Friday 2010-07-30 Dev. update and Discussions

[Tbag]

Thank you very much for the update and the answers Ilya. Would it be possible for you to comment a bit on the gameplay, especially concerning the campaign. Example questions: How is the briefing done? As you move from the training aircraft to the operational units, will there be aircraft familiarization and tactical briefs? Will there be newspaper articles? Do victories need to be claimed and confirmed in a campaign?

Cheers

[Fansadox]

Originally Posted by luthier

Russia recently passed a new law similar to the German one making any kind of Nazi symbols illegal. The law does not have provisions for historical context. 1C being based in Russia, if we were to manufacture a product with swastikas in it, we could be taken to court for Nazi propaganda.

Wow thats not good news... I have an idea though. I assume that there is a company lawyer? You could try and find out in a testtrial what thersult would be cause the context where the swastika is being used in your product has nothing to do with propaganda for the Nazis. That way a court could judge that the new law isnt intented to be used in this context.

Its just an idea but worth a try in my opinion.

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Even if they find a way in Russia, they will have a problem on the German market. And I must say, as a German I couldn't care less about the swastika. In the strict sense, thats a party symbol, not a military marking. When the sim comes out there will be an explosion in custom made skins with the swastika for those who want, and I wouldn't be surprised if some nifty guy finds a way to enable it with a little program on the default skins as well.

@ Oleg and Team:

Don't worry about swastikas, just make it very easy for us to include the skin ourself.

[esmiol]

Originally Posted by Hecke

@ Oleg and Team:

Don't worry about swastikas, just make it very easy for us to include the skin ourself.

like in il2

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Fansadox

Wow thats not good news... I have an idea though. I assume that there is a company lawyer? You could try and find out in a testtrial what thersult would be cause the context where the swastika is being used in your product has nothing to do with propaganda for the Nazis. That way a court could judge that the new law isnt intented to be used in this context.

Its just an idea but worth a try in my opinion.

I can just see the headlines in the gaming news... "1C hires lawyers to include/display swastika in new game". That seems like a reasonable way to spend the cash & generate publicity...lol

[kendo65]

Just what we need - having the game's release held up in a 5-year court hearing.

[Vylsain]

It's going to be like old Pro evolution soccer versions where Roberto Carlos was called Roberto Larcos... ^^

Svastika branches will be reversed, Adolf Hitler will be called Adilf Hatler and Hermann Goering will be Gernamm Hoering...

Seriously, that's a sad piece of news but you're right to play the safety !

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Vylsain

It's going to be like old Pro evolution soccer versions where Roberto Carlos was called Roberto Larcos... ^^

Svastika branches will be reversed, Adolf Hitler will be called Adilf Hatler and Hermann Goering will be Gernamm Hoering...

Seriously, that's a sad piece of news but you're right to play the safety !

LOL. Thanks for the jolt down memory lane. There was a non sanctioned baseball video game released in the states a long time ago. Because they didn't have the Major League Baseball Assoc. contract they couldn't use any real names - much like the game you mentioned.

I played as the Boston Red Sox and laughed at some of the names. The funniest was the third baseman's name. Wade Boggs was changed to "Spayed Froggs."