Friday 2010-09-03 Dev. update and Discussions

[WTE_Galway]

British pilots are just very small.


here is a photo of some Aussie pilots with a Spitfire ....

[Spinnetti]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

British pilots are just very small.


here is a photo of some Aussie pilots with a Spitfire ....

yeah, but you know this is a semi-scale replica right? 7/8 scale?

[airmalik]

Originally Posted by Flanker

I'm getting really angry beacuse people post such stupid posts like' oh i think the guy is 0.5mm too high or too small'. Shut up!The guys know what are they doing and they're doing it wright!

Relax Flanker. No need to get so worked up. You'll live longer. Same goes to other's complaining about people nitpicking.

You've gotta realise people are here just shooting the shit, passing time commenting on the updates until the game's released. Think of it as mates with a common interest at a pub.

I personally don't think my five minutes of googling is sufficient to challenge work done by a team who breathe this stuff day in and out. However, it is possible for them to make mistakes or overlook things on occasion and in the case of the midget pilot, something doesn't look right. It could be a number of things but the bottom line is that there's something odd about that screenshot.

I doubt Oleg posts these updates to get feedback or criticism. They're posted here to keep us happy. Give us something to discuss and the confidence that the game is being actively worked on and isn't vapourware. Occasionally our discussions have actually resulted in changes (trim tab, pitot).

We're all fans of the game. Every single one of us on this forum will buy the game when it's released and every single update afterwards regardless of pilot size, grass colour etc. People may get passionate about little things but it's just because there's not much else to talk about these days.

And if these 'discussions' really bother you so much, just don't read the thread when it ventures into territory you find annoying or boring.

[Jimko]

Originally Posted by airmalik

Relax Flanker. No need to get so worked up. You'll live longer. Same goes to other's complaining about people nitpicking.

You've gotta realise people are here just shooting the shit, passing time commenting on the updates until the game's released. Think of it as mates with a common interest at a pub.

I personally don't think my five minutes of googling is sufficient to challenge work done by a team who breathe this stuff day in and out. However, it is possible for them to make mistakes or overlook things on occasion and in the case of the midget pilot, something doesn't look right. It could be a number of things but the bottom line is that there's something odd about that screenshot.

I doubt Oleg posts these updates to get feedback or criticism. They're posted here to keep us happy. Give us something to discuss and the confidence that the game is being actively worked on and isn't vapourware. Occasionally our discussions have actually resulted in changes (trim tab, pitot).

We're all fans of the game. Every single one of us on this forum will buy the game when it's released and every single update afterwards regardless of pilot size, grass colour etc. People may get passionate about little things but it's just because there's not much else to talk about these days.

And if these 'discussions' really bother you so much, just don't read the thread when it ventures into territory you find annoying or boring.

Exactly Airmalik, and well said!

A few 'scraps' are thrown to the wolves each week, and we snap them up! We are all waiting for this sim to be released, and if we choose to discuss, argue, debate various issues according to what we see in the weekly updates...so what? Just as you stated, we are passionate about flight sims... and that's going to lead to discussions and disagreements. I don't think that Oleg and team are losing sleep over criticisms any more than they are over accolades. They must be well used to this 'game' by now! Hopefully though, it gives them a sense of what the community likes and doesn't like.

These kinds of conversations are pretty typical of what I've seen on flight sim forums over the last 15 years or more. The only time I get annoyed is when members start to denigrate others, particularly with very mean and derogatory comments. Unfortunately, I've seen more of that on this forum than on others that I've participated in.

[Tempest123]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

British pilots are just very small.


here is a photo of some Aussie pilots with a Spitfire ....

Ha ha, I think its the "spitfire" that is small in this photo, not the pilots.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Jimko

What on earth does one have to do with the other?

The view that you see when looking out of the cockpit is determined by the sim configuration parameters as far as I know, not by what the virtual pilot's head position is.

Absolutely correct. The view inside the cockpit and the 3d representation of the pilot outside the cockpit are two entirely different things.

[Kyrios]

Just found this vid on youtube, real time smoke calculation done by the GPU:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56kt1...ure=grec_index

If such a thing could be introduced in SOW (as an option), but optimised and with a reduced quality so as not to kill the framerate, it would be really cool (however, I don't think it's capable of creating vortices, as there's probably no 'air')

[Richie]

Regarding this Hurricane pilot and all of these pictures. There's tall men and short men 5'5" 6'5" etc. Ones with really long backs who are very tall..me. I can see a good foot difference in some peoples heights.

[Pierre@]

Originally Posted by Kyrios

Just found this vid on youtube, real time smoke calculation done by the GPU:

If such a thing could be introduced in SOW (as an option), but optimised and with a reduced quality so as not to kill the framerate, it would be really cool (however, I don't think it's capable of creating vertices, as there's probably no 'air')

And so useful if Galland's cigar is implemented...

[Immermann]

HEY! Is it just me or is that Hurri pilots head a bit small?