Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

Now then splitter, we've had some good chats and you're obviously an intelligent chap, so don't jump on the bandwagon, please.

What do you think about the weathering of squadron codes?

Thanks.

I'm not jumping on anyone, Dutch, I promise. I even joked with Tree about his what he calls his direct honesty. That post just gave me a chuckle because of the spleen venting lol. So don't take insult.

As for the weathering, it would be a neat thing but here again, it's not anywhere near a priority in my mind. However, I will say it will look a bit awkward if the planes weather but the lettering does not. A big deal even at that point? Not to me, just one of those things that would/should be fixed in a future patch.

Peace, brothers .

Splitter

[kedrednael]

Originally Posted by Qpassa

its beautiful in that screen :S

Originally Posted by tree

in that shot it looks like England, the colours are right, the hedgerows are right, it just needs some trees etc.

what the frak? ! you can see 12 repeats in that little texture. The terrain looks way better than that now, BUT I think it is at medium details, because the quality gets less good when the distance increases a bit, in some of the newer screens you can look at the closest patch of ground and that's incredibly detailed, but the ones behind that are less detailed. It's just because of the graphic settings.
And every update I see different textures. In the stuka shot there were square fields, and in the blenheim shots from the week before that the patches were all different shapes. A lot of variaty.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...4&d=1283522562
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...5&d=1284729362
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...8&d=1276867657

[Richie]

Thanks for those pics Osprey.

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by kedrednael

And every update I see different textures. In the stuka shot there were square fields, and in the blenheim shots from the week before that the patches were all different shapes. A lot of variaty.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...4&d=1283522562
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...5&d=1284729362
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...8&d=1276867657

It seems Speedtree don't do hedges. In Britain, and parts of Europe, that's a big problem, even if hedges are unusual in the US of A.

Originally Posted by proton45

Ok Tree...sense you really seem to need an answer from someone (lol)...

I could be wrong, but...I believe that the screen shot you have selected to display was an example of a "terrain tile" that was built for the "old" "SoW" engine...as some of you might remember, "SOW" was originally built on the old "IL 1946" game engine, and then Oleg and team realized that if they really wanted a 21st century game (for the future) they need to go back to the beginning and built a game engine "from scratch"...

Even though the "old" engine was limited in possibility's (for expansion)...Olegs team had a lot of experience with the old engine and the graphics (and colors) had been highly tuned, over the years.

The new game is not finished, and all the screen shots are a "WiP"...

yeah i think you are correct regarding the old tile proton, but the colouring is pretty much bang on, The close up terrain we have seen with the ground objects is superb, its the 'middle distance' of the terrain that looks odd to me, and the terrain from high altitude it looks 'washed out'. I have said previously that it may not be the finished terrain but it is slightly worrying when oleg says that the game is just going through a de bugging stage, this suggest that all other work is finished.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Foo'bar

Did you remember this one? That should be what you mean. Paint away = markings away.



Be patient. All will get well.

WOW! No I didn't remember that one.

So they had it working and now it is bugged! Damn! Software is a frustrating business!

Thanks.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Now what happened to that terrain, thats more like the terrain i thought we would be seeing.

Similar situation to the flaking paint perhaps?

Interesting to see how this debugging and 'polishing' will turn out...

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

yeah i think you are correct regarding the old tile proton, but the colouring is pretty much bang on, The close up terrain we have seen with the ground objects is superb, its the 'middle distance' of the terrain that looks odd to me, and the terrain from high altitude it looks 'washed out'. I have said previously that it may not be the finished terrain but it is slightly worrying when oleg says that the game is just going through a de bugging stage, this suggest that all other work is finished.

You mean from a few miles away and say 10,000 - 20,000 feet high Tree? If that's what you mean I agree. Something is turned down though like distance view or something like that.

Thats exactly what i mean Richie.

[Rueckwaertsflieger]

Originally Posted by Osprey

Well, you don't actually have to fly, just google

Surrey

On my last trip to England I have done these photos.