Friday update and discussions 2011-03-11

[Fafnir_6]

Originally Posted by kendo65

I agree Tree and Furbs. Would be really great to see (hear) a video with all the details and action.

I do suspect that the reason for it not having happened already is because they are having to push it right to the wire to get everything to work.

I understand, but still, disappointed that we haven't seen more at this stage.

What I really can't understand is that the best - by far - videos were the 2 unofficial and swiftly-pulled of the Hurri and 109. They did more to sell me the game than all the rest

+1 Those vids were awesome. I am unconvinced about those engine sounds, but the vids were great.

Fafnir_6

[major_setback]

Great video. Thanks for presenting it!

A couple of points though: the waves look much too big compared to the cliffs.

The clouds are evenly lit, not darker at the top or bottom; because the sun is approximately at their level. I think they should look darker at the bottom, as the sky is illuminating them very much more than the relflected light from the sea.

[Space Communist]

Beautiful video, but one thing I was surprised not to see was a certain "jitter" in the instruments. Now maybe somebody can set me right here because I have only been in the cockpit of an (airborne) aircraft once before and it was a 50 year old Piper, but in that thing the needles just kind of bounced around the indicated points on the various dials rather than smoothly pointing at one place. Was that effect just due the age of the aircraft?

[JG53Frankyboy]

the video, the screenshots, looks all very nice !!

BUT, this is seriously ment as an update to inform costumers of a COMBAT flightsim that is planed to be released in two weeks ??
well, actually the best infos so far were from vidoes from Gameshows, two leaked (and fast deleted) videos on youtube and an article on a russian ínternetmagazine !

And no official words about Steam ?! Not that there was a little bit of discussion about that in several forums the last days, no........

i have already preorderd this game and still will buy it, so, no worry - but....

anyway, thx for beeing online every friday !

[Space Communist]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

And no official words about Steam ?! Not that there was a little bit of discussion about that in several forums the last days, no........
!

The game definitely uses steam. I can recall seeing steam overlay messages on the Igromir footage, so that's good news. But yeah I am wondering when they will have a steam page up, I am waiting to buy it there.

[airmalik]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Hi,
Today there are just small video and several screen shots. Next week - probably some new battle scene in video.

Superb video and screenshots! The Tiger Moths look photorealistic and their movement is very convincing with one exception - just like IL2 the plane targeted by the camera seems welded to it.

Ideally the camera should appear as if it's mounted on another plane and move accordingly. To simulate this, if the targeting of the camera lags the movement of the target plane a bit the movement should look more convincing.

I dislike the overdone 'camera shake' in videos but if the shake parameters (axis, intensity, period etc.) are configurable this would be a good way to go.

At a minimum if the camera can be 'slewed' so the target isn't always in the middle of the screen (and maybe even moved off-screen) it'd help.

This would obviously be useful for videomakers but I'm sure there are many people like me who spend a lot of time viewing replays and admiring aircraft, explosions etc. from different camera angles.

If this is not planned, will the API allow modding of cameras?

[JG53Frankyboy]

yes, i ment some further, more detailed info about Steam. UBI was also not able to give them this week.
Just this , very short, announcement on thos Blog and off you go....

Infos like, how will DVD version hanlde Steam, when will it available on Steam...things like that. How will the Multiplay looks like exactly.

I, guess, all interesting things we will know not before the game is ready to install/download. Sure , not all can be told before, but at least some. And not this "joyride" with some biplanes in "hallelulja music"....

RAF fighterinterception on a german Bomberformation under Radar control with full sound or selecting armament of a Ju88 and than go shipphunting over the Channel - that would make the community fanatic i would guess, at least a lot of them
As i said, we are expecting a COMBAT simulation - not a peacefull flighttraining.


and i apologize the rude tone of my posts! I'm just a little bit dissapointed.

But all that is actually not important , thinking about the people in Libya and Japan

[Kikuchiyo]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

yes, i ment some further, more detailed info about Steam. UBI was also not able to give them this week.
Just this , very short, announcement on thos Blog and off you go....

Infos like, how will DVD version hanlde Steam, when will it available on Steam...things like that. How will the Multiplay looks like exactly.

I, guess, all interesting things we will know not before the game is ready to install/download. Sure , not all can be told before, but at least some. And not this "joyride" with some biplanes in "hallelulja music"....

RAF fighterinterception on a german Bomberformation under Radar control with full sound or selecting armament of a Ju88 and than go shipphunting over the Channel - that would make the community fanatic i would guess, at least a lot of them
As i said, we are expecting a COMBAT simulation - not a peacefull flighttraining.


and i apologize the rude tone of my posts! I'm just a little bit dissapointed.

But all that is actually not important , thinking about the people in Libya and Japan

I suspect part of their agreement with Ubisoft being the retail publisher was that they could not offer the Digital version before 3/25. I am speculating, but it makes sense with the information we have been given.

[GnigruH]

It’s so realistic that it’s almost impossible to make the difference with the reality … I watched this week’s update movie after watching this MS trailer and I reached the sad conclusion that a small development team is far from being able of even approaching the graphic quality that we can find in this fantastic Microsoft trailer.

I hope that MS will one day decide to make a new version of his CFS4 with the same graphic quality.

Maybe a feature like 'camera shaking' would have made Oleg's video look less candid and naive (the planes look like standing still above the water .... I almost felt assleep watching that ...) And Oleg's clouds look ridiculous compared to MS.

Frankly, I watched this ms video twice, then even wondered for a few seconds, which I do only on special occasions... and I still can't understand what makes you so enthusiastic and 'high' about it.
It's plain, cheap, cliche, and shows almost nothing.

'When I was a child, I dreamt I could fly'
WTF, a worst grade hollywood love story trailer from mid '90?
Does it suppose to be moving? Make me cry?

BTW, I'm not a ms hater, neither a member of any other flight sim sect.

[Richie]

Originally Posted by erco

To steal a phrase, that video was just PURE WIN!

Beautiful work. And I can't help but wonder if the video we got today wasn't a shot fired across Microsoft's bow, considering their promo video:

Speaking of this, a Stearman and an AT-6 would be very welcome!

I'm not trusting this video one bit as having anything to do with what the actual product actually looks like. Remember this.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6VvcM7MQp4