@mininow As an interesting note, early on we applied the view from a nose mounted camera but the slight shift in perspective made it incredibly hard to use, causing headaches and nausea. We opted to use a perfect 1:1 mix of the PNVS and pilot eye position to reduce any problems.
One of those things where simulating the physical arrangement in the real aircraft doesn't work in a desktop environment.
@CastleDeacon Yeah, at the end of the day, we're still playing a 2d video game. But it's perfect, a unique effect. BTW, how do real pilots fly at night, if only one eye receives NV image? Cos here were looking that enhanced spot with both eyes.
Anyways, keep up the great work, this will be awesome!
@DCSBS I'll spill the beans on that. It's a scene from the 1979 sci-fi movie Star Crash, which is laughably funny. It has a young David Hasselhoff and Christopher Plumber. It does have some scenes that are easy on the eye.
@ReconTeam111 Three people, Dave Hopkinson technical art, HTR physics Fred Naar and myself (Richard Hawley) programming / design etc. We're busy working on getting this released as a paybeta before the year is out to get some funds to help me finish the full game. I can't thank the team enough for their time and effort.
@Talaria5 Yes it's a gaming conceit since the 30mm cannon doesn't have tracers but they are useful as a visual aid for debugging the math used in the ballistic calculations. By default most players expect to see gun fire, it's part of the visual language of games that has developed. An option in the config removes them.
@Talaria5 Oh you should have seen it when I made them bright green, it was like flying a TIE fighter at night hehe. Great fun. Might be some pics of that on my blog somewhere.
@distiler It is indeed another Amiga tune. Not from the demo scene this time but instead another excellent remix by daxx, it's "Breathless from Lotus III". Available at Amigremix com if you want to find it.
Me and my friends are all dying for the release of this sim. Especially the Chinook addon, Chinooks fly over my house all day long, and I've always wanted to pilot one.
@636Castle One of the things that surprised us when we started putting the Chinook together was the size, it's nearly the same length as the Apache (not including rotor dia). You can perhaps appreciate how large the Apache is, or how small the Chinook is.
Have you looked at stereoscopic rendering (ala 3dvision) at all, or is that out of scope / bonus if it works / not even tried it? I know few games do have stereo3d in their scope and it's blind luck if it works or not, but personally I love it in other flight sims (warts and all, since they usually have some flaws with it). In conjunction with head tracking, it's absolutely awesome.
@operationgamma No I don't have the hardware. Also my normal vision doesn't work in 3D, I wear glasses just to see 3D in the real world, it was a cool experience but I wouldn't want to see it everyday. That's all true in case you were thinking I'm joking :)
I'm not sure how those 3D driver gizmos work but I'm guessing they work off the z-buffer? In which case given the amount of fiddling that goes on in z-buffers when compositing a scene that's probably why they have issues.
@CastleDeacon Thanks for the reply and your time. The auto-3d drivers just intercept calls during the perspective view stage and do it twice at an off-angle. The issues mostly come from devs that didn't design for this and have used 2d drawing tricks for many elements (huds/x-hairs, particles like dust clouds, lens flare, hdr, etc.). They end up rendered in just 1 eye or are done at screen-depth. It might work well enough in the auto-mode anyway, it does for some other sims, so we'll see/hope.
Firstly, as a Heli pilot and avid Heli simmer - This looks sensational!! Secondly, as a systems nut and flight combat enthusiast - This looks even better than my previous statement!! Bring it on I will be buying this fine game!! <3
I feel like a kid waiting for Chrismas. It looks good. I have a slight urge to reinstall LB2 or EECH. DCS BS is good but the HUD are way different and I have a hard time getting used to it.
@Providence932 Hate is such a negative word ;-) What is it about the Ka-50 that turn out these strong emotions?
Personally I think it is a lot of good idears and technology where implementation have gone wrong. The MMI are my main issue, but a cannon which does not have full swivel in the forward quater increase the pilots workload.
Nice, name of the song?
arcidg 2 weeks ago
When this comes out as a full release, please remember it will sell FOREVER, don't be tempted to reduce the price after 6 months or whatever!
HardWarUK 1 month ago
Light on the trees was awesome. But what's with the x-ray vision? Does something like that exist?
Nickuncle 1 month ago
@Nickuncle That's modern Night Vision, my friend!
HardWarUK 1 month ago
@Nickuncle night vision image gets projected onto one eye from the camera mounted in the nose of the aircraft. NV goggles are junk compared to this.
mininow 3 weeks ago
@mininow As an interesting note, early on we applied the view from a nose mounted camera but the slight shift in perspective made it incredibly hard to use, causing headaches and nausea. We opted to use a perfect 1:1 mix of the PNVS and pilot eye position to reduce any problems.
One of those things where simulating the physical arrangement in the real aircraft doesn't work in a desktop environment.
CastleDeacon 2 weeks ago
@CastleDeacon Yeah, at the end of the day, we're still playing a 2d video game. But it's perfect, a unique effect. BTW, how do real pilots fly at night, if only one eye receives NV image? Cos here were looking that enhanced spot with both eyes.
Anyways, keep up the great work, this will be awesome!
mininow 2 weeks ago
Looks really nice
jtmedina75 1 month ago
Ok I have to ask who is the girl that yells FULL SPEED at the end. I gotta tell ya she is pretty nice looking.
DCSBS 1 month ago
@DCSBS I'll spill the beans on that. It's a scene from the 1979 sci-fi movie Star Crash, which is laughably funny. It has a young David Hasselhoff and Christopher Plumber. It does have some scenes that are easy on the eye.
CastleDeacon 1 month ago
@CastleDeacon Thank you so much. Maybe the movie is awful but she is a doll.
DCSBS 1 month ago
HEHE,music from lotus III turbo challenge... on Amiga
Track 1 Breathless
Remixed though
rvistaworkbench 1 month ago
@rvistaworkbench Yep, full marks. Always have time for old Mig music :)
CastleDeacon 1 month ago
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I'm really hopping this will be released soon, if it isn't yet, but... 3:51 Oo Whats that, how come it sees through the instruments ??
Tunechi241 1 month ago
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Tunechi241 1 month ago
This is great, it's been way to long since we've had a longbow sim. Looking forward!
element1108 1 month ago
Any idea how it'll compare to dcs Black Shark in realism? I never played jane's longbow so don't really know what it's meant to be like
SheepJumpFish 2 months ago
Looking good. I better start saving for it.
jjpt 2 months ago
How large is the development team working on this? This is some amazing work you are all doing.
ReconTeam111 4 months ago
@ReconTeam111 Three people, Dave Hopkinson technical art, HTR physics Fred Naar and myself (Richard Hawley) programming / design etc. We're busy working on getting this released as a paybeta before the year is out to get some funds to help me finish the full game. I can't thank the team enough for their time and effort.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
When will you release it?
This year still?
greets from germany =)
scheffchen 4 months ago
Are apache's 30mm bullets visible to the naked eye like @1:45 and @2:26 ? Looks like lasers lol. Very interesting sim nonetheless !
Talaria5 4 months ago
@Talaria5 Yes it's a gaming conceit since the 30mm cannon doesn't have tracers but they are useful as a visual aid for debugging the math used in the ballistic calculations. By default most players expect to see gun fire, it's part of the visual language of games that has developed. An option in the config removes them.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
@Talaria5 Oh you should have seen it when I made them bright green, it was like flying a TIE fighter at night hehe. Great fun. Might be some pics of that on my blog somewhere.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
Can't recognize the theme, another Commodore Amiga era tune perhaps? love the vid, love the music!
distiler 4 months ago
@distiler It is indeed another Amiga tune. Not from the demo scene this time but instead another excellent remix by daxx, it's "Breathless from Lotus III". Available at Amigremix com if you want to find it.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
Me and my friends are all dying for the release of this sim. Especially the Chinook addon, Chinooks fly over my house all day long, and I've always wanted to pilot one.
636Castle 4 months ago
@636Castle One of the things that surprised us when we started putting the Chinook together was the size, it's nearly the same length as the Apache (not including rotor dia). You can perhaps appreciate how large the Apache is, or how small the Chinook is.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
How do I get invited to the beta? I'm a huge flight sim nerd who could provide some good testing feedback.
tanit 4 months ago
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orangeflow 4 months ago
Wow, I am so excited! The Apache > Black Shark (imo)
orangeflow 4 months ago
Have you looked at stereoscopic rendering (ala 3dvision) at all, or is that out of scope / bonus if it works / not even tried it? I know few games do have stereo3d in their scope and it's blind luck if it works or not, but personally I love it in other flight sims (warts and all, since they usually have some flaws with it). In conjunction with head tracking, it's absolutely awesome.
operationgamma 4 months ago
@operationgamma No I don't have the hardware. Also my normal vision doesn't work in 3D, I wear glasses just to see 3D in the real world, it was a cool experience but I wouldn't want to see it everyday. That's all true in case you were thinking I'm joking :)
I'm not sure how those 3D driver gizmos work but I'm guessing they work off the z-buffer? In which case given the amount of fiddling that goes on in z-buffers when compositing a scene that's probably why they have issues.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
@CastleDeacon Thanks for the reply and your time. The auto-3d drivers just intercept calls during the perspective view stage and do it twice at an off-angle. The issues mostly come from devs that didn't design for this and have used 2d drawing tricks for many elements (huds/x-hairs, particles like dust clouds, lens flare, hdr, etc.). They end up rendered in just 1 eye or are done at screen-depth. It might work well enough in the auto-mode anyway, it does for some other sims, so we'll see/hope.
operationgamma 4 months ago
Fantastic WORK Castle !
I'm waiting without nails yet... jjj
If help is needed.. just mail.
;)
Achurrillo 4 months ago
Love the look of flight with this sim.
wolfstriked 4 months ago
Firstly, as a Heli pilot and avid Heli simmer - This looks sensational!! Secondly, as a systems nut and flight combat enthusiast - This looks even better than my previous statement!! Bring it on I will be buying this fine game!! <3
diewont 4 months ago
I feel like a kid waiting for Chrismas. It looks good. I have a slight urge to reinstall LB2 or EECH. DCS BS is good but the HUD are way different and I have a hard time getting used to it.
FysikFyren 4 months ago
@FysikFyren
I hate the KA-50
I've been waiting for the Apache ever since I first played black shark.
TAKE MY MONEY NOW!
Providence932 4 months ago
@Providence932 Hate is such a negative word ;-) What is it about the Ka-50 that turn out these strong emotions?
Personally I think it is a lot of good idears and technology where implementation have gone wrong. The MMI are my main issue, but a cannon which does not have full swivel in the forward quater increase the pilots workload.
FysikFyren 4 months ago
@FysikFyren
It's a cool flight design but a terrible gunship. It's a gorgeous aircraft but I wouldn't want to take it into combat.
Providence932 4 months ago
Cant Wait! Looking nicely! CRG!
rafikst 4 months ago
Beautiful! My money is all ready...when can I purchase this baby?
RedBravo65 4 months ago
LOOKING AWESOME!
Xclusiv8 4 months ago
From what I see in the video, I assume TrackIR is supported?
DoxyaYagami 4 months ago
@DoxyaYagami yes indeed. The cannon can be slaved to your head motion in this fashion.
CastleDeacon 4 months ago
That's quite a nice engine, nice work :)
francef16 4 months ago
You've got a buyer already.
cobrabase 4 months ago
Looks great!
RoteKampfflieger 4 months ago
Looking good Flex!! Can't wait to fly this beauty!
Dvdlpt 4 months ago 2