Channel Map Comparisons

Skoshi Tiger · #1 12-26-2012, 01:02 AM

Landing in a farmers field (As requested) inland of dover.

Tostart off here are the graphics settings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZvbsZ9Rr58

One thing I noticed is the haze in the distance over water, from memory I set the weather to "clear".

If anyone sees any issues with my setting I'm all open for suggestions.

Cheers!

SlipBall · #2 12-26-2012, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Landing in a farmers field (As requested) inland of dover.

One thing I noticed is the haze in the distance over water, from memory I set the weather to "clear".

If anyone sees any issues with my setting I'm all open for suggestions.

Cheers!

Thankyou, I hope that you are on the mend. Please try that again in that rye field over there, we are waiting to welcome you

ZaltysZ · #3 12-26-2012, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

If anyone sees any issues with my setting I'm all open for suggestions.

1) Try ticking Multi-GPU. It has benefits even if you have a single card. The downside is a little stutter at CERTAIN sun angles, however a little rare stutter is better for me than lower FPS.

2) Set Filter to Bilinear in game, and force Anisotropic X16 for ROF via NVIDIA CP. That way you will see more details in textures at shallow angles (i.e. while flying low).

JG52Uther · #4 12-26-2012, 09:41 AM

The haze is a new feature apparently. As for online, Jason did once say that online would be no problem when the new map was released (or words to that effect) And I, as quite a few others it seems, just assumed that even if you didn't buy the map you would still be able to fly online with it ( I thought it would be a map download for missions like you see now in games) but as Jaws said, anyone asking about it gets their thread locked/deleted pdq now.
I bought the map, as I mainly fly online anyway, but I know some others in the squad won't have it. Performance is worse than CoD for me, and the sound bug is horrible.Hopefully there will be a hotfix.
Not nice to see most people in a server kicked as soon as the new map loads.

SlipBall · #5 12-26-2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JG52Uther

The haze is a new feature apparently. As for online, Jason did once say that online would be no problem when the new map was released (or words to that effect) And I, as quite a few others it seems, just assumed that even if you didn't buy the map you would still be able to fly online with it ( I thought it would be a map download for missions like you see now in games) but as Jaws said, anyone asking about it gets their thread locked/deleted pdq now.
I bought the map, as I mainly fly online anyway, but I know some others in the squad won't have it. Performance is worse than CoD for me, and the sound bug is horrible.Hopefully there will be a hotfix.
Not nice to see most people in a server kicked as soon as the new map loads.

So they will need to buy the map...what do you guys do on the map, mostly dog fight?

JG52Uther · #6 12-26-2012, 10:05 AM

Well, on the whole the Central (German) aircraft are underperforming, and some of the Entente aircraft are optimistic to say the least so we usually fly Gotha'a or 2 seaters.
One of my squadmates did a bit of research, obviously finding performance figures for WW1 are not so easy, but it appears that most info was taken from captured examples:
- Albatros D.II is missing 11kmh topspeed (164 vs 175 - Mercedes D.III)
- Albatros D.III is missing 15kmh topspeed (170 vs 185 - we have the late OAW version with Mercedes D.IIIa)
- Albatros D.Va is missing 17kmh topspeed (170 vs 187 - Mercedes D.IIIa)
- Pfalz D.IIIa is missing 13kmh topspeed (168 vs 181 - Mercedes D.IIIa)
- Pfalz D.XII is running on the wrong engine (currently: BMW III, should be: Mercedes D.IIIau)
- Fokker D.VII is running on the wrong engine (currently: Mercedes D.III, should be: Mercedes D.IIIau)
- Fokker D.VIII is missing at least 15kmh topspeed (185 vs as much as 204 - Oberursel URII)
The last FM changes were done over a year ago...

Feathered_IV · #7 12-26-2012, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SlipBall

So they will need to buy the map...what do you guys do on the map, mostly dog fight?

You can range for artillery, do visual reconnaissance at low alt, and do photo reconnaissance at higher altitudes. You can also do the usual bombing, strafing and tail chasing that other sims do since time immemorial. Ship busting and maritime patrol stuff will probably be along now too.

PS:

Tweaked the ocean colour a bit. My graphics settings are lower than usual here, but you get the idea.

JG52Uther · #8 12-26-2012, 10:59 AM

That looks more like the channel I know FIV. Where do they come up with these colours. The channel is not the Pacific.

SlipBall · #9 12-26-2012, 11:22 AM

[QUOTE=Feathered_IV;490123]You can range for artillery, do visual reconnaissance at low alt, and do photo reconnaissance at higher altitudes. You can also do the usual bombing, strafing and tail chasing that other sims do since time immemorial. Ship busting and maritime patrol stuff will probably be along now too.

PS:

Tweaked the ocean colour a bit. My graphics settings are lower than usual here, but you get the idea./QUOTE]

Thanks, and your color tweak does look good

Bearcat · #10 12-31-2012, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Landing in a farmers field (As requested) inland of dover.

If anyone sees any issues with my setting I'm all open for suggestions.

Cheers!

LOL!! You call that a landing!! Nice vid though up till the bloddy part..

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Originally Posted by Jaws2002

They just torpedoed the entire online community with this map.
The map is sold as addon. Looks like not many online regulars got this new map and if it shows up in the rotation on the server, the guys that don't have it get kicked. The server instantly goes from 20-30 people to five. Now those that didn't get the map can't play, and those that got it don't have who to play with.
If you dare posting about it on ROF forums they delete the thread in a heart beat.
Good luck with this bussines model in the next game.
The map is ok, the collor of water is off. Water looks like 1946 water with better waves. The lighting engine makes it look wrong.

Hmm.. that bites.. I was hoping it would be that you couldn't run missions on that map on your PC if you didn't have the map.. but that you could fly in a mission hosted by someone.. sort of like they do with the planes.. disappointed in that..

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Originally Posted by startrekmike

Were you expecting them to just give it away?
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to be a ROF cheerleader here but if they offered a system where those who don't own the map could play on servers that are using it, do you really think that anyone but dedicated server owners and single player fans would actually bother buying it? It would essentially mean that they did all that hard work for nothing.
I think the map is a little expensive but that is to be expected for a project of that scale.
The reason they are closing threads like that is because those threads always turn nasty and the ROF forum mods don't want to deal with a ton of anger about something that is actually perfectly logical.
Lastly, I don't think one can really compare ROF and CloD's channel maps, both are built with different goals in mind and while I will always say that CloD has a better looking map, I don't feel that it counts against ROF's map as they both do what they set out to do (though I find that ROF is consistently smoother in the FPS department and the weather effects really make it interesting).
I imagine that this thread is really just going to turn into another ROF bashing session, I suppose there is no avoiding it on this forum.
I wish we could all go back to talking about CloD and not CloD compared to everything else.

Good post.. makes sense .. but it is still a little disappointing because of my previous post.. and I bought the map..

As for the last part of your post I think till this all settles out and some kind of clear path for CoD comes out.. and we see just what will become of this 1c777 merged product the comparisons will be there.. it is unavoidable.

You shouldn't have to apologize for extolling the virtues of another sim.. here or on any other flight sim forum for that matter and that only gets dicey when the posters involved take it there.. here or elsewhere. If those threads didn't turn nasty we would have more discussion across the boards with less acrimony. At the end of the day it's all about the flying really and I can't speak for anyone else but for me this is all good because it's like seeing the planes that used to hang from my wall in a totally different light breathing and moving.. Only now I don't have to go "EEeerrrrnnnhhhhh ... dudududududuhhh krshhh .. burlllghghg..." I can see it on my screen ..