Is CloD any where near IL2 1946 yet?

[tintifaxl]

Originally Posted by Raven Morpheus

So, I'm wondering if CloD has advanced now to the point where it's not just focused on the multiplayer/single mission aspect and actually has a proper dynamic campaign like IL2 1946 and I'm also wondering if the framerate has improved?

Thanks.

We have a dynamic mission/campaign generator by the community (forgot the name and who did it, pls. search for it) and very excellent static campaigns by Desastersoft.

But in my opinion single player is pretty flawed because of stupid AI and not working radio commands.

[Continu0]

Hey

I have the same graphics card an a weaker cpu. With my rig i get mostly stable fps. So give it a try, performancewise, you should be okay.

For offline playing, i can highly recommend the desastersoft-campaigns.

All over, clod is nowhere near 1946, but as it has been said, this just neds more time. 1946 had 10 years of development, involving the community, which clod had not...

[TonyD]

Hi Raven

You should see a useful improvement in performance using the latest beta patch, the only real down-side is the current omission of cloud (and smoke) shadows, but I don’t find this too distracting. There are also a number of user-created campaigns that I have being flying, which I downloaded from airwarfare.com. You can also download a demo of the ‘Wick vs. Dundas’ campaign from Desastersoft that you can try before deciding. I’d suggest giving it another go

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Continu0

For offline playing, i can highly recommend the desastersoft-campaigns.

All over, clod is nowhere near 1946, but as it has been said, this just neds more time. 1946 had 10 years of development, involving the community, which clod had not...

Agreed.

1946 was released in buggy but better shape than CoD and was a much less complex software and it took 10 years. CoD was in way worse shape on release and is more complex so by this analogy expect it to take longer than 1946.

[senseispcc]

Originally Posted by icarus

Agreed.

1946 was released in buggy but better shape than CoD and was a much less complex software and it took 10 years. CoD was in way worse shape on release and is more complex so by this analogy expect it to take longer than 1946.

I remembre many patchess for the original IL2 before the IL2 1946 came out is it not?!

[lokitexas]

Until CLoD gets a good single player campaign, it will remain unplayed on my machine.

You cannot compare IL2 46' to CLoD...true. But do you guys not think the devs would have seen what made it so good over the years and implemented that into CLoD? If you trained for 10 years for the Olympics and came in 1st, would you need to retrain ALL OVER again for the next Olympic games? No, you take what you learned and apply it to fine tuning for the next 4 years.

I would play CLoD even in its current state...if there was a reason to for offline. Online in CLoD does not interest me.

[klem]

Originally Posted by lokitexas

Until CLoD gets a good single player campaign, it will remain unplayed on my machine.

You cannot compare IL2 46' to CLoD...true. But do you guys not think the devs would have seen what made it so good over the years and implemented that into CLoD? If you trained for 10 years for the Olympics and came in 1st, would you need to retrain ALL OVER again for the next Olympic games? No, you take what you learned and apply it to fine tuning for the next 4 years.

I would play CLoD even in its current state...if there was a reason to for offline. Online in CLoD does not interest me.

Surprised to hear that. Have you tried it? It's a different world.

OP: No it has a long way to go on FMs and general gameplay although a few in the communtiy are bending over backwards to code their way around the shortcomings and keep us ticking over. Graphics need fixing for some PCs (in hand but slow) but many are running it ok.

[lokitexas]

Originally Posted by klem

Surprised to hear that. Have you tried it? It's a different world.

OP: No it has a long way to go on FMs and general gameplay although a few in the communtiy are bending over backwards to code their way around the shortcomings and keep us ticking over. Graphics need fixing for some PCs (in hand but slow) but many are running it ok.

No, I have not. The only flight sim I play online is DCS World. Mainly the Ka-50 with a few other Black Shark pilots, and of course A10's. Love the coop, and the communications between the group.

I tried RoF online and quickly gave that up. Air Quake in WWI planes didnt do it for me. Insta respawn free for all, or completely dead realistic servers. I miss good old coop campaigns from IL2. I was hoping it would be in CLoD by now.

I might be selling myself short by not trying CLoD online, dunno. Maybe I was expecting too much...like IL2 with better eyecandy and improved FM's.

How much of a "different world" is CLoD online?

[icarus]

Originally Posted by senseispcc

I remembre many patchess for the original IL2 before the IL2 1946 came out is it not?!

I stand by the fact that CoD was a disaster on release and non of its predecessors were as bad on release as CoD. It will take a looooong time to make this thing worthy of its heritage and with the team focusing on a sequel it likely will never be finished..

[senseispcc]

Originally Posted by icarus

I stand by the fact that CoD was a disaster on release and non of its predecessors were as bad on release as CoD. It will take a looooong time to make this thing worthy of its heritage and with the team focusing on a sequel it likely will never be finished..

Nearly everybody said the same thing about the sequels of the first IL2. But never forget IL2 did profit of a great step forward in hardware performance at a cheap price but COD does begin his live when there is a world crisis, pc prices are high and for the first time the performances of pc's are stagnating since the beginning of the pc revolution. Between IL2 and IL2 1946 I changed twice my pc now I cannot because of the prices and the slow progresses of the performances, I am not changing my machine to gaining 5 or 10 % fps.