Friday 2010-11-12 Dev. update and Discussion

[klem]

Hi Oleg,

thanks for the latest update.

Can I throw a couple of questions at you (they missed out on the last Friday update)?

Will SoW use Tesselation?

Will there be adjustable turbulence at various altitudes? What we get in IL-2 seems to be quite coarse/rough. I'd like to see more use of turbulence but I think the mission builders leave it out because it is too coarse/crude especially for upper layers.

On the Tracer question, there were 'flame' type tracers which IceFire showed so well in his post last Friday. There were also the spiral (vortex?) smoke types but the third type the RAF used did not 'trace' the trajectory but gave a visible 'splash' on impact to confirm correct aim. It was called "DeWilde" ammunition and was very popular with the pilots. Will we have that?

Will the undercarriage modelling be better in SoW? Even when I pull of a 'greaser' in an IL-2 Spitfire there is a good chance it will still bounce around like a drunken turkey. The Oleo compression doesn't seem to be modelled too well (sorry). I asked a friend about this who travelled a lot in a 2 seat Spitfire (and flew it en-route) and he said that it might bounce in the direction of flight on landing but it wouldn't usually 'wobble' very badly laterally. It isn't only the Spit though.

Hope you can help

Oh btw, no, there aren't trees on the Dover Cliffs beaches and the cliffs have a more serrated vertical look to them than the soft undulating surface you show - but I really don't care as long as it gets released soon

[Jaws2002]

I just can't belibe the atention to detail visible in this video. Some sequences look like taken from a real world video.
Looks like things are moving at a much faster pace now. Whenever you guys think is ready is fine by me. I'll be ready with money in hand.

I see one of the next addons will be "Battle for Moskow". I have one question. Are you going to model planes involved with the fighting around Moskow only, or will introduce more planes used on the Eastern Front?

What I'd really love to see modeled at this new standards is the IAR-80/81 family. Any chance to see this planes in the Battle for Moskow addon, or at some point in the near future?

Thank you.

[tityus]

Oleg wrote:

(...) However we now have a new method of converting video directly from an in-game track, so this problem is also solved and we can use maxed out settings for recording smooth high-definition video.

Will this feature be available in user versions, so BoB filmmakers have more resources at their disposal?

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tityus

[kedrednael]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

Well, rather my point was that the level of detail on airplanes is also well beyond what is necessary for a basic simulation (64x64 textures would work fine etc.)

I agree that it probably isn't very important for England. But, some countries do have very complicated terrains (eg. extensive marshlands, or major changes in elevation) which can have very different types of plants at different elevations etc.

It may not matter now - but it could become extremely useful for modelling some parts of the world.

I think the cliffs of dover a good example of change in elevation, we also saw a low- res photo from an online map with mountains, the tops didn't have any trees and the lower parts did. So if I have understood you well enough everything can be modelled.
And sow is not a basic simulation, it's a highly detailed flight simulation.

Fantastic update, it looks absolutely great! The amount of houses and details really amazes me.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Has anyone noticed the gorgeous sea mist along the cliffs in the Tiger Moth sequence?

Then the misted valley/estuary behind the 109?

This bodes well for the inclusion of smog effects over cities.

I'm sure they'll iron out the bug associated with white outlines when on fire. It may even be a low res youtube issue. Anyone?

If this is 'early display version with limited features', we're in for some good immersive stuff.

Superb.

[lbuchele]

Well,I'm glad that the trolls stopped to say that SOW is the same thing that IL2 ,finally.
Possibly with fear to be too ridiculous at this point.

[JAMF]

Wonderful clips. I really like what was shown. The Tiger Moth in the early morning haze was really showing off the lighting well. The wing outside the Spit's cockpit looked beautifully textured and detailed.

Observations:
1:10/1:11 - Splash in the sea. One would have expected an expanding ring (texture) that would have disolved in 3-4 seconds.
2:43/2:44 - A halo around the aircraft, when smoke envelopes the plane
3:17 - Cockpit in the mirror has some flashing happening. Shadow or canopy.

If that's all I can "complain" about, it's great and beautiful. Ready for 'Gold', as it would not stop anyone buying it.

[rakinroll]

Excellent, thank you Oleg.

[baronWastelan]

NVIDIA stock is up 5% today, even though all the indices are down.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Has anyone noticed the gorgeous sea mist along the cliffs in the Tiger Moth sequence?

Then the misted valley/estuary behind the 109?

This bodes well for the inclusion of smog effects over cities.

I'm sure they'll iron out the bug associated with white outlines when on fire.

If this is 'early display version with limited features', we're in for some good immersive stuff.

Superb.

I noticed it, but you have certainly touched on something here I hadn't thought of this myself. Excellent suggestion I must say. The only thing to consider is how this smog looks. Is it just like a fog? or is it heavier and blends with the clouds?
When I went to Cairo 2 years ago, there was a heavy smog there. It looks like a fog, but it's weird as it only falls around the city; so when I stood near the pyramids looking onto Cairo, the city was covered, but the smog quickly dissipated into nothing. As I said, it bears resemblance to a fog, but is a lot dirtier. I'm not sure how it would look from an aerial persepctive.

Well, something like this I'd imagine (a quick google-images search)
http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en...=&oq=&gs_rfai=