Friday 2010-10-29 Dev. update and Discussion

[Solnyshko]

Quoting Luthier from the Sukhoi forum

Должен всех предупредить. Компы нам подсунули слегка не те, которые мы ожидали. Узнали мы, естественно, вчера. Компы новейшие, core i7, Nvidia 460, но... Всего 2 гига памяти. Какой-то нонсенс, а не компы. А с двумя гигами, на основной гигантской карте на максимальных установках в 1920х1080 оно быстро летает только над водой.

Так что у нас была дилема. Или урезать установки и разрешение, и порхать, или показывать максимальное графическое декаденство, но тормозить. Выбрали мы второе.


Must notify all. Comp us slipped slightly off, which we expected. We learned, of course, yesterday. Comp newest, core i7, Nvidia 460, but ... Only 2 gig of memory. Some nonsense, and not component. A two-gigami, the main giant map on maximum settings at 1920x1080, it quickly flies just above the water.

So we had a dilemma. Or curtail the installation and resolution, and flit, or show the maximum graphic decadent, but slow. We chose the latter.

[ElAurens]

More decadent graphics!!!

A cause I can believe in.

Be sure!!!!

Originally Posted by Solnyshko

Comp newest, core i7, Nvidia 460, but ... Only 2 gig of memory.

i7 Processor . . . BF-109K Engine
Nvidia 460 . . . P-51D Fuselage
2GB RAM . . . Cessna 172 Wings

What were those guys thinking? It's a wonder Oleg didn't send someone to the shop to grab them some more RAM.

[Splitter]

Well, between this and X-Plane 10 which I will also buy, I figured it was time to plop down some cash for the CH throttle quadrant. Gotta be able quickly change the throttle and prop pitch!

SoW better be good .

Splitter

[Skoshi Tiger]

I'm actually surprised it's running as good as it is.

Compare the detail in the maps to what we've got in IL2. What we've seen just blows IL2 away.

There's a benchmarking tread http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=17195 looking at a track called "FinalDaysBenchmark". Although generally playable, at the start when it's over a populated section of the map it brings most modern pc's to their knees! Compared to what was in those SOW video's IL2 is a barren wasteland!


Well done Oleg and Good Luck with the remainer of the expo!

[IceFire]

Well looks like I'll be buying a second set of RAM whenever this comes out and take this thing up to 8GB

It does look incredible although I suppose that those levels of detail will be somewhat unattainable for a while. I imagine it will still look pretty freaking amazing even with some lower details. And keeping in mind that they probably still have quit a bit of gunk in the works and that it will only get better from here.