Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Next week Oleg should post BLANK screenshots and a video with STATIC on it only for like 10 minutes There are some things that people seem to stick to, clouds and terrain. Again many fail to see the subtle changes in many of the pics..like the correction of lighting etc. I bet terrain or clouds are worked on but not shown yet. Do you remember Oleg mentioning he does not want to show too much as it is WORK IN PROGRESS and due competitors.

SoW has been under works a long time, gone through changes and all that. It is close to a release now and Oleg & Team has it covered what to do with their new sim. His comment about people was spot on, but seems the sim community are like that and we still wonder why simulators are a niché and not much produced

Let's just sit back, enjoy the ride and soon fly SoW Have a nice weekend all!

I agree - a lot of people are pretty blind. They don't see the changes (or what is implied by them). They'd be happier with pre-rendered intro videos.

I don't think Oleg should really post update. I show up every friday for them though (but if I were him I'd have called it quits a while back). I'd say burn the forum to the ground! Leave nothing standing!

It seemed different in the old days (before Il-2 was released) - there were other WWII flight-sims in existence. If people were there it was because Il-2 had a novel environment (Great Patriotic War) and because Oleg was responsive and innovative.

IMHO, I think a lot of the whining demographic was on the CFS2 and CFS3 forums. Sure, we begged for features (politely) and there was even some groveling - but it wasn't this level of entitled bullshitting. Remember that it was a time period when only TK/EAW really consulted with fans and the Flanker team occasionally commented, but it was rare and a little aloof).

[dflion]

Thanks Oleg,
Good to see the Italian Airforce represented. Liked the shots of the Wellington (hope you are working on a future four engined British heavy).
I am reading lots of Library BOB books in anticipation of working in the new FMB. The more you read about the 'Battle of Britain' the more you see the mission building possibilties. I am really hoping for a vast improvement on IL2 in this area - lots of trigger point scenario's.
Hope you can fix the 'bad weather' bugs soon and show us some pics.
Finally, how was your move?
DFLion

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

I agree - a lot of people are pretty blind. They don't see the changes (or what is implied by them). They'd be happier with pre-rendered intro videos.

The problem is they expect something else than Sow will be.

They expect a movie-like game, "photorealistic".

As far as I can tell, that's not going to happen.
This will be a Sim with a very complex engine focused on mechanics rather than just optic appearance, although I'm sure they try to make as photorealistic as possible, it's just not 1st priority but 2nd.
That's ok for me, I share this opinion.

I could be wrong though.

Originally Posted by swiss

The problem is they expect something else than Sow will be.

They expect a movie-like game, "photorealistic".

As far as I can tell, that's not going to happen.
This will be a Sim with a very complex engine focused on mechanics rather than just optic appearance, although I'm sure they try to make as photorealistic as possible, it's just not 1st priority but 2nd.
That's ok for me, I share this opinion.

I could be wrong though.

Hello Swiss...You are right about our high expectations....But photorealistic is exactly what Oleg spoke about when he was asked at what level he was hoping to get SOW...He was also building his new code to be integreted in hi-tech cinematic process...
Well, maybe after the release , if it is not already there , he will have time to push his engine to the limit ?...

Salute !