Friday 2010-10-15 Dev. update and Discussion

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Just sprung to my mind. In IL-2 you can edit the file what the HUD displays(on the right), like Power %, flaps, radiator position etc. Can this be customised in SoW too?

Didn't check it. Must be. There is more advenced system of customization in principle. At home I have not SoW after attemp to stole it across internet from my PC.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Didn't check it. Must be. There is more advenced system of customization in principle. At home I have not SoW after attemp to stole it across internet from my PC.

Then beware of people pretending to work for nVidea...they might be SoW thieves!!

[Flanker35M]

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Thank you. I edited power % etc. off my screen as I rely on the gauges I only keep overheat there and some others to keep playability. Sounds good SoW will be customisable as I prefer less stuff on screen and eyes more in cockpit to see what is going on

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Thank you. I edited power % etc. off my screen as I rely on the gauges I only keep overheat there and some others to keep playability. Sounds good SoW will be customisable as I prefer less stuff on screen and eyes more in cockpit to see what is going on

You should write me to old address to know the new email.

I will check next week old one probably last time. Its overloaded with spam and still with the respond to linked to pacific address...

[philip.ed]

Oleg, with the ground-textures, will they be affected by the weather? It would be a lot for the game to handle, but would be great for dynamic campaigns.

oh, and a few of my mails may be sitting in that inbox, Oleg. Some of them may have more info for you; I can't remember.

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Oleg, with the ground-textures, will they be affected by the weather? It would be a lot for the game to handle, but would be great for dynamic campaigns.

oh, and a few of my mails may be sitting in that inbox, Oleg. Some of them may have more info for you; I can't remember.

Do you mean the changes in rain or in time depending of season of the year with smooth trasition?
No. it is possible to make on a small surface in some shooter or so..
So we wil have one the same looking map for the modelled period.

Later, with other version of the gameplay using this map for other periods of year and war is possible to load other(new, modified) map with changed and corresponding to that season textures, vegetables if is, looking by other way trees, etc.

[Flanker35M]

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Used the mail How is ground modelled in SoW? As in many books pilots complain that when a grass field was used a lot it became dusty and during rain got soft and muddy. And are the grass fields smoother than in IL-2?

[albx]

Oleg, one question, i don't know if it was already answered, will be in SOW a more complex movie player? i mean, we can go back, fast forward, pause, step by step ?

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by albx

Oleg, one question, i don't know if it was already answered, will be in SOW a more complex movie player? i mean, we can go back, fast forward, pause, step by step ?

No. But there is completely new possibilities comparing to Il-2

[Ekar]

Great update Oleg, thanks!

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but for me- the main difference between the SOW terrain here and the landscape photos which have been shown in this thread, is that in the SOW shots there seems to be a lot (ie, too much) textural variation going on between each field- basically, from one field to the next, there is a difference in vegetation. In the photos on the other hand, you have quite a bit of uniformity across fields, which is broken up by variations in vegetation in different spots. The SOW terrain looks quite 'busy', while the photos look more placid or relaxed, to put it another way.

That's my only 'criticism' here, if you could call it that. On the positive side, it's great to see really nice resolution in the ground details.

Looking forward to purchase day Oleg- I'm sure you are too!

thanks again for the update