Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[chiefrr73]

[QUOTE=Dano;187945]I'd also like to post this image in response to the whole flat bottomed cloud debate...



I think Oleg knows what he's doing...

+1 and more

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by chiefrr73

, yeah this is what i mean, thank you very much !!!
You also think that it looks good, for me it does.

chief2273,

thx for picking up on that, i hadnt noticed that brief glimpse

looks very good indeed, pretty amazing in fact. makes the whole cockpit come to life so to speak.

hope it means at release time all multicrew'ed aircraft will have similar figures in them, and that they will move/act rather then just sit passive/still

[Richie]

Holy smokes ..59 pages, we've been busy beavers.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by zapatista

chief2273,

thx for picking up on that, i hadnt noticed that brief glimpse

looks very good indeed, pretty amazing in fact. makes the whole cockpit come to life so to speak.

hope it means at release time all multicrew'ed aircraft will have similar figures in them, and that they will move/act rather then just sit passive/still

I believe the short video shown by Oleg in this thread shows the crew moving to different gun positions.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

We will get an update, Oleg is not upset, you will be telling us next that he's refusing to sell the game to us because of some negative feed back.

is that really you'r best effort at rational thought ? or have you instantly slipped back to your old behavior and have no intention to ever try and communicate like a civilized human being

yes Oleg was/is upset at some of the constant previous negative posts and deliberate offensive behavior, to which you personally contributed a large part. its exactly the type of response you wanted from oleg after all these month/year, you'r now going to pretend it didnt happen and doesnt matter ?

and no, he doesnt have to give updates here or interact with his fanbase either, at this late stage there is very little creative or commercial need for it [/b](since the game is very close to release now and no further major significant changes in content will be made). Oleg can also instead just selectively release a page of information on updates with a few screenshots in it to one of the main aviation websites, to keep the crowd's appetite and interest for his project alive (most of us would go there and hang on every word). add to that some glitzy website a few weeks before release (so that prospective new customers who hear about it can look up some information on it before purchasing), and with those 2 acts there is then no commercial benefit for him to do it in such a personal and direct method in this forum

does oleg want to give weekly updates here and keep us (his fanbase) at the edge of our seats in the final months before release ? yes of course he does, he's like the proud parent of a new creation and want s to show it of and get feedback and recognition for how extensive his efforts have been, but there is little commercial benefit for him to do so. 98% of the people that regularly attend this forum will buy it anyway, no matter what his end product will be (based on what we have currently seen so far)

only a few days have past since your constant deliberate thread crapping here cause a major incident that clearly upset oleg and Co, being personally offensive to him ass well as ungrateful for him feeding us updates. when you drop your turds tree, you'r mum will still love you unconditionally and give you a lolly when you cry, for the rest of the world you are just a smelly whiny little kid with poop in his pants who is deliberately disruptive. if oleg continues to make updates here it is not because of you, it is in spite of you, dont confuse the two, he just now does it with a clothes peg on his nose so he doesnt have to smell you

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by Richie

No body likes my Dx11 Dirt 2 :..(

lol i'll check it out . Just checked it out, looks pretty good but there were no clouds with flat bottoms. The plant life looks well............ life like.

[Romanator21]

Bloomin thing, first flight in ages and I managed to bag one in that foul weather and finish the mission only to have Il2 crash when I was saving the track, mission lost

You have to be aware of what characters you type in to name your track when saving it. It's happened to me before because I used some punctuation that the game can't handle (like "!"), causing it to crash. I can't remember every character that causes this so to avoid the problem I only use letters and numbers. If you go into the track folder and rename your track to include these characters, the game pretends it doesn't exist, if Windows doesn't give you an error message first.

[Exothermos]

I just bought my first new computer in years specifically in anticipation of this game. The last computer I bought was specifically to play Il-2. See a trend here?

I'm very grateful for the Friday updates, and enjoy whatever is presented. The last couple months have been especially exciting, as I can see the Sim I always wanted to make finally taking form in front of me. Please, Oleg, don't let a few annoying internet nerds ruin it for everyone. Just ignore them as you please, and realize that 98% of us are quietly wringing our hands in anticipation.

The series of progressive screenshots showing the altitude effects had me and my friend (both pilots IRL) talking for days. Great job!

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by matsher

Right, onto the real reason I wanted to post. This posting thing is pretty new to me so please excuse any babbling...

I have one development question / wish / request that has always been on my mind, and I have never come across anyone else asking about it... So here it is

Full cockpit vs Wonderview:- In IL-2 there is either Full cockpit or gunsight and sky. Nothing inbetween. It would be so good if there was a third option.

To Oleg- Will/can there be a player defined option to set the in-cockpit view at 65% (or so) opacity, to make it semi-transparent?
So pilots can still have more "sky" but also can have the feeling that they are still flying in a beautifully rendered fighter plane?

The cockpit opacity settings would be amazing to have... No longer will we have to choose between dynamic gameplay (Wonderview) and immersion (In cockpit)... We could have both.

Not too sure what the technical implications of this request is but I had to ask anyway.

Please give me feedback guys, I am interested to know your opinions on this request...



HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT...


Please give me some opinions and feedback.

I just don't get it really. All the fuss about how realistic things must be but then people want to turn off the cockpit.

Nice pics btw

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by Rueckwaertsflieger

They were made on the flight to London. Some shortly before the landing in Stansted.

That explains a few things. It becomes flatter as you approach East Anglia. Those north of London counties aren't the same as the south of London ones.