Friday 2010-09-17 Dev. update and Discussions

[dduff442]

Australian Leonard Fuller landed 2 a/c locked together after a mid-air collision in 1940 -- using the controls from one and the engines of another!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp478...next=1&index=1

[BadAim]

Since there has been a lot of discussion on fuel and explosions and fire, I thought I might point out a few facts about gasoline. Gasoline is not explosive. Gasoline vapor, however is. (This is not entirely correct either, as it does not technically "explode", but "burn explosively" , which when contained within a fuel tank, can hardly be distinguished from an explosion) It's not the fuel in the tank, but the vapor that is most dangerous. This is why the Russians pressurized their fuel tanks (on many planes) with exhaust gas from the engine, the exhaust gas displaced the gasoline vapor and rendered the fuel tank nearly inert. There was of course always the danger of leaks (which would be vaporized in the slip stream just like in a carburetor) catching fire, but this was nowhere near as dangerous or as likely as a vapor explosion.

So, that nearly empty drop tank is probably more dangerous than the full one you left with! Get rid of the damn thing.

I hope SOW has the finer points of these things built in

Edit: upon further reading I see Swiss commented on this as well. It is really not generally understood by most people though.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

Not if you mow it

Oleg mentioned that there might be animated animals in the game..cows and sheep I think. No need for mowers then!
Careful how you land!

[kedrednael]

Originally Posted by AWL_Spinner

REX is wonderful, but within the confines of the FS-X engine it's akin to putting lipstick on a pig.

FS-X is a wonderful tool for generating screenshots, but you have to bear in mind that these are largely 2D images which do a crazy dance if you try and get in among them - FS-X just isn't build for properly volumetric clouds and whilst you can generate some stunning flat images with burnt-in shadows on the ground and REX clouds behind you, they don't look nearly as good in close-up motion as they do in a still.

I'd take less detail in properly rendered 3D clouds any day!
Cheers, Spinner

indeed! + 1 or something, maybe 800.
Just look at ROF they have 3D clouds and they look better when you are moving, although you get a strange white out when you fly near them. This also happens in il2

[Richie]

Originally Posted by major_setback

Oleg mentioned that there might be animated animals in the game..cows and sheep I think. No need for mowers then!
Careful how you land!

We have to have mascots!

[Richie]

I'll do the and.....

Battle Of Mascots!

[Richie]

And my mascot. I think he'll be able to fit in the Lian Li case I bought.

[Cobra8472]

Hey Oleg-

Great shots.

There is one thing that irks me however;

it seems you have removed the shader which adds the slightly white tinge/reflection along the edges of the aircraft surfaces (to simulate ambient light bouncing into the camera more frequently at large angles).

Was this removed for performance reasons, or is it simply disabled for the moment in the build used to snap the screenies?

Excellent work as always however!

[reflected]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Nice to see you mate. If I were you, I'd read First Light (although I thought you had....) as it is a lot better than the programme IMHO. But I echo your enthusiasm. These recent shots are killers. The game is looking really nice.

Oh I have! I have read it about 3 times so far!

What do you think about the fonts used on British a/c?

I'm not sure about the colors either. Weren't they a bit more greyish? It looks very bright white now...

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by Richie

I'll do the and.....

Battle Of Mascots!

Mu-ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ... The Storm Of Waiting becomes The Battle Of Mascots!!! Mu - ha ha ha ha ha ... I am crying on the floor! Ha ha ha ha ha... The Battle Of Mascots!!! ... Have mercy to us poor Il2 fans, Richie!