Friday 2010-11-19 Dev. update and Discussion

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by major_setback

I'm not sure I understand why there are so many comments on the spiral smoke. We have it in the FB already. Or am I missing something?

My main reason for mentioning it was that a lot of people queried why it wasn't there when the previous tracers were shown.

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Osprey

I believe that in the USA they speak English. There is no such language as 'US'.

It's such a shame that the main tutor of English in the World today is Microsoft Word.....

English spelling is used in Canada and also I want to smack a kid when he says "Zee" instead of "Zed" Zee is a US invention.

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by Richie

English spelling is used in Canada and also I want to smack a kid when he says "Zee" instead of "Zed" Zee is a US invention.

"Zed's dead, Baby. Zed's dead."

Tracers if I may summarize:

Yes, all of those guns are rifled (someone asked). The bullets are spinning around the longitudinal axis (basically). The spirals of smoke you see are from chemicals within the tracer rounds burning. The spiral effect is probably because the escaping gases from the burning chemicals are coming through an offset hole in the back of the projectile.

The rear end of the projectile itself is definitely NOT rotating that far off center. The smoke/spiral effect is just enhanced as the smoke spreads. If bullets wobbled that much they would lose energy far too quickly (like round balls shot out of a smooth bore).

Camera shake is something entirely different. When the camera is shaking due to subsequently fired rounds, the rounds appear to zigzag or vibrate.

Not all tracers trail clearly visible smoke. It depends on the chemicals used (as does color). There is a lot of guncam footage from American planes where little to no smoke is visible.

Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjr8ZtEcrtE

Personally, I hate the smoke from German ammo. Way too much I think but from guncam footage I have seen, probably pretty close to accurate.

Splitter

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Splitter

"Zed's dead, Baby. Zed's dead."

Tracers if I may summarize:

Yes, all of those guns are rifled (someone asked). The bullets are spinning around the longitudinal axis (basically). The spirals of smoke you see are from chemicals within the tracer rounds burning. The spiral effect is probably because the escaping gases from the burning chemicals are coming through an offset hole in the back of the projectile.

The rear end of the projectile itself is definitely NOT rotating that far off center. The smoke/spiral effect is just enhanced as the smoke spreads. If bullets wobbled that much they would lose energy far too quickly (like round balls shot out of a smooth bore).

Camera shake is something entirely different. When the camera is shaking due to subsequently fired rounds, the rounds appear to zigzag or vibrate.

Not all tracers trail clearly visible smoke. It depends on the chemicals used (as does color). There is a lot of guncam footage from American planes where little to no smoke is visible.

Check this out:

Personally, I hate the smoke from German ammo. Way too much I think but from guncam footage I have seen, probably pretty close to accurate.

Splitter

Americns!! lol

[heywooood]

Originally Posted by luthier

I'm sorry but I refuse to release a game with planes that have a "carburettor" and an "airscrew" and an "empennage".

The project is now canceled.

I think these Ilya posts are what I have missed the most since the old days...haha

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

Thanks Oleg,
Im wondering, where it sais "signal ground crew to remove brake shoes" , will we be able to see them doing this as an animation in the game ?

Is that related to aircraft carriers?

And I hope the Defiant can be flyable at some pack.Being gunner of a flying Flakvierling would be really mean!

[zakkandrachoff]

nice cannon tracers shoots

oleg, hurry up with Battle of Britain and start with Battle of moscow.

I

WANT

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4

[heywooood]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

Sure would be nice to be able to have the new sim automatically read my old config files from Il-2 and use those settings so I don't have to spend a whole day setting up my keys mappings and controls

well - that way you would only have half of your setting profile done at best---

seriously - I think that getting the profile how you want it is one of the more fun aspects of setting up a new flight sim.....

[heywooood]

Originally Posted by kendo65

Page 7 and no-one has mentioned the smoking tracers?!?

Maybe too many other great things to comment on?

Excellent.

who was smoking a tracer?

[heywooood]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Could I mention that 'signal ground crew to remove brake shoes' should be 'signal ground crew to remove chocks'? Or simply 'signal chocks away'?

Also that 'Oil Radiator' is usually referred to as 'Oil Cooler'

The inclusion of the poor old Defiant is excellent.

Many Thanks

careful - might end up with 'single ground crew remove and break shoes' er sumpn...

better cancel the project - thanks Ilya