DCS World 1.5 and 2 Discussion

[acerus77]

As an early A-10 Beta buyer I am sooo happy to get the promised NTTR-Map at least. But i never imagined that it would be that awesome! I have to admit that i was a little pissed when the Map was delayed and delayed and delayed and so forth.

ED will at least fullfill their promise, coupled with a complete new Engine.....

Thanks for the work ED, and to do what you promised. :thumbup:

[Cibit]

2015 the year of Combined Arms! YaaeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwooohOOOOOO!!!

Remember the mission for Nevada in the A10 Beta when there was multiple units attacking an outpost in the desert?

I am looking forward to editing that for NTTR with Game Masters and JTAC's:thumbup:

[karambiatos]

2015 the year of Combined Arms! YaaeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwooohOOOOOO!!!

 

The burning wrecks of planes will blot out the ground.

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New here so forgive the ignorance...

 

Watched the above video with the chatter and have to say I'm beyond impressed. It was mentioned at around 5:30 into the video that more maps will be developed including Vietnam at a later date. I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the correct direction to get more information on this or if it is just a wish right now.

 

Thanks

[cichlidfan]

New here so forgive the ignorance...

 

Watched the above video with the chatter and have to say I'm beyond impressed. It was mentioned at around 5:30 into the video that more maps will be developed including Vietnam at a later date. I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the correct direction to get more information on this or if it is just a wish right now.

 

Thanks

 

I think what you heard was all of the currently available information.

[NineLine]

New here so forgive the ignorance...

 

Watched the above video with the chatter and have to say I'm beyond impressed. It was mentioned at around 5:30 into the video that more maps will be developed including Vietnam at a later date. I'm just wondering if anyone can point me in the correct direction to get more information on this or if it is just a wish right now.

 

Thanks

 

No real info beyond the 3 maps we know about right now. But its assumed by many that we will get maps to match the aircraft we have, era specific environments is important to ED.

[NRG-Vampire]

No real info beyond the 3 maps we know about right now...

 

what are:

Nevada, Hormuz and Normandy (not only for WWII hopefully), next to the current Caucasus/Black Sea map

[kontiuka]

Black Sea map

Or, when NTTR comes out, we'll be calling the Back Seat map.:D

[_Acoustic_]

Thanks for the info guys!

[NineLine]

what are:

Nevada, Hormuz and Normandy (not only for WWII hopefully), next to the current Caucasus/Black Sea map

 

Normandy should be 1944 era map, but I dont think there is any planned restrictions to what you can fly in it. But original size was pretty small, so not sure a F-15C would enjoy it much :)

[NRG-Vampire]

Or, when NTTR comes out, we'll be calling the Back Seat map.:D

 

i hope not

because i hope Causacus map will get some facelift and "conversion" too, so hopefully we will see shadows of mountains, updated trees/buildings/airbases/runways as well

 

by the way: as i see the new "shadows of mountains" feature is already possible for the Caucasus map as well - with EDGE

 

Edited January 23, 2015 by NRG-Vampire

[NineLine]

i hope not

because i hope Causacus map will get some facelift and "conversion" too, so hopefully we will see shadows of mountains, updated trees/buildings/airbases/runways as well

 

No conversion of the old map is planned, anything major would require a complete rebuild. I think ED has spent enough time there, maybe a 3rd Party will tackle it, but I think ED wants to travel :)

[NRG-Vampire]

Normandy should be 1944 era map, but I dont think there is any planned restrictions to what you can fly in it. But original size was pretty small, so not sure a F-15C would enjoy it much :)

 

yeah, i know that will be a small map (hopefully will be very detailed and dense with mapobjects in contrast) but will be great for bvr/gunzo/furball dogfights with modern ACs as well :D

and with vehicles of Combined Arms too

[NRG-Vampire]

No conversion of the old map is planned, anything major would require a complete rebuild. I think ED has spent enough time there, maybe a 3rd Party will tackle it, but I think ED wants to travel :)

 

well, i dont like the "forgotten maps" idea

would be nice to expend some time on the old maps - Crimea too

to change/swap of building/tree models to new objects is easy, to make the terrain mesh more detailed/accurate is also not too difficult imho

 

i think the Caucasus map will remain the only-one free/teaser map for DCSW2 with the su-25t and with the tf-51d aircrafts, so the map will need a future update just like the old su-25t cockpit what already got the updated new 6dof cabin model

[genbrien]

I think ED wants to travel :)

 

with EDGE/DCS 2, could the maps be connected so someday we'll have something ala FSx with whole continents/world?

[NineLine]

with EDGE/DCS 2, could the maps be connected so someday we'll have something ala FSx with whole continents/world?

 

No info on how big the maps could be.

[SilentGun]

No info on how big the maps could be.

 

 

Well we do know the limit on how big they can be ;)

[Snoopy]

No info on how big the maps could be.

 

It's disappeared or I can't find it anymore but at one time I remember Wags posting that the size was only limited by developer time and money (not in those exact words but close enough).

 

Found it

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1900652&postcount=3

 

Now that we are getting very close to integrating EDGE into DCS, I can share a few more details.

 

1- DirectX 11 / DirectX 11 Windows 8 based.

2- Can support up to four GPU (either SLI or CF).

3- Uses clip maps.

4- Two cloud layers can be created with options for none, cumulous, cumulous nimbus, and stratus.

5- Terrain shadow projection is supported.

6- World can be as large as the designer wishes them to be, it is more of a question of development time / map detail.

7- Option to project map on globe surface.

Edited January 23, 2015 by Snoopy

[NineLine]

It's disappeared or I can't find it anymore but at one time I remember Wags posting that the size was only limited by developer time and money (not in those exact words but close enough).

 

Look in my sig

[NRG-Vampire]

would be great a simple global sphere map by ED (with very simple contours of continents and elevation datas)

and then all the map developers will be able to place their detailed maps on that global world map

we will able to fly from one map/scenery to another - just like in FSX/Outerra

 

7- Option to project map on globe surface. <--- does it mean the same as my wish above ?

Edited January 23, 2015 by NRG-Vampire

[genbrien]

the question was more like ''could we put maps side by side to get a bigger map''

[NineLine]

the question was more like ''could we put maps side by side to get a bigger map''

 

The answer is maybe ;)

 

I think that is the hope, but until its official, its just maybe.

[Outlaw24]

Will there be a Bug patch before DCS 2.0?

 

Since we don't know when DSC 2.0 will be released in Alpha, will there be a patch to fix some of the current bugs that have been reported and said to be fixed in the current internal build or will they be delayed pending a DCS 2.0 release?

[joey45]

Well, at a guess, they'll release after the blockers are fixed.

 

I'm sure they'll release a bug list of what they know of.

[Witchking]

I would think the issue would be with object #?? Just like how ED ran into the issue with maximum number of objects in the current engine, perhaps with EDGE...until they actually try some computations out, we won't know if the WHOLE world canvas would be possible.