Friday 2010-10-15 Dev. update and Discussion

[ChrisDNT]

"It beggars belief. There are genuinely some people here that seem to be expecting real life with the imagery."

Choosing the right color palette for the described area is not a matter of computer power, but a designer's choice.

"I'm more interested in the FM and DM being accurate than whether or not the farmer has barley or potatoes in his fields."

Good question, I've never heard anything until now about the energy model : has it be improved from Il-2, or said in another way will the energy fighters be able to be used in the sim as they were in real life against turn-and-burn fighters ?

[robtek]

Originally Posted by ChrisDNT

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Good question, I've never heard anything until now about the energy model : has it be improved from Il-2, or said in another way will the energy fighters be able to be used in the sim as they were in real life against turn-and-burn fighters ?

Oh, you have the experience to tell the difference?
Or do you only have expectations fueled by reading and other, questionable sources?

[Sutts]

Look at all those little roads and lanes that have been modelled. Wouldn't it be great to take that little MG (we saw in a previous update) for a spin to the coast? Especially now we have all the undulations, woods, densely populated towns, breaking waves etc. Just exploring like this would be fantastic. Hope we have the use of a vehicle in one of the early releases.....

[Sutts]

Couple of questions if I may Oleg....

Will the waves move in the direction of the prevailing wind and will house smoke react to the wind too?

I love the densely populated towns you've shown us but I can't understand how it is possible with today's technology to model London in such a way. There are literally hundreds of thousands of homes spread over a huge area....
"Greater London stretched for a twenty-mile radius from Charing Cross".

Will you be making London smaller or less populated as you move away from the centre? Perhaps the suburbs will be a texture only??? Would be nice to know what we can expect.

Thanks

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Will you be making London smaller or less populated as you move away from the centre? Perhaps the suburbs will be a texture only??? Would be nice to know what we can expect.

Thanks

Do you remember the game "Driver"?
They had a (quite small one) London map too.
And they also wanted to get it right.

They spent 1year and $1.000.000(or was it £?) just to get pictures for the textures of the houses along the road.

I jjust mention this so people understand the dimension of such a task.

Originally Posted by ChrisDNT

Good question, I've never heard anything until now about the energy model : has it be improved from Il-2, or said in another way will the energy fighters be able to be used in the sim as they were in real life against turn-and-burn fighters ?

So what you say is, energy fighters can't be used against TnB fighters real-life like in IL2?

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

and that the game would be cinematic.

Ever thought about that your vision of cinematic is not coherent with his?

Strike commander for instance was also cinematic.

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Couple of questions if I may Oleg....

Will the waves move in the direction of the prevailing wind and will house smoke react to the wind too?

I love the densely populated towns you've shown us but I can't understand how it is possible with today's technology to model London in such a way. There are literally hundreds of thousands of homes spread over a huge area....
"Greater London stretched for a twenty-mile radius from Charing Cross".

Will you be making London smaller or less populated as you move away from the centre? Perhaps the suburbs will be a texture only??? Would be nice to know what we can expect.

Thanks

No textures only.
The size of London is the same as it was in 1940

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

No textures only.
The size of London is the same as it was in 1940

Thanks for the quick reply Oleg! Sorry but just to be sure.....

Do you mean there will be no "texture only" areas?
If so then that would be quite an achievment.

Thanks

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Thanks for the quick reply Oleg! Sorry but just to be sure.....

Do you mean there will be no "texture only" areas?

Thanks

Yes I mean exatly what you like to know - no simple textures shown the city. No drawn cars by camera from above on the roads, no 2000 year sattelite maps with all its infrastructure drawn like it wasn't in 1940.....

Maybbe we will miss some historical objects, but I think creative users will make it exactly like it was in real life... read my posts above

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Yes I mean exatly what you like to know - no simple textures shown the city. No drawn cars by camera from above on the roads, no 2000 year sattelite maps with all its infrastructure drawn like it wasn't in 1940.....

Maybbe we will miss some historical objects, but I think creative users will make it exactly like it was in real life... read my posts above

Wow, this is great news Oleg. You guys are incredible.

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Look at all those little roads and lanes that have been modelled. Wouldn't it be great to take that little MG (we saw in a previous update) for a spin to the coast? Especially now we have all the undulations, woods, densely populated towns, breaking waves etc. Just exploring like this would be fantastic. Hope we have the use of a vehicle in one of the early releases.....

There will be no sign posts, they were taken down during the war. You will have to ask locals which road takes you back to the airfield.
Maybe this could be a future mod - selecting a message to ask the way and getting an answer from them ....Farmer: 'carry on for 3 miles, then turn left at the crossroads'.

We will need a compass in the car!