Where water meets land...

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Hey,

 

Something that becomes more apparent with DCS 2.5 and the increasing detail on the (new) maps, is the lack of a realistic feel of coastlines and river banks, which doesn't exactly help immersion.

Right now, it looks like landmasses "float on top of water", which is something that - as far as I understand - is exactly what happened in the old DCS/Flanker graphics engine. But I wonder if any work has been planned to improve the looks of coastlines in the new Edge engine...

 

Thanks!

[Tinkickef]

Perhaps you do not have Normandy on 2.2?

 

Normandy 2.5 waterline / water opacity is broken, but on 2.2 the water is crystal clear and you can see the beach shelving for several metres and view seagrass and rocks on the seabed several metres down.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Yes I did have (past tense) Normandy in 2.2, and yes I am aware that coastlines looked a lot better there, but I am referring to 2.5 and not 2.2 .

 

Normandy is a 3rd party map, so whatever the ones who develloped that decided to implement or decided not to, is irrelevant for other maps. In 2.5, the Caucasus map doesn't have proper coastlines, and neither does the Strait of Hormuz map (as per Wags' stream yesterday).