[stansdds]

No doubt that it will be distributed by Godot and Co.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[coltsr2]

Dont know if anyone has read this from olegs Official 1C Company forum he has mentioned he hopes this sim will be finished in the new yr!

This was posted in dec 2008 so that means this sim is nearly finished then...just got to beta test it and find a distributer if ubi mess about...



Oleg Maddox
Senior Member

Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 106
Default Developmnet update 2008-12-31
Hi!

Happy New Year!

And personally for me I wish myself to finish BoB in new Year!




http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread ... 040&page=2

[INDY(tus)]

He just WISH to finish in 09 )))) But "Father Frost"(aka Santa) can do not make his dream come true ))))

Life will show.

[Condor1]

Until it's declared Vaporware. In my experience, 75% percent of all advertised mods for any game never made it past the screenshots.

[assman]

He is gonna release it on the 20th of never taking too long.I will not pee until he releases this sim!

[American]

So any update on release date. This is taking to long. Hurry the Hell up OLEG! I DON:T WANT YOU TO EAT SLEEP TALK UNTIL YOU GET THIS DONE!


So what eles is needed?

[Chaoic16]

The reason why it took Oleg team to develop BOB SOW is because of this:

http://www.freewebs.com/heinkill/stormofwarnews.htm

Why is SoW taking longer than originally planned?

As we incorporated more complex coding, more complex AI features, more precision in the flight models compared to the real planes, we needed more time on development. If you want a new jump in technologies, visuals, damage, flight models, common physics united in one product that will be acceptable for many years ahead (like we did with the release of IL2) we need more time.

In real time the full development from initial to final code of IL-2 was 7+ years. And then 5 years success on the market. To repeat this is very hard, and it is even harder to 'jump over our own heads'.

I'm a guy who dislikes creating something good and then see it overtaken by something better from someone else. I want to stay ahead.

We are not busy with the Birds of Prey project. It is a third party project, under control of 1C. We just gave them full source code and did the neccessary consulting. It looks good, but not like the BoB engine. The BoB engine it is not a modification of Il-2 engine, which BoP is.

Also I have tested periodically BoP and would like to say that the contol of aircraft there and FM is better than in other arcade sim-games, and controlling aircraft is more easy than in arcade sims... because the guys are keeping some of the original physics from Il-2.

I hope it clears everyone why it is taking them very long time to develop BOB SOW and to be honest with you people, I am very glad they are taking time to code and polish BOB SOW. We dont want rushed BOB SOW with many bugs/glitches.


Chaoic out...

[American]

but here the question is is pretty much done?

[Enjo]

By that does he (Oleg) mean he would like to have the game finished on his part in the new year... ie still needs full testing, marketing, age rating etc?

I don't know enough about game development lol

[Ramstein]

You can BET that whoever is financing SOW:BOB is freaking out, wanting it (finished) out the door ASAP so they can begin to recoup some of the cash that all these years that the expenses have built up on making the sim. Investors do not care about who cool the sim is, they want money! If 1C is financing, they have investors, if other parties invested they want their money. If there are say 10 board members and 4 voted get it out the door now, but 6 said let's wait 1 more year... well, you get the picture..
hock:

[BH_Blue]

I've heard the wind blow before. It sounds like Oleg is in deep sierra. Watch out.

+1

[{HVY-E}Jinxx]

JUST IN!!!!!


2 more Weeks......

[MartinL25]

Hi guys, what does it mean JUST IN 2 WEEKS? Coming soon already?

[No1_Charlie]

He he! Its a long standing joke Martin - just dont hold your breath for a release date ok?

[Bearkiller72]

It's gonna be finished, when they made sure you can clearly see if the pilot had a shave before take-off,
or if you can read the headlines of the "V