Generic African map. (yes I know Africa is a continent)

[Baco]

Hold your horses!!! LOL.

Why Generic. Well Africa is Huge and the list of African Conflicts is Enormous. To represent them all you would need around 6 to ten maps. all huge by the way. 

Congo, Angola and South Africa being the more infamous, but there were plenty more, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique,  Rwanda, and well the list is Huge.

And even then If you wanted to center on a specific conflict, the areas are so large that no one complete theater can fin in a DCS map as it  stands today.

So the way I see it , the only way to have a reusable African theater is to have a generic map with generic climates and cities and bases that could serve to simulate at least some of the conflicts, if not in total accuracy and detail. The hard part would be to make it look realistic not falling into trivialized stereotypes of Tarzan and the like. Africa is a continent with very diverse climate and terrain, and huge cities as well as small villages, modern infrastructure and traditional farming. So to get the right feeling would not be easy.

Anyways, here it to hoping that some 3rd party wants to give it a try....

Edited December 23, 2021 by Baco
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[ADHS]

Yes it will be great. So many places and different for operations.

[Bremspropeller]

There have been several great suggestions on african maps. I could live with a generalized map that is covering several climatic zones and hence conflict areas.

Shut up and take my money already!

[Ozone1]

As cool as that would be, ED would never allow it. There whole ethos is realism. Now a modded map of say the Caucuses or Syria would be fine, but you'd still need their software to Africanize it. However, there's no way in hell they'd hand it over for a vanity mod project. I honestly think the only way we're going to see Africa become a reality in DCS anytime soon, is if we put together a competent team, propose it to ED and just get on with building it ourselves. And in that case, I'd definitely go for Angola/Namibia. The area I've boxed below is about the size of Hormuz and has some epic terrain. It's also where the vast majority of fighting took place and would be the perfect hunting ground for MiGs and Mirages. Drop a little dosh on some TurboSquid models for a bonus vehicle pack and I guarantee you it will be a great seller once people see what their missing...  

 

[Bremspropeller]

Some Dudeikoff previously proposed an awesome map-idea (more to the east, including the eastern coast), covering more countries, even though not at the heart of the Border War conflict anymore (it would feature the Namibian panhandle, though).

Can't seem to find the post anymore, unfortunately...

[Ozone1]

Yeah, I have thought about that. But the area I've marked is already 850 000 square kilometers. That's already a massive undertaking considering the vast majority of it is landmass and not ocean. tbh, I'd like to go as far north as Luanda, but that's a lot of extra area. Suppose we could just keep the coastal area detailed that far north though...

[MAXsenna]

I would pre-order, join crowdfunding or whatever on the first day! 

So get to work guys!  

[Rick50]

Good idea...

I  like the two armored vehicles too... G6 155mm, and  the other a 105mm ? Rookat or something?

[EricJ]

It's a Rooikat, but I believe it's 76mm. There was a "Rooikat 105" but I don't know if it was adopted or used.

Edited April 25, 2022 by EricJ

[Ozone1]

Yeah, it was supposed to go into production, but you know... eish hibo! No munies.

[Rick50]

On 4/25/2022 at 4:49 PM, EricJ said:

It's a Rooikat, but I believe it's 76mm.

 

Ah!!! 

Well 76mm is probably enough for Africa.... and probably  easier logistics too, cheaper  munitions stockpiles.

[EricJ]

I think so too, not many tanks in Africa.

[Ozone1]

Just messing around with a terrain mesh for Lubango...

 

[Ozone1]

Some mountains near the southern border...

[EricJ]

Looking cool