Friday 2010-06-17 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[KaHzModAn]

Originally Posted by Daniël

I've got just one thing to say and that is WOW

you meant "SOW" right ?

Great shots Oleg ! I wasn't worried about the look of the ground... and I was right ! just awesome !

with textures under it, water will look great too...

you've made my day !

[philip.ed]

Oleg, great shots; love the water and the hurricane!

Regarding the landscape, the way to make it look realistic is to have actual hedges on either side of the roads (except maybe in the cities) to give a realistic view of the landscape. There appear to be some hedges, but every flight-sim on the market makes the mistake of only using tress to simulate the environment. Whilst this looks good, it lacks the realism.

Look at any photograph from the 1940 period of an aircraft in the air, and you will see that the fields look at though they have 3-d borders

Keep up the good work!

EDIT-and by the way, there were no rape-fields in 1940 (unless an innocent women walked onto a farm) so I don't think there should be any yellow fields.
Are these field textures showing the quality they will be in the final release?

[Meusli]

Bravo Sir, Bravo. The cities and landscape are excellent can't wait to see with trees in the city.

[fireflyerz]

LOl .ed , I bet ya av bin pushing the refresh button all day.

[Dano]

Looking great, slightly concerned at the lack of any elevation in any ground shots though.

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Oh my God Oleg , that looks amazing !! I think all game developers would benefit of being good photographers in the same time

And yes, me too I would gladly pay 150€ for collector's edition - with a good manual and maybe reproduction of historical flight map inside ( BoBII did something like that)

Question:

I absolutely loved when you introduced morning fog in IL2 -- that was amazing back in the time. With morning fog hanging in river valleys and such. Lovely !
Will you do that in BoB SoW ? (guess you will hehe) -- and do you have screenshot ?

Thanks a lot and keep it up !!

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by KOM.Nausicaa

Question:

I absolutely loved when you introduced morning fog in IL2 -- that was amazing back in the time. With morning fog hanging in river valleys and such. Lovely !
Will you do that in BoB SoW ? (guess you will hehe) -- and do you have screenshot ?

Thanks a lot and keep it up !!

Yes, it is. Too early to show

[erco]

Beautiful shots! I can't wait for the day when you put it all together and say HERE IT IS!

Thanks for the updates! I can't think of another game developer who interacts with their prospective audience/customers in such a intimate fashion. I wonder if you know just how much we appreciate that? It's something special to watch you guys create.

All of these Friday updates leave me eager to see (AFTER game is done! a "Making of SOW" documentary. How you are building such an incredible world is fascinating to me.

And for the 'Special Edition', price should be no more than $100!

[Mango]

Originally Posted by KOM.Nausicaa

I absolutely loved when you introduced morning fog in IL2 -- that was amazing back in the time. With morning fog hanging in river valleys and such. Lovely !
Will you do that in BoB SoW ? (guess you will hehe) -- and do you have screenshot ?

Agreed, that morning mist was the most immersive experience I've ever had in a virtual world! There is nothing like weather phenomena to really make you feel like you're there. (remember Morrowind?)

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Dano

Looking great, slightly concerned at the lack of any elevation in any ground shots though.

There are elevations... and they are seen on the shots, however shown places where they are too small. Look on the shot with the Hurry over water.

PS. For elevations we use satellite data .