Friday 2010-10-15 Dev. update and Discussion

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by mungee

You tell 'em Oleg!! Hehe! I have no doubt that SoW will "set the bar" for many years to come.

Just something I need to ask you Oleg - I fear that it may already have been answered before ... if it has, I'm sorry!

It's the AI that SoW will have - in IL-2 one's squadron/section often/usually leaves one way behind in spite of one trying to maintain a gradual and reasonably fast ascent - not wanting to test the ol' Merlin too much before she overheats!!

In SoW will the AI and the individual player's airctaft be "closer" performance-wise. I understand that the AI in IL-2 was near-perfect (perfect trim etc) and that's why guys like me couldn't keep up!

Keep up the graet work - it gives so many of us so much pleasure! It must really make you feel good!

Can't tell you all details of AI. I would tell that it is more humanized in principle and doing very similar things to real things.

[Spudkopf]

How's the boy, is he feeling better yet has he lost his temperature?

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by Spudkopf

How's the boy, is he feeling better yet has he lost his temperature?

Its Ok, thanks, but I personally have no time at the moment to sit near him to play.
I just did for him several new simple missions where he can win with his entry level experience .

[furbs]

Glad your boy is feeling better Oleg, how is moscow, getting cold yet?

And also...is there a chance of a sound update this week?

[Spudkopf]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Its Ok, thanks, but I personally have no time at the moment to sit near him to play.
I just did for him several new simple missions where he can win with his entry level experience .

Good to hear that he is on the mend, as that is the most important thing. Thank you also for taking the time out of your busy schedule to chat as well as it is much appreciated.

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Oleg, I too, flew over England this year and Furbs' shot is an accurate representation of the colours of the English landscape. I am not trying to be rude, but have you flown over England? I think, perhaps, we may be able to judge the best. Obviously as you say a camera won't give a 100% accurate representation, but from experience I think those of us who live in the country can give a good idea of how it looked.
The colours currently shown for SoW suggest a spring-look, where the fields are quite a lush green. In the summer of 1940, it was one of the hottest summers' on record, and the fields would have had a burnished look.
I do understand your theories of colour though; it will differen between each PC, but this is just my observation



Winny, there weren't rape-fields in England in 1940. I know you weren't saying there are, but I'm just pointing it out. It's interesting to compare a modern-day picture with one from 1940.

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Yes I was in England say about 20 times and have a lot of my own photos, including from the air that I did myself.

zing!

Originally Posted by T.}{.O.R.

Who said anything about no protection at all?

I am just saying, and many people will and do agree with me - that what RoF had at the beginning was a mistake. And the fact you have to pay for every additional plane? Thats just rubbish.

A bad decision like this can kill the sales. Just like it was with the last Silent Hunter. Fortunately for RoF players, they came to their senses and now the game can be played offline. I won't even go into 'the release without the dedicated server debacle'...

inclined to agree with you thor. the having to log in online to play aspect was a pita at first, but tbh i don't even notice it now. having said that, i have a reliable connection.

the pay per plane thing is, unless you manage to catch a deal weekend where they go for a couple of dollars, a mistake. i think there's an update bundle going for $90. for a game.

paid updates, with maps, missions and planes? fine

not single aircraft though.

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Dear Xilon_x, if spaghetti not have the tomato is negative.
Tomatoes are important factor to Italian food.
EXAMPLE look of tomato.
SPAGHETTI not exist if not have Tomato.
Tomato cooked or raw.


Spaghetti pot


oven control amount and intensity of heat.

**back to normal**

You just called Oleg Maddox an idiot! Not directly, but you just explained to a guy making a flight simulator that WIND IS IMPORTANT! Then you went on to explain that gliders need wind to fly. Maybe next you could tell him how to dress himself or tie his shoes. I'm sure he'd appreciate that as well.

except oleg's posts, this is the best in the thread.

Originally Posted by philip.ed

The clouds here look awesome.

seriously? cotton balls. the shading looks... overdone as well tbh, but is pretty good in comparison to say stock il2.

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Its Ok, thanks, but I personally have no time at the moment to sit near him to play.
I just did for him several new simple missions where he can win with his entry level experience .

glad he's on the mend, and the training regime goes on - maintain interest with gradual increase in difficulty is the best way.

[Richie]

A pretty good video to see...

A great looking G2
Pilot size for the 109 up close
Views of England from the air.


http://s1200.photobucket.com/albums/...andEngland.mp4

[furbs]

nice vid! and good view of fields of england

[Osprey]

Oleg, you have the patience of a saint in the way you handle some of these nonsensical questions. I eagerly await the release and in the meantime some more of your updates. Take your time and release when you are happy, it won't affect my purchase

And I'm surprised nobody said it in already but it's quite obvious that the SoW shot is better than the BoP one even though there is nothing to go on but that single shot. Are there some people here that have compound eyes?

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

The picture below is a painting by well known aviation artist Nicolas Trudgian and is titled "Tangmere Hurricanes".
My scan does not do the colours of the original justice but that is not my purpose in posting here.



There are various elements of the scenery which have been much discussed in this and other threads on this forum of late.

The aircraft are over-flying what was in 1940 a typical Sussex small town/large village railway station. The station is served by a single track line branching into two lines to serve the station's up and down platforms.
Two terminating sidings would have been used for all varities of freight for the local area, (very little freight was moved long distances by road in those days). The goods wagon (van) in the siding appears to be being unloaded with freight for the RAF, (although I have never seen an RAF vehicle marked in this manner, I suspect poetic/artistic licence in view of the subject matter).
The level crossing, which has already been closed behind the recently arrived passenger train, is typical of all contemporary road crossings of the railways in the UK.
The steam engine and three passenger carriages again are typical of Southern Railways branch lines at that time, main lines had a third, electricfied, rail.
The single deck Southdown Ltd bus is again typical of the time and it looks like "Olegs MG" is dropping off/collecting a passenger.
The wheat sheaves and the horse-drawn cart are also how it was done then.
The church with its Norman tower and the various houses are typical of the Sussex/South Downs countryside, as are the stone bridges carrying the railway and road across the small river and the rolling South Downs in the background.
All in all a perfect example of southern England scenery in 1940.