Normandy Early Access Discussion

[Merlin-27]

Had to do it... for scientific purposes of course.

 

[Whiplash]

:thumbup:

 

Just watching that I feel like you get a new sense of speed, especially when you pulled up.

[nick10]

So my keys have appeared in my profile page for both the map and WW2 assets. Remind me how I install?

[ram0506]

Do some of the graphics settings not work yet? I tried to lower the visibility distance for the trees (as I have rather low FPS in VR) and also with the lowest setting I can see trees in the far distance.

[Veteran66]

is in the Alpha some WW2 Vehicles inside?

maybe some Combined Arms Videos :)

[REDEYE_CVW-66]

While I love these night shots, I have an objection:

There should be no lights in the windows on a WW II map.

 

During WW II there was heavy curfew and having the tiniest light escape from the windows was a punishable offence.

All should be totally dark.

 

I hope it is a switchable option in the Mission Editor, or is planned to be?

 

 

Agreed!

 

Would love to hear what ED's thoughts on this is. While lighting is nice for 'other flying' they specifically stated that this is Normandy "in the summer of 44". and realistic use of lights should be represented:)

[Buzzles]

While I love these night shots, I have an objection:

There should be no lights in the windows on a WW II map.

 

During WW II there was heavy curfew and having the tiniest light escape from the windows was a punishable offence.

All should be totally dark.

 

I hope it is a switchable option in the Mission Editor, or is planned to be?

 

In England yes, blacking out lights was a thing, but not all way through the war. 1944 onwards there wasn't a full blackout unless an alert was issued.

 

I don't know if that applied to France as well though, considering majority of the map is Normandy and it wasn't the subject of late night bombing raids like England was.

Edited April 29, 2017 by Buzzles

[Alicatt]

In England yes, blacking out lights was a thing, but not all way through the war. 1944 onwards there wasn't a full blackout unless an alert was issued.

 

I don't know if that applied to France as well though, considering majority of the map is Normandy and it wasn't the subject of late night bombing raids like England was.

Yes there was a blackout in Europe during the war, certainly there was in Belgium, my father in law who was a teenager during the war confirmed it.

[REDEYE_CVW-66]

Strictness of the blackout might vary indeed- but I would be very surprised indeed if the Germans allow the french fully litt windows at night- and specifically not after Allied forces had landed.

 

Here is some documentation from the book: The Crash of Ruin. American combat soldiers in Europe during WW2:

 

[Pikey]

I'm weird. Seeing NEW stuff in the editor makes me way more excited than the scenery (apart from the water depth and we know where that leads)

Done in the editor :)

[Nirvi]

I'm weird. Seeing NEW stuff in the editor makes me way more excited than the scenery (apart from the water depth and we know where that leads)

There are some other cool new features too... :)

[Pikey]

Amagad! Loverly, thanks for sharing that, it made me grin :)

There are some other cool new features too... :)

[Brigg]

That is a nice touch. Could someone do it for the German fighters as well.:)

[Nirvi]

That is a nice touch. Could someone do it for the German fighters as well.:)

No problem :)

 

[OnlyforDCS]

Awesome. Has someone tried to setup a multiplayer server with a simple mission? Would love to see some dogfighting action over the channel :)

[John Hargreaves]

That 3D skin change looks great, a simple but really useful idea.

[mwd2]

Is it possible to set a limit on skins in the mission editor, or are all skins are available inGame?

 

Say, i want only skin A for all player in the mission, but they can change the number?

[Nirvi]

I'll do a short and uncommented livestream:

[Brigg]

No problem :)

 

 

thanks fella :thumbup:

[Whiplash]

Having the ability to change your skin and bort number in game is pretty neat. The only issue I see is some servers restrict views outside of the cockpit so you won't always get a nice preview like that. I'm not one to complain, especially when a new features are added, but I would think a little preview window with the options would work better on the client list dialog. Much like they have in the mission editor. Still I'm really excited about this New feature. :thumbup:

[Cibit]

Thats some clever stuff there. Great to see that option implemented:)

[MegOhm_SD]

Had to do it... for scientific purposes of course

 

Nice one Merlin...ha ha ha

[Cibit]

I'll do a short and uncommented livestream:

 

Love the "Bombers Moon" in your stream :)

 

[OnlyforDCS]

I'll do a short and uncommented livestream:

 

Great stuff. Can I ask you what kind of graphical settings you used (you have a somewhat similar system to mine).

 

Thanks for posting some dogfighting action. Is it just me or is the visibility significantly better in the merge? What was your experience compared to 1.5.X?

[Nirvi]

Great stuff. Can I ask you what kind of graphical settings you used (you have a somewhat similar system to mine).

 

Thanks for posting some dogfighting action. Is it just me or is the visibility significantly better in the merge? What was your experience compared to 1.5.X?

 

 

Yes visibility is much better. In 1.5 i constantly have to zoom in to follow a bandit, on the Normandy map I never touched the zoom.