Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[kristorf]

Very nice, good to see the Italian contribution not forgotten

Thank you

[Cobra8472]

Hi Oleg

Thanks for the great dev update;

I was wondering if you could shed some light on my question:

In previous dev updates, the aircraft in Storm of War had an most excellent lighting shader applied to them, which basically simulated the increased amount of light bounced off the surface of the aircraft at high angles.

This created kind of an "outline" effect of the aircraft (I.e. the edges of the aircrafts sillhouette was lighter), and was literally perfect in simulating this real-world complex lighting.

I'm wondering why you guys removed it? Was it due to performance constraints or is it simply undergoing tweaking and disabled in the current build?

Here's an old dev screenie which shows it off (lower wing specifically):
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...9&d=1273240832

Cheers!

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Cobra8472

Hi Oleg

Thanks for the great dev update;

I was wondering if you could shed some light on my question:

In previous dev updates, the aircraft in Storm of War had an most excellent lighting shader applied to them, which basically simulated the increased amount of light bounced off the surface of the aircraft at high angles.

This created kind of an "outline" effect of the aircraft (I.e. the edges of the aircrafts sillhouette was lighter), and was literally perfect in simulating this real-world complex lighting.

I'm wondering why you guys removed it? Was it due to performance constraints or is it simply undergoing tweaking and disabled in the current build?

Here's an old dev screenie which shows it off (lower wing specifically):
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...9&d=1273240832

Cheers!

We didn't remove it. Simply tuned more precise angles when such thing happens. And now we have not parasitic effect on the internal surfaces, like flaps, etc, that are very good visible on the shot by your link.

[EV401_Wolf]

.... Only screens ?
In Scrren can't see any dateails !!!
No fly model...

The screen is easy to make... and only see good look, nothing more...

+Feb 2011

[=Kike=]

Thx for update,
Only one question....I think that its not important the maximum hard that we need to play SoW with all effects.
More interesting, for me, its to know the minimum hard to move this simulator without graphics efects....¿its possible to know this?

Thx in advance and very good job!!

[pupaxx]

Originally Posted by EV401_Wolf

.... Only screens ?
In Scrren can't see any dateails !!!
No fly model...

The screen is easy to make... and only see good look, nothing more...

+Feb 2011

An italian popular saying recites: 'This is given by the convent' ...it means.. this is what we got, don't ask for nothing more than that
Ciao

[Richie]

Originally Posted by matsher

Come now TREE,
its the same landscape you've been slating the whole time... 'cept in this top down view there are no weather effects between your eye and the landscape.
And it is now most likely far better than this old screenshot from 2 years ago.

No..about 10 months ago. The same time this 109 was put up.

[Manchenko]

It is more then game! It is more then life! It is delightful, perfectly well!

[pupaxx]

....Thanks Oleg for the weekly update...and just a word...
poor devils in their G50...I remember an anecdocte about Inspector for Fighter Werner Mölders during BoB: he visited the units in Belgium and when he saw (his words):... an anachronistic biplane coming to landing (cr42) I realized Italians were arrived!!! they dressed their flight dress with abundant newspapers under the shirts....
Cheers

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Oleg, one thing just came up in my mind: Most of the screenshots over the last months show similar weather condition (fairly good weather). To my memory, we have not yet seen bad weather, like heavily overcast, rain, thunder/lightning.....someone correct me if I am wrong.

Is this due to you still working on such bad weather? Or is just because most screenshots are maybe made in "default" weather in game ? It would be interesting to see more extreme weather.