Friday 2011-01-21 Dev. update and Discussion

[philip.ed]

I'm curious about the tracer: the 3D nature of it is awesome, but am I the only one who thinks that it looks a bit like a string of cotton balls? Obviously it's all still WIP, but just thought I'd post this in case no one else had.



This picture may not be the best source to compare to (obviously because the camera won't pick up a real picture) but a difference can be noted


Awesome update; your dedication to this sim is commendable.

[Sven]

They seem are a little thick through my eyes, I don't know at what altitude that pic was taken but this would actually seem very real at higher altitutes, cold air hot bullets A little bit more stretched and a little thinner for lower altitudes would be just perfect! A perfectionist speaking of course

[kristorf]

Many thanks

[winny]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I'm curious about the tracer: the 3D nature of it is awesome, but am I the only one who thinks that it looks a bit like a string of cotton balls? Obviously it's all still WIP, but just thought I'd post this in case no one else had.



This picture may not be the best source to compare to (obviously because the camera won't pick up a real picture) but a difference can be noted


Awesome update; your dedication to this sim is commendable.

Yeah the tracer smoke does look a little bit like it was done with the MS Paint 'airbrush' but I suppose that we'll have to wait for a gameplay trailer before we know what we're in for. I guess that there has to be a compromise somewhere because if there are 100+ aircraft then thats gonna be a lot of tracer smoke.. It's got to be good looking enough to work and not kill your PC at the same time.

Can't be too long before we start seeing the release version...

[Fergal69]

Like the look of the defiant

The Defiant was made just outside of Wolverhampton where I used to live & occassionally they have open days at the factory they were made at.