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Offline CGAR

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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #60 on: May 14, 2010, 10:04:06 AM »
I love the overcast look!  Would really be a neat feature if the MA were actually large enough to be real world regions and we could experience different weather in different regions of the map. i.e. overcast over the  English channel, sunny over Italy, etc etc.... 

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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #61 on: May 14, 2010, 10:30:10 AM »
I'm not wishing for another major graphical update, just a little here, little there to keep the evolution of the game enviroment ticking over.

We had to wait what, two, three years last time?
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #62 on: May 20, 2010, 01:25:22 PM »
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #63 on: May 20, 2010, 05:06:26 PM »
A tiny detail that I would like to see inspired by new mossie exhaust stacks.

When you fire up your damned sexy spitfire / mossie I would love to look sideways and see some backfiring flames / smoke   :D.



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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #64 on: May 20, 2010, 06:43:17 PM »
I keep asking myself, since the terrain has been going through a recent update... Why are still farms and windmills standing sideways in the hillsides??

It doesn't affect my gameplay in any other way than a short roll with my eyes and perhaps a little headshake when I look down on a hill and see a silo standing straight out of the hill, but it would be nice if they rather weren't there?!

I understand that the terrain file is like a roll of carpet you buy at the store, you get the same pattern no matter if you put the carpet on the floor or on the wall..

But I would like to see buildings standing level, so if the terrain is not level there has to be a level spot for the buildings to stand on. And same thing goes for the trees, they usually stand upright even in a steep hillside.

But I will look away each time I see a farmhouse sideways in a hill if we get more lifelike clouds with shadowing and waterdroplets inside, and canopies with sunglare both from the inside and outside, not to speak of the sunny blink of a shiny 51 turning in the distance.. These are VERY good wishes indeed!  :aok
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #65 on: May 20, 2010, 07:54:20 PM »
I've experimented with the colors many times before, and got this lightly overcast look by using light greys, and turning down the light value. everything looks very dark, and skins have minimal shine, very convincing look.

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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #66 on: May 21, 2010, 09:53:46 PM »
I'd just like to have seasons, vs sunny and 72 in AH World
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #67 on: May 22, 2010, 01:20:32 AM »
A shortwave radio effect that could be turned on or off for radio transmissions would be real nice
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #68 on: May 22, 2010, 01:30:43 AM »
Alltho some players mics seem to incorporate that feature allready.
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #69 on: June 07, 2010, 03:34:43 AM »
Here are some screenshots from the new, up and coming WW2 flight combat sim title called Storm of War.

Note the awesome looking cloud and sky textures, our game would benerfit imensely from having anything on par with this. I'm sure you GVers would want some grass/plants to crush under you tank's treads.











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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #70 on: June 07, 2010, 06:44:18 AM »
Here are some screenshots from the new, up and coming WW2 flight combat sim title called Storm of War.

Note the awesome looking cloud and sky textures, our game would benerfit imensely from having anything on par with this. I'm sure you GVers would want some grass/plants to crush under you tank's treads.

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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #71 on: June 07, 2010, 03:43:23 PM »
Storm of War looks great...  I wonder how good the FM is gonna be.
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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #72 on: June 08, 2010, 06:46:47 AM »
FM? DM? View system?  Stick mapping?

AH is the Cadillac of sims, if you need eye candy, fly Storm or iL2.

You can never get the kind of eye candy Storm is showing with a truly massive multiplayer.

Its just not going to happen. Me I'd much rather have just enough to let me immerse myself in the situation.
AH has that and plenty.

If HT was willing to limit himself to 32 players max, and willing to make everyone have a high end system just to run it I'm sure he could blow storm out of the water.

But your talking apples and oranges.

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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #73 on: June 08, 2010, 08:14:07 AM »
I've played them all and I have to agree with you, Aces High is the best game in its genre by a mile. But please read the following quote from my OP.

"I'm keeping my fingers crossed that HTC will keep adding to this fantastic new world they've created."

I'm wishing for a new addition to the graphics engine every now and again to keep the game looking fresh. Last time we had to wait 3 years.

My computer is able achive a minimum of 200 frames per second while in flight, my settings are maxed out at 1920x1080 resolutions. There's a lot of headroom for graphical updates in that respect.



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Re: Eyecandy
« Reply #74 on: June 08, 2010, 08:15:47 AM »

I'm wishing for a new addition to the graphics engine every now and again to keep the game looking fresh. Last time we had to wait 3 years.


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