Syria preview

[ViFF]

Oh brilliant!   I was hoping that Akko would be included because it is such an iconic piece of history for all religions!

 

In case you need here are the 3 best places that serve humous in the old city of Akko:

 

Edited March 22, 2021 by ViFF

[Enduro14]

Love the Syria map and these improvements you are making is setting the standard.  One thought though,  When the time is right, can you do this type of an improvement to your Normandy map as well?  

 

Thanks for the Work looks great.

[shu77]

16 hours ago, MAESTR0 said:

 

Flying over the state border

 

Fly over Haifa

 

 

Hey @MAESTR0, I am guessing this is the UNIFIL base at the tail end of this video, its looking awesome.  The attention to detail in this area is fantastic, and I think all the extra Helipads along the trip will keep @Bailey very busy documenting.   As Im guessing you are keeping Cyprus under wraps I would love to see a trip out to the Dier Ez Zor if you are taking requests 

Edited March 23, 2021 by shu77

[Aarnoman]

19 minutes ago, shu77 said:

Hey @MAESTR0, I am guessing this is the UNIFIL base at the tail end of this video, its looking awesome.  The attention to detail in this area is fantastic, and I think all the extra Helipads along the trip will keep @Bailey very busy documenting.   As Im guessing you are keeping Cyprus under wraps I would love to see a trip out to the Dier Ez Zor if you are taking requests 

 

I strongly would like to add to the request of Deir ez-zor, would love to see the airfield (and surrounding area) if it is in a state ready for show. Definitely the area I'm most looking forward to flying in.

 

Looking forward to recreating this mission in particular: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2016_Deir_ez-Zor_air_raid

 

Thanks, Yoyo

Edited March 23, 2021 by Aarnoman

[shu77]

9 hours ago, Desert Fox said:

@MAESTR0

 

Oh wow, this is just stunning. Love it.

 

Learning the Mi-8 right now and i regularly fly her for 2 or 3 hours straight on Syria map just following some road or picking some random NDB to head for and see what can be discovered on the way. It's never boring.

The detail you guys put in here really let me think "wow, there's people living down there" quite often while all the other maps (don't have the WW2 ones, so cant tell) might be detailed but they feel a bit sterile so to say... artificial. Syria really feels alive and "believable", authentic.

 

Love to see you add Ruwaished (H-4) too, so this area gets a bit populated with an airfield.

Was looking at the Iraqi Ruwaished airfield lately for that reason (MRGS ER18, just at the border and literally on the edge of our map) but this one seems to have always been a rarely used divert/auxiliary strip for H-3 based flights (established 1973 apparently, abandoned since 2003 invasion. H-3 itself is way off the map, some 50km sadly, and also abandoned since 2003), so im happy H-4 is coming for this area.

 

Keep up the good work, really looking forward to this!

H-4 is already planned as the second Jordanian field. 

 

Edited March 23, 2021 by shu77

[Aarnoman]

3 minutes ago, shu77 said:

H-4 is already planned as the second Jordanian field. 

 

 

The poster you are replying to is aware H-4 is coming, hence why he said "so I'm happy H-4 is coming to this area".

[Toriy]

Dear Ugra, any plan for Jordan, please? Jarash at least (at Oval Plaza on the picture attached).

 

Edited March 23, 2021 by Toriy

[Shadow KT]

@MAESTR0

Would it possible to make objects, which are already present on the Syria map, such as fences, barricades, towers, aircraft shelters, outpost, hesco barriers, sand mounts (like you would find around SAM launchers), etc. place-able static objects in the mission editor ? That would be a great addition to the core of DCS. Thank you.

Можно ли сделать объекты, которые уже присутствуют на карте Сирии, такие как заборы, баррикады, башни, укрытия для самолетов, аванпосты, заграждения hesco, песчаные маунты (например, вы можете найти вокруг пусковых установок ЗРК) и другие, доступными для размещения как статические объекты в редакторе миссий? Это было бы отличным дополнением к ядру DCS. Спасибо.

[MAESTR0]

We respect the wishes of users and can say that in the future there will be a big update that will capture the territories east of the Euphrates, including airfields:

Russian (former US) base - Tal Siman
Military base "Kharab-Ishk" (Where are Apaches)
Sanliurfa Airport Turkey

* @shu77 @Aarnoman @Toriy we can say that we already have in our plans and ready-made airfields and territories that you asked for earlier and now, but in order to release them, you need to carefully work out the entire adjacent territory and test it. Therefore, you will learn about the emergence of these airfields and territories from the news.

 

@ViFF We hope that this important historical part of Jordan will be presented for release.

@Shadow KT  we will discuss this issue.
 

 

Thank you all for your attention to our map. We are finalizing a major mainland map update. It aims to optimize and improve performance on midrange systems. (Yes, this is your credit: a meeting was held and some solutions were found that allow you to increase productivity without any visible degradation of quality).
At the same time, the development team did everything to improve the visual component of the map.

 

UNIFIL base located in southern Lebanon (Nakura city), on the border with Israel

 

Heliport Nukura.

 

Solar power plant near the King Hussein airfield

 

Oil Terminal for Tankers

 

Nuclear warheads at Inzhirlik airfield

 

Radar at the Inzhirlik airfield 

We have always tried to make the map interesting. For this, more than 200 original objects and more than 100 historical structures have been made. We also tried to make the map a challenge for free-flying master pilots.
After work, our developers had some fun. (Do you remember their epic helicopter landing at the stadium?  (We signed the coordinates of the objects, some of them you will see soon)

 

 

Edited March 26, 2021 by MAESTR0

[Aarnoman]

1 hour ago, MAESTR0 said:

We respect the wishes of users and can say that in the future there will be a big update that will capture the territories east of the Euphrates, including airfields:

Russian (former US) base - Tal Siman
Military base "Kharab-Ishk" (Where are Apaches)
Sanliurfa Airport Turkey

* @shu77 @Aarnoman @Toriy we can say that we already have in our plans and ready-made airfields and territories that you asked for earlier and now, but in order to release them, you need to carefully work out the entire adjacent territory and test it. Therefore, you will learn about the emergence of these airfields and territories from the news.

 

@ViFF We hope that this important historical part of Jordan will be presented for release.

@Shadow KT  we will discuss this issue.
 

 

Thank you all for your attention to our map. We are finalizing a major mainland map update. It aims to optimize and improve performance on midrange systems. (Yes, this is your credit: a meeting was held and some solutions were found that allow you to increase productivity without any visible degradation of quality).
At the same time, the development team did everything to improve the visual component of the map.

 

UNIFIL base located in southern Lebanon (Nakura city), on the border with Israel

 

Heliport Nukura.

 

Solar power plant near the King Hussein airfield

 

Oil Terminal for Tankers

 

Nuclear warheads at Inzhirlik airfield

 

Radar at the Inzhirlik airfield 

We have always tried to make the map interesting. For this, more than 200 original objects and more than 100 historical structures have been made. We also tried to make the map a challenge for free-flying master pilots.
After work, our developers had some fun. (Do you remember their epic helicopter landing at the stadium?  (We signed the coordinates of the objects, some of them you will see soon)

 

 

 

Fantastic work and really great to hear eastern euphrates will get more attention too! This without a doubt is the gold standard of maps in DCS, and I look forward to gifting it to some friends so they too can enjoy your labour of love!

I hope you all are very proud of what you have achieved so far and what is yet to come, your attention to detail and further additions to work are at least resulting in some more sales from my end

Take care and continue your great work MAESTR0 and other members of the Ugra team!

[shu77]

That last video is a great way to do a tour @MAESTR0!!

[Aarnoman]

Also Ugra, I have noticed you guys definitely upped your game when it came to cliffs/mountains based on the latest Mi-24 trailer:

 

I wonder if we will see similar cliffs/rock faces where appropriate on the Syrian mainland (my suspicion is that this may be Cryprus?)? Truly fantastic work @MAESTR0.

[YSIAD_RIP]

Very happy that I bought this map at Launch. Also happy that I bought a 1TB SSD last year for DCS.. LoL..

 

All is LOOKING VERY GOOD@MAESTR0

[Fercyful]

Can we use those nukes? 

 

I know NO  still great work! thanks for update  Can't wait for fly with the Hind and then the Apache there

Edited March 27, 2021 by Fercyful

[jib]

1 hour ago, Fercyful said:

Can we use those nukes? 

 

I know NO  still great work! thanks for update  Can't wait for fly with the Hind and then the Apache there

 

The Mig-21bis has nukes the effects are not modeled very well in DCS but it is nice to have them.

[Linx]

So it is safe to say that Cyprus is not coming with 2.7?

[shu77]

Just now, Linx said:

So it is safe to say that Cyprus is not coming with 2.7?

That has been confirmed.  I believe we are getting some kind of Syria update, though not sure how much.

[Linx]

10 minutes ago, shu77 said:

That has been confirmed.  I believe we are getting some kind of Syria update, though not sure how much.

Understandable, it is a big addition.
As long as it comes one day.

[Tinkickef]

It certainly is THE gold standard map in DCS right now, and since its launch I have neglected every other map, and the only missions I have made since have been Syria.  Truly astounding work and ugra can be rightly proud of themselves.

 

I hope ED have fixed the awful globe style infrastructure lights in 2.7 as these really spoil the nightime look of the built up areas, far better if they were bright pinpoints, rather than out of scale globes, seeming two meters in diameter.  Also would be nice to see the draw distance of the streetlights and towns increased, presently it seems to be around twenty miles for lighting and ten miles for buildings at night.

 

However, this is beyond ugra's control.  Maybe when ED introduce their upcoming ray tracing technology, things will vastly improve.

 

A sincere thanks to all the people at Ugra for their very hard work.

[Vander]

58 minutes ago, Tinkickef said:

It certainly is THE gold standard map in DCS right now, and since its launch I have neglected every other map, and the only missions I have made since have been Syria.  Truly astounding work and ugra can be rightly proud of themselves.

 

I hope ED have fixed the awful globe style infrastructure lights in 2.7 as these really spoil the nightime look of the built up areas, far better if they were bright pinpoints, rather than out of scale globes, seeming two meters in diameter.  Also would be nice to see the draw distance of the streetlights and towns increased, presently it seems to be around twenty miles for lighting and ten miles for buildings at night.

 

However, this is beyond ugra's control.  Maybe when ED introduce their upcoming ray tracing technology, things will vastly improve.

 

A sincere thanks to all the people at Ugra for their very hard work.

 

Totally agree. At first I was skeptical of 'yet another desert map' and the fact that actual fighting was still going on there which felt strange.

But forgetting politics and just looking at the map you'll find that this map has it all and looks fantastic: mountains, forests, farm land, highly detailed cities and ports, sea, a fantastic coastline (and it will even be improved), small airfields, big military airfields, heliports, numerous detailed industrial areas, the list goes on.

 

Well done Ugra!

 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Vander

[Gierasimov]

On 3/27/2021 at 10:45 AM, shu77 said:

That has been confirmed.  I believe we are getting some kind of Syria update, though not sure how much.

That's some news to me. Do you remember who confirmed that and where?

Thanks!

[Silver_Dragon]

Chyprus has show by wags on a Hornet Video some weeks ago.

 

Edited March 29, 2021 by Silver_Dragon

[CommandT]

Great Work @MAESTR0 Could I ask if there are plans to get rid of runway lights during day time?? It's the only part that makes it seems somewhat strange! 

[Toriy]

And what if there is some fog? Runway lights have to depend not only form day/night but from visibility as well.

[Gierasimov]

21 hours ago, CommandT said:

Great Work @MAESTR0 Could I ask if there are plans to get rid of runway lights during day time?? It's the only part that makes it seems somewhat strange! 

As far as I remember this is current game limitation / bug, not specific to Syria map. Same goes for Persian Gulf for example.