IJG27_Nemesis

Update 3: I've established contact to noone less than the legendary id Software developer Legend John Carmack (creator of Doom, Quake, ect...) and asked him how to model such a refraction effect without raytracing. It's a honor for me to speak to him! Here's what I've learned: Nemesis: "Hi John! Is it possible to calculate refraction of light through armored glass in real time? check:Fw190 Windscreen /youtube" John Carmack: "Pretty easy to get quite close, but you would need ray tracing to get it exactly right with glass that isn't completely planar." fortunately, the Fw190 Windscreen is completely planar, and shaped like a simple cuboid box! Nemesis: "John, how to model refraction of a rectangular cuboid armor glass without raytracing? I need help on that one...any how-to?" John Carmack: "The refraction can be baked into a projection matrix. Draw outside the window with this, clear depth, draw inside normally." John Carmack: "Actually calculating the projection matrix will be a math chore." Now thats good news for us flight simmers who have been waiting for more than a decade for such a great effect in real time WITHOUT large strain on the CPU/GPU. Devs? It's your turn!! Show us of what you're made of, and create the best there is on the planet for us pilots! Heck, I would even pay extra money just to have that windscreen fixed :D

Hi SiThSpAwN! I don't know about the current capabilities of modern 3D-Engines, but what I know from 1999 is the Unreal Engine of the original game Unreal by Epic. you see that "door" - It is a teleporter and when you look on its entry you see something different than what really is behind the teleport-door - this should work for the windscreen effect as well - at least it is worth taking a look at the technology back then (unreal engine 1 from the year 1999). you saw a different room than the space which really was behind that door - if now the door would have the frame of the INNER windscreen frame, and behind that you see a separate "room" that is exactly so but only 37mm lower...? ;)

Hi Pilots! There is also a written thread with plenty of detailed pictures, which I think is worth reading. I've called it "The Ultimate Fw190 photo evidence thread". check it out here: http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/9152-ultimate-fw190-photo-evidence-thread/ Best regards, Nemesis