Razorback Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 I am of course using the mod bettertrees by Taz1004 and I find that the last ED screenshots are showing such a kind of improvement. The Taz mod combined with the Bartek mod you can have such kind of environement which is clearly giving a new nice Caucasus map! 2
draconus Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 45 minutes ago, rob10 said: I wondered the same. They were posted here: Silver_Dragon doesn't mention exactly where they were from, just "ED add new Caucasus map screenshopts: On develop". First mention I've seen of any possible updated. They're from here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/screenshots/ But I think they mostly show different types of clouds and how they lay upon terrain. 2 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
rob10 Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, draconus said: They're from here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/screenshots/ But I think they mostly show different types of clouds and how they lay upon terrain. Ahhh, that explains it. Not really a Caucasus update, just Caucasus being used as a backdrop. Thanks. 1
ddc196 Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) Any plans to add detail to the Crimean Peninsula and southern Ukraine? Edit: Maybe a separate paid map for this area up to say, Kyiv. Edited May 22, 2023 by ddc196 Intel i9-14900KF - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 64GB 3200 - Win 11 - 4 TB SSD (game drive) - Quest 3.
Silver_Dragon Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, ddc196 said: Any plans to add detail to the Crimean Peninsula and southern Ukraine? None planned by ED For Work/Gaming: 28" Philips 246E Monitor - Ryzen 7 1800X - 32 GB DDR4 - nVidia RTX1080 - SSD 860 EVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 2 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Warthog / TPR / MDF
Mobius_11804 Posted April 2, 2024 Posted April 2, 2024 Hey, didn't want to start a new thread but thought my question woud fit in here pretty nice. Since you guys now launch Afghanistan in that new way, I was wondering, if you've considered maybe launching some new parts for Caucasus in the same way as well? I know, it's a free to play map and it is awesome Full Stop! But i for myself would really would like to get some more points of interests into it. And this seems like a perfect opportunity for something like this. Many ppl surely would like to see Crimea but I for myself would love to go for a spin above a high-res Istanbul.^^ 1
rob10 Posted April 2, 2024 Posted April 2, 2024 1 hour ago, Mobius_11804 said: Hey, didn't want to start a new thread but thought my question woud fit in here pretty nice. Since you guys now launch Afghanistan in that new way, I was wondering, if you've considered maybe launching some new parts for Caucasus in the same way as well? I know, it's a free to play map and it is awesome Full Stop! But i for myself would really would like to get some more points of interests into it. And this seems like a perfect opportunity for something like this. Many ppl surely would like to see Crimea but I for myself would love to go for a spin above a high-res Istanbul.^^ Caucus was build on what is now a pretty old technology so the chances of adding anything to it are pretty slim. To do so they'd probably need/want to start from scratch and I don't see that happening. 1
Dex0 Posted June 11, 2024 Posted June 11, 2024 Now that ED has new terrain tech, that speeds things up (as Wags said), they should retouch their maps, starting with Caucasus. And expand it all the way to northern Turkey and southern Ukraine. The whole black sea coast 6 HTC Vive Pro/ Intel i7-9700 CPU @ 3GHz/ 32GB RAM/ Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080/
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted June 11, 2024 ED Team Posted June 11, 2024 Just now, Dex0 said: Now that ED has new terrain tech, that speeds things up (as Wags said), they should retouch their maps, starting with Caucasus. And expand it all the way to northern Turkey and southern Ukraine. The whole black sea coast No sorry, not planned at this time. 1 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
Yoda69ea Posted October 16, 2024 Posted October 16, 2024 Up from October 2024. I really think Caucasus Should be updated. It's the first Map when we get DCS, and yet, look at all the terrain possibilities ! It would be a shame not to improve it. https://www.google.fr/maps/@44.3857874,34.0346039,1475764m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 7
CRUD Posted December 5, 2024 Posted December 5, 2024 Yes please update this map, there's so much room for expansion into Turkey and Northern Iran On 6/11/2024 at 5:10 AM, BIGNEWY said: No sorry, not planned at this time. Boo 2
Smith Posted January 20 Posted January 20 In the Q&A Video by Wags he says after the current maps are finished they will update the old maps 5 Bye, Smith [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i5-9600K @5ghz, 11GB ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan, 32GB (2x 16384MB) Corsair Vengeance LPX schwarz DDR4-3000 DIMM, 1000GB WD Black SN750 Gaming M.2, HP Reverb HMD, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, Realsimulator FSSB R3 Stickbase, TM TPR pedals
Dangerzone Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) I'm wondering if ED are making a rod for their own back here when they try and make it 'backwards compatible' for all the missions, and whether it would be better to treat it like Normandy, and have Caucasus 2 released, with the original still being available. Users can choose which one they want to play on, and leave it to the mission makers to update their missions to be compatible on v2 if they want to support those missions with the new map? I imagine this would be far less work for ED, and give them more flexibility to improve with less restrictions, and give an opportunity for updates to be released far earlier. Don't get me wrong - I think the desire to keep it backwards compatible to minimize the workload to mission designers to upgrade is an admirable one... I just wonder though if it's more trouble than it's worth long term if the same thing could be achieved by having a v1 and v2 version of the terrain? Edited January 21 by Dangerzone 2
Smith Posted January 21 Posted January 21 6 hours ago, Dangerzone said: I'm wondering if ED are making a rod for their own back here when they try and make it 'backwards compatible' for all the missions, and whether it would be better to treat it like Normandy, and have Caucasus 2 released, with the original still being available. Users can choose which one they want to play on, and leave it to the mission makers to update their missions to be compatible on v2 if they want to support those missions with the new map? I imagine this would be far less work for ED, and give them more flexibility to improve with less restrictions, and give an opportunity for updates to be released far earlier. Don't get me wrong - I think the desire to keep it backwards compatible to minimize the workload to mission designers to upgrade is an admirable one... I just wonder though if it's more trouble than it's worth long term if the same thing could be achieved by having a v1 and v2 version of the terrain? Yes, you are right in this point. For me it would also be better to have a aditional caucasus map with all the new technologies instead of a beefed up version of the old caucasus map with still 20 year old technology in it just to keep backwards compatibility 1 Bye, Smith [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i5-9600K @5ghz, 11GB ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan, 32GB (2x 16384MB) Corsair Vengeance LPX schwarz DDR4-3000 DIMM, 1000GB WD Black SN750 Gaming M.2, HP Reverb HMD, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, Realsimulator FSSB R3 Stickbase, TM TPR pedals
Raven (Elysian Angel) Posted January 21 Posted January 21 8 hours ago, Dangerzone said: Don't get me wrong - I think the desire to keep it backwards compatible to minimize the workload to mission designers to upgrade is an admirable one... I just wonder though if it's more trouble than it's worth long term if the same thing could be achieved by having a v1 and v2 version of the terrain? Didn't ED go through that exact same process when they updated Caucasus for v2.5? If I remember correctly, there was a fairly substantial increase in ground mesh resolution, which led to concerns that existing missions would find ground units suddenly hovering in mid-air or stuck inside the ground as if it were another Philadelphia experiment. Didn't they make changes to the ME so that any ground units would be checked for elevation automatically? Even this week, I opened one of my older missions only to find a SAM-battery had the "units are tilted" icon in the ME, and moving the icons on the map just by a few centimetres fixed it. 1 Spoiler Ryzen 9 5900X | 64GB G.Skill TridentZ 3600 | Asus ProArt RTX 4080 Super | ASUS ROG Strix X570-E GAMING | Samsung 990Pro 2TB + 960Pro 1TB NMVe | VR: Varjo Aero Pro Flight Trainer Puma | VIRPIL MT-50CM2 grip on VPForce Rhino with Z-curve extension | Virpil CM3 throttle | Virpil CP2 + 3 | FSSB R3L | VPC Rotor TCS Plus base with SharKa-50 grip | Everything mounted on Monstertech MFC-1 | TPR rudder pedals OpenXR | PD 1.0 | 100% render resolution | DCS graphics settings
MAXsenna Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Maybe to start fresh is better than a remake, while like Raven says they've done it before. If they start fresh a tool for porting missions would be nice. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 2
draconus Posted January 21 Posted January 21 It's a good map because of the mulitude of missions and it performs well. If you make it fresh and incompatible you lose the benefits. Better make a new different map instead. Imho best to refresh it with new textures, objects and better mountains mesh, optimizing it in the process. 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Smith Posted January 22 Posted January 22 At least they should update all of the airports of the map to the same standard as Senaki, Mozdok or Vaziani. Airports like Krasnodar or Kobuleti still have the bend pag-14 plates from old flanker 2.0 or lomac days 25 years ago. 2 Bye, Smith [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i5-9600K @5ghz, 11GB ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Twin Fan, 32GB (2x 16384MB) Corsair Vengeance LPX schwarz DDR4-3000 DIMM, 1000GB WD Black SN750 Gaming M.2, HP Reverb HMD, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, Realsimulator FSSB R3 Stickbase, TM TPR pedals
jojyrocks Posted March 16 Posted March 16 On 1/21/2025 at 6:00 PM, Smith said: Yes, you are right in this point. For me it would also be better to have a aditional caucasus map with all the new technologies instead of a beefed up version of the old caucasus map with still 20 year old technology in it just to keep backwards compatibility If a new revamped Caucasus is built with the new tech, we need to have the option to remove the old. So much potential for this map.
MAXsenna Posted March 17 Posted March 17 If a new revamped Caucasus is built with the new tech, we need to have the option to remove the old. So much potential for this map.You can completely remove Caucasus through the module manager if that what's you mean.Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
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