About the new terrain

[Megalodon]

I found it interesting that even though they are developing a new game... il-2 BOS is still going to use directX9.

[LCADolby]

If you are still using XP;


"GET WITH THE NOW!!!!!"

[Kazaa]

I found it interesting that even though they are developing a new game... il-2 BOS is still going to use directX9.

They're using Rise of Flight's engine, right? It's much quicker and cheaper than starting from scratch.

[jedi25]

Back on topic regarding the new terrain engine development..

I wonder if Hitech will employ and include Ambient Occlusion, a Nvidia graphic card feature that enhances depth perception and adds realism to 3D scenes by providing a soft shadow effect to objects based on their placement in the scene?

[Karnak]

If you are still using XP;


"GET WITH THE NOW!!!!!"

Then send me the money to build a new system or shut up.

[LCADolby]

Then send me the money to build a new system or shut up.

 

Invest Karnak, Invest.

[Karnak]

Invest Karnak, Invest.

That takes cash to spare that I don't have.  If I could invest I could also build a new computer.

[Volron]

Isn't DX9 still more stable than DX11?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

That takes cash to spare that I don't have.  If I could invest I could also build a new computer.

You should have taken the $35 win 8 deal.

[PFactorDave]

You should have taken the $35 win 8 deal.

Windows 8?  No thank you.  I don't want my PC to look and act like my phone, thank you very much.

[SlidingHorn]

Windows 8?  No thank you.  I don't want my PC to look and act like my phone, thank you very much.

There's still a normal desktop option, and you can boot directly to it if you don't like the Metro interface...

I'm a big, loud-mouthed critic of Microsoft and its Windoze platforms, but I'm actually enjoying 8.1 on my desktop a lot more than I thought I would, now that I've gotten used to it.

[Karnak]

You should have taken the $35 win 8 deal.

My wife's laptop has Win8 on it.  Even patched with one of the aftermarket "start" menus it sucks.

Not sure my system would like Win8 either.  I doubt I could get drivers for some of my out of date hardware.

[PFactorDave]

There's still a normal desktop option

Which is clunky and feels like it was an after thought.

For god's sake, I wish they would quit trying to force more "features" on us.  Give me a bare bones OS with the ability to handle whatever new "features" I want to install.  Quit giving me trash laden systems that you have to spend countless hours stripping out all the junk you don't want.

[Karnak]

Win8 does things for no apparent reason that I can tell.  It makes it very hard to multitask on a PC and even makes it hard to figure out how to use simple things like browsers.  I was using Chrome on my wife's laptop and somehow got to where it was displaying the HTML code of the webpage.  There are no menus or anything to back out of that.  I had to shut Chrome down and relaunch it.

Win8 is a phone/tablet OS that has no business being on PCs.  If I wanted a crippled computer I'd just use a phone or tablet to begin with.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

My wife's laptop has Win8 on it.  Even patched with one of the aftermarket "start" menus it sucks.

Not sure my system would like Win8 either.  I doubt I could get drivers for some of my out of date hardware.

Win8 is lighter than 7 so it probably will do just fine. Don't compare laptop to desktop.