Battle of Britain II, full development contribution history

[SeaVee]

This is a thread bookmark for addition of credits for the game's development and prior patches prior to version 2.12.

[PV]

The first section here is a direct quote of the credits as listed in
the Battle of Britain II patch update v2.04 manual, but it contains
the full previous history. Subsequent sections are appended to this
post with each successive patch release. If you've ever contributed
to the BDG, your name should be here:

* Rowan Software *
The creators of original Rowan’s Battle of Britain released in 2000:

Game Design

• Rod Hyde
  Mark Shaw

Programming

• Andrew McMaster
  Craig Beeston
  James Taylor (lead)
  Jonathan Booth
  Paul Dunscombe
  Robert Slater
  Rod Hyde

Artists

• Amanda McCann
  Andrew McCann (lead)
  Chris Jones
  Ian Hardy
  Richard Jones
  Toks Solarin

Quality Assurance

• Chris Jones
  Christopher Giggins
  Edward Albert Wilson
  John Murray (lead)
  Mark Forbes
  Nmlotey Nartey
  Phillip Baldwin

Sound Effects & German Speech

• Nick Schreger (MeatWater)

Sound Engineer

• Detlef Piepke (Audioworx)

Manual

• Battle of Britain History
  Dilip Sarkar

• Aircraft Photography
  John Siddle

• Military Advisor
  D. Curry (Flt. Sgnt.)

Executive Producer

• Roger Cheung

Production

• Anthony J. Bond Jr

Art Director

• Phil Goldfinch

Beta Testers

• Aurang M. Shah-Stone
  Chris Bebensee
  Dietger Pohl
  Gian Vitzthum
  James "Dusty" Rhodes
  Ken Cook
  Kurt Giesselman
  Paul Stewart

* A2A Simulations * (Then known as Shockwave Productions)

Battle of Britain 2 “Wings of Victory”, original release 2005

Note: the names listed here include both the staff and contractees of
Shockwave, plus some of the unpaid volunteers of the BDG, which is
detailed further in the next section.

Production

• Gentile, Scott

Lead Programming

• Kuss, Wolfram

Additional Programming

• Dinnerman, Bob
  Friembichler, Lukas
  Buddye “Buddye1” Lavender
  Preston, Eric
  Rivers, Mike
  Torrielli, Miro

Artists

• Anderson, Jay
  Covington, Darrin
  Evenden, Ben
  Evenden, Tim
  Flanigan, Chris
  Gentile, Scott
  Haber, David
  Hopkinson, David
  Merino, Mario
  Rodriques, Rafael
  Rogalski, Robert
  Rogers, Paul
  Santos, Dani
  da Silva, Marcelo
  Stickley, Jeff
  Vincent, Pete
  Waglowski, Micha
  Walters, Ed
  White, Simon
  Wholaver, Mike

Quality Control / Testers

• The team
  Bunn, James
  Steve (BobC)

Special Thanks to:

• Tim Gallagher
  Foust, John

Very special thanks to:

• Thank you to all of our friends and families that stuck by us and worked
  hard to support us.

* Battle of Britain Development Group (BDG) *

A talented freeware group who continued to develop Rowan’s Battle of
Britain for more than three years after its release. Battle of Britain 2
“Wings of Victory” development started with the excellent work of BDG.

Programming

• AtariBaby
  Buddye "Buddye1" Lavender
  Carlos ”Pipo” Cuevas
  KH "viper-" Zeller
  Lukas “Retro” Friembichler
  Miro "Jammer" Torrielli
  Siegfried "El Fanto" Hempfer
  Wolfram “Osram” Kuss

Artists

• BobC
  Jeffrey "Stickman" Stickley
  John "Maususer" C. Maleski
  Paul “Bader” Rogers
  Chris “Redband” Flanigan
  Simon "eko" Knott

Testers

• Benny T Jorgersen
  James “JamesB” Bunn
  JRT
  Old Dux
  Stefan "SaimOn" Simon

Localization

• Jammer, Osram, Retro
  Jose Luis “luke97” Galvan

BDG Manual

• Wesley “Wildman” Netcher

BDG Website

• GT

Special Thanks

• Chris “Not Enough Red” Jones
  Dave “Rowan” Whiteside
  Ken "KC23" Cook

People who worked on previous versions (going back to BoB1 BDGv0.60):

• Captain Farrel Texture templates
  Carlos 'PIPO' Cuevas Translate Manual to Spanish
  Eko, Lobo_Mau 3d modelling
  Jiri "hyper-" Fojtasek Coder
  Julian “Codec” Onions Flight model, vehicle manager foundations
  Mark "A.Fokker" Linnemann MP host
  RSColonel_131st Original web site
  Tailslide, Dragonflyer, Weasel75, Glop Coding and help with CVS
  Ursus HiRes cockpits

Version 2.04 Acknowledgements:

Programming:

• Wolfram “Osram” Kuss (lead)
  Buddye “Buddye” Lavender
  Eric Preston
  Rivers, Mike

New Artwork/Content/Terrain Credits:

• Hurricane Hicken - HH
  Pete Vincent - PV
  Donn E Brooke – DB
  Heini von Seppel

ME Bf109 & ME Bf110 Flight Model and Slats FM improvements:

• Ken “Blue Six”

Cockpit Gauges:

• Stickman, Smokin256

Unused Texture File Analysis and Removal:

• Stickman

Version 2.04 Manual:

This manual is a compilation from numerous sources without which it
would have been impossible to put together. This included extensive
material from several previous game version manuals (BGD V.98, BDG
V.99, The Battle of Britain II Wings of Victory manuals); contributions
from the community from the many informative posts at the Shockwave
BoBII forums, contributions from BDG members and the Devs and a
small amount of new material from Borton and SeaVee.

Version 2.04 Manual Compilers + some additional new content:

• Richard “SeaVee” Hudson
  Bryon “Borton” Horton

General Editing and answering our endless questions (sometimes more
than once) especially mysterious BDG.TXT items:

• Scott, Buddye, Osram, Bader, Stickman, Smokin256, Pete “PV” Vincent

• Controller FAQ - Retro

• RAF Campaign Tactics and Walkthrough - Wildman

• Keycards - Stickman

• Cockpit Screenshots and Checklists – CPS Bomber

Version 2.04 Beta Testers (random order):

• Scott – Shockwave
  Osram
  Bader
  Buddye
  Stickman
  Smokin256
  borton
  Ross Moorhouse
  Lewis Bloomfield
  spitfireace
  Tako_Kichi
  von Messerschmitt
  -spudmudmarine
  HurricaneHicken
  PV
  the Dutchman
  602RAF Puff
  motoadve
  CPS Bomber
  Rends
  ICDP
  Chivas
  blackmme
  piper
  Huw “Greytop” Prosser
  Jordi
  musk
  Pickled
  Redband_151
  heinkill
  Vectracdx
  Morgul
  Fredrick
  Seafireliv
  StG2_Airway
  isathe
  SeaVee

** The next section is from the 2.06 manual **

Version 2.05 and 2.06 Acknowledgements:

Production

• Gentile, Scott

Lead Programming

• Kuss, Wolfram

Additional Programming

• Buddye “Buddye” Lavender
  Eric Preston
  Mike Rivers
  David Rollins
  Fredrick Vamstad

Artists/Terrain Modders

• Hurricane Hicken - HH
  Pete “PV” Vincent

Multiskin

• Paul “Bader” Rogers
  Chris “Redband151” Flanigan
  John “maususer” Maleski
  Killdevil
  Hawkman
  Stickman
  Darrin “Hammerd” Covington

Flight Model Improvements

• Ken “Blue Six”
  Buddye
  Snip – historical research, reference data mining

Cockpit Glass Enhancements

• Martin “ICDP” Catney
  Paul “Bader” Rogers

Cockpit Gauge texture improvements:

• Stickman, Smokin256

• Controller FAQ - Retro

• RAF Campaign Tactics and Walkthrough - Wildman

• Keycards – Stickman, Muzak

• Radio Commands – Larry “Tako Kichi” Green

• Cockpit Screenshots and Checklists – CPS Bomber

• Track IR BoB2 Tutorial (linked thread in manual) - Richard “SeaVee” Hudson

v 2.06 Manual compilation/editing:

• Richard “SeaVee” Hudson,
  Bryon “Borton” Horton,
  Pete “PV” Vincent,
  Ick53993 (editing and replacement of a lot of poor screenshots),

significant editing help from

• Larry “Tako Kichi” Green, and musk.
  Thanks to Larry for the Radio Commands and PDF Bookmarks.

Crest on Manual Front Cover courtesy of Yves Wouters

v 2.05/2.06 Beta Testers (random order):

• Ick53993 – deserves special recognition for superhuman testing efforts!
  Scott – Shockwave
  Osram
  Bader
  Buddye
  Stickman
  Smokin256
  borton
  Ross Moorhouse
  Lewis Bloomfield
  Spitfireace
  JamesB
  Morgul
  Tako_Kichi
  HurricaneHicken
  PV
  the Dutchman
  602RAF Puff
  CPS Bomber
  ICDP
  Alexcraig
  Chivas
  musk
  Redband_151
  heinkill
  Vectracdx
  Fredrick
  Snip
  Dennis “PappyCain” Scro
  ReFlex
  The Belgian
  Sopwith_kennel
  SeaVee

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Version 2.07 Acknowledgements:

There was no manual update for 2.07, but I found credits for this
patch in the release notes post buried here on the back pages of
the general forum. I think they are relatively accurate, though
their brevity makes me suspect we may have overlooked some
folks:

Updates to exe - Buddye
Single Pilot Campaign (Beta) - Borton, Tako_Kichi, & Heinkill for this excellent 28 page guide
Updated Flight Models - (FMs) Blue Six and flybywire
Updated Terrain - Testerchild, PV, HH,
Updated Terrain Textures & Placements - Rummy, Stickman, GlobalExplorer, Pat Pattle, Cellinsky, Bader
Updated Multiskin - Bader, Maususer and Redband

Version 2.08 Acknowledgements:

There was an update to the manual issued for 2.08, but it had
the credits copied from v2.06, so the ones from the 2.08 release
notes post here are somewhat more accurate, but are probably
still incomplete:

Coders- Buddye, Osram, Eric
Flight Model (FM)- Blue Six
Models: Creation, conversion- Ben, Geoff, Simon. Testing- Bader
Textures- Stickman, Redband, Bader
Landscape- Stiz, PV, Stickman, Bader
Manual Update: Full key command reference and Complex engine management mouse-to-keyboard conversion instructions (Appendix H) - CPS Bomber
Testing/General- Trumper, Borton, Tako_Kichi, chumleigh, Rummy, Heinkill, Hard_Sarge, Bader.. and, as ever, Scott, for allowing us to camp out here and general support.

...I knew there was something major missing. The guys who write the text are so
damn self-effacing, the main creator of the 2.08 manual left his own name out
of everything, so let me quote a post I found of Buddye's, where he properly
delivers credit for the 2.08 manual, which is where we finally produced a manual
that was everything you might want it to be:

"This BDG'er took control and stepped up to the base and hit a home run. He was able to complete the following:

1. Added the Single Player Campaign (Chaper 4 section C)
2. Added CP_BOMBER's Key Description Document (Appendix H)
3. Updated the BDG.txt (Appendix A)
4. Gave the Users Manual a fresh new look and cover (just wonderful)
5. Many other edits and updates

A big Texas Thanks to our leader on the 2.08 Users Manual (over 400 pages) and the best User's Manual in Flight Sim History, Richard "PineTree" Lloyd."

Also, for 2.08, we got an updated Blenheim, for which the following text applies:

Among the models Geoff provided, the vastly upgraded Blenheim
which appeared in 2.08, which was based on a model created by
members of the MS CFS community, he made this observation:

"If this gets used ultimately in a customer release, we need to add a
credit and a thank you to the following CFS folks:

Greg Law, Richard Mason, Nigel Dickinson."

They graciously provided a BoB era skin for the model, as well!

Version 2.09 Acknowledgements:

Again, no manual update, so these credits come from the
release notes post here on the forum:

Coders- Buddye, Osram
Flight Model (FM)- Blue Six
Models: Creation, conversion- Ben, Geoff, Simon, Condor (Greg)
Textures- Ben, Bader, Nigel Dickinson, John Whelan
Landscape- PV, Bader, Stickman
Guides/Illustrations- Stickman
Testing/General- Trumper, Borton, alexcraig, Hylander_1715, Prem Holdaway, chumleigh, Heinkill, Mraah
and, as ever, Scott, for allowing us to camp out here and general support.

Patch v2.09 came out in January 2009. Shortly before this, we started on
some major upgrades to the ground objects. Geoff ("GeoffW123"), who provided
much help with 3D models, devised fantastic tools to allow painless placement of
damageable 3D objects (unlike the "ghost" ObjectAdds ones) without the immense
hand-entry bookkeeping required by the Rowan process which had pretty much
precluded their use til then.

At the same time, "Scoobared", who needs mention here, expended heroic quantities
of effort planting ground objects across much of southern England, providing farms
and trees to enliven the landscape. These appeared I think first in 2.09,
and many more in 2.10 and 2.11.

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Version 2.10 Acknowledgements:

From the v2.10 manual:

Coders:

• Buddye, Osram, Eric

Flight Model (FM):

• Blue Six, Eric

Models: Creation, conversion-

• Ben, Geoff, Simon.

Textures:

• Ben, Bader, Stickman, Hylander_1715

Gauges:

• Eric, Blue Six, Stickman, Smokin256

Multiskin bombers:

• Aces

Landscape:

• PV, Bader, Scoobared

Guides/Illustrations-

• Stickman, AlexCraig

Testing/General-

• Trumper, Borton, Aces, Prem Holdaway, Chumleigh,
  Heinkill, JamesB, PV, Stickman, SeaVee

and, as ever, Scott from A2A, for allowing us
to camp out at the A2A Forum and for general support.

Well, as I recall, the 2.10 manual was also a major update, and
it seems the manual editors, being the humble sorts they were,
listed all the other folks and their activities, but failed to include
a credit for themselves. I know that first PineTree did an update
which was originally aiming for 2.09 but got delayed, then Fred
"Heinkill" Williams was much involved with tidying it up for 2.10,
and adding the multiplayer content, as was AlexCraig, but I don't
know for certain who else - Prem Holdaway, Tako Kichi perhaps.
I seem to recall doing some proofreading...

Version 2.11 Acknowledgements:

No manual update, so these are from the 2.11release notes posted
to this forum:

Coders- Buddye, Osram, Eric
Flight Model (FM)- blue six, Eric, chumleigh
Models: Creation, conversion- Ben, Geoff, Simon.
Textures- Ben, Bader, Aces, Stickman, Hylander_1715, Redband
Multiskin- Redband
Gauges- Eric, blue six, stickman, Smokin256
Landscape- PV, Bader, Scoobared
Guides/Illustrations- Stickman, AlexCraig
Testing/General- Trumper, Borton, Aces, Prem Holdaway, Heinkill, JamesB, PV, Stickman, SeaVee, Aces
and, as ever, Scott, for allowing us to camp out here and general support.

Version 2.12 Acknowledgements:

Lifted from the Release Notes post, with edits:

Yet another wonderful team effort across all times zones and nationalities. The passion and dedication of the team continues to be humbling. We don't do this for the pay, merely for the love of a shared passion.

There are dozens of people contributing to the various versions so far.
Please see past release notes for previous versions. Specifically on 2.12, thank you to:

3D Modelling and Textures: Ben.
Coding: Buddye, two27, and Osram.
BFIELDS Object placement: Ben, stickman.
Flight Model (FM): blue six
Campaign Help file updates: Two27, PV, Osram.
Historical Research: two27, Ben, PV, stickman
Landscape: Ben, PV, Stickman
Multi Player pioneering: alexcraig, chumleigh.
Terrain Editing: PV, Ben, Bader
Textures: Ben, Stickman, Hazzie, Bader

Testing: chumleigh, alexcraig, borton, creepycrawl, TigerMoth, Trumper, Heinkill, Cherkassov54, Webz1982, Prem, MadRobbie1, Stickman, two27, Bader, and Buddye.

General Support: Special thanks to Scott Gentile of A2A Simulations for hosting and supporting us.

Version 2.13 Acknowledgements:


Coding -- two27
Multiskin -- Cherkassov54
3D Modelling and Textures -- Vramesh
Terrain Mapping -- PV
Terrain Colors -- Boreas
BFIELDS object placement-- stickman
MAINWLD editor -- stickman
Spitfire Artificial Horizon gauge -- Prem Holdaway, HAZZIE, stickman
Texture Art -- Boreas, HAZZIE, scoobared, Arquillos, stickman, PV
Sounds -- Boreas, HAZZIE, Soupdragon
Help file -- PV, two27, Arquillos, Basilisco.
Manual editing -- Prem Holdaway, PV, two27, Arquillos.
Spanish language -- Arquillos, Basilisco
Other languages -- two27
Testing -- two27, PV, alexcraig, stickman, creepycrawl, Trumper, and Heinkill.
Historical Research -- two27, PV, stickman, Filton Boy.

Special thanks to Pat Speirs at Fine Art America for the use of his beautiful digital art for our title screen.
Pat Speirs - Battle of Britain gallery:
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/pat- ... yid=186846
Fine Art America homepage:
http://fineartamerica.com/
As always, we are most thankful to Scott and A2A Simulations for hosting and support.


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If you were in the trenches and have been overlooked here,
please speak up, as we won't know otherwise, and I'd
like to see everyone's work acknowledged!

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And finally, there is the missing entry for YOU; we welcome
the contribution we know you just haven't had time to
undertake yet, but it's never too late, we're in it for the
duration, and your help is always appreciated.

[Buddye]

Thanks PV, reading this brings back so many memories for me. One name I did not see was a Campaign coder Rowan's BOB, El Fanto.

It is hard to believe that I have worked as a BDG member on Rowan's BOB from 2003 to 2005 and BOBII from 2005 -2011 with memories of both task successes and failures. I have really enjoyed my BOB hobby and I happy to be a member of our ageing BDG.

I hope others can pitch in identifying names of contributors that were lost to the BDG's history.