Friday 2010-06-25 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[luthier]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

Yes,yes,yes,post the specs!

We can't right now. Some people will take this too far and start making upgrade decisions, and then we'll get blamed once the final specs are announced.

And fine, it's not exactly a low-end machine, it's a mid-range machine with an old video card.

I'm assuming you're all so eager to ask about my crappy machine because you're going to run BoB on an older weaker setup. To put things in perspective though, the original Il-2 when it was just released coudn't do 60 FPS at max settings even on the most bleeding-edge machine of the day. We are magicians here, but we do need proper equipment for our magic.

[Erkki]

Thanks Oleg, I see some fixes have been made. Do we get to order the train tickets soon?

[philip.ed]

So Luthier, are you suggesting that this may be the case also with SoW? I mean, obviously, no-one really expected it to run on the same systems Il-2 runs on excellent settings on. That's be silly

However, it depends how you rate the graphics. Will SoW on low/medium be equal to Il-2 on the highest settings

[jocko417]

Looks great guys, so nice to see the accuracy in the high polygon models, like how the gun ports of the Hurris are just above the chord line of the wing, not at dead center of the leading edge.

Dano is right, looks like the wire doesn't attach to the radio mast correctly yet.

As for the pilot's position in the cockpit, looks ok to me...



That FW-200 looks nice, with all the Hurri shots I'm thinking CAM ship campaign! After the sim is released would you guys be able to add the ability to have Hurris launched from ship catapults to protect merchant shipping? Would give us something else to do after the BoB besides cross-channel rhubarbs while waiting for the next theater in the SoW series.

[frsv0678]

Great update as always!
Nice pics and cool effect, the covering "tape" over the MG's.

It would have been cool playing SOW:BOB in 3D^^

[Richie]

They are fantastic but is the spinner on the Hurricane a little too blunt or rounded off at the tip?

[Richie]

Maybe not. There seems to be different ones but here's one that is very close. They range from very pointed to quite rounded.


http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/diaries/images/hurricane.jpg

[Romanator21]

The lighting engine is just superb!

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Richie

They are fantastic but is the spinner on the Hurricane a little too blunt or rounded off at the tip?

Some early ones were quite round. I have always liked the Airfix 1/24 scale Hurricane, it has this type of spinner.

[Friendly_flyer]

Originally Posted by Richie

They are fantastic but is the spinner on the Hurricane a little too blunt or rounded off at the tip?

There where two type of spinners on the early Hurricane. The original spinner was produced by de Haviland and quite small and pointy. This is the spinner you will see on the IL2 in-game Hurricane Mk.I. Due to shortage, Rotol propellers/spinners originally designed for Spitfires where also used. These where large and blunt and actually a bit to large for the engine housing. The result was oil splashing on the windscreen. An oil-catcher ring was installed on all Hurricanes to counter it.

With the introduction of the Mk.IIb models, a new spinners was made. This new spinner was longer than either the old de Haviland or Rotor, and was made to fit the Hurricane properly. The oil-catcher ring was retained though. If you look at the Hurricane Mk.IIb or c in-game, you will see this new longer spinner and the oil-catcher. We don't have a Rotol spinner Hurricane in L2.

Here's a picture of some Sea Hurricanes. The one closest to the camera has a Rotol spinner, the others have the older pointy de Havilands.