Friday update and duscussions 2011-02-18

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Il2Pongo

Are you saying that you want the game to know that when you set you squadron to 92 that it must disallow some skin that has a questionable feature?

And that you must set the date in the QMB and have different fonts dynamically available based on those dates?

Do you think about what you say?

It's possible, in BoB2 (which is 5-6 years old incidentally) to have a historically accurate skin for pretty much every fighter (and now bomber) which fought in the BoB, so I think what reflected it asking is fair enough.
The system the team is using to apply decals is more efficient performance wise anyway.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

It's possible, in BoB2 (which is 5-6 years old incidentally) to have a historically accurate skin for pretty much every fighter (and now bomber) which fought in the BoB, so I think what reflected it asking is fair enough.

The multiskin feature didn't come with the release though, but only a few years afterwards (sounds familiar? )

Great pictures again by the way. Can't wait!

[philip.ed]

Good point Kraken!

[Insuber]

I like the pictures, they are inspiring.

Bravo Luthier and Oleg.

[Tacoma74]

Very nice stuff. I really think that 109 should be behind those Spits though and not the other way around

[Biggs]

Originally Posted by Tacoma74

Very nice stuff. I really think that 109 should be behind those Spits though and not the other way around

Oleg told me that the 109 pilots tried and tried, but just couldnt manage to get behind the spits... Said they will continue to try QMBs until they can set up a favorable luffty photoshoot but this is going to be "very unlikely to be possible"

[Sutts]

Wow, the feeling of height in those shots is incredible. Great work guys. Landscape detail right to the horizon - outstanding.

Anyone else notice the square canopy style of the 109 in the last shot of the first batch? I think it is anyhow.

[Il2Pongo]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

It's possible, in BoB2 (which is 5-6 years old incidentally) to have a historically accurate skin for pretty much every fighter (and now bomber) which fought in the BoB, so I think what reflected it asking is fair enough.
The system the team is using to apply decals is more efficient performance wise anyway.

Thats not what I asked
I asked something pretty specific
If you want to answer what I asked, then feel free to do so
If not, answer your own question

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Il2Pongo

Thats not what I asked
I asked something pretty specific
If you want to answer what I asked, then feel free to do so
If not, answer your own question

But that's how BoB2 works. Rather than disallowing the wrong paintschemes per squadron, in a text document the multiskin assigns the correct scheme (e.g black/white undersides) the correct spinner-colour, and then the squadron code. It's an easy enough feature, but does impact on load-times.
With CoD, I can't see why the game can't recognise the correct scheme per squadron, or allow the player to decide in the skin menu.