August 6 2011 Development Update

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by furbs

Looking again at the screenshots...

The cockpit shots, i cant see where they are better, in fact they look worse to me, check the roundels on the hurri, can anyone tell me what im missing?

The landscape shot looks much better.

very much looking forward to the new sounds.

though still no word on some pressing issues.

You clearly did not read his post did you now furbs.. there still tweaking it. Clearly the shots were to show off the new landscape colors!!!

[furbs]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

You clearly did not read his post did you now furbs.. there still tweaking it. Clearly the shots were to show off the new landscape colors!!!

if showing the landscape improvements why cram the shot with a cockpit that looks worse? anyway just sayin.

[CharveL]

New terrain looks a lot better, not so bright and cartoony.

I suspect the framerates will improve with optimization but it could just be that there weren't that many rendered by the time the screenshots were taken since they're averaged out over the number of frames. Initial rendering always drops the framerate when first entering the world until the memory caches are filled up.

Hopefully the new engine's shadow rendering doesn't cause tree flicker this time around.

I'd love to hear the new sound engine in action too as the old one really didn't capture 3D positioning and occlusion that well imho, beyond the obvious problems of dropouts in MP.

[JG52Uther]

Thanks for the update.
News of the sound improvements is good news.The ground looks much better, I assume the poor cockpit in the pics is due to the alpha status currently?