Friday Update, Q&A - December 23, 2011

[Pluto]

Originally Posted by luthier

Hey folks,

I see that these answers led some folks here, and most of the folks on my favorite sukhoi.ru, to read between the lines and see my answers to specific questions as indications of larger-scale abandonment of the project.

That's not the case at all.

I answered specific questions and didn't touch on the larger effort. It remains the same. Sped up graphics, launcher errors, improved FM, etc, all of that is in progress as previously stated.

We are trying to pull off a very difficult balancing act with developing a new game and supporting an old one at the same time. Pretty much no one does that. Most large developers simply release games, support them for a month at the most, and then switch to new paid content regardless of the state of the game. We are however trying not only to patch up major issues, we're working on improving things that generally work - and we're doing that for free seven months after release. We are doing that by trying to parallel tasks as much as possible and improving CoD while developing a sequel.

That is however simply not possible with some features. In some cases that's a question of limited resources. We cannot make a new flyable for CoD because that means one less flyable for the sequel. With other tasks it's simply a matter of time. Some of the changes we're making are so sweeping, they're scheduled to be completed very close to the sequel's ship date. The animation for example is such a huge task with so many facets that we can't just take it, turn it into a half a gig patch, and release it for CoD a month before the release of the sequel.

And to make sure to drive my main point across. We are still working on improving CoD. No one's abandoned it. There will be patches. My answers about things in the sequel were meant for those specific features. Please don't try to read between the lines!

... hmm, ok, that sounds already much better, thanks, ...

[Attila]

All I want to know is: when will the patch comes out?
It must be possible to give us a date of release! There must be a deadline for the programmers! Since the last patch i can´t fly online for more than half an hour without a launchercrash!

(and i´m sure it´s not a problem of my PC or CPU or anything else!)

[Flanker35M]

S!

Attila..it was said that POSSIBLY before end of this year a BETA, but more surely next year. As of the final, we can only guess but I would think that if a beta goes well and feedback does not reveal anything big the final would come out soon after...but again best is just to wait and see. IT comes when ready..