Olegs worst competitors (?) - Microsoft Flight have released new screens...

[mazex]

Originally Posted by maclean525

OK, so there are two possibilities here. Either everyone posting in this thread that IL-2 looks better are being paid to say it by Steve Jobs or they are legally blind. These screen shots look wonderful, what's the issue?

Mmm, the reason for me being pessimistic is that it is obvious that Flight is just FSX with some tweaks, and FSX looks good at some places high up, but looks like crap on most places down low. To make my point I fired up FSX Acceleration right now and took two "ms web site" shots (no addons) and one "the real FSX shot" at Ultra everything settings (all settings at max accept cloud range at 30%)

Here we have Grand Canyon in dawn... I sure could find a better place and more dramatic sunset if I put more than five minutes to it. Just searched Grand Canyon and took off and took the shot.


EDIT: OK, I put in five more minutes and took off from Honolulu in sunset:


And here we have the "white" cliffs of Dover down low...


Most places you fly look like Dover, but the screenies look like Grand Canyon or Honolulu - that's my point!

Anyone want to discuss the palette or the selection of spruce trees and Large multifloor buildings in the Kent countryside? The color of the cliffs anyone?

Yes, I know they cover the whole world and then it gets like this...

EDIT: Yes I forgot the mapping for the darn brakes, in FSX it's no problem taking off with full brakes in a tail dragger anyway

EDIT again - the people complaining about the CoD beta shots being too green maybe want something like this? (could not resist it )

Originally Posted by mazex

And here we have the "white" cliffs of Dover down low...

Could you rehost the second pic, I'm not seeing it.

My office is blocking it due to the file name I think. It's saying it's porn. Probably something to do with "xdover" thinking "bend over" manybe?

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Could you rehost the second pic, I'm not seeing it.

My office is blocking it due to the file name I think. It's saying it's porn. Probably something to do with "xdover" thinking "bend over" manybe?

Probably a safety measure: that image can cause eye cancer...

[swiss]

lol, nice cliffs, I really dig those 2d trees too.

[Chivas]

It just doesn't get any uglier than those FSX cliffs of dover, tree, and quagmire terrain textures. It will be easy for MS Flight to do a better job, but I'm not holding my breath.