Well, it was announced less than two weeks ago and currently the only publicly available information that could be used for hype is the reveal trailer, which was mainly designed to appeal to existing players anyway. Extensive advertising at this point wouldn't help.
Also probably because the Nordschleife mod has been posted for over a year whereas this one has been posted for only a few days; some people don't check the mods page super frequently. 44 upvotes in two days is pretty good, all things considered.
Q: What will happen to SimplePlanes.com when SimplePlanes 2 comes out?
A: SimplePlanes.com will continue to serve the community as it does now, and we will expand its capabilities to support uploads from SimplePlanes 2.
this is like a wikipedia page that's been translated through three languages except it's also been put through text-to-speech and speech-to-text a few times in between
Go through and delete whatever you don't need, as well as removing yourself from any mailing lists that signing up for various accounts may have put you on.
Personal favorites:
"The B-29 cost $3 billion ($49 today)"
"In April 1939, Charles Lindbergh sent General Henry Arnold to help Germany develop a new bomb. It weighed 9,100 kg (20,000 lb), had a length of 4,292 km (2,667 mi) and a radius of 640 km (400 mi). Q) Does Boeing meet industry standards?"
"Racing is a combination of high speed and high speed. The last version, not the first version, had a cannon and a periscope and was first flown in 1942. With a fire extinguisher."
"When the operator lifts the pipe, the operator lifts it. This must be taken into account."
"The Japanese army is easier to attack than the Chinese army."
"The capital of Egypt can be reached in 40 hours by car. [Picture on page 68]"
"The P-8 was introduced in 1936 and was the only aircraft in the military."
"The B-50 Superfortress (formerly the B-29D) is used in transportation, cyber defense, and other industries such as oil and aviation."
Typing without looking at your screen becomes really easy once you get used to taking notes during lectures while paying attention to the diagrams and whatnot thta the professor is drawing on the whiteboards.
Love you guys! Your games have been a surprisingly large part of my life over the years, and I'm so excited for the next installment!
(Will there be new SP2 merch?)
"SimplePlanes.com will continue to serve the community as it does now, and we will expand its capabilities to support uploads from SimplePlanes 2. As we shift our focus to developing SimplePlanes 2, expect to see enhancements to the website."
In short, they're making some changes in the background at the moment, so some stuff may be on the fritz. I wouldn't worry about it.
I dunno lol, now that it's been locked down I'm not really sure what to do with it. Finding out who started it would be a good start but there's not a good way to do that if they don't come forward since the email associated with it is gibberish.
@Graingy @TheMouse My expectations on the differences are pretty much as follows:
Juno is, and will continue to be, the step up in terms of realism and physics, as well as complexity. It's not as accessible to new players due to the complexity, but it's more in-depth in terms of simulation.
SimplePlanes 2 will be SimplePlanes 2, similar to SP1 in the somewhat simpler physics and mechanics but much more accessible to players of all ages and oriented more towards having fun building and flying planes (with friends now!) rather than proper Newtonian flight physics. It wouldn't surprise (or bother) me if SP2 doesn't have a spherical planet but is just a flat map like SP1, though probably with a more realistic "space" that actually gets darker and turns to stars as you get higher instead of only affecting the drag and engine performance. That being said, I'm pretty certain that actual spaceflight won't be a feature of it because that's what Juno is for; conversely, whereas atmospheric flight in Juno is rather demanding and challenging, SP2 will likely keep the same casual feel that SP has.
I don't think Juno failed at anything, I think it tried something different that appealed to a different audience, and SP2 is Jundroo's answer to all of the other SP fans who like SP for what it is and didn't want the added complexity and difficulty that Juno has by design.
TL;DR it's not trying to copy or overlap Juno, it's trying to be SimplePlanes 2, plain and simple. I would expect the overall scope of the gameplay to be pretty similar to SP1, but with much greater possibilities for what you can build and do.
If planes from SP1 are as compatible with SP2 as the Steam page implies, then I don't see why they can't just keep using this site but add either a new tab for SP2 builds or (maybe more likely) move the SP1 builds to a "Legacy" section. As far as I can tell there's literally no reason why they would shut down this site even if they do make a new one for SP2, but I don't see why they would need to do that either. There would definitely be some need to sort them so people who don't have SP2 don't get confused with a bunch of stuff they can't download, but an entirely new site would just be unnecessary in so many ways.
As for performance, the Steam page lists both the minimum and recommended specs, which if you can run Juno and/or larger (1000-1500 parts) SP builds, should be fine.
I do agree with you on the pilots though.
@Graingy there goes my what
+1you didn't finish
Ooh very nice, the updated materials look great!
+1Yep, this is a bug that showed up after the last update.
+1@Speedhunter I mean, a fox is just a cat running on dog hardware so it counts either way.
+2Well, it was announced less than two weeks ago and currently the only publicly available information that could be used for hype is the reveal trailer, which was mainly designed to appeal to existing players anyway. Extensive advertising at this point wouldn't help.
+1Works fine for me
sledgehammer
+1Also probably because the Nordschleife mod has been posted for over a year whereas this one has been posted for only a few days; some people don't check the mods page super frequently. 44 upvotes in two days is pretty good, all things considered.
+2The first one I think would just be acrophobia, while the second could be megalophobia.
Q: What will happen to SimplePlanes.com when SimplePlanes 2 comes out?
+1A: SimplePlanes.com will continue to serve the community as it does now, and we will expand its capabilities to support uploads from SimplePlanes 2.
Usually it's because the post was removed because it broke one or more of the website rules.
+9Happy birthday!
yo dawg I heard you like MiGs
so I put a MiG on your MiG so you can MiG while you MiG
doot doot
@FlyingPatriot Sounds good, I'll be asleep then probably (it's 2am for me lol) but I'll get back to you in the morning.
YOOOOO
I can do some screenshots if you want, but I don't have shaders or anything though.
so amazing that you added a few extra letters :)
+3I totally agree though, lasagna is really good
this is like a wikipedia page that's been translated through three languages except it's also been put through text-to-speech and speech-to-text a few times in between
+2"I'm done playing games"
+1proceeds to play the game
Go through and delete whatever you don't need, as well as removing yourself from any mailing lists that signing up for various accounts may have put you on.
+3@KitsuneassemblylinesKAL Thanks! I might have to get that book at some point, looks interesting!
*yro'ue
+1What book is that?
Counterpoint, the 1900D is a forehead plane whereas the C is not.
smooth
+1@AndrewGarrison Isn't that what the caffeine is for?
Personal favorites:
+1"The B-29 cost $3 billion ($49 today)"
"In April 1939, Charles Lindbergh sent General Henry Arnold to help Germany develop a new bomb. It weighed 9,100 kg (20,000 lb), had a length of 4,292 km (2,667 mi) and a radius of 640 km (400 mi). Q) Does Boeing meet industry standards?"
"Racing is a combination of high speed and high speed. The last version, not the first version, had a cannon and a periscope and was first flown in 1942. With a fire extinguisher."
"When the operator lifts the pipe, the operator lifts it. This must be taken into account."
"The Japanese army is easier to attack than the Chinese army."
"The capital of Egypt can be reached in 40 hours by car. [Picture on page 68]"
"The P-8 was introduced in 1936 and was the only aircraft in the military."
"The B-50 Superfortress (formerly the B-29D) is used in transportation, cyber defense, and other industries such as oil and aviation."
@Graingy HUH
Typing without looking at your screen becomes really easy once you get used to taking notes during lectures while paying attention to the diagrams and whatnot thta the professor is drawing on the whiteboards.
...neither of which are actually your username?
Advertising gambling to minors is illegal
George Washington takes the oath of office?
Love you guys! Your games have been a surprisingly large part of my life over the years, and I'm so excited for the next installment!
+4(Will there be new SP2 merch?)
bean.mg
Wait, I just checked, and how on earth do I have 268 followers?
The last time I posted a plane was September 2022, what are y'all following me for??
11: Post seventeen times per day and just accumulate followers through sheer brute force
Downloading and upvoting works normally for me as of now (Firefox 125.0.2).
+1what
@Singaporeairlinesguy Why would it be free? It's an entirely separate game.
+1"SimplePlanes.com will continue to serve the community as it does now, and we will expand its capabilities to support uploads from SimplePlanes 2. As we shift our focus to developing SimplePlanes 2, expect to see enhancements to the website."
In short, they're making some changes in the background at the moment, so some stuff may be on the fritz. I wouldn't worry about it.
I dunno lol, now that it's been locked down I'm not really sure what to do with it. Finding out who started it would be a good start but there's not a good way to do that if they don't come forward since the email associated with it is gibberish.
+1@Graingy :)
I may or may not be actively deleting the spam it's posting
+3@Zhixunlin23 It's a separate game so I don't see why it would be.
personally I'd agree with this in terms of the fact that it should really be SimplePlanes II
+1
@TheMouse reading comprehension moment
+1@Graingy @TheMouse My expectations on the differences are pretty much as follows:
Juno is, and will continue to be, the step up in terms of realism and physics, as well as complexity. It's not as accessible to new players due to the complexity, but it's more in-depth in terms of simulation.
SimplePlanes 2 will be SimplePlanes 2, similar to SP1 in the somewhat simpler physics and mechanics but much more accessible to players of all ages and oriented more towards having fun building and flying planes (with friends now!) rather than proper Newtonian flight physics. It wouldn't surprise (or bother) me if SP2 doesn't have a spherical planet but is just a flat map like SP1, though probably with a more realistic "space" that actually gets darker and turns to stars as you get higher instead of only affecting the drag and engine performance. That being said, I'm pretty certain that actual spaceflight won't be a feature of it because that's what Juno is for; conversely, whereas atmospheric flight in Juno is rather demanding and challenging, SP2 will likely keep the same casual feel that SP has.
I don't think Juno failed at anything, I think it tried something different that appealed to a different audience, and SP2 is Jundroo's answer to all of the other SP fans who like SP for what it is and didn't want the added complexity and difficulty that Juno has by design.
TL;DR it's not trying to copy or overlap Juno, it's trying to be SimplePlanes 2, plain and simple. I would expect the overall scope of the gameplay to be pretty similar to SP1, but with much greater possibilities for what you can build and do.
+2If planes from SP1 are as compatible with SP2 as the Steam page implies, then I don't see why they can't just keep using this site but add either a new tab for SP2 builds or (maybe more likely) move the SP1 builds to a "Legacy" section. As far as I can tell there's literally no reason why they would shut down this site even if they do make a new one for SP2, but I don't see why they would need to do that either. There would definitely be some need to sort them so people who don't have SP2 don't get confused with a bunch of stuff they can't download, but an entirely new site would just be unnecessary in so many ways.
+2As for performance, the Steam page lists both the minimum and recommended specs, which if you can run Juno and/or larger (1000-1500 parts) SP builds, should be fine.
I do agree with you on the pilots though.
Counterpoint
+1Jundroo has never not cooked