Beaches

[chris455]

I did a preliminary search, albeit a cursory one, to see if others shared my misgivings about the appearance of the beaches in DCS: Normandy.

Didn't find much, so it's hearteneing to see most of my fellow simmers seem quite happy with them :)

 

However, at the risk of seeming nit-picky, the beaches in DCS: Normandy look to me as though they were ported straight out of Microsioft FSX.

 

Rather crude.

 

I refer specifically to the demarcation between the verdant landscaping and the sand. I feel the fields, trees, grass, etc. are quite well done, especially with higher graphics settings, but this only emphasizes the "painted- on- as- an -afterthought" quality of the beach.

 

Other than at very low altitudes, there are no variations in the colors, textures, or shading of the sandy portions of the beaches. While I realize this isn't DCS: Beach Simulator, as a resident of San Diego I know a little of what a beach looks like, and I needn't go to the beach to remind myself, I have but to look at most other current simulators which feature beaches (IL2 BoX, COD, ROF, etc. to see very beutifully rendered examples of sea meeting sand.

 

Is it critical to gameplay ?

No.

 

But the very well rendered countryside in DCS:Normandy clashes so sharply with the lackluster beach textures that is does kill some of the immersion. For me at least.

 

Am I being too harsh?

 

Chris

[Kula66]

Also, I love the trees, but I think, looking at historical pictures of beaches and the areas just inland, that they are a little too many trees near the coast! Also, makes looking for targets nearly impossible!

[Captain Orso]

I'm glad I'm not the one who brought this up. I don't always have to be that one guy, no offence chris455.

 

There are so many pictures of the beaches during and after D-Day. The Normandy map does not resemble them, and I'm not talking about battle damage. Especially the draws off the beaches are not recognizable.