FW-200 fire origin is bizzare

[winny]

Originally Posted by Sven

What´s all this fuzz about?? He just wants to point out that the flames seem to be generated by the pilot´s seat, which is of course not the source for so much fire. Looking to the scale model it shows that the fuel tanks are placed some more in the aft of the plane. I´m no expert when it comes to planes on fire, and hopefully will never become, but maybe its intersting to know what sources near the pilot could cause so much fire.. maybe oxygen bottles?

If this was a photograph of a real Fw-200 then all of these questions would be valid. However, this is what happens to an FW-200 in SoW when it catches fire, because that's how they've programed it, and, no doubt, the countless other aircraft in the game. the fire has to be able to happen at anytime and any number of times during a game. To expect 100% photorealistic flames on demand, on top of everything else this sofware has to do is stupid. To then take it down to what's flammable and whats not inside the individual aircraft is again a symptom of unrealistic expectations and pointless over-complications that seem the norm.

I can still tell the difference between a million dollar hollywood CGI explosion and a real explosion. Your expectations are too high.