Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Report the junk postings, especially when the updates are fresh posted. Moderators get immediate email notifications and can usually deal with the trouble postings very quickly. Otherwise, we don't always hang on the forums... we have things to do as well.

Will be a pleasure.

[merlin1]

Oleg.

Good job. I believe the final product will be great.

Please no more friday updates becouse there is so many trols and spamers.


rgr.

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by merlin1

Oleg.

Good job. I believe the final product will be great.

Please no more friday updates becouse there is so many trols and spamers.


rgr.

No! Please friday updates to anybody but me

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Baron

Yes it looks differant and while we are at it, tell me, what graphics setting is used in those last screens in this weeks update.

Im just asking since u seem to know something/alot the rest of us dont.

Nah.

Tree is just very thoroughly when it comes to find something negative.

And very creative to make an oddity a big life-threatening issue.

Originally Posted by Baron

Yes it looks differant and while we are at it, tell me, what graphics setting is used in those last screens in this weeks update.

Im just asking since u seem to know something/alot the rest of us dont.

Well thats just my point Baron, we have not seen any high res screen shots with aircraft over terrain, the only high res aircraft we have seen are the ones against a standard blue WIP background. It would be nice to have just one screenshot with everything in high res and in DX11, considering that the game is effectively finished according to Oleg, with just bugs to iron out you would think that such a screen shot wouldn't be a big ask. It just seems strange that the subject as been ignored or swerved.

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

Nah.

Tree is just very thoroughly when it comes to find something negative.

And very creative to make an oddity a big life-threatening issue.

In reality im just asking the question that most of you want answered.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

It just seems strange that the subject as been ignored or swerved.

In what sense is this "strange"? It's consistent with the apparent way Oleg and Luthier prefer to release progress updates. Just because you think they have to prove something to you doesn't mean that's really the case.

[Trumper]

Originally Posted by kendo65

I suspect part of the problem we're hitting now is a growing mismatch between what people have been able to imagine the game would be and the approaching reality of what it actually is. You can detect an air of disbelief in some posts - "that isn't the 'real' terrain/smoke/texture/clouds - Oleg's holding it back to nearer release date..."

Well said Kendo, i think you may have hit the nail on the head here.It is a bit like Christmas, world cup final, [whatever you find that fits the idea] ,all the build up,all the hype all the tension and then a big let down at times.
I do also have to say that MAYBE Oleg has had a bit to do with it as well by drip feeding and hinting it is all WIP and not near finished so people assume there is still 50% more improvement to come,possibly on some things but i doubt it on all.
He does need now to make a decision on starting to show what is actually going to be a finished result OR maybe leave a few weeks until he can.
I daresay we will all buy the product anyway.
An easier idea is for Oleg to post any developments as he does now BUT then it is locked and all discussions about it are deleted,if there are any obvious problems that Oleg and his team need to know [ie accuracy ] they can be sent via PM or via moderators.

[Daniël]

Originally Posted by csThor

I'd really hate to be an italian in that crate. Imagine October with cold wind, rain and then an open cockpit. *brrr*

Just wondering:

In Il-2 all graphical files (i.e. GUI, aircraft textures, markings etc) were hardcoded and not accessible for players. Will SoW allow players to modify such things according to their liking (i.e. different gfx for the GUI to create a "1940-ish feeling")? With regards to the national markings this may also be a way around the issues of swastika/hakaristi that appeared with that lew law in Russia (we exchanged mails about that a while back).

(Sorry to start the swastika discussion again.)
Wouldn't it be possible to make a downloadable patch for the realistic markings with swastika's? The Internet is 'intercontinental water' so laws don't really matter. (Or am I wrong?) So the people who want realistic markings can download it.

[Rodolphe]

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Originally Posted by Tone71

All things considered, I don't think it looks too bad:



Sorry for the small pic, best I could find! This is St.Catherine's on the Isle of Wight; you can just make out how steep it really is and the 'double step' up from the sea.

A floral study (I know, just starting to talk about tree again )

The Undercliff and the surrounding countryside;

Then and ...















... Now.





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