Friday 2010-10-22 Dev. update and Discussion

ElAurens · #1 10-23-2010, 02:57 PM

Apples and oranges isn't it really?

As I have said many times, MSFS in it's countless variations is not a flight sim. It's a flight procedure simulator. A very different market indeed than a combat flight simulation. I doubt that any of the wannabe ATCs and trans Atlantic "pilots" in the Microsoft product have any clue what a proper FM or DM is, nor do they care. It's all about the procedure of flying, following the script (flight plan) of their "flight" to the letter is what is important to them.

The cattle car driver's viewpoint is very different than ours is.

Where SoW can make inroads into the "civilian" flight sim market will be in aerobatic flying and virtual air racing. Both of which depend a lot on proper modeling of the aircraft both structurally and in terms of the performance envelope.

#2 10-23-2010, 03:02 PM

Oleg:

It would be good to have the dynamic reflections of the gauges as a graphics option. PCs are getting rapidely faster, so i don't think it's far from now that pcs can handle also these reflections without much fps drop.

philip.ed · #3 10-23-2010, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hecke

Oleg:

It would be good to have the dynamic reflections of the gauges as a graphics option. PCs are getting rapidely faster, so i don't think it's far from now that pcs can handle also these reflections without much fps drop.

Maybe for the future, but it's only a small feature, isn't it?

major_setback · #4 10-23-2010, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hecke

Oleg:

It would be good to have the dynamic reflections of the gauges as a graphics option. PCs are getting rapidely faster, so i don't think it's far from now that pcs can handle also these reflections without much fps drop.

We have already been shown dynamic reflections of one kind...though not showing real time reflections...maybe a user will find a way to do that in the future.

http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...-on-gauges.flv

From:

http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/

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SlipBall · #5 10-23-2010, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Apples and oranges isn't it really?

Where SoW can make inroads into the "civilian" flight sim market will be in aerobatic flying and virtual air racing. Both of which depend a lot on proper modeling of the aircraft both structurally and in terms of the performance envelope.

I agree, that's why I'm looking forward to the SU-26 and that I believe, will be the talk of many of the MS aerobatic/racing boards