OK, I'm dreaming, but...

[Flyby]

Yo Gunny!
It might surprise you to know that I have not flown either IL2 nor CFS3 for over two years now. Still I'm a fan of IL2, primarily, but I guess my being here makes that a bit obvious. Aside from my gaming pc being fried, I had some health problems to contend with. Good thing Bearcat never listed me as awol! Anyway, the wife's pc is serving as my link to the sim world. I plan to build a new rig in the coming months so I can get back to squadron life, and Hyperlobby. Meanwhile might as well be sueful and ask Oleg for stuff, I figure.
I feel for your predicament in the Anton, trying to keep an eye on the '38s. In CFS3 you'd have no problem leaning to view around cockpit framing, or even viewing behind your seat. Imho CFS3 isn't so bad at all. Still Hyperlobby and IL2 rule. Thanks for sharing that glimpse of virtual combat. I really really miss it. Maybe that's why I'm asking Oleg for a simple little video. I know. "There he goes again!" Well...you know.
Flyby out

[Feuerfalke]

As I posted, I am not at all against a short clip or bit of information, but I understand that there is more to this than just to give a picture to please the customers.

UBIsoft is in charge here. They put a hold on all information about BoB and Galba, because they are both based uppon the SoW-Engine which is their proberty. They give the money, they are the ones responsible for adworks and releases. When they posted the picture on the RRG-Studio-site for example, it was noted that even posting that picture was stepping over the lines of their contract with UBIsoft.

And then I also can understand this information politics from Olegs point of view. Just look what kind of trouble they ran into with all the information about PacificFighters. They posted screenshots, published planelists and about features that in the end never made it into the full, because circumstances didn't allow that. It wasn't even up to 1C, but they were bashed, flamed and crucified because they gave out wrong information.

The very same happened with LockOn. When it was clear they wouldn't make it to the plotted release, people posted threats about conducting lawyers and stuff. Even worse when Flaming Cliffs was released and there was "only" one RUSSIAN plane in it - boy, were they flamed, though that addon was awesome.

[Flyby]

OK Feurerfalke,
If what you say is accurate, I concede your points. I thought Oleg was out from under Ubi-shaft. Apparently I was wrong about that. So we're all like the Maytag repair man. We sit and wait. At any rate I'm glad I was never one of those to howl and complain about any mis-steps made by 1C. Don't want to endanger my chances at being selected as the winner of the 2008 "Prince-of-a-guy" award.
keep on truckin!
Flyby out

[HenFre]

I had hoped that Oleg was more in control of the information coming out about this game, but it makes sense Feuerfalke, that UBI has put a lid on the updates because of legal issues.

Can't believe that some people would sue the makers of a game just because they did not include a plane that they wanted. But that also makes sense if you read some of the posts over at the "UBI zoo".

Still would like a small video. Just to make the waiting time pass a little quicker

[Feuerfalke]

Well, the downside of the informations usually is, that the time to the release grows even longer, because you finally want to PLAY it.

That's why in the history of IL2, but also for other games, like GhostRecon, Rainbow6, SilentHunter, etc. UBI always put a hold on any information until a certain point, just to start a massive campaign when the release was in reach (maybe like less than 6 month away).

Considering statements that were made here and in the Zoo, I'd expect some similar strategy for BoB.


I guess one major reason for that is the treatment of the all-mighty-self-proclaimed-premium-customers, who really think they can *demand* something, because they buy the game... Thank you very much... not...

[Flyby]

to quote Ben Grimm: "well brush my teeth and call me Smiley!" By which I mean the realization sinks further in that such a video is more a pipedream than ever now. I guess I can't complain. I bought IL2_1946 even though I don't have a 'puter to run it on. Maybe SOW will be out by the time I do get one.
Flyby out