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@DD_Fenrir @Fred901 Experts need to stay, because... It is the opinion of users that evaluates the work and corrects the development vector. I want to remind you that thanks to users, we made adjustments to French airfields, thanks to you, English hangars and caponiers were made, and the French one was slightly changed. fr At the same time, the engine’s resources are not unlimited; we made sure that “London” and “Paris” differ not only in buildings but also in airfield infrastructure. We created products as close as possible to historical content, but the capabilities of the engine and large maps impose restrictions on the variety of objects - they have narrow time intervals for working in war. The map is constantly being developed, corrected and expanded. In the studio we compared screenshots of what was and what has become - amazing changes. We have now come to the point that we cannot focus only on 1944, primarily because when new airfields are added to the Normandy map, 1940 scenarios become available to users: Dunkirk Retreat Scenarios and Battle of Britain Scenarios. You once wrote to us that there is no need to limit yourself to a certain period, but now this moment has come: the map has expanded both in space and time. Therefore, experts, stay with us, keep your finger on the pulse. And we will do everything possible to take into account your opinion and your wishes in our work.

Hi, while the update is coming to you, we will make a small preview: Today our heroes are two airfields: Detling and Lympne. Both have taken their place in history, associated with the events of the Battle of Britain and D-Day. The runways are covered with the chassis of bombers, Typhoons and Hurricanes, Spitfires and Mustangs. Detling Lympne

Hi! Let's continue. The airfields are already on the map, today we will show several screenshots including Manston. As always, we look forward to your feedback, thanks to you we are making the map better. Thanks for the information on antennas, it was very helpful. They are scheduled for the next update. Current updates are uploaded The planes are waiting on the field. Fighters, prepare for takeoff! Manston Abbeville Drucat

Hi fighters! Today we will look at optimization. The team is working on improvements to the map, but the more detail and uniqueness we add, the more effort it takes to optimize. Hard work has been done on all areas of the map: models have been optimized, textures have been reassembled, vector data rendering on clipmaps has been updated - all this has had a positive effect! We conducted tests on two systems: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x / RTX 2080Ti and i9-10850K / RTX 4080 When flying over a city, FPS increased by an incredible 20%, and while on a system with a 2080ti the average FPS was at 85, now it confidently remains around 110. When flying over a forest, FPS increased from 5% to 20% compared to the previous build. When testing the 2080ti system, the fps was always above 105. One does not simply release an update with optimization. We have added 4 airfields: Amman Civil Airport Herzliya Airport (NOTAM: RWY LENGTH 1500M) King Abdullah II Air Base Prince Hussein Air Base This will increase your flight geography and diversify your missions. Explore new airfields and get ready to take off Prince Hassan Airbase King Abdullah II Airbase

Pilots will be able to see these airfields on the Normandy 2.0 in one of the upcoming DCS updates. You just need to be patient and wait for messages from ED.

Hi fighters Long time no see. All this time, the team worked hard and today we will show you something. You know that Normandy2.0 is significantly larger than Normandy1944 and the Channel map, and provides users with significantly more opportunities to implement scenarios of the World War II. And the Ugra-Media team is happy to share the results of the development of the map, which allow you to realize the scenarios of the initial period of this war, including the Battle of Britain - the greatest battle in the sky of all times and nations. In this update, we add 7 airfields that you know: - Biggin Hill - Manston - Detling - Lympne - Abbeville Drucat - Merville Calonne - Saint-Omer Longuenesse - Wizernes This will allow you to adapt your missions and campaigns and supplement them with completely new historical scenarios. Now the distances have increased, build new routes, choose spare airfields and watch the fuel. We know your wishes for additional airfields on this territory. Stay tuned! Look at the first results of the work that is in full swing. Biggin Hill Saint-Omer Wizernes

Hi destroyers! "Add damage models to objects" - this was one of the most popular requests for the Syria map. The peculiarity of modern buildings is that they are large in size or height. To make the destruction look more or less realistic, we divided large objects into parts and made a separate "damage" for each. When technology allows, we will be happy to make fully destructible building models. but already now you can diversify your flight missions thanks to this update You know that we do not do for some unique objects of the destruction model, but there were so many requests that demags are now available for the original objects - the terminals of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Gaziantep, Paphos, Nicosia, Adana Hilton, Sheraton Adana, Haifa Tower hotels Panorama, Haifa Tower Sail, Damascus Tower, Limassol Olympic Residence, Platinum Tower Beirut, Sama Beirut, Assad Palace, Haifa Cooling Tower, Aleppo Power Plant and La Farge Factory. In addition to the damage, we have optimized night lighting and optimized city blocks, so that all the additions will definitely not degrade your performance. While your plane is being prepared, check out the pictures

Hi Work on the night lighting was not stopped. We are looking for a balance between performance and beauty. Even now some of the new lights are switched off at a distance, somewhere they are replaced at the lod1 level by standard lights. All this will be available in the next update.

Hi @Beta Sokol @REDEYE_CVW-66 we quickly checked how it works for us. Waiting for update)

Hi! Today we will show some screenshots and videos from the new update and a list of changes. We continue to improve "DCS: Syria map" thanks to you, we read all your messages. Work on "Syria" continues, the map will be improved and developed along with the DCS. You already know that the map has received a global update on night lighting, as well as work has been done on optimization. In addition to this, the changes affected all areas of the map: UI, VD, airfields, models, assets and scenes. List of updates: Added lighting using a new real-time technology. Added left-hand traffic in Cyprus. Added kneeboard (tablet). Updated mission generator. Added helipads on GUI map. Added parking for large aircraft. Optimized and improved city building models. Improved airfield hangar models. Improved models of original objects. Added destruction models for Aleppo Power Plant and Lafarge Factory. Improved the scenes of the original buildings in Haifa, Beirut, Adana and Damascus. Trees in the forest have been optimized. Tree collisions have been simplified. Added parking for MiG-23 Marj Ruhayyil, Shayrat, Tiyas. Fixed frequency settings for Gazipasa, Rene Mouawad, Ramat David, Ercan, Beirut, HATAY airfields. Taxiing Tal Siman, Beirut fixed. Fixed lighting for Sanliurfa, Adana, Khmeimim, Haifa. Fixed plates Akrotir, Incirlik. Removed objects from Rene Mouawad parking lots. Removed objects from Kingsfield glide path. Fixed bugs in vectordata and scenes. Updated map description. Added objects at road intersections and railway crossings. Added two types of gas stations. Added two types of roadside cafes. Improved cars and ships. Added new trains. Added cars for left-hand traffic. Improved city and field assets. Improved road and railway assets. Improved the original scenes of Adana. Fixing bugs in airfield scenes. Improving the substrate and the stadium model. Changed Normandy1944 and Normandy2 banners. Improved container ship and tanker models. Ok let's see what we got New gas stations & roadside cafes and added objects at road intersections and railway crossings. New new New train (cargo&pass) & ships Improved the original scenes And night Some of the cars

Radiocheck... Hi fighters! For a long time we did not get in touch, but all this time the work did not stop. Improving, optimizing, adding, introducing something new - everything we worked on was connected with these words. Today we will show new night lighting and some hangars. The update includes many minor improvements - we made sure that the map is relevant and fresh. So what's most interesting: New lighting technology added. Added right-hand traffic in Cyprus. Map description updated. Added kneeboard (yeah, this fix has long been waiting in the wings) Mission generator updated. Added helicopter landing sites on GUI map. Optimized trees in forest. Simplified trees collisions. Optimized and improved building models. Added objects at road and railroad crossings. Two types of gas stations have been added. Two types of road-side cafes added. Improved cars. Added right-hand drive vehicles. Improved city and field assets. Improved road and railroad assemblies.

Hi In this topic, we will separately talk about lighting. We carefully approached the fact that flights at night would be interesting and tried to create a balance between the complete darkness that was during the war and peacetime, when Paris and London at night were the most beautiful cities in the world. Light is important, it creates atmosphere. When creating airfields, various types of airfield lighting systems were used. Germany and the Allies used different systems. If on the original objects the light emphasizes the beauty and visibility of the building, then in the ports it shows what hard and continuous work goes on when loading goods and equipment. Lighthouses and railway stations are brightly lit and you can navigate them. 1944 - war, so blackout rules were applied on the territory. To accommodate various scenarios, we have made it so that the night lighting is turned on by setting the date in the mission: June 1945 and later. Keep this in mind when creating missions and when creating a free flight. ---- before June 1945 - lights OFF after June 1945 - lights ON ---- We use "dynamic light" that illuminates objects in real time, it gives a little more realism and is just beautiful. The main types of light sources are omni and spotlights with physically correct attenuation. To reduce the load on the GPU, working distances were assigned to each type of light source: -City lights 3-6km -Searchlights on towers 8km -Lighthouse 42km -Lights on the runway 15km -Airfield lights 30km So, if you want to implement a scenario of approaching territories that have not yet introduced a blackout mode or just want to fly over a cozy night city - choose the date "June 1945 and later" and Normandy will light up with lights. We read all your messages and appreciate your comments and ratings. Beauvais-Tille airfield. France Orly airfield. France West Malling Airfield. UK Kenley airfield. UK Port of Dover Port of Le Havre Victoria Station London Paris Gare du Nord City lights in France City lights in UK

Hello fighters! In June, we are planning a small update that includes improvements and fixes to airfields, objects, scenes and terrain, model optimization and much more. Let's look at the list and screenshots: Updated list of changes: - Added scene of Spitfires factories in Hampshire. - Added scene with flags and warehouses from machinery at Heathrow Airfield. - Added the port of Le Trepor. - Added two fishing boats. - Added fishing boat routes. - Added underground tunnels in Paris. - Added new tram routes in London. - Added wooden piers. - Improved radar tower scenes in England and France. - Improved port scenes for Portsmouth, Dunkirk, London. - Improved traffic of trains and cars. - Added earthworks at English airfields Kenley, Ford, Chailey, Needs Oar Point, West Malling, Gravesend. - Improved scenes of Orly, Saint-Andre-de-lEure, Amiens-Glisy, Carpiquet, Gravesend, Kenley airfields. - Improved tent and sandbag shelter scenes at Ford, Chailey, Gravesend, Kenley airfields. - Improved settings of city objects' disconnect range. - Improved life settings for objects. - Improved cliffs on French coast. - Improved lighting of objects (due to light cloaking during war, available when selecting mission time 1946). - Increased texture resolution for minimum settings. - Part of metal car bridges replaced by stone ones. - Destruction models are optimized. - Added steps on Tower Bridge, Mirabeau Bridge, Alexander III Bridge. - Added oversized EDM flags. - Fixed errors in the Chailey, Farnborough, Ford, Kenley, Beny-sur-Mer, Bazenville, Deux Jumeaux airfield scenes. - Fixed errors in taxiways and car parks at Chailey, Farnborough, Ford, Kenley, Lymington, Orly, Villacoublay, Saint-Andre-de-lEure, Creil, Cormeilles-en-Vexin, Carpiquet, Sainte-Laurent-sur-Mer. - Terrain errors on the French coast have been fixed. - Leveled terrain in the ports of Portsmouth, Dunkirk, London, Boulogne-sur-Mer. - Fixed errors in land textures near the Isle of Wight and on the coast of the landing zone. - Corrected collisions in Louvre Museum arches, military school in Paris, Luxembourg Palace, Tower, Victoria Station, Liverpool Street Station, Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace. - Fixed errors at Cumberland and Newhaven Forts. - Fixed the hands on the clocks at Victoria Station, Big Ben and model churches. Airfields Amiens-Glisy: Carpiquet Saint-Andre-de-lEure Spitfires factories in Hampshire Port of Dunkirk Port of Portsmouth And my favorite "Chain Home" and "Mammut" These big things are the pinnacles of the then high-tech, which gave a powerful impetus to all radio electronics.

Hi At all times, people made monuments to their kings, heroes, or tried to build something monumental and unusual. France and the UK are countries with a rich history, so we had to work on recreating what they did 100 or more years ago. We would like you - DCS users not only to be able to fly over the capitals of England and France, but also to be able to conduct tours of London and Paris for your friends. ---London--- Queen Victoria memorial The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located in London. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924. At nearly 25 metres (82 ft) tall, the Victoria Memorial remains the tallest monument to a King or Queen in England. Richard lion Heart The statue was created by Baron Carlo Marochetti and is located in Old Palace Yard outside the Palace of Westminster, opposite Westminster Abbey in London. With its pedestal, it stands 9 metres (30 ft) high, showing King Richard I on horseback. The king is depicted wearing a crowned helmet and a chainmail shirt with a surcoat, and lifting a sword into the air. The horse paws the ground, as if preparing for a charge into battle. Marochetti described his work as being inspired by Richard I rather than accurately depicting a 12th-century knight. Nelson's Column Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he lost his life. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843. Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London. The bridge is 800 feet (240 m) in length and consists of two 213-foot (65 m) bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping. Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The current bridge was designed by Thomas Page and opened on 24 May 1862. With a length of 820 feet (250 m) and a width of 85 feet (26 m). ---Paris--- Statue of liberty The quarter-scale replica sits on the southern end of Île aux Cygnes, an artificial island built in the Seine in 1827 to separate river traffic from the busy port of Grenelle. The statue itself was given to the city of Paris in 1889 by the American community in Paris to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. In characteristic American fashion, the statue was officially inaugurated on the Fourth of July. The gift was given to highlight the historically close bond between France and the United States, and reaffirm the dedication of the two nations to the republican ideal on which they were founded. la colonne Vendôme The original column was started in 1806 at Napoleon's direction and completed in 1810. It was modelled after Trajan's Column, to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz; its veneer of 425 spiralling bas-relief bronze plates was made out of cannon taken from the combined armies of Europe Its height is 44.3 m, diameter is 3.6 m. The column is helical - a strip 280 m long, with 22 turns - is overlaid with bronze from 425 bas-reliefs. Les monuments à Louis Pasteur The monument to Louis Pasteur by Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900) was installed in 1904 in Place de Breteuil by the architect Charles Girault on the site of the old tower of the artesian well in Breteuil. Do you remember the word "pasteurization"? Statue Maréchal Joffre Equestrian sculpture of Marshal Joseph Joffre by sculptor Maxime Real del Sarte and unveiled on June 10, 1939. The work is located at the end of the Champ de Mars. Pont_Alexandre_III a single-arch bridge spanning the Seine in Paris between Les Invalides and the Champs Elysees. The total length of the bridge is 160 meters (the metal arch is 107 meters), the width is about 33 meters. In order not to obscure the panorama of the Champs Elysees, the height of the structure does not exceed six meters, which at the time of its creation was considered an amazing achievement. The bridge was founded to commemorate the Franco-Russian Union by Emperor Nicholas II in October 1896 and named after his father, Emperor Alexander III. Pont Mirabeau Built in 1895-1897. The bridge is named after the French politician Honore Gabriel Mirabeau. The bridge is a three-span metal arch. The main arch of the bridge is 93.2 m long, the two side arches are 32.4 m long. The middle span is covered with three-hinged arches. The outer spans are covered with consoles resting at the ends on longitudinally movable supporting parts. The length of the bridge is 173 m, width - 20 m (of which the width of the carriageway is 12 m and two sidewalks are 4 m each).

HELLO PILOTS Welcome to Digital Train Simulator We paid attention to the production of railway lines - this is not accidental, because railways are an important part of the infrastructure. During the war, the railroad accounted for most of the cargo turnover of the participating countries. Railway stations are important targets, landmarks, and train stations in London and Paris are real architectural treasures. London Victoria London Waterloo London Liverpool Street Paris-Est Paris-Nord Paris-Saint-Lazare Paris-Montparnasse

Hello fighters! We're excited to introduce what you've been asking about: Airfield Lighting Systems. Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . ON Unexpectedly, many airfields were equipped with permanent lighting systems. The Allies and the Wehrmacht ensured round-the-clock operation of airfields and already in those years, lights hidden in the ground were created - the ancestors of airfield lights that we can see now in airports. Depending on the situation, you can choose the mode when the lights are on or off. P.S.: We congratulate the ED team on the introduction of multithreading in DCS World. The entire DCS community benefits from this: for users, this is an increase performance, for developers, this is pushing the boundaries of development possibilities. Tangmere Needs Oar Point Odiham Amiens Glisy

Bonjour! Aérodromes en France. When we were just thinking about expanding the map detail zone, we understood that France was not an easy path - it was a large territory with an active history at the time of 1944. Where yesterday there was a field, today there is an airfield, and after a short time it is in trenches. Since the start of development, we have increased the number of airfields in France. Added historically significant airfields, intermediate airfields, so that you can easily visit each place on the map. And also added airfields, which you asked about here on the forum and threw off additional information, for which special thanks. OK, here we go! Beauvais-Tille Carpicuet Cormeilles-en-Vexin Cricqueville-en-Bessin Fecamp_Benouville Lonrai Orly

UPD What airfields are there in Normandy 2.0 Airfields in France A1 Saint Pierre du Mont A2 Cricqueville-en-Bessin B17 Carpiquet A12 Lignerolles A14 Cretteville A15 Maupertus A16 Brucheville A20 Lessay - оригинальны A3 Cardonville A4 Deux Jumeaux A5 Chippelle A7 Azeville B9 Lantheuil A17 Meautis A21 Sainte-Laurent-sur-Mer A24 Biniville A6 Beuzeville A8 Picauville A9 Le Molay B11 Longues-sur-Mer B2 Bazenville B3 Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer B4 Beny-sur-Mer B7 Rucqueville B8 Sommervieu Beauvais-Tille Cormeilles-en-Vexin Dinan-Trelivan Fecamp_Benouville Evreux Guyancourt Villacoublay Saint-Andre de l Eure Orly Amiens_Glisy Argentan Avranches Le Val-Saint-Pere Barville Conches Creil Deauville Essay Flers Goulet Hauterive Lonrai Poix Ronai Rouen-Boos Saint-Aubin Triqueville Vrigny Broglie Beaumont-le-Roger Bernay Saint Martin Airfields in UK Chailey Farnborough Ford Funtington Gravesend Heathrow Kenley Needs Oar Point Tangmere West Malling Deanland Friston Lymington Odiham Stoney Cross ---------- screenshots here:

Hi Today we will see what airfields we have and how many there are in total, we will take a close look at British airfields and fly over some of them. Airfields in France A1 Saint Pierre du Mont A2 Cricqueville-en-Bessin B17 Carpiquet A12 Lignerolles A14 Cretteville A15 Maupertus A16 Brucheville A20 Lessay - оригинальны A3 Cardonville A4 Deux Jumeaux A5 Chippelle A7 Azeville B9 Lantheuil A17 Meautis A21 Sainte-Laurent-sur-Mer A24 Biniville A6 Beuzeville A8 Picauville A9 Le Molay B11 Longues-sur-Mer B2 Bazenville B3 Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer B4 Beny-sur-Mer B7 Rucqueville B8 Sommervieu Beauvais-Tille Cormeilles-en-Vexin Dinan-Trelivan Fecamp_Benouville Evreux Guyancourt Villacoublay Saint-Andre de l Eure Orly Amiens_Glisy Argentan Avranches Le Val-Saint-Pere Barville Conches Creil Deauville Essay Flers Goulet Hauterive Lonrai Poix Ronai Rouen-Boos Saint-Aubin Triqueville Vrigny Broglie Beaumont-le-Roger Bernay Saint Martin Airfields in UK Chailey Farnborough Ford Funtington Gravesend Heathrow Kenley Needs Oar Point Tangmere West Malling Deanland Friston Lymington Odiham Stoney Cross Chailey Farnborough Ford Friston Funtington Gravesend Kenley Needs Oar Point Tangmere West Malling

Airmans don't worry We were very careful with the lighting setup, we tried to make the lighting not very intense, not as bright as it is in peacetime. And in the default settings of 1944 the lighting is off, the lighting will appear only if you select 1945. Everyone can choose the lighting mode that he needs.

Good evening We are very pleased to announce that the Normandy 2 map will support the new night lighting. The interest of DCS users in this issue is high and today we are publishing images that illustrate the progress of work in this direction, and we hope that this will add a lot of joyful emotions to all users of the Normandy map. UK France Airfield Port

Hi, fighters We responded to numerous requests from DCS Normandy1944 users and found additional features and resources to ensure that, in addition to summer, seasons of autumn and spring are also available to users on the DCS Normandy 2. And since on the Normandy 2 the textures of fields and trees are made separately for England and separately for France, the user will see the difference between autumn in England and autumn in France. There will also be differences in spring on these different parts of the map. England spring England autumn France spring France autumn

Hi The Normandy2 map is nearing completion. The development team would like to thank the participants of the DCS Forum for their great interest in the project and for their active participation in the discussion of the first results shown last fall. On the map added the original airfield Orly and standart airfields Stoney Cross, Lymington, Odiham, Deadland, Friston, Amiens-Glisy, Poix, Ronai, which were important for this theater. The total number of airfields will be 65. In recent months, considerable effort has been devoted to the task of streamlining the project, and a great deal of work has been done to adjust the color scheme of the whitewashed component parts of the project - buildings, fields, and trees. Much attention was paid to the original objects of Paris and London, including famous historical monuments. Transport and military infrastructure have been worked out in detail. Original objects Airfields (Thanks to the guys from the forum, they made the changes that were possible) What time is it now?

Hi, pilots Flora. We have updated the main types of trees. Fields and trees of England: In England, the trees are oak (lat. Quércus), pyramidal poplar (lat. Pópulus nígra), ash (lat. Fraxinus) and this is our habitat Fields and trees of France: For France trees - birch (lat. Bétula), maple (lat. Ácer) , beech (lat. Fágus) Video recorded on PC: i7 7700K, 32Gb RAM, 3060 8Gb

Salut les aviateurs! Mesdames et Messieurs, today we are walking around Paris. In Paris, more than 20 original objects have been recreated on the Normandy 2 map, including: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Louvre, Notre Dame de Paris, as well as the main railway stations, the hippodrome, and the underground metro. We tried to do everything so that DCS users could plunge into the atmosphere of the world's cultural capital. Notre-Dame de Paris Hotel des Invalides Palais du Luxembourg Pont Alexandre III Gare-Saint-Lazare Paris Gare du Nord @Magic Zach @Fred901 @DD_Fenrir and everyone who cares about airfields. Thank you! We have added 5 airfields (Orly, Deadland, Friston, Poix, Triqueville) and they will be in early access. We will add 5 and continue this work so that the total number of airfields will be more than on the Syria map. Today we publish screenshots of two of them. Thanks for the support! Orly (original airfield) Friston (regular airfield)