ungrateful prick

Great update pictures. It would be nice to get some in game video at high settings with AA+AF enabled. I know most people will have average equipment but I just want to see what it'll look like when I get my new rig.

Check about the entry door in the Spit. That probably did not open like that in flight unless unlatched by the pilot and that's not very likely when you try to get out in a hurry.

Spitfire Manual 1940:

First, lift your seat to the full up position, slide back your hood, and lock it fully open. Undo your harness, take hold of the parachute rip cord, and then either stand up on the seat and put the stick forward, or roll on to your back. Our old friends gravity and centrifugal force will have done the rest before you know they have started. If the aircraft is spinning, go out on the inside of the spin. If you are on fire DON'T open the hood until the last moment, as it will draw flames into the cock-pit. If your clothes are soaked in petrol, switch off the engine switches, and leave the throttle open, otherwise as you get out the sparks from the exhaust may act like the flint in your cigarette lighter. Keep hold of the rip-cord as you leave the aircraft, but if you are very high there is no need to pull it for the time being. Pilots who have pulled the rip-cord immediately after getting out in a high speed dive have been badly injured. You will fall more slowly out of your aeroplane than in it, so do a delayed drop whenever you can. The "109" will also find you harder to hit with the umbrella shut than open. You only fall 1,000 feet in 5 seconds so there is really plenty of time. If you fail to keep hold of the rip-cord as you left the aircraft, it is quite easy to look down and find it. If for any reason you cannot see, pass your right hand down the centre of your chest till you come to the quick release knob, then move it left along the wide strap and you will find the rip-cord. Flying boots, leather gloves and goggles will protect you if your clothing or the cock-pit should catch fire. Your gloves are most important, as if your right hand is burnt you would not be able to feel the rip-cord."

Whoa.

I did post this on a Russian-language forum a few days ago.

The dynamic weather is extremely complex and done in-depth, more so than in any other sim. However its complexity is its downfall. It runs so slow, you can't fly with it on our large map. The physics kill the CPU and the complex clouds kill the video card.

Since complex weather was down the task list for the team behind FM, AI, various plane systems, and DM, we started on optimizing it too late and so won't have it working at sufficient framerate in time for release.

However we actually are shipping the weather in its current state with the game, accessible to the player via the FMB as a "play with it at your own risk" undocumented feature. And we will definitely be updating and improving it in the future.

If it's such a joke to you, why do you bother coming back? I'm just curious is all, you don't seem to like what you see...what's the point of hanging around?

I'm sure that the majority of people will be well satisfied with knowing it'll be along at some point.

nice screenshots, nice video.

for the sake of us freetrack people, I hope that tracking device on the cap with it's distinctive logo isn't sponsored stuff :twisted:

Easy, mate. I just always watch details and I love them. If something is wrong it's good to know, so it can be improved.

ok no bad Wether, and 1/12 - 12/12 white clouds, is this possible?

I'm assuming there is an Il2 like static weather system?

Really sad.
Now you wasted a lot of time and money for such a "downfall"

Is there any unexpected good news on this sim?