Friday 2010-10-22 Dev. update and Discussion

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by kalimba

First update with no mention of being WIP....

Very good job...Imagine when all this will be in motion...

Dear Oleg : would you say, at this stage , that you have reached you own expectations from your original goal regarding the developpement of SOW ?... Did you even surpassed them ?

Beautiful job !

SAlute !

Probably I'll never reach the bar that I want. Doesn't matter is it development of the sim, is it photography or is it any other thing that I'm doing. Its my nature. If I only would have millions and millions, probably I would spend them mostly to reach the next bar.

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

Probably I'll never reach the bar that I want. Doesn't matter is it development of the sim, is it photography or is it any other thing that I'm doing. Its my nature. If I only would have millions and millions, probably I would spend them mostly to reach the next bar.

Dear Oleg, you really ARE an artist ! I have been in the recording business since 1984, and I can tell you that every time a great album gets out of the studio,it is very emotionnal cause we ( and the Band/singer) always feel we have not done the "perfect" project due to deadlines or budget limitations.
So I understand what you mean...After months/years of hard work,the hardest part is to " let go" and let your baby live on its own...Even if you know you could have done better...
BUt you have a big advantage ! You can do add-ons and patches !!!!
ANd it is a good thing you don't have those millions (yet), otherwise, SOW would be done in 2015 !

Great work Oleg !

Salute !

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by kalimba

Dear Oleg, you really ARE an artist ! I have been in the recording business since 1984, and I can tell you that every time a great album gets out of the studio,it is very emotionnal cause we ( and the Band/singer) always feel we have not done the "perfect" project due to deadlines or budget limitations.
So I understand what you mean...After months/years of hard work,the hardest part is to " let go" and let your baby live on its own...Even if you know you could have done better...
BUt you have a big advantage ! You can do add-ons and patches !!!!
ANd it is a good thing you don't have those millions (yet), otherwise, SOW would be done in 2015 !

Great work Oleg !

Salute !

Yes, you told what I really mean about the perfect work that seems never be reached from my point of view and dreams.
These dreams usually are way greater than the users suggestions....

[furbs]

Thanks for the update Oleg...Cockpits are stunning...as others have said "a work of art".
Landscape looking much better in that new shot.
The one thing i havnt spotted is churches in the landscape...still to be added?

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by furbs

Thanks for the update Oleg...Cockpits are stunning...as others have said "a work of art".
Landscape looking much better in that new shot.
The one thing i havnt spotted is churches in the landscape...still to be added?

There are churches, simply not shown yet with the close enough look

[Baron]

Great work Oleg and team.

One question:

Do u know when SoW reales is due? Im not asking u to say when im just asking if a date has been set yet?

[Col.Flanders]

I got so caught up in my first post on this forum that I forgot to say how excellent the cockpits are looking. Well done, Oleg and team! I can say that the IL2 community here in SA is eagerly awaiting the release.

[JAMF]

Mr. Maddox, I've posted these questions before, so I hope you only missed them.

- Is surround gaming (3 screens) being taken into account in development? Flexible FoV? Or will there be an option for users wit 3 screens, to render the view through 3 viewports, like it was done in the racing simulation rFactor?

FOV


3 "viewports"


- Will it be possible to use real DeviceLink cockpit dials in MP? As a way to avoid what could be considered cheating by others, the dials which are destroyed in the game, the real cockpit dials get deactivated through DeviceLink (data output = 0).

- Will we see raindrops on the windscreen, like in the original IL2 demo?

- Will we see rivets on the wing and would they be bump- or normal-mapped?

Thank you.

[Bolelas]

Sorry to ask again...
Can Mr. Oleg tell me if BOB SOW will have the possibillity of adding on/of switches instead of having only the momentary switches like the ones on the keyboard? Or it will only be possible to do it by using a program to map keys?
I know some games that have it, some RC games (radio controled sim.)
Its very usefull to people who want to build pannels or simply to add a switch (e.g.) to easy remind gear position. I hope it includes that possibillity...
I enjoy all your team work, and tank you for the updates.

[Chivas]

The last terrain screenshot was by far the best I've ever seen in a combat flight sim. The river light reflection was spot on and the rivers banks even looked like they had some elevation. Bravo