Friday update and discussions 2011-03-11

[ECV56_Lancelot]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

...Humans absent because it is static objects (they are present in vihicles with AI).

Do you think we will eventually have animated humans on airfields?. Don't mind you cant interact with them, it would be unnecesary, but just having people moving around and doing something would make a huge diference. I still think its the most important aspect to give the feeling of a "living world" when you are on the ground, or near at it, instead of having this "ghost airbases".

I'm not referring to the humans inside vehicles, by the way.

Thanks for the update, as usual, impeccable!

[Avionsdeguerre]

Very nice, I can't wait this great game !
Merveilleux !

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Thanks for the update, the ground and field crop textures are looking much better now....very pleasing to the eye.

[Ustas!]

Hi! Thx for update! See pictures in att.

[mazex]

I really can see a tank warfare addon for this now Really nice...

2 weeks left and no word about the status?

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by Ustas!

Hi! Thx for update! See pictures in att.

You forgot to point out the tires are over inflated.

[wildone_106]

Beautiful video & photos!

Just a general comment, is there any other kind of weather systems simulated other than calm skys as all I've seen so far is pretty nice weather..what about storms/overcast skys ect? Just curious. Awesome work!

[zapatista]

oleg,

thanks for another update

very nice to see moving human crew in the planes ! the tiger moth looks great and the lighting quality is very impressive

question: in one of the recent russian interviews you mentioned there will be "limited dynamic weather" because it is taking to much pc resources to right now implement it as you had hoped, so will there be a similar limited dynamic campaign at release time ? or has this been completely postponed ? if it is is postponed, will this still be a priority you will be working on after release in the first few patches ?

for many of us we dream of having a 24/7 dynamic campaign server for il2, where we can joint he server at any time and choose missions to fly in an evolving campaign. i really hope you can still give this a priority !

[Blackdog_kt]

Screenshots are the usual very good quality, but the video is just excellent.

1) Instrument needles move smoothly in a believable manner.

2) The crew in the aircraft reacts to G-forces as we've been told by Luthier a long time ago, but it's the first time we seen it so clearly.

3) At 1:08 you can see the back seater in the further Tiger Moth looking at the one closer to the camera, then turning his head back forward at 1:10. This is much smoother than the way it was done in IL2 for AI pilots, which leads me to believe it's a human controlled pilot whose head movements we can see. Great for multiplayer (i think it's also been confirmed that head movements are displayed for human controlled pilots).

4) The light, shadows, haze, OMG! I can't wait to see how much better it will look when the dynamic weather is optimized and patched into the game.

5) The ground sequence at the end was smooth, fluid and rock steady.

This is getting better and better. I really appreciate showing us some in-cockpit footage. We already know how good the 3D models are, it would be nice if we see more videos from an in-cockpit perspective.

That's my only small request for next week: if the video is not yet shot and finalized, i'd like to see someone flying the aircraft from within the cockpit. Sounds would be welcome but i would also like it very much if we had some sort of commentary talking us through what the pilot is doing, in order to highlight the new features (a display of complex engine management + anthropomorphic modeling would rock).

Great work!