Friday update and discussions 2011-02-25

[skorzeny]

This will be the premiere non-arcade WWII flight sim for years to come. When you contemplate on IL2 still holding strong after all these years.....the possibilities for this are going to be immense. Guess its time to start planning and researching my dream machine.

current rig:

Dell XPS M1730
P-Core-2 Extreme 2.8
4 gig ram
8800M GTX (burned up 8700M after countless hours IL2)

Will relegate the above to business and other work. May have unintended consequences with the spouse, though

Thanks Oleg and Team and don't release until YOU are ready. We can wait.

[ghodan]

I am going to try again

Dear Oleg, could you please tell us something about how gauge output is handled for the simpit owners/builders?

Will it be native like drag and drop gauges/instruments like FSX?
Or a menu option to do something simular?

Or is it do it your self style again like il2?
If so, is multilayer supported with gauge output?

[C_G]

The parachute looks great to me, especially since it looks like the opening of it is going to be a lot more animated than what we've got in IL2.

[Strike]

Originally Posted by C_G

The parachute looks great to me, especially since it looks like the opening of it is going to be a lot more animated than what we've got in IL2.

Some almost forgotten beta shots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWohMyI9Hbc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj7nEL1ekzM

Personally, for utter superawesome immersion, I'd like to be able to do this from "first person view"

Surely it could be added in the future, but then again, I'm more than happy with a better looking chute than what we already have in Il-2 1946

Originally Posted by Strike

Personally, for utter superawesome immersion, I'd like to be able to do this from "first person view"

first person view would be great.

[Alien]

Poor bastard on no. 9. He didn't even defend himself (guns still covered)

[I/ZG52_Gaga]

Originally Posted by Hecke

first person view would be great.

Indeed!!!

Great Shots!

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Aww......!

The fabric of the parachute between the cords is a very sharp angle.

Is it planned to make this fabric appear more rounded, or is this limited by something technical?

Thanks for the screenshots!

A straight line between cords would have worked IMO

[nearmiss]

Thanks for the update

[Flashman]

Are the pilots too small in the 109? The shot of the 109s banking towards the camera seem to show a tiny pilot. The 109 had a very small cockpit and I think the scale of the pilots might be a little off.

Here is a video of an RAF pilot testing a 109 cockpit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9YVei2Yb_k

ANyhoo, looking good, you will have my money come the day of release!