German cockpit reply thread

[Anton Yudintsev]

Originally Posted by Molgera

Today, I yelled at a successful international game producer.
Who took so much time to answer questions.
I'm so sorry Anton.

Yeah, I appreciate your sense of humour.

[Apeboy]

Thanks for the reply Anton.

I'm really not out to be snarky when I say the decision to release a flight sim game without cockpits is probably one of the more convoluted, confusing and bizarre decisions ever made in development/publishing of a project.

It's unfortunate and dissapointing to say the least, hopefully full support of all the planes in BoP will be added eventually. Until then.

[guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by Apeboy

Thanks for the reply Anton.

I'm really not out to be snarky when I say the decision to release a flight sim game without cockpits is probably one of the more convoluted, confusing and bizarre decisions ever made in development/publishing of a project.

It's unfortunate and dissapointing to say the least, hopefully full support of all the planes in BoP will be added eventually. Until then.

technically the game is not a sim , its a console game , and they are produced alot differently.

With sim's there is never really a strict deadline due to the amount of reasearch and testing that is needed. but console games are produced to be shipped at a certain time.

and im sure no german cockpits was more of a "time/money" issue then it was a "stupid/ignorance" issue.

I mean anton said we are FOR SURE getting those cockpits for the bf109 and fw190.

thats awesome

[OntheCrab]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

technically the game is not a sim , its a console game , and they are produced alot differently.

With sim's there is never really a strict deadline due to the amount of reasearch and testing that is needed. but console games are produced to be shipped at a certain time.

and im sure no german cockpits was more of a "time/money" issue then it was a "stupid/ignorance" issue.

I mean anton said we are FOR SURE getting those cockpits for the bf109 and fw190.

thats awesome

+1

-1 to Apeboy. Yep, unneccessary. If you start a post with "i'm not trying to be snarky" that means you had time to re-read and avoid sounding like a dick.

To paraphrase Anton's explanation, they expanded their original build of only 12 flyable planes to make the game bigger and better (with 40+) - we now have historical axis vs allies MP, instead of Spits vs P51s which the 'peanut gallery' would have complained about 100% as 'arcady' and 'not true to the original'.

We're getting German fighter cockpits......like guilty said, thats awesome.

Check your damn tone and show some respect.

[reverend66]

Anton has spent more time answering questions on this board than any other developer of a game I've ever seen. I'm impressed by your loyalty to the fanbase Anton (I would have never been able to put up with this bunch of flight sim fanboys. I'm also glad to see that the German cockpits will be added as DLC .As far as the cost this game is already $10 cheaper than most other games so paying extra does not bother me. Basically, if the publisher still sees money comming in from DLC they will be more apt. to bankroll the sequel. The game was set to be released in December, I'm happier to have this version to play with now & wait for more content.

Congratulations on the most impressive flight sim to hit a console to date Anton, and here's to much success.

[HauptmannMolders]

Silly I know but this game makes me feel 12 again and that was 20 years ago!!! I'm going home NOW.

[irrelevant]

Originally Posted by HauptmannMolders

Silly I know but this game makes me feel 12 again and that was 20 years ago!!! I'm going home NOW.

+1 (we're the same age, too)

[me262]

No german cockpits "out of the box" how very dissapointing, makes me think twice about buying birds of prey now, so would you add german cockpits in the future especially me262's?

[Swagger7]

Thanks for giving us the complete story, Anton. I'm definitely still going to get the game, although I'm a little disappointed. Will we be able to chose which side we're on in MP? (That way I can fly Allied & have cockpits) Otherwise, I'll just stick to the single player & hold off on MP until the new cockpits come out.

I do have a couple questions if you've got the time:

Will the new cockpits be part of a free patch, a standalone DLC we have to pay for, or part of a larger DLC? If any new planes a released as DLC will they have cockpits?

Thanks for keeping us all informed, Anton. Keep up the good work!

[Swagger7]

Oops! Looks like my questions were already answered over here:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=8950

Thanks again for keeping us informed, Anton!