Friday 2010-08-06 Dev. update and Discussions

[proton45]

Originally Posted by airmalik

Surprised more people haven't picked up on this.

The crew reacting to maneuvers makes me suspect their movements aren't simple canned animations. Fingers crossed that it turns out to be something similar to this:

Wearing seat belts will be a must. Wonder if sudden negative g's will result in unbelted crew lifting up off their seats.

Yea...that was an intriguing detail. I wish we could see the screen shots, lol.

[zaelu]

Originally Posted by daHeld

As can be seen in these aerial photographs, you normally can't see tree trunks from the air. It's rather the exception than the rule.
So for me, it looks certainly good enough. Did you actually realize how far back to the horizon we are able to see the trees in the sim?

nor the leaves

[airmalik]

Originally Posted by daHeld

As can be seen in these aerial photographs, you normally can't see tree trunks from the air. It's rather the exception than the rule.

The old tree pics posted by TBag look at lost closer to these aerial shots than the new trees.

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by daHeld

As can be seen in these aerial photographs, you normally can't see tree trunks from the air. It's rather the exception than the rule.
So for me, it looks certainly good enough. Did you actually realize how far back to the horizon we are able to see the trees in the sim?

One can see that the trees are way too high.

[swiss]

Luthier, in case you have a desert map soemwhere - please use that one for the next screenshots....

But then agian, maybe the color of the sand is not like the real desert, or maybe the grain of sand is the wrong size.

[lbuchele]

It's incredible to see that a lot of trees in England actually have 2 or 3 floor height.
I was wondering why the trees was so high in the second pic...
But I still think that they might be a little shorter,what do you think?

[engarde]

Originally Posted by Foo'bar

One can see that the trees are way too high.

AND....

whoever modelled those english "countryside" photos a couple of posts back, forgot to put the damn squirrels in.

reality just isnt modelled the way it should be.

there are so many things wrong with the countryside shown in the photos i dont know where to start.

if you know what to look for, the true expert can spot the errors really easy.

[tourmaline]

Originally Posted by daHeld

As can be seen in these aerial photographs, you normally can't see tree trunks from the air. It's rather the exception than the rule.
So for me, it looks certainly good enough. Did you actually realize how far back to the horizon we are able to see the trees in the sim?

If you look at your pictures, then you can clearly see that a lot of trees are actually taller then most buildings...

Conclusion, nothing wrong with screenshot #2!

[tourmaline]

Originally Posted by proton45

Yea...that was an intriguing detail. I wish we could see the screen shots, lol.

Very human like behavier.

I think that Oleg and Luthier are pulling our legs a bit now....

None of the screens they showed us lately had AA, nor was in DX11, nor had a " high resolution"....I also think, IMHO, that they are in fact many steps ahead of what we have been shown every fridays...
They understand how we react better than we think, and they're gonna turn this in their advantage...
They are probably working hard on making a video that will make everyone go " WOW" once and for all...But it takes time...So they tuned down the latest screenies to make the leap even bigger when the video comes up...
So I am very otimistic, as you can see....

Good job !