August 6 2011 Development Update - Page 6

ATAG_MajorBorris · #1 08-06-2011, 08:20 PM

Thank you,

Bomber pilots love ground content, makes the sim feel alive. The work your team does to create new content is appreciated by many!

Ground wish list: (just for fun/no real order)

1) Hydroelectric Station.

2) V1/V2 launching area.

3) Paris Gun.

4) Ships to support Normandy invasion

5) HQ/Staging area

6) Everything in ww2!

mazex · #2 08-06-2011, 08:22 PM

Thanks a lot for the update Luthier!

Thee_oddball · #3 08-06-2011, 08:28 PM

the before/after shots look like the alpha was turned up...the ground does look better though

rewriting the sound and graphics engine which are 2 major components of the game in just a few months is very impressive indeed.

thnx for the heads up Lu

S!

kestrel79 · #4 08-06-2011, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the update!

I'm looking forward to the NEW SOUNDS the most. Can't wait for that. Also some better AA and AF would be nice too, I hope the new graphics engine maybe handles that better so we have less jaggies.

As for the color changes of the terrain I'm not going to comment since Luthier stated it has yet to be tuned, I'll wait for later screenshots that are more close to release.

jimbop · #5 08-06-2011, 08:32 PM

Thanks for the update, much appreciated and looking forward to testing the patch.

Rebuilding the graphics and sound engines... Very welcome news especially with potential performance gains but I'd love to know what happened before release!

Very positive update, thanks again.

Katana1000S · #6 08-06-2011, 08:43 PM

Yep I know this still needs further tuning so don't jump on me please, but as feedback it does just look look like brightness and contrast turned up, inside the cockpit does make the instruments look more readable, the roundel on the wing looks a lot worse ... also there seems to be a big drop in FPS in the first comparison shot, but no real difference in the other ones.

Screen shots are one thing but seeing things in motion on your own screen are another too I guess.

But I'll leave final judgement until its tweaked.

Good to hear about the sound overhaul, one of the things I was looking forward to was hearing the sound of the Merlin engines in particular, there are lots of examples of the merlin sound in the public domain from various airshows ETC.

After this they really need to address some very outstanding issues though like the radio communication commands.

But good to see more progress

jimbop · #7 08-06-2011, 08:52 PM

As far as I'm concerned the quality of graphics in the current release is adequate (apart from landscape colours). If the new engine improves framerate/performance but does little else I will be very satisfied.

ATAG_MajorBorris · #8 08-06-2011, 09:31 PM

In 1940?

No, I was just trying to think of any fun ground content possibilities for the area, not so much the time.

AWL_Spinner · #9 08-06-2011, 09:35 PM

Cheers for the update. Would be awesome if I could actually start the game when this patch arrives

klem · #10 08-06-2011, 09:48 PM

This is what many of us have wanted, real information. Many thanks.

PLEASE can you keep us up to date on this work on say a two week basis and add any 'next steps' as you pick them up?

I can't wait to get my hands on the sound beta and look forward to seeing the new graphics update that will come with it. No feedback on your screenshots because I'd rather comment on the real deal when it arrives.

For the 'fps have dropped' posters, please understand that the first fps number is an instantaneous figure that can vary dramatically second by second. The Average and Minimums are the ones that tell you how well it will run and a minimum of zero can easily show up under a number of circumstances, like if there has been a reload without resetting the FPS counter.