Normandy Early Access Discussion

[Buzzles]

Album is private, not working pic.

 

Anyway, pitty it's uggly though I would like to see myself to decide how ugly it is, or not.

 

 

S!

 

I can see the picture.

It's quite a stark cutoff to some low res satellite imagery. It's on par with low res NTTR though, although the difference is more noticeable.

Bear in mind it's also a very low altitude shot too. It won't be as noticable up high.

[Vampyre]

The bullseye is over Amiens Belgium. This map is not going to be very useful for Operation Jericho which was a low altitude raid.

 

Bulls

 

 

Eastern edge of the detailed area at altitude.

 

[Esac_mirmidon]

Could you draw a line over the map East and South of the detailed area limits?

[NineLine]

The bullseye is over Amiens Belgium. This map is not going to be very useful for Operation Jericho which was a low altitude raid.

 

Which makes sense as the focus is on Normandy...

[cichlidfan]

The bullseye is also just a navigational reference point. You don't have to go there.

[Vampyre]

The bullseye is also just a navigational reference point. You don't have to go there.

 

I assume zionid put the bulls there for a reason. I'm trying to answer his question as thoroughly as possible.

[REDEYE_CVW-66]

Thanks for the input. The bullseye is not put there by me- the screenshot is from ED:) I just saw this space and wondered 'how developed' it was.

 

I got my answer- and am happy to go back to watching you guys's screens of Normandy proper:)

[Rangi]

I will try again....

 

Has anyone tried doing mass bomber formations? I would love to know how the framerates are with 50 odd bombers in the air.

[Reflected]

The new cockpit lighting looks very interesting. Does it have a big impact on FPS? The Mustang's cockpit looks a bit strange, as if it was all covered in glossy varnish.

[OnlyforDCS]

@Vampyre: I assume the western parts of Southern England look similar? Reason why Im asking is that there is some interesting and very beautiful scenery and terrain there in Real Life that would make flying over it quite a joy to behold.

 

Obviously Im hoping that the devs come back and keep adding detail to this map at a later date (after 2.5 hits)

 

*disclaimer* I know that the focus is on Normandy, please don't take my comment as criticism. I just want this map finished and out the door. So I can enjoy it, and so we can get to 2.5 ASAP. IMO now that Normandy is close to release, 2.5 needs to have priority over everything else! :)

[Vlerkies]

I'm still messing a bit with the graphics settings tbh.

The alpha normandy map is not running as well on my machine as 1.5 or 2.0 does.

I dialed back to medium settings which is fine and am working up from there.

Run at 2560x1440.

[BIGNEWY]

I'm still messing a bit with the graphics settings tbh.

The alpha normandy map is not running as well on my machine as 1.5 or 2.0 does.

I dialed back to medium settings which is fine and am working up from there.

Run at 2560x1440.

 

I prefer higher frames when I fly, if I am not taking screenshots or doing recording these are the settings I use, I get about 50 - 60 frames on the ground, in the air 100+

 

The main thing for me is using flat shadows, if I use high I notice a big difference

 

of course I am only using one screen, the higher resolution will also make a difference

[philstyle]

I'm still messing a bit with the graphics settings tbh.

The alpha normandy map is not running as well on my machine as 1.5 or 2.0 does.I dialed back to medium settings which is fine and am working up from there. Run at 2560x1440.

 

 

I'm waiting to see some vid uploads from you Vlerkies... Don't keep us old CloD vets hanging!

[Vlerkies]

I prefer higher frames when I fly, if I am not taking screenshots or doing recording these are the settings I use, I get about 50 - 60 frames on the ground, in the air 100+

 

The main thing for me is using flat shadows, if I use high I notice a big difference

 

of course I am only using one screen, the higher resolution will also make a difference

 

Thanks, yes I also picked up on the shadows thing. Have both set to flat now and it looks fine, actually less flickering on the ground objects and stuff.

I also aim for 60 on the ground.

 

The map runs perfectly fine just need to do some fine tuning.

Thx for the settings, I also today saw , was it Nirvi, posted his. Will give it a whirl after work. My aniso and msaa are also cranked up and can come off quite a bit i think.

 

I'm waiting to see some vid uploads from you Vlerkies... Don't keep us old CloD vets hanging!

:lol:

With the amount of Spielbergs on these forums I would be embarrassed to post my B grade minute movies.

[poderoso]

I'm still messing a bit with the graphics settings tbh.

The alpha normandy map is not running as well on my machine as 1.5 or 2.0 does.

I dialed back to medium settings which is fine and am working up from there.

Run at 2560x1440.

 

I noticed the same. It runs less well than 1.5 or 2.0, but I guess that could be expected.

 

I started with everything on high in 2560x1440, but went back a bit on some settings.

Still testing the most optimal for me.

 

I have Sapphire ATI R9 390 graphic card by the way, so not the newest card anyway.

[Cibit]

While your tweaking the settings can you see what the mirror in the Spit does to fps with the new lighting reflections etc. Thanks if thats possible:)

[Esac_mirmidon]

I guess devs are still tweaking and improving perfomance until oficial release.

[BIGNEWY]

I guess devs are still tweaking and improving perfomance until oficial release.

 

correct, it is still being tweaked and optimised

[Brigg]

I noticed the same. It runs less well than 1.5 or 2.0, but I guess that could be expected.

 

I started with everything on high in 2560x1440, but went back a bit on some settings.

Still testing the most optimal for me.

 

I have Sapphire ATI R9 390 graphic card by the way, so not the newest card anyway.

 

Same here fella. Hopefully with the new contact spotting we will be able to crank up the eye candy.

[poderoso]

correct, it is still being tweaked and optimised

 

But for an alpha release I am pretty impressed with the performance already :thumbup:

[OnlyforDCS]

Some dogfighting action against the AI, courtesy of Nirvi:

 

[BIGNEWY]

But for an alpha release I am pretty impressed with the performance already :thumbup:

 

Yes I am getting excellent results, it has come a long way since early development, good to see the hard work the ED team has done come to realisation

[Jabbers_]

Interesting on the performance results, I seem to be having on par with 2.0 performance and better than 1.5.... also I play in VR. Wondering why others don't have such good results. Perhaps its my rig? I'll admit it is a rig built for VR, but I am curious what the bottleneck is for others. Anyone got any stats they can share?

[ram0506]

Interesting on the performance results, I seem to be having on par with 2.0 performance and better than 1.5.... also I play in VR. Wondering why others don't have such good results. Perhaps its my rig? I'll admit it is a rig built for VR, but I am curious what the bottleneck is for others. Anyone got any stats they can share?

 

Good question about the performance in VR.

Playing in 2D on the monitor I can crank up all settings (except AA and shadows) to maximum for Normandy and get no stuttering with minimums of 60fps.

In VR I have to reduce settings to medium, turn off AA, PD back to 1.3 and still get performance problems when circling low above cities. Down to 25fps. AA seems to have the biggest impact of all settings, even 2x is bringing my GTX1080Ti to the knees. GPU usage always between 70 and 100%. CPU at about 30% on all cores.

No problems on Nevada map in VR. Highest settings (AA to4x, shadows to medium), PD to 1.7 and I can maintain 45fps even above most parts of Vegas.

Edited May 2, 2017 by ram0506

[Merlin-27]

Some dogfighting action against the AI, courtesy of Nirvi:

 

 

 

I never noticed that distinct line where the oil splatter texture on the canopy stops. Has that always been the case or is that effect new for the mustang? Just curious. I'm sure it will be refined at some point.

 

 

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