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hmm that's pretty interesting, if the number of layers in the pyramid changes depending on lighting. I've just tried it in bright sunshine, and it's really thin layers of blocks. gonna try it again at dawn

My mate sent me the screenshots. Gonna fire it up and see if it looks any different on my PC. He said he was on max settings - maybe he's screwed something up.

Why would lighting account for one image having massive blocks organised slightly randomly vs much thinner and more uniform layers? Maybe it's a distance thing and the model changes dramatically just a few feet closer or something.

So it's a detail vs distance thing?

It's pretty close to the same angle. Look at the blocks of the pyramid in the trailer. Then look at the layers of the in-game pyramid. The model is way more detailed in the trailer, with fewer layers of much more detailed blocks.

Quite a difference in the pyramids between the trailer and in-game. When you see the trailers you think it's using real-time game footage....

Or it's not actually ready. We don't know either way.....

The SAM site marks - showing you were you could use proper designed earthworks to put your SAM sites in the editor - are brilliant!

They (OnReTech) are a business and offering 20% off on a brand new map. I can totally understand them not also doing miles on it.

Certainly *feels* like that could be true

I'm basically ignoring it until ED say something official at this point

It's not released yet. No-one is flying it apart from certain YTers....... You'll be able to get it at the 20% EA discount on Steam, the same as non-Steam users when it releases. The ONLY thing you can't do on steam is pre-order BEFORE it releases at 30% discount. So literally all you're missing out on is like an $8 discount.

I assume at the same time it releases for non-steam... It's a full module from the start, like the Hornet. It just won't have every planned system and weapon at the start.

We've seen it working in one of Notso's videos, so it was working then I'm not sure why it wouldn't be working in the EA?

These threads go in more circles than an orbiting Reaper

They're possibly right in what they say there though. They never told us the date was early June, but sounds like it was the intended date. So they let the preview videos start to come out etc. to build the hype. THEN I think RB/ED took the decision to push the date for whatever reason. Which is crap since the previews have started with suddenly another month or two to go to release. I can't say for certain if the above is true, but it's what it feels like......

The pre-order was nothing but a discount. Anyone that thinks otherwise didn't read what they were paying for

But that's my point - they might have had that late embargo you speak of, thinking it would release say 2 or 3 weeks after those videos. Pushing the date AFTER the videos start to come out screws that up as it's too late - the videos are in the wild and you can't stop it then.

I think they planned to release close to all these videos and THEN pushed it for some reason after the videos had started coming out ....

I read somewhere that the full quote is 'The customer is always right in matters of taste'. It's just been simplified to cater for over-entitled people

Sure it's a nice idea. But it's only a problem if you actually can't cope with waiting. I preordered on day1. I'm still here waiting and can cope with waiting for as long as it takes. There are many, many other things to do in the meantime

It sounds like the plan was to release in June, hence the preview machine starting up etc. But then ED/RB made the call to push it a month.

From what I'm reading elsewhere the release date was supposed to be in June, hence the start of all the videos, and only very recently have ED/RB taken the decision to move it to July.