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Originally posted by heywooood:
Right around SoW - a two fer one.
And there might be another as yet unrevealed simulation due at that time... If that's a reference to this: http://www.rrgstudios.com/EN_02_08_UnnamedTitle.shtml ... the possibility concerns me, also. Three sims that I won't be able to decide between if they come out in the same month.
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Originally posted by tagTaken2: Originally posted by heywooood:
Right around SoW - a two fer one.
And there might be another as yet unrevealed simulation due at that time...
http://www.rrgstudios.com/EN_02_08_UnnamedTitle.shtml
... the possibility concerns me, also. Three sims that I won't be able to decide between if they come out in the same month. No need to decide. It's just like if someone asks you if you like Blondes,Brunettes, or Redheads...just say YES!
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It's Thursday! There's a beautiful update and this is on the second page? For Shame!  You know the link. Get there.
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These screenies do look very slick for pre alpha.  Not too sure about the general look of the trees, I'm sure things will change in the next few months.
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Noticed that the engine doesn't rotate with the prop. I know it's pre-alpha, but I figure if the prop is spinning then so should the engine at this point.
Otherwise it's looking very nice.
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Originally posted by SeaWulfe:
Noticed that the engine doesn't rotate with the prop. I know it's pre-alpha, but I figure if the prop is spinning then so should the engine at this point. It rotates.  Download and watch the video: http://www.gennadich.com/files/534/file/multi/gt_promo4.zip
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Yep - the prop is shown as blurred, but the engine doesn't blur. Having modelled stuff like this (Hi FR  ) I know that it can be tricky to decide how to model it.
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Hi Ed (how did you know it was me...I'm suppose to be retired).
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Oh I don't know, I rather like the trees. Very autumnal
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I can't believe that it's going to take another year to finish this!
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I know it is not logical to blur the prop and freeze the rotary engine for paused shots, but maybe Gennadich went with that, because it is the "conventional look" for taking screenies. Don't know if I'd prefer a blurred engine... Don't care too much really.
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WOW, the quality of the light is amazing!!!
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I went to this thread this morning during the first cup of coffee and when I scrolled past the first image I thought (for a sec. or two) I was looking at a PHOTO. Beautiful! Yeah, I know-short attention span. I saw 'em yesterday-so sue me! 
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Originally posted by Freycinet:
I know it is not logical to blur the prop and freeze the rotary engine for paused shots, but maybe Gennadich went with that, because it is the "conventional look" for taking screenies. Don't know if I'd prefer a blurred engine... Don't care too much really. My point was that a prop is pretty easy to model as a blurred object, as it's relatively flat and can be done using alpha channels - a prop in a sim is usually 2 or 3 distinct models that are swapped out - a static prop, a slow moving blurred prop and a fast moving blurred prop. On the other hand, an engine is a far more complex shape, and what shape does it make when it's blurred? Motion blur can be simulated, but it's heavy on the resources.
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Guys, The Camel's Clerget engine already rotates! Admittedly, in the first frame of the following screenshot composite it appears as if the rotary is not spinning, but in the other frames it does:  If you view the Camel's take-off video, the rotary engine rotates nicely (do check it out): http://www.gennadich.com/files/534/file/multi/gt_promo4.zip At this point in the pre-alpha development there's animations yet to implemented and refined. For instance, the small cabane-mounted Rotherham air pump propellor is not rotating in these screenshots, but will be in the future, and we'll all enjoy seeing it whirling away there on a strut just in our right view. The anemometer wind cups will also be spinning in the airstream on some German aircraft too:  Lots of accurate "eye candy" animations will be in the sim for our viewing pleasure. In the meantime, be sure you've already checked out GT's core physics video of the Camel!
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It's update day tomorrow, let's move to the front of the line please.
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Looks like the boys are startin' to have a blast:  Nice sequence of action shots from a balloon bust for this week's update: http://www.gennadich.com/index.htm#
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Great shots - things are looking good.
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Looks great, but too much cyan in the color of the sky. Sims often have the color of the sky too blue. Here....  ... just with auto-levels.
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