Friday update and discussions 2011-03-18

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Old_Canuck

Must confess I found it emotionally moving both visually and aurally.

So much so, that it seems a little pointless flying any other sim until this comes out.

The vids also show that most of the updates to date have been teasers, showing shots of more 'older work in progress' than 'current work in progress' in my humble opinion.

Not that I mind in the slightest. Absolutely wonderful update.

Not long until 'chocks away'!

[Stiboo]

Very nice videos..

BIG thankyou to Oleg, ilya and all

Good things I noticed-

• RAF pilot heads now tilted forward, much better.
  
• Damage to the Do17 with crew k.i.a very good
  
• Silly little things like the fantastic detail on tail wheel struts and tyres.
  
• The internal detail through the windows of the Sunderland at the very start.
  
• Love the tracers, fire and smoke.

Not so good -

• Colour of squadron codes on Beaufighter and Gladiator too bright ?
  
• Looks like flying over London not good for FPS!
  
• Italian pilot helmets?
  
• No video of tank Vs tank battle yet, or any land combat.

and....Still waiting for release date info and STEAM pre-order...


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[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by Stiboo

Very nice videos..

BIG thankyou to Oleg, ilya and all

Good things I noticed-

• RAF pilot heads now tilted forward, much better.
  
• Damage to the Do17 with crew k.i.a very good
  
• Silly little things like the fantastic detail on tail wheel struts and tyres.
  
• The internal detail through the windows of the Sunderland at the very start.
  
• Love the tracers, fire and smoke.

Not so good -

• Colour of squadron codes on Beaufighter and Gladiator too bright ?
  
• Looks like flying over London not good for FPS!
  
• Italian pilot helmets?
  
• No video of tank Vs tank battle yet, or any land combat.

and....Still waiting for release date info and STEAM pre-order...


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It was good to see, still would like to see some actual gameplay footage (as in unedited, ingame sound / combat), only other thing is the yellow colored windows made me lol - could do with some lighting changes because a yellow texture on a window doesnt count as (house with lights on inside) anymore. So hope this scales up, or they work out a way to have some more broad based lighting and change the window properties.

Originally Posted by Heliocon

It was good to see, still would like to see some actual gameplay footage (as in unedited, ingame sound / combat), only other thing is the yellow colored windows made me lol - could do with some lighting changes because a yellow texture on a window doesnt count as (house with lights on inside) anymore. So hope this scales up, or they work out a way to have some more broad based lighting and change the window properties.

Could that be early morning sun's reflexion on the windows and not inside lighting ?
Just wondering...

Salute !

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by kalimba

Could that be early morning sun's reflexion on the windows and not inside lighting ?
Just wondering...

Salute !

Lol well I dont know if you meant to, but you kind of hit what I was thinking about. Cannot remember specific names, but they should/could change the properties to make them very reflective, and give them much less of a yellow tint. If they did this, atleast during the day you could have light being reflected off the windows to make them look realistic (more so than that yellow). Although night is the problem I guess, anyone know if they will have streetlamps btw? (actually guess not, since they had a blackout to disoreint enemy planes, but I wonder what type of city lighting will be in).

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Stiboo

Very nice videos..

BIG thankyou to Oleg, ilya and all

Good things I noticed-

• RAF pilot heads now tilted forward, much better.
  
• Damage to the Do17 with crew k.i.a very good
  
• Silly little things like the fantastic detail on tail wheel struts and tyres.
  
• The internal detail through the windows of the Sunderland at the very start.
  
• Love the tracers, fire and smoke.

Not so good -

• Colour of squadron codes on Beaufighter and Gladiator too bright ?
  
• Looks like flying over London not good for FPS!
  
• Italian pilot helmets?
  
• No video of tank Vs tank battle yet, or any land combat.

and....Still waiting for release date info and STEAM pre-order...


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There won't be any land battles in the Battle of Britain but that won't stop us from making missions with land battles, because the tools are there. I doubt very much that the developer would have time to make these battles, even though some of their modellers had the time to build the necessary vehicles for later addons.

[Stiboo]

Yes this point needs to be confirmed below..

Originally Posted by Chivas

There won't be any land battles in the Battle of Britain but that won't stop us from making missions with land battles, because the tools are there. I doubt very much that the developer would have time to make these battles, even though some of their modellers had the time to build the necessary vehicles for later addons.

Can anyone remember the facts on ground units? can tanks/apc's fire?

They must have a damage model for air attack, i'm sure we had video long time ago of tank turret moving etc..?

and on that point..AAA fire from ships..?

Anyway...time to watch the video one more time before bed.....my wife doesn't understand..... !!!!


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[Redwan]

It's strange that so close to the release date nobody has ever heard a sound from BoB.

I would be also happy to se a little bit of the french landscapes.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Redwan

It's strange that so close to the release date nobody has ever heard a sound from BoB.

I would be also happy to se a little bit of the french landscapes.

Very strange.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Chivas

There won't be any land battles in the Battle of Britain but that won't stop us from making missions with land battles, because the tools are there. I doubt very much that the developer would have time to make these battles, even though some of their modellers had the time to build the necessary vehicles for later addons.

As I recall

The British did make bombing runs on German positions and bases during the BOB.

We have a few bomber aircraft for doing those stunts, along with blowing up some other stuff as well.