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Originally Posted by Sutts
I'm not after functioning farms guys and I don't dispute
the fact there were plenty of tractors working the fields in those days.
All I'm saying is that:
1. Baled hay and straw (round or square) would largely not have been seen
2. Lines of straw in fields would only come later with the introduction of mobile
combined harvesters
3. The evenly spaced tractor tramlines that are apparent in the Blenheim shot would definitely
not have been seen - these are for the efficient application of fertiliser and sprays on a large
scale with 20-30 meter booms. This technology has only been around since the 80s really.
There were machines that could help with the harvest but they were very different from today.
Binders would cut the wheat/barley/oats and tie it up into neat bundles which were dropped on the ground.
Workers would then stand a few of these bundles together to form stooks which would aid further drying and keep
some of the rain out. These stooks would have been a major feature in fields around harvest time
(see picture in previous post).
A static threshing machine (powered by steam or tractor) would then be pulled to the field and the stooked
crop would be untied and thrown into the top of the machine. The grain would be threshed out and poured
out into sacks while the threshed straw would be dropped out and piled up loosely into pitched stacks
(see picture in previous post). These loose stacks would also have been a common sight.
It is possible an odd early baler may have come over from the States but this would have been very rare indeed.
I know some of you could care less about such details but I think it makes a big difference, especially for those
interested in producing period correct footage. The enlarged, neatly tended, tramlined fields in the Memphis Belle
movie were a dead giveaway. Using plain fields instead of tramlined ones has got to be easier anyway hasn't it?
This really isn't a criticism, it just may not be obvious to people who haven't worked in agriculture.
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The texture shown in the first screenshot looks like it is from an aerial photograph. I imagine that the textures
used in BoB might be similar to those used for VFR scenery for FSX. If that is the case then each texture square
will be individual, and it would take forever to change them, and also would be difficult to make changes look
natural.
I agree - I would prefer not to have those tyre lines in the fields, but it wont matter much if they are there.
VFR scenery for fSX:
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A question to Oleg:
Will the textures be repeated tiles, or all individual (from aerial photos of the area)?
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