Il-2 Sturmovik Battle over Britain very close to release

[Charger]

Is Oleg building this game himself? In a shed in his backyard?

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Charger

Is Oleg building this game himself? In a shed in his backyard?

Witty and insightful first post! Welcome to the board!

I own a 72 Valiant Charger 770, Cool car but a bit rusty!

[swiss]

Had an '86 Charger back in '97 during my stay in SB CA., car, but went like hell.

Burned out tho... lol

[proton45]

"WE WILL GET THEIR...WHEN WE GET THEIR."

Now eat your happy meal and enjoy your toy....lol

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by swiss

Had an '86 Charger back in '97 during my stay in SB CA., car, but went like hell.

Burned out tho... lol

Cool!

When people tell me I should paint my car I tell them I'm going for a post-apocalyptic Road Warrior look. Then depart very quickly leaving only a cloud of petrol fumes and a puddle of oil to show I that I had been there!

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

It's all very easy. If you need (or want) to upgrade now you upgrade, if you don't then you will get more technology for your dollar if you wait. It's been the rule of thumb since computers were invented.

Read the previous posts. If you need to upgrade now, should you get some budget parts (like a budget graphics card) that'll you'll want to replace again by the time the game comes out?

But look back on the history of how 'rough timeframe’ released by Oleg and co have been treated by the community. A 'maybe' is treated like something set in stone. 'Should' is translated as definitely.

How can you give a timeline when optimising a section of code or removing a bug may require a whole section of the programme to be re-written using a different algorithm?

Yes I understand your point, but they have a better idea than we do, and it's all about communication. They said many would be flying online by Oct 10 - they must have realised that wasn't going to be the case a fair while before then, so just let us know. It's not like it's taking time because they're being lazy, so why not just be upfront and keep us informed? The 'rough timeframe' is something they'd keep updating, it's not like they'd say 'about 4 months' and then say nothing again until after 6 months had passed.

When Oleg and his Publisher (who ever that may be) are confident of a release date, they will probably tell us. Be Sure!

Yes, but they have a better idea than us, so why not share it?

Originally Posted by TeeJay82

ive probably built 5 gaming rigs while waiting for SOW... enjoying other games in the meantime ofc

Well you have more money to spend on PCs than most of us.

Trigaar f.i. needs a new system(I guess), but he wants it to be tailored for SoW, just like many of us.

I couldn't wait to build a system (old one had become such hassle with XP, and too slow to work), but I built it without a new graphics card. So I now have an i7 with a GT6600 graphics card - a bizzar mix. That means no current games until I upgrade the card. Thinking the game would be out sometime around 6 months, I've ordered a new GC, but honestly, if we were told it could be up to a year, I'd cancel that order and wait for the next generation of cards. But I'm just an example, there are others waiting to upgrade, and we're just after some information, we're not simply being impatient children.

I agree, and i have been saying it for some time that a little info from Oleg is all thats needed here to satisfy us, I dont think that is too much to ask, obviously others do, but it can lead to a ban from these forums as I have found out in the past.

Merry christmas to all no matter where you stand on this subject, I hope each and every one of you have a fantastic time.

[TeeJay82]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Merry christmas to all no matter where you stand on this subject, I hope each and every one of you have a fantastic and time.

Merry Christmas to all from me as well

[Aer9o]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Merlin, just how many release dates do you want, Oleg has given us 3 already, weve had November 2007, November 2009 and September 2010, now stop being greedy.

You forgot to mention Novrmber 2006?

"New Flight Simulator Developed by 1C: Maddox Games to Hit Stores November 2006"


"San Francisco – May 15, 2006 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces Storm of War™: Battle of Britain, to come in November 2006 for PCs worldwide. Storm of War: Battle of Britain is the first instalment in the new Storm of War franchise from award-winning developer Maddox Games. Ubisoft and Maddox games previously collaborated on the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik and Pacific Fighters games."

This game is either going to come out, or it isn't.



If it does come out. . .

Every day it's delayed means the system I'm going to buy to run it at max will be cheaper.
Every day it's delayed means the system I'm going to buy to run it will be faster.
Every day it's delayed means the system other people bought early because they were too impatient will be slower.
Every day it's delayed means the system other people bought early because they were too impatient will be more expensive (comparably).

The 71st anniversary of the Battle of Britain sounds nice to me. Sort or like this sim is so cool it can be fashionably late to its own party.