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Offline CptTrips

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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #300 on: September 07, 2019, 12:29:26 PM »
It's written that it is 'game asset', so this cockpit will be an in-game cockpit.


Texture Baking:  taking statically pre-rendered high quality models and projecting the output to create texture maps to apply to lower resolution in-game objects.

It certainly can make lower polygon objects look nicer and is a smart approach, but it is dishonest and misleading to show the pre-rendered high quality model and suggest THAT is the what you are going to see in-game. 

However, I don't think you have any compunction about being dishonest.  I'm not really taking it personally, I just think you are a paid social media marketing shill.  I could be wrong.  You might actually be an interested player.  You can prove me wrong by letting us know what your in-game Aces High id is.  What is your Warbird in-game id?




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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #301 on: September 07, 2019, 03:44:10 PM »
If he is being paid anything at all, he is over paid. He comes across as one with absolutely no knowledge or experience in gaming. He simply looks silly.
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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #302 on: September 08, 2019, 01:26:52 AM »
Used to play AH long time ago...so long i forgot my handle  :old: , however i never posted on forum and played only occasionally
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« Reply #303 on: September 08, 2019, 06:55:17 PM »
I must say I am shocked you don't actually play AH...  :eek:
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« Reply #304 on: September 09, 2019, 10:01:58 PM »
... however i never posted on forum ...

Ah, the good `ol days.  :D

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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #305 on: September 09, 2019, 11:42:16 PM »
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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #306 on: September 10, 2019, 03:47:25 AM »

Texture Baking:  taking statically pre-rendered high quality models and projecting the output to create texture maps to apply to lower resolution in-game objects.

It certainly can make lower polygon objects look nicer and is a smart approach, but it is dishonest and misleading to show the pre-rendered high quality model and suggest THAT is the what you are going to see in-game. 

With all due respect, I still think it is in game.

Here is a video of something that 1 amateur made in his spare time in UE 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEI-VAcs-2Q


I totaly believe that what MicroProse is showing will be in-game.

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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #307 on: September 10, 2019, 04:10:44 AM »
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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #308 on: September 10, 2019, 06:45:22 AM »

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I totaly believe that what MicroProse is showing will be in-game.

Your slip is showing.   

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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #309 on: September 10, 2019, 08:18:09 AM »
I think that you guys don't understand the power and ease of the Unreal engine.

It really makes it that much easier for programmers/designers to do their job. Tons of top end games have been made with it so far. Its the new trend; use pre-made engines and it seems to be getting more popular.

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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #310 on: September 10, 2019, 08:36:23 AM »
I think that you guys don't understand the power and ease of the Unreal engine.

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I don't think that's the issue. It's the marketing generating laughs.

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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #311 on: September 10, 2019, 02:25:48 PM »
With all due respect, I still think it is in game.

Wait.  Are you saying you think that that cockpit screenshot was taken in-game during game-play?  That is clearly a static rendering not taken while playing the game.  I don't believe they were even in the game client.

Here is a video of something that 1 amateur made in his spare time in UE 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEI-VAcs-2Q

Uhh that doesn't not even come close to the detail and resolution of the static, Maya pre-rendered cockpit you showed us.  So that was supposed to prove what to us?  But at least that guy has a in-game video.

October is not much more than two weeks away.  Just show us the 5 min video from inside the actual game client flying around in actual terrain in an actual beta server against other actual players.  Then we can evaluate the actual product ourselves.

The fact that you can not display video of anything flying at this point should be a big red flag.  You are either not going to release in October, or worse, you will  release a hot, steaming mess.

And when you don't release in October you will come back here and say, "Well, there is a slight delay of a year or two because we really want to get it right." and if you release a hot, steaming mess you will come back here and say:  "This is just a first step.  A foundation we can now improve on."


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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #312 on: September 10, 2019, 02:28:28 PM »
With all due respect, I still think it is in game.

Here is a video of something that 1 amateur made in his spare time in UE 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEI-VAcs-2Q


I totaly believe that what MicroProse is showing will be in-game.


Ok Archie.  You need to cough up who you really are. We're sceptical because we don't know who you are and have no credibility with us. To establish said credibility, you need to inform us who you are - which I have my suspicions.

In general, to earn our trust, you need to let us know who you really are.

Unless your Shuffler. He's still a putz.  :neener:
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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #313 on: September 10, 2019, 04:25:32 PM »
Meanwhile on Brand-W's board:

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I am curious...why are there no updates to the development of WB2020 thread here on iEN forums?

The only update I see is on AGW by someone who will not divulge his relationship with MicroProse and/or iEN.

Its disconcerting and leaves me wondering ...


And Mild-Dill has shown no signs of life since...mid-June?  Unless he is Archie.  :rofl

Oh.... and Archie registered on this forum in.....June.  Imagine that.


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Re: Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse
« Reply #314 on: September 10, 2019, 04:29:54 PM »

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Unless your Shuffler. He's still a putz.  :neener:
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