Friday 2010-07-02 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[lbuchele]

I fully agree with zapatista.

[philip.ed]

I agree as well (although all he needed to write was the last line, as the rest I think is still speculation)

[Borsch]

From what I saw in WW2 footage, Oleg's vision of smoke is pretty good...

Here's a snap from some real WW2 footage:

[maar10]

Awesome! The water, smoke, fire, dynamic lighting and models; just stunning!
I drooled over the keyboard.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I agree as well (although all he needed to write was the last line, as the rest I think is still speculation)

no, it isnt speculation at all

all you need to do is pay attention to what oleg himself has said in the past, and in this case it was VERY recently

in a recent reply of his to an umpteen'ed time question about system spec (mid june 2010)

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

earlier I told that we will say when we will be close to release.
However now I can say that as more power - more better anyway, like for any other good and looking excellent game.

and you will find my above posts contains a fairly good translation of that oleg'ish statement to plain english

[philip.ed]

Well, from Luthier said about not wanting to release system specs yet as it is all subject to change right down to the final, it is speculation. Of course the best PC today should play the game at least on lowest settings (we know that from Luthier's hints) but everything else is not set in stone
I don't think Il-2 could be run on perfect settings at release, and even today you need a half-decent PC to play Il-2 on perfect (10 years later...) so whilst I think you may be right in what you say, I don't think that anything is certain yet

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I don't think Il-2 could be run on perfect settings at release

at release anybody with a then uber leet pc (forgive my teen speak) could run il2 on its highest graphics settings with good frame rates (and a decent resolution)

iirc, wasnt perfect mode only added with the FB addon pack ? i dont think it existed before then as a gfx setting. some grey old timers here will remember.

i know that when the first ever demo was released i played it perfectly fine with high detail settings in opengl and good frame rates, and most of my pc's over the years have been a step or 2 below the top level (usually good cpu but not top level gfx cards)

Originally Posted by philip.ed

even today you need a half-decent PC to play Il-2 on perfect (10 years later...)

that is because at each major release, like FB, PF and 1946 there were simultaneous significant increases in gfx quality by oleg & Co, so the pc load became heavier each time and we had to keep up. people also over that time period changed from a 17 crt (which i used at il2 demo time iirc) to widescreen lcd's, so in the last 4 yrs or so i have been running 1946 at 1900 x 1200 on a 28' lcd (an obviously much higher pc load)

hence in my earlier common sense spec list i added the need for people to use multiple high end gfx cards if they wanted to use multiple monitors at a half decent resolution.

[philip.ed]

Thanks for that I didn't know these things so that is quite interesting; particularly in the case of SoW, as if it follows a similar route as Il-2 its progress will be fantastic to see.

[Chivas]

I agree, SOW, should follow the same pattern, except for far more third party envolvement right from the start. I can see the SOW series improving for a minimum of 15 years, BUT only if sales of the initial Battle of Britain make it profitable enough to proceed with further addons.