Friday 2010-01-29 Screenshots AND Discussion Thread

[AdMan]

Originally Posted by drafting

It'd be amazing if Euphoria could be blended into the hand-drawn bailing out animations:

That way, you wouldn't have to hand-animate all possible situations, and you could still have things like the wing blowing off half way through the animation, and the pilot responding accordingly... or if the pilot bounced off the horizontal stabilizer, he'd tumble realistically.

It'd definitely produce some eye-popping 'I can't believe I just saw that' kind of situations.

indeed, that is some sick technology they have there

[PeterPanPan]

Is this animation part of a bail sequence or a simple ground based exit? (I know the Spit is moving).

I'm sure some bails were this simple, but a popular/safe technique was to undo your straps, open the canopy, tuck up into a ball and just push the stick forward. Pilots would then simply float up out of the aircraft as it dived away.

The animation possibilities are almost limitless - this one is a GREAT start. Very exciting indeed.

PPanPan

[philip.ed]

Oleg, will we see the pilot unplug his wiring loom and oxygen pipe? As his would happen if a pilot chose to carry on wearing his helmet, although generally it was considered policy to leave the helmet in the plane. If this were to b modelled in a first person view later on, then I have a ton of info to supply on how the wiring loom and oxygen tube looked and everything (as I own both of these items in my RAF collection)

cheers

[Letum]

Thanks Oleg.
Top work!

[Ailantd]

Beautifull... but, ¿what if the plane is spining or in inverted flight?

[Mysticpuma]

Looks very nice so-far, but I agree it looks like someone climbing out of a cockpit to step onto the ground.

I'd think from footage I've seen the Pilot wouldn't have barely a second to stand on the wing before plummeting off. Early footage I know, but next it would be great to see some wind effects buffeting the pilot and the Parachute buffeted around too?

Lastly, if there is a chance, could we see the First Person POV next-time as it would be brilliant to see the pilot climb in First Person, from the cockpit and then tumble away from the aircraft.

Really looking good, cheers, MP.

[Aviar]

A couple of obvious questions:

1. This is a 3rd person view, but what will a human pilot flying close behind this plane see?

2. While this pilot is outside of the cockpit, say standing on the wing, is he able to be shot by enemy gunfire...or even injured by a nearby flak explosion?

Aviar

[brando]

Originally Posted by Aviar

2. While this pilot is outside of the cockpit, say standing on the wing, is he able to be shot by enemy gunfire...or even injured by a nearby flak explosion?

Aviar

IIRC, the IL2 pilot figure is vulnerable in this way as soon as he leaves the cockpit, certainly in 3rd person view anyway. Presumably this simple programming will be present for SoW as well.

B

[zaelu]

Cool stuff Oleg and team!

[Foo'bar]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

We still have a problem with ftp.
Really don't know when we'll have the new one.
Sorry.

Meanwhile you can get it here:
http://www.sowskins.com/videos/Storm..._Animation.C43

Take VLC Player to watch the video.