Update Speculation thread

Those are for the dev build likely and some them are already in the game (hidden until enabled in settings).

 

True..

 

Yeah, I doubt it will happen as well. Torque really doesn't handle lighting very well. Try adding a few light poles in any map and turn them on and see what that does to your fps.

 

Not as actual lights, the game has the ability to make items seem like they are illuminated using ingame texture properties. For instance, the devs use emissivity for the light strips in the Garage (they are visible in the dark). This doesn't affect the framerate for me.

Here's an ECA building with emissivity and glow properties enabled on its windows.

Although, it looks weird at certain angles and it affects every building since they share textures.



The devs could also try implementing glowmaps on the windows and doors for buildings like a car's lights using the light properties to simulate some sort of illumination and then create a script for them to only be active at a certain time period (so they don't appear lit during daytime).

 

i think they make a new level italy it says in the dev blog

 

They are working on two new maps, Belasco (WCA) and Italy. Both are near completion but I'm not sure if they'll be in the next update.

 

ok thank

 

Where are you people getting these statistics from? Just because the buildings are finished doesn't mean the rest of the landscape is complete, not to mention optimization, AI paths, road surface details, guardrails, parking lots, etc. Unless you want the map released with areas looking like this:



EDIT: Didn't mean to sound harsh, sorry guys. I've added some more images to the dev blog thread, will try to keep you updated more often

 

Oh. so Italy it is. wheres my gravy as i only currently have the sausages and the mash potatoes.

sausages and mash= the important stuff like bug features and game features while the gravy means the visual stuff like maps and vehicular content.

 

They're getting them from out of their

 

From the screenshots you've shown, I'm convinced that it's going to take a real beast of a computer to run the map. I know mine won't be able to handle it.

And their judging it by the progress screen time frames between WCA and Italy.

 

That American suburb would make a pretty good photoshoot spot.

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At least the devs optimize the game even more in almost every update. 0.3 runs unbearably slow when compared to recent updates (0.7 and above).

 

I totally agree with that about the surburb. Imagine the screenshots when they come out.

And even though the game gets optimized, it still takes a hefty computer to run it to its full potential.

 

Suburbs looking real nice. The only problem is that the grass is green! Anyone who lives in the south west states knows green grass is a lie!
Should be an easy mod to fix that when it comes out.

 

Looking at B25Mitch's latest post in his west coast map:
"adding features to the motorsports park and polishing up the port and suburban areas:"
Note the word "Polishing". This is very interesting indeed! "Polishing" implies that the product is nearing completion, and has already been mostly done. Now, this is the Merriam Webster definition: "to make smooth and glossy usually by friction". Also, from the word "friction", we can guess that the roads on West Coast will probably wear your tires out pretty quickly. But that's a totally different area of concern.

All in all, since the first letter of B25Mitch is a B, and the letter B is the second letter of the alphabet, I say the update will be in 2 days. Though this is the main reason, a secondary reason might be that BeamNG wants to celebrate their anniversary. Since Bluebuck starts with the same letter as B25Mitch, the Bluebuck is also confirmed to be released. "Minivan" does not start with the letter "B", and so it will probably not arrive this time.

 

I forgot to ask but do you know what map is most likely going to be dropped first? WCUSA or Italy?

 

Italy likely since it isn't as complex and was started before WCA.

 

Oh so that's why this blog post had alot of pictures of Italy.

 

if you have a steering wheel the force feedback is much lighter when stationary
Also you have to equip the part in the parts menu too

 

WCUSA looks freaking amazing! It's so detailed and rich, I want it now! Can't wait to do some epic drifts!
It should be called the "Drift Update", with WCUSA having a drift track and caster.
https://beamng.com/threads/west-coast-usa-progress.26882/ new post, in case you didn't notice.