New CMBB screen shots?

[SlowMotion]

Nope But if you want to see some great looking east front stuff, a demo version of a new flight simulator, IL2, was just released.

There you can view objects like planes, tanks, vehicles etc. Looks awesome!

The demo has a great mission builder with many weather effects that are also definitely worth checking out. I hope BTS takes a look at this sim, they might get some good ideas for the engine rewrite, if not CMBB.

You can find demo download instructions from the IL2 forum: http://www.bluebyte.net/il2-e/../forum/eng/default.asp?bid=41&id=

Or if you just want to see some screenshots:

ftp://63.143.191.147/IL-2/il2shots.zip

[Schrullenhaft]

Actually here's a selection of screenshots that might be a bit easier to access:

IL-2 Sturmovik screenshots (pages of them accessible from the numbers at the bottom):

http://www.bluebyte.net/il2-e/products/screenshots23.asp?id=

The sky/cloud effects look beautiful. Other than buildings though, the terrain is featureless/steppe-like (specifically lacking in trees or very undulating ground features) in most respects which is probably necessary for decent framerates. There appears to be a nice variety of building structures and AFVs and the aircraft are simply stunning in appearance.

[The Commissar]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Schrullenhaft:

The sky/cloud effects look beautiful. Other than buildings though, the terrain is featureless/steppe-like (specifically lacking in trees or very undulating ground features) in most respects which is probably necessary for decent framerates. There appears to be a nice variety of building structures and AFVs and the aircraft are simply stunning in appearance.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually, there are forests full of trees, and the individual trees look magnificent until you zoom all the way to the ground level and see that the trees are composed of 3-4 circles one on top of another. Still, they achieve the effect magnificently. From above, they look VERY realistic. The terrain has lots of rivers, some villages, forests...I dont know, not much else to ask for, IMHO. Get the demo, you'll see for yourself. The game is not only beautiful, it is also realistic.

[Panther G]

Where do you get it? I didn't see it there.

Thanks,

Ryan

[SlowMotion]

I think in the real game there will be scenarios that model not only villages, but whole cities like Berlin. And about the weather effects: they have lightnings that light up your cockpit, rain, mist over rivers and so many other things that make flying just incredible.

Some IL2 forum messages mention where to find the demo.