luthier1 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Hello folks, Today’s update is a small miracle. By late night Moscow time, as we decided to take some screenshots, we realized that the game’s WIP render stopped working for everyone. Programmers responsible had already gone home hours before. I began writing an apologetic update, and then, somehow, someway, our ingenious junior aircraft programmer managed to get the game working on his machine. So, I’m very happy to present to you the 109 in combat. (please note that his version of the 109 has many animations not working, such as landing gear and propeller arc, and has a lot of other system stuff showing. We decided not to mess with his development environment because time is very precious) On the development front, most of the tasks this week had to do with the cockpit and the sound. The 109 is beginning to sound very mean and very authentic. Our wonderful sound engineer also wrote an incredibly rousing theme for the 109, but I won’t be posting it just yet. The wonderful composer, talented but naïve in the ways of the world, submitted the latest version with a background sound effect of a certain historical leader reading a speech to a rousing roar. We’ll make sure it is removed of course, but this being late Friday night in Moscow, it won’t happen today. Other than that, the tasks remaining for the 109 are, in that order: finalize and test cockpit procedures; finalize sound; DB 605 engine tuning for medium and high altitudes; finalize manual; overall testing; finalize external animations; finalize damage model visuals; finalize flight performance; create game interface. The plan will likely change, especially in the smaller sub-tasks that I am not listing for each major step. However, the first two tasks (sound and cockpit) should complete next week, and DB 605 tuning, unless something goes horribly wrong, should take be done, well, so quickly that I cannot even force myself to write out the task duration publicly. And then, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll just need to test this here thing for serious and crash bugs for as long as it takes that to ensure they do not exist. The biggest task for the coming days for me personally is to finish up the 109 manual. There’s not much work to be done, just write out all cockpit procedures and make sure all the buttons and checklists are correct. Shooting to have the manual finished by, oh, May 10th. I’ll wrap this up with a couple of beaaautiful diagrams done for the 109 manual by our very talented graphic artist. The manuals are looking very spiffy. Cannot wait to see them in print! Have a great weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB 605 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Great progress, thanks for update! :thumbup: CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k @3.40GHz | Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M | Memory: Kingston 8GB DDR3 | OS W10 | GPU: Sapphire R9 290x 8GBDDR5 | Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 24" | Devices: Oculus Rift, MS FFB 2 joystick, Saitek X 52 Pro throttle, Saitek Pro pedals, Gametrix Jetseat [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornbread Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nice update, thanks Luthier! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team NineLine Posted April 25, 2014 ED Team Share Posted April 25, 2014 Looking good! Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 so is this a yes for the alpha decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Good stuff! ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 yes....really good stuff!and i love how the 109 looks. but, Ilya's behaviour really makes me fear the worst at the same moment... i remember the same behaviour before the last "sim" died..."official" updates, but not one word to the community to questions...he posts his update, and is gone as fast as he appeared...thats the thing im worried about.because i know that he, at least sometimes acts totally different,..i really hope thats just him, and that there is not any other reason behind it... that 109 looks great, you better dont .... up this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotTom Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 REALLY impressive progress! Thanks for the update! Exceptional engineering...and a large hammer to make it fit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team NineLine Posted April 25, 2014 ED Team Share Posted April 25, 2014 yes....really good stuff!and i love how the 109 looks. but, Ilya's behaviour really makes me fear the worst at the same moment... i remember the same behaviour before the last "sim" died..."official" updates, but not one word to the community to questions...he posts his update, and is gone as fast as he appeared...thats the thing im worried about.because i know that he, at least sometimes acts totally different,..i really hope thats just him, and that there is not any other reason behind it... that 109 looks great, you better dont .... up this time. Although I agree I would like him to devote a couple hours of answering question whenever he does one of these updates, I am not at all worried about the health of the project... Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) well, as i assume that you have a tiny bit more of insight as the average backer i appreciate this comment.... my post, is really not meant as any kind of trolling, but only an honest statement.yes sith, nobody expects an answer immediately, but on the other hand,...since the backers forum was created, and after the first ~two days, this subforum didnt serve any special purpose yet...as the updates are posted on the kickstarter site as well, the screenshots here,although possible to make HD are of the same resolution as on kickstarter site, not that i would care, but we really talk to ourselves here...all im saying is, i hope im totally wrong....and somehow i also try to get confirmation that im totally wrong :) EDIT: its really this, i am worried about the health of the project, only based on Ilya's non existent interaction/enthusiasm. Edited April 25, 2014 by 9./JG27 DavidRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I really don't think it's a cause for concern. Ilya is a busy man and I don't think he has time to regularly visit the forums and answer every single question. He seems like an absolute dedicated workaholic perfectionist and I'm sure his time isn't wasted. I don't see how there could be a correlation between a lack of forum interaction and "the health of the project". Most developers these days are quiet on their work. The ED folks are very quiet on their work and have brought out great sims that all of us are very happy with. Ilya often seems to go above and beyond to bring us each week's update and so far things are looking great. I'm not worried at all. PC Specs / Hardware: MSI z370 Gaming Plus Mainboard, Intel 8700k @ 5GHz, MSI Sea Hawk 2080 Ti @ 2100MHz, 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM Displays: Philips BDM4065UC 60Hz 4K UHD Screen, Pimax 8KX Controllers / Peripherals: VPC MongoosT-50, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, modded MS FFB2/CH Combatstick, MFG Crosswind Pedals, Gametrix JetSeat OS: Windows 10 Home Creator's Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team NineLine Posted April 25, 2014 ED Team Share Posted April 25, 2014 This is quite true, its possible he is taking the Steam approach as well, with his history, its highly likely... I really don't think it's a cause for concern. Ilya is a busy man and I don't think he has time to regularly visit the forums and answer every single question. He seems like an absolute dedicated workaholic perfectionist and I'm sure his time isn't wasted. I don't see how there could be a correlation between a lack of forum interaction and "the health of the project". Most developers these days are quiet on their work. The ED folks are very quiet on their work and have brought out great sims that all of us are very happy with. Ilya often seems to go above and beyond to bring us each week's update and so far things are looking great. I'm not worried at all. Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team NineLine Posted April 25, 2014 ED Team Share Posted April 25, 2014 This is quite true, its possible he is taking the Valve approach as well, with his history, its highly likely... I really don't think it's a cause for concern. Ilya is a busy man and I don't think he has time to regularly visit the forums and answer every single question. He seems like an absolute dedicated workaholic perfectionist and I'm sure his time isn't wasted. I don't see how there could be a correlation between a lack of forum interaction and "the health of the project". Most developers these days are quiet on their work. The ED folks are very quiet on their work and have brought out great sims that all of us are very happy with. Ilya often seems to go above and beyond to bring us each week's update and so far things are looking great. I'm not worried at all. Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team f-18hornet Posted April 25, 2014 ED Team Share Posted April 25, 2014 Thanks for update. I like friday updates.:) AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, GeForce RTX 2080Ti, 32 GB DRAM, HOTAS TM Warthog, FSSB R3 Lighting, MFG Crosswind, Win 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 This is quite true, its possible he is taking the Valve approach as well, with his history, its highly likely... i really hope thats true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 It's a winner :thumbup: Thanks Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foul Ole Ron Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Looks like good steady progress over the past few weeks. The 109 pit is looking great. Looking forward to flying in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounder Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Thanks for the updates, looking great and to see the Mustang, Dora and Kurfurst flying along side each other in DCS. Fantastic stuff, what a great update! My PC specs: Win10 64 Pro, CPU i7-3820 4.4GHz, 16GB RAM, GPU Nvidia 1070 (8gb vram). Controls: Microsoft FFB2, Thrustmaster Warthog Throttle, MFG Crosswind Pedals, TrackIR5. My DCS Youtube Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/No64Bounder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upupandaway Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 A little bigger - worth it :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Deedle, deedle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 And then, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll just need to test this here thing for serious and crash bugs for as long as it takes that to ensure they do not exist. i really wonder whether he means internal tests, or whether the ladies and gentlemen are included to test...cant wait to crash this thing on first take off...the take offs of the 109 are something what im really looking forward to...it should be quite a challenge according to everything ive read so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangi Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 wow, so we get lasers with the 109, can't wait. seriously though looking good and thanks for the interesting updates. PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westr Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Its great seeing the warbirds flying together. Im really looking forward to seeing RRG do the beautiful spitfire. I do hope we eventually get a FW190 A-5 as well even if its just AI I think it looked much cooler. RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG4_Sputnik Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 This cockpit looks just so much better than Battle of Stalingrad's. Nice, cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazereal Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Excellent work! "I would have written a shorter post, but I did not have the time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganesh Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Great to see the 3 Birds together. Every friday we can count on Ilyas updates THIS is GOOOOD! :thumbup: Only thing what saddens me is NOT to fly the Dora as advertised Feb/2014 and at least estimated for April. :bomb: Edit: But it seems to be a ED thing. Edited April 27, 2014 by Ganesh see edit regards Ganesh She: "Your orders from ED have reached a total amount of $871,88 and your hardware expenses are countless..." Me: "I can´t invest my money much better until i wait for Germanys Next Top Model": The Bo-105 PAH1A1 + Vulkan & continuous work on multithread & VR optimization! Asus Z490E - 10900k@5,3GHz - 64GB 3600 DDR4 - 4090FE - Reverb G2 - MFG Crosswinds +DamperMod - Selfmade TableMounts - Centered VirPil T-50 Base with 20cm Extension - TM Warthog & Hornet Grip - TM Throttle +SlewMod - Pimped MSFFB2 for Huey - JetSeat SE on a sawn out office Chair - PointCTRL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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