Friday 2010-08-06 Dev. update and Discussions

[luthier]

Originally Posted by Bloblast

The 2nd picture is it above a coastal city?

Yes, there's the bit of the Channel in the top left corner. The rest is morning fog.

Originally Posted by barndoor

I like very much. thank you.

Pic 1 - the window bars look raggerdy. Is this normal?
Pic 2 - I see their is smoke out of chimney. Wow. Will wind direction blow smoke?
Pic 3 - will crew member in front move a little or be stil?

What's raggedy, do you mean jagged? Yeah, I don't have AA turned on.

Crew members will move, and how! This was actually the first in the series of screenshots showing him move around, but after I took them I realized that it just doesn't have the same effect on static screenshots. It's just so lifelike to see the guy get thrown about by your maneuvers, almost adds a slightly sadistic elements to the game. Make a pinata out of the navigator! Boom, slam, bang! Uh oh, a flat spin.

[barndoor]

Originally Posted by luthier

Yes, there's the bit of the Channel in the top left corner. The rest is morning fog.

Fantastic - morning fog! Will make landings and takeoffs good!

Originally Posted by luthier

What's raggedy, do you mean jagged? Yeah, I don't have AA turned on.

Crew members will move, and how! This was actually the first in the series of screenshots showing him move around, but after I took them I realized that it just doesn't have the same effect on static screenshots. It's just so lifelike to see the guy get thrown about by your maneuvers, almost adds a slightly sadistic elements to the game. Make a pinata out of the navigator! Boom, slam, bang! Uh oh, a flat spin.

Yes, jagged, sorry. OK, I understand. Can we see with AA on?!

Wow, am sooooo exited about the crew moovments. Sounds fantastic!!

barndoor

[Robert]

Originally Posted by luthier

Crew members will move, and how! This was actually the first in the series of screenshots showing him move around, but after I took them I realized that it just doesn't have the same effect on static screenshots. It's just so lifelike to see the guy get thrown about by your maneuvers, almost adds a slightly sadistic elements to the game. Make a pinata out of the navigator! Boom, slam, bang! Uh oh, a flat spin.

Hee hee! Now THAT I can't wait to see.

[airmalik]

Originally Posted by luthier

Crew members will move, and how! This was actually the first in the series of screenshots showing him move around, but after I took them I realized that it just doesn't have the same effect on static screenshots. It's just so lifelike to see the guy get thrown about by your maneuvers, almost adds a slightly sadistic elements to the game. Make a pinata out of the navigator! Boom, slam, bang! Uh oh, a flat spin.

Surprised more people haven't picked up on this.

The crew reacting to maneuvers makes me suspect their movements aren't simple canned animations. Fingers crossed that it turns out to be something similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi5adyccoKI

Wearing seat belts will be a must. Wonder if sudden negative g's will result in unbelted crew lifting up off their seats.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by airmalik

Surprised more people haven't picked up on this.

The crew reacting to maneuvers makes me suspect their movements aren't simple canned animations. Fingers crossed that it turns out to be something similar to this:

Wearing seat belts will be a must. Wonder if sudden negative g's will result in unbelted crew lifting up off their seats.

Yea...that was an intriguing detail. I wish we could see the screen shots, lol.

[tourmaline]

Originally Posted by proton45

Yea...that was an intriguing detail. I wish we could see the screen shots, lol.

Very human like behavier.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by tourmaline

Very human like behavier.

Look just like "Mannequin"

Pretty good I guess, afterall how far do you really have to take it for people to enjoy a game?

[Viking]

We are talking about a simulation here!
Please!

Viking

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Viking

We are talking about a simulation here!
Please!

Viking

Oops!

I think that Oleg and Luthier are pulling our legs a bit now....

None of the screens they showed us lately had AA, nor was in DX11, nor had a " high resolution"....I also think, IMHO, that they are in fact many steps ahead of what we have been shown every fridays...
They understand how we react better than we think, and they're gonna turn this in their advantage...
They are probably working hard on making a video that will make everyone go " WOW" once and for all...But it takes time...So they tuned down the latest screenies to make the leap even bigger when the video comes up...
So I am very otimistic, as you can see....

Good job !