Friday 2010-07-30 Dev. update and Discussions

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by perproqra

everything look great. nice fresnel trick with reflection on planes

but the first impresson about pilots and proportions... these guys are just too small (maybe there is some geometry intersection problem when pilots are bigger)
especially 1o9 pilot looks like ewok in plane.

It did look alright in previous screenshots, ut todays shot make them look like sitting too low in the cockpit. The way they look it appears to be impossible to look through the gun sight.

Previous = looks alright


Today = too low?


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[Necrobaron]

I learned long ago that the sim community, beyond most all others, has a knack for nitpicking about absolutely irrelevant details. I understand it's important to have as much accuracy as possible (it is a sim after all) and I want Oleg and Co. to put out the best product they possibly can, but most of the nitpicking concerns graphical limitations and things that don't make a bit of difference in the long run. I'm more concerned about FMs, DMs, and that sort of thing, you know...things that are actually important in a combat flight simulator. Unfortunately, those aspects can't really be conveyed in a screenshot, so I just enjoy the screenshots for what they are: Brief, momentary glimpses of a much larger picture.
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[Bolelas]

I aggre with you mr necrobaron. About the question of moving control surfaces to be seen, question has been answered before in the forum, yes, we will see them mooving, but only close distance. in the today picture of the JU88 i think (not sure) is seen that elevator is not neutral.
Other aspect not refered yet is, if buttons can be programed to act not only as momentary but also as toggle switch, witch would be very usefull to cockpit builters etc.

[Splitter]

The baron speaks the truth.

I think the development team is doing the right thing in toning down the updates. All they lead to is people nitpicking and asking for silly "additions". Plus, I believe Olegg recently conveyed the reality that other entities steal ideas and such from them. So why publish graphical updates for the competition and the ungrateful?

What update do I want? What do most of us want? A report on how progress is coming concerning a release date. Just let me know if the sim is going to be ready for the Christmas gift season. Is that estimate still on track?

...and you can't call ME a FANBOY as I just purchased 1946 and haven't had the chance to play it yet .

Splitter

Originally Posted by Necrobaron

I learned long ago that the sim community, beyond most all others, has a knack for nitpicking about absolutely irrelevant details. I understand it's important to have as much accuracy as possible (it is a sim after all) and I want Oleg and Co. to put out the best product they possibly can, but most of the nitpicking concerns graphical limitations and things that don't make a bit of difference in the long run. I'm more concerned about FMs, DMs, and that sort of thing, you know...things that are actually important in a combat flight simulator. Unfortunately, those aspects can't really be conveyed in a screenshot, so I just enjoy the screenshots for what they are: Brief, momentary glimpses of a much larger picture.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Zorin

It did look alright in previous screenshots, ut todays shot make them look like sitting too low in the cockpit. The way they look it appears to be impossible to look through the gun sight.

Previous = looks alright


Today = too low?


Original

I think this might just be the effect of the viewing angle. In all 3 shots you can see the pilots shoulders sitting above the canopy rails. To me this means the body position is probably correct.

Another factor to consider is the style of canopy. I too have read accounts of how close the canopy top was to the typical pilots head but from what I gather, these accounts were based on the heavy framed square canopy, not the lighter one with curved glass edges that we see here. Perhaps this type was introduced to rectify the head room problems? Dunno, I'm no expert.

[Avala]

Originally Posted by Sutts

I think this might just be the effect of the viewing angle. In all 3 shots you can see the pilots shoulders sitting above the canopy rails. To me this means the body position is probably correct.

Another factor to consider is the style of canopy. I too have read accounts of how close the canopy top was to the typical pilots head but from what I gather, these accounts were based on the heavy framed square canopy, not the lighter one with curved glass edges that we see here. Perhaps this type was introduced to rectify the head room problems? Dunno, I'm no expert.

Thats a midget pilot. In previous image he brought his phone books and encyclopedias in the cockpit to seat on them. This friday he forgot them.