Fund Raising?

[swiss]

Its sunday night, there are 13 players on SoV.
17 on BF.
Impressive(...)

but its scale is so massive that it simply cant be repeated in the future

Everything and can be repeated given enough time. 1946 had 14 years or so.
This is a flight sim, basically is is only about FM/DM and fancy graphics, not so much about versatility.
Virtually all of the German squads are gone, ask them why.
They will tell you they were sick and tired of the shitty graphics.
On the other side, our squad, which survived the darkness between 1946, clod and Bos even found new members thanks to Bos(Then again not a single pilot flies 1946 anymore).
Other squads seem to rise from the dead too.


Good luck tho'.
May the modders be with you.

[Janosch]

The numbers on training wheels servers are irrelevant when gauging whether or not a flight sim is dead. At least most Europeans get to enjoy realistic servers - they have their peak hours and... quiet hours, but it's not like anyone plays 24/7 anyway.

As for the He-177, I'm not too thrilled of the inclusion of a new bomber. It will be a treat that is enjoyed by a small minority of players. For example, on dogfight servers, most bomber ops are simply counterproductive. Of course, a bomber or two might add to the immersion, but those slots would better be filled with fighters instead.

[Fenice_1965]

Its sunday night, there are 13 players on SoV.
17 on BF.
Impressive(...)

I do not want to defend the server, but I was playing on Valor when you posted, the number you are quoting is from HL and at the map change with a chinese war map. The map before there were 30 and now with Operation Shingle server is filling again.

Obviously these are not the numbers of 3 years ago and this sim is on the sunset, but it is early to say that the new ones have the upper hand.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Fenice_1965

I do not want to defend the server, but I was playing on Valor when you posted, the number you are quoting is from HL and at the map change with a chinese war map. The map before there were 30 and now with Operation Shingle server is filling again.

Wouldn't that be a good reason to get rid of the not so popular maps.

Obviously these are not the numbers of 3 years ago and this sim is on the sunset, but it is early to say that the new ones have the upper hand.

Never said that. We're still in kind of a vacuum.
What I said is:
Imho it's waste of time and money adding new stuff to 1946 at this time.

[Fenice_1965]

Wouldn't that be a good reason to get rid of the not so popular maps.

If we could identify them correctly we would...unfortunately map popularity is variable with timeframe. Put an MTO map during Italy evening and you'll see a lot of people in...put the same map during Japanese timeframe and will be empty...
Same happens with pacific maps. They are quite good with USA but usually not so appreciated from europeans.
When IL2 was at his peak this was not a problem because there were enough people to fill every map. Now it is different...

Never said that. We're still in kind of a vacuum.
What I said is:
Imho it's waste of time and money adding new stuff to 1946 at this time.

I agree. We are in sort of vacuum. There's not a true IL2 successor and 1946 is on the sunset. Seeing on IL2 the future of flight simulation is wrong.
Btw at the moment IL2 is the way to keep gathered around the genre those who aren't attracted from the new sims, hoping that those sim will improve with the time and attract also the sceptics......

[ECV56_Guevara]

There are very good point of view up there...but please...don t hichjack the thread. I don t really care if actually there are 2 of us flying online. This post it s about fundrising not about the sim s longevity. So Swiss, respectfully, you don t believe in this sim anymore, just dont post ion this kind of topics or at least, open a new one.

[swiss]

Easy bro.
It all started with a lol to a post which I (wrongfully) understood as sarcastic.
I never thought this would open pandorras box.
Then again we got some interesting posts in this thread - and new posts bump it to the top, a fact that actually serves the purpose. I was done by post #65 btw.

While we're at it, this may be the worthier thread to keep alive:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=192349

It's about the core issue; the Greif.
Afaik there are no other community funded new aircraft projects.
Just saying.
Over 'n out.