March 5th, 2020 – Development Update

[Bottle 663]

And RealestAirdoo’s water.

[stevphfeniey 56]

I like these screenies, they really give me a good idea as to the capabilities and limitations of the scenery engine and its source data.

[767lover 285]

Great shots; Madrid (Eigil A) a bit colorless and needs color correction. Clouds look too fluffy to me. I have seen clouds looking photoreal in this sim but others too fluffy. Wonder if that has to do with settings.  

Watershot by Momedia 1, breathtaking. 

We really are getting spoiled; standard got risen almost impossibly high by MS/Asobo. 

 

Edited March 5, 2020 by 767lover

[Mengy 814]

Man, these pics are both exciting me and killing me.  I want to fly in this simulator right now!!!!!

[zemez 184]

Finally there are colours in sim!

[chass32 138]

4 minutes ago, 767lover said:

Great shots; Madrid (Eigil A) a bit colorless and needs color correction. Clouds look too fluffy to me. I have seen clouds looking photoreal in this sim but others too fluffy. Wonder if that has to do with settings.  

I pretty much think you mean Barcelona 🙂

Cheers

Carlos

[Claviateur 789]

Scenery observations:

• Photogrammetry scenery does not have overlays (Road networks etc). 
  • But the resolution is impressive in some screens (terrain precision + stadium)
• Procedural scenery has overlays it seems but looks like a first draft (bridges connections and alllignment)
• Color correction is not done on aerial imagery as it was speculated using AI... (I could be wrong).
• There is what seems to be a mix of photogrammetry and the procedural evergreen trees as far as my eyes could see.
• Procedural infrastructure seems to me a bit more customized than previous shots but depends maybe on locations...

Edited March 5, 2020 by Claviateur

[Amon1973 1,421]

19 minutes ago, aleex said:

A lot of things are coming next update.

Just wonder what they have prepared for April/May 

The only real positive from todays update.

[MatthewS 761]

12 minutes ago, 767lover said:

Watershot by Momedia 1, breathtaking. 

Amazing!   Can we have boats/ships too?

[GlideBy 324]

4 minutes ago, Claviateur said:

Photogrammetry scenery does not have overlays (Road networks etc).

How do you know, and are you talking about a specific picture?

Also, if you look at the Icon32 picture, you can see bridges are still giving them trouble.

Great batch of pictures.  Nice to finally see rough water in a screenshot, and some cloud skimming (photo is named silver lining.)

[767lover 285]

16 minutes ago, chass32 said:

I pretty much think you mean Barcelona 🙂

Cheers

Carlos

Yes, indeed!

[Nedo68 533]

37 minutes ago, cepact said:

I predicted coronavirus will cause delay, everyone laughed at me !

not everyone,

whole economy is so much connected, everything has an impact on
everything the result or in other words the payday will come anyway
but delayed (domino effect).

 

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

They've been killing it with those screenshots, more and more impressive every time (especially that water). Hopefully the team manage to avoid any health issues.

I have one request to make though, please do your best to include HDR support on the PC version (some games lock those to the console versions). Those blown-out highlights would benefit a lot from capable monitors or TVs.

[snglecoil 1,828]

Every set of shots is more and more impressive. I continue to be amazed at what I’m seeing. Yeah I know the shots are cherry-picked, but what is being done at such a huge scale is still just stunning.

[GlideBy 324]

59 minutes ago, cepact said:

I predicted coronavirus will cause delay, everyone laughed at me !

Here is the thread, and yes people did make fun of you.    ☹️