Oleg's Russian Interview Translated

Chivas · #1 03-09-2009, 04:59 PM

I'm not worried yet. Off-line there is obviously nothing to worry about, and it would be a huge boost to the sim. Online it definitely would be more complicated depending on the security features.

If the aircraft is approved by the server and can be easily added to the server without everyone else having to buy the same aircraft it would be a big bonus. I'm not sure if it's possible, as those who hadn't bought that particular aircraft would need a nonflyable visual copy to see it in game. I personally don't care if one person on a server has a few extra flyable aircraft, if I don't want to fly those particular aircraft. I suppose it could work if the seller of that particular aircraft would have to provide a nonflyable visual version that could be downloaded from the server before flying on that particular server.

SlipBall · #2 03-09-2009, 10:00 PM

Maybe Luthier will stop back and give us some insight on this matter. I'm sure that they have a well thought out plan for use of the third party content, without costing us a small fortune.

Robert · #3 03-10-2009, 02:53 AM

I wonder how many 3rd party developers are attempting to work with X Plane?

#4 03-10-2009, 11:03 AM

I like how you guys can workout that 60% complete means that it will be out this year, it means quite simply that there is 40% more work to do on it, it doesn't matter how you juggle the figures, if work started in 2007 (which i find very hard to believe because Oleg stated in Birmingham that he hoped for the game to be released in Q4 2007, was he on drugs?) its still got at least another year or so in development.

HenFre · #5 03-10-2009, 11:22 AM

"A: Quality will not be affected. Timeline – we shall see. Right now we’re about 60% there, probably even more. [Luthier’s note: not 60% in terms of time, but 60% in terms of features.]"

That was what said in the interview. You read into this that the 60% still regards time? How?

The remaining 40% of features could be the easy part and will not take as long time to do..

P_Zangusu · #6 03-10-2009, 11:48 AM

Well, I'm not really at ease but I think it's only natural. Having spent countless years in the MSFS community and 5 or so years in the Il-2 world I'm just voicing the concern that BoB add-on system has all the right parameters to venture onto the road called "making money like MSFS". Ofcourse I've read about the OM approved servers and stuff, but potentially we could end-up with "pure BoB" with fewer content we have right now for Il-2 for more or less the same price or going into the extreme where Oleg just approves add-ons from 3rd party with sky high prices just to make one extra buck...

Again, nothing wrong with making money and OM deserves that for all the hard work, but! But everything is wrong with making money like the developers around the MSFS franchise do. I'll give you an example: would you buy an add-on of a fully functional B-29 for Il-2 (if it would exist) for merely 80 dollars? Bright people would answer "no" just for the sake of it, but if you look deep down into your heart, lots of people would. The other lot which wouldn't buy this add-on could probably not fly on the OM pre-approved servers as the add-on is in the "official" OM line. How's that for a prospect? OM is making his well-deserved money and the users are stuck somewhere in the middle because it's pre-approved, but not really wanted by everyone other than the B-29 fanatics...

Thunderbolt56 · #7 03-10-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by P_Zangusu

...Of course I've read about the OM approved servers and stuff, but potentially we could end-up with "pure BoB" with fewer content we have right now for Il-2 for more or less the same price or going into the extreme where Oleg just approves add-ons from 3rd party with sky high prices just to make one extra buck...
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That's not really just a possibility, but rather a likelihood. There's no way BoB can have anywhere close to IL2 (and it's already been said by Oleg, Luthier and others) that the initial release will only have 6 (I think that's correct) flyables and one main map. Comparatively, that's less than 1/10th of the content we already have in the IL2 series.

Expecting anything more than that is simply wishful thinking. As long as the sim engine, FM's, DM's and effects are all they've been reported to be, I'll be quite satisfied. And will continue to fly IL2 for the stuff I can't get there.

#8 03-10-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by HenFre

"A: Quality will not be affected. Timeline – we shall see. Right now we’re about 60% there, probably even more. [Luthier’s note: not 60% in terms of time, but 60% in terms of features.]"

That was what said in the interview. You read into this that the 60% still regards time? How?

The remaining 40% of features could be the easy part and will not take as long time to do..

Well, call me 'Mr Picky' but i would assume that generating the features takes 'time', thus if the features are 60% done and they have taken 2 years, one would assume that the remaining 'features' would bear some relation timewise to the ones already completed. That's how.

Theshark888 · #9 03-10-2009, 03:10 PM

I have to agree that it is amusing to see some people saying that if 2 years work = 60% completed, 40% to be completed = <1year work! I hear logic like this concerning projects at work everyday! This is definately looking like a 2010 release.

Maybe this current version started work 2 years ago but we all know the initial version started before that.