We need the ability to build a mission across adjacent maps

[upyr1]

With the Sinai map coming out it looks like we'll have two adjacent maps. (Syria and the Sinai) if this is the case it would be awesome to have give DCS some way to merge the map while flying or in the mission editor. I know it will be huge for DCS but it would be a good feature 

[F-2]

29 minutes ago, upyr1 said:

With the Sinai map coming out it looks like we'll have two adjacent maps. (Syria and the Sinai) if this is the case it would be awesome to have give DCS some way to merge the map while flying or in the mission editor. I know it will be huge for DCS but it would be a good feature 

I believe that’s an ambition for some point. When I don’t know.

[upyr1]

1 hour ago, F-2 said:

I believe that’s an ambition for some point. When I don’t know.

I think the Syria and Sinai maps could be  a good place to work on that tech 

[Raviar]

I believe thats the plan by "Whole World Map", probably within 3, 4 years , and probably thats the reason these two maps in particular dont have overlap

[Beirut]

Maybe they'll make a corridor/tunnel 10 miles wide to connect the maps. That would be neat and funny.

[Callsign112]

You would think it would be possible for a player that has both maps on his/her drive to fly between them in a seamless way, if only DCS World could manage and connect the point in space and time you leave one map with your entry point on the other map. This would also have to include weather/clouds of course. But yeah, 3 to 4 years sounds about right.

[SharpeXB]

Pretty sure the sim would need to model the earth’s curvature in order to stitch these maps together accurately. Currently they’re all flat. 

Edited August 15, 2022 by SharpeXB

[sirrah]

On 8/13/2022 at 9:19 PM, Raviar said:

probably within 3, 4 years

No offence or sarcasm intended, but where did you get this from? Source? Or just a hunch?

 

Personally I'd rather expect about 10 years (assuming it'll have the same amount of details and destructible scenery as current maps).

[MAXsenna]

14 minutes ago, sirrah said:

Personally I'd rather expect about 10 years (assuming it'll have the same amount of details and destructible scenery as current maps).

While I agree with your assumption. We must hope! And maybe for all we know, something is in the work we're not privy to yet. It has happened before!  

[sirrah]

11 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

While I agree with your assumption. We must hope! And maybe for all we know, something is in the work we're not privy to yet. It has happened before!  

Although it's all business, I would expect ED to be fair and tell 3rd parties that they "plan" to release a world map somewhere within the next 4 years. Assuming ED cares about their 3rd party devs and share this info (with NDA disclosure), I can't imagine any developer starting work on a new map now. Would be kind of a poor business case if you'd ask me.

 

But I hear you, let's be optimistic

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by sirrah

[Mike Force Team]

Here is another opinion. ED likely has something in the works but not tell us.

Mike Force Team

[MAXsenna]

7 hours ago, sirrah said:

Although it's all business, I would expect ED to be fair and tell 3rd parties that they "plan" to release a world map somewhere within the next 4 years. Assuming ED cares about their 3rd party devs and share this info (with NDA disclosure), I can't imagine any developer starting work on a new map now. Would be kind of a poor business case if you'd ask me.

 

But I hear you, let's be optimistic

 

 

I agree! 

But somehow I get the "feeling", that the world map would be a simple sphere, with all the detailed maps on top of it.  

[AegisFX]

Not to revive a "Dead" thread, but a small game called Interstellar Marines actually has a game mode like this. 9 battle zones, with doors to each one connecting. The doors serve as loading points and the next "room" is loaded as you walk thru the hall. as a first person shooter, you can have teammates in other rooms and hear them over voice chat, but I guess the game doesn't track every exact thing until you join that space.

[upyr1]

42 minutes ago, AegisFX said:

Not to revive a "Dead" thread, but a small game called Interstellar Marines actually has a game mode like this. 9 battle zones, with doors to each one connecting. The doors serve as loading points and the next "room" is loaded as you walk thru the hall. as a first person shooter, you can have teammates in other rooms and hear them over voice chat, but I guess the game doesn't track every exact thing until you join that space.

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