So, that Refueling F-16 Short…

[Nomatic]

I am speculating in this post: I’ve watched the F-16 short a half dozen times on a phone, ipad, laptop, and my living room TV. I’m not sure if it’s just me, or maybe the way the video was shot vertically, but I can’t help but think we’re being shown a different renderer or something. The video is super smooth looking, more than I believe I’ve seen before. The sim itself looks ‘different’. The Viper looks like the DCS viper, but with different…. Textures? Maybe materials? Both AC look more physicalized and as if they’re made of real materials. Almost like photogametry. Maybe a new shader? 
 

Anyone else suspect there is more to the short than just a 16 tanking? It looked good. Ignoring the obvi graphical glitch with the vapor trails and such. Maybe it was showing updated AI refueling? I dunno… 

[Lurker]

Is there a link to this video?

[sirrah]

1 hour ago, RenegadeSkip said:

I am speculating in this post: I’ve watched the F-16 short a half dozen times on a phone, ipad, laptop, and my living room TV. I’m not sure if it’s just me, or maybe the way the video was shot vertically, but I can’t help but think we’re being shown a different renderer or something. The video is super smooth looking, more than I believe I’ve seen before. The sim itself looks ‘different’. The Viper looks like the DCS viper, but with different…. Textures? Maybe materials? Both AC look more physicalized and as if they’re made of real materials. Almost like photogametry. Maybe a new shader? 
 

Anyone else suspect there is more to the short than just a 16 tanking? It looked good. Ignoring the obvi graphical glitch with the vapor trails and such. Maybe it was showing updated AI refueling? I dunno… 

Haven't noticed anything specific (must admit I only watched it on my phone). But I do indeed wonder if there's something behind this nice little video. I mean.. "Why?"

But perhaps it's just an innocent YT short   

 

 

(now that I see it again: It looks like the LH most inner LEF seal could use some paint )

Edited December 15, 2021 by sirrah

[Lurker]

The only thing that looks kind of weird to me are the vapour over wing vortices, they seem kind of overdone. As if the F16 was pulling a very high AoA to maintain that refueling contact. 

[BIGNEWY]

The video short was a little experiment, media team wanted to try out a video short.

The viper being shown is also using a user livery. 

[Mordant]

The user livery also explains the blue-striped AGM-88Cs...

Is that tanker boom view an F4 view of the tanker? I've always wondered how to get in that position, and F4 is just really finnicky for me... Am I missing a dedicated camera mode?