CoD vs some other sims that model Kent?

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Dave, I usually stay well clear of this topic as it comes up time after time after.....ad nauseum.

Whilst I described WoP as 'viewing the world through cheap sunglasses', I agree with you. It looks like green puke.

And I admire your tenacity on this forum. I'd've given up long ago.

I also agree with phillip (hello mate), that the lack of hedgerows in CoD is disappointing.

But I've just got back from the CoD 'Cross Country' mission from Netheravon to Montdidier, with the time for startup set at 5.00am, and the realism I experienced was far better than any flight sim (or console game) I've previously 'flown' over the last twenty-odd years.

I'd go as far as to say 'a different league'.

Yes I have RoF, yes I have FSX with UK Real Scenery and GEX, yes I have various versions of IL2.

Whether on take-off, at 10000 ft, or on the let-down into Montdidier, I could almost smell the air. (I just had to have the cockpit canopy open all the way).

I wouldn't go near WoP simply because every shot I've seen looks like it was washed along with the baby's nappie, and because I've read the reviews.

So good luck Dave, I've a feeling this comparison of apples and pears will continue for some time yet!

Cheers!

None of this is relevant, we are not comparing the games, we are comparing what they display and how much that display effects performance. With some polishing COD will look great, but currently in general it looks mediocre and performes horribly. Also cities are a disaster.

Selective pov ftw right? Echo chamber..........

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

None of this is relevant.

Erm, no offence but the original post was a comparison of screenshots for realism.

I posted my comments based on an assessment of realism, together with an agreement with Dave that WoP looks like 'Green Puke'.

I didn't post anything connected with the technicalities of programming or collision models because I know nothing about those topics.

I know what I like though.

[warbirds]

Ok what we have is a pro photographer with a good eye for detail and color saying WOP is baby dudu and I agree with him. Now if you are looking at WOP on a small monitor that most likely has not been color corrected than it might look good to you.

As a graphic artist I can say that COD looks better to me than WOP and yes I have used both sims. The haze and green tint is, of course, used by the developers to look like old photos of the period. It works for some and for others it does not. I personally like the textures in COD and find them more like the real textures I see when flying.

Not really a matter of which is better, just a matter of taste.