Friday 2010-08-06 Dev. update and Discussions

[Novotny]

What I want to know is when are they going to show some trees? I've already had to cancel my pre-order twice on account of the lies about the trees.

[zapatista]

one potentially major problem with the "tree issue", is that i seem to remember Oleg recently mentioning (or luthier ?) that landscape tree's of medium and far viewing distances all would be one uniform size to maximise frame rates (this was in a fairly recent post)

if that is the case we might have a problem

in order to correctly create the immersive "sensation of speed" when flying low (and medium alt VFR flights), we largely depend on seeing the real life "objects of different sizes" in their right proportions and sizes, that is exactly what creates this correct sensation of speed. hope i misread oleg's earlier statement, or that for nearby objects this is not going to be the case (hard to judge by the recent "town with trees" shots, because you dont have a clear view of a countryside area)

[robtek]

As i have understood luthiers comment it says that the trees in the towns are as big as the trees in the country and to calculate different tree sizes according to their location is by far to much processor activity.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by robtek

As i have understood luthiers comment it says that the trees in the towns are as big as the trees in the country and to calculate different tree sizes according to their location is by far to much processor activity.

that would be good news

[BadAim]

I really hate to add to the "tree debate" but I have noted that a town looks quite different from above than from the "street". I have a c 1,000 foot cliff directly adjacent to my town and whenever I get up there I'm always amazed at how green the town is from above. Given that I always find photos of Southern England strikingly similar to New England (a lot of the foliage here [Connecticut] was brought from England and Europe, all of the 'old growth' having been cut down [and the climate is nearly the same]) I think the recent screenies look great given the limitations of a flight Sim.

[BadAim]

Originally Posted by novotny

what i want to know is when are they going to show some trees? I've already had to cancel my pre-order twice on account of the lies about the trees.

lol!