4.12 development update discussion and feedback

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by CWMV

Well as of now it looks better than near any other aircraft in game, and has been out long enough to show that it is compatible with just about everything.
If this is 'beyond' TD standards, they may want to reevaluate where they are set.

EDIT: And no they aren't offline only. Every mod I mentioned above is included in UP3 (RIP) and HSFX6.

I know from working with other MOD packs in other games that it's usually a good idea to stick to the official specs if possible. Most aircraft are now higher poly than they used to be. The Tempest has more polys than the MiG-3 for example... so the specs can be upped and some old aircraft can get some facelifts in theory but often times the specs are way outside of what is really necessary.

I'd love it if some of these folks went that little extra mile to bring things to the established guidelines and work on the implementation. It'd really benefit everyone.

[Pursuivant]

It seem to me that it wouldn't take that much work or extra polygons to improve the appearance of the older planes.

All that is really needed is a bit of smoothing on the upper leading edges of the wings, and increasing the number of polygons for prop spinners and/or radial engines. Maybe +100 polygons, tops, for a single-engined plane.