Friday 2010-07-09 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Hmm, it doesn't look as good as RoF or WoP in the terrain part (I'm not talking about the first 2-sets of pics that Oleg posted BTW) so I think that it still can aim higher in that part.

IF SOW ended looking a bit not so nice than WoP in graphics , it will make sense, because WoP is all about graphics, nothing more ( I play it for three days , never fired again, because it´s not my cup of tea, really)
And SOW probably will use more realistic looking , WOP is more hollywoodish with all that green filter, impressive but I felt like I was in Mars or something...)

[philip.ed]

I know what you mean about WoP's filter, but take RoF...if it had hedgerows it could look photographic. From what Oleg said, this is meant to look photographic, but I don't think those trees look bery good at the 'mo.

[hed]

Nice pictures, Oleg!

Btw, what do you think about "outerra project". They have very good looking engine for seamless planet rendering from space down to the surface.

Example is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/lhrabcak.../0/TVjCetERjN8

[johnnypfft]

Time lapse movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gAvVIv5mAI

The fire looks excellent!!

[Dano]

Originally Posted by hed

Nice pictures, Oleg!

Btw, what do you think about "outerra project". They have very good looking engine for seamless planet rendering from space down to the surface.

Example is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/lhrabcak.../0/TVjCetERjN8

Oleg has already made comments on it in last weeks update thread.

[choctaw111]

Oleg, are the atmospheric conditions being done in 1940 standards?
What I mean to say is that there was a lot less air pollution back then.
I also wanted to say that so many elements are being so well done are really coming together to make something unprecedented and truly extraordinary

[brando]

Originally Posted by choctaw111

Oleg, are the atmospheric conditions being done in 1940 standards?
What I mean to say is that there was a lot less air pollution back then.
I also wanted to say that so many elements are being so well done are really coming together to make something unprecedented and truly extraordinary

"...a lot less air pollution back then."

I'm sure that's not correct.
The first half of the twentieth century was all coal-fired - industry, transport, domestic - everything came from the burning of massive amounts of coal. Electricity was generated by coal burning power-stations, and 'house' gas was a by-product of coke production. (no, not that type of coke! ) Just the daily burning of coal in houses in , say, London created an incredible amount of air pollution. In certain atmospheric conditions London was subjected to heavy 'smog' (literally, smoke and fog) which caused a large number of deaths every year, leading eventually to the Clean Air Act which outlawed the use of coal in London. That came two decades after 1940 however, and the pollution of the time was increased by the need to produce more power, use more trains, and run more factories when war broke out.
The atmosphere over Britain was thick with the carbon particles that coal-burning churns out.

B

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by brando

"...a lot less air pollution back then."

I'm sure that's not correct.
The first half of the twentieth century was all coal-fired - industry, transport, domestic - everything came from the burning of massive amounts of coal. Electricity was generated by coal burning power-stations, and 'house' gas was a by-product of coke production. (no, not that type of coke! ) Just the daily burning of coal in houses in , say, London created an incredible amount of air pollution. In certain atmospheric conditions London was subjected to heavy 'smog' (literally, smoke and fog) which caused a large number of deaths every year, leading eventually to the Clean Air Act which outlawed the use of coal in London. That came two decades after 1940 however, and the pollution of the time was increased by the need to produce more power, use more trains, and run more factories when war broke out.
The atmosphere over Britain was thick with the carbon particles that coal-burning churns out.

B

That is very interesting.
What about the overall pollution over rural areas? Would this have been worse back then as well?
I am only asking as I have seen photos of mountain ranges (in the US) from the 1940's and compared them to the same view today.
The view from 70 years ago is much more clear.

[Hatch]

Originally Posted by choctaw111

Oleg, are the atmospheric conditions being done in 1940 standards?
What I mean to say is that there was a lot less air pollution back then.
I also wanted to say that so many elements are being so well done are really coming together to make something unprecedented and truly extraordinary

London at least was know for it's smog.
Don't know too much about wartime years but air quality now might even be better than it was in the past.

Anyone have any idea?

[335th_GRExandas]

A big issue will be how far you can spot a boogie and what this has to do with the graphics card power.

As you all know in a dogfight the first advantage is to see the enemy before he sees you!!