squid 21 Posted December 13, 2003 The screenshots remind me in a way the looks of SFP1 ? (enviroment-graphics engine? i dont know) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scary_pigeon 0 Posted December 14, 2003 in what way similar? we'd be offended :P if you thought the landscape part was like SFP1 - SFP1 has very nice aircraft objects though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 628 Posted December 14, 2003 we'd be offended :P who is (or are ) "we"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scary_pigeon 0 Posted December 14, 2003 I programmed the engine so far. Proud I am of the landscape, slightly better than IL2 in some respects (if I do, oh so humbly say so myself ;-) ) - i dont rate SFP1's lanscape engine, but their aircraft rendering is really rather exceptional. I bought that game - it is fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 14, 2003 (edited) Proud I am of the landscape, slightly better than IL2 in some respects Oh dear Steve, please don't even start with this talk about other flight simulators as you did in the past. I advise you to avoid mentionating sim titles as well... Edited December 14, 2003 by Dante-JT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagger 21 Posted December 14, 2003 this begs the question will terrains be able to be added?and theres been alot of add-on terrains for SFP1 that also are better than that other sim,IMHO,the modding community has taken SF to a level that graphically is a notch above alot of sims and the add-on aircraft are great..will your sim be modable like this also? and will there be an assortment of mission types? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 14, 2003 Yes, it will be fully moddable. We're taking care of the terrain generation part right now, soon we will have the formula to generate any terrain we wish, based on actual SRTM data available on the web. A compreensive tutorial will be available for modders when the game is near to be released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagger 21 Posted December 14, 2003 Thanks sounds lik eyall are doing a bang up job.looking forward to seeing it or trying the demo if you have one..oh yeah what are your target system specs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 14, 2003 oh yeah what are your target system specs? At the moment, there are two terrain systems. One is up and running, it's nice but doesn't allow for the full operations theater or even just the islands in a faithful recreation, and the other, newer, using ROAM algorithm and SRTM data, is very promising and features a stunning performance. But it's too soon to predict what system specs it will run - remember, we plan to throw in a dynamic campaign system, and these systems are heavy, so we will try to optimise the base engine the best we can before throwing the campaign system in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scary_pigeon 0 Posted December 14, 2003 the system that is up and running can actually handle the whole world - it loads up segments - we think the ROAM version will be better for FPS, horizon distance, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squid 21 Posted December 14, 2003 I programmed the engine so far. Proud I am of the landscape, slightly better than IL2 in some respects (if I do, oh so humbly say so myself ;-) ) - i dont rate SFP1's lanscape engine, but their aircraft rendering is really rather exceptional. I bought that game - it is fun. i FULLY support your project ! B) . Indeed plane render is nice in SFP1 apart from the shadows casting which is realy bugy and a fps killer. Land i dont mind too with an exception for the sea. What i like though about SFP1 is that i can have everything enabled and set to high and still play smoothly with my average to low side pc. (Athlon XP1700+, 1Gb PC133 RAM, GF3 64MB) I would advise as a simmer to pay attention to the lessons of LOMAC (and FS2002-04 where framerate and playability has been improved from 02 to 04 (!) ... ) which is unplayable in its almost full glorious graphics potential for an average pc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dante-JT 6 Posted December 14, 2003 i can have everything enabled and set to high and still play smoothly with my average to low side pc. (Athlon XP1700+, 1Gb PC133 RAM, GF3 64MB) You have a computer spec very similar to mine, and I'm able to run the current Jet Thunder pre-alphas very smoothly in it. B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagger 21 Posted December 14, 2003 my new system is AMD 3000xp +,512 megs PC2700,FX 5700 ultra 120 gig 7200 rpm HD .I'm getting 60+ FPS with SFP1 running maxed with shadows and mirrors on...finally got a system that can run games!!Thanks to my wife. ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadJeff 3 Posted December 14, 2003 The more I hear the more excited I get about the prospects of this one... ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
