Friday 2010-10-22 Dev. update and Discussion

[Aer9o]

Any chance for a 2010 release?

[Col.Flanders]

Originally Posted by 1.JaVA_Sharp

negative.

You can however do things like start the engine lower the undercarriage and stuff like that with the mouse.

This is great though and from what Oleg said in the OP:

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Using mouse is possible to get additional info, or, say, use throttle....

...would I be correct in assuming we get to use the analog controls with a mouse drag? If so, brilliant! I was always short of hardware sliders in IL2 (I have one on the joystick and the other is my mousewheel) and so had to revert to an incremental keypush system to operate my prop-pitch. This had disastrous results in the German planes on full-real however, because unless you were the world champion of the 1980's PC game called Decathlon, keypresses were nowhere near fast enough to stop the engine from over-revving and inevitably seizing. Of course the allied aircraft were far more forgiving.

If we're able to do this on-screen with a mouse drag then I'm one even happier camper.

[Richie]

[QUOTE=Skarphol;191867]Fantastic pictures!

But one should really not be able to see such a reflection in that gauge in pic nr. 9. The point of view is above the stick, so one should only see the stomac and crotch of the pilot.
Hm. I was the first to whine about this weeks update. Not good.

Skarphol[/QUOTE


He's right

[David603]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

When you put the mouse coursor to the lever or the gauge the popup line show you the purpose (sometime even data, say current pressure or tempetature, after the name of gauge). This will help for the novices to learn anything in cockpit. Or say to understand the purpose of German or Italian (Russian, Japanese, etc) gauges/levers/knobs, etc for English speaking users.

When you put the mouse on the lever and press button you may move the mouse... and the lever will also moving.

Will it be possible to turn off this popup line (perhaps with a toggle on/off button)?

It sounds very useful when learning the cockpit of an aircraft, but once it has been learned I would like to be able to turn the popup line off.

Thankyou

[335th_GRExandas]

I think from now and on its time to stop mumbling and winning about anything simply hold our breaths it is very - very close.

Oleg (IF and only IF] you have any time can you show as some of this pics with bullet damage in next updates?

Thanks anyway

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

Originally Posted by Col.Flanders

This is great though and from what Oleg said in the OP:



...would I be correct in assuming we get to use the analog controls with a mouse drag? If so, brilliant! I was always short of hardware sliders in IL2 (I have one on the joystick and the other is my mousewheel) and so had to revert to an incremental keypush system to operate my prop-pitch. This had disastrous results in the German planes on full-real however, because unless you were the world champion of the 1980's PC game called Decathlon, keypresses were nowhere near fast enough to stop the engine from over-revving and inevitably seizing. Of course the allied aircraft were far more forgiving.

If we're able to do this on-screen with a mouse drag then I'm one even happier camper.

Oleg's answer is on page 6.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

When you put the mouse coursor to the lever or the gauge the popup line show you the purpose (sometime even data, say current pressure or tempetature, after the name of gauge). This will help for the novices to learn anything in cockpit. Or say to understand the purpose of German or Italian (Russian, Japanese, etc) gauges/levers/knobs, etc for English speaking users.

When you put the mouse on the lever and press button you may move the mouse... and the lever will also moving.

That is a huge advancement! After years of playing IL-2 I can recognize many or even most gauges in many cockpits but sometimes I'll find myself in a Russian or Japanese plane and there is no way for me to figure out what a certain gauge is aside from wildly guessing. At least with the German ones it sometimes makes sense in English. I'm good at guessing but still...

This is great. Thanks! And thanks for the update...the cockpits are looking superb!

[trumps]

looks bloody fantastic, it always strikes me the difference between the functional offices of the luftwaffe fighters, built obviously as a machine of war, and the nearon kit plane cockpits of the british fighters, they definately have that cottage industry feel to them. it may only be me that sees them in this light but who cares, all that matters is that these screen shots convey that feeling to me perfectly, as if i was sitting in them!

Great work
cheers
Craig

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Skarphol

Fantastic pictures!

But one should really not be able to see such a reflection in that gauge in pic nr. 9. The point of view is above the stick, so one should only see the stomac and crotch of the pilot.
Hm. I was the first to whine about this weeks update. Not good.

Skarphol

See page 2.

[nearmiss]

The detail in screenshots = amazing.

Will instrument lighting be available?

I don't know about other countries, most American aircraft (especially Navy instruments were in red).

The night vision thing was a big deal, especially on ships. All Navy aircraft had red instrument lighting.