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[Typhoon Ib]

stable, of course. it is, as a program. it still draws users, but those that are new are already used to  "newer" games. 1946 doesnt cost a dime an interested guy can "magically make the DVD appear on his computer" in 0.5minutes flat. no registration... a nocd file... and mods.
(win, win win, bing bing bing jackpot.)

grow - fifty fifty.
as users come and go, knowledge is lost. already there is nobody who can truly do FM work from scratch, as far as i recall. Mods are lost too , some of the old AAA stuff has been dead for ages.
the growth in material might exist, but not everything is saved - lack of interest, dead links...
On the other hand, it is now well known how to make planes, from the 3D, 2D, and mechanic work sides. so yes, those parts that concern modeling, java, and painting are available because knowledge is widespread [somewhat]
grow for offline use, yes.
grow on the online side - nope. don't think the lobby will fill up to 500 people again.

4.13 has been a WIP for two years now.

as has DBW2 been - or almost.
Stats... stats stats stats? say even the SAS is on the dying side of things.
Not fast. But the balance has been negative for years now.




1946 will go on for two more years, but by then it will have nothing revolutionary to offer any more, and why mod 46 when you will be able to mod DCS, BoS or other, newer stuff?

[LuseKofte]

I never thought we be here now for 2 years ago. It is now I start to think we might be in for the duration. I simply do not think BOS will be supported two years ahead, I hope I am wrong

[Dakpilot]

RoF had an even shakier start and has grown into quite a large sim, nothing like when it was released, most of the good things people complain that were not carried over from RoF to BoS were not featured at the beginning, it has gone from two A/C to nearly forty, with the far greater interest and market that WWII has, I don't see it disappearing in 2 years, when the Skins, Dservers new maps and mods start appearing along with the ME it should start to find its feet

Cheers Dakpilot

[LuseKofte]

Do not get me wrong, I am just too reminded by banana forum and how COD was met. I really hope BOS get developed further with more planes and a Kursk map.
Imagine the HS-129 in that sim. Must be a brute to fly

[SAS~Tom2]

I think IL-2 has future 

[LuseKofte]

Oh it does, Noone believed it would get this far. I wonder if 4.13 ever is coming out. TD still active?

[sniperton]

Reportedly, yes. They're beta-testing, phase 2. Patch is expected to come out in the New Year.

[Typhoon Ib]

Do not get me wrong, I am just too reminded by banana forum and how COD was met. I really hope BOS get developed further with more planes and a Kursk map.
Imagine the HS-129 in that sim. Must be a brute to fly

the simulator instructions will come with a specific PDF document on how to properly pray to the almighty gods so it does not fall out of the sky!
 

I would love to see the eastern front complete for BoS, From the day the Germans started the storm, to the day the red Flag was raised on the Reichstag - complete in its variety, in its depth.
Just like we got the Eastern Front now. Planes, objects, maps, sounds...
It is incredible what is available in 46 just for that Theatre.

i mean... the 1C/777 gamemakers might very very well operate under russian Cultus control and guidance and that might not be such a bad thing to have big entities provide resources.

And i agree that 1946 has a future.
But not the future of Massive use and abuse it once had.
It will get used for another decade - just not in the same way, for the same purpose as in 2008 or 2010.
It will get modded, and more and more move offline, until it is more of a sandbox for modding than get used in flight, together.

Here my Signature at the sim-outhouse forums.

had that for years, and still is true for parts of the Combat flight Sim community and Oleg's 1946.

But look how bad the players are looking for alternatives... Except for the "diehards", the pure 1946 lovers that care about nothing else in a negative way, but pour their energy and power and time and knowledge into this little gem  - in a positive way.

There is a 109 in the A-10 and Flanker game i hear... People want to fly Ponies and 109's, Modern ones that use our current Hardware. They don't even care if it's over the Krim and there is no war going on at all. Or that there are no trees over there, and that terrain is even older than 1946.
They just want  New, up to date WWII stuff.

1946 is not new, and i doubt it will be updated.

[LuseKofte]

I like the IL 2 community better now than before, I do not mind a small community as long as it is relatively active. And I think it will stay as such for some years to come. And the offline features are so great that I can have fun without any community

[vpmedia]

What the IL-2 modding community archieved since 2008 is truly amazing.
I'm still playing IL-2 1946 because of the mod maps with photorealistic textures, the new AI and other features, amazing selection of missions, skins, planes, objects and because I can change almost everything in it.

A good dev team could easily replicate the success of this game in a new, more modern engine.
Time will tell what kind of team 777 Studios is. My first impression was that they're too arrogant to listen to their customers.

[Typhoon Ib]

copy that.
double and triple.
i remember how i freaked at the Mk 1 spit...  the cannons were gone and it had the laGG3 Spinner.

The recipe is there that's true. but the right team... maybe, maybe not.

[LuseKofte]

I think they did not know what they bargain for when they got the trade name IL 2 Sturmovik. They thought they could patronize the community and control it.
They would not have this reception if they called it ROF WW2 or something.
I do not like to criticize the moderators, they have tried to maintain a professional attitude, but some have snapped , I know I would. And do not get me started on the unlocks, just when I thought everything would go up hill, )))))WHAM(((( unlock update and the shit hit the fan, unbelievable they continued with it