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Offline Russian

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« on: September 11, 2006, 08:20:17 PM »



This is a first in-engine screenshot of Oleg’s BOB. This is on lowest settings. :eek:

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Sometimes you'll be starting in the hangar, and taxiing to the runway. Please keep in mind that this is the very first in-engine shot you're seeing. Shadows and lighting are mostly turned off. The plane is also not fully textured.


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[QB] Just to expand on the "not fully textured" thing. Oleg's revealed this in a presentation in Moscow that's all over the Russian forums, and we've shown this in Leipzig, so I see nothing wrong with revealing it here.

The planes in BoB will have dynamic weathering effects applied to them - you'll see exhaust stains growing, paint chipping away as you fly, etc; and also there'll be bump mapping and other technical sounding effects that make the planes much more detailed and life-like. All those features are turned off in this version of the engine, although they are fully working in engine tools.

So you're basically seeing the bare underpaint of the Spitfire, without any of the cool extra effects that have never been done in any other sim! This is what it'll look like on the minimum graphic settings. [/QB]






Release date : Autumn 2007.
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Offline Toad

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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2006, 08:23:49 PM »
That is truly nice.

Any changes besides graphics?
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2006, 09:18:33 PM »
Will there be a 3d cockpit?  Or just a bunch of flat 2-dimensional screens?
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2006, 09:39:48 PM »
That's very nice. Will it be a functional set of guages or just a static picture? I wonder what the terrain will be like and what kind of machine you'll need to get a decent frame rate.
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2006, 10:36:13 PM »
I can read the instruments which is already an improvement.
The question is does this game got rid of its "killer feature": pilot head on a stick.
The view system in IL2 series is as bad as it gets.
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2006, 10:37:13 PM »
Laser,

FB series already featured 3D cockpits, I don't think Bob would be any different.
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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2006, 10:38:39 PM »
I didn't mean that the cockpit itself was 3d.  I meant that if you moved your POV 6 inches to the left in any Il2 game you'd see that the cockpit is just a whole bunch of flat screens perfectly aligned for the head on stick syndrome.
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2006, 10:40:23 PM »
I could only dream of moving my head 6" to the left.:lol
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2006, 11:13:54 AM »
There isn't much info availble yet. Pits will be 3d with 6DOF support. BoB will have dynamic weather. Damage model will show one for one hits. Today's best  computers will be BoB's lowest requirment :D
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2006, 11:32:18 AM »
Thats pretty.

As much as I don't like the Il2 games, I like that he is doing them. Keeps the genre alive.
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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2006, 12:00:01 PM »
All those beautiful dials and gages, yet you need none of them to play IL2.  In fact, one of the most prominent and preferred features of IL2 is the ability to TURN OFF cockpit view.

Go figure......
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2006, 12:19:32 PM »
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All those beautiful dials and gages, yet you need none of them to play IL2.  In fact, one of the most prominent and preferred features of IL2 is the ability to TURN OFF cockpit view.

Go figure......


set options to realistic and you will have to use those beautiful dials and gages.
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2006, 12:40:13 PM »
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I can read the instruments which is already an improvement.


I fly in Full Switch (all switches right)  'wars' over in Il2 and we have to read the gages to know how high, how fast etc...

I can read them in all the planes fine. It maybe your res or AA settings.

Now some of the gages, in some planes, get blocked due to the single head position but all the gages are readable, at least to me. To get by with the blocked gages some servers allow 'speed bar' which will puts a small block of text in the lower left corner that shows speed, heading alt etc...

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The question is does this game got rid of its "killer feature": pilot head on a stick.


That's not an Il2 'feature'. That's how all games were done until AH came along. Most still are that way. However, with track IR and 6DOF most games are moving toward free head movement. SOW:BOB will have 6DOF.

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In fact, one of the most prominent and preferred features of IL2 is the ability to TURN OFF cockpit view.


Hardly, that's only an issue if you play on servers with the switches to the left.

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Any changes besides graphics?


Lots of them listed over the months but I don't feel like searching the UBI zoo to find them.

I for one am kind of bored with the whole 'BoB set-up' (boring plane set and theater) but will still pick it up for the future expansions. Oleg has said that if you can play FB on the highest graphic settings then you will be able play BoB on the lowest. It will be some time before BoB is released.
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« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2006, 12:49:11 PM »
speaking of boring plane set and theater, imagine IL2 graphics with a Dr.1, S.E.5a, D.VII, Sopwith Camel, Nieuport 28........Perhaps Oleg could even go out on a limb here and provide unique engine and gun sounds for the various aircraft and armaments (since there are a relatively low number of airframe types to deal with).

Hmm...wonder if Oleg has considered other eras?  you IL2 junkies know of anytalk about a Korean war set?  Vietnam?  Arab Israeli wars?  Gulf war?  all sorts of material here  :D
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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2006, 01:19:52 PM »
doubt I'll be able to play it on my system.
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