DCS World Weekend News Update Discussion

[Torso]

I am so glad I took every Friday off for the rest of the year and a few weeks as well this coming holiday season. Even though I work from home and have access to 'check stuff out' during work hours it would be hard to focus right now...45% dl'd and taking it's sweet time.

[Revelation]

Did anyone else notice the glare from various glass sources in the promo for the map expansion?

[Vitormouraa]

Does anyone have a picture showing the new grass?

[Art-J]

It looks like grass on Caucasus 2.5 WIP screenshots, just in yellow-sandy colour.

[rrohde]

My hope is that they added pillars that support bridges, and shadows that are also cast on bridges (instead of beneath them), continuous power lines, improved LOD for the power generators that used to pop-up only moments before one would pass them, more than only gray colored cars on the roads (up until now, all non-gray cars were only parking), etc. Stuff like that... :)

 

Of course, totally looking forward to the new NTTR map. Cannot wait!

 

1) Nope, road bridges still seem to 'float'. without supporting pillars, and shadows of crossing cars are cast underneath. The "spaghetti bowl' looks especially bad in that regard of shading (even though I only checked with flat terrain shadows enabled). :(

2) Power lines in areas where they were disconnected (e.g., west of LV Strip) are still untouched. :(

3) Didn't check.

4) Only gray cars are allowed to drive still; red and yellow cars are only parking... Also, dual-lane highways still have oncoming traffic on both sides... :(

 

However, seems a lot more details popping up left and right, new textures, grassy areas, perimeter fences around airports and construction sites, etc (even though the look of the fence textures seems to be of a lesser quality than the surrounding textures), beautifully detailed new airfields. Overall, great update!

 

Oh, and super smooth frame rates - seems to be a tad more optimized now. :thumbup:

Edited November 18, 2016 by rrohde

[Vitormouraa]

It looks like grass on Caucasus 2.5 WIP screenshots, just in yellow-sandy colour.

 

Not even a picture? :( lol

[Pikey]

93% DL since 4pm. GLACIALLY slow. Last time was on launch of NTTR. 150MB cable broadband 95% fastest in UK. Ugh.

[PicksKing]

The performance is really better now. Everything on max, even view range, and I never get below 60fps. Not even with mustangs cloud mod.

[Phantom453]

Thanks ED!! I love an early Christmas present. There goes those jobs around the house I had planned.

 

Is there a list anywhere of the of the new airfields, location, runway headings, tower frequencies, nav aid frequencies etc.?

[SkateZilla]

Not even a picture? :( lol

 

Most of the Map is Desert..

 

But there are patches around airfields, and in the suburbs..

 

And they sway to and fro to the beats of my Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt :lol:

 

 

This guy in particular needs a sprinkler in his back yard:

Edited November 18, 2016 by SkateZilla

[Pocket Sized]

Pretty sure I'm not the only one who would love to see what the F10 map looks like zoomed out with all the airfields. :music_whistling:

[Vitormouraa]

 

This guy in particular needs a sprinkler in his back yard:

~~pic~~

 

Or a grass cutter ;)

[Silver_Dragon]

Now the first update of NTTR has out, wait by news about the second update of NTTR with the NTC (National training centre). :)

[Revelation]

Here you go...

 

 

[Wags]

You left out Laughlin to the south.

[Blacksheep239]

Unplayable with Oculus... Framerate >10 :(

[alieneye]

Unplayable with Oculus... Framerate >10 :(

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2956385#post2956385

[7rooper]

Painfully slow download...

but low fps with Oculus have been reported and I'm not sure to let it update now...

[Gliptal]

Painfully slow download...

but low fps with Oculus have been reported and I'm not sure to let it update now...

Probably caused by the large size and the fact that everyone is downloading it at the same time. I should be around 4 MB/s, but it was stuck at around 1 MB/s last time I checked.

[shagrat]

Unplayable with Oculus... Framerate >10 :(

Check Nvidia drivers. Last version is buggy and causes fps drops especially on 1060, 1070 and 1080.

Try if an older driver can fix it.

[funkyfranky]

Check Nvidia drivers. Last version is buggy and causes fps drops especially on 1060, 1070 and 1080.

Try if an older driver can fix it.

It's not a driver issue. Many people have tried other drivers already - same result.

[Blacksheep239]

I have checked it... But now i have loading freeze in Singlemission Coldstart Nevada with my Hog! :(

Loading freeze @ 75% then Darkscreen...

[gerd]

Ok, I have Nevada key, but was waiting for the proper merged release (2.5?) to use it. Now that 2.5 was pushed to 2017 and we got the NTTR update today, I would like to install this 2.0 alpha.

 

Can I use my modules in 1.5 and 2.0 in parallel without spending another activation?

[SkateZilla]

Here you go...

 

 

[Rocky49]

It's great that they updated the terrain and airports BUT it is totally unplayable now for VR Worst hit to my frame rates since I was running a GTX 295!!! I think it is a combination of the new Oculus 1.10 runtime and the Nvidia drivers? The ASW function of Oculus is totally screwed up in DCS.