Bis developer question

[hoz 0]

BIS,

What is it that keeps your interests in continuing to develope such a cool game?

For some its the mission editing, others its game play, and some it is developing mods and addons.

Personally I like developing and playing coop missions.

Hoz

[WKK Gimbal 0]

I'm not BIS but I bet it's money!

[Aculaud 0]

I feel i have to ask at this point,

Do BIS or Codemasters actually even look at these forums?

[LordZach 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Mar. 12 2002,19:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I feel i have to ask at this point,

Do BIS or Codemasters actually even look at these forums?<span id='postcolor'>

well it's their forum so i would guess once in awhile.

[Placebo 29]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Mar. 13 2002,03<!--emo&)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><span id='postcolor'>

198 posts and you ask that question? Surely you've been around long enough by now....

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Do BIS or Codemasters actually even look at these forums?<span id='postcolor'>

What do you think?

[Aculaud 0]

alright, alright . Just looking for confirmation i guess

[Placebo 29]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Mar. 13 2002,03:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Just looking for confirmation i guess<span id='postcolor'>

Well you could have gotten that simply by taking a look around

[Antichrist 0]

But seriously people

Do u ever sleep at all???

Check this out:

What's in development:

1. VBS1

2. OFP: Resistance

3. Independence Lost

4. Constant patch updates

5. Oxygen and Visitor translation and beta-testing

6. SUMA has 950 posts on this forum....

Damn i wish I was that productive!!!

U should release a book about your new technique of fighting sleep and fatigue.

[medvidek 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Aculaud @ Mar. 13 2002,04:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Do BIS or Codemasters actually even look at these forums?<span id='postcolor'>

Yes we do

[Major Fubar 0]

I often wondered if the developers rreally read these forums, now I know.

I always find it interesting when someone titles a post something like "BIS please read" or "This is for the developers".

Good to know that the team has it's finger on the pulse of the OFP community.

[maruk 80]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (hoz @ Mar. 12 2002,18:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BIS,

What is it that keeps your interests in continuing to develope such a cool game?

For some its the mission editing, others its game play, and some it is developing mods and addons.

Personally I like developing and playing coop missions.

Hoz<span id='postcolor'>

Interesting question. For sure, it's different to every member of our team.

Myself, I still enjoy it all - single player, multiplayer, mission editing.

[Placebo 29]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (medvidek @ Mar. 13 2002,09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yes we do  <span id='postcolor'>

LOL oops I forgot one Sorry Medvidek

[FallenPaladin 0]

All the whiners can now be sure that BIS is watching us

I never had doubt on that. Great guys, great service!!

[GFX707 0]

careful what you say!

[FallenPaladin 0]

Huh? That wasn`t meant as insult

[GFX707 0]

[FallenPaladin 0]

Congrats

You owe us a drink now! If you aren`t afraid of the devilish number 666

[Antichrist 0]

SO when do you sleep guys?

[Damage Inc 0]

Nah, BIS probably doesn't sleep

[madmike 0]

I knew that BIS were always looking in this forum. Its their customer research to improve their products.

Didnt anyone notice that BIS annonced that the resistance addon would have larger islands, better net codes and a few other things Ive seen on this forum. Also I think that they make patches becuase of what we have said we dont like on OFP

[Antichrist 0]

But really tell me BIS when do u sleep?

[Hobo Sniper 0]

in that case...I'll start complaining

[kegetys 2]

I could imagine, that after the BIS people have worked for over 4 years on this game, they want to finish it as they have wanted, not abandon it even though it isnt propably sold anymore that much. A really good thing I have noted on BIS people is that they really do this game because they want to, and because they enjoy doing it. Too many game developers nowdays do games just because they get money from it, but all the really good and innovative games like OFP come from developers just like BIS who's main concern is not to get alot of money from the game, but to make the game good and so that people enjoy playing it.

[LauryThorn 0]

I'm a programmer, although I don't develop games.

I was wondering, how much of the work with OFP was programming, and how much was the other stuff, like

artwork, mission editing, and so on..

[maruk 80]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LauryThorn @ Mar. 14 2002,09:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'm a programmer, although I don't develop games.

I was wondering, how much of the work with OFP was programming, and how much was the other stuff, like

artwork, mission editing, and so on..<span id='postcolor'>

10,000+ files, 250,000 lines of C++ (some assembly), 5,000 textures, 800 3D models, 100,000 words (localized into six other languages), more than 60 single-player and multiplayer missions.

If you're interested to learn something more about the development of OpFlash I recommend to read a post mortem we wrote with Suma for GD Mag and Gamasutra.