Question for Luthier

[kendo65]

KG26_Alpha I presume you mean this:

Quote:
I know you stated the next CloD patch will be the last, so that means any fixes, advances and such into the game engine that come from the sequel will not be translated at some time or another back into CloD? Will Clod be completely abandoned in whatever state the final patch leaves it with no hope small updates, etc?

Luthier:
Why would you think that? We’ve never done that before, and I’ve always stated that our plans remain the same. There were many issues in the original IL-2 in 2001. After a few updates to the original, Forgotten Battles was released and there were no more updates to the original Il-2. That doesn’t mean it was abandoned however! You can still play all of the original Il-2 content with 1946, all carried over and updated with the rest of the engine.

versus this

Originally Posted by luthier View Post
No Il-2 product was ever backwards-compatible. You could not take a Pacific Fighters patch and apply it to an Ace Expansion Pack install. You cannot take graphic improvements in 4.12 and install them on top of the original Il-2.

The new line will work the same way. If you own the old product, you'll be able to install a new one on top of it; or you'll be able to get a compilation product like 1946 that includes old content from previous releases.

But once the sequel is released, there obviously won't be any more support for stand-alone CoD.

I know what he means here. You need to give a little leeway for the answers being on a forum - little self-contained throwaway, chatty responses to questions. Then it makes sense.

But this clarification and answers business has got seriously out of hand

It's really comical actually. We went through something similar a few months back, when there were all kinds of misunderstandings.

Maybe Luthier needs to re-release a definitive clarification of what the situation is to get everyone on the same page.

I'm sorry. This will sound really smug and big headed, but I'm confident I'm right on my interpretation of this. But feel free to chase your tails for the next month or two and cook up another needless crisis or two along the way.