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Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: AKSWulfe on October 23, 2002, 11:02:50 AM: New Water at dusk:
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/screenshots/grab0001.jpg)

New He-111H-6 model low at sundown showing relfection of nearby mountain in water:
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/screenshots/grab0023.jpg)

Fw189 low over a lake showing clouds and mountain reflections in water:
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/screenshots/grab0015.jpg)
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/screenshots/grab0011.jpg)

P40 (just because it's a P40)
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/screenshots/grab0004.jpg)
-SW
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Ripsnort on October 23, 2002, 11:05:57 AM: unbelieveable...
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: gatso on October 23, 2002, 11:11:55 AM: Wow. I bet it looks even better in game. Screenies always loose a bit of 'life' I find.

Gatso
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: AKSWulfe on October 23, 2002, 11:15:26 AM: GF3/ GF4 minimum to get the above water reflections.. I assume they'd work on an ATI 9700 Pro (don't see why not)
-SW
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: easymo on October 23, 2002, 11:24:00 AM: Anyone know where I can pick up a Cray cheap.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Ripsnort on October 23, 2002, 12:06:49 PM: Quote
Originally posted by easymo
Anyone know where I can pick up a Cray cheap.

$900 for my new system (minus the video card, monitor) High end PC's are very cheap in these economic hardship times. And you could build it yourself for about 1/2 that price.
Title: WOW
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 23, 2002, 12:10:09 PM: THis is like an RTS right? Not a flight sim?
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: AKSWulfe on October 23, 2002, 12:11:55 PM: No, this is the flight sim... due out soon (by January).. covers Finland and Hungary and integrates with Il2.
-SW
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Wlfgng on October 23, 2002, 12:34:09 PM: it's a real screenie from the game.

IL2 is beautiful.

fyi this new update (shown) requires GF3 or higher as far as I can tell.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: easymo on October 23, 2002, 01:07:39 PM: "$900 for my new system (minus the video card, monitor) High end PC's are very cheap in these economic hardship times. And you could build it yourself for about 1/2 that price."

Christ, rip. And to think, there are people that claim that flight sim addiction is a victimless crime.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Charon on October 23, 2002, 03:28:38 PM: The water looks sharp, but it still looks a bit "too" sharp and clean for my tastes. It just looks.... artificial. I don't find it any more appealing really than the AH water or some of the old Kraits textures for AW. I guess I'll have to wait a few more years for another generation or two of hardware advancement.

[I have seen water that clean before, but it was at 6:00 am on a Tenessee lake in a TVA flooded valley -- or in the tub :)]

Charon
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Pongo on October 23, 2002, 04:35:44 PM: I would say that IL2 does look better in game then in screen shots. If that is the case with FB...wow.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Wlfgng on October 23, 2002, 04:49:45 PM: Quote
[I have seen water that clean before, but it was at 6:00 am on a Tenessee lake in a TVA flooded valley -- or in the tub ]

most of 'our' lakes are that clear.. rivers even more so.

as for in-game v.s. screen shots.. ingame usually blows away the screenies.. can't wait for FB
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Sunchaser on October 23, 2002, 05:00:56 PM: All that and 32 player coops.

If Oleg can pull that off, it is time for people to start looking over their shoulder.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Kratzer on October 23, 2002, 07:19:55 PM: I had the original - the graphics were badass, the planes handled great, it was a terrific game... and over the course of a year I probably played it a whopping total of 10 hours. Playing online was too much trouble compared to AH, and overall, AH is a much better GAME. Sad, really, because it was beautiful... I traded it a week ago.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Creamo on October 23, 2002, 07:41:25 PM: yes
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: AKDejaVu on October 23, 2002, 07:52:27 PM: Looks great.

SWulfe... I don't remember seeing clouds like that in Il-2. Are they there now and can you fly through them?

AKDejaVu
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: AKSWulfe on October 23, 2002, 08:05:37 PM: Yeah they were in Il2, they re-worked 'em though.. more distance and depth to them I think.
-SW
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: SaburoS on October 24, 2002, 12:56:40 AM: OOOOooooh! Aaaaaaahhhhhhh! Wow awesome graphics. How is IL2? Never have seen it or played it in person. Might just go get a copy.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Wlfgng on October 24, 2002, 09:07:59 AM: IL2 is well worth the money. It rocks!

it's just not the same game as AH as far as multi player and gameplay.. it's still a blast though.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Ripsnort on October 24, 2002, 09:11:41 AM: Quote
Originally posted by AKSWulfe
Yeah they were in Il2, they re-worked 'em though.. more distance and depth to them I think.
-SW

IMO they stole a page outta HT's Cloud guide, then improved on it. Clouds in IL2 are the best.
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: Eagler on October 24, 2002, 10:07:06 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort

IMO they stole a page outta HT's Cloud guide, then improved on it. Clouds in IL2 are the best.

sunglare there is pretty good too

if they just make the damage/killing as easy as AH, it'd be a great game! :)
Title: Forgotten Battles (Oh my!)
Post by: udet on October 24, 2002, 08:21:38 PM: my computer would die trying to chug those graphics :(