Friday update and discussions 2011-03-04

[Trumper]

As the training flight video feature a pair of 109's i assume it is over Northern France or did they sneak over the Channel.
I guess it's France,maybe Holland with the windmill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ_U4...layer_embedded

[philip.ed]

Looking at the field-layouts, I'd imagine France.
I think the game looks lovely: if there were some 3D hedgerows it would really improve the terrain, as France looks quite flat

[IbnSolmyr]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Looking at the field-layouts, I'd imagine France.
I think the game looks lovely: if there were some 3D hedgerows it would really improve the terrain, as France looks quite flat

Lol, northern France IS quite flat ! This is the flatest area of my country, with Aquitaine. So nothing's wrong here.

[Tempest123]

Excellent update, I love the music in the videos, its perfect, conveys a sense of history along. So will the stuka pilot be rescued?

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by IbnSolmyr

Lol, northern France IS quite flat ! This is the flatest area of my country, with Aquitaine. So nothing's wrong here.

Very interesting! I can remember thinking the same thing of certain areas of France I have flown over, but others have reminded me of England, with there being a large patchwork of hedges. I have a picture of some Blenheims over France, and the variety of hedges can clearly be seen.

[Hunin]

I haven't been around since quite some time now and the last I saw of SoW were out-of-engine renders of ingame assets.

I must say I'm quite impressed.
Overall it seems like an up-to-date variant of what we all know and love.

But still I have to ask wether the clouds are temporary or not?
They seem like placeholders straight from IL-2 and the new lighting engine rather literally shines a spotlight on their slight antiguity.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Hunin

Overall it seems like an up-to-date variant of what we all know and love.

Except that it's not.

But still I have to ask wether the clouds are temporary or not?

Temporary

I've watched these two outstanding videos enough to see that the 109s don't have main wheels/tires (while the landing gear is retracted) or wheel well shading! I guess I'll have to cancel my pre-order ... and I was so looking forward to this game, too.

... or ... maybe I'll just wait and see - lol. I keep checking the calendar every couple of hours to see if I can cross off another day.

[LukeFF]

I just wanna go one week without someone making yet another inane comparison with WoP.

[sallee]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

I just wanna go one week without someone making yet another inane comparison with WoP.

Bad luck. It won't happen.

For me WoP makes the graphics in "Dogfights" look ridiculously understated. It's a caricature, like watching "300".