Friday 2010-08-06 Dev. update and Discussions

[LukeFF]

Tree-whining, this week's flavor of criticism.

[ECV56_Lancelot]

Maybe i´m just to easy to convince, but IMO the terrain on the first screenshot looks excellent.
Beside, now we know we will not have "ghost" gunners and copilot on bombers. Long time ago it was said that we would have "ghost" planes for saving resources and because of all the animations required. Now we can see gunners, is a new adition, and only Maddox Games know what else they have in reserve for us.
Thanks for the update.

[Caveman]

Luthier, Oleg...

It's looking fantastic. Lighting really adds to everything quite nicely. The landscape is really coming together.

I went back to the old Spit Video released a few months back and noticed how well made the cockpits were and how well detailed and real the lighting looked. It's obvious this sim will take the best IL-2 ever was a multiply by 4 or 5.

Excited to see the crew animations too... Can't wait to fly this beast...

Originally Posted by ECV56_Lancelot

Maybe i´m just to easy to convince, but IMO the terrain on the first screenshot looks excellent.
Beside, now we know we will not have "ghost" gunners and copilot on bombers. Long time ago it was said that we would have "ghost" planes for saving resources and because of all the animations required. Now we can see gunners, is a new adition, and only Maddox Games know what else they have in reserve for us.
Thanks for the update.

I agree by far the best screen shot we have seen of the terrain and a nice update, thank you.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

I agree by far the best screen shot we have seen of the terrain and a nice update, thank you.

[grabs red marker and heads to calendar]

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

[grabs red marker and heads to calendar]

I wet myself laughing. Oh....man.

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

[grabs red marker and heads to calendar]

lol the beers are on me.....

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Tree-whining, this week's flavor of criticism.

If you didn't say it I would have.

Thanks for the great shots and careful explanations Luthier. Despite the criticisms SoW will be studied and copied by future sim developers IMAO.

[Avimimus]

I guess Luthier will have to remove the trees for next week (just like the effects for this week)

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

I guess Luthier will have to remove the trees for next week (just like the effects for this week)

Criticism needs to become more constructive and I'll let an old Taoist parable explain why:

In the state of Ch'u, a housebreaker became a soldier under the General Tzu-fa, a man known for utilizing the abilities of others to a remarkable degree.

A short while later, Ch'u was attacked by the army of the state of Ch'i. Tzu-fa's men went out to counter the attack, but were driven back three times. The Ch'u strategists exhausted their minds while the enemy forces grew stronger.

At that point, the housebreaker stepped forward and asked for a chance to work for the defense of Ch'u. The General granted his request.

That night, the housebreaker sneaked into the Ch'i camp, entered the general's tent, and removed the curtains from the bed. Tzu-fa sent these back the next morning by special envoy, with a note which explained that they had been found by some men who were out gathering firewood.

The following evening, the housebreaker removed the Ch'i general's pillow. The next morning, it was returned with a message like the first.

On the third night, the housebreaker removed the general's jade hairpin. It was returned the next morning.

That day, the Ch'i general called his officers together. "One more night," he warned them, "and it will be my head!" The troops were ordered to break camp and return home.

So next week, no tree, after that, no more Friday Updates!