Friday 2011-01-21 Dev. update and Discussion

[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...