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

[major_setback]

Oleg - will there be train tunnels?

[major_setback]

I was about to post a picture of WoP showing how nice it is without repeating tiles.
But then I noticed that they do repeat:

Repeating tiles (can you see it?):



But the screenshot maybe does show trees with trunks hidden by leaves, as described by philip.ed above (this is not a criticism, just an observation).

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by major_setback

I was about to post a picture of WoP showing how nice it is without repeating tiles.
But then I noticed that they do repeat:

Repeating tiles (can you see it?):



But the screenshot maybe does show trees with trunks hidden by leaves, as described by philip.ed above (this is not a criticism, just an observation).

Probably we should make later the same screenshot for the comparison in every detail.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Probably we should make later the same screenshot for the comparison in every detail.

Yes please

[philip.ed]

'scus triple post, but Oleg, here are some useful aerial shots of England. They are modern, but IMO give a good demonstration:

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/Portfolio.htm

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Probably we should make later the same screenshot for the comparison in every detail.

I am very impressed by the WoP scenery (and by the SoW WiPs too, of course).
I think you mean that you will do even better scenery than WoP. If so then I will be very happy with that!!! ..it is something I have been waiting a long time for.
...But I can imagine that the more complex game engine of SoW requires a lot more computing power than WoP, and that I would need a bigger computer to get similar results from SoW, especially if I wanted to feel air turbulence etc. at the same time.


I think I know the answer to the most asked question on this forum: 'what computer will I need for SoW'. The simple answer is: the biggest and best one you can possibly get!

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by major_setback

Oleg - will there be train tunnels?

We planned it, but skipped (even the work was done and there was superb ideas how to do it). No time to make it excellent. To make it bad - better nothing than bad - my very old principle.

However: Maybe later after release or maybe even in release. At first we should finish all more important things on the map. But if it will be done in release - anyway you will like it.

[philip.ed]

Sounds great Oleg. As I said above, SoW is just the base of a future of excellent sims. Knowing that it will be openly moddable to an extent, I can't wait to see what can be done with it!

So Oleg, will the map be open to re-texturing? And will the colours be seasonal? So will they change in a dynamic campaign?

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by major_setback

Oleg - will there be train tunnels?

Oh dear.

People having competitions flying bombers inverted under bridges in IL2 was bad enough.

Flying upside down through railway tunnels is going to get silly