I give a slightly cautious thumbs up. I think a lot has been achieved that is not, perhaps, very obvious. No change to fps and still big drops in and around clouds but the game is so steady now that if you turned off the counter I very much doubt you would notice. I don't think any sim this complex can be made 100% smooth but for me it comes close.
The tracers are a work of art. If you take a screen shot of them they are perfect ping pong balls of light. The streak as they fly past your cockpit is all down to the actual movement. No star wars lazers here now.
The lighting seems better in many ways such as reflections off glass. A lot is good but quite subtle. I also think the sound is a little better.
Some stuff still not there yet or even slightly worse. Clouds not that better and still no cloud shadows on the ground. Trees in a small area right below my plane have worse flickering and still no reflections of trees and stuff on water as seen in IL2.
I had a short time when I had a lot of flickering artifacts around the plane but that seems to have cleared and I get some odd corruptions in the menus and start up screens.
So, I don't think you should be too hasty in writing anything off yet as it is a beta and I am sure they are still working hard on it.
I could go on but would rather mess around with it some more.
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06-29-2012, 09:39 PM
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