Friday 2010-07-30 Dev. update and Discussions

[Dano]

Originally Posted by the Dutchman

Hmmmmmm,haven't seen any good lookiing terrain shot from the air as of yet,i'm getting a feeling that's something they are struggling with.........maybe they should give Gaijin a call?

Only if you want a very small area around you visible, my money is on Oleg holding back to stop others (ie; Gaijin) nicking his techniques. Ask yourself this, The current terrain may show technical advances beyond IL2 but it so far fails to live up the overall image quality excepting a few shots, can you really see Oleg releasing the Storm of War series with terrain that looks worse that IL2? Have a little faith.

Somebody give Tree a kick, he seems to have got stuck in a loop.

[katdogfizzow]

Originally Posted by Dano

Only if you want a very small area around you visible, my money is on Oleg holding back to stop others (ie; Gaijin) nicking his techniques. Ask yourself this, The current terrain may show technical advances beyond IL2 but it so far fails to live up the overall image quality excepting a few shots, can you really see Oleg releasing the Storm of War series with terrain that looks worse that IL2? Have a little faith.

Somebody give Tree a kick, he seems to have got stuck in a loop.

Yes, I think most of us realize the point of the terrain shot was to show the trees all the way to the horizon ...not some final version that I imagine will look like 352's channel with no tiling and trees rendering for miles and miles in all directions ...wa wa wee wa!!!


planes @ water height...looking great!

[Flanker35M]

S!

Can't stop admiring the sleek lines of the Bf109E

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Can't stop admiring the sleek lines of the Bf109E

AHhhhhhhhh yes. Back on topic. I think I'm in love with the 109. She's sexy, sleek, and oh so dangerous..... (well not in my hands, but I digress).

[Ploughman]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Can't stop admiring the sleek lines of the Bf109E

Yes, that gaggle of yellow nosed fellows'll be my desk top untill at least this time next week.

[Mysticpuma]

Well I clicked on the images, then clicked again, then zoomed in and I have to say I rather disappointed by the paint scheme.

The 'skins' look very soft and lacking detail as do the surface textures of the aircraft. I had hoped by now that Direct X effects would be present so that we'd be able to see bump-mapping along with sharp detailed skins as the next generation is supposed to be 2048x2048, and when you look at some of the skins you get now from skinners like Cpt Farrell and Kristorf, the ones on the Hurricane and He-111 look soft and quite disappointing?

This, I know is WIP, but I had hoped that we would see some land texture, paint-scheme texture and bump-mapping by now?

So, sitting back and sipping the pint I mentioned in my previous thread....hopefully a video will be coming soon?

Cheers, MP

[proton45]

I'm excited about the fact Oleg and team are working on "crew animations"...I really like the idea of these fantastic aeroplanes being filled with moving and reacting people. I think it would be a nice detail to have crewman that respond to the changing tactical situation. Some of the details might go unseen (during the heat of battle) but just knowing that their is an (possible_hopeful_wishing) animation of the co-pilot taking over the duty's of a wounded pilot, or an animation of a the crewmen as they inflate a rubber raft following an ocean ditch...animations and activity like this will really add to the feeling of "reality".

p.s. I'm sure the movie makers will enjoy this added detail of reality...

[Mysticpuma]

Originally Posted by proton45

p.s. I'm sure the movie makers will enjoy this added detail of reality...

Once we know what cameras we have?

I'd love a camera on the gunsight, but looking back at the pilot. This would be fantastic to record the pilot animations as combat ensues. A movie-makers dream camera that would be.

Cheers, MP

[RedToo]

Originally Posted by Mysticpuma

The 'skins' look very soft and lacking detail as do the surface textures of the aircraft.

They do sharpen up quite nicely in Photoshop:



RedToo.