An update for Storm of War

[Smokin]

Hello everyone,

I know many of you have been eagerly awaiting news. I hope this will be worth the wait. We are now at the stage where we'll be providing more regular updates. Remember when my Friday Updates happened every Friday?

These shots today showcase the environemnt from a small test map that will be one of the online maps shipping with the game.

We're working hard on finding the perfect visual balance, and many of the colors you see today are not final: sky, clouds, grass, trees, water, etc, are all being finetuned. As some of you may know, I'm a professional photographer as well, so perfect visual presentation is a very important goal for me.

I am also posting a dedicated discussion thread for this update.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=10702

Screenshots:

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[Space]

Cool and all, but what do I care about the folding chairs in the red & white ticket booth? As long as it goes *BOOM* when I land a 250# on it, I am happy. I sure as taters ain't stickin around to look through the rubble! Is all of that detail going to muss up the frames?

[Medar]

All of that detail is guaranteed, and I mean in a big southern Guuuuuaranteeeeeed to give your graphics card a stroke.

I have a graphics card and a PC less than a year old...and that is some crazy detail.

[Smokin]

I think they were showing off the shadows off in that image. That the glass didnt cast a shadow. How cool will it be when all those windows shatter when strafed?!

I hope the game will be a taxing to systems as possible. This will result in a game that will last another several years. Down the line systems will be more powerful and be able to easily handle a game like SOW, but if its powerful enough for modders to improve on it down the line, then that will be a great thing. I still remember when people complained about how it was impossible to play IL2 when it first came out, and that was way before anyone stuck 100s of moving and shooting convoys, AI, and nukes.

[american]

That grass is just sad. It definelty needs more work.
Im glad the fixed shadows but i think the shaders need a bit more work.
The spit looks Unrealistically smooth. I think they need to add some type of "Noise" to the plane to give a more metallic look instead of a molded plastic model with shiny paint on it.