Friday 2010-06-17 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

There are elevations... and they are seen on the shots, however shown places where they are too small. Look on the shot with the Hurry over water.

PS. For elevations we use satellite data .

Was just coming back to post that after looking closer I can see it lol

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

LOl .ed , I bet ya av bin pushing the refresh button all day.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Oleg, great shots; love the water and the hurricane!

Regarding the landscape, the way to make it look realistic is to have actual hedges on either side of the roads (except maybe in the cities) to give a realistic view of the landscape. There appear to be some hedges, but every flight-sim on the market makes the mistake of only using tress to simulate the environment. Whilst this looks good, it lacks the realism.

Look at any photograph from the 1940 period of an aircraft in the air, and you will see that the fields look at though they have 3-d borders

Keep up the good work!

EDIT-and by the way, there were no rape-fields in 1940 (unless an innocent women walked onto a farm) so I don't think there should be any yellow fields.
Are these field textures showing the quality they will be in the final release?

In terms of the yellow fields, I think that could be ripe wheat/barley/oats?

I also see some hedges but not enough of them...could be a performance thing I guess.

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Yes, it is. Too early to show

Yippiee !

[zichy]

Absolutely smashing pics. How extreme can the weather get? wind etc

Thankyou

[Bloblast]

Love it excellent pictures!
Good job there!

[Sutts]

Great pics Oleg, looking superb

[erco]

Beautiful shots! I can't wait for the day when you put it all together and say HERE IT IS!

Thanks for the updates! I can't think of another game developer who interacts with their prospective audience/customers in such a intimate fashion. I wonder if you know just how much we appreciate that? It's something special to watch you guys create.

All of these Friday updates leave me eager to see (AFTER game is done! a "Making of SOW" documentary. How you are building such an incredible world is fascinating to me.

And for the 'Special Edition', price should be no more than $100!

[the Dutchman]

Very nice indeed,i do still see repetitive terrain tiles though.................is there no way around that?

[Tempest123]

Wow, looks excellent! I really like the detail in the cities and the nice curves on the hurri and beau.