Friday 2010-11-12 Dev. update and Discussion

[Fliegenpilz]

Originally Posted by Schallmoser

Oleg, I'm running out of superlatives...
... that's really ...
well photo-realistic...

what else to say

You promised it, you did it!!!

MANY THANKS to you Oleg, Luthier AND the rest of your team!!!!!
I'm a happy guy
cheers,
Schallmoser

+1

I just can't wait to hold this Sim in my hands...

[Il2Pongo]

Oleg,
wow of course. Amazing and very exciting.
Luthier, thanks for the description. Those of us who wanted a little bit different colour but couldnt dream of handling making a nice skin really appreciate it.

Decision at Dover would be a better name.

[Ravenous]

Originally Posted by Il2Pongo

Oleg,
wow of course. Amazing and very exciting.
Luthier, thanks for the description. Those of us who wanted a little bit different colour but couldnt dream of handling making a nice skin really appreciate it.

Decision at Dover would be a better name.

uuhm, I have to say that IMHO Decision at Dover screams turnbased strategy to me for some reason, but then again thats my opinion..
I like Cliffs of Dover as it is THE place I think of when I hear things like
Spitfire, Hurricane and ofcourse Battle of Britain which happens to be the subject of this first release..

Absolutely love the look of this sim in motion, and I can't wait to get my hands on it


ps. If it would not be to much to ask, when the Tiger Moth hit the water I noticed that there was no big ripple effect on the water, so the question is simply if that is because it has not been implemented yet, or because of the graphical settings?

[Triggaaar]

That looks very nice. As has been said before, and today, please check the existance of trees at the bottom of the cliffs. It looks really strange.

I can not wait. But then I have no choice, so I will

Everything looks fantastic. . . but I was wondering about the flames.

When looking at the flames with the aircraft in front of in them, there is a bright white outline of the plane structure. Is this from lower settings being used or something that still has to be ironed out. To me it looks like someone photoshopping the aircraft in front of the flames without blending it properly, or is it the reflection from the flames on the edge of the aircraft surfaces?

Everything else looks amazing, just wondering about that one issue.

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Everything looks fantastic. . . but I was wondering about the flames.

When looking at the flames with the aircraft in front of in them, there is a bright white outline of the plane structure. Is this from lower settings being used or something that still has to be ironed out. To me it looks like someone photoshopping the aircraft in front of the flames without blending it properly, or is it the reflection from the flames on the edge of the aircraft surfaces?

Everything else looks amazing, just wondering about that one issue.

I've noticed it too. A glowing contour detaching the plane from the smoke ... ugly. I'm sure it's WIP.

Cheers,
Ins

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Insuber

I've noticed it too. A glowing contour detaching the plane from the smoke ... ugly. I'm sure it's WIP.

Bug?

[Freycinet]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Everything looks fantastic. . . but I was wondering about the flames.

When looking at the flames with the aircraft in front of in them, there is a bright white outline of the plane structure. Is this from lower settings being used or something that still has to be ironed out. To me it looks like someone photoshopping the aircraft in front of the flames without blending it properly, or is it the reflection from the flames on the edge of the aircraft surfaces?

Everything else looks amazing, just wondering about that one issue.

This is an issue that Oleg has already commented on. They have a special effect for emulating the effect similar to a white sheen on the very edges of aircraft that you see in real life all the time. It is basically the reflection of surrounding light on surfaces that you see practically edge-on. That effect was a bit too dominant in earlier builds of the sim but has since been toned down. Seems the build this movie was made on still has that effect and that it lays on top of smoke effects.

Remember, every single little effect that makes this sim look so photo realistic has to be painstakingly simulated! The reflections, sunrays, ground haze, shadows, lighting effects ALL have to be programmed by a totally nitpicking bunch of perfectionist people who don't take no for an answer. The complexity behind these easy-on-the-eyes effects that we see in the video is mindboggling.

Kudos Oleg and crew, hope your efforts will be handsomely repaid.

Also, it was great to see a video that has been through an English spelling and grammar check, excellent!

[Durham_Duke]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Everything looks fantastic. . . but I was wondering about the flames.

When looking at the flames with the aircraft in front of in them, there is a bright white outline of the plane structure. Is this from lower settings being used or something that still has to be ironed out. To me it looks like someone photoshopping the aircraft in front of the flames without blending it properly, or is it the reflection from the flames on the edge of the aircraft surfaces?

Everything else looks amazing, just wondering about that one issue.

Shut-up.

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Everything looks fantastic. . . but I was wondering about the flames.

When looking at the flames with the aircraft in front of in them, there is a bright white outline of the plane structure. Is this from lower settings being used or something that still has to be ironed out. To me it looks like someone photoshopping the aircraft in front of the flames without blending it properly, or is it the reflection from the flames on the edge of the aircraft surfaces?

Everything else looks amazing, just wondering about that one issue.

This is corrected. It was a glitch when using antialiasing feature of the video card. But videowas recorded before that bug was removed.