3/21/08 update from Oleg

[Robert]

Don't forget the IL2 version has lighting effects. The BoB version doesn't. That makes a difference too.

[Friendly_flyer]

Well Skarphol, it's supposed to be the same aircraft, so if they look alike it should hardly come as a surprise. The differences is in the amount of detail. Note the flacking on the the latter (which is dynamic, mind you!), the lighting and reflexes and small details in the cockpit and spinner tips. Eye-candy it may be, but I don't mind eye-candy at all!

The shark-mouth marking is a neat detail. As far as I know, it is from a machine stationed at Herdla, Norway. I'm fairly sure this is a unit in-game marking, not the default for the 110's. Note that the marking is below the "panels and lines" layer. This is a radical new way of applying textures to the planes.

[csThor]

Err .. what do people expect when they see a SoW 110 as opposed an Il-2 110? A new aircraft? A major re-design?

As others said in this stage (WiP Shot from 3DS Max) the only noticeable things result from 3D Model differences. The SoW 110 shows clearly an evolution regarding details (e.g. holes in the fuselage for the MG 17 in the bow), but the "bells and whistles" of the GFX engine are just not there so a true comparison is not yet possible. BTW anyone realized that the RLM 70/71 110 from SoW carries an ETC underneath the fuselage? That would make it a C-4/b
I severely hope that Maddox Games enhances the 3D Models in that way, that the necessary attachments for droppable armament (bombs etc) are always there. There are more than a few examples of a missing bomb rack in Il-2.

[Fighterduck]

and then again, is WiP and they are only screenshots. Personally i think, ok you can see improvements from pics, but the real diference will only appear in "moving machines", So, ill wait for some updated ingame videos, when they will be done ^^ ...im patient and i trust Oleg team, never faild till now. So no worries for me.