1CGS Han Posted October 13, 2017 1CGS Posted October 13, 2017 175 Hello everybody, the month of surprises continues and today we present you a new kind of them - instead of a new plane it will be a new tech. Our lead programmer and lead landscape designer were developing new stuff for a couple of months already: it will allow us to make the visual image of the sim drastically more realistic and modern looking in the next update. Their main task was increasing the rendering distance of the terrain almost four times, from 40 to 150 kilometers, and they completed it successfully. ............................... Full news - here is a full text and visual materials You're very welcome to subscribe for new videos hereYou can ask new questions in this thread 7
LuftManu Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Damm! Thanks! this improves another aspect of the simulator! Looking forward to it!
Nightrise Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Neat. One thing that hasn't been mentioned that i would like to know is if the distances aircraft render in has been increased? 1
Jade_Monkey Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 That's great news, especially because to me the haze is even more apparent in the Kuban map. The pics look fantastic. Well done!
Pupo Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 By far the greatest graphical shortcoming of this game will now be squashed! Can't wait for the next patch!
A-E-Hartmann Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 The rendering of the view is superb.Really good work.Still a nice surprise.Many thanks Dev 's.
Thad Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Outstanding! Getting better and better all the time.
Asgar Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Simba, everything the light touches can now be rendered in IL-2 23
Bando Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Looks great. Really awesome. Will this also mean the grass renders further out?
JG5_Zesphr Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Can we also get an increase for plane render distance as well?
Jason_Williams Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Can we also get an increase for plane render distance as well? Right now no. Maybe later on we can do something about it, but for now no. That's not a promise though. Everyone underestimates the difficulty in that request. Jason 6
Jason_Williams Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Wow - this looks amazing!!!! Flo No this does not affect grass. Jason Yes, I too wonder if aircraft sighting distance has been increased with these improvements. We have not tested this in combat yet. We do not know it's effects other than it's new beauty. See my earlier answer. Jason 3
CanadaOne Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Very, very nice! Now I need a new video card. I can't have all that delicious eye candy available and not get to enjoy it.
Roast Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Lovely lovely, just lovely A great improvement over the 'old' settings
Thad Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Right now no. Maybe later on we can do something about it, but for now no. That's not a promise though. Everyone underestimates the difficulty in that request. Jason Actually, I don't think most of us underestimate the difficulty required but that doesn't deter us from asking for and wanting it.
PanzerPajamas Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Really impressed with the progress the team has made. Well done.
Finkeren Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 WHAT?!?? Did not expect that. It looks absolutely awesome! This was one of the thing I still thought was far out into the future. Amazing accomplishment
GridiroN Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) I'm a bit confused; if the render distance is 4x longer but there is now haze, wouldn't that cancel out any visual acuity gained from having longer draw distances? I'm also pretty certain if this is done as a graphical option, most people will turn it off as it'll make finding aircrafts at distance much harder. I think if it's added, it should not be optional. Edited October 13, 2017 by GridiroN
StG77_Kondor Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Agreed. One of the game's biggest handicaps. Very excited and thankful that it's been corrected. Keep it up guys!
xvii-Dietrich Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Indeed, this is a massive improvement. Another major criticism of the sim has been absolutely squashed. What is impressive is that substantial improvements are coming in every single week. The pace and quality of this development team is really first class. What will be really interesting to see, is how this new atmosphere effects behave under low-elevation light conditions (e.g. sunset) and what it will do to celestial objects (e.g. the moon or stars when they are near to the horizon). 2
Thad Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Yea, but have they made the ground softer on us when we get shot down. 1
Trooper117 Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 My god, impressive stuff! This will mean navigation efficiency will be improved... the ability to see the shape of the ground well ahead will be a huge bonus! 5
Cpt_Cool Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Well here's a poke at you You're gonna choke on it too You're gonna loose that smile Because all the while.... 1
kendo Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Impressive! Many thanks for the great improvements we keep seeing.
216th_Lucas_From_Hell Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 That looks stunning, Han! Fantastic as always, thanks for the update
=SqSq=Sulaco Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 I'm a bit confused; if the render distance is 4x longer but there is now haze, wouldn't that cancel out any visual acuity gained from having longer draw distances? I'm also pretty certain if this is done as a graphical option, most people will turn it off as it'll make finding aircrafts at distance much harder. I think if it's added, it should not be optional. You've got it backwards, the haze is what we currently have, they're getting rid of it. Take a look at the pictures again, the ones titled "work in progress" are without haze, the ones titled "current version" have the haze. 2
=FEW=Hauggy Posted October 13, 2017 Posted October 13, 2017 Not bad at all now I dare to hope for a better rendering distance for planes so we can finally spot bombers from far away.
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