FAQ and Updates

[dief47]

Am 2.3.2023 um 01:03 schrieb OnReTech:

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I will make a report a little later about what we have in second phase (airfields, unique objects, SAM places (120 +), helipads (400+)), etc ...

 

@79AuIt seems like the SAM places\sites are planned for the second phase of the map.

[Spatz]

Looking great guys - insta buy for me

[Gierasimov]

7 hours ago, dief47 said:

@79AuIt seems like the SAM places\sites are planned for the second phase of the map.

 

10 hours ago, 79Au said:

Meh, haven't seen an single SAM site. They're iconic and rather common alongside the Suez canal, you can see them on google earth. Looks like we get another empty sightseeing map full of civilian buildings. It's very cruel to bomb a sewage treatment plant. Not interested right now. edit: Wrong era too

 

They created the SAM site asset in less than two weeks after community asked for it. 

 

 

 

[OnReTech]

8 hours ago, dief47 said:

@79AuIt seems like the SAM places\sites are planned for the second phase of the map.

yes

[draconus]

10 hours ago, 79Au said:

Meh, haven't seen an single SAM site.

Weapons and military objects (apart from air bases) are not and shouldn't be part of the map to give more freedom in mission creation and better support different eras. Empty SAM sites are perfect for this purpose.

[79Au]

2 minutes ago, draconus said:

Weapons and military objects (apart from air bases) are not and shouldn't be part of the map to give more freedom in mission creation and better support different eras. Empty SAM sites are perfect for this purpose.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Not the launchers and the radars. I thought that was obvious...

Now I'm relieved to hear they have plans, but to be honest, SAM sites should be a priority, they're way more important than pyramids or sewage treatment plants. On the same level with airports. Seems like I'll have to wait until that 2nd phase is completed. But congratualations @devs for choice of location. And everything looks really nice, many cool assets, that's true. (era could be more appropriate but it's not the end of the world, how about a backdated version for phase 3?  )

[OnReTech]

27 minutes ago, draconus said:

Weapons and military objects (apart from air bases) are not and shouldn't be part of the map to give more freedom in mission creation and better support different eras. Empty SAM sites are perfect for this purpose.

fully agree, but the question remains for me, should they be marked on the map with an icon? so that all users can see it?

[Gierasimov]

1 minute ago, OnReTech said:

fully agree, but the question remains for me, should they be marked on the map with an icon? so that all users can see it?

Yes! 1000 x yes! It is really not that easy to find military objects in other maps and DCS Sinai is set to be the best in all aspects

[Gierasimov]

18 minutes ago, 79Au said:

SAM sites should be a priority, they're way more important than pyramids or sewage treatment plants. On the same level with airports. Seems like I'll have to wait until that 2nd phase is completed. 

From the first page of this very thread:

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What does the Sinai roadmap include?

The project is divided into three phases in total.

Early access: first + second phase.

Map update: bonus phase with expansion of the detailed territory with 3-4 additional airfields (it's a secret for now; we're still considering which ones).

Final release: third phase

and from the message that was posted yesterday in this thread:

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Hi all. We finished the second phase and are already testing it. We fixed a lot of remarks from ED and made a little more than we wanted.

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by Gierasimov

[draconus]

45 minutes ago, OnReTech said:

fully agree, but the question remains for me, should they be marked on the map with an icon? so that all users can see it?

Yes, that'd be cool.

[ThorBrasil]

 

On 3/20/2022 at 8:29 PM, Grimes said:

Very few were added.

Syria_heliports_as_IP.miz 10.83 kB · 34 downloads

Another thing that would be cool is to mark the helipads on the map. That way we wouldn't need to go out looking and marking one by one.

 

8 hours ago, OnReTech said:

fully agree, but the question remains for me, should they be marked on the map with an icon? so that all users can see it?

Yes!

Edited March 3, 2023 by ThorBrasil

[Gierasimov]

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OnReTech was formed in October 2021 to develop terrains.

With more than seven years of experience creating terrains for flight simulators, including DCS, we have assembled a team of dedicated artists, engineers, researchers, and managers to create new and interesting battlefields for DCS World

 

That time when you said @OnReTech were newbies...

So far, seems that other newbies should be like you! 

[Maltschik]

A suggestion @ OnReTech (…and also @ Eagle Dynamics in general): if you could create animals like camels (in my opinion a MUST in this environment) and other for the map, what about a new „Traffic“-function in the Options-Menu, as we have for cars?

At the moment one has to put animals as single elements in the mission-editor. It would be fantastic to be able to turn „animal-traffic“ to low / high… and so on.

In the Sinai-map there could be an option for whole camel-caravans moving randomly through the landscape; and if you fly over them low-level they could flee in all directions before coming together again

Would be a cool extension to make the maps more vivid!

Edited March 4, 2023 by Maltschik

[Scott-S6]

4 hours ago, Maltschik said:

A ich suggestion @ Onretech (…and also @ Eagle Dynamics in general): if you could create animals like camels (in my opinion a MUST in this environment) and other for the map, what about a new „Traffic“-function in the Options-Menu, as we have for cars?

 

At the moment one has to put animals as single elements in the mission-editor. It would be fantastic to be able to turn „animal-traffic“ to low / high… and so on.

 

In the Sinai-map there could be an option for whole camel-caravans moving randomly through the landscape; and if you fly over them low-level they could flee in all directions before coming together again

 

Would be a cool extension to make the maps more vivid!

 

The south Atlantic map currently has animals as part of "civilian traffic" for exactly that reason. Hopefully the OnRe team are doing the same here.

[OnReTech]

Some new screenshots from the second phase.
- Cairo International Airport
- Ben Gurion Airport
- places for SAM systems (Egypt)
- Ashalim Power Station
- Cairo

Edited March 7, 2023 by OnReTech

[Gierasimov]

Wow really nice @OnReTech I guess it's too late to ask why SAM sites are not matching the texture? I mean freshly built would surely stand out, but time would rather mixed them up with surrounding dirt and vegetation. 

Looking like my favorite map already in love with it. 

[Jafergon]

Looks great! I wonder how Wadi Rum mesh will look like.

[YoYo]

Nice progress! Thx for the update! 

[Baco]

Looking really grate!

To tell you the truth i was not planing on getting another middle east map, but... I must admit Im on the fence now!

[OnReTech]

13 hours ago, Gierasimov said:

Wow really nice @OnReTech I guess it's too late to ask why SAM sites are not matching the texture? I mean freshly built would surely stand out, but time would rather mixed them up with surrounding dirt and vegetation. 

Looking like my favorite map already in love with it. 

This is fresh concrete, but I agree that it is still left over from the times of the Soviet Union, so it’s probably worth making them more dirty and old. Will do, thanks for the feedback

[Gierasimov]

28 minutes ago, OnReTech said:

This is fresh concrete, but I agree that it is still left over from the times of the Soviet Union, so it’s probably worth making them more dirty and old. Will do, thanks for the feedback

Perfect, thank you!

I thought it was just soil from digging out the positions, wasn't aware it's concrete.

Edited March 8, 2023 by Gierasimov

[de.Impact]

Nice to see those reflective solar power stations !

Was always a bit sadened that they arent propely modelled in NTTR. 

[Leichtester]

Is first quarter still realistic?

Thanks for your work!

[OnReTech]

7 hours ago, Leichtester said:

Is first quarter still realistic?

Thanks for your work!

We're not giving up hope

[Gierasimov]

10 minutes ago, OnReTech said:

We're not giving up hope

I like the spirit you show! Keep it up please !