Friday 2009-10-23 Screenshots Update discussion thread

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Question about weather:

Do you have plans to set the weather to each day according to weather reports from that time? It might not sound reasonable at all, but it's just (way too much) curiosity

[JtD]

Regarding the sound of il-2, I've replayed videos I recorded at Duxford and the sound sent shivers down my spine, then I fired up il-2 and it sounded like, well, not nearly as good. I can make it sound ok, but need to tune my sound system for it, and at these settings, nothing else replays well. So, it's not all in the sound system.

I've also played loads of racing games and none could match the sound I've heard on the racetrack, it's something very hard to reproduce on a computer. Unless you want to be at war with your neighbours.

[Arrow]

Originally Posted by JtD

Regarding the sound of il-2, I've replayed videos I recorded at Duxford and the sound sent shivers down my spine, then I fired up il-2 and it sounded like, well, not nearly as good. I can make it sound ok, but need to tune my sound system for it, and at these settings, nothing else replays well. So, it's not all in the sound system.

I've also played loads of racing games and none could match the sound I've heard on the racetrack, it's something very hard to reproduce on a computer. Unless you want to be at war with your neighbours.

But you have to take in account sound from cockpit and sound when standing out. I sat in Mig-29 by engine test and I can tell you that it is simply incomparable, what you hear outside and inside cockpit. The same goes for prop planes, the sound inside is much thinner than outside. I think that Il2 models inner sound quite well. The problem is just that it uses internal sound in external views only in "externalized" way. But mods are doing just the opposite - they put external sounds taken from external sound sources into cockpit that is not realistic, but you get more realistic sounds outside. I personally prefer the current solution as I fly only from cockpit and do not use external views.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Originally Posted by Arrow

But you have to take in account sound from cockpit and sound when standing out. I sat in Mig-29 by engine test and I can tell you that it is simply incomparable, what you hear outside and inside cockpit. The same goes for prop planes, the sound inside is much thinner than outside. I think that Il2 models inner sound quite well. The problem is just that it uses internal sound in external views only in "externalized" way. But mods are doing just the opposite - they put external sounds taken from external sound sources into cockpit that is not realistic, but you get more realistic sounds outside. I personally prefer the current solution as I fly only from cockpit and do not use external views.

I have nothing to add. You just said everything.

(And by the way, did you recorded the MiG-29 sounds? I've heard it from outside and I have to say, it's one of the most beutiful noises I've EVER heard. It's almost musical!)