Friday 2010-09-17 Dev. update and Discussions

[McHilt]

Originally Posted by Richie

Found a nice colour pic

Great! saved that photo right to my own collection, THX

Oh btw, changed the [url] thingies to [img] to show the pic...

[kristorf]

Originally Posted by Friendly_flyer

Stunning Oleg! I really like the selection screen, looking forward to play with this!

One thing:

The British squadron codes on BoB era fighters was grey rather than white. The font looks spot on though, and the planes and ground objects are gorgeous!

[IMG][/IMG]

Or sky

[philip.ed]

Oleg, I have been reseaching the flight-kit again, and I have been speeking with people who have had the pleasure of getting into the spitfire'c cokpit in flying gear, and each has said that it is is impossible for the pilot to wear an Irvin flying jacket. The cramped cockpit would make it impossible for the pilot to get the right-head movement which would be needed in combat.
I hope that this is useful information for you to use. A Hurricane pilot had the luxury of being able to wear an Irvin in the pit, but I would imagine this unlikely during the hot summer.
(also, if the pilot is fitting in the spit perfectly with the Irvin on, does this mean the pilot model is off? This isn't intended for another discussion on pilot size, but more a follow up question on whether layer clothing is modelled. We can see from one video that the parachute is a seperate model)

[Richie]

Trying to see if I figured out how in the heck how to use this attachment thing. If it's a thumbnail click and you'll see nice gray letters on that Spitfire. How do you keep the pic full size? I never have been able to figure this thing out. Just stupid I guess

[GBrutus]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Oleg, I have been reseaching the flight-kit again, and I have been speeking with people who have had the pleasure of getting into the spitfire'c cokpit in flying gear, and each has said that it is is impossible for the pilot to wear an Irvin flying jacket. The cramped cockpit would make it impossible for the pilot to get the right-head movement which would be needed in combat.
I hope that this is useful information for you to use. A Hurricane pilot had the luxury of being able to wear an Irvin in the pit, but I would imagine this unlikely during the hot summer.
(also, if the pilot is fitting in the spit perfectly with the Irvin on, does this mean the pilot model is off? This isn't intended for another discussion on pilot size, but more a follow up question on whether layer clothing is modelled. We can see from one video that the parachute is a seperate model)

It would have been a tight fit but it was more likely down to individual pilots and how comfortable they were wearing it. It certainly wasn't impossible and there are plenty of photos of Spitfire pilots wearing Irvin jackets. I've read a few pilot accounts of how cold they were at 30,000ft even with the jacket on (unless I imagined them). Anyway, I don't think it's correct to say impossible, rather it was just difficult.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I hope that this is useful information for you to use. A Hurricane pilot had the luxury of being able to wear an Irvin in the pit, but I would imagine this unlikely during the hot summer.

The average enviromental lapse rate is about 2 Degrees C per 1000 feet. A nice summers day of lets say 30C at ground level turns into -10C at 20,000 feet.

I think I'ld want a Irvin jacket if I was on Patrol.

Cheers!

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

On picture 3 there is 'banding' that we see in IL2 is that a driver issue?

Color Banding - it's due to monitor limitations and image compression.


A tft-monitor is only able to display 16 Million colors and has no blurring, a conventional TV or monitor displays 32 Million colors + blurring.

As a result, you can see color banding on most non-professional TFT-monitors. False colors are a big issue in monitor calibration, btw. You need a good monitor to find one, that is able to compensate.

In my personal experience nVidia-graphic cards tend to increase the effect. ATI/AMD has slightly better image quality, especially in displaying colors, lighting and contrast.


@ Topic:
Fantastic shots. The vehicles with the StuKa-Shadow is just great!

Very modern interface - I like it!