Friday Update, March 30, 2012

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by III/JG53_Don

The new gfx engine will NOT look any different then the one today. It is just more streamlined under the hood so to speak.
They never said that it will look different, to be more precise luthier stated some months ago, that it will look the same.

wrong ! of course it will look different from what we currently have, err the gfx code has been completely rewritten from the ground up. thats the point, aint it ! (as aliG would say ).

but since they keep most content the same (because they are not creating a new game), eg the same speed tree's will still be there, same .....color palate, same map with same field crop variations, road surface, building colors and textures etc, so it WILL largely look and feel the same, but with significant subtle differences (lighting effects, visibility distance to the horizon,.... ), and will (err should) run significantly faster/better.

in the last months of updates from 1C people here have been looking at these screenshots to identify signs of improvement in overall gfx look/feel (just look for some of the other threads on that topic in this forum for ex), but luthier/B6 have so far stated all BoM models and objects are tested in the old gfx engine, hence we have seen no signs of scenery improvement so far.

btw, in the months since release significant changes have been made to the old gfx engine (mostly for the worse), in an attempt to obtain better fpsec and cure the micro stutters, the "in game world" of the sim now look significantly different as a result. being able to reverse those cutbacks and reinstate some of the glory in lighting and detail we saw at initial release will be a major improvement in itself

[Luftwaffepilot]

Originally Posted by zapatista

but luthier/B6 have so far stated all BoM models and objects are tested in the old gfx engine, hence we have seen no signs of scenery improvement so far.

I'm sry to kill your excitement, but the pics of last weeks update (March 30) from the IL-2 Plane were made with the "new" graphics engine as Blacksix has stated.

[SiThSpAwN]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffepilot

I'm sry to kill your excitement, but the pics of last weeks update (March 30) from the IL-2 Plane were made with the "new" graphics engine as Blacksix has stated.

But remember it has also been stated that the changes are mostly performance based and not so much visual, as in it will still look the same, but run better.

[robtek]

That is so not correct, Luftwaffepilot.

It was stated the pics were made in the real engine instead in the developement software.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffepilot

the pics of last weeks update (March 30) from the IL-2 Plane were made with the "new" graphics engine as Blacksix has stated.

where did you see that statement from B6, there is nothing to indicate that from the OP in this thread.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by zapatista

where did you see that statement from B6, there is nothing to indicate that from the OP in this thread.

Maybe this:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...=28174&page=99

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Maybe this:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...=28174&page=99

thx, hadnt seen that one liner just before last weeks update

still, its a bit cryptic and could mean a few different things, eg.....

Originally Posted by addman

Ok thanks for the info B6, appreciate it. Will there be any other update today though?

Originally Posted by BlackSix

Yes) IL-2 in the real engine

some of the interpretations could be:
"the new il2 plane models in the current SoW engine" (since he doesnt specifically say new version of the SoW engine, this is the more likely explanation)
or
"il2 planes in a working SoW engine, as we intended to give you had the release not been rushed".

hard to tell, but untill right now luthier and B6 had been explicit all update screenshots had been done in the "old BoB" engine, so imho a bit early to from one cryptic msg jump to assuming this having changed. hope its true however, since that would indicate they are pretty confident in it being stable and in a near final release state.