4.11 Development Update

[Zorin]

@Jinxx: I admire your enthusiasm, but your build is lightyears from being compliant with Il-2 or even CoD standard, as you have used way to many polys already.

[Dimon]

B-17 project too.

[Sita]

other renders about B17 you may look at AAA forum...

[SaQSoN]

@ {HVY-E}Jinxx

What Zorin, Dimon and Sita said:

1. Your model is too high-poly for IL-2 standards.
2. There is another B-17 model in the works by guy, called Messer and a) it's in more advanced state; b) it's made to the IL-2 technical standards.

Hence, I suggest you to contact him and try to cooperate.

PS You may take the above as an official DT point of view.

[choctaw111]

Thanks for the update. The new bombers look fantastic!

[anikollag]

Thanks for update!
Excellent!
I like it!

[Majo]

Great update!!!

Thank you TD Team.

Salutes.

[{HVY-E}Jinxx]

Originally Posted by SaQSoN

@ {HVY-E}Jinxx

What Zorin, Dimon and Sita said:

1. Your model is too high-poly for IL-2 standards.
2. There is another B-17 model in the works by guy, called Messer and a) it's in more advanced state; b) it's made to the IL-2 technical standards.

Hence, I suggest you to contact him and try to cooperate.

PS You may take the above as an official DT point of view.

We (Our team) understand about the Poly count. This is only stage 1 of our modeling. We are already looking at reducing the count as much and where ever possible. Holes are currently there for us as markers for the gauges. Same with a lot of the 3D levers and such. Many of them will be reduced to 2D to save poly. We are also looking at using a poly reducer on the model when complete.

I'm merely looking for guidance from the TD Team so I know what we need to do to ensure compliance, functionality and inclusion in IL-2.

As far as Mercer's Pit....
Yes, he has gotten a lot farther, but isn't that the pit that he was asking $5,000 to develop?

We're doing ours for the love of the game. Not the all mighty dollar, euro, ruble etc.....

S!

[SaQSoN]

Originally Posted by {HVY-E}Jinxx

We (Our team) understand about the Poly count.

Good.

Originally Posted by {HVY-E}Jinxx

Many of them will be reduced to 2D to save poly.

It is more productive to model in low poly from the start. With approach, you selected, you do double work.

Originally Posted by {HVY-E}Jinxx

We are also looking at using a poly reducer on the model when complete.

That won't do any good. I mean, you hardly will be glad by the result.

Originally Posted by {HVY-E}Jinxx

I'm merely looking for guidance from the TD Team so I know what we need to do to ensure compliance, functionality and inclusion in IL-2.

You have to fit into less, then 10K triangles with each large cockpit (pilots, nav, fuselage gunners) and into less then 5K with each small cockpit (single man turrets/cockpits).
Total size of textures for each cockpit should not be larger, then 8MB. Largest texture allowed is 512x512 pixels.
That's a basic requirements.

Originally Posted by {HVY-E}Jinxx

As far as Mercer's Pit....
Yes, he has gotten a lot farther, but isn't that the pit that he was asking $5,000 to develop?

As much, as I know, he tried to collect donations, but I am not sure, he does as well with this, as he progresses with his models. So, I guess, he's making them from more of an interest to the subject and modeling, then for the money.
Anyway, we at DT still believe, it is more productive for you to try to cooperate with him for a start. At least you could just take some of the cockpits for you and others - for him and model different cockpits in parallel, instead of doing same stuff double.