August 6 2011 Development Update

[Thee_oddball]

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!

[jimbop]

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]

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]

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.

[flyingblind]

Thanks for the update Luthier. Great to hear good progress is being made and looking forward to release. Personally I actually prefer the level of brightness and contrast in the after shots of the cockpits. Considering you are high up on a sunny day it is more as I would expect it to look. The shadow deep in the footwell is just as dark as the dark shadows in the before shots. I always thought colours as we have now seem a little dull as though it is always overcast even when sunny. Landscape much better. Doubtful about roundel colours but you say you still have tweaking to do.

[Rattlehead]

The terrain looks much better, I must say. I can't wait to try it out in-game.

Thanks for the update Luthier. Hopefully it will quell a lot of the panicking that has been going on here lately.
Looking forward to the next patch.

[Gourmand]

before 40fps, after 24fps

1. Graphics.
2. Sound.
3. Physics.
4. Models.

you should include
5. Gameplay like rearm refuel feature

[Stealth_Eagle]

Thank you so much for the update. It has made my day. Check my thread of the next patch info and compare it to this which may surprise you and also has a sad note at the bottom or my latest post in it.

Also thanks for the German trains, that is going to be a worthy part of a new mission I am slowly working on once my PC is back to normal.

[JG53Frankyboy]

Originally Posted by Gourmand

before 40fps, after 24fps

same PC ?!

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by Gourmand

before 40fps, after 24fps

Averages (edit, and minimums!) are what count and two screen shot comparisons are not adequate for an answer. I look forward to testing!