Friday 2010-03-19 Screenshots and Discussion Thread

[Il2Pongo]

These shots make the aircraft look much more solid then previos ones. Is it the markings being gone? The CR and the JU88 look like you could pick them up. The brightness in the Cr42s inner cowl makes it look like there is a light in the engine. The 190 in IL2 had the same effect.

Very impressive. Thanks for the update.

[Flanker35M]

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Nice shots! Hmm..that Blenheim makes me wonder Finland has one restored Mk.IV on display, really nice looking plane when was there. Very nice shots!

[PeterPanPan]

Lovely shots Oleg. 2 things in particular:

1. Is that a seagull I see in the 2nd pic?

2. I wonder if Big Ben etc. should look a little dirtier, given this is 1940?

Cheers

PPanPan

[Dano]

Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

1. Is that a seagull I see in the 2nd pic?

It's something attached to the wing spar if I'm looking at the same thing.

[BigC208]

Lighting is getting realy good. Someone said something about light in cowl of the Italian Bi-plane. That's sunlight reflecting of the spinner and reduction gear housing, gotta luv it. The detail level is reminding me of 1/32 scale, high quality Tamiya models.

[jocko417]

Looks good! I am happy to hear about the lighting model, too many titles are bloomed to death these days. Speaking of lighting and shadows....

Camouflaged RAF biplane fighters were painted in a 'shadow scheme' so that the top wing wouldn't cause a huge difference in camo colour appearance due to the shadow it cast on the lower wing and upper fuselage. I'm on the road now but I'll post a scan of what I'm talking about when I get home. Until then, let me just say that the upper surface of the lower wing of a biplane fighter would have been painted in camo colours of a lighter shade than the upper surface of the upper wing.

The colours were official and were (in the case of the Temperate Land scheme like the Gladiator is finished in above) Light Green and Light Earth, to compliment the Dark Green and Dark Earth used on the rest of the aircraft.

The examples following are swatches from the Simmers' Paint Shop website, keep in mind these are modern FS595 colour equivalents, not the original, official colours, as they don't exist in any colour charts anymore.

Dark Green:



Light Green:



Dark Earth:



Light Earth:




When painted in the lighter colours, the lower wing would appear 'the same' as the top wing when in shadow. You can see the effect in the Gladiator screen shot the shadow makes on the lower wing, the camo colours look too dark in the shaded portion and stand out too much. This is something the skinners (myself included) will be on top of once the sim is released, but I thought you'd like to know.

Thanks for all the updates!

[MikkOwl]

Originally Posted by jocko417

When painted in the lighter colours, the lower wing would appear 'the same' as the top wing when in shadow. You can see the effect in the Gladiator screen shot the shadow makes on the lower wing, the camo colours look too dark in the shaded portion and stand out too much. This is something the skinners (myself included) will be on top of once the sim is released

I find it very unlikely that any colors would accomplish much between upward facing clear sky and surface facing, even less that it would make the upper and lower meld together. The sky is REAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLY bright, and the whole upper hemisphere illuminates the upper surfaces. It only helps a little bit. Works better with camuflage painted on faces..

[Zorin]

Looking at the Ju 88, I do feel a bit disappointed in regard to the new skin size of 2048x2048. All the details appear to be rather blurred and it is not that much better than any well made Ju88 skin in Il-2.

It does look flashier with the lighting effects and all, granted, but yet not near what I had hoped for.

[jspec01]

Hi Oleg, thanks for taking the time to answer some questions.

If it's not too early to ask, I was wondering what the "time compression" feature will be like in the storm of war series. Will it be like Il-2 with "2x, 4x, etc"? Or will we see features like "skip to next waypoint" or "skip to next encounter"?

For the Battle of Britian I'm sure the original way would be fine, but looking into the future where there might be long travel distances in different theaters, it would be nice to have a different option.

thanks!

[ECV56_Lancelot]

Originally Posted by Zorin

Looking at the Ju 88, I do feel a bit disappointed in regard to the new skin size of 2048x2048. All the details appear to be rather blurred and it is not that much better than any well made Ju88 skin in Il-2.

It does look flashier with the lighting effects and all, granted, but yet not near what I had hoped for.

Maybe its because of the distance of the ju88 to the camera. If you get closer you would see the details better and without loosing quality, instead on il-2 on a very close shot you see that the quality of some details its not so good. From distance, its doesn´t motter how good the sking and resolution is, it looks the same, but from up close it begin to show the diferences.

Nice update, and that last screenshot of the parliament, i dont know why but give me feelings of bombing that beatifull building . Maybe it because i saw yesterday on tv the movie "V for Vendetta" .