More ww2 assets please

[Walshtimothy]

Hi all , dcs ww2 has never looked better ... but yet it feels a bit empty... can we expect more ww2 assets , vehicles , ships , aircraft etc to help populate the environment ? Also ship sinking effects need a lot of work. Cheers .

[Pikey]

I think this is a common thought shared by many. I don't think there's much comfort in this direction since the initial ww2 assets were funded by the failed 3rd party project many years back and there's another quote from Nick way back on the cost to create these assets being quite high. In this way i think DCS is a bit of a victim of it's own quality, i'd like a lot more AI planes and ships at the cost of some of that quality but it seems they want to model every nut and bolt these days.

[Reflected]

1 hour ago, Pikey said:

I think this is a common thought shared by many. I don't think there's much comfort in this direction since the initial ww2 assets were funded by the failed 3rd party project many years back and there's another quote from Nick way back on the cost to create these assets being quite high. In this way i think DCS is a bit of a victim of it's own quality, i'd like a lot more AI planes and ships at the cost of some of that quality but it seems they want to model every nut and bolt these days.

Agreed, for AI only assets I wouldn't mind sacrificing a bit of quality on the altar of variety. Ground assets we have more than enough, but more variety in planes would be a huge boost to DCS WW2.

[OLD CROW]

7 hours ago, Reflected said:

more variety in planes would be a huge boost to DCS WW2.

I finally could talk to Santa and his community manager answered me: ...... in two weeks..... for sure! Happy X-mas!!!

[Walshtimothy]

 

[Nealius]

+1, particularly more German ships and an option to replace the three pom-poms on the Uboats with a big-bore gun on the deck. As it is now a single Uboat or a single Schnellboot can destroy a 4-ship of Mosquitos. 

[WinterH]

Some destroyers wouldn't be amiss, at the very least a Fletcher class, and maybe a Type 1936 of some description. A British DD would be welcome too as our WW2 maps are both around the channel so far. Capital ships would be very cool for ship nerds like me, but I can understand that they're quite an effort to do, and at least for the Channel gameplay, DDs are probably more relevant.

I hope Magnitude 3 can eventually give us a Japanese destroyer too, to go along with their upcoming Corsair and eventual WW2 Marianas map. A Fletcher would go well with this setting too, of course.

[BIGNEWY]

Please have a read of our rules, and remember to keep the topic on DCS and not other games. 

thank you

[Walshtimothy]

5 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

Please have a read of our rules, and remember to keep the topic on DCS and not other games. 

thank you

no problem , I presume this was about my video showing ships sinking ? Ill just share still images next time . But while you are here , is there any eta on more ww2 ships and assets ? Cheers.

some nice examples of ship effects from older games , even these should ideally have some oil slick effect etc ... null

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[Walshtimothy]

6 hours ago, WinterH said:

Some destroyers wouldn't be amiss, at the very least a Fletcher class, and maybe a Type 1936 of some description. A British DD would be welcome too as our WW2 maps are both around the channel so far. Capital ships would be very cool for ship nerds like me, but I can understand that they're quite an effort to do, and at least for the Channel gameplay, DDs are probably more relevant.

I hope Magnitude 3 can eventually give us a Japanese destroyer too, to go along with their upcoming Corsair and eventual WW2 Marianas map. A Fletcher would go well with this setting too, of course.

I think a little more effort in this area is required .  as you said , normandy ao and the channel are same ao basically and the lack of ship assets without modding the sim is a major disappointment where shipping was such a key feature of these areas . fingers crossed .

[Gunfreak]

Am I correct in that there is a total of 4 ww2 ships.

2 troop carrier ships, a snellboat and uboat?

Edit: And Higgins boat

Edited January 1, 2023 by Gunfreak

[Walshtimothy]

1 hour ago, Gunfreak said:

Am I correct in that there is a total of 4 ww2 ships.

2 troop carrier ships, a snellboat and uboat?

Edit: And Higgins boat

 

sounds about right . 

[Nealius]

Revisiting to request more AI aircraft as well. With the Hellcat teaser, we have a serious imbalance of Allied/Axis aircraft, both modules and AI assets.

Allies (* denotes flyable module)

Spitfire*, Mosquito*, P-47D*, P-51D*, i-16*, La-7*, F4U*, F6F*, B-17, A-20, C-47

Axis (* denotes flyable module)

Bf 109 K4*, Fw190A8*, Fw190D9*, Ju-88, A6M5.

[Walshtimothy]

heres hoping