Some good artwork right here!

[Jason_Williams]

Pew Pew!!

 

 

Jason

[Rjel]

I thought there was going to be a special forum for composite pictures?

[40plus]

Ok guys, you know the drill.... Pick this apart for clues to the next update!!

 

I'll start with, new clouds tech looks amazing!!

 

Edited September 23, 2021 by 40plus

[Rjel]

1 minute ago, 40plus said:

Ok guys, you know the drill.... Pick this apart for clues to the next update!!

The obvious guess would be API?

[40plus]

Just now, Rjel said:

The obvious guess would be API?

Hmmm, the sfx look more like an explosion than a fire.

[Diggun]

Nurse!

[Denum]

*offers tumbler of whiskey* 

 

 

[LLv24_Zami]

New sun model looks great, it's about time to get it updated ?

[cardboard_killer]

30 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

Pew Pew!!

Jason

 

Don't quit  your day  job.

 

Seriously, don't quit your day job, CK needs a new pair of mosquitos.

[Rjel]

 The tracers aren't synchronized in the picture. Maybe the firing order has been staggered in an upcoming update? After that, my only other guess would be the P-51 will finally be recognized as the plane that won WWII?  

[oc2209]

I think the only logical conclusion is that the Sturmovik series is finally branching out...

 

...into Saturday morning kids cartoons?

 

Okay, on a more serious note:

 

There are 10 rays in the sun. There are 17 tracers from the Mustang. There are 2 clouds.

 

It's a code, and I'm going to work it out.

[Ghost666]

Clouds, that it, the cloud up date is drawing near. 

[Feathered_IV]

1 hour ago, Jason_Williams said:

Pew Pew!!

 

 

Jason

New graphics engine?

[PatrickAWlson]

2 hours ago, 40plus said:

Ok guys, you know the drill.... Pick this apart for clues to the next update!!

 

I'll start with, new clouds tech looks amazing!!

 

 

Come on. It's obvious.  Look at the plane.  Look at the tracers.  .50 cal machine guns will now spit laser bolts.  And they will bounce off of pavement too.

[Denum]

Did you guys sneak some sky box updates in?

 

I haven't played for a bit and it seems much...nicer? Clouds have layers?

Edited September 23, 2021 by Denum

[Guest deleted@83466]

Those red tracers would certainly be pretty cool.  But only X-wings shoot such things.

[ZachariasX]

2 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

New graphics engine?

P-51B/C tracers… Yeah!

 

Edit: Probably wishful thinking and we get a new kind of improved spotting.

Edited September 23, 2021 by ZachariasX

[oc2209]

I've figured out the code, everyone.

 

We're getting ray tracing.

 

Okay, it wasn't really encoded information. There's freakin' sun rays and tracers in the picture and not much else. Do the math.

 

It can't just be about clouds, because those aren't even the most prominent part of the picture. He also wouldn't tease about something we already expected.

 

If it turns out I'm wrong, this was all in jest; but if I'm correct, then I was totally serious all along.

Edited September 23, 2021 by oc2209

[Missionbug]

Jason is on one again, where is that whiskey, it is me needs a drink me thinks not him this time.

 

I will log off for a few weeks, got a 3d model to finish, please give me a call when it gets figured out.

 

We were supposed to get some info on the next Blitz/Tobruk installment weeks ago, maybe this is the lead in.

 

Take care and be safe.

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[=RS=Haart]

8 hours ago, Jason_Williams said:

Pew Pew!!

 

 

Jason

[Luftschiff]

That sun, it must be the Hinomaru!

 

[[DBS]Browning]

It's Bodenplatte away from the cities and airfields!

I'm joking, it's all good.

Edited September 23, 2021 by [DBS]Browning

[Diggun]

 

 

Sopwith 2020?

[354thFG_Panda_]

Jason's new art exhibition. The use of the colour blue symbolises...

This is contrasted with the striking green and yellow...

The conflict carefully drawn shows us the internal struggle...

 

Truly a masterpiece

[Hitcher]

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

Best screen shot EVER!

 

 

 

Jason, posted per your instructions, please send the $10 to my PayPal account.

[Feathered_IV]

Il-2...  coming to an iphone near you. 

[Semor76]

Jason is going oldschool. IL-2 Sturmovik, ATARI 2600 edition ^^

 

 

[Trooper117]

Pew, Pew!!... .50's and P-51 now uber... official!

[LuftManu]

This is the best possible ending to the pletora of .50 cal in the forum

 

10/10 ?

 

Being serious, one hell of an update. GREAT work by the team. 

[ST_Catchov]

It's a major masterpiece of impressionism. The way the light dances over the subtle and understated hues of green and blue underscored by an enigmatic and powerful sun bold in its masculine stance and arrogant attitude toward the hostile faces of inevitable darkness. The clouds reinforce the feeling of encroaching menace yet paint a picture, remote from the truth, of a sunny paradise untouched by the evils of the human psyche and erotic masochism. It shows a thinking man with a great feel for art in its purest form. If I could make a minor criticism, I don't think he's got the DM quite right and the FM needs brushing up, but genius always has its flaws and inconsistencies that complement, rather than denigrate, the complete picture. 5 stars. 

 

[Irishratticus72]

I recognise those mountains, New Guinea! 

[Eisenfaustus]

Ammo explosions modelling improved?

 

Although Patrick’s laser idea would be even cooler ^^

[69th_Ustio]

This has a potential on the NFT market

[Rjel]

1 hour ago, ST_Catchov said:

It's a major masterpiece of impressionism. The way the light dances over the subtle and understated hues of green and blue underscored by an enigmatic and powerful sun bold in its masculine stance and arrogant attitude toward the hostile faces of inevitable darkness. The clouds reinforce the feeling of encroaching menace yet paint a picture, remote from the truth, of a sunny paradise untouched by the evils of the human psyche and erotic masochism. It shows a thinking man with a great feel for art in its purest form. If I could make a minor criticism, I don't think he's got the DM quite right and the FM needs brushing up, but genius always has its flaws and inconsistencies that complement, rather than denigrate, the complete picture. 5 stars. 

 

A flight and a damage model in a painting??? That stretches artistic expression and the critical interpretation of the work to the breaking point. 

[Megalon]

2 hours ago, Semor76 said:

Jason is going oldschool. IL-2 Sturmovik, ATARI 2600 edition ^^

 

 

My God.  The amount of time I put into that game circa 1982.  I'd forgotten how awesome the Atari 2600 box art was!

[Freycinet]

I love the new clouds.

[grcurmudgeon]

The last time I created art like this, the primary goal was to get the artists to put real art in because I got tired of waiting for it. Nothing like placeholder art to get artists to put in real art ?

[Noisemaker]

Convergence is completely off.

[PatrickAWlson]

3 hours ago, grcurmudgeon said:

The last time I created art like this, the primary goal was to get the artists to put real art in because I got tired of waiting for it. Nothing like placeholder art to get artists to put in real art ?

 

That's the theory behind the entire PWCG UI.