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Old 01-15-2010, 07:05 PM
Lucas_From_Hell Lucas_From_Hell is offline
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IIRC, Oleg did a very detailed explanation over and over about AA and graphics in general.

I'm pretty sure that if you check the discussion threads of most updates (try the earlier ones), you'll find them.

I don't remember it in details, but the result of (X+Y) times Storm of War³ plus Graphical Issues times "To Be Solved" equals to no anti-aliasing and low-standard screenshots for now .

That's an outstanding Moth you have there. And that second shot... If you remove the codes, I'll have a new wallpaper Lightning is a masterpiece, looks almost more realistic than real life.

Terrain isn't worth commenting because, as you guys had to say two million times (at least), that isn't anything close to final or anything like that.

The aircraft 3D model, as all Storm of War models we've seen so far, is superb. Smooth curves, attention to every single rivet, very detailed.

Textures are a piece of art, really. Specially the weathering, just loved it. It looks very, very natural - not too clean, not too dirty, just "operational-ish"

And there are the shadows... What can I say about them? Such shadows should be at the Louvre, not in a computer simulator. Looking really outstanding.

The cockpits just continue to blow me away. All the tiny little details modeled almost to perfection. I can already imagine myself going for a cross-country flight, few clouds, a cool breeze, the fields passing by... Nevermind, just dreaming with eyes open here. Last shot just shows the power of self-shadowing.

Comments made, I could resume this long post in one phrase:

"Never in the field of flight simulation, so much detail was put in so many things by so few"

...and then some insane ones talk about Wings of Prey, with its all-mighty brown atmosphere and all the filters orgy around it?! What the hell have you guys been smokin'? WoP will stand for Wings of Prehistoric (and unrealistic!) graphics and flight when Storm of War is out. Totally guaranteed

Thanks for the update, Ilya. Hope you and team enjoyed the vacation. It was well deserved one, after all. Now, back to work - you have some fans to feed!

Last edited by Lucas_From_Hell; 01-16-2010 at 03:02 PM.
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