Author Topic: Holy photorealism Batman! (Read 556 times)

AKSWulfe · « **on:** July 09, 2002, 11:49:33 AM »

Pic from LOMAC.
-SW

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2002, 11:52:35 AM »

If I showed this to my poor Coal-burning PIII-800, it might not ever restart again....

SOB · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2002, 12:16:28 PM »

Perhaps not, but at least it would die happy.

SOB

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2002, 12:17:55 PM »

Rip, if your PIII-800 burns coal, what's my PIII-600 burn?

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2002, 12:18:35 PM »

I never trust pics that are straight down on terrain. It looks like bitmapped imagery with a few buildings actually being 3d.

The plane looks awesome except for the AB and the fuel pod.

AKIron · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2002, 12:20:12 PM »

Awesome pic. Just hoping it doesn't go the way of SU27 Flanker. They posted some awesome pics starting more than a year before release, as release time neared the pics changed, not for the better. Could be wrong, just the way I remember it.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2002, 12:22:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Mickey1992
Rip, if your PIII-800 burns coal, what's my PIII-600 burn?

Heh, remember our B17 formation the other night? what'd we have, 3-5 of us, with 9-15 planes? When I looked external view, and rotated backward to look at the formation against a clear blue sky, I was getting 11 fps

I need to skip the con and upgrade!

(But I'm not going too...)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2002, 01:35:26 PM »

Nice plane! The terrain shadows are all messed up though.

Look at the shadows from the trees, then look at the shadows from the buildings. OOPS!

AKSWulfe · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2002, 01:45:28 PM »

Those trees are painted on to the terrain it appears, while those buildings are actually 3D objects and are either missing shadows or it's high noon.

Either way, I'm sure that stuff gets pixelated down low... just looked like a perfect example of photorealism to me.

The water in LOMAC, OTOH, looks terrific...

Here is a screenshot of the terrain down low w/A10

F4 Phantom inverted over the water
-SW

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2002, 02:25:29 PM »

Ah.. the terrain looks quite a bit different down low. The A-10 photo looks like pretty run of the mill terrain (OFP-like). The water in the other looks great.

I remember the first test I did of my G4 card... when the rolling ocean test came up. Just too cool.

AKDejaVu

eskimo2 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2002, 03:09:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort

Heh, remember our B17 formation the other night? what'd we have, 3-5 of us, with 9-15 planes? When I looked external view, and rotated backward to look at the formation against a clear blue sky, I was getting 11 fps

I need to skip the con and upgrade! (But I'm not going too...)

Until last week I've been using a P-II 350.

eskimo

Nifty · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2002, 11:49:39 AM »

it ain't a phantom without the black smoke.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2002, 11:52:46 AM »

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Originally posted by eskimo2

Until last week I've been using a P-II 350.

eskimo

I bet its like a new game eh? Watch your K/D ratio and gunnery skyrocket now...did for me in WB's when I upgraded to the latest and greatest in hardware back a few years ago.

JoeDirt · « **Reply #13 on:** July 10, 2002, 01:32:39 PM »

HOLey dick lips!

deSelys · « **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2002, 03:25:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Mickey1992
Rip, if your PIII-800 burns coal, what's my PIII-600 burn?

Prolly some dried sheep's poop....

(Btw I'm fueling my 'puter with coal too...

. 1 more year to go! 1 more year to go!)