What do you think it is that Luthier thinks will have Competitors squirming?

[phoenix1963]

It may be that the feature is a glint model as discussed http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=25931&page=5 . The white dots we now see may be the first stage, but without the data and coding needed to modulate the reflected light.

But I wouldn't call that a "major feature", rather a fairly minor programming effort. It may have a major effect on gameplay, though.

I'm certainly not aware that any other flight sim has a glint model. RoF certainly needs it, as it was quite a large factor in WWI. Maybe because of those flat, shiny doped wings, rather than curved aluminium ones.

Strangely, I don't recall WWII pilots mentioning it much in the accounts I have read. But you can imagine that a formation of, say, Heinkels at a large distance would remain at almost the same angle for quite a while and those big glass canopies would reflect at many angles.

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