Friday update and duscussions 2011-02-18

[Sturm_Williger]

Nice Rodolphe - that railroad track colour change really looks good !

[NSU]

Originally Posted by Sturm_Williger

Nice Rodolphe - that railroad track colour change really looks good !

you see better the different to the road

[kestrel79]

Wow are those screens taken in sim? Very detailed nice! They look like photographs.

[Biggs]

...Pegi 16 my arse!

this doesnt seem like it will be in game... I think they are talking about some calender with pin-up girls and renders of the planes in CoD.

I dont think this content will be found "in game"

[The Kraken]

This pics are great, but not from the in-game renderer, although they do obviously use the in-game models. I'm still hoping for some more complex lighting in the final game, as was shown in some previous shots (my very own pet peeve ). Makes a huge difference to the appearance and the result could be pretty close to what these screens show.

Oh and thanks to NSU for posting them!

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by Rodolphe

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Changing the CoD dark blue stream colour to a greenish shade could be an "easy" solution to that issue.




And adding a rusty hue to the railway tracks.









She won't bore you with those details ! ; ))



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Also rail lines are highly reflective especially in moonlight, but i suspect that's too much to ask for








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[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Also rail lines are highly reflective especially in moonlight, but i suspect that's too much to ask for








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Nice pic, surprised you could see it with your head in the clouds

Maybe in il2 version 3 in 2021 we might see that (now look whose head are in the clouds )

[Strike]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Also it's the angular distance that the tracer in travels in relation to the observer in that shutter period that determines the apparent length of the tracer.

If you think of the observer at one vertex (A) of a triangle, the position of the tracer when the shutter opens at B and the the position of the tracer when the shutter closes C, then the apparent length is determined by the angle BAC.

yeah you're absolutely right! I was going to add that but decided to keep it simple. If being shot at by a tailgunner when coming from a six o clock position you would have a harder time seeing tracers infront of you, then looking out to either side as they pass by. Our eye's "shutter speed" is an EXCELLENT and afaik first feature in computer simulations ever!

Also like you say.. Firing from a messerschmitts cowling guns should really limit the tracers to looking like small dots, while wing cannons initially look very long, they look more like dots once they reach convergence distance!

Can't wait to see more! Tracers should look more dim in daylight and "stringlike". And more fat and blinding in night conditions.. Based on my own experience! Thanks for commenting on my first post which such positive feedback! I hope i brought some concerns to ease

Cheers!