Non-Friday 2010-05-24 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[Oleg Maddox]

Hi,

last two week we were too busy. So there was missed two Friday updates (however I never promised myself to post them each Friday )
I plan to take very short vacation in end of the week, so would like to post Non-Friday update. Hope you'll like it.

[_RAAF_Stupot]

The backlighting of the clouds in #4 is fantastic.

Stuff like that really makes for a 'big sky' effect.

[gibxxi]

Awesome pics, Thanks Oleg.

Especially the attention to detail you can see in the closeup shot of the Bf-109.

If there had been some AA applied to the shot, you could almost believe it was a photo, not a in-game screenshot.

[Oleg Maddox]

First shot with ground - grass was switched off. I escpecially selected inclined surface that to show buildings - they are placed correct, not like many Il-2 buildings in the past "hanging in air" in the same situation.

Second and third shots - there are "wireless" pillars. Don't worry.. really they are with wires. Simply not everywhere yet.

And later will be more details on such real time rendering pictures... maybe even as graphics option. Because all these fences, bushes, etc, that making picture more real, eating too much in a fligth sim, when we are rendering a lot of them on the really great size surfaces and with much greater vsisble distances, comparing to other genres of the games.

[Abbeville-Boy]

number 4 does look way real

[Oleg Maddox]

Originally Posted by gibxxi

If there had been some AA applied to the shot, you could almost believe it was a photo, not a in-game screenshot.

Really we are going to get photographic quality in air in most details and from the birds flight altitude looking on the ground. But final quality of the ground from that point of view will be shown more later. Should be solved some glitches with new advanced features.

[Abbeville-Boy]

oleg have you shot anyone down yet?

[=KAG=Bersrk]

№4 photo is amazing, Oleg!

Also , it is first time we see flame trail from aircraft (on #2 image).

Could You show flaim trail, explosions next time please? Tracers images will be appreciated too.

[Qpassa]

wow nice screenshots!!!!

[6S.Manu]

Hi Oleg!

Thanks for the update!

Two questions:
1) HDR was disabled, right?
I think that HDR would give us a fantastic quality picture (like one of the 110's screenshot posted long ago)

2) The flames from the bomber are really really wip, right?