New video 2011-02-13 WITH SOUND!

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Tanner

So is there a group of beta testers from whom an NDA has been lifted? We seem to be seeing a lot of video recently from people who just seem to be playing the game.

It could be the case. This seems like it's been captured from the comfort of a home PC and not in a noisy exhibition room.

Originally Posted by White Owl

What is that symbol in the lower left corner? It looks like some kind of gauge, but it doesn't move once through the whole video.

That could be part of the new interface helpers we've seen in some past friday update screenshots (the one with the exhaust flame screenies) and briefly discussed by Oleg.

Apparently, with the appropriate difficulty settings we'll be able to right click and select between some information windows to display.
In that update some of the screenshots had a throttle/pitch/mixture read-out that displayed percentages. Other screenshots had something similar to what you see in the video and they were labeled T/P/M, which i guess is short for throttle/prop/mixture.

It's probably a visual representation of how you've set your throttle, prop pitch and mixture levers, which i find is a nice and clever way to simulate a pilot's tactile feedback (he can just reach out and touch the throttle to see how far along it is, instead of looking at it) and peripheral vision inside the cockpit while still being subtle enough.

As to why there is only one in the video, who knows? Maybe the guy only wants to display one and the interface allows it, or maybe he's flying with complex engine management disabled so he's only using one axis for the engine.

In the 109 video you can see it moving backwards between 1:44 and 1:50, the moment he goes to idle as he's rolling inverted, so i guess that's confirmation enough.

As far as the interface goes, i also like how the chatbar has been separated from the radio commands and made into a separate semi-transparent information window (i guess it would be resizable too, it makes sense).

Originally Posted by Tata

Enjoy one more video, this time BF109
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...01&postcount=1

Nice find there, in this one the guy also shares his system specs in the youtube comment section:
core I5-650, 4GB DDR3 1600, AMD Radeon 6870. win7 x64. dx10 render. 4x AAA

It runs smooth enough and also has antialising enabled, so all the people who were worried about frame rates during the kiev and moscow shows can relax