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Old 05-07-2011, 11:57 AM
RocketDog RocketDog is offline
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I think the terrain colours also need some serious attention.

As an experiment, I compared photos I have taken at ~ 4,700' amsl in summer over Wiltshire in the SW of the UK (top left of CloD's map) with the game's representation of UK terrain. I actually just used the costal free-fly mission, but I don't think it makes any difference. Both sets of images are taken at 14:00. I flew the Spitfire to 4,700' using its altimeter. Here are the results.

As has been noted by many people, CloD isn't bad, but the colours are just too washed out and the landscape remains a pale green into the far distance, rather than "bluing out" with haze. Some of this may be because I am using an ATI card and the game looks like it was built for Nvidia hardware, but the general result is clear.

1. CloD's terrain colours are too pale.

2. CloD's trees aren't dark enough.

3. CloD doesn't manage clumps of woodlands particularly well.

4. CloD is missing the dark edges to many fields (hedges).

CloD:
Looking towards the Sun


Looking away from the Sun


Looking down from above


Here are the view from my glider:
Looking away from the Sun






Looking towards the Sun


Looking pretty much straight down


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