August 6 2011 Development Update

[furbs]

Looking again at the screenshots...

The cockpit shots, i cant see where they are better, in fact they look worse to me, check the roundels on the hurri, can anyone tell me what im missing?

The landscape shot looks much better.

very much looking forward to the new sounds.

though still no word on some pressing issues.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by furbs

Looking again at the screenshots...

The cockpit shots, i cant see where they are better, in fact they look worse to me, check the roundels on the hurri, can anyone tell me what im missing?

The landscape shot looks much better.

very much looking forward to the new sounds.

though still no word on some pressing issues.

I imagine the pressing issues are a bit subjective, if they are doing a major overhaul as explained those things will be on the back burner, they really don't need to explain it, at least we got a 'word'......

[furbs]

Agreed bongo, but why say they look better? can you see where?

Like i say, the landscape shot i can see the improvements.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by furbs

Agreed bongo, but why say they look better? can you see where?

Like i say, the landscape shot i can see the improvements.

I'm assuming it is because there is a propper haze effect, yes the new roundel is awfull and the less contrasted shadows are awfull too, but the update mentioned it is 'not tuned'

I can say the new look of the enviroment is 'spot on', the haze and landscape colours and the light reflected off the river are the main improvements I see.

[Sternjaeger II]

FINALLY!!

Thanks for the update Luthier, it looks like a lot of work you guys been putting into it! I would say to wait and try the patch before panicking on the colours guys.

Keep up the good work and feel free to update us more often

[slm]

Good to hear some news, will be interesting to see how much the new gfx engine will change things.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Thanks for the update luth.. Cant tell you how happy I am to hear work has not stopped on this sim.. It has so much potential!

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by furbs

Looking again at the screenshots...

The cockpit shots, i cant see where they are better, in fact they look worse to me, check the roundels on the hurri, can anyone tell me what im missing?

The landscape shot looks much better.

very much looking forward to the new sounds.

though still no word on some pressing issues.

You clearly did not read his post did you now furbs.. there still tweaking it. Clearly the shots were to show off the new landscape colors!!!

[furbs]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

You clearly did not read his post did you now furbs.. there still tweaking it. Clearly the shots were to show off the new landscape colors!!!

if showing the landscape improvements why cram the shot with a cockpit that looks worse? anyway just sayin.

[CharveL]

New terrain looks a lot better, not so bright and cartoony.

I suspect the framerates will improve with optimization but it could just be that there weren't that many rendered by the time the screenshots were taken since they're averaged out over the number of frames. Initial rendering always drops the framerate when first entering the world until the memory caches are filled up.

Hopefully the new engine's shadow rendering doesn't cause tree flicker this time around.

I'd love to hear the new sound engine in action too as the old one really didn't capture 3D positioning and occlusion that well imho, beyond the obvious problems of dropouts in MP.