Friday 2010-06-17 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[I/ZG52_Gaga]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

It is plane that won the BoB....
So before you shot down Hurry, this plane may shot down couple of bombers
Depending of pilot of course

Er ... no disrespect but one thing i have to remind to all is that .. the Head of the luftwaffe was on regular heroin dosage ....

Incredible shots!!

Can i have my game now please uncle Oleg?

[Daniël]

I've got just one thing to say and that is WOW

[KaHzModAn]

Originally Posted by Daniël

I've got just one thing to say and that is WOW

you meant "SOW" right ?

Great shots Oleg ! I wasn't worried about the look of the ground... and I was right ! just awesome !

with textures under it, water will look great too...

you've made my day !

[philip.ed]

Oleg, great shots; love the water and the hurricane!

Regarding the landscape, the way to make it look realistic is to have actual hedges on either side of the roads (except maybe in the cities) to give a realistic view of the landscape. There appear to be some hedges, but every flight-sim on the market makes the mistake of only using tress to simulate the environment. Whilst this looks good, it lacks the realism.

Look at any photograph from the 1940 period of an aircraft in the air, and you will see that the fields look at though they have 3-d borders

Keep up the good work!

EDIT-and by the way, there were no rape-fields in 1940 (unless an innocent women walked onto a farm) so I don't think there should be any yellow fields.
Are these field textures showing the quality they will be in the final release?

[Meusli]

Bravo Sir, Bravo. The cities and landscape are excellent can't wait to see with trees in the city.

[96th_Nightshifter]

Very impressive Oleg, The water actually looks................wet lol

Cheers for the updates.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Oleg, great shots; love the water and the hurricane!

Regarding the landscape, the way to make it look realistic is to have actual hedges on either side of the roads (except maybe in the cities) to give a realistic view of the landscape. There appear to be some hedges, but every flight-sim on the market makes the mistake of only using tress to simulate the environment. Whilst this looks good, it lacks the realism.

Look at any photograph from the 1940 period of an aircraft in the air, and you will see that the fields look at though they have 3-d borders

Keep up the good work!

EDIT-and by the way, there were no rape-fields in 1940 (unless an innocent women walked onto a farm) so I don't think there should be any yellow fields.
Are these field textures showing the quality they will be in the final release?

In terms of the yellow fields, I think that could be ripe wheat/barley/oats?

I also see some hedges but not enough of them...could be a performance thing I guess.

[Chopa]

"there were no rape-fields in 1940 (unless an innocent women walked onto a farm) so I don't think there should be any yellow fields."

Hmmm, oil-seed rape wasn't introduced into Britain until after 1940? You learn something new every day!

Mustard............ or Buttercups....

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

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EDIT-and by the way, there were no rape-fields in 1940 (unless an innocent women walked onto a farm) so I don't think there should be any yellow fields.
Are these field textures showing the quality they will be in the final release?

Re Yellow fields - I think there may have been mustard fields. I'm unsure exactly how they looked though.
We had fields where I lived as a child that were yellow, and we called the crop they grew mustard.

Edit: Mustard looks the same are rape seed, if you look on Wikipedia for 'mustard plant'.

[Flyby]

I can't believe I'm on the second page of today's update! So much for frivolity.
Oleg, things seem to be coming along nicely. I am happy to see that there are options regarding weather condition in the FMB. Thanks to you and the team for the effort in trying to post regular update screen shots. It's a great boost to look forward to and see these regular updates. It also makes the waiting just a bit more tolerable (and keeps your Sow_BoB junkies off methadone!)
Flyby out