Friday the 14th Development Update

[Bobby385]

don't panic
I think that the Battle of Moscow should cost 1 Euro for us that have Cliffs of Dover

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by Bobby385

don't panic
I think that the Battle of Moscow should cost 1 Euro for us that have Cliffs of Dover

If you think that's going to happen you should probably start to panic.

[GraveyardJimmy]

Originally Posted by Bobby385

don't panic
I think that the Battle of Moscow should cost 1 Euro for us that have Cliffs of Dover

I think there should be a discount, even if it is just £5-10 or 10%. It is possible to do this in steam, STALKER did it by checking if your steam account owns an earlier one then giving you coupons. Since it is a steam game this would be possible for BoM and I think it should happen though I realise it is unlikely.

[zander]

Originally Posted by GraveyardJimmy

I think there should be a discount, even if it is just £5-10 or 10%. It is possible to do this in steam, STALKER did it by checking if your steam account owns an earlier one then giving you coupons. Since it is a steam game this would be possible for BoM and I think it should happen though I realise it is unlikely.

why?
Do you get any discount on Cod, Arma, MW?
No.

I mean seriously, our equipment needed for this hobby is in the 4digit range - an you complain about 5quid?

[GraveyardJimmy]

Originally Posted by zander

why?
Do you get any discount on Cod, Arma, MW?
No.

I mean seriously, our equipment needed for this hobby is in the 4digit range - an you complain about 5quid?

As way of an apology to the fans that were let down and the fact that to be perfectly honest CloD support is being dropped before the product is finalised. Obviously it depends on the final patch but if they leave CloD with many broken features (such as AI and sound amongst other bugs, like revered mixture) then say that unless you buy the sequel these wont be fixed then the people who bought CloD from day one deserve easier access to updates that will fix the game.

This from someone who has been very supportive of CloD throughout. Another option would be to continue with sequel and retro fit patches to CloD but leave additional features out- that way those who pay for the finished product get it whilst those who pay for new features get those on top. As I said, this is all dependant on the quality of the last patch.

CoD comes out from and AAA developer and gets is bugs fixed. ARMA 2 has beta patch support daily and is being supported over 3 years later with these patches. Also, ARMA 2 base game gets patches despite the appearance of AMRA2:OA. That is what I think should happen with CloD as I stated above.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by luthier

The general plan is, after the milestone is submitted and accepted, we return to the now almost-final patch, cram as much as we can into it, and make it our final Cliffs of Dover patch. The next time it will be updated is when you install the sequel over it.

Sounds great to me!

That aproach worked great for IL-2 for over 10+ years so I look forward to CoD sequals for the next 10+ years

[150GCT_Veltro]

Originally Posted by luthier

I’m sure most of you will agree that we have already supported our release more than perhaps any other developer in a similar situation.

You should have to stop the work on it since the day one, instead of waste so many months with CoD. So, personally i agree with you 100% but we have wasted too much time however (again!), waiting for an improvement that has never been released....in 18 months!

[GraveyardJimmy]

Originally Posted by 150GCT_Veltro

You should have to stop the work on it since the day one, instead of waste so many months with CoD. So, personally i agree with you 100% but we have wasted too much time however (again!), waiting for an improvement that has never been released....in 18 months!

That wouldnt have been useful seeing as the engine is shared between the two games! All work on CloD engine will fit into BoM and (hopefully) vice-versa.

[150GCT_Veltro]

Originally Posted by GraveyardJimmy

That wouldnt have been useful seeing as the engine is shared between the two games! All work on CloD engine will fit into BoM and (hopefully) vice-versa.

An open beta, we know it...or better, an open beta first and an open alpha later.

We'll see but i really hope the engine will be much different from what we have seen in CoD, because this graphic is far to be the best one for the next sim generation.

[Malc29]

Originally Posted by luthier

The next time it will be updated is when you install the sequel over it.

I think that should be 'if' rather than 'when'.

I certainly won't be pre-ordering the sequel.