How can you tell the person on the flight to the biplane era of the birth of aviation?
Especially if the virtual flight. Most listeners twist finger to his temple and laugh, saying: "Yes, you went astray with your airplane, virpily *".
Yes, we went astray. But merging into a single entity with a winged car, we are really happy.
Man wants to fly. At the dawn of aviation, when there were no airliners and supersonic fighters, simple carpenters and mechanics who are absorbed in the idea to conquer the blue element, collected his first ugly designs that look like stretched wings of birds. Who would have thought that a few years already quite the workhorses of the heavy motors will surely rise again and again into the sky. Era Aviation has come, the dream came true. But the ecstatic feeling of flying, giving pilots the freedom darkened the First World War. The aircraft, previously perceived only as a hobby suddenly became a new lethal weapon. And only one or two crude machine gun mounted on a wooden bookcase with the engine, now known as a fighter, much transformed the emerging world of aviation.
Screenshots from the game in comparison with real photos.
This was the era of heroic knights and amazing generosity in the air, which is often contrasted with bloody battles of WWII. Era, which united the hearts of all pilots in the united love of the sky, but despite this, forced to engage in fierce fights with each other. Time, gave birth to the first air aces: Oswald Belka, Manfred von Richthofen (better known as "Red Baron"), Ernst Udeta, Rene Fonck, Erich Levenhardta, Alexander Kazakov, and hundreds of others.
"War in heaven - 1917" (Western name «Rise of Flight») allowed me to plunge into the world of the first air combat, unusual and gambling. This is a project created by fans of the air battles for those who like the feel of flight, for those who love beautiful airplanes and multiplayer battles online, for people who are able to enjoy the gritty front-line pilots.The developers have set ourselves the task as colorfully and realistically recreate the sensation of the aircraft in the battles of the First World, and that they unequivocally failed.
Video clips from the game, recorded by developers, you can find on the Internet at http://www.youtube.com/neoqb, author of the article and video - on http://www.youtube.com/difisrw.
 | |  | The front line was not moving a year. As a result of constant shelling of the land was completely burned and plowed. From the air it is very clearly seen | | In the editor, you can create any mission and try to reduce the air jets, which do not face in battle in the real war |
* Virpi - a virtual pilot.
Inhalation Early cool morning. Low clouds, drizzling rain drumming on the wings. In a wooden cabin "recession" is beautiful gleaming appliances. Technician scrolls screw. I yell "Contact!" - And the silence is broken sneezing, and then evenly tarahteniem motor. The whistle of wind flow from the propeller immediately fills the space cabin. At low speeds the whole plane vibrate, rattle devices in the mounts. Closing the radiator, waiting for the engine warms up. Give flares managers on the rise and raise my hand, welcoming the pilot in a nearby aircraft. Motor roared, gaining full speed, and my airplane reluctantly rolled on takeoff. Vigorously raise the tail and keep course pedal. Resoundingly uhaet in the cockpit of the rolling wheels of the aircraft on the grass, returning to the blows of the palm. Under the influence of air pressure on the aileron and stabilizer control lever habitually becomes elastic. Small acceleration, the gap! Nasty bounce away, the wheels rustle, continuing to spin out of inertia more for some time. Let's fly! Look out for the visor and the car turns around to look at all the coming group. Wind power is abuzz with the ears. Uncomfortable. Hide back behind the visor and charged for the queue, both the machine gun. Today will be a tough fight. Certainly encounter with the pilots of the "Flying Circus". The main thing - to stay together, to be above and see the enemy first. Our "bust" is a distinct advantage - speed. Can not be in combat to forget about it, coming into the whirlwind with brisk Fockers.Shaking its wings, taking the rate to brown dymam the front line, and we as a group are leaving behind a cloud ...
 | |  | Observation balloons - one of the main objectives for the fighters of the First World | | Nieuport 17 Russian assembly - additional aircraft in a fancy version of the game |
Exhalation A combination of stunning detail aircraft with the quality of texture processing, imposing shadows and glare, negative after-affects results in a surprisingly natural picture. Study models are exemplary, and can not but admire any player who is not spoiled by the beautiful graphics in flight simulators. Digital Nature, own engine developers can reproduce with remarkable accuracy the effect of light reflection from the lacquered surface of the aircraft, considered absolutely honest shadows to simulate the long-awaited grass and a huge number of trees in these forests, showing endless fields of clouds. Earth is equally beautiful and realistically looks as close to the surface and from a great height. Cab is fully animated, everything that should move - to move, twitch by firing machine guns, valves, power plants operate at peak cab. Soot from exhaust fumes on the front line of historically correct coloring of the airplane, incendiary tracers curving rivers and roads, made from satellite maps of the city, hundreds of objects on the ground - easy to take screenshots of the original photos. Putting the game on pause, you can enjoy the game long shadows on the surfaces of cars, enjoy the sunset in the clouds and reflections on the horizon of the rivers.
Broken clouds was done in the game innovative. Flight under puffy leaden clouds above them look very realistic.
Separately want to dwell on the sound, because the first did not spoil our developers are so careful attention to what we hear in flight simulators. Here, all the players enthusiastically share their impressions of the incredible vitality of sound. Running the engine, and the rumble of wheels, fire, explosions, and especially the whistling of the wind in the open cockpit, which completely replaces the usual informative pointer speed - all the noises made by a solid five.
In War in the sky "flying pleasure, but to die in the air scared.Bullets whistled piercing the thin rag trim, wounding the pilot, it is easy to pierce the gas tank, damaging the engine, tear stretch ropes on the wings. Fly in the unarmored cab in those days was very dangerous to the then still very rarely used parachutes. So that the most frequent cause of defeat was just the death of the pilot - the famous Red Baron, according to one version, was killed just off the ground a simple rifle bullet. The game has more planes do not explode fireworks, like bombs drums and destroyed in accordance with the laws of physics - each node has its limits and the load, leaving the system, pulls the whole chain of failures. Aerodynamic forces on the machine in flight, large enough to completely disassemble the glider before falling to the ground. Torn skin, broken walls, wings, lost strength, overheated or damaged the engine, punched the tank - these are the consequences of air battles. However, the machines are not only well-broken, but generally the right behave in the air - pilots who fly in real life, enthusiastically acknowledge the full similarity subtleties and a sense of control plane.
When you try to lift the aircraft into the air, then be prepared for the fact that in addition to mouse and keyboard, you'll need even more "tools" without which it does not fly any virtual pilot - first of all, a good joystick. The game fully supports devices with feedback. True fans are even separate control knob engine (SDE), the pedals and, of course, the tracker for a review in three dimensions. Although you can fly and with only a keyboard, but much success you will not get anywhere.
 | |  | Bulk Spin with dozens of aircraft, where it is difficult to distinguish her from someone else - a familiar sight | | Huge clouds, which can be lost. Aircraft on their background look small dots |
Another important feature of the game - focus on online. The developers say: the revolutionary task team was to combine all Neoqb virpilskoy brotherhood in a community. Simulator - one of the few genres that while a number of reasons does not develop in the MMO-direction, but it can and must change. The creators of "War in the sky, making a focus on online gaming, believe that their efforts will change the genre of flight simulators for the better and with you our perception of it, too. Forget about boring fights with computer bots. Much brighter impression of the battles against real opponents in vast spaces on the front line when you are one of the cogs are constantly running the war. Of course, the regime of a single career pilot and the same bots will stay with us, as well as educational campaigns and single missions. But participation in the battles even alone now will not be a waste of time - all your stats and history are stored on the master server. You will be able to participate in general fighting on the front, not even when flying online, but simply fulfilling the mission that gives "the generator of the war" on the server.
Audience military aircraft simulators are few, but fastidious. Here is strictly judged each new applicant for the right to be the most realistic, and at the same time interesting for gameplay mechanics and simple to learn. However, "War in the sky" is a good chance to become a hit in its genre. Provides the foundation for the game mechanism for continuous development, improvement and getting live feedback from users makes it a very promising future. Of course, the project came not without a childhood illness, as a young team is gaining experience. Crude multiplayer and defects cause the just indignation of the players. But the main thing - that the chick hatched, and developers are carefully hand-fed him until he rested. Genotype future eagle there, and we can either help raise it, or wait until he would grow up independently. Or with anger to put in it, careless and stone. The choice is ours.
"The war in heaven" - not the product of a series of "made, sold and forgotten." Conversely, designers accentuate our focus on the fact that the yield game in the world - is only the beginning of the global work on the project, since we are buying almost a basic set-designer, ready for filling and modernization. Since the release of authors are beginning to actively communicate with the players that, firstly, as quickly as possible to fix all the bugs that inevitably vylezut after launch, and secondly, to learn the wishes of the audience: that love, and you do not like, over which we have to work, well, third, to fully realize the main direction - the organization of the online war, with statistics, rankings and dynamic event generation. Over time, the product will be improved, and add new aircraft, facilities, location. Will take many bugs and there will be plenty of new features. The creators realize that their forces are not able to fill the gaming world, which is huge - 125 thousand square meters. km. This problem they propose to solve by the fans who are ready to settle and to revive the location, create a variety of exciting missions. Players are given a powerful editor that is used by the authors themselves, with complete documentation. Editor is not easy to master, but offers tremendous opportunities for creativity. Moreover, the developers are willing to pay enthusiasts for well-made mission to continue to include them in their free or paid add-on. Team Neoqb - these are real enthusiastic, always ready to co-operate with the same enthusiastic people.
 | |  | The explosions and destruction in the game look very natural. Houses crumble, chunks of earth fly into the side | | SPAD XIII. Start the machine in the release. Best Allied aircraft in World War I |
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