Friday update and duscussions 2011-02-18

Originally Posted by David603

You're right, but the tracers don't look so much like lasers in the gameplay videos.

As it is, I'm quite happy with the tracers the way they are, because in the older pictures, with the "laser" effect, the tracers look exactly right when compared to videos taken from similar angles, implying that if the exposure time is similar in-game compared to the camera, the results will be similar.

So, if the game engine tries to mimic the human eye when in motion, the tracers should look right.

I suppose the only way to find out exactly how the tracers should look in motion would be to directly compare real tracers and the sim.

Regards

Interesting...The main goal of Oleg's COD is to be historicaly correct.To represent what real pilots saw and heard for real...Not to be pleasing or "complaisant..." Oleg always said that is color scheme were based on real observations and NO pictures or films were reliable...So , why doesn't that apply for tracers ?
Since we can't reproduce what we see on guncam about the tracers due to camera distortions, why can we assume that what was filmed from another camera was then accurate ? Did the human eye see the same thing or not ?
The're is only one way to be sure...It is to ask real pilots who fired real bullets..Then they could compare with what we "think' is accurate...

Salute !