Caucasus map graphics update....Pls!!!

[Ironhand]

4 hours ago, SilentSparrow said:

My entire point is that the map should model every part of the map.

Sure. It’d be nice to have Romania, Bulgaria, Moldava, and Ukraine fully modeled but that was never its intent. The Black Sea is there to give the Kuznetsov and other ships somewhere to sail other than immediately off the Caucasus coast. 

[freehand]

What is " Think he called it ********* in a Discord Post " ?

[Logan54]

Very interested in Caucasus V2.0 And wish more old ATC towers therenull

[cfrag]

On 5/11/2023 at 4:49 PM, SilentSparrow said:

My entire point is that the map should model every part of the map.

That's certainly something we could hope for. Then again, to me maps in games are abstract entities that exist as a foundation where we can put our pieces to play on. It surely would be a nice addition if it retained some semblance to reality, but - especially for a free map like Caucasus or Marianas - a reasonable trade-off to playability is acceptable to me. Unfortunately, I've never in my life had the opportunity to visit the Caucasus region (although I'll try and make a visit to Batumi in the next few years) - so there is no way for me to compare that map to personal experience. Unlike the Nevada, Normandy, Syria and Sinai maps, all regions that I am privileged to have had visited before. To be honest, they don't exactly reflect what I remember from my visits there either. But that's not an issue for me. What matters to me is that we receive another set piece (theater) to play on. 

And wrt 'the map should model every part of the map' - it does. It simply doesn't reflect reality in some parts. [And don't get me started on the 'Persian Gulf' map that doesn't map out the Persian Gulf, just the Strait of Hormuz region. And still I'm ok with that - another foundation to play my games on.] 

... going through the various map regions (Caucasus, Syria, SA, ...) with Google Earth (hey, Google Earth VR is awesome for this!) also reveals many obvious discrepancies. I'm not sure what it is you are looking for in a map. If it's accuracy in relation to the real world, then yeah, there's a lot room to improve, in all maps. If it's fitness to play a fun DCS mission, then IMHO Caucasus is one of the best for my playstyle (followed by Syria). It doesn't require a high degree of realism for that, merely geographic features that allow a certain playstyle. That's what I'm looking for in maps: a fun foundation for missions, good looks, and good performance. For me, accuracy trails behind by a far margin. YMMV (and it apprarently does  )

[Sukhoi-37 Terminator]

I wish some low poly trees can be created as static objects from ED team in the next update this can work out quite well.