Are we headed for a World Map?

[Breakaway]

So if DCS is going the world map route like MSFS, how will this affect MP? What about the WW2 theatres? Will it become just a vast empty space with sporadic players?

I personally enjoy jumping into specific theatres and have no interest in flying long haul trips in DCS or buzzing around my house, I already have a sim for that.

I just dont really understand the point of a world map in DCS, although it would make sense to stich some of the middle eastern theatres together.

Can someone explain how this shift to world maps will happen and how will it benefit the DCS experience?

Cheers

 

[Exorcet]

No one knows.

 

Although I feel like the world map is desperately needed so that we don't have to deal with undersized maps anymore. Not to mention, all the more reason to consolidate civil flying into DCS so I can do all my flying in one sim.

[Silver_Dragon]

ED has talked from some years ago about working about "Whole World" technology, but no release dates yet.

[Breakaway]

9 minutes ago, Exorcet said:

No one knows.

 

Although I feel like the world map is desperately needed so that we don't have to deal with undersized maps anymore. Not to mention, all the more reason to consolidate civil flying into DCS so I can do all my flying in one sim.

I have to agree with you on that, would be nice to have just one sim for all our aviation needs. I jump on msfs regularly as I enjoy flying GA aircraft. Although I doubt we'll see DCS head down a civil aviation route.

[MAXsenna]

I have to agree with you on that, would be nice to have just one sim for all our aviation needs. I jump on msfs regularly as I enjoy flying GA aircraft. Although I doubt we'll see DCS head down a civil aviation route.

Well, if they get the ATC right, and more 3rd parties are joining up. Who knows!

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[Breakaway]

Yep the ATC has most definitely needed a makeover for some years now 

[Northstar98]

A whole world map is planned and is currently in active development according to Wags (over half a year year a year and a half at the time and that was nearly a year ago).

Personally, I would've thought that a world map would probably have a more low-detail mesh and textures (perhaps using lower resolution satellite textures and relying on autogen and landclass just with aerodromes in maybe the correct layout but only generic structures) with our current maps overwriting the areas they cover for those who own them.

However, right now DCS treats the Earth as if it's flat, though there is a shader to provide the illusion of it be spherical at higher altitudes and radars employ a workaround so they have the LOS limitations you'd expect.

Now I would've thought (at least I'm going to be pretty disappointed if it doesn't), that a world map would be shaped like a sphere. However, all the maps are currently flat which results in inevitable distortion and a pretty much meaningless true north (which doesn't follow the meridians) among other issues (like the fact you can't fly great circle routes as well as the lack of realistic visual LOS), the more flat maps that get added, the more work is being made should these maps be converted to fit on the surface of a sphere.

Unfortunagely though there aren't many details about what a world map will entail, apart from a new dynamic calling system allowing for much more units to be present without the overhead.

Edited August 27, 2022 by Northstar98
corrected, thanks Tom Kazansky!

[Tom Kazansky]

13 minutes ago, Northstar98 said:

A whole world map is planned and is currently in active development according to Wags (over half a year at the time, so not far of a year and half now).

In the quoted interview (from 14th October 2021) Wags said:

"We've been working on that technology for about a year and a half now and it's coming along quite well."

edit: thanks for sharing it btw.

Edited August 27, 2022 by Tom Kazansky

[Northstar98]

11 minutes ago, Tom Kazansky said:

In the quoted interview (from 14th October 2021) Wags said:

"We've been working on that technology for about a year and a half now and it's coming along quite well."

Oops! Seems I've lost the ability to read, corrected my above post.

[Tom Kazansky]

13 hours ago, Breakaway said:

WW2 theatres?

This leads to a very interesting field of questions. Will there be a world for every (or some) times in history? WWII, Korea, Vietnam, cold war, post cold war...? And what about seasons? ...

[Boberro]

Hope to see it sooner than later It is not 2000 era that you needed to create a map manually, nowadays you automate the process. Fingers crossed.

[Breakaway]

and so are we wasting our money by buying these new map releases?

I think I will not buy anymore maps until we get more news on this.

[Silver_Dragon]

and so are we wasting our money by buying these new map releases?
I think I will not buy anymore maps until we get more news on this.

That maps has high definition terrain, the whole world technology will get low terrain definition and a capability to interconnect maps in a future, but ED has none tal about a terrain with airports or other details.

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[MAXsenna]

1 hour ago, Breakaway said:

and so are we wasting our money by buying these new map releases?

I think I will not buy anymore maps until we get more news on this.

They are probably working on an easy way to port the current maps to "a sphere".  

[Northstar98]

9 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

They are probably working on an easy way to port the current maps to "a sphere".  

I hope they are.