Friday 2010-07-16 Dev. update and Discussions about the update ONLY!

[zorlac]

He's on holiday

[Blakduk]

Well done guys- there are so many positive things to say about these screen shots.
The cliffs in the scene with the cranes, the seagulls, the burning fabric on the Wellington (it look like you could recreate the burning of the Hindenburg with this game engine!), etc.
I am really looking forward to some videos.
BTW- will you offer therapy for gamers who get post traumatic stress disorder after being in that inferno in the Wellington?

[caprera]

Fire still sucks

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by arjisme

Please drop the off-topic arguments about the DRM! While I think it is a worthy topic to discuss, it should be in its own thread, not thread-crapping this one.

Sorry, it got the better of me.
I just hope we'll get a good simulator with user-friendliness and functionality to match, that's all.
I'm goint to edit the post in question just to keep everyone happy

[tagTaken2]

Originally Posted by luthier

Korea was always intended as a sequel to Battle of Britain. We thought at first that we could develop them in parallel, but that turned out to be too optimistic. So we're fully focused on BoB at the moment.

Understandable, thanks for the response.

Good times for a flight simmer, and some real gratitude to developers, particularly a bunch of Russian studios for the soul they put in to the games.

[EvilFD]

Wonderful update. Can't wait guys, keep up the good work Please hurry though haha, the anticipation.................

[Sturm_Williger]

Originally Posted by caprera

Fire still sucks

I think one has to also bear in mind that a static screenshot may not capture dynamic flames at their best.
I'm sure there are many programming tricks used to achieve the look of realistic flames which work best when all is in motion. A screenshot may well capture the action between renderings of some of the flames making it look less than brilliant.

That said, I think the flames we see look pretty damn scary and realistic even in the static shots we have been shown.

[~BeoWolf~]

Hey Ilya, what's going on with Project Galba?

Have not seen anything on that project for quite some time, is it on hold while you fine tune SOW?

[csThor]

Originally Posted by 322Sqn_Dusty

During BoB the Luftwaffe used allsorts of identification on their planes e.g. yellow noses, white rudder/elevators etc in various sizes. Are they in Sow standard careers or should the community skin them for use?

Great detail. Can't wait to see a shadow overhead and hear it roar past.

*It can be played on LAN whitout online connection i hope....otherwise events will have a problem.
For the rest I don't mind..my cash will flow to the developer.

Dusty most of the german emblems for SoW-BoB were made by me (until I was rudely interrupted by a serious illness and now I have not the time to devote it to finish the last emblems and write the last manuals) and I provided Maddox Games with a number of "manuals" for the emblems, their application and the other facts pertaining to german units and their markings (colour, style etc). The fighter manual alone has 103 pages in PDF.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

It's too hot to think here, so I can only say it looks pretty awesome and I can't wait to get my hands on that

About the fire, it does look great, but I think it'd be healthy to increase the resolution of the flames. Right now, you can see some fairly jagged edges from some angles, and that can make some picky guys unhappy and trigger some trolls.

I don't think anyone will seriously notice such details when pulling 7Gs with bullets flying around your cockpit, but judging by the usual standard of bitching about small and ridiculous details, it wouldn't be a bad idea to improve it right away...