Like I said, I'll probably be buying both sims.
One of the reasons I posted a video of a 'State of the art' sim is to put our weekly updates into a bit of perspective. Compared to the A-10 what we've seen of SOW looks fairly good.
Now I haven't spent as much time trolling around the DCS forums as here but from what I've seen it's a much more positive and constructive feel to it. There seems to be a higher percentage of negative comments about updates on this site than over there.
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1. They are not just simple textures on flat surfaces. You can see that on some earlier screenshots (note the reflections on the instruments):
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Your right it does look a lot better in that screen shot. Very similar to the Spitfire and 109 cockpit we've seen. Hopefully it will get the lighting and shadows in it's release.
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2. The video is WIP, much like IL2 is. The video shows the game in DX9. The final version will support DX11.
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I guess I'll be having to get a DX11 card by the end of the year then.
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3. As Oleg mentioned for his boats, they are pretty simple, because you will swish over them with 400kp/h.
Now think what you will see when flying by with 900kp/h. I promise you, you won't notice the difference, which boat was modeled with more polygons.
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Yes your right! The thing that made me doubt if it was the same sim was the difference in detail between the boats and the other ground objects in the video.
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Of course you can always find something negative, if you search hard enough for the simple fact that nobody and nothing is perfect.
If you find something better or more realistic than SoW or DCS, please let me know. If it really think you could do better, get a 3D modelling program (several are free, some with free trial-period), build one and send it to them.
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Never have any truer words been posted on this forum! (Well there was the time where I posted that I was suave and debonair but I'll let that one slide for the moment!)
Although I am a Systems Analyst/Programmer by training and former occupation (currently working as an Educator), my field was databases. I doubt my 3D modeling skills would extend past a paper aircraft design
. I'll leave that one to the experts.
Cheers! In this crazy mixed-up world, it good to find a like minded soul!