Friday Update, February 17, 2012

[Raggz]

While this all looks very nice indeed it also makes me think.

It is foremost a combat flight simulation. What i fear is that tank lovers will start whining over missing features and whatnot. While the whole idea of a online war is very intriguing, will computers and so on manage to handle such complexity if tanks and other units would get the same quality?

What i mean is... Games like this one and DCS has highly complex planes. That's why other units in these games are more simplistic because computers would be brought to their knees if everything in a game would have the same complexity.

Anyways, Hats off for the dev team for making an effort and for continuing making us great flight simulations. Stunning stuff

[LcSummers]

Great news B6!

I like now those Friday updates and i cant wait to read: Patch is out.

Nice stuff.

[klem]

Thanks for the update - informative and encouraging.

Small point, did I see the Spitfire start up with the fuel lever down (off)? Just thought I'd mention it.

And was that a Beaufighter I saw ?
Hope so.

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by Raggz

While this all looks very nice indeed it also makes me
It is foremost a combat flight simulation. What i fear is that tank lovers will start whining over missing features and whatnot. While the whole idea of a online war is very intriguing, will computers and so on manage to handle such complexity if tanks and other units would get the same quality?

Sadly, it is unavoidable. If the code, the graphic engine is good, it should handle ground action well. I mean today`s hardware is much much faster than in 2005 right? Tank battles will be the core of whining. It already was in old IL2. You had a King Tiger and T34-85 fighting on a 500m distance and the t34 won most battles. This means blue side loses sector/airfield/city so it has big repercusions on the flying. Which of them have enough armor to sustain a direct 20mm AP hit from above diving aircraft? Why is my tank so slow? And so on.

I mean I am a fan of the game but I tend to think that it is too much for such a small team

[swiss]

Originally Posted by carguy_

I mean I am a fan of the game but I tend to think that it is too much for such a small team

The good thing is: The world for tank is much smaller, we dont see several square kilometers full of trees. We dont care about about the LOD of planes, as they are usually far away.

And the best: Tank sims generate cash. Much more ppl are attracted to it compared to highly sophisticated flight sim.

I still think it will take years till we're there 'tho.

[BadAim]

I doubt that there is anyone working on manable tanks or AA guns at MG that would be of any use working on the aircraft FM or comms or anything else that anyone wants. Most of us want mostly the same things, with varying levels of priority granted.

I'd be surprised to find a single person here who would put the ground aspects before the air aspects, and I'd be just as surprised if Ilya wasn't acutely aware of that.

I'm not worried at all. Perhaps I'm naive.

[Canine]

I've just been monitoring posts over the years and was really impressed by this update and had to type something. Great job and thanks.

Is there a possibility to have "fps START SHOW" typed in the console prior to next video? That would provide alot of answers..............or...........start more questions.

Thanks B6

K9

[von Brühl]

Originally Posted by BadAim

I doubt that there is anyone working on manable tanks or AA guns at MG that would be of any use working on the aircraft FM or comms or anything else that anyone wants. Most of us want mostly the same things, with varying levels of priority granted.

I'd be surprised to find a single person here who would put the ground aspects before the air aspects, and I'd be just as surprised if Ilya wasn't acutely aware of that.

I'm not worried at all. Perhaps I'm naive.

Wow, if this were the case, someone did a terrible job of hiring for a company that produces flight sims/games.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by von Brühl

Wow, if this were the case, someone did a terrible job of hiring for a company that produces flight sims/games.

I wouldn't say that. If anyone had paid attention to the updates pre-release or taken one simple look at the controls section of IL2COD, I think it was pretty clear that we'd be driving vehicles (if not more) at some point in development cycle. That is just one aspect of the big picture they are doing. And I think it's phenomenal.