Asia-Pacific Wishlist Thread

[micro]

DCS World is a very fun immersive flight SIM. Is there any consideration for developing maps in Asia? Like China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines?

 

I believe that many players in the Asian region will be quite expecting this map to be developed, and hope that one day will be able to achieve thanks!:pilotfly:

[Nooch]

I'm sure it's on their scope. I'd be very glad to see an Asian map as well. ED recently talked about a second free map coming in the future and I hope it's gonna be this.

[micro]

Wow, that's so exciting!

[Repth]

Would love a Sea of Japan map

[Baco]

Would love a Sea of Japan map

 

I would love it too, but we wold need 2045 computers tu run it ;)

 

Bare in mind that just the Korea Peninsula would be already too much for DCS engine as it is...

The size seems to be OK, but Modern Korea would : 1 Take for ever to develop due to the enormous complexity of roads, trains and power lines, landmarks, and sheer size of cities, and 2 you again would need at least 512 gb of RAM and 1tb SSD drive LOL.

 

And for WWII, I believe that Japan is out of the question, no assets whatsoever.

 

This "Dual Purpose" thing is very restrictive LOL

Edited June 7, 2019 by Baco
syntax's and typos

[Repth]

Oh I'm well aware, Tokyo, Seoul, and Pyongyang alone would bring any current PC to it's knees..... but they pulled off Dubai. A guy can dream :). It covers most of the "modern" aircraft though. China, Russia, Japan/South Korea/U.S. would be useful for the upcoming F-4E (I know the Japanese flew the F-4J) and the F-16.

Edited June 7, 2019 by Repth

[MobiSev]

strange files appearing lol

[fargo007]

[Magic Zach]

Been known for a year.

[Ala13_ManOWar]

I think that's the Magnitude 3 map for the Corsair.

 

 

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[msalama]

Ooch uaah tsedeggedeggedeg *PAUSE* ooch uaah tsedeggedeggedeg *PAUSE* ...more suggestive reggae sleeze beat following

 

OK are we there yet?

[Buzzles]

If you're going to copy stuff of Reddit (and you did, as that's the exact picture u/Toilet2000 used), at least read the entire thread and acknowledge the fact that module was added to steam > 4 YEARS ago, otherwise you're going to come off as rather disingenuous.

 

If you found it elsewhere, then fair enough. It's a bit of a misleading screenshot.

 

You would also have found the link to the discussion thread about the map on this forum telling you it's from M3/LN and not ED.

Edited June 16, 2019 by Buzzles

[QuiGon]

Been known for a year.

For a year? You mean for 4 years: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=154828 (Iwo Jima Discussion Thread).

[Donut]

For a year? You mean for 4 years: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=154828 (Iwo Jima Discussion Thread).

 

Yeah, it was news when Heatblur and Magnitude 3/Leatherneck were still one!

[Silvern]

Something from that area of the world did slip into DCS 2.5.5.

 

 

[castrum8]

Something from that area of the world did slip into DCS 2.5.5.

 

 

 

Interesting, so it's something about thieves will be caught and killed lol. In Simpllified Chinese not Japanese so that means some China Asset Pack stuff or South China Sea?

[fargo007]

Roughly: "yu no go nao, yu dai"

 

This could mean anything from Hainan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or even Vietnam.... or the Phillipines....

[Stratos]

Why vietnam or the Phillipines? They speak chinese?

[drPhibes]

Interesting, so it's something about thieves will be caught and killed lol. In Simpllified Chinese not Japanese so that means some China Asset Pack stuff or South China Sea?

 

 

The file is part of the China asset pack. \DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\ChinaAssetPack\Shapes\Static\biaoyu.edm

[MobiSev]

If you're going to copy stuff of Reddit (and you did, as that's the exact picture u/Toilet2000 used), at least read the entire thread and acknowledge the fact that module was added to steam > 4 YEARS ago, otherwise you're going to come off as rather disingenuous.

 

If you found it elsewhere, then fair enough. It's a bit of a misleading screenshot.

 

You would also have found the link to the discussion thread about the map on this forum telling you it's from M3/LN and not ED.

 

oh, I got it from somewhere else lol. Someone posted it in a discord server I'm a part of. I didn't know it was 4 years old, my bad

[ravenzino]

Roughly: "yu no go nao, yu dai"

 

This could mean anything from Hainan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or even Vietnam.... or the Phillipines....

 

Just for the record, what the signboard says is:

(Those who) steal the secrets will certainly be caught; when caught, death penalty applies.

 

Most likely be seen at military facilities or relevant sensitive research institutes in mainland China some 30-50 years ago...

 

 

 

Probably a bit of OT here, but the interesting thing is, the way it mentions death penalty is literally "Decapitation", which is inherit from ancient China as a slang of today's death penalty with added sense of cruelty for deterrence. But this is still considered as a very brutal and inaccurate word when used in formal occasion, so it could be very rare to seen today if nonexistence at all. I'd say it probably won't exist after 2000 if not earlier.

 

And it uses Simplified Chinese in horizontal order (left to right), so definitely after 1956.

 

So, this signboard could only exist between some 1960 to 2000.

 

Whoever designed this did a good job in putting it in a very specific time period of history.

[Stratos]

Thanks for the explanation guys.

[tugais]

Hello guys,

 

I wanted for some time now to share my interest for this region located in East Asia and build a case about its relevance in our sim. First of all, let's present Taiwan.

 

GEOGRAPHY

Taiwan measures 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi) and lying some 180 kilometres (112 mi) across the Taiwan Strait from the southeastern coast of mainland China. The East China Sea lies to its north, the Philippine Sea to its east, the Luzon Strait directly to its south and the South China Sea to its southwest.

 

The main island is a tilted fault block, characterized by the contrast between the eastern two-thirds, consisting mostly of five rugged mountain ranges parallel to the east coast, and the flat to gently rolling plains of the western third, where the majority of Taiwan's population reside.

 

There are several peaks over 3,500 m, the highest being Yu Shan at 3,952 m (12,966 ft), making Taiwan the world's fourth-highest island. The eastern mountains are heavily forested and home to a diverse range of wildlife, while land use in the western and northern lowlands is intensive.

 

My proposition of a DCS : Strait of Taiwan map. The area covers 220.000 square kilometres, that slightly more than the actual 200.000 square kilometres of DCS : Persian Gulf. The blue dots accross the map are actual PLAAF (People Liberation Army Air Force) and ROCAF (Republic of China Air Force) Air Bases.

 

 

 

 

The island of Taiwan offers a great topography that can be seen in these photos :

 

GEOPOLITICAL BACKGROUND

The ROC was set up in Taiwan when Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and his army fled there in 1949 after his government was defeated by the communists on the mainland. The United States eventually withdrew its recognition of the ROC government on Taiwan (as did most countries) when it recognized the People’s Republic of China in 1979.

However, Washington also signed the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act that called for the island’s future to be determined “by peaceful means” and promised to provide Taipei with defensive weapons

 

Ever since 1979, the ROC has existed in a sort of gray zone. Beijing and Taiwan eventually adopted a fuzzy formula, known as the 1992 consensus, in which each side claimed to be the legitimate government of one China.

 

That consensus eroded over time. Beijing redefined it as “one China, two systems,” meaning Taiwan could maintain its democratic system but under Beijing’s overlordship.

 

MILITARY BACKGROUND

China, as part of its continued military expansion, has deployed missiles along the Taiwan Strait and periodically conducts drills near the island. It has sent bombers, fighter jets, and its aircraft carrier over and around the strait as shows of force. According to a 2018 U.S. Department of Defense report, China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, has “continued to develop and deploy increasingly advanced military capabilities intended to coerce Taiwan, signal Chinese resolve, and gradually improve capabilities for an invasion.”

 

In response, Taiwan continues to purchase weapons, primarily from the United States. Between 1979 and 2018, Taiwan ranked as the ninth largest recipient of arms globally. During the same period, the United States supplied more than three-quarters of Taiwan’s imported weapons, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s arms transfers database.

 

DIGITAL COMBAT SIMULATOR RELEVANCE

Considering all the informations above, the DCS : Strait of Taiwan map would offer a very interesting and challenging environment to DCS players. Players would be able to use a wide variety of aircrafts that would easily find their place in this contested area. Taiwan's ROCAF actually has in its inventory F-5s, Mirage 2000s, F-16s and a massive amount of US hardware. China's PLAAF could use the J-11, the JF-17 and a lot of Russian hardware that has been localized by China Su-33/J-15, MiG-21/J-7, MiG-19/J-6 and the ever expending China Asset Pack.

 

This map would offer various types of operations :

• Carrier Operations
• Amphibious warfare
• High intensity engagements over the plains of the west coast
• Guerrilla warfare in the eastern mountainous jungles

 

Last but not least, this map would be perfect for tourism with gorgeous vistas.

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I do realize this map would be a major endeavour for any developper. Aside any political concerns, I truly believe DCS : Strait of Taiwan would be a fantastic choice for any developper. It would be a welcome change of pace with the latest productions mainly based in a desert area (Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria). Thank you to anyone who read this post and support the idea.

 

Sources used for the redaction of this topic :

• Wikipedia
• FlickR
• The Philadelphia Enquirer
• Council on Foreign Relation

 

 

Edited December 3, 2021 by tugais
Formating

[Baco]

Definately it would be a gorgeous, and very relevant map.

 

And if you take away the skycrapers, you can do plenty of what if´s from the 50´s on...

[Bephott]

I would play it as if it was Vietnam :)