Friday 2010-12-17 Dev. update and Discussion

[Redwan]

Originally Posted by Sutts

I wish you lot would stop referring to SoW as a simple game...it's not. It's a simulation of a very important piece of history (certainly to us British).

BoB is just a game and not a simulator (in a real flight simulator, the complexity of dynamics would make BoB look like a mario bros on PS1 ...

Difference between a game and a flight simulator:

Real Flight Simulator – How Realistic Is It?

http://www.realflightsimulator.net/

- So just how realistic is a real flight simulator? Here are 5 examples of how the lines between a real flight simulator and a real aircraft have become blurred thanks to modern computer software technology:
- The flight instrument panel in a typical flight simulator program is programmed to look and operate exactly like the instrumentation panel in the flight simulation’s real world aircraft counterpart. Every button, every dial, every knob, every instrument looks, behaves, and responds exactly the same way as its real world counterpart does.
- The simulated aircraft’s control surfaces can be manipulated in exactly the same way that a real aircraft’s control surfaces can be manipulated by using the control yoke, wing flaps, rudder pedals, throttle, and trim controls.
- The aircraft in a real flight simulator responds to simulated weather phenomena such as winds, precipitation, temperature variations, and icing, in exactly the same way that its real life aircraft counterpart would.
- In a real flight simulator, the aircraft is also programmed to respond to and be subject to external and internal forces, such as weight and balance considerations, center of gravity, and G-forces.
- Anything that could damage the aircraft in real life can also “damage” the virtual aircraft in a real flight simulator.
- The computer software engineering technology behind the development of simulation programs has evolved, and continues to evolve, over the years to become more and more real. Flight simulator technology is widely used as a means to supplement real-world flight training.

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by Redwan

BoB is just a game and not a simulator (in a real flight simulator, the complexity of dynamics would make BoB look like a mario bros on PS1 ...

Difference between a game and a flight simulator:

Real Flight Simulator – How Realistic Is It?

http://www.realflightsimulator.net/

- So just how realistic is a real flight simulator? Here are 5 examples of how the lines between a real flight simulator and a real aircraft have become blurred thanks to modern computer software technology:

- The flight instrument panel in a typical flight simulator program is programmed to look and operate exactly like the instrumentation panel in the flight simulation’s real world aircraft counterpart. Every button, every dial, every knob, every instrument looks, behaves, and responds exactly the same way as its real world counterpart does. CHECK (most in il2 already)

- The simulated aircraft’s control surfaces can be manipulated in exactly the same way that a real aircraft’s control surfaces can be manipulated by using the control yoke, wing flaps, rudder pedals, throttle, and trim controls. CHECK (most in il2 already)

- The aircraft in a real flight simulator responds to simulated weather phenomena such as winds, precipitation, temperature variations, and icing, in exactly the same way that its real life aircraft counterpart would. CHECK(few in il2... SoW?)

- In a real flight simulator, the aircraft is also programmed to respond to and be subject to external and internal forces, such as weight and balance considerations, center of gravity, and G-forces. CHECK (most in il2 already... 4.10 adds structural damage too)

- Anything that could damage the aircraft in real life can also “damage” the virtual aircraft in a real flight simulator. (how many variables here? Neither in expensive simulators you can expect all types of damages)

- The computer software engineering technology behind the development of simulation programs has evolved, and continues to evolve, over the years to become more and more real. Flight simulator technology is widely used as a means to supplement real-world flight training. BoB > Il2

From most I've read in the site that you've provided... yes, SoW will be a simulator, not a game.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Redwan

BoB is just a game and not a simulator (in a real flight simulator, the complexity of dynamics would make BoB look like a mario bros on PS1 ...

Difference between a game and a flight simulator:

Real Flight Simulator – How Realistic Is It?

http://www.realflightsimulator.net/

- So just how realistic is a real flight simulator? Here are 5 examples of how the lines between a real flight simulator and a real aircraft have become blurred thanks to modern computer software technology:
- The flight instrument panel in a typical flight simulator program is programmed to look and operate exactly like the instrumentation panel in the flight simulation’s real world aircraft counterpart. Every button, every dial, every knob, every instrument looks, behaves, and responds exactly the same way as its real world counterpart does.
- The simulated aircraft’s control surfaces can be manipulated in exactly the same way that a real aircraft’s control surfaces can be manipulated by using the control yoke, wing flaps, rudder pedals, throttle, and trim controls.
- The aircraft in a real flight simulator responds to simulated weather phenomena such as winds, precipitation, temperature variations, and icing, in exactly the same way that its real life aircraft counterpart would.
- In a real flight simulator, the aircraft is also programmed to respond to and be subject to external and internal forces, such as weight and balance considerations, center of gravity, and G-forces.
- Anything that could damage the aircraft in real life can also “damage” the virtual aircraft in a real flight simulator.
- The computer software engineering technology behind the development of simulation programs has evolved, and continues to evolve, over the years to become more and more real. Flight simulator technology is widely used as a means to supplement real-world flight training.

Seeing as you can download it for free I can't see how you can even think of comparing it to SoW:BoB.
The screenshots are terrible.
That list of requirements looks like just sales garb, and as far as I can tell SoW will fulfil most of them, if not all.

Screenhots from Real Flight Simulator





User endorsement: "This is indeed a wonderful game that has the extreme quality that a expensive flight simulator would have. Trust me, I have played it for hours and hours a day, and I never get tired of it! Its kid friendly and great for any age."

[Abbeville-Boy]

nudge to back on topic
i would think that the flames should not be visible in bright conditions

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by Abbeville-Boy

nudge to back on topic
i would think that the flames should not be visible in bright conditions

My guess is that Oleg turned up the visibility of the flames in the screen shots so we could see the flames and the planes at the same time.

Splitter