JokerMan Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 58 minutes ago, DB 605 said: New screens looks great and details are awesome. If only colours would be different. Thing is, when i see screen from a normandy 2.0 map i can tell in a nanosecond it's from a game and not real pic. Thats not a case with fs2020 for example. And all that simply because cartoonish greens used on normandy map. I'm going to buy it and enjoy it a lot, but every time when i switch from FS to DCS normandy colors will hurt a bit... An MSFS2020 map graphics equivalent would be amazing and I agree, the 'cartoon' aspect is noticable when you look for it. But, in it's defense of the DCS maps, my own experience is that they absolutely drift into the background of my consciousness and becomes something that is effecively not noticed at all when I get into the thick of it. Same is true for the cockpits as well. The new DCS skybox on the otherhand is probably Best in Class bar none! S! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tepl Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Good detalisation, texture resolution. But strange colours, like green filter. 6 "Рыцарь онлайна - капризный слепыш" Ryzen 5800x3d, 64Gb ddr4 3600Mhz Cl16, RTX3080 12Gb, Acer Predator XB271HK 2160p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDEYE_CVW-66 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Regading Reflected: He initially said it was "no way" he would convert his campaigns for the upgraded Normandy map- as it would be impossible to maintain both versions. Later however, he said he had some "great news" for the new map- which I interpreted as they might very well be ported over. The reason might be the the 'base' Normandy (which he uses) will be updated as well, meaning that the missions will be identical for both version of Normandy (Normandy 1 and 2). If so, that is great news indeed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Zach Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 @MAESTR0A lot of airfields used by the Luftwaffe would have shelters for their aircraft. These cable-cantilevered shelters were most frequently what was used. I hope this may be included on the map, or at least a new unit/asset that can be placed in the ME JG26 Diaries Part 2, page 314null 1 Hardware: T-50 Mongoose, VKB STECS, Saitek 3 Throttle Quadrant, Homemade 32-function Leo Bodnar Button Box, MFG Crosswind Pedals Oculus Rift S System Specs: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS, RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32GB DDR4-3200, Samsung 860 EVO, Samsung 970 EVO 250GB Modules: AH-64D, Ka-50, Mi-8MTV2, F-16C, F-15E, F/A-18C, F-14B, F-5E, P-51D, Spitfire Mk LF Mk. IXc, Bf-109K-4, Fw-190A-8 Maps: Normandy, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokerMan Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Reading this thread, there clearly a solid positive impression overall for N2. The attention to the details mentioned above (and which clearly have been listened to) is paramount for the success of this map in DCS WW2 going forward. There are a number of particular servers (private and public) which depend heavily on the ability to create a "day in April 1944" to fly their intended mission. Moreover, there are many more flexible mission setup servers of course which benefit from having the representations of airfields and AGLs as accurate as possible. I don't think it's over stating it to say that history is indeed being remembered via DCS and the WW2 maps and aircraft the discussions are live and engaging and the knowledge base is deep. The is why it's great to see the messages from Ugra (@maestro) and we're all looking forward now to N2 with anticipation. S! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koziolek Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) On 2/13/2023 at 3:40 PM, DB 605 said: New screens looks great and details are awesome. If only colours would be different. Thing is, when i see screen from a normandy 2.0 map i can tell in a nanosecond it's from a game and not real pic. Thats not a case with fs2020 for example. And all that simply because cartoonish greens used on normandy map. I'm going to buy it and enjoy it a lot, but every time when i switch from FS to DCS normandy colors will hurt a bit... I too wonder about the colors. Is it intensional? There is a color mod for the old Normandy map, which shows it is possible do darken it, but they still go with this green tinge. Now, I never flew over the Normandy in RL so I have now idea how it looks from above. Maybe it is so green? Or maybe not if so many people complain about it Edited February 14, 2023 by Koziolek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Pilot Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Judging by the screenshots, it seems they have slightly changed the shade of green grass in N-2.0. The fields can be unexpectedly bright IRL, perhaps I was confused by the overall color of the map at altitude, when it seems that almost the whole of France consists of these strange identical pale green and at the same time bright fluorescing fields... I don't know, maybe it was like that IRL ? But the textures are still a little unclear to me. In those places where there was obviously no special treatment of plants, we see rows in the grass... it's like a matrix artificial texture But in general, I see a significant improvement in the map so far. Now I'm more worried about performance Edited February 15, 2023 by Red_Pilot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAESTR0 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Good evening We are very pleased to announce that the Normandy 2 map will support the new night lighting. The interest of DCS users in this issue is high and today we are publishing images that illustrate the progress of work in this direction, and we hope that this will add a lot of joyful emotions to all users of the Normandy map. UK France Airfield Port Edited February 17, 2023 by MAESTR0 31 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 57 minutes ago, MAESTR0 said: We are very pleased to announce that the Normandy 2 map will support the new lighting. Thanks a lot looking forward to this upgrade. 4 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71st_AH Rob Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Those lights in the hanger will make great targets for bombing. In 1944 there really shouldn't be any lights on this map. They look great though. Edited February 17, 2023 by 71st_AH Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaPolit Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I have to give KUDOS to the process of listening to the user base and reacting to that. We, as developers, are usually faced with this dilemma: stick to the original plan (which is the only wat to meet deadlines and budgets) or adapt to the user requirements. More often than not, this is a juggling process where you need to balance things a bit. The level of user-based-improvements on these posts really do show a profound interest in giving the users the best experience, and not just get out the map as soon as possible to capitalize on the eagerness of people buying. Thanks for this. It is refreshing and the effort is well noted, albeit these type of forums tend to bring out more complaints than praise. I know I have given some complaints about certain decisions, but the effort behind this is noted and appreciated. Rafa. 4 I'm Dragon in the Multiplayer servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExplosion Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Lights in the hangars but not on the runways? Edited February 17, 2023 by MrExplosion 2 Kein Anderer als ein Jäger spürt, Den Kampf und Sieg so konzentriert. Das macht uns glücklich, stolz und froh, Der Jägerei ein Horrido! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Owl Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Looks nice, but during the war cities were dark at night and not illuminated due to the strict blackout that was enforced in Europe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly_Owl Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Could there be a mission editor option to set the map in war-time vs peace-time conditions (blackout vs night illumination)? 12 Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachmonkey Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) not gonna lie, the new screens made me go 'wow'. It looks sexy. I'm so tired of the dead cities at night. Yes, it's WWII and all, and I think it should be an option to enable/disable them, but I'll take the posted state just fine! edit: just watched the vids. It gave me a proverbial b^$er. Very nice. Edited February 17, 2023 by peachmonkey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy35150 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Just keeps getting better... Cant wait to jump in my trusty mustang and have some fun, Great work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAESTR0 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 час назад, Night Owl сказал: Looks nice, but during the war cities were dark at night and not illuminated due to the strict blackout that was enforced in Europe. 59 минут назад, Charly_Owl сказал: Could there be a mission editor option to set the map in war-time vs peace-time conditions (blackout vs night illumination)? 49 минут назад, peachmonkey сказал: ... i think it should be an option to enable/disable them, but I'll take the posted state just fine! Airmans don't worry We were very careful with the lighting setup, we tried to make the lighting not very intense, not as bright as it is in peacetime. And in the default settings of 1944 the lighting is off, the lighting will appear only if you select 1945. Everyone can choose the lighting mode that he needs. 20 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Owl Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 vor 54 Minuten schrieb MAESTR0: Airmans don't worry We were very careful with the lighting setup, we tried to make the lighting not very intense, not as bright as it is in peacetime. And in the default settings of 1944 the lighting is off, the lighting will appear only if you select 1945. Everyone can choose the lighting mode that he needs. This couldn't be any better, something for every taste and scenario! Awesome, thank you very much! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExplosion Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, MAESTR0 said: Airmans don't worry We were very careful with the lighting setup, we tried to make the lighting not very intense, not as bright as it is in peacetime. And in the default settings of 1944 the lighting is off, the lighting will appear only if you select 1945. Everyone can choose the lighting mode that he needs. What about runway lighting? 2 Kein Anderer als ein Jäger spürt, Den Kampf und Sieg so konzentriert. Das macht uns glücklich, stolz und froh, Der Jägerei ein Horrido! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Pilot Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) In N-1944, I really didn't like the texture of the sand. This is what added a lot of cartoonishness to the whole map. This time I am also concerned about the textures of sand on the map N-2.0. Compare with the photos, it looks like the textures of the sandy beach could be more diverse, with alternating dark and light zones: Preinvasion_bombing: The coastline on this map is the most beautiful and important part, the part that we see most often. Will sand textures get more love in N - 2.0? P.S. I can see that devs are thinking about it, but so far it's not very similar to what is on modern and old photos Dark and light zones are more linear and less chaotic? Which is obviously due to tides and waves Edited February 22, 2023 by Red_Pilot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Red_Pilot said: This time I am also concerned about the textures of sand on the map N-2.0. The problem is overly transparent water in the DCS graphic engine. 2 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Pilot Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) In the post I wrote only about the textures of sand. Water is a separate problem There is a lack of foam water edge and other effects, but this is obviously a problem of ED. But for example, on real sand we see a dark strip of wet sand, where the waves moisten the sand In the screenshot, instead of a dark stripe, we see a light border, it is absolutely incomprehensible Obviously, this is not due to the transparency of the water, at the bottom the sand is the same color as on the moistened part of the sandy shore P.S 2 But maybe the devs were trying to simulate surf foam or something like that Edited February 22, 2023 by Red_Pilot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAESTR0 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) Hi Today we will see what airfields we have and how many there are in total, we will take a close look at British airfields and fly over some of them. Airfields in France A1 Saint Pierre du Mont A2 Cricqueville-en-Bessin B17 Carpiquet A12 Lignerolles A14 Cretteville A15 Maupertus A16 Brucheville A20 Lessay - оригинальны A3 Cardonville A4 Deux Jumeaux A5 Chippelle A7 Azeville B9 Lantheuil A17 Meautis A21 Sainte-Laurent-sur-Mer A24 Biniville A6 Beuzeville A8 Picauville A9 Le Molay B11 Longues-sur-Mer B2 Bazenville B3 Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer B4 Beny-sur-Mer B7 Rucqueville B8 Sommervieu Beauvais-Tille Cormeilles-en-Vexin Dinan-Trelivan Fecamp_Benouville Evreux Guyancourt Villacoublay Saint-Andre de l Eure Orly Amiens_Glisy Argentan Avranches Le Val-Saint-Pere Barville Conches Creil Deauville Essay Flers Goulet Hauterive Lonrai Poix Ronai Rouen-Boos Saint-Aubin Triqueville Vrigny Broglie Beaumont-le-Roger Bernay Saint Martin Airfields in UK Chailey Farnborough Ford Funtington Gravesend Heathrow Kenley Needs Oar Point Tangmere West Malling Deanland Friston Lymington Odiham Stoney Cross Chailey Farnborough Ford Friston Funtington Gravesend Kenley Needs Oar Point Tangmere West Malling Edited February 24, 2023 by MAESTR0 22 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marez Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Oh my God!!! This is incredible. It's going to be the best map in DCS. The amount of detail is insane. Congratulations for the great job. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorBrasil Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Marez said: Oh my God!!! This is incredible. It's going to be the best map in DCS. The amount of detail is insane. Congratulations for the great job. This map will make me fly WWII again. 1 |Motherboard|: Asus TUF Gaming X570-PLUS, |WaterCooler|: Corsair H115i Pro, |CPU|: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, |RAM|: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, |SSD|: Kingston A2000 500GB M.2 NVMe, |SSD|: Kingston 2.5´ 480GB UV400 SATA III, |SSHD|: Seagate Híbrido 2TB 7200RPM SATA III, |GPU|: MSI Gaming 980Ti, |Monitor|: LG UltraWide 34UM68, |Joystick 1|: Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog, |Joystick 2|: T.Flight Rudder Pedals, |Head Motion|: TrackIr 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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