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IL2 Great Battles lead SW engineer joins Asobo

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Read all about it:

https://stormbirds.blog/2022/09/12/lead-engineer-departs-great-battles-team/

This should bode well for MSFS. Been a fan of IL2 Great Battles (aka IL2 Battle of Stalingrad) and Rise of Flight since both launched.  Both of those sims attention to flight modelling is superb, thus I imagine that this is a solid win for MSFS (but unfortunately a loss for IL2).  Hope that this move works out well for all concerned.

Perhaps a new MS Combat Flight Sim is in the works... 😉

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Maybe this should be moved to the msfs section?

Laminar Research customer -- Asobo/MS customer -- not an X-Aviation customer - or am I? 😉

Bummer ! Right now that I had installed xp12 and installed il2 and MFS 😁

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Flightsimming since 1992

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Andrey's recent post reflecting on his decision to join Asobo:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/80307-see-you-pilots/?do=findComment&comment=1213185

I've always felt a ting of guilt about combat flight sims.  IMO making entertainment from something that IRL caused such great suffering (but was something that was unfortunately necessary) seems, in a way, somewhat immoral. 

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1 hour ago, TheFamilyMan said:

Andrey's recent post reflecting on his decision to join Asobo:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/80307-see-you-pilots/?do=findComment&comment=1213185

I've always felt a ting of guilt about combat flight sims.  IMO making entertainment from something that IRL caused such great suffering (but was something that was unfortunately necessary) seems, in a way, somewhat immoral. 

Exactly the reason why I "love & Hate" IL2... I can't play it without thinking how strange it is to get satisfaction from the evocation of something so bad ...

This is good news for ASOBO / MFS. Finally, they get someone in the team comparable to Austin.

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Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

22 hours ago, jcomm said:

This is good news for ASOBO / MFS. Finally, they get someone in the team comparable to Austin.

Yes, I agree. This is a really significant appointment for Asobo.

This should really be in the MSFS2020 boards.

On 9/16/2022 at 3:45 AM, jcomm said:

Bummer ! Right now that I had installed xp12 and installed il2 and MFS 😁

Do you have a really small hard drive or something😅?

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i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea

11 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

Do you have a really small hard drive or something😅?

Nope, but I'm the UNINSTALLER !!!

Flying gliders since 1980

Flightsimming since 1992

AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)

On 9/16/2022 at 5:16 AM, TheFamilyMan said:

Andrey's recent post reflecting on his decision to join Asobo:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/80307-see-you-pilots/?do=findComment&comment=1213185

I've always felt a ting of guilt about combat flight sims.  IMO making entertainment from something that IRL caused such great suffering (but was something that was unfortunately necessary) seems, in a way, somewhat immoral. 

Beautiful thoughts from him, so excited he’s joining Asobo:

Over the years, the subject of my main interest has always been and remains flight itself, its swiftness or, conversely, quiet lightness, its grace, freedom of movement in three-dimensional space, perfection of aviation technology and bewitching beauty of the surrounding world - whether it is dizzying and stunning with its energy aerobatics in a fighter, or the art of soaring in a hang glider among mountains and clouds, alone with nature.

i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea

4 minutes ago, jcomm said:

Nope, but I'm the UNINSTALLER !!!

And long may you reign, software-binner!

i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea

Yet another move from MS that takes a fat dump on the "it's only for pretty graphics" narrative. I wish him all the best at Asobo.

5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX  9070XT.

Another huge, huge, win for MSFS. This is where having a bigger budget is a huge advantage, and we MSFS users benefit from this.

The competition to MSFS needs to step it up, at least with features that apply in the consumer market space. Unfortunately, their low budget is showing in their respective product and it’s quite disappointing, IMO.

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i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM

2 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

Another huge, huge, win for MSFS. This is where having a bigger budget is a huge advantage, and we MSFS users benefit from this.

The competition to MSFS needs to step it up, at least with features that apply in the consumer market space. Unfortunately, their low budget is showing in their respective product and it’s quite disappointing, IMO.

No need to mention the competition. Let’s just be happy for this addition to MSFS.

i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea

1 hour ago, scotchegg said:

No need to mention the competition. Let’s just be happy for this addition to MSFS.

What competition?  :biggrin:

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