking forward to the update thanks for the vid:o

It soudns promissing.

ill hold my breath till friday, cant wait!

HOLY JESUS:

THE 109, is an E4!

Thanks Luthier for such good news.

Cant wait until Friday to test beta.

Thank you


Cool soud much better than the original.

Good One!

Very impressive!

Cheers
Thomas

Everyone okay? Nobody had a heart-attack when he saw the thread?;)

Sounds good!

What is SDK? software-development-kit?
I am wondering about performance improvement as well...

Thanks for the Post!

Credit where its due those 109's sound superb!! Thank you for the update. :grin:

Now that was great!! loving the 109 start up! :grin:

Cant wait for Friday!!

Luthier, still have to ask....any news on FSAA?

very good news indeed. thanks for information big L and i hope we can all get to some common ground real soon.

AND those sounds really are ok for me, the atmospherics which were always my main concern are there and present. Really proud of your accomplishment there and thanks to 777 sound guy. may this rocky road become flatter for you and everyone else.

+ Many

Nice update,
And nice to see The german side is getting alot done :rolleyes:,
But?
What about the spitfire sounds? are we getting them or not?

Thanks for the update Luthier... It is nice to know you haven't given up and hopefully real soon we will have an even more superb flight sim than we already have. Some of us have been having a blast on Syndicate.

Brilliant...

Nice update, looks as though everything is on track to make this the top flight sim for the next decade.

I personally look forward to hearing the Spit, you get that one nailed and I'll have no need of viagra :)

I need to change shorts. Damn I want that patch. Talk about drama.

love the pop as the 109 started :)

It Lives!!! Excellent!

Oh, and the update's sweet as well. Can't wait for my 109 to SOUND like it's a 109 :D

Luthier, thanks for the update.

No word on fixing the comms and the comm related AI bugs. Again :(

Excellent sounds, thanks for the efforts and keep up the good work.

Also, thread stickied, i hope it will reduce my workload somewhat :-P

Delighted with this update on the upcoming patch. Great video:

The 109's sounded great.
The 110's sounded great.
The locomotive sounded great.
The Spits and Hurries sounded........what? Locomotives??????

Luthier, tell us you're saving the Merlin sounds as "best for last"! LOL

Superb. Love the external sounds of the 110s flying overhead near the end.

:grin:

PPP

Great! Sounds very Messerschmittish!

Love the train too. Now some Merlins and Radials at the same quality!

Hope for a realistic in-cockpit sound of other A/C, IIRC we had once in the old Il-2 some very cool "WOOOMPPP" when other A/C passed. Was replaced by the sonar-sound unfortunatly.

Luthier, nice to hear from you.;)

See guys, they can do it, I really hope this will get revenge on some critics of the game. The colours look really good and the new startup sound for the Bf-109 is really nice.

Im itching to get onto the map editor and plane editor and see if we can create some really nice looking Europe maps, and possibly a Pacific - if it will allow us to do that.

Great to know that you guys at 1C havnt left us for the sandy shores of L.A (luthier)

I kid, really pleased with this, look great keep up the good worrk and good luck

AdamB

Sounds awesome, and the game looks amazing. +1 to Ali's post. Still a way to go, but this really is a significant step chaps.
The terrain colours look so much better. Bravo!

at 1.32 i nearly jumped out of my snakeskin,id got the headphones turned up loud and the whole thing sounded great,this will make me reinstall the game just to fly with those sounds,though if there is no spitfire update shall have to fly german all the time.
thanks for that, excellent.

Omg you boys are working very hard by the sounds of it,great news!!!

Sweet!

Wonderful Update. Thxs for taking the time to give us some good news :)

"We also have a rather cool new major feature almost ready. It’s not going to make this patch. In order to keep the competitors squirming, we won’t say what it is until we’re ready to release it."

Now i wonder what this could be? Dynamic Campaign maybe?
Just trying to think of who the competitors would be :)
Fascinating ! :)

Regards

Awesome, good to see some work comming from the mill!

Ermm aircraft SDK, do we as consumers need this right now?

Well done Luthier.

Carry on.

Prayers answered,this could be the start of a great relstionship!:grin:

Thanks again!

Mentioned on the Russian forums but just in case...
Please do not forget online text briefing page and coop-style interface for plane selection in full-real settings (including mixed dogfight-coop servers).

Looking forward to SDK and new map. Any timeline for Su-26?

As I've heard pilots reporting that they're ready for T/O in that video, I expect that there is some progress. Though I hoped for that for every patch so far :rolleyes:

Everybody get ready for some patch-release-pleading to the voodoo fetishes come friday!

DB601 and Merlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9o1dBrKkcg&NR=1

just to mention the Gunner is also not more chopped at his chest.

Can't wait for the specifics of the A/C-SDK. :grin:

Looks like the patch will be out, before I can get an FX8150-Chip in my hands.:rolleyes:

Awesome.

With the release of the SDK do we know what kind of mod philosophy will be followed in order to provide the highest quality and security in terms of phantasy plane creation?

By Golly, this is just, just....SWELL!
Keep up the good work.

great work, thank you all.

really like the long distance sound effects.. this is going to be good!

Thx for the update ladies and gents

:) Well what an improvement,look forward to seeing the rest of the updates and also hearing the other sounds.Well done ,keep it up :)

Dear Sir, thanks for the update, finally! I was concern that you might be MIA or KIA. You´re not, good, so keep us weekly informed, would you?!

Best,

ii ii ii ii ii ii iiii iiiii ii i wrooommm...

Nice :grin:

great news thank you very much luthier!!! :)

Thank you very much for this update. Looking forward to this :)

S!

Promising indeed.

This got me so excited I almost pooped my pants. I cannot wait!!

Just remember guys, Luthier said maybe by Friday. ;) Just saying, as it seems that some are now fully expecting the patch by Friday.

i hope the sounds is different when the canopy is open, and i hope we will listen the gears brakes :rolleyes:

Great news and outstanding sound, hope the supercharger comes soon too! Looking forward to the next patch :grin:

Competitors? What's he talkin about?

New sounds are great so far. Also fantastic to see later style 109 (e4) canopy finally.

Vielen Danke!

Thank you for your continuous efforts which are extremely appreciated.

Fan-tas-tic!!!

S L I and Crossfire !!!! Focus on that please !
And it's great to see updates etc.. good work.

Sounds great, looks great - looking forward to the update! :grin:

Thanks! Spasiba! Gracias! Danke! Merci! Grazie!

did you fixed all the billion bugs of this game? I am still awaiting the final update.. I want play the complete game that I bought and I never had!!

Someone knows?

Great update,at last,guys this is good,but don't forget Jafa,for it was he who came to our aid in the need for decent sounds asap,it was he IMO that saved me personally from shelving this game,and giving up on it,and for that I thank you Jafa BIG time.

Meanwhile thanks Luthier,superb.

Lets not moan at an update, its coming when its ready.

Flyby sounds are still a little weak and very noticeable lack of Anti Aliasing (still) but as updates go in a world of silence, it's pretty good.

Love the trains, lets hope we get to see one being strafed in the next video.

Can't wait to see improvements in graphics, cheers, MP

and Friday is certainly not 'news' day anymore, so no-more threads....plaese!!!!

BLODDYHELL ! Now I got a Sudden flashback to when I was a kid and was standing in front of the tree the day before Christmas Eve and was looking at all the packages :grin: :-D

Thanks!

So what is this 22MB update that Steam just installed in my CloD?

You lie! You only want to complain and by your admission don't own it thus not eligible for posting here. Go away you troll!

from my very low expeirence on vintage tail draggers, i didnt hear gear brakes ever.

Here too... I don't know what it is, but I like it! LOL!

wow souns amazing :)

Did anyone else's copy of CoD just update when they started Steam?

It wasnt a cod update.

it was. i got it too.

Are you sure? Because when I started Steam it first told me it was updating the Steam-client, after which it booted to my library and proceeded to download some CLOD-related content.

I got it to, 22mb. No change in version number so I guess it is steam VAC related? ;)

yes me too
i fire up the sim and i didn't notice something
maybe something to prepare the sim for the beta
nice update
and can't wait for the E4

Version number lists as 1.02.14821.. that's the old number, right?

:)

+1

+1

Are we getting volume sliders for the new sounds like in A10-c Warthog
Cockpit volume slider
Engine volume slider
world volume slider
radio volume slider
:):grin:

I was thinking about post this or not... but I have to say it. I don´t like the new colors. All the photographic feel of old vivid colors are gone. Now this is what I call washed colors, but yes, this is the normal in video games and even movies today. But I really prefer the real life colors we have now ( pre patch ). There are some colors too much bright and too much green, of course, but wash out all the picture like its now in the new patch is not the good solution. Now we have a dark and rainy day even with no clouds and blue sky. Even inside the cockpit. The pre patch shadows in the cockpit are really really amazing. Now all that its gone. I wish they come back to the actual colors, fixing only that texture colors that are too much vivid and only increasing distant blue haze. An option to have hollywood washed colors and even WOP green effect for that people that never go outside and only know the nature from a tv screen could be a solution for that people too.

Otherwise the sound is amazing.

I must say that I have to agree. Colours are vivid in real life. Some however don't seem to have a real life, don't go outside or are brainwashed by Hollywood to believe that nature is de-saturated.

i didn't notice any big difference of the shandows in the cockpit in this video
for me it looks great
but lets wait until flying the beta ;)

And enable the "good ol' sound radar" with that??

I shure hope not!!!

I am hopeful the SP will be fixed very soon! :D

we all know that the buglist of CoD is long, some of them small some of them big.

its doubtfull that this next patch will fix them all :D
but i am sure this WIP update today does not include the complete feature list of the comming patch ;)
We will see what all got fixed, and what not, when it is installed .................

Map making SDK, did I get that right? Well then, I might be back in!

NICE!

Many of us have flown over blighty numerous times or live there. The colours the game currently shows are far from realistic. The colours in the video look a lot closer to RL, but as you say, aren't as vivid. IMHO these are much closer to reality than the current game presents, but we'll see shortly.
The terrain colours in the game are currently terrible. A lot of this is to do with the lighting system, but realy the whole configuration needs re-working.

thx for update and great sound !

good work all team!

Wow @ the sounds!

Thanks for the update :)

Don't judge any coloring or graphical issues until you see them first hand with your own settings. It can change a LOT.. picture of a picture etc.

Mmm... very nice :)

I'm completing my new PC tomorrow... nice timing huh? ;)