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04-10-2010, 10:39 AM
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Is polished metal, with reflections, possible in the new SoW game engine?
Seeing that Direct X is now being used, and that a lot of games using it have reflections, caustics, bloom and radiosity, I make the assumption that at some point when polished Aluminum comes to the engine, that not only will it be shiny, but it could have real-time reflective properties?
Even though I now go back to a very long time ago, I still remember on the Playstation 1, racing Gran Turismo (with a 33mhz processor) the effect of reflections on the paintwork of the cars added to the believability of what you were seeing. So, now we have Ghz processors, will we be able to see polishes aluminium with realtime reflections? Cheers, MP
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04-10-2010, 11:09 AM
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Dont know if it was with real time reflections (think so though) but Oleg have posted screen shots of a Spit in bare/polished metal to show what could be done with the game engine.
Edit: Starting from 0:37 into this vid. Last edited by Baron; 04-10-2010 at 11:15 AM.
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04-10-2010, 03:36 PM
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Yes, it looks like they will be available. Note the indented panel lines from bump mapping or specular mapping (or something like that
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04-10-2010, 06:04 PM
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Blimey! Can't wait for an "Aces Expansion Pack" with P-51's and P-47's in polished Aluminum escorting B-17's and B-24's!
Come on Oleg, get you finger out! 
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04-17-2010, 03:14 PM
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04-17-2010, 03:40 PM
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Pity that you'll have to wait a while to see those 20mm in it. Maybe after you've climbed back into your rebuilt 190, ripped apart with API .50-cal you may get a chance to. Time will tell
 Seriously though, the possibilities are amazing when you consider reflective metal glinting in the sunlight. It's going to be amazing....when they come out! Cheers, MP
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04-17-2010, 04:54 PM
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04-18-2010, 08:58 AM
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It's like in car racing: you start with a Turismo car, then you switch it with a GP2 car and finally you race with a F1 car. You feel the power... I'm really interested in flying a Tiger Moth, then jumping in a Hurricane, then in a SpitfireI... and feel the difference in the new marks... And what about the progression if the 109's pilot: Emil, Friedrich, Gustav... jumping in a 190 for the first time...
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04-18-2010, 05:52 AM
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