Friday 2011-02-04 Dev. update and Discussion

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by domian

Did you have read all the comments in this thread???

Luthier explained, that there is no complex start procedure! I am sure, thats the same, as in IL2. One button to start, possibility to change pitch an mixture and finally the engine cooling.

I think it will be somewhere between the two:

Luthier: All the hotspots in our cockpit work. All the controls are animated. You can set fuel cock levers and work the priming pump and flick the magnetos and all. Do that if you like, or don't. We feel that most people will only try that once, if at all.

The systems we do model are crucial however. Watching the gauges and controlling mixture, prop pitch and radiator is essential. Our office is obviously filled with Il-2 online veterans, and for a while we could only play online with Complex Engine Management disabled completely. We could barely fly the Spitfire, and the 109 not at all. We fly with CEM on now, but we still to this day fly with Overheating disabled because damn it is hard!

[Heliocon]

I would love to see a proper video/trailer/footage, that is really needed. But I think this conversation and communication has settled my mind very much from its previous worry. I think this is exactly what the community wanted and need, thanks Luthier!

As for the smoke vortexes, isnt it a similar mechanic to water physics/movement which is in alot of games, direct compute could hack it (it was made for that type of simulation).

[Chivas]

Thanks Luthier for the very informative posts.

I wonder if the LOD of objects (buildings) will be about the same as IL-2? The pop up buildings are an immersion killer, but I understand that its sometimes necessary for fps issues. Will there be a user option to increase the LOD distance. In IL-2 right now a high end system can get many hundreds of frames per second, so it would be a nice option to have, when the new IL-2 series goes forward and people have strong enough systems.

[Necrobaron]

I love the screenies of the new and weathered 109. What does "Physical Weathering" entail?

[David603]

Originally Posted by Necrobaron

I love the screenies of the new and weathered 109. What does "Physical Weathering" entail?

Mechanical wear and tear?