Friday 2010-10-29 Dev. update and Discussion

[dduff442]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

All your talking cannot hide the fact that you tried to pretend you fought in uniform. Where I come from that is deeply offensive. Some things cannot be relativized, no matter how much you try.

Yes, I know Tim Elkington from the forums. But just because I read his postings I don't confuse myself with him. I wonder what he'd think about a chat with someone who tries to pass himself off as a veteran.

You're asking us to believe he tried to pass himself off as a 90-year old BoB pilot with a very pronounced interest in the shapes of clouds in a yet to be published computer game, and that he furthermore chose to keep this information to himself but then immediately revealed it when asked.

My diagnosis is a malfunctioning irony module and, before we all go nuts, I'm being ironic (just not well).

dduff

[Redwan]

Cockpit looks great and dare we say photorealistic. Perfect job !
I also like the smoke and the fire ! Looks perfect !!!

On the screenshots, the grass looks strange ... but as it's not a ground simulator I wont be to severe on that point.

The clouds could look better and what I have seen untill now makes me a little bit worried about that point. In the previous screen sessions, the colouds looks too cartoony to me and I hope that it will be improved when all the wheather dynamics will be operational.

Now the clouds in BoB look like cotton wool bowls compared to what offer the latest simulators like ROF or FSX.





Lets compare with some good standards of the simulation market.

BoB and FSX

[zakkandrachoff]

amazing. nice night view.f and hurricane damage propeller and rudder.
very very good. and the sound is great. please fix that sound problem that yu said and do a more large vid.

i still love so much the stuka pic. is my favorite
http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/restranger/

[ElAurens]

Redwan, those FSX clouds are just photos. It's not the same as the 3D dynamic clouds necessary in a combat sim.

[Redwan]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Redwan, those FSX clouds are just photos. It's not the same as the 3D dynamic clouds necessary in a combat sim.

Uncorrect. These clouds are reald 3d clouds.
Have a looks at this videos and the related ones to convince yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4id7...eature=related

[BP_Tailspin]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Redwan, those FSX clouds are just photos. It's not the same as the 3D dynamic clouds necessary in a combat sim.

Originally Posted by Redwan

Uncorrect. These clouds are reald 3d clouds. Have a looks at this videos and the related ones to convince yourself:

It looks like your just flying from one photo to the next ... it never looked as if you were interring or exiting a cloud. You never flew in the cloud, it looked like the cloud just flashed from one view to the next.

I'm not a 3d programmer, maybe Oleg can shed some light on this matter.

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Further to the Moscow event referred to earlier.
I noticed that one of the Russian Web sites, after translation, referred to
"Total War - IL-2 - Battle of Britain" .

Maybe Ubi is giving Oleg problems with using "Storm of War"

What price "Total War" as opposed to "Storm of War"?

[Chivas]

FSX clouds are poorly done with little substance. FSX terrain ground textures are worse. FSX water textures are worse than the terrain. If SOW looks anything like FSX I will throw up on my keyboard.

[28_Condor]

Originally Posted by peterwoods@supanet.com

Further to the Moscow event referred to earlier.
I noticed that one of the Russian Web sites, after translation, referred to
"Total War - IL-2 - Battle of Britain" .

Maybe Ubi is giving Oleg problems with using "Storm of War"

What price "Total War" as opposed to "Storm of War"?

Yes,

This is the translation by Sokol1:

Company "1C-Softlab reports that the studio 1C: Maddox Games is developing a computer game" IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Britain ".

Continuation of the famous flight simulator "IL-2 Sturmovik" covers events in the largest air battles of World War II, will run from July 9 to October 30, 1940. During this period, the sky rose a thousand aircraft of the Royal Air Force and squadrons of the Third Reich and Fascist Italy. Now every fan of flight simulators will be able to become the hero of the Battle of Britain, and change the course of a great battle!

The game has been recreated in great detail the huge territory - from London to Normandy from Southampton to Dankerka. Online training allows beginners to quickly master the management of combat aircraft, and flexible settings - to optimize the gameplay depending on skill level user. In addition to the single-player campaign that includes a variety of tasks - from assaults and interception missions to rescue comrades, the game will include multiplayer modes - in one battle can take part up to 128 pilots.

From 3 to 6 November, visitors of the exhibition "IGROMIR - 2010" in Moscow will have a unique opportunity to become a pilot of the legendary aircraft and take part in the Battle of Britain. Everyone will be able to play the sequel of IL-2 on the stands of 1C-Softlab, but also learn more about the project. Presentations will take place on 4, 5 and 6th November at stands C1 and B4."

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...f_Britain.html

Direct source:

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=65108

[undercut]

Those clouds in FSX look really nice but they also looked a little sprite-ish and static to me. The clouds in SOW are fully 3d particles and are dynamic which means they will change shape and direction based on atmospheric conditions and produce turbulence. If you watch the video he posted again and watch the edges of the clouds closely you can actually see the clouds kinda spreading away and slowly changing direction. I think these clouds in the video Oleg posted here are the most convincing fully 3d dynamic cumulus clouds I have ever seen in a game.