New BATTLE OF BRITAIN pictures up

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute All

The new BoB pics are up on the 1c forum:

See thread here:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=2040&page=2

These continue to show how much more advanced and detailed the sim will be, the objects on the ground look like something out of a FPS. (some of them look better than an FPS)

This Sim is going to be almost photo realistic in its presentation. It really is going to be an extraordinary experience.

Look at these ones in particular:

http://files.games.1c.ru/il2pict/grab0126.jpg
http://files.games.1c.ru/il2pict/grab0147.jpg
http://files.games.1c.ru/il2pict/grab0168.jpg

The pics were grabbed from an alpha of the game, and were taken on several computers, mostly on an Intel Core 2 2.66GHz with 2 Gigs of RAM and an NVidia 8800 GTX and a Athlon 64 3800+ 2.0 GHz with 2 Gigs of RAM and an NVidia 260.

Then compare it to what you see in a grab from IL-2 from a similar perspective.

In these shots you can look down and really get a sense of what is below you, no more squinting and going to max zoom to spot things. The difference between this Sim and IL-2 is that you are really going to feel like you are flying about a real ground, with real vehicles and terrain below.

The detail and quality is so much higher than standard IL-2 to be a quantum jump.

Combine that with the level of detail in the flight modelling, and the overall experience is going to be stunning.

It was interesting to note that BoB will not be using Open GL anymore.

The only issue I note is that the colours for the terrain are almost too vivid, but Oleg says that is one element they are working on, they may have personally adjustable colours for players.

[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

If it is run on those computer specs I should be good aslong as it was playable with those settings and they werent just bumped up to take a screenshot only.

[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

I cant say I am to impressed with the skin on that spit. I could do better. The one on the 110 looks pritty good in that screenshot though.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

I cant say I am to impressed with the skin on that spit. I could do better. The one on the 110 looks pritty good in that screenshot though.

Salute Snake

I think that has something to do with whether or not the 'weathering' is turned on in the Sim. Built into the program is a weathering system, which causes paint jobs to get dirty and flake as the aircraft gets older. I am guessing that the 110 has weathering on, and the Spit does not.

[RAF74_Winger]

This is my favourite pic at the moment, the soft shadows in the cockpit really help give the impression of being there. Notice also the curved road in the top right of the pic. I wonder if we'll be able to set the range on the reflex sight now?

Really glad to see the sunlight reflection on the top of that 110 canopy and wings too.


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[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

Salute Snake

I think that has something to do with whether or not the 'weathering' is turned on in the Sim. Built into the program is a weathering system, which causes paint jobs to get dirty and flake as the aircraft gets older. I am guessing that the 110 has weathering on, and the Spit does not.

Its more than just that like the rivits and pannel lines look fake to me.

[RAF74_Winger]

Well Snake, Oleg says the skinning system will be much easier in SOW than IL2, so you can really go to town on making your own skins.

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[RAF74 LoyalNine]

i don't know I think (aside from no weathering) they look pretty spectacular. I am looking at that water.. and landscapes in teh screenshots and its gonna be bringing our systems to their knees run on High settings I think. Thats good though it means the game will have legs like FSX. They built FSX knowing it was to detailed on high to run on the then current systems. It is only now, several years later that its doable on high. I cannot imagine running that level of detail on a 6700 processor.

But it will feel nice to shred holes in these beautiful 110's :cool:

[RAF74 Taipan]

I like this one. The clouds and the whitecaps in the water below.

[RAF74 Taipan]

Sorry what is that volcano thing in a whole heap of the pics?

[RAF74_Winger]

Dunno Tai, some sort of online map they're working on. I like the proper cliffs, though the textures could do with a bit of work.

What about the sunlight on these clouds though? Top Notch!

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Sorry what is that volcano thing in a whole heap of the pics?

Salute Tai

I think that is to show the ability of the terrain generator to provide sharp inclines and steep mountainous areas.

In the original IL-2, the terrain is almost all very soft sided, with no real steep inclines, although that has changed somewhat with 4.09 and the mods.

There are volcanos on Sicily as well, which is near you know what.... ;)

(a little russian bird once whispered in my ear that the Med was to follow BoB)

[RAF74_Stew]

Great shots! Thanks for sharing. The cockpit shot of the Spit is the one that really gets me excited :)

Looks like we'll be able to stage wars over Wyoming- the "mountain" sure looks like Devils Tower...

[RAF74_Winger]

Saw this posted up over at the UBI forums, probably the best way to look at it:



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[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

[QUOTE=RAF74 LoyalNine;2034]

i don't know I think (aside from no weathering) they look pretty spectacular. QUOTE]

The big thing that bothers me is that they did a dark line over the rivets to give it some kind bumpy look when the technique I used to do the same thing here only takes 5 seconds if you have the rivits on a seprate layer and looks better.

this is from a template I made with the weathering removed.

[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

A few more screens from the russian forums I found on simhq. I like how you can see the aircraft framework thrugh the battle damage.

[RAF74_Winger]

Here are a couple more for your delight & delectation:





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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute Winger

Yeah, saw those ones, looking good. :)

I think what I am going to enjoy the most about this game is the 'real' feeling you are going to get when you look out of the cockpit.

Hedgehopping is gonna be a blast, with all that beautiful terrain coming at you at 250 mph... :eek:

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

The cool thing about BoB, unlike IL-2, is that because of the much better resolution you will actually be able to look across at an aircraft and see the pilot's face in the cockpit. And of course, since we can put our own faces on the pilots, we will be able to see each other's ugly mugs... :eek:

[RAF74_Winger]

Looks like the map for the BOB will be full size too; at least, that's what I make of this post from Oleg: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=116135&postcount=70. What area it will cover remains to be seen.

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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

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Notice the Jeep dashboard:



It's being made like that to allow 3rd party developers to create driveable vehicles...

Tanks hatches open and close:



Look at this one:



This is to show that prop pitch will show up in game visually, when you change pitch, the propellors cross section visible will change.

Another shot of the Stuka, showing the customizable video and colour settings, individually adjustable:

[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

It would be cool if they made something like wwii online. I would pay for that. I just didnt like wwii online because everything was so spred out. If they did they would have to make it so that you wouldnet have to drive an hour to get where the action was.

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

[RAF74 Taipan]

Just looking so good. Hopefully the lights will be burning late in the offices in Moscow over winter and by the spring they will be ramping up for release.

[RAF74_Winger]

Here's a few more lower quality pics from today:





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[RAF74 LoyalNine]

Thats cool as hell. You just know the inside of that Stuka smells like an old Army-Navy store...

[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

Random post. I thought it was funny.

[RAF74 Taipan]

LOL thats a great post.

[RAF74_Winger]

Yet More:





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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Some gorgeous pics of a Wellington:







Notice the terrain is not filled, in, just a placemat with no trees, buildings, etc.

[RAF74_Winger]

Wow! The detail on that is amazing, they've even put in the mass balances on the rudder.

I wonder if it's possible to man the astral navigation bubble? Anyone fancy digging out a copy of Norie's Epitome of Practical Navigation?

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[RAF74 Taipan]

Thanks Buzz.

Very very nice.

Id hate to have flown in one on ops against the enemy.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute Tai

Actually the Wellington, or 'Wimpy' was the best British medium bomber of the war, and the most produced British bomber.

It was very tough, the geodesic construction which you can see through the skin was made up of aluminum beams in a crosshatch pattern, and this gave the frame tremendous strength and lightness. Wellingtons were famous for taking a lot of damage and still getting home.

This also meant the aircraft could carry a large bombload for its size. Even the early model Wellington I which you see here could carry a bigger bombload than a B-25, up to 4500 lbs. Later models like the Wellington X could carry 6500 lbs.

The Wellington was good enough that it was used throughout the war, in many different versions.

It had good defensive armament, the rear twin turret was powered, unlike most bombers of the time, and this gave the gunner the ability to track targets better, and the arc covered was excellent. Also the front nose turret powered. And later, twin positions in the side were added and the rear turret had its armament increased to four .303's.

In 1940 it was by far the best British bomber.

Not sure that it is going to be flyable in BoB in the first release, I think only the Blenheim (Bolingbroke) is going to be flyable.

Here is a good site on the Wellington:

http://www.perth.igs.net/~long/wellington.htm

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute All

The Russians celebrate their Christmas on a different date, since they have different calendar, so Oleg has been busy at work.

Amazing shots of natural finish polished Spit:



110 Cockpit:



Canopy damage on a Stuka:



And their newest programmer, Olga...



Rest of update:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=2040&page=2

[RAF74_Raptor]

I wold love to meet that New Programmer and Discuss well Programming and that Natural Spit looks Amazing

[RAF74 Taipan]

Well two things.

She smokes and doesnt appear to be wearing any jewellery.

Id personally like to replace helga with olga.

[RAF74_Winger]

ZOMG!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQbCIT-aMnY

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[RAF74_Raptor]

Oh my god that was amazing

[RAF74 Taipan]

Ok what was that. Is that BOB SOW? looks very much like it.

[RAF74_Winger]

Apparently so, yes. Luthier confirmed it on the 1C boards, where I also appear to have started a flame war. Oops.

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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute Winger

Can you post the link to the thread where this video was posted, as well as the discussion?

Thanks Buzz

[RAF74_Winger]

Sorry Buzz,

Here's the link to the thread: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=12757

The video post is on the second page: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=138561&postcount=19

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[RAF74_Murdock]

That video is sick. (in a good way). Nice...

[RAF74_Murdock]

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=12890

Now that is nice...

[RAF74_Dharmaboy]

That's good the animation is soo good for bailing out.....cuz that's me on most nights.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute All

Yep, this game is going to be amazing.

[RAF74_Winger]

S!

Here's an interview with OM at the check-six website: http://www.checksix-fr.com/articles/Articles_html/inter_Oleg_Foxy/interview_oleg_foxy_EN.html

Lots of interesting little tit-bits to digest there.

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[RAF74 Taipan]

clickable cockpits - made it into the game.

[RAF74_Drummer]

That's a great read Winger. Good find...Should be interesting when finally done.

[RAF74_Winger]

4 physical cores? 8 Logical cores? If this kind of detail makes it in, I think we're going to need that many Fermi cards in our PCs just to do the physics!! The suspension works too, by all accounts. And the cannon recoils properly.

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[RAF74 LoyalNine]

This is gonna be so awesome.... I am completely psyched about BoB

[RAF74_Winger]

Another video, this time from Oleg:



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[RAF74 LoyalNine]

wowzers...

[RAF74_Raptor]

wow I need a new computer

[RAF74_Winger]

Yet more:



Excuse me while I retrieve my jaw from the carpet.

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[RAF74_Raptor]

My computer Started Crying as I watched that

[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
How about now? Are we there yet?

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Most recent pics from the 24th, this Sim looks better and better. :D (you may need to log in at 1c's forum to see these)

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2388&d=1274690208

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2389&d=1274690220

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2390&d=1274690228

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2391&d=1274690240

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2392&d=1274690248

Check out the MG Sports car:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2394&d=1274690492

As someone pointed out, Oleg has been watching "The Battle of Britain" ;)

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39146/Convertible3.jpg

I think to run this Sim to max eye candy, the latest and greatest computer is going to be needed, quad core I7's with crossfire dual graphics will probably be in order. Although I am also willing to bet that Oleg will code the game so that guys with less powerful computers can tone down the graphics and still get good performance.

[RAF74_Winger]

My favourites from the latest update:





Notice the reflections of the canopy in the instrument glass!

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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

BoB is so far ahead of anything we have seen so far that it will really blow everyone's minds when it first arrives.

The kind of detail which we see in the cockpit shots, ie. the reflections in the glass, is exactly what the human brain reacts too. Those kinds of details are what convinces our conscious mind that what we are seeing on a screen is real and present, and that we are actually a part of functioning enviroment. That is what will add so immensely to the experience. Call Oleg obsessive, call him what you want, he is a gift to us Flight Sim junkies. :)

[RAF74 Taipan]

looking at the 5th picture. 1st picture of the second set of 4. Ive got a pretty good estimate of what is a 109 in that pic and what is a spitfire. I can see it in that pic and i cant see it in Il2 from that distance.

So im thinking huge step forward in clarity

[RAF74_Winger]

I think you're right. I heard that Oleg has used 9 LODs for SoW, as opposed to 3 in IL2, definitely makes a difference, and I reckon with a dose of AA applied it should be even clearer.

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[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

From the screenshot of the furball it looks like its going to be hard to locate planes.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute All



One of 8 new screenshots. Looking good, although these are works in progress with much of the eye candy incomplete according to Oleg.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=15218

[RAF74 Taipan]

Looking really good. Hopefully we can refly the actual BOB as it was historically. No question of plane sets etc.

Just fly and enjoy. Really looking forward to it.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute All

More pics here:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=15310

You can really see in this one, which shows what would be typical viewing ranges for combat, the photo-realism that the Sim is going to provide.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2641&d=1277473423

You will notice the blurred ground in that shot. That is a selection which a lower power computer owner can take to allow for better performance.


From Luthier

These were taken on my low-end machine, which I purposely keep crappy so that we can ensure better FPS. I could have been taking prettier screenshots, but I'd rather release a better product! So yeah, it just cannot load highest-res terrain textures, so that's why you see all that blur.



In this one you can see the shadow of the Hurricane on the Heinkel:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/attachment.php?attachmentid=2644&d=1277473580

[RAF74 Taipan]

Unbelievable - the hurricane reflection.

This is going to be so good when its released.

Im a bit slack at the moment, not playing as much, but i know by year end, we will be into the thick of it again and so this is my phony war period.

Just waiting for the real war to start once again.

[RAF74_Winger]

A few more from today's update:







Seems to me that we're getting closer to release.

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[RAF74_Raptor]

My Computer Started Crying again

[RAF74 Taipan]

Looking simply awesome. Cmon who isnt going to be salivating over this. Oleg has the runs on the board to get it right, and this even more so.

But without doubt its going to need some pretty good systems to run it. Hope everybody is putting away some money for major upgrades.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Another great set of shots:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=15413

Notice that the Stuka's tires are flat from bullet hits, which will add another complexity for landing damaged planes.

[RAF74_Winger]

S!

Another interesting point which Oleg mentioned on the same thread is that a flight can contain as many as 40 aircraft now. Should make things a bit easier in the mission editor, though I don't suppose it's going to be easy on processor resources.

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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

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Next update is up.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=15485

Hope everyone has noticed how regular these are becoming. This Sim is approaching.

[RAF74 Taipan]

Only thinking the same thing myself. Regular friday screen shots only start happening within a few months before release. This will be awesome sim.

[RAF74 Taipan]

also any thoughts about his references like.

"You may see that we are thinking about third party developers and our own upcoming after BoB titles using this engine Hope you all understand what I mean"

[RAF74_Winger]

I assume he's referring to the Korea sim they've mentioned in the past. Mind you, some of those high altitude shots make me think that maybe compressibility has been properly modelled this time around. Keep your fingers crossed.

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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Oleg has designed this Sim so the tools are available for 3rd parties to create maps much more easily than previously with IL-2. Anyone will be able to build a map using a program as user friendly as the FMB in IL-2.

Oleg has also said he is open to people creating aircraft as in IL-2, although this time the requirements are going to be much more intense. A typical IL-2 aircraft took about a month for a capable artist to build. One for BoB will likely be triple the time.

[RAF74_Winger]

A couple more:





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[RAF74_Raptor]

Thats amazing

[RAF74 Taipan]

Some truly amazing pics. This sim will be truly awesome.

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

This is lookin awesome.

[RAF74_Drummer]

I noticed the Beta Teaser video says release date Oct. 2010...Any bets?

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

I would love to see Oct release... but PC Release dates has dissapointed me too much over the years.

[RAF74 Taipan]

Just looking absolutely awesome.

Im about to go and look at what the graphics cards are up to. ATI has some new card out which will port multiple screens (eg up to 9). I know that somebody had a 3 screen thing out a few years ago.

I was in a retailer on the weekend and they had a racing screen set up with 3 screens and it was very good. So interesting to see what is around.

[RAF74_Winger]

S! Tai,

I got hold of one of those cards (the 5870) which will draw to multiple screens. Been very happy with it so far, though I haven't tried more than one screen. I understand the latest generation of NVidia cards will do the same, though in that case you need to have a minimum of two cards to do the job.

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[RAF74_Raptor]

I noticed the Beta Teaser video says release date Oct. 2010...Any bets?

Do I get Odds LOL

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

I say February....

[RAF74_Winger]

Just one from today's update:



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[RAF74 LoyalNine]

That makes my heart race. I can't wait!

[RAF74_Winger]

I don't know if my heart's racing, but my face is turning blue after holding my breath this long. Caught an interesting snippet from the 1C forums; the clouds shown are not final by all accounts. Hope that's true, they're disappointingly similar to the RoF clouds at the moment.

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[RAF74_SnakeEyes]

I don't know if my heart's racing, but my face is turning blue after holding my breath this long. Caught an interesting snippet from the 1C forums; the clouds shown are not final by all accounts. Hope that's true, they're disappointingly similar to the RoF clouds at the moment.

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I still think MS Flight Simulator has the best looking clouds.

[RAF74_Winger]

I'd concur with that - certainly miles better than anything RoF or IL2 can muster. Let's see how SoW turns out.

Another update from Oleg BTW:



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[RAF74 Taipan]

Another wonderful set of pics out again today.

Really looking forward to playing this

Ok we have seen Oleg in action for some time. Some of the landscape graphics need a little tweaking.

How far advanced do you think he is. Nobody will of course tell us - but xmas - 12 months?

I cant see it being 12 months away.

How long do you guys think on past experience?

[RAF74_Winger]

I thought some of today's screenshots were particularly fine:







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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Nice shot of Spit as an enemy plane hits the water below:



Link:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=16418

[RAF74_Winger]

Just a snippet from Oleg, that there will be a separate exe file for 64 bit. Given that RoF will also support AMD64 in future, that really makes the decision regarding the next OS you choose.

Original post here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=190164#post190164

It'll be nice, finally, to use all the memory I have fitted, which all Linux programmes have utilised fully for the past 7 years.

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[RAF74_Winger]

Some more from today:







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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Gotta love those gorgeous cockpits, they really add immersiveness.

Another sign that this game is coming very close is that Oleg is talking about what they are going to include in the box.

They have a request out for info on the the historical issue maps which were provided to pilots, they would like to include a copy in the box.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=17036

Don't kid yourself folks, this game IS coming and soon. (not in two weeks... ;) )

[Jazz-Man]

I'll believe it when I see it on shelves.

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute Jazzman

Everyone is a little tired at how long the game has been in development but... ;)

IL-2 is the most successful combat flight sim ever created, sold more than any other.

I say we give Oleg a little credit and assume when he says he's going to publish this game, he will.

I can't see him investing his whole life for 5 years on something which is smoke and mirrors.

[Jazz-Man]

S! Buzz,

I am not disparaging Oleg in anyway, but the video game industry doesn't usually work in "fair" and "credit where credit is due" kind of ways. What matters after all of this is said and done is: Will a company agree to pay to publish, package, and distribute this game. Now, I will concede that that is an easier proposition to believe in in this day and age than it was 5 years ago when the sim started its development given the proliferation of broadband internet allowing for the advent of the digital download as a primary medium through which gamers obtain their games, but that still doesn't guarantee everything. I am positive that the developers of Duke Nukem: Forever were not toiling away for the better part of a decade only to be bought, sold and bought again and eventually cancelled even though they had a mostly finished product. We call that kind of game "vaporware".

I will be excited when BoB: SoW comes out as much as anyone else in this room, but after all this time, I find it next to impossible to get excited about screenshots and videos that look almost identical to when the sim was released 5 years ago, and frankly, don't look that different than Il-2. Everyone is of course welcome to crank their excitement levels to whatever setting they prefer :)

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Reply to you Jazz in a while... :)

Meanwhile something Oleg explains about the new Sim:

The cockpit will be active, by passing the mouse over the gauges, you will be able to see the status of the aircraft in relation to the particular control, and by using the mouse, you can adjust the trim. Not sure if this also will allow you to do this with Track IR, and a mapped key.

For example, trim:








Originally Posted by NSU View Post
you mean we can control the plane with the mouse? (i hope it)

Oleg:

When you put the mouse coursor to the lever or the gauge the popup line show you the purpose (sometime even data, say current pressure or tempetature, after the name of gauge). This will help for the novices to learn anything in cockpit. Or say to understand the purpose of German or Italian (Russian, Japanese, etc) gauges/levers/knobs, etc for English speaking users.

When you put the mouse on the lever and press button you may move the mouse... and the lever will also moving.

[Jazz-Man]

Reply to me in 2 weeks (be sure!), just for old time's sake ;)

I am glad that Oleg has reverse his originally stated (and obscenely foolish) position that such things were not going to be included because they did not "improve" a combat flight sim.

Now of course, any one who has spend several hundred dollars on flight sim equipment will have a decided and likely insurmountable advantage over anyone flying with a $40 Logitech stick (who will have to be using the mouse to click things in his cockpit while I can manage it all through my HOTAS), but let the arguments about "full real" begin anew! ;)

[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Video posted, first with sound. Only 720p though, so resolution not very exciting. Apparently they are working with bugs in the sound and with recording AVI directly from the game.

(As well as recording NTrk files with BoB, you will be able to record actual video which will make movie making easier)

Plus effects are quite obviously turned way down. Basically the game at lowest res with all details turned down.

There is no gun shake because the game is in 'easy' mode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Fx3pHQFHk

You can see the draw distance and the distance models are quite a bit better than IL-2, even at this low resolution.

There are also pics, you can see 3D trenches.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=17135

[RAF74_Winger]

S!

Some more videos from a conference where the game is being exhibited:









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[RAF74_Winger]

Apparently the slow-downs you can sometimes see over land are due to the system used not having enough memory - only 2GB I understand.

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[RAF74_Drummer]

One has to wonder...Why would you exhibit your game on a system that couldn't run it at it's full potential?

[RAF74_Winger]

Seems a bit odd, I must agree. Here's a picture of the system specs:



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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute

Whoever videotaped that was a lousy cameraman. He is shooting at an angle to the screen, which means the image is going to be out of focus to the right and left of the center point.

Plus it almost seems he is too close for his minimum focal length. And then sometimes the camera is focusing on the players thumb and joystick.

It does show one thing which I think is quite remarkable. You can see a reflection off the polished leather gunsight protector at certain sun angles.

The other thing which is clear. This Sim is going to need a BIG processor(s) and video cards to run it if a Core I5 is having problems. Although a GT 460 is not exactly a powerhouse.

[RAF74_Raptor]

Mayabe to show that it is playable although stutters on a low end system. The videos were nice but im still not totally impressed

[RAF74 LoyalNine]

Agreeed that guy need some Cameraman 101 classes. Anyways I am excited as hell over these vids and screenies. That vid where teh guy flies upsidedown for a moment over teh coastline for some reason tripped me out.


I CAN'T FREAKIN' WAIT!!!

[RAF74_Winger]

Some more videos:





The second vid is the presentation vid from the Igromir conference.

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[RAF74_Buzzsaw]

Salute Winger

Thanks for that!

Now THIS is what I expected from the game!! :D :D :D :D

These videos really show how good this game is going to be.

The one of the Stuka, with ALL the details maxed out really shows that this game will nearly be photo realistic if you have the monster computer to run it.

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Someone captured a screenshot from the Stuka video.

You have to look twice to remind yourself its not a photo:



Of course this is only 720 res. Imagine what it will look like at 2048. :)

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Here's a couple more:





Strangely enough, I used to work for what was Boulton Paul aircraft - in the same plant as these were made.

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The pics of controls were very interesting. Looks like 4 engine bombers are very much on the agenda.

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S! Here's another one showing london - seems to be a filter applied to this image. If the clouds are the final version though, they're looking very very good. (oops - just realised these are background shots from the in-game menus, clouds probably won't look like that:()



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Salute

Oleg didn't post much today, said he was working on fixing a bug. He showed a picture with the bug in it... Can you spot the bug?



Answer on next page post.

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Salute

The answer is:




Originally Posted by Katkatman

In fifth shot the pilote looks slighty leaned on the left side.
Doesn't the pilots corpse will interact with the aircraft position ?

Oleg:

interacting a bit It is visible well in a cocpit, say, of two seater... :)


That kind of focus on detail is why this is going to be the best Sim ever. :)

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http://www.1cfiles.com/BattleofBritain/BoB_Technical_Demo.mp4

Not sure whether everybody saw this. Some nice work in progress for us.

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Nice to see our call sign in the game already!

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S! Tai,

I didn't notice that the first time I looked. You'll notice that Bimmer, Snake & I are already beta-testing ;).

I'm now back in the States, should be back in harness by tomorrow night or Friday.

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S!

If you care to wander over to the 1C or SimHQ forums, you'll see that SoW (or rather IL2: Cliffs of Dover) is to be released sooner rather than later. Publisher is still Ubisoft by all accounts, thankfully they seem to have learned their lesson about DRM after the SH5 fiasco.

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