No multiplayer????

[Paajtor]

Originally Posted by Deep Dive

Later i lured them to flight sims with IL-2 Sturmovik
I guess most of you know this title
for the ones that don't i just need to say that you could fly together with some friends with NO experience at flight sims
I did the piloting and they were the gunners in my bomber
They had so much fun doing this that they finally started to learn to fly the plane instead of just being gunners

And finally they became flight simmers

So think about
MP promotes the product and finally sells...
that is both good for the companies and for us

I wish Il2 Strumovik multiplayer could be compared to the mp-option of the SH-series!

I've played Il2 online in tournaments, with more than 2000 pilots (Virtual Eastern Front)...on the same simulation-level as offline-play offered!
But 1C kept an entirely different approach to game-versions: instead of opening the door to modders, they released a constant stream of patches and updates, which kept everyone on the same game-version.

So multiplayer was way easier to maintain, and improve on the way.

But in the SH series, every player has to have the same game-version, including any mods that they want to use.
So you end up disabling mods, for mp...or - in the absence of a proper mp-browser - have to use a forum to agree about any mods to be used.
...and then hope everyone makes it into the game!

I tried SH3 mp a couple of times.
Ended up playing with the stock patched game, with all the frustrating shortcomings.

Btw, it's possible to play with a modded game online, against players who have entirely different versions....ArmAII!