Friday Update - December 9, 2011

[ATAG_Snapper]

I never look a gift horse in the mouth. Like everyone here, I've bought the game; they've got my money. We're not exactly in a strong negotiating position here to ask or demand anything. There is nothing to be gained by them to give any tentative date for anything. We've already ruined that avenue by our past behaviour on this forum.

I do appreciate the effort they're making to fix this sim to what it should've been from the get go. Hopefully this sets the stage for them to garner future purchases from us for expansions such as War over Moscow, Malta/North Africa/Sicily, etc.

[furbs]

Thanks Blacksix for taking the time and effort to do this...your work is very much appreciated.

As for the info given...Meh...almost no new information, apart from telling us the stuff Luthier has been talking about for the last few months is now months away or not even on the list.

[3ra_Luke]

I think this News?? Update?? is a new offense from Luthier (No offense BS, its not your fault).

I bought this broken game twice, in russian and in english languages, and I feel cheated every week, every friday when the next beta-beta-beta-patch doesnt arrive and Mr. Luthier is too busy for writing two lines explaining why. No screenshots, not a decent list of new features..NOTHING.

And now, the ultimate insult: Seems that they have "moved" their effords to a "sequel", not even having finished the first part. My God, even the radio messages are a useless mess!! Weather engine? Nooo, moved to the sequel. C´mon!!

Well, good luck with that one. I will not be cheated again.

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by 3ra_Luke

I think this News?? Update?? is a new offense from Luthier (No offense BS, its not your fault).

I bought this broken game twice, in russian and in english languages, and I feel cheated every week, every friday when the next beta-beta-beta-patch doesnt arrive and Mr. Luthier is too busy for writing two lines explaining why. No screenshots, not a decent list of new features..NOTHING.

And now, the ultimate insult: Seems that they have "moved" their effords to a "sequel", not even having finished the first part. My God, even the radio messages are a useless mess!! Weather engine? Nooo, moved to the sequel. C´mon!!

Well, good luck with that one. I will not be cheated again.

you bought the game cheap, in russian, because you could not wait to get your hands on it. if you feel "cheated" then that's your own malfunction, to be brutally honest. see my clarification on sequel above.

[Vengeanze]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....what, game left beta state?....no?...ok........zzzzzzzzz






Appreciate the info effort Blacksix. Seems I was correct when I stated that CloD was a Battle Of Moscow beta - every effort has been shifted to the sequel a long time ago.
I shelfed the game and bought me a dslr while waiting for the sequel.
I so hope that CloD will make use of the updates in the sequel.

[JG53_Valantine]

Good to hear some news, although it's pretty much confirmed the oppinion I've held for a while now that efforts have been shifted to a sequel rather than fixing the current issues with CloD, the missing proper co-op mode and launcher freezes/crashes / memory leaks are the most fustrating for me.
I hope that any sequel they do release is akin to past IL2 experiences of being able to be "merged" otherwise the money spent on CloD I will personally feel is a little wasted.
I'll still probably get the sequel, but I'll not be rushing out on release day to get it after the constant disappointements with the current product. (oh and pelase don't get me wrong, I love CloD and the potential it has, I'd just like it patched and made stabler before talk of a sequel)
V

[Force10]

I'm not happy hearing there is a sequel coming. I have shelved this thing waiting for a good patch since purchase, and now that there is a sequel coming it would seem there is a time set already when support will stop for this title. They only way I would pay for a sequel is if they have this thing patched 100% and is the game it was hyped by the devs to be.

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by JG53_Valantine

Good to hear some news, although it's pretty much confirmed the oppinion I've held for a while now that efforts have been shifted to a sequel rather than fixing the current issues with CloD, the missing proper co-op mode and launcher freezes/crashes / memory leaks are the most fustrating for me.
I hope that any sequel they do release is akin to past IL2 experiences of being able to be "merged" otherwise the money spent on CloD I will personally feel is a little wasted.
I'll still probably get the sequel, but I'll not be rushing out on release day to get it after the constant disappointements with the current product. (oh and pelase don't get me wrong, I love CloD and the potential it has, I'd just like it patched and made stabler before talk of a sequel)
V

IMO there is not a real effort shifting.

Simply the 3D modellers work in CloD is done; they are working on BoM planeset (they are not programmers!) while the other guys are still developing the core of the sim, who will be the same for CloD and BoM (being merged; it would be insane to release 2 different games).

[pupo162]

good udpate, bad news.

I feel great about news on the sequel, and that most likely will be one. But i feel cheated that a lot of stuff that should be in the release are being post poned to the sequel.

claiming that the lights is a vcisaul thing only also feels bad for me.


welll, we will see, waitin for next patch.

[SEE]

Originally Posted by 3ra_Luke

And now, the ultimate insult: Seems that they have "moved" their effords to a "sequel", not even having finished the first part. My God, even the radio messages are a useless mess!! Weather engine? Nooo, moved to the sequel. C´mon!!

I hope you are wrong, I don't feel too optomistic that all the problems will be fixed as the sequel will naturally become the priority. Let's see what the next update is like regards fixing many of the current SP and MP problems. I don't expect to see everything fixed or improved but hopefully it will be in a better state when the sequel is announced.