Friday 2010-08-20 Dev. update and Discussions

for me it's only important that Olegs final clouds look believable and as realistic as possible and have a realistic effect on plane behaviour.

If the clouds don't stay how they are now, everything's fine to me.

[Antoninus]

The 2006 SOW preview video on the Il-2:46 bonus DVD did already show moving clouds.


Edit:

Here is the link. First 1,5 minutes are about waether and clouds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GtsNqaE1yU

Even these clouds of 2006 version look better than the ones Oleg shows us in developments updates.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

We know. You mention it almost every week.

Nice to see it's been noted then.

[furbs]

And the landscape looks fantastic in that video too

[Insuber]

Well this means that they spent the last 4 years to remove the nice clouds and degradate the landscapes

[BadAim]

Russians! They do everything backwards!

[WTE_Galway]

Just get the turbulence and atmospheric conditions right, who cares about the visuals

[airmalik]

Either we're just seeing a sliver of what's already been developed for SOW or the planned atmospheric conditions as shown in the old SOW video (below) turned out to be too ambitious.

- Real Life weather and clouds
- Authentic turbulence and atmospheric circulation unique for each cloud type
- Weather conditions changing in-flight
- Moving storm fronts and changing weather throughout the day
- Changing, moving weather, and location dependent air masses
- Overcast
- Clouds move and change shape due to wind

I'll be on cloud 9 if these actually make it into SOW.

[nearmiss]

All these wish we had this and wish we had that postings remind me of my wife shopping. I can't stand going shopping with her, or even spending time with her when there is a chance she'll shop.

My gosh almighty the more she looks the longer it takes, and the more of those little paper bags with handles pack my trunk. All stuff that is just more stuff.

So, my friends I would just hope Oleg isn't shopping. We are all so anxious for the SOW to release.

It would seem, everyone is losing track of one important thing.
Oleg made all kinds of graphic releases as addons for IL2. It's a great way to improve the sim, and make money as well.

I know the graphic stuff will come, no sense to worry over it.