Friday 2010-09-10 Dev. update and Discussions

[ChrisDNT]

I read "awesome" every two posts, but a landscape like this...

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...8&d=1284120152

... for a 2010/2011 sim is not "awseome" at all. Ground textures look crude, lighting is very "plastic", trees are strange and the general feeling is not of "being there".

Frankly, blind fanboism is worth nothing to a constructive critical process.

Of course, it's WIP, but there's still some way to go to get to something like that (of course, in the limits of the current technology abilities) :

http://www.ehhvphotobook.com/VSH%20B...DSC_0208B.html

[SlipBall]

Thanks for the up-date, looking great!

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by ChrisDNT

I read "awesome" every two posts, but a landscape like this...

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachm...8&d=1284120152

... for a 2010/2011 sim is not "awseome" at all. Ground textures look crude, lighting is very "plastic", trees are strange and the general feeling is not of "being there".

Frankly, blind fanboism is worth nothing to a constructive critical process.

Of course, it's WIP, but there's still some way to go to get to something like that (of course, in the limits of the current technology abilities) :

http://www.ehhvphotobook.com/VSH%20B...DSC_0208B.html

I'd imagine the landscape is very much WIP. I agree with you that the textures are poor, but the trees are steadily improving. I can imagine that something like that picture of yours is possible. It's all relative on the placing of the field textures and then the placing of the trees.

[dali]

if you look closely - on the second shot you can see a man in the 3rd window from the left on the second floor (westminster). His fingers are too small.

[Thunderbolt56]

Cool stuff. I just hope the "Jesus mode" that allows people to walk on water is a server side toggle like the old Wonder Woman view was in IL2.

[csThor]

Oleg, Ilya ... I just sent a mail re: the yellow ID markings on the 109. Just a comment.

[Bloblast]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I'd imagine the landscape is very much WIP. I agree with you that the textures are poor, but the trees are steadily improving. I can imagine that something like that picture of yours is possible. It's all relative on the placing of the field textures and then the placing of the trees.

I do not agree. The grass, trees and the colours used look fine to me.
Look at the grass on the 109 pictures, I absolutely like it.

The dawn patrol pictures have the long shadow of the trees together with the upcoming sun, together with the mist give a good early morning atmosphere. Well done!

Thanks for the update Oleg, its not cinematic yet but im sure you will get there.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Bloblast

I do not agree. The grass, trees and the colours used look fine to me.
Look at the grass on the 109 pictures, I absolutely like it.

The dawn patrol pictures have the long shadow of the trees together with the upcoming sun, together with the mist give a good early morning atmosphere. Well done!

From living in England all my life, the grass really is far too green for the hot-summer of 1940, and even then it's probably too light-green for wet-grass. It's noticeable if you've lived in the country all your life
And regarding field textures I think they ould be much higher-res to look more realistic The shadows, mist etc are wonderful. There's no doubt about that.
The grass too looks good (is it better than RoF though? I mean if a plane crash-landed in a stretch of grass, would there be flowers?) although, the grass on an airfield wouldn't be that long. But this is just cosmetic stuf that can be changed I'm sure.

[Bloblast]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

From living in England all my life, the grass really is far too green for the hot-summer of 1940, and even then it's probably too light-green for wet-grass. It's noticeable if you've lived in the country all your life
And regarding field textures I think they ould be much higher-res to look more realistic The shadows, mist etc are wonderful. There's no doubt about that.
The grass too looks good (is it better than RoF though? I mean if a plane crash-landed in a stretch of grass, would there be flowers?) although, the grass on an airfield wouldn't be that long. But this is just cosmetic stuf that can be changed I'm sure.

An idea is to put more yellow in the grass like on this picture: