Graphics Rewrite and navigation?

[Chivas]

I'm hoping the graphics rewrite will not only improve performance, but add hedgerows. Not only will it make England look more like England it might also make navigation easier. Currently I can't see the forests for the trees. I use roads and forests for navigation, but as it is now its hard to distinguish the outline of large forests from all the other trees on the map. If hedgerows replaced some of the trees on the landscape it should make it easier to navigate using roads, railways, towns, and forests

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by Chivas

I'm hoping the graphics rewrite will not only improve performance, but add hedgerows. Not only will it make England look more like England it might also make navigation easier. Currently I can't see the forests for the trees. I use roads and forests for navigation, but as it is now its hard to distinguish the outline of large forests from all the other trees on the map. If hedgerows replaced some of the trees on the landscape it should make it easier to navigate using roads, railways, towns, and forests

+1 totally agree. But on the other hand you'd be hard pressed to find a day in which you have good VFR anyway. There is a reason they call that jacket maker London Fog. I've never seen England so clear in my life as you do in this sim. Now when you get the weather turned on just wait and see then. It would be fantastic but seeing roads and navigating this way would probably be challenging nevertheless.

[Dano]

Luthier stated that it wont look any different.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Dano

Luthier stated that it wont look any different.

Thats unfortunate although I don't remember Luthier saying that, and I've followed the development very closely. That said I'm getting old and my memory fails far to often now.

Hopefully if thats the case some modder with alot of time on their hands could slowly replace some of the trees with hedgerows.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Luthier

3. Performance. We are in final stages of testing a thorough overhaul of the game’s graphic engine. It won’t look any different but it will be much more streamlined. It’s too early to say what the FPS increase will be in the final version, but it shouldn’t be less than 50%.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...181#post350181

[ATAG_Doc]

That we already knew. But the weather isn't turned on yet. For MP I speak.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Doc

+1 totally agree. But on the other hand you'd be hard pressed to find a day in which you have good VFR anyway. There is a reason they call that jacket maker London Fog. I've never seen England so clear in my life as you do in this sim. Now when you get the weather turned on just wait and see then. It would be fantastic but seeing roads and navigating this way would probably be challenging nevertheless.

I agree that the England's weather is historically bad, but during BOB it was much better than usually, although I look forward to flying low in poor weather trying to spot landmarks thru the fog and low cloud, lol.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by robtek

Once more, DX11 is supported by the game engine from the beginning, it's just not used.

Robtek, could you please briefly explain or link to an explanation? I tried searching but there are too many hits on dx11 (mostly whinges). Btw, you shot me down yesterday - good job! Sort of.

I am hoping that the new engine fixes 1) launcher crashes (it will it think) and 2) SLI/Xfire scaling (very unsure about this).

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by jimbop

Robtek, could you please briefly explain or link to an explanation? I tried searching but there are too many hits on dx11 (mostly whinges).

Here is one of links http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=455
I think there were more detailed ones in the past. You can search for ACE-OF-ACES' posts with "directx api support".I think he knows what he is talking about as quotes from Microsoft confirm this.

As far as I understand "DX11 API support" means that all the DX11 technologies can be switched on step by step unlike in other games which do not support DX11. Maybe API is the key word. CloD does support DX11 API fortunately for us.

[jimbop]

Thanks.