Friday 2010-09-03 Dev. update and Discussions

[airmalik]

Originally Posted by pupaxx

the trees should be better blended with landscape, in partucular trees in far background. However great work,

One contributing factor is that the distant trees aren't casting shadows.

[PeterPanPan]

Am curious to know how/why this particular Hurricane (the one with the small pilot) was chosen. The real Hurricane s/n L1833 came to a sad end on 3 October 1940 when it collided with another Hurricane on a training flight. Both pilots were killed. See, http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=16274

The detail in design, right down to historically accurate serial nos. is impressive.

PPanPan

[McHilt]

Very nice update here... those gorgeous looking trees, grass, well actually everything looks real fine and it's only getting better.

THX a lot

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

Am curious to know how/why this particular Hurricane (the one with the small pilot) was chosen. The real Hurricane s/n L1833 came to a sad end on 3 October 1940 when it collided with another Hurricane on a training flight. Both pilots were killed. See, http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=16274

The detail in design, right down to historically accurate serial nos. is impressive.

PPanPan

You really astonish me with this discovery!

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by pupaxx

One (constructive) critique: the trees in the first pic do not blend enough into the landscape, they stick up like candles on a birthday pie ... maybe some more blur of the 3D objects would help blending them with the 2D textures ... just my 2 c.

Cheers,
Insuber

+1 the trees should be better blended with landscape, in partucular trees in far background. However great work,

Yes this is really so! I have to say the same...and that kid in to the cockpit...it destroys everything...very, very small! Oleg, make the pilot higher, with smaller shoulders in order to fit the cockpit. The other things just surpass my expectations. Really!

Cheers!

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by Insuber

Beautiful pictures, I am impressed, a couple of them look almost photorealistic! Keep up the good work guys.

One (constructive) critique: the trees in the first pic do not blend enough into the landscape, they stick up like candles on a birthday pie ... maybe some more blur of the 3D objects would help blending them with the 2D textures ... just my 2 c.

Cheers,
Insuber

+1. The pics look awesome! After hundreds of sorties, I don't think I have seen an enemy aircrew but when SoW comes out I will have to take a peak lol. Those screen shot are impressive to say the least.

Something about the landscape and trees is a bit off to my eye and since I can't put my finger on it, I'm going with the comment I quoted. The trees look a little too well defined at distance maybe. But what do I know?

Thank you for the update. I would love to see video or maybe hear about the development progress but I'm thinking those are super double secret right now.

Splitter

[philip.ed]

I think the landscape will only look 'odd' because the Planes and objects are almost photo-realistic.

[johnnypfft]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqIsQQFSUic

video

[swiss]

Originally Posted by johnnypfft

video

Why you guys always have to use techno?


BTT: Great pics, thanks.

[Redwan]

The trees are perfect !!! The grass looks OK but it should be affected by the propeller’s wash and the transition between the close view where grass is visible and the distance view where the grass is no more visible is too rough.

The ground on which the second hurri is standing where the grass is no longer visible seems to be as flat as my ex. And the shape of the grass should be visible on the bottom of the hangar, something like this maybe (I’m not a photoshop pro):





And the ‘brutality of war’ would be more realistic like this: