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http://files.games.1c.ru/il2pict/grab0147.jpg

This screenshot of the smoke is most impressive. It seems we will have large areas of smoke instead of a few small columns.

Thanks for all the answers Ilya. It's really heart-warming to see the project still going ahead full steam :) Do you guys happen to have any estimates for a release date, BTW, or is it still too early for that?

Curious if the new engine will use Direct X now that DX11 is available. I know Oleg is partial to OpenGL.

See Luthiers post above... SOW will not be using OpenGL

http://files.games.1c.ru/il2pict/grab0100.jpg

With that screenshot, I can image a shadow of a 190 in the middle of that sunny area across my cockpit dashboard - then everything goes black.

Kudos to the first person to do a SOW movie with that sequence of events.

Oleg already said colors are not final but I will say....the grass is too green, give me more grass....hehe....thanks for the update...see you in in the sky in march 2010 Oleg......

I am so glad for this information., I have a Quad 9400 and i was thinking all the time on a change for a Quad more powerful and do a crossfire whit 4890.

I thing that in not bad the three design, buth in the screenshots don't have shade... i thing. And Will be fine that Oleg upload sreenchots of England, Whit Farms,little towns, towns, and demarques terrains and aisled little forest like is really Europe, not pics of "jurassic park" that something said. buth All of All is very nice, buth we want see Europe, scenario like Birds of Prey buth whit the machine of Storm Of War. I hope Oleg do a second upload one of this days whit England.
And more pics of aircraft and cockpits on game:rolleyes:
again, very nice work kameraden oleg:cool:
(sorry my english)

Sweet. Better than Viagra.

Hello Oleg

Glad to hear you and your son are feeling better, flu is such a time waster for those who are working hard. And we all know how hard you work! :)

Wonderful shots of the sim, it really gives you a sense of how detailed it will be.

Especially in the overhead shots looking down, you really get a sense of what is below you, no more squinting and going to max zoom to spot things. The difference between this Sim and IL-2 is that you are really going to feel like you are flying about a real ground, with real vehicles and terrain below.

The whole sim is going to be so much more immersive for that reason. It will be approach photo-realism in that sense.

As far as complaints about the cleaness of the planes, I think if you compare the 110 and the Spitfire in the overhead shots, you can tell one has the weathering in place, the other is obviously the clean 'new' model.

I would agree with the comments from some that the terrain colours are almost too bright, but I am sure you will be adjusting those values.

Thanks for these pictures, we are eagarly waiting for the next update.