CoD vs some other sims that model Kent?

[W0ef]

[Buchon]

Originally Posted by W0ef

This is a great comparison between spring and summer (BoB time line), you can see how in IL2COD the grass is more yellowed by the hot of the summer, but some cultivated zone.

But WOP :



It is just wrong and not only for the repetition but for the environment that looks spring or autumn.

That is not summer !

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Buchon

It is just wrong and not only for the repetition but for the environment that looks spring or autumn.

That is not summer !

It also doesn't get anywhere close to looking like a sunny day, in fact I don't recall ever seeing a sunny day that didn't look overcast and grey (green?) in WoP but then it's been a while since I spent any time with it.

[sigur_ros]

Originally Posted by W0ef

Field boundaries poorly defined. Trees too sparse. Not enough trees. Trees not dark enough, highlights too bright. No hedgerows. Yellow fields too yellow. Green fields too lime color. Not enough haze. No distant color desaturation.

[Lololopoulos]

Originally Posted by sigur_ros

Field boundaries poorly defined. Trees too sparse. Not enough trees. Trees not dark enough, highlights too bright. No hedgerows. Yellow fields too yellow. Green fields too lime color. Not enough haze. No distant color desaturation.

very well put.
+1

[jibo]

haze is not mandatory, it depends of the weather/visibility
Trees have to be partially removed (because trees are real trees in cod)
regarding the brightness the team is aware of the problem
wop is ok if you like colorized movies

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

was talking to a commercial pilot yesterday who flys regularly over Kent,he said he normally only sees haze from the sky around this time of the year,he said he used to hate training pilots this time of the year foir this reasonotherwise he said he saw very little of it other times

[unreasonable]

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos

very well put.
+1

Agree, except for the haze part - as others have pointed out, this entirely depends on the weather in RL, and in COD should depend on the cloud setting in the mission builder. Additionally I would add too few golden-yellow wheat fields.

[RocketDog]

Originally Posted by sigur_ros

Field boundaries poorly defined. Trees too sparse. Not enough trees. Trees not dark enough, highlights too bright. No hedgerows. Yellow fields too yellow. Green fields too lime color. Not enough haze. No distant color desaturation.

Yep - that's about it. I'll post up some more photos taken while flying over Wiltshire in August, but they will only just reinforce this point.

I should also add that CloD's problems are worse with lighting around noon and less noticeable around dawn/dusk.

The screenshots I see confirm that CoD does an amazing job of replicating British farmland. It's far better than any WW2 air sim I have ever seen. I could probably convince someone that the CoD screenshot is a photo. I have no idea what you are looking at.

Well all these other guys who live in England seem to know what I'm on about David.
I'll say it again incase you missed it ~ The photos above show what CoD needs, closer tree spacing for sure and small low bushes round the field boundaries, amongst other small things that add to the greater picture.
Like the fields are very scattered, British farm land fields are usually in groups, several of wheat, then several grazing land in a group for example, if you look at the screenshot above it looks too patchwork like, and compare it too the real photo you can see exactly what I mean.
I can also add that there is no darkening in colour over distance, being a trained observer I know that is one of the first things you learn that over distance colours are darker.
I think the only reason your WoP screen dont look like summer is because of the filter you dont like.
I dont think you could convince anyone that that is a real photo both WoP and CoD are a long way off real life but i think WoP is closer to simulating the realistic horticultural model of English countryside.
The closest i have seen to real life in a screen shot was a RoF screen.