Friday 2010-07-16 Dev. update and Discussions about the update ONLY!

[csThor]

Ilya, just remember I have my manual on the fighter markings & emblems here. And you know what a nag I can be when it comes to that kind of stuff.

[Armatian]

More than be able to collide and shoot seagulls, it would be nice to have a peek at how are animated, short video if devs are so kind please! =D

[322Sqn_Dusty]

Originally Posted by csThor

Ilya, just remember I have my manual on the fighter markings & emblems here. And you know what a nag I can be when it comes to that kind of stuff.

During BoB the Luftwaffe used allsorts of identification on their planes e.g. yellow noses, white rudder/elevators etc in various sizes. Are they in Sow standard careers or should the community skin them for use?

Great detail. Can't wait to see a shadow overhead and hear it roar past.

*It can be played on LAN whitout online connection i hope....otherwise events will have a problem.
For the rest I don't mind..my cash will flow to the developer.

[csThor]

Originally Posted by 322Sqn_Dusty

During BoB the Luftwaffe used allsorts of identification on their planes e.g. yellow noses, white rudder/elevators etc in various sizes. Are they in Sow standard careers or should the community skin them for use?

Great detail. Can't wait to see a shadow overhead and hear it roar past.

*It can be played on LAN whitout online connection i hope....otherwise events will have a problem.
For the rest I don't mind..my cash will flow to the developer.

Dusty most of the german emblems for SoW-BoB were made by me (until I was rudely interrupted by a serious illness and now I have not the time to devote it to finish the last emblems and write the last manuals) and I provided Maddox Games with a number of "manuals" for the emblems, their application and the other facts pertaining to german units and their markings (colour, style etc). The fighter manual alone has 103 pages in PDF.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

It's too hot to think here, so I can only say it looks pretty awesome and I can't wait to get my hands on that

About the fire, it does look great, but I think it'd be healthy to increase the resolution of the flames. Right now, you can see some fairly jagged edges from some angles, and that can make some picky guys unhappy and trigger some trolls.

I don't think anyone will seriously notice such details when pulling 7Gs with bullets flying around your cockpit, but judging by the usual standard of bitching about small and ridiculous details, it wouldn't be a bad idea to improve it right away...

[fireflyerz]

Yes

[whatnot]

The best set of screens I've seen so far and the first ones with some AA finally which make them look extra gorgeous! Fantastic work and these combined with luthier's teasers made the wait even tougher than before! Gimme gimme gimme!

Some comments:

1) Fire is quite ok to my eyes and it must be frustrating to see dumbass beavis & butthead comments like 'xyz sucks' after the devs go through the trouble providing these luxury updates. Comparing the flames to photographs the biggest difference I see is that the 'white highlight' (or whatever it's called in the heart of the flame is too large and bright white.

2) My gut feeling is that every single WW2 aviation nerd looming around these forums will crap their pants and run to the store to get minimum three copies of BOB SOW when it's released even if it would costs 300€ / piece and has a DRM that kills 30 DVD drives an hour and requires 1Gb connection and latency < 1ms. LOL @ the 'I won't get it unless it has x copy protection. No one will buy that bluff, not here atleast

3) If the ground would look as good as the skies it would be too much to handle for us waiting for the release. Interested to see what kind of wonders the finetuning will do the terrain.

[Immermann]

I don't think there's any AA on these screen shots. It's just the blue-greys of the sea that sometimes gives the same effect on the edges of the planes.

[caprera]

Originally Posted by whatnot

dumbass beavis & butthead comments like 'xyz sucks' after the devs go through the trouble providing these luxury updates

I prefer to call it a "direct critique" and i explained also why i said that.

Surely more helpful than noob pointless cheering for every screenshot shown that even can't recognize AA or HDR like you....so please spare me.

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by csThor

Dusty most of the german emblems for SoW-BoB were made by me (until I was rudely interrupted by a serious illness and now I have not the time to devote it to finish the last emblems and write the last manuals) and I provided Maddox Games with a number of "manuals" for the emblems, their application and the other facts pertaining to german units and their markings (colour, style etc). The fighter manual alone has 103 pages in PDF.

I hope your health does well.

Very impressive number of pages there...