Friday 2010-08-06 Dev. update and Discussions

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by jameson

Too many trees in second shot! Either side of the roads = an avenue and this is ok, but when such built up areas were being built any tree would have flattened and new trees added later. Trees are regulated in the UK regarding distances to houses and the amount of light they prevent entering the dwelling.
Landscape still doesn't look quite right to me, not green enough, lol! Fields look a bit small and repetitive, perhaps for different locations the size could be varied? How are we going to land in those! In the countryside they would have been bigger, but probably tend be smaller between or near towns.
The planes look great and I can't wait to be flying them. All the best!

those regulations are in force now. i doubt they weer in 1940.

also you're thinking of industrialised farming field sizes.

[Abbeville-Boy]

there will always be some who complain no matter what, nature of people. i like the pic's they look great and thanks

Originally Posted by luthier

Hello everyone,

Some fresh shots for this week. so the skies are briefly peaceful yet again.

[bf-110]

Oh,the Blenheim cockpit,you beauty!!

[PilotError]

Very nice update.

I think the terrain is looking great.
Is it perfect ? No. But with the power of current computers there is bound to be limits.
Perhaps in 10 years time when we have 512 core cpu's, multi terrabytes of ram, etc then we can have "perfect" terrain, clouds and trees. But it looks good enough to me at the moment.

I would love to see a movie of the crew animations though.
This sounds like it will be a real jaw dropper.

Thanks for the update, and keep up the good work.

[334th_Gazoo]

Originally Posted by luthier

Hello everyone,

Some fresh shots for this week. Keeping it very brief because I had very little time to work on these. Just like last week, we're not showing any WIP effects, so the skies are briefly peaceful yet again.

The Cockpit detail is amazing !!

Thank you 1C
I'm going to be able to fly the best Game on the Planet.

[IceFire]

That first picture with the Spitfire as seen from the cockpit of the Heinkel looks just like a couple of scenes from The Battle of Britain. Such an incredible shot (and a great movie - everyone here should watch it!).

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by IceFire

That first picture with the Spitfire as seen from the cockpit of the Heinkel looks just like a couple of scenes from The Battle of Britain. Such an incredible shot (and a great movie - everyone here should watch it!).

The coolest part - We are going to be reliving the battle of britain very soon, and we will be right in the thick of it.

The SOW will be beyond our expectations.

Also, did you notice the pictures are 1920 x 1080 resolution w/no distortion or stretch

[AdMan]

the houses still look like lego land

[PhilHL]

Originally Posted by AdMan

the houses still look like lego land

I have the same impression ... honestly I am always like this..."wow this looks great..the moving shadows in the pit...the detail." and just a second later "uhhh those ugly looking puffy clouds again, and the like plastic looking planes"

Its like when you love a girls nice tits, awesome butt, sexy body overall and nice and sweet character but you can't stop looking at her horse nose!!!



Some times I think I am not going to look at those pics in the future again. I want to wait just for the final result.

But honestly stock SoW? Mods make it final perfekt. I can't image how great it will be with the new options SoW will offer. Thank you very much Oleg Maddox and team! You made me buy IL-2 four times and I guess I will spend at least the same money for SoW. You just deserve it!

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by AdMan

the houses still look like lego land

The FPS hit from high quality houses in large numbers may be too much for most people. The cost of a the system may be out of reach of most users.

I certainly wouldn't be disappointed with this quality of renderings, because most of the time you are not at those low altitudes. The Battle of Britain was an air war, and the initial engagements were at pretty high altitudes.

One thing I like. It appears that the SOW will have largely populated cities, busy docks and such pre-configured in the application. This will save a great deal of work, not having to place the objects through the FMB.

I know I could enjoy what I see right now very much. I can wait for the addons that follow, which can include further graphic improvements. The open architecture of the SOW should allow for some real nice 3rd party addons, including maps.

I didn't mention it before, but the 1920 x 1080 is a standard resolution for HDTV, just for some readers who don't know it. We will be able to hook up to out big screen tvs with SOW and have a full screen blast. This is good, hopefully Oleg has planned for even more improved video screen resolutions that will be released over time.