Friday 2009-10-30 Screenshots Update discussion thread

[igitur70]

Originally Posted by luthier

Oleg is out today. Hopefully he'll feel better tomorrow and be back to answer questions. For now, I'll just take this one.



This just came up today for the umpteenth time. We discussed it at length.

We don't have anywhere near the time needed to animate the pilot model properly. We can put his hands on throttle and stick and feet on pedals, and then in half the cockpits he'll have other levers clipping through his body, stick clipping through his knees, etc. His arms will obscure important gauges on the dashboard.

With our new 6DOF free camera system that allows you to poke your head out the window or "bend" forward and look at the seat back, there's just no way we can animate the body to follow the camera, meaning you'd be able to twist your neck and look back on your own headless contorted body.

So, the answer is no. A poltergeist cockpit is not perfect, but the alternative is even worse.

Bad news. I warmly suggest to insert it as an option and let the player choose whether he likes it or not.

[HFC_Dolphin]

Originally Posted by igitur70

Bad news. I warmly suggest to insert it as an option and let the player choose whether he likes it or not.

Good day,

Didn't you notice this part of the reply:
We don't have anywhere near the time needed to animate the pilot model properly.

Simple as that, they can't do it within the time schedule they have.

[Bobb4]

Originally Posted by HFC_Dolphin

Good day,

Didn't you notice this part of the reply:
We don't have anywhere near the time needed to animate the pilot model properly.

Simple as that, they can't do it within the time schedule they have.

Yes I love hearing that... Time frame means only one thing, release time is getting closer

[biltongbru]

Hi Oleg and team

1) Will participation be allowed by users to do modifications on objects, landscapes, effects and sounds?

2) Will there be more camera and view options to allow better movie making possibilities?

Thanks!

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by biltongbru

Hi Oleg and team

1) Will participation be allowed by users to do modifications on objects, landscapes and sounds?

2) Will there be more camera and view options to allow better movie making possibilities?

Thanks!

Sound is probably open for modification in general, landscape can be added for smaller maps, objects and even planes and cockpits seem to be possible to implement by 3rd party

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Bobb4

Yes I love hearing that... Time frame means only one thing, release time is getting closer

Hey, somebody else is reading between the lines


Yeah, getting closer now