Shazzer Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 Are there any plans to improve the graphics. This is the first map that new players see \ experience. Also, the F10 map is horrible zooming in and out as well. 7 1
Rudel_chw Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Shazzer said: Are there any plans to improve the graphics. Doubtful, since Caucasus was already updated not long ago .. for DCS 2.5 if I remember correctly. 1 hour ago, Shazzer said: This is the first map that new players see \ experience. Not necessarily, the user can use the Marianas free map if he wants a more modern map. 1 1 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 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
MAXsenna Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 New lighting is coming, could make it better. One also have the @Barthek terrain mod and @Taz1004 better trees.Cheers? Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk 3
MadKreator Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Back in January,I believe, ED posted new pictures of Caucasus map. Idk if that was just a showcase for clouds, but there’s several shots trees and terrain, water and objects that seem to look better than what is current. Possibly making some modifications, or maybe just finely tuned theatrical lighting for the shots? I’d be fine with the ongoing lighting upgrades, better trees, mountain peaks without sharp edges. Maybe even, at a far stretch, a bit more detail to the static terrain buildings such as baked on/ fake Ambient Occlusion shadows possibly, bridges that look more like they’re part of the map, not a random object slapped on.. just some fine tuning to add a bit more depth.. I’d even be willing to pay for a “High-res/detail”Caucasus pack. Hoping with MT-DLSS-Vulkan, that more efforts will be made in the graphical realm… wishes Edited February 22, 2023 by MadKreator 1 Intel i7 13700k, ASUS rog strix z790A, 64gigs G.Skill Trident DDR5 @6400Mhz, Nvidia RTX 4080FE, 4TB, 2x 2TB, 1TB Samsung NVME, 1TB Samsung SSD, Corsair RM1000x, Corsair Titan 360 X AIO cooler, Lian Li LanCool 2, VKB Gunfighter Ultimate, VKB Custom STECS , MFG Crosswinds, Moza FFB, Virpil Collective, Track IR5, 48” LG UltraGear OLED & HP 24” touchscreen for Helios,49” Samsung Ultrawide, Streamdeck XL, Corsair Virtuoso RGB Headphones
Lido Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 I Agree. I mainly fly in the caucasus and I think this map heavily needs an update. The textures are super pixel like. Also the Buildings are just small blocks no realy buildings. Airport taxiways are super simple and lack a lot of detail. etc... Please give it a overhaul. I beg you ! 4
cfrag Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) While I agree that better textures would be nice to have, Caucasus is my go-to map for best performance. And if I had the choice between prettier pictures and better performance, selfish me would always prefer performance. So, if we can get some better objects and mild texture tweaks, sure. But please leave performance where it is - or at least not worsen it (better performance would always be welcome, of course). Edited March 8, 2023 by cfrag 3
Lido Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Am 8.3.2023 um 16:50 schrieb cfrag: While I agree that better textures would be nice to have, Caucasus is my go-to map for best performance. And if I had the choice between prettier pictures and better performance, selfish me would always prefer performance. So, if we can get some better objects and mild texture tweaks, sure. But please leave performance where it is - or at least not worsen it (better performance would always be welcome, of course). Agreed. With the Multithreading on its way (at least what everyone is saying) performance (hopefully) would not be affected too badly. The terrain overall just feels washed out to me. If you look at pictures of the Caucasus in real, vs the DCS thing, it is hardly comparable. And even if terrain and models stay the same, prettier Airports would already be a game changer. (At least to me lol)
Beirut Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 10:50 AM, cfrag said: While I agree that better textures would be nice to have, Caucasus is my go-to map for best performance. And if I had the choice between prettier pictures and better performance, selfish me would always prefer performance. So, if we can get some better objects and mild texture tweaks, sure. But please leave performance where it is - or at least not worsen it (better performance would always be welcome, of course). Yep, I have the same opinion of the Caucasus map, keep it simple so we have a map for "best performance", as you put it. And I don't think it's a bad looking map at all. A bit vanilla but still nice. I was playing with my settings to see what I could get and I did it on the Caucasus map and was flying around at 144fps. That kind of performance is addictive. I'm a BIG fan of eye candy and pretty pictures, but there are plenty of other maps for that. And anyone who loads up the free game and free trials has a best case scenario with that map to see what their rig can achieve. 2 Some of the planes, but all of the maps!
Lido Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 Am 10.3.2023 um 12:42 schrieb Beirut: Yep, I have the same opinion of the Caucasus map, keep it simple so we have a map for "best performance", as you put it. And I don't think it's a bad looking map at all. A bit vanilla but still nice. I was playing with my settings to see what I could get and I did it on the Caucasus map and was flying around at 144fps. That kind of performance is addictive. I'm a BIG fan of eye candy and pretty pictures, but there are plenty of other maps for that. And anyone who loads up the free game and free trials has a best case scenario with that map to see what their rig can achieve. With Multithreading being a thing now I think we can do both have a beautiful Caucasus and good performance. 1
thedisturbingspaniard Posted April 6, 2023 Posted April 6, 2023 If Caucasus / Georgia map is ever updated, including the main (and almost only) Georgian air force base at Marneuli would make it more serious. As, in, where are we supposed to operate Georgian aircraft from??? 3
SGT Toffee Posted April 9, 2023 Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) Additionally, they should look into the Mouth to the Maramara Sea because it’s completely blocked off with lack of rough terrain to the east of Istanbul. I’m sure you can take the map and take some of the textures to convert them into water bodies to make the river, but then one would have to scale large cities in the region. I like the map as it is right now, but it looks unfinished. Can’t wait to see what new large updates will come! Edited April 9, 2023 by SGT Toffee 2
SilentSparrow Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 Caucasus is called ********* by Enigma for a good reason. This is because the Caucasus map was never like how it is. This is because the bottom left of it should have water (Not Land) as well as Istanbul. So expanding Caucasus to Turkey (At Least) would be a must-do for DCS. 3
Dragon89 Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 14 hours ago, SilentSparrow said: Caucasus is called ********* by Enigma for a good reason. This is because the Caucasus map was never like how it is. This is because the bottom left of it should have water (Not Land) as well as Istanbul. So expanding Caucasus to Turkey (At Least) would be a must-do for DCS. Ooooh, I need to know when and in what video did he say this
SilentSparrow Posted May 5, 2023 Posted May 5, 2023 On 4/29/2023 at 11:54 PM, Dragon89 said: Ooooh, I need to know when and in what video did he say this Think he called it ********* in a Discord Post
Ironhand Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 On 4/29/2023 at 12:27 PM, SilentSparrow said: Caucasus is called ********* by Enigma for a good reason. This is because the Caucasus map was never like how it is. This is because the bottom left of it should have water (Not Land) as well as Istanbul. So expanding Caucasus to Turkey (At Least) would be a must-do for DCS. Out of curiosity, what’s ********* about it? The Caucasus map is the Caucasus map, not the Caucasus-Turkey map. And the land around the southern, eastern, and northern margins of the Black Sea merely served to depict the shoreline rather than have an unbounded sea. 3 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB.
Rudel_chw Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 On 4/6/2023 at 7:23 PM, thedisturbingspaniard said: If Caucasus / Georgia map is ever updated It was updated for DCS 2.5 ... and believe it or not, people were excited with that update: remember that this is a free map, no way it will have the same amount of development time as a paid Map. 2 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 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
YoYo Posted May 9, 2023 Posted May 9, 2023 As I remember from some news, they are going to improve it and some work is underway https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/screenshots/1571/ 4 1 Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9-13900 KF, RTX 4090 24Gb OC, RAM 64Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3600MHz,, 3xSSD+3xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: Meta Quest Pro
SilentSparrow Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 8 hours ago, Ironhand said: Out of curiosity, what’s ********* about it? The Caucasus map is the Caucasus map, not the Caucasus-Turkey map. And the land around the southern, eastern, and northern margins of the Black Sea merely served to depict the shoreline rather than have an unbounded sea. The Caucasus map is a map that covers the Black Sea. Thus, it should at least have water where there is water and land where there is land. Near Istanbul in the Caucasus map (Which is just empty, dry desert anyway), we don't even have that. 2
draconus Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 3 hours ago, SilentSparrow said: The Caucasus map is a map that covers the Black Sea. It doesn't! The only modeled area is from Anapa to Tbilisi and that's it. Everything outside is lower quality or nothing at all. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Ironhand Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, SilentSparrow said: The Caucasus map is a map that covers the Black Sea. Thus, it should at least have water where there is water and land where there is land. Near Istanbul in the Caucasus map (Which is just empty, dry desert anyway), we don't even have that. Even by your definition, the Black Sea itself is complete. Where the Black Sea has water, there is water. Neither the Sea of Marmara nor the Augean Sea are part of the Black Sea. There was never any intention to model the topography (or civilization) other than what we already have. That land is there simply to provide the Black Sea’s boundaries. 15 hours ago, YoYo said: As I remember from some news, they are going to improve it and some work is underway https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/screenshots/1571/ Those details are already in the map. Or is that what you're saying. Edited May 10, 2023 by Ironhand 1 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB.
SilentSparrow Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 16 hours ago, draconus said: It doesn't! The only modeled area is from Anapa to Tbilisi and that's it. Everything outside is lower quality or nothing at all. I know, I meant the whole map covers a little of what was the Istanbul area on the Southwest of the map.
draconus Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 5 hours ago, SilentSparrow said: I know, I meant the whole map covers a little of what was the Istanbul area on the Southwest of the map. Yet you fail to accept that's just the shore line far far away from any modeled area. That's why everyone tells you that the map does not cover it - I mean ignore it, don't look there, nothing to see here. 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
SilentSparrow Posted May 11, 2023 Posted May 11, 2023 8 hours ago, draconus said: Yet you fail to accept that's just the shore line far far away from any modeled area. That's why everyone tells you that the map does not cover it - I mean ignore it, don't look there, nothing to see here. My entire point is that the map should model every part of the map. 2
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