sobek Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 What is EDGE? The new terrain engine in development for Nevada. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
amalahama Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Of course, that would mean at least three different incompatible maps...the current one (that is not going to be done in EDGE according to ED), Nevada with EDGE, and then a new map under Outerra (who knows how long that will take).:huh: No no, I'm referring to atmospheric scattering itself, it would improve a lot lighting and haze effects, even if we stuck to the current terrain http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems2/gpugems2_chapter16.html Regards!
Mauser55 Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Nice new engine? :-) Hi guys what about completely new terrain engine. Area = the whole wide world. :-D
PeterP Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 We have a thread with lots of info (pro/con) about your wish already:[/url] Game Engines!
Mauser55 Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 We have a thread with lots of info (pro/con) about your wish already:[/url] Game Engines! Sorry about it. I didnt noticed :doh:
Haukka81 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 AeroFly: Makes dcs and other sim engines look like stone age tehnology... http://www.aeroflyfs.com/index.php/en/everything-about-aereoflyfs/overview.html -haukka81 1 Oculus CV1, Odyssey, Pimax 5k+ (i5 8400, 24gb ddr4 3000mhz, 1080Ti OC ) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
sobek Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) AeroFly: Makes dcs and other sim engines look like stone age tehnology... Oh really? Ever tried flying in overcast conditions inAeroFly? Or at night? Or at anytime other than 12:00? Whoops... Sure ED could have tuned their engine to do but one lighting condition really really well, instead they opted to make it capable of depicting a variety of conditions, at the cost of them looking less realistic than a specialized engine such as the one of Aero Fly. Maybe you should consider things like these before trying to put DCS in a bad light. ;) Edited March 13, 2012 by sobek Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
ALDEGA Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 ... they opted to make it capable of depicting a variety of conditions, at the cost of them looking less realistic than a specialized engine such as the one of Aero Fly.DCS is a great flight simulator but the graphics engine is very old, and it shows. There's no point in denying this ... http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9726/screenshot062s.jpg http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5269/clip23x.jpg ...
element1108 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 AeroFly: Makes dcs and other sim engines look like stone age tehnology... http://www.aeroflyfs.com/index.php/en/everything-about-aereoflyfs/overview.html -haukka81 Is there anything else in AeroFly to do other than look out the window in a frozen moment in time? no and while I'm at it there are no targets to kill, no AI to calculate, no weapons modeling etc. I'm not knocking AeroFly, it's a very nice looking flight experience no doubt, but come on. The two games offer completely different gameplay experiences and that is directly proportional to it's visual style and it's engine capabilities. There is more to a flight sim than graphics. That said, I guess the best way to really compare engines is to compare what each flight sim is capable of doing. A more adequate comparison IMHO would be RISE OF FLIGHT's engine or perhaps CLIFFS of DOVER. But what do I know, I hate comparing apples to oranges or apples to other apples. The strengths and weaknesses of each seem to somehow balance the playing field so there is no one dominant game engine. If it were that easy, there would BE only one game engine. I've already said too much, bed time ;)
213 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 DCS is a great flight simulator but the graphics engine is very old, and it shows. There's no point in denying this ... http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9726/screenshot062s.jpg http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5269/clip23x.jpg ... wait till outerra can do dcs blackshark, then compare. thank you. :music_whistling:
aaron886 Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 wait till outerra can do dcs blackshark, then compare. thank you. :music_whistling: No, because this is a thread about engines, not avionics/systems modeling. 1
Mauser55 Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 News from Outerra engine (not yet completed nor public). Terrain self-shadowing - http://i.minus.com/im492uMVeVJo4.png 3D Trees - http://outerra.com/shots/screen_1294867084.jpg 3D Grass - http://i.minus.com/iNZCPfx5TbuwQ.png
112th_Rossi Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 The problem with Outerra, is that its procedurally generated. Which makes multiplayer a bit of a headache to say the least.
cameni Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 The problem with Outerra, is that its procedurally generated. Which makes multiplayer a bit of a headache to say the least. That's a common misconception: procedural doesn't mean random. It's still strongly deterministic and doesn't depend on anything changing in time and in between computers.
Nobody96 Posted May 11, 2012 Posted May 11, 2012 Also, if it is indeed random, the server could roll the dice and provide the results to its clients. so long Mathias My System: Intel Core i7-4770K, Asus ROG Strix RX480 O8G, 24GB Ram
july865 Posted May 26, 2012 Posted May 26, 2012 ED, if you were to put your gear in this, i'de more than happily pay $100 or more..... just saying. Asus x99, i7 5930k, 32g mem, MSI 1070GTX, 970 Samsung M.2, LG 35in Ultra-Wide, TrackIR 4 Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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