DCS World Weekend News Update Discussion

[Zaltys]

one more week of nothing...

 

 

+1

 

For those who are waiting for F/A-18C, it's a week of nothing. We are 1.5 month into 2017, and with every weekly update so far hope for Bug this year is diminishing.

 

I think with such long development, busted promises and mishandled comms with community, there is no reason for optimism.

Edited February 10, 2017 by Zaltys

[NineLine]

+1

 

For those who are waiting for F/A-18C, it's a week of nothing. We are 1.5 month into 2017, and with every weekly update so far hope for Bug this year is diminishing.

 

LOL, its Feb 10th. You guys.

 

Anyways, please discuss what is in the newsletter, not what is not. This thread is for discussion of the current and past newsletters, if there is nothing in there for you, then this thread isnt for you.

[EntropySG]

Huge update, thanks ED!!!

[myHelljumper]

Anyway nice update, things move forward =D

[Phantom88]

Wait!!! Nothing Stops The DCS Hype Train.....Get On Board!!!!!

 

 

 

FROM WAGS.....

Happy Friday everyone! Here are a few WIP images of the upcoming Normandy map. One of the big items we are working on now is populating the towns and cities to make them look more lived in. Cars, bicycles, carts, telephone poles, laundry hanging on lines, tractors, etc. We also have two different types of trains based on the year of the mission.

[NineLine]

I think this is more likely the hype train you guys create ;)

 

 

I am glad they are doing this, trying to make Normandy more useful for more modern missions as well...

Edited February 10, 2017 by NineLine

[ricktoberfest]

Nice dirt runway in the background of that first picture!

 

 

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[NineLine]

Remember too, that these shots are pretty vanilla, Matt is taking these without any weather of any sort, and generally without placing a bunch of units... they really come to life when you start adding these things. I think you guys will be really happy... and flying the channel in DCS is now checked off my bucket list :P

[rjetster1]

The majority here are extremely happy! Thanks for posting the great pics!!

[Raven68]

I have to say that Normandy is looking awesome, but I do question Southern England. Was it in the original plans or are we having scope creep again?

[NineLine]

I have to say that Normandy is looking awesome, but I do question Southern England. Was it in the original plans or are we having scope creep again?

 

It wasnt part of the original plan, but very soon in they knew it was something they wanted to do if possible, it adds so much more for Mission design.

[Vitormouraa]

Remember too, that these shots are pretty vanilla, Matt is taking these without any weather of any sort, and generally without placing a bunch of units... they really come to life when you start adding these things. I think you guys will be really happy... and flying the channel in DCS is now checked off my bucket list :P

 

Sith, do me a favor, next time you talk to Matt, ask him which version he's running. :) He's been taking those great shots, makes me wanna know which version those shots are from... :thumbup:

 

Cheers!

 

And by the way, I see you are hyped for the Normandy too ;)

[Ocelotunit]

It wasnt part of the original plan, but very soon in they knew it was something they wanted to do if possible, it adds so much more for Mission design.

Yeah, adds a lot for Battle of Britain style missions and maybe even blitz ones although I don't know how far north the England bit goes.

 

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[NineLine]

Yeah, adds a lot for Battle of Britain style missions and maybe even blitz ones although I don't know how far north the England bit goes.

 

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Wags avatar shows the size of the map, but understand the English side only has detailed airfields, nothing else at this time is planned to be fleshed out.

[NineLine]

Sith, do me a favor, next time you talk to Matt, ask him which version he's running. :) He's been taking those great shots, makes me wanna know which version those shots are from... :thumbup:

 

Cheers!

 

And by the way, I see you are hyped for the Normandy too ;)

 

Matt generally uses an internal dev version that is one version ahead of the Testers. The differences can vary. Version number is unknown.

[ebabil]

i would like to drop para troppers over normandy with a c-47

[NineLine]

Ditto... I hope those will be included at some point. But lets keep this thread on what we know, not what we want :) What have a whole wishlist section for that.

[Raven68]

It wasnt part of the original plan, but very soon in they knew it was something they wanted to do if possible, it adds so much more for Mission design.

 

I can understand the desire and it does make sense to proceed with it. I think I read somewhere, and maybe I am wrong, that they were pushing for a Q1 early release. Does this push those plans back now or will it be the same approach as NTTR. Early release in Q1 and a massive update later in the year to include Southern England? Looking forward to the release.

[NineLine]

I can understand the desire and it does make sense to proceed with it. I think I read somewhere, and maybe I am wrong, that they were pushing for a Q1 early release. Does this push those plans back now or will it be the same approach as NTTR. Early release in Q1 and a massive update later in the year to include Southern England? Looking forward to the release.

 

I dont have any release date info, I only know everyone is working hard to get it into Early Access as soon as they can.

[Ocelotunit]

Wags avatar shows the size of the map, but understand the English side only has detailed airfields, nothing else at this time is planned to be fleshed out.

Ah OK, well maybe they'll get around to it some day.

 

Looking forward to dropping some mavericks on some tigers.

 

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[kontiuka]

This is more about the change log but it was referenced in the news letter so ...

 

The item "Su-27. Emergency brake handle added into cockpit". Is this just a cosmetic change or is there a functional parking brake now?

[Bourrinopathe]

Afaik, they've just added the missing handle. There's no animation for it in the .edm cockpit model, and no specific binding in the controls options.

[NeilWillis]

I think this is more likely the hype train you guys create ;)

 

 

So true! :megalol:

 

I wince a little looking at the Normandy map - and wonder just how demanding all that gorgeous terrain will be on our rigs.

 

It does look sublime though.

[hughlb]

Can one of the mods shed any light on whether trees will be more optimised than in NTTR? There are a lot of dense forests in the Normandy map, especially in that last image. We get quite high fps drop with the forests in Nevada. Perhaps ED have figured out a better way to draw large amounts of trees? Great update nonetheless.

Edited February 11, 2017 by hughlb

[BlackLion213]

Can one of the mods shed any light on whether trees will be more optimised than in NTTR? There are a lot of dense forests in the Normandy map, especially in that last image. We get quite high fps drop with the forests in Nevada. Perhaps ED have figured out a better way to draw large amounts of trees? Great update nonetheless.

 

I would love to hear as well, but it seems that ED is thinking about this issue based on one of their prior weekend updates:

 

DCS World 2.5 Update

In addition to the Hornet, NTTR, and DCS WWII tasks, another high-priority task for us is wrapping up DCS World 2.5. The primary function of 2.5 will be to combine both 1.5 and 2.0 into a single executable and thereby being able to access all maps from a single program. We are close with the last two big items being the resolution of how we will render forests and trees in 2.5 and updating some of the old objects to our current format.

Once those two items are addressed, we will start releasing some new images and videos of what is in store.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2936445&postcount=55

 

With more and more pictures of Normandy posted recently, I'm hoping their is an update on these changes for 2.5 including the new lighting system.

 

-Nick