Friday 2010-11-12 Dev. update and Discussion

[Freycinet]

Originally Posted by tvrdi

oleg, stunnnig. Great job!
But....
Sounds of the engines are like in il2....tbh....also it seams that you used engine sound of bf109 in spitfire (i guess that is because its still beta, and that you dont have sound of merlin engine ready yet).

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[Freycinet]

Still can't get over how the light reflects off the Stuka skin. You can actually see the metal skin bend slightly outwards between the rivet lines, and the light falling off the resulting small bulges...

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

Oleg, stunnnig. Great job!
But....
sounds of the engines are like in IL2....tbh....also it seams that you used engine sound of Bf109 in spitfire (I guess that is because its still beta, and that you dont have sound of Merlin engine ready yet).

It was already said that it's not finished.

[klem]

Hi Oleg,

thanks for the latest update.

Can I throw a couple of questions at you (they missed out on the last Friday update)?

Will SoW use Tesselation?

Will there be adjustable turbulence at various altitudes? What we get in IL-2 seems to be quite coarse/rough. I'd like to see more use of turbulence but I think the mission builders leave it out because it is too coarse/crude especially for upper layers.

On the Tracer question, there were 'flame' type tracers which IceFire showed so well in his post last Friday. There were also the spiral (vortex?) smoke types but the third type the RAF used did not 'trace' the trajectory but gave a visible 'splash' on impact to confirm correct aim. It was called "DeWilde" ammunition and was very popular with the pilots. Will we have that?

Will the undercarriage modelling be better in SoW? Even when I pull of a 'greaser' in an IL-2 Spitfire there is a good chance it will still bounce around like a drunken turkey. The Oleo compression doesn't seem to be modelled too well (sorry). I asked a friend about this who travelled a lot in a 2 seat Spitfire (and flew it en-route) and he said that it might bounce in the direction of flight on landing but it wouldn't usually 'wobble' very badly laterally. It isn't only the Spit though.

Hope you can help

Oh btw, no, there aren't trees on the Dover Cliffs beaches and the cliffs have a more serrated vertical look to them than the soft undulating surface you show - but I really don't care as long as it gets released soon

[tityus]

Oleg wrote:

(...) However we now have a new method of converting video directly from an in-game track, so this problem is also solved and we can use maxed out settings for recording smooth high-definition video.

Will this feature be available in user versions, so BoB filmmakers have more resources at their disposal?

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[JAMF]

Wonderful clips. I really like what was shown. The Tiger Moth in the early morning haze was really showing off the lighting well. The wing outside the Spit's cockpit looked beautifully textured and detailed.

Observations:
1:10/1:11 - Splash in the sea. One would have expected an expanding ring (texture) that would have disolved in 3-4 seconds.
2:43/2:44 - A halo around the aircraft, when smoke envelopes the plane
3:17 - Cockpit in the mirror has some flashing happening. Shadow or canopy.

If that's all I can "complain" about, it's great and beautiful. Ready for 'Gold', as it would not stop anyone buying it.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by JAMF

Wonderful clips. I really like what was shown. The Tiger Moth in the early morning haze was really showing off the lighting well. The wing outside the Spit's cockpit looked beautifully textured and detailed.

Observations:
1:10/1:11 - Splash in the sea. One would have expected an expanding ring (texture) that would have disolved in 3-4 seconds.
2:43/2:44 - A halo around the aircraft, when smoke envelopes the plane
3:17 - Cockpit in the mirror has some flashing happening. Shadow or canopy.

If that's all I can "complain" about, it's great and beautiful. Ready for 'Gold', as it would not stop anyone buying it.

I agree about the splash; it looked fake. But I'd imagine this is very WIP. It'd make sense, as most of the effects still look as though they are being heavily finetuned. I'd imagine this will be an ongoing process right until, and after, release.

[JG52Uther]

I imagine what we are seeing here is already out of date!

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I agree about the splash; it looked fake.

Can we expect sth more from from it than circular textured waves?
I'm wondering if it's possible to get shaped waves instead.

[JAMF]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I agree about the splash; it looked fake. But I'd imagine this is very WIP. It'd make sense, as most of the effects still look as though they are being heavily finetuned. I'd imagine this will be an ongoing process right until, and after, release.

Yeah.

Rewatching the clip, I also noticed at 2:35 that the impacts are behind the Blen. Or is something else going on? Hmmm...