Size of DCS map?

[army198527]

How long does it take to fly across the region? Anyone tried it?

[Ktulu2]

In wich planes? in F15 you could in 30/45 minutes vertically

[army198527]

O wow the map is that big? I would say F15 horizontally, I know that's like 2 and half to almost 3 times bigger.

 

 

 

(didnt realize it was that huge)

[Flagrum]

Iirc the inhabited part of our Georgia map is about 500 x 500 km.

 

Just check Google Maps. :o)

[104th_Maverick]

The furthest distance as the crow flies from airfield to airfield is approx 400nm (Vaziani to Anapa)

 

So it would take just under an hour in an F-15 at cruise speed :)

 

[ff4life4]

Now try Anapa to Vazaini in a Huey. Then the map will seem REALLY big

[Flagrum]

Now try Anapa to Vazaini in a Huey. Then the map will seem REALLY big

Or use an Abrams to get there ... :o)

 

(inb4 someone suggests to walk after ejecting)

[army198527]

Or foot soldier lol glad this is a aviation sim

[FlightControl]

Is a foot soldier getting tired after a while? Because this is a simulation after all...

[joey45]

Or use an Abrams to get there ... :o)

 

(inb4 someone suggests to walk after ejecting)

 

DCS: Rally.....

 

I have a few cars IF someone would like to do a the Advanced Driving Model...:megalol:

[JaNk0]

Never thought about it but is "realistic" time modeled in DCS? Would it actually take ca 1 hour to fly on the computer?

[cichlidfan]

Never thought about it but is "realistic" time modeled in DCS? Would it actually take ca 1 hour to fly on the computer?

 

Time is not the question. If the world and it's contents are all at real life scale then time is modeled correctly by default. Otherwise you could not navigate by your instruments.

[7rooper]

Now that the topic of the map was brought up, I'd like to know what happens if I take a fast jet and fly towards the Georgia map limits and keep flying for hours straight. Will the graphics engine generate more and more generic terrain? Is the whole world already done in a simple generic form without cities or scenery? Once the NTTR map will be released will I be able to fly from the default map to it?

[Aginor]

Well, you can just try it. Start from Batumi and fly south. :)

 

There is lots of landscape with really poor quality around the map. that's all. You don't hit walls or something, at least not as far as I tried it.

 

EDIT: I doubt you will be able to fly from one map to another, in fact I'm pretty sure you can't.

[Exorcet]

There is infinite generic scenery, but not what you're looking for. Basically flat grass forever. You can "fly around the world" as long and lat are included, but the Earth in DCS is currently flat (EDGE might change this in the future).

[7rooper]

Well, you can just try it. Start from Batumi and fly south. :)

Well, I'm afraid I don't have time to find that out. It would be a boring travel and require many in flight refuels when the developers can just tell us how the DCS world actually is

 

There is infinite generic scenery, but not what you're looking for. Basically flat grass forever. You can "fly around the world" as long and lat are included, but the Earth in DCS is currently flat (EDGE might change this in the future).

So if there are lats and long and a round world I guess we can leave from the default map, go around the world and come back later. If this was possible one could fly from one scenery to another even if it is at the other side of the world and keep adding more and more purchased sceneries to populate more and more the empty world

[army198527]

The true man show theory is what im calling this endless map discussion lol.