Friday 2010-11-12 Dev. update and Discussion

[swiss]

If I remember correctly, you posted something like " drawn by a child in watercolors", however, recently I can assure you you were not responsible for any raise of my blood pressure.



But a post in pilot body/face thread made my jaw hit the space bar on my keyboard...

(...and hitting the space bar with my jaw causes an instant meltdown, at least to me)

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by swiss

If I remember correctly, you posted something like " drawn by a child in watercolors", however, recently I can assure you you were not responsible for any raise of my blood pressure.



But a post in pilot body/face thread made my jaw hit the space bar on my keyboard...

(...and hitting the space bar with my jaw causes an instant meltdown, at least to me)

That was Tree

[swiss]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

That was Tree

Ok, that's guy I have to share a "zappatista's shorts" dinner if they release SOW before/at X-mas.

Sorry then, lol.

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

A little tip for those who are not sure if their question has been answered or not, or just want to see all that has been said, simply click on Olegs name at the top left of one of his posts and a menu will appear. Choose "Find All Posts by Oleg Maddox" and VIOLA! there is everything the man himself has said, and while this may still be a lot to go through, at least it's in one spot and no other crap to wade through. I also do the same for Luthier in case he's added something to the picture recently.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Urufu_Shinjiro

A little tip for those who are not sure if their question has been answered or not, or just want to see all that has been said, simply click on Olegs name at the top left of one of his posts and a menu will appear. Choose "Find All Posts by Oleg Maddox" and VIOLA! there is everything the man himself has said, and while this may still be a lot to go through, at least it's in one spot and no other crap to wade through. I also do the same for Luthier in case he's added something to the picture recently.

Thank you Urufu. I didn't know that.
<waits to be flamed as a dweeb>

I'm digging through them now. 5 Pages down, 15 to go. Now that's reasonable!

He's in trouble though if he hasn't answered my questions

[Flying_Nutcase]

Hi Oleg,

Just in case my previous post about hand-signals was lost in the mass of off-topic banter and abuse, are you able to comment on any hand-signal animations coded into SoW for coop/online play?

For example:
- Being able to wave to a buddy flying along side
- Giving the thumbs up
- Giving a salute

Being able to do that as a gunner would be really cool too.

Just a little thing that would be great for immersion.


Flying Nutcase

[Richie]

Stop haranging people and ask simple to the point questions lol

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Flying_Nutcase

Hi Oleg,

Just in case my previous post about hand-signals was lost in the mass of off-topic banter and abuse, are you able to comment on any hand-signal animations coded into SoW for coop/online play?

For example:
- Being able to wave to a buddy flying along side
- Giving the thumbs up
- Giving a salute

Being able to do that as a gunner would be really cool too.

Just a little thing that would be great for immersion.


Flying Nutcase

+1..I like it

plus I want to be able to flip the bird, at some of the chatty pilots in this thread

[Freycinet]

Yes, an example of an insufferable, arrogant and impolite posting by philip.ed would be this one:

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Oleg, I too, flew over England this year and Furbs' shot is an accurate representation of the colours of the English landscape. I am not trying to be rude, but have you flown over England? I think, perhaps, we may be able to judge the best. Obviously as you say a camera won't give a 100% accurate representation, but from experience I think those of us who live in the country can give a good idea of how it looked.
The colours currently shown for SoW suggest a spring-look, where the fields are quite a lush green. In the summer of 1940, it was one of the hottest summers' on record, and the fields would have had a burnished look.
I do understand your theories of colour though; it will differen between each PC, but this is just my observation

Winny, there weren't rape-fields in England in 1940. I know you weren't saying there are, but I'm just pointing it out. It's interesting to compare a modern-day picture with one from 1940.

To which Oleg could of course answer that he has flown over England more than twenty times and has taken many photos there himself.

Also, Oleg is continuously showing an immense depth of knowledge about colour theory, which makes it all the more galling to have teenagers telling him... "not to be rude, but have you flown over England?" and flaunting their total lack of tact and understanding of the issues. Also, more importantly, a lack of understanding of what WIP and "development shots" mean.

People like philip.ed and Hecke and Tree should really understand their own limitations a bit more, and not think they can EDUCATE Oleg on the many issues involved in creating a world class flight sim.

Of course Oleg replies more to the annoying trolling than to polite well thought-out postings. The trolling follows the usual pattern of "your work is really quite crap, here is how you should do it". If it was me being told that, I too would reply to it before dealing with other postings.

It is just quite sad that impolite know-alls have totally taken over this forum and spam it just to pump up their +1000 post count...

[philip.ed]

That's one example, Freycinet, and I never said I was perfect:
quote from me above: I may have posted saying things like 'the smoke looks awful', but really I hope to never do so again.

Maybe you should read all my postings before you comment?

Also, this was a question to Oleg for him to reply. In general I was suggesting the vast difference in summer-time colours vs any other time of the year. Oleg has flown over the country a number of times which he said in answer. I just wanted to see where he was basing the colour from. Cynical of me, maybe, but it was nice to see just how extensive his research had gone.

I could similarly find posts from you where you are flagrantly rude to forum members which in every sense is just
pointless. But doing so won't achieve anything and neither is you posting this. It was for Oleg to answer, not you. He doesn't need you to hold his hand. I think it's clear he's said as such and I'm not alone in saying this.
You can't condemn a man for one post

Anyway, what's your issue? At the end of the day; Oleg told people like you to stop doing this; he has no issue with people asking questions.