Thursday Update 24 2 2011.

[RedToo]

Lots of screens from here:

http://gamer.ru/shtorm-voyny-bitva-za-britaniyu/prevyu-aviasimulyatora-il-2-shturmovik-bitva-za-britaniyu

There are more on the site under clickable text – various setup screens.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/25_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/23_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/22_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/21_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/20_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/19_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/18_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/17_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/16_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/15_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/13_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/12_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/11_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/08_SP-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/07_SP-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/02_Setup-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/26_IF-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/24_IF.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/21_IF.jpg

Also some more new screens at the sukhoi.ru forum

RedToo.

[76.IAP-Blackbird]

Absolutly fantastic!! Can`t wait to fly this game by my self. Have preordered it and I hope it`s "playable" :-P

[Tempest123]

Ok, those where the screen shots I was waiting for, looks very very good, love canopy opening on the 109, stuka shot is fantastic and the defiant is great. The loadout options for the spitfire are staggering, I think this is the first time since SoW/Codo announcement that the product exceeds my expectations with respect to detail, so a definite buy for me.

[HFC_Dolphin]

Fantastic!

[JG52Uther]

What cockpit is this,it ain't a Blenheim!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/15_IF-1.jpg

[JG53Frankyboy]

Fiat Br.20

[Royraiden]

Thanks for posting all the pics in one thread.Some of them where hidden or something.

[JG52Uther]

Yes great pics! Just a bit weird that people have to hunt all over the net for CoD info,rather than getting it here or at the publishers site, but thats part of the fun I guess...

[Il2Pongo]

cant wait to see to what effect they have weathered the 109, screen shots of them all ways seem pristine, like a Libyan Mirage F1

[kestrel79]

Wow great shots!

What plane is the british twin engine 3rd last screenshot? It has a really tall glass canopy...I don't know if we have seen screenshots of that before? Or is it a Blenheim mk1?

[IFnXI]

Su-26

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=67186&p=1553755&viewfull=1#post1553755


One more screenshot from the author preview

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=67186&p=1553805&viewfull=1#post1553805

[DD_crash]

Wow great shots!

What plane is the british twin engine 3rd last screenshot? It has a really tall glass canopy...I don't know if we have seen screenshots of that before? Or is it a Blenheim mk1?

Avro Anson trainer/communication.

[Fritz X]

That's some awesome screenshots indeed.

Just wondering myself what they're going to do with the Bf-109, right now it looks like it's made of plastic...

[JG52Krupi]

What the hell is that item in the bottom left hand corner of the screens?

Some sort of scrolling/setting bar... wonder what it does!

EDIT:

Its the engine power i think, there are two on the two engine aircraft shots!!

Actually not on all the shots

[Sven]

That's some awesome screenshots indeed.

Just wondering myself what they're going to do with the Bf-109, right now it looks like it's made of plastic...

Well then, suggest something and they might do it just before release.
I don't see it though, it's just a shiny polished 109.

[NSU]

Thanks for posting all the pics in one thread.Some of them where hidden or something.


http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=227816&postcount=12 ;)

[JG4_Helofly]

Yes great pics! Just a bit weird that people have to hunt all over the net for CoD info,rather than getting it here or at the publishers site, but thats part of the fun I guess...

Sad but true :(

[Jg2001_Rasputin]

That's some awesome screenshots indeed.

Just wondering myself what they're going to do with the Bf-109, right now it looks like it's made of plastic...

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/YankeeAirMuseum2005/Highlights/Bf109e2oClock.jpg

Looks like plastic, too! ;)

it´s the light and the paint. I think Oleg nailed it!

[Tempest123]

I got to see up that very 109 up close when it was getting a new radiator installed that was shipped from duxford, gorgeous plane, much smaller in person than I imagined it. it was next to spit and was slightly smaller, very agressive aircraft. I'd have to say Oleg did a fine job of getting realistic lighting instead of a "computer game" sepia tone or something ala birds of prey.

[ckolonko]

Looks great and I cant wait! I'll be spending most of my time loading ammo into the guns of my Hurricane!!!!!

[Letum]

I see someone over at sukhoi.ru has hit one nail on the head....

http://s58.radikal.ru/i162/1102/bd/fa5fc1b2a8ac.jpg
http://s61.radikal.ru/i171/1102/cc/bf24b566b160.jpg

[Chivas]

I hope I will be able to do just that by adjusting the color settings in the gpu control panel.

[Letum]

I hope I will be able to do just that by adjusting the color settings in the gpu control panel.

Any changes made there will change *all* the colours and you don't want to do that because the aircraft, sky and other colours are fine.

[Boandlgramer]

The second shot is too dark IMO
Oleg got it right.

[Letum]

The second shot is too dark IMO
Oleg got it right.

...spend a lot of time in England?

[JG53Frankyboy]

the second shot is more early morning or late afternoon, when the sun is staying low.
at a bright sommer day, at 12°° , the first shot is not too bad i think...

anyway, if the landscpape would have the same resolution as the planes...i dont think our PC would give much FPS, if at all.

[Feuerfalke]

...spend a lot of time in England?

Wow. :shock:

I didn't know there's so little sun in England.
Even without clouds and close to noon (look at the short shadows) you only have the lighting from a dull overcast. That's sad.

[Feuerfalke]

I hope I will be able to do just that by adjusting the color settings in the gpu control panel.

Why should you not be able to? If all fails, tune down your monitor. Done.


So why all the fuss? If you still think BoP has realistic lighting, desaturate your monitor and graphics settings and have fun. Problem solved.

[Boandlgramer]

...spend a lot of time in England?

Well could not say it was " a lot".
A short visit and another 1 week trip .
But I am a countryman :)
Its called here " Roadbackadabauernbua. :)


You do not agree with me ? Thats pretty sad.

[IFnXI]

I see someone over at sukhoi.ru has hit one nail on the head....

http://s58.radikal.ru/i162/1102/bd/fa5fc1b2a8ac.jpg
http://s61.radikal.ru/i171/1102/cc/bf24b566b160.jpg

The second shot - like you're wearing sunglasses on a bright sunny day (first shot)

[BlackSix]

the second shot is more early morning or late afternoon, when the sun is staying low.
at a bright sommer day, at 12°° , the first shot is not too bad i think...

No, the second screenshot not from game. It is bad color correction in Photoshop from one of visitors of a forum

Нет, второй скриншот не из игры. Это плохая цветокоррекция в Фотошопе от одного из посетителей форума.

[JG53Frankyboy]

i know the second was "photoshoped", my writing is not clear in that , true! Sorry :)

[Hecke]

BlackSix, you made the review, right?

In one of the screens one could see that you had Land detail on High. Is there something above high? I just wonder if we can get rid of the blurry ground textures by setting something higher?

[furbs]

the second shot is "more" England than the first...none are perfect though....because none can be.

[MD_Titus]

The second shot is too dark IMO
Oleg got it right.
yep
the second shot is more early morning or late afternoon, when the sun is staying low.
at a bright sommer day, at 12°° , the first shot is not too bad i think...

anyway, if the landscpape would have the same resolution as the planes...i dont think our PC would give much FPS, if at all.
look at shados, that's about right time i'd say.
the second shot is "more" England than the first...none are perfect though....because none can be.

nah it isn't, that's full sun at midday in summer. first shot is more accurate for those conditions, although yes, the 2nd shot is more typical. just not for the conditions apparent in shot.

[BlackSix]

BlackSix, you made the review, right?

Yes

In one of the screens one could see that you had Land detail on High. Is there something above high? I just wonder if we can get rid of the blurry ground textures by setting something higher?All screenshots are made here on these options (except installation anti-aliasing=2). To improve parameter "Land Detail" it is impossible more

[Hecke]

Yes

All screenshots are made here on these options (except installation anti-aliasing=2):

Yes that's the screenshot i was referring to. But my question is if the Setting High is the highest or if there's something above like let's say Ultra High?

[BlackSix]

BlackSix, you made the review, right?

In one of the screens one could see that you had Land detail on High. Is there something above high? I just wonder if we can get rid of the blurry ground textures by setting something higher?

Yes that's the screenshot i was referring to. But my question is if the Setting High is the highest or if there's something above like let's say Ultra High?

No, it is a limit

[Hecke]

Thx for the answer.

While playing, does the field look as blurry like in the screenshot?

http://www.pic-upload.de/view-9012642/13_IF.jpg.html

[BlackSix]

Thx for the answer.

While playing, does the field look as blurry like in the screenshot?

http://www.pic-upload.de/view-9012642/13_IF.jpg.html

On my computer - yes. Probably, in the final version and on the maximum options it will be better.

[LukeFF]

Well could not say it was " a lot".
A short visit and another 1 week trip .
But I am a countryman :)
Its called here " Roadbackadabauernbua. :)


You do not agree with me ? Thats pretty sad.

It's a documented fact that the sun did not come out during WWII. Therefore, it is entirely unrealistic to have a shot where the conditions are bright and sunny. :-P

[Hecke]

On my computer - yes. Probably, in the final version and on the maximum options it will be better.

Land detail was already maxed out ... I can just hope.

[kendo65]

There's a setting for 'Land Shading' which is set on low - may help things a bit.

[Hecke]

There's a setting for 'Land Shading' which is set on low - may help things a bit.

Yes, could be. Hopefully it is :grin:

BlackSix, could you maybe test this? Would be great. But don't do it if you have better things to try out.

[Koyan]

My 2 cents:

The second shot (photoshopped one) indeed looks like a shaded world under a clear blue sky. Wonder how that would look when cloud shadows come into play?
Everything is oke except the greens and if you ask me, it's over-saturation. When modders change the green a little it's resolved.

[furbs]

Blacksix...thanks for the preview.

Can i ask a question?

What did you think of the sound, smoke and fire affects?

And your overall rating for COD on the version you tried?

cheers.

[BlackSix]

My 2 cents:

The second shot (photoshopped one) indeed looks like a shaded world under a clear blue sky. Wonder how that would look when cloud shadows come into play?
Everything is oke except the greens and if you ask me, it's over-saturation. When modders change the green a little it's resolved.

Here a good screenshot with shades:

[BlackSix]

Blacksix...thanks for the preview.

Can i ask a question?

What did you think of the sound, smoke and fire affects?

And your overall rating for COD on the version you tried?

cheers.

Work on a sound isn't finished yet. Excuse, but I will not make comments.
The smoke and fire look perfectly, it is much better than in lL-2 ;)
The general estimation - the project has turned out excellent

Guys, excuse, but for today it is all

[Royraiden]

Work on a sound isn't finished yet. Excuse, but I will not make comments.
The smoke and fire look perfectly, it is much better than in lL-2 ;)
The general estimation - the project has turned out excellent

Guys, excuse, but for today it is all

Thats enough, thanks a lot.

[furbs]

Thanks Blacksix!

[Koyan]

Here a good screenshot with shades:

Thanks a lot BlackSix. That looks good but would look awful on a shaded sunny England :grin:

[Biggs]

Work on a sound isn't finished yet. Excuse, but I will not make comments.
The smoke and fire look perfectly, it is much better than in lL-2 ;)
The general estimation - the project has turned out excellent

Guys, excuse, but for today it is all

wonderful news Blacksix! :grin:

[major_setback]

Thanks for finding these.

They were reproduced 1024x in size...

... so I will post the 1280 sized versions of the images (where I managed to find them), plus some others from that were linked/hidden from the site as was mentioned in the first post.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_01_Setup.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_08_SP-1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_07_SP-1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_06_Setup.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_05_Setup.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_04_Setup.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_03_Setup.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_02_Setup.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_28_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_27_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_26_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_25_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_24_IFb.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_23_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_22_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_21_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_20_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_19_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_18_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_17_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_16_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_15_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_14_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_13_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_12_IF.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_11_IF.jpg

[Triggaaar]

Thanks for posting these shots, it's looking great....spend a lot of time in England?
We know it's grim up north Letum, but those screenshots were taken dan saff ;)

[TinyTim]

http://www.shrani.si/f/20/Xo/4g1pJHzZ/belting-options.jpg


Holy cow! After all the fuss about the ammo types in IL-2, we are getting a truckload of belting options now! :)

[zakkandrachoff]

repost some Bf109E screens :-D

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127780&d=1298584787

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127781&d=1298584789

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127782&d=1298584792

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127783&d=1298584796

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127784&d=1298584799

i like the 109 cockpit in the ground!! (L)

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=127718&d=1298537406

[Zorin]

It is great to be able to actually read the manufacturers plate, these BF109s were build by the Erla Maschienenwerk - Leipzig, yet the trees in the river and mismatching ground texture plates and the odd coloring of the forrest ground is something I belived we had left behind after the Slovakia map set the bar for IL-2. Bit of a pitty.

[Novotny]

Those 109 shots are giving me the... ack, damnit. Sex wee all over the shop. Nurse, quick - the towels!

[major_setback]

I see someone over at sukhoi.ru has hit one nail on the head....

To me it looks like it is supposed to represent a newly harvested field (correctly). Brighton, England:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/major-setback/Brighton.jpg
http://s58.radikal.ru/i162/1102/bd/fa5fc1b2a8ac.jpg
http://s61.radikal.ru/i171/1102/cc/bf24b566b160.jpg

[Hunden]

Work on a sound isn't finished yet. Excuse, but I will not make comments.
The smoke and fire look perfectly, it is much better than in lL-2 ;)
The general estimation - the project has turned out excellent

Guys, excuse, but for today it is all

WOW if I didn't know any better I'd say that sounded like Oleg.

[major_setback]

These high res' 'renders' were posted by Luthier at Sukoi (then simHQ). I don't know if they are from the game, it seems like it is questionable if they are (the translation of his comment can be taken two ways):

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3216159/1.html

and discussed at UBI forums:

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8071032709/m/6181099119

[Letum]

...spend a lot of time in England?

This was just rude. Sorry.

[Coen020]

'I'm not drooling! Am i drooling? ... Apparently i'm drooling'

[zapatista]

Yes great pics! Just a bit weird that people have to hunt all over the net for CoD info,rather than getting it here or at the publishers site, but thats part of the fun I guess...

that is only because we are now in the last few weeks before release, so the various people who very recently have been given pre release access (or were promotional material) now start to publicize it, and it is popping up all over the place

but as you noticed from last weeks event, any leaked in-game video clips from the pre-gold version get jumped on pretty quick by 1C to have it removed (so people dont get bad impressions from a non finished product by mistake)

up till this last phase of production, 90% of all BoB/SoW info was provided here in the last few years :)

[zapatista]

To me it looks like it is supposed to represent a newly harvested field (correctly). Brighton, England:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/major-setback/Brighton.jpg
http://s58.radikal.ru/i162/1102/bd/fa5fc1b2a8ac.jpg
http://s61.radikal.ru/i171/1102/cc/bf24b566b160.jpg

good find, it looks pretty much spot on !! (for the recently harvested field)

i hate to say it, but the bright greens in the foliage and trees just looks to fluro to me in some of the other screenshots posted (not the one under discussion here with the fields). lush brigh green is possible in the south of england, but not the fluro brightness we still have in some of those other ( non final ?) screenshots. the other colors look fine to me, it just the greens used for england that are to strong. then again, if the greens in some of the other screenshots taken by the same person look fine, maybe it is a lighting effect under certain angles or conditions that makes it appear to strong in some other screenshots.

note: a few months ago we already had a 20 pg thread on this issue, no need to get sidetracked again :)

[t4trouble]

The colours look fine to me,you see in top picture at the tail end of the a/c
theirs a field with a shadow of a cloud which make's the green look alot deeper.The bottom pic is way to dark,you can see this effect inside your own home even,look at your walls where sun light comes in if you have a wall in shadow
the paint on the walls will look like two different shade's.The picture does not
show overcast if it was the bottom picture would be the one i would like.
Clear skies brighter colours, overcast deeper colours

[giovanni the ace]

Sweet customizable pilot! this games gonna be great.

[Necrobaron]

the second shot is "more" England than the first...none are perfect though....because none can be.

That's how I feel though many are saying Britain has tropical green terrain in broad daylight so I guess we're mistaken.

[TheGrunch]

That's how I feel though many are saying Britain has tropical green terrain in broad daylight so I guess we're mistaken.
+1 :rolleyes: If the game looks like perpetual, unnaturally bright sunrise conditions all the time I will have to get working on a colour profile in my GPU settings.

Unnecessary nitpick question #84172: Are the Defiant's guns pointing forward into the propeller arc in that second-last screen on the first page? Could they physically do that, i.e. was the interrupter due to being unable to traverse the guns into that position or was it simply a lock on the guns firing that didn't affect traversal?

[Heliocon]

Graphics look low resolution and shoddy - even the calender ones. I can cook up something that looks far far better in design garage in 15mins on my home pc...

[Letum]

Graphics look low resolution and shoddy - even the calender ones. I can cook up something that looks far far better in design garage in 15mins on my home pc...

...go on then...

[Singmann]

Unnecessary nitpick question #84172: Are the Defiant's guns pointing forward into the propeller arc in that second-last screen on the first page? Could they physically do that, i.e. was the interrupter due to being unable to traverse the guns into that position or was it simply a lock on the guns firing that didn't affect traversal?

No I think they are pointing to the plane's 8/9 o'clock

[TheGrunch]

No I think they are pointing to the plane's 8/9 o'clock
Haha, yeah, looks like you might be right. That'll teach me to look at these little details without my glasses on.

[Heliocon]

...go on then...

Done :rolleyes:

Unfortuently most image hosting websites dont let you upload a 1920x1200 image because of the size.
Raytracing is ftw

[Meusli]

Done :rolleyes:

Unfortuently most image hosting websites dont let you upload a 1920x1200 image because of the size.
Raytracing is ftw

You could downscale it though so we could look at your masterpiece. Unless of course you are talking nonsense which I suspect you are.

[major_setback]

+1 :rolleyes: If the game looks like perpetual, unnaturally bright sunrise conditions all the time I will have to get working on a colour profile in my GPU settings.

Unnecessary nitpick question #84172: Are the Defiant's guns pointing forward into the propeller arc in that second-last screen on the first page? Could they physically do that, i.e. was the interrupter due to being unable to traverse the guns into that position or was it simply a lock on the guns firing that didn't affect traversal?

About the defiant interrupter gear..there is an interesting anecdote earlier in the thread if I remember correctly, and useful information on the plane:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?p=1658693


http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/phylo_roadking/Defiantpilot.jpg
.

[TheGrunch]

Thanks major setback! :) There's another crap-plane I wouldn't mind flying sometime.

[major_setback]

Yes, it would be a great one to fly.

On the larger version of the screenshots (which can be found on the original site, or in the link in my signature),
you can see that the guns are pointing to the side:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/shot_20110224_24_IFb.jpg