Friday 2010-03-19 Screenshots and Discussion Thread - Page 2

Insuber · #1 03-19-2010, 02:36 PM

Hi Oleg,

Are you already modeling the different weapons ? I'd like to avoid all the debates of Il2 regarding machineguns, cannons etc., and hence suggest you to use the "weapon effectiveness tables" of the quarry.nildram.co.uk site, by Anthony Williams, to balance each MG against the others.

Using a competent and public source will reduce the polemics, hopefully.

regards,
insuber

ChrisDNT · #2 03-19-2010, 02:44 PM

"Noticed improvements in the colours of ground terrain over the last few weeks"

In this aspect, there is still a good margin of improvement : feeling of flying over England is still "WIP" (concerning the colors, the impression of cruising over the good but old Yalta map).

major_setback · #3 03-19-2010, 02:45 PM

Thanks for an excellent update.

The lighting is generally very good on all shots, with a nice balance between shadow and lighted areas. There are some nice hightlight/reflections on the Cr42 engine. I think we are seeing the clouds from a little bit closer today too.
The Blenheim is as good as I have expected from following earlier developments.

Ground textures (even if still WiP) are a lot more pleasant to look at today.

Everything seems to be progressing very nicely.

Zappatime · #4 03-19-2010, 04:18 PM

These show nice progress Oleg, another week gone and another tantalising glimpse; I love the cockpit of the JU-88 German bomber, it looks very 'busy' in there, wish I could zoom in more to get a better, close up, look

choctaw111 · #5 03-19-2010, 06:21 PM

There are so many great details.
Thanks again for the update.

JtD · #6 03-19-2010, 08:37 PM

Nice work again, the Italian planes do look nice!

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And since everyone is making smart ass comments about things that aren't finished yet anyway, I'd like to point out that the sun is coming from north of the Palace of Westminster which obviously is wrong!

SlipBall · #7 03-19-2010, 10:26 PM

Very nice and thank you! The air chart look's so real, that I feel I could reach out and pick it up...all looking very good, thanks again

KG66_Phantom · #8 03-20-2010, 04:05 AM

Very Impressive as always Oleg

MikkOwl · #9 03-19-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

I hope and think that we will have everywhere such good representation of lighting. We use real laws for modeling of light. And try to not overmodel some HDR and other modern features like I see overmodeled in some moder games.

Haha, makes me laugh, because I just remembered I always react to the overmodeling of HDR and bloom in so many other titles.. I didn't spend much time thinking about how Storm of War used these things for realism instead. The spitfire video was a very nice representation of this I think.

The navigator/bomber position does look really amazing I must admit. The one thing missing to perfect the picture is rendering of the crew body, as it is one of the biggest indicators of scale. Not many objects in a WW2 airplane has objects whose size is well known to us.

A question: how is the simulation of the unstable nature of flying? In IL-2 in crew positions, and even the pilot, it is usually 100% perfect smooth flight experience with no shaking, if we are just flying straight. From flying smaller aircraft (Cessna 172?) I thought it is not such a constantly smooth experience. Can be a bit uneven, like driving a car over a road that is not 100% smooth. Sudden little movements in any direction. Also sounds are part of this, airplanes can make squeeks and rattles whenever they are moved suddenly.

Il2Pongo · #10 03-19-2010, 03:18 PM

These shots make the aircraft look much more solid then previos ones. Is it the markings being gone? The CR and the JU88 look like you could pick them up. The brightness in the Cr42s inner cowl makes it look like there is a light in the engine. The 190 in IL2 had the same effect.

Very impressive. Thanks for the update.