The future of simulations

[Skybird]

simHQ has published a round table interview where participants discussed and exchnaged their views of the genre's future. If half of the names of participants have a meaning to me, then this is a gremium that catches my attention. Among them are Oleg Maddox (IL2-series), Nils Hinrichsen (eSim: Steel Beasts Pro), Vladmimir Zayarnyi (Graviteam: Tiger versus T34), and Richard Flexman Hawley (Tricubic Studios: the helicopter simulation he developes by himself).

http://www.simhq.com/_commentary/all_106a.html

[Feuer Frei!]

That's actually a really good read, thanks for the link Skybird

[Takeda Shingen]

An excellent read, Sky. Let us hope that publishers don't completely abandon the PC.

[gimpy117]

you also forgot to mention 777 Studios, makers of Rise of flight.
Jason talked about the game. I'm and avid player od RoF myself.

[XabbaRus]

The general impression I got was one of slight pessimism.

They seem to be concerned that the future of PC simulations relies on nvidia and ATi staying in the PC GFX market.

[the_tyrant]

Why aren't there any navel sim developers?

personally, i believe that the simulation genre will die
I'm pretty sure creating a sim is more expensive than creating a more casual game, and sims sell less copies. And anyways, when was the last time you saw a sim break into the mainstream market?

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Why aren't there any navel sim developers?

Because there are no naval sim games in development...

SCS has nothing in the pipeline for the general public as far as we know.
Ubi has got nothing official in the works.

that leaves what?

Akell and their 2nd PT boat game?
Todem Games next Ironclads if any?
VSTEP and Ship Simulator?
Ilan Papini's Virtual Sailor?
Mike Hense and Dr. Sid?

No real hard hitters on that list


... if only I remembered some of that C++ they tried to teach me in school...

[the_tyrant]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Because there are no naval sim games in development...

SCS has nothing in the pipeline for the general public as far as we know.
Ubi has got nothing official in the works.

that leaves what?

Akell and their 2nd PT boat game?
Todem Games next Ironclads if any?
VSTEP and Ship Simulator?
Ilan Papini's Virtual Sailor?
Mike Hense and Dr. Sid?

No real hard hitters on that list


... if only I remembered some of that C++ they tried to teach me in school...

what about the battlestations series? (sure its not exactly a sim, but i enjoyed it)

Anyways, you do have some good 3d modeling skills, and i'll probably buy "TLAM Strike's Modern Submarine Warfare"
just use the engine for Danger from the Deep

oddly, simulation sales in china are increasing, though the only type of sim that is gaining in popularity is the "H-game"

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Anyways, you do have some good 3d modeling skills, and i'll probably buy "TLAM Strike's Modern Submarine Warfare"
just use the engine for Danger from the Deep

I can't say I have not been tempted... Unfortunately there is a big empty spot in my brain that use to have info on BASIC, C++ and Visual BASIC. I think I store Pizza recipes there or something now...

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by MaddogK

Disgusting.
It will be the developers who kill the PC in their quest to simplify the sim for the casual gamer.

I loved how many times Falcon 4.0 came up and how they claim the 'bubble burst' with it's release. As one of the original purchasers of that sim I remember how hard it was to learn, and how much more I loved the sim when hobbyists introduced mods that increased the realism, and how disappointed I was when a developer purchased the rights to some of those mods and released it as a new sim (that was a bug ridden mess). The best thing to happen to F4 was it's release to the public domain, again hobbyists have taken it back to something the original developers could only dream of in complexity, tho issues do arise they are addressed in weeks instead of months (or never) from previous commercial devs.

It should take 20 minutes to start the engines in F4, thats why it's called a SIMULATION.

What?

I had falcon4, but had too many issues with it after I tried to install a mod, and No a clean install won't help. Where can I find this wonderful piece of software you speak of?

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

What?

I had falcon4, but had too many issues with it after I tried to install a mod, and No a clean install won't help. Where can I find this wonderful piece of software you speak of?

Google free falcon

or head to flightsim section and see Free Falcon 5.5.3 thread.

[Gargamel]

Yay! Thank you good sir! Downloading it now!

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Yay! Thank you good sir! Downloading it now!

If you're using NVIDIA GPU you may want to rename the game exe to FalconAF.exe and download the latest driver which support FalconAF. Especially if you're running Windows 7.

If you're looking for MP session either dogfight gun fighting or multiplayer campaign drop me a PM to setup when.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Skybird

simHQ has published a round table interview where participants discussed and exchnaged their views of the genre's future. If half of the names of participants have a meaning to me, then this is a gremium that catches my attention. Among them are Oleg Maddox (IL2-series), Nils Hinrichsen (eSim: Steel Beasts Pro), Vladmimir Zayarnyi (Graviteam: Tiger versus T34), and Richard Flexman Hawley (Tricubic Studios: the helicopter simulation he developes by himself).

http://www.simhq.com/_commentary/all_106a.html

Good find Skybird @ Gimpy I am also a RoF+ICE owner. Best $30.00 I ever spent.

[gimpy117]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Good find Skybird @ Gimpy I am also a RoF+ICE owner. Best $30.00 I ever spent.

we'll have to fly a sortie online sometime!