Normandy 2.0 FAQ **Updated**

[Art-J]

In that case you can always try acclaimed Skatezilla's GUI Utility, which allows lauching all these dcs_updater related functions by buttons rather than typing commands:

 

[sjebens]

Developers, would it be possible to get printable images of the maps (Map, Alt, Sat) used in Normandy 2.0?

I like to fly like in the 40s, just a map and a stopwatch, and I don’t want to rely on the maps in-game.

Thanks!

[QuiGon]

On 4/24/2023 at 2:36 PM, PorkFriedBryce said:

Please update the FAQ in that case, it leads users to believe that the trial version is the "full" version of Normandy 2.0
Thanks for the work, Urga.
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@NineLine He's right. The description is missleading as it suggests that the trial for Normandy already includes the full N2 version, but it actually only let's you try out N1.5.

Edited April 30, 2023 by QuiGon

[KoN]

So if i don't buy the new Normandy 2.0 map will 1.0 stay at low resolution like the photo below . This is in VR .

So let me get this Right i buy Normandy 1.0 many years ago 2017 ,   but now i get a downgraded 1.0 low resolution as i haven't bought 2.0  .

Or is this a Bug With very  low textures . As seen in the phots , All over the map . 

Edited May 2, 2023 by KoN

[Mric29]

On 4/19/2023 at 6:32 PM, NineLine said:

DCS: Normandy 2.0 Update FAQ

When will it be released?

Very soon you will be able to enjoy all the hard work done by Ugra Media.

What is DCS: Normandy 2.0, and what updates does it bring?
The new DCS: Normandy 2.0 map is a significant upgrade over the original DCS: Normandy 1944 map and will be a greatly enhanced experience of war-time Normandy. 

DCS: Normandy 2.0 is significantly larger than DCS: Normandy 1944 and contains: much greater detail; historical accuracy; texture resolution; much larger high-detail areas (including London and Paris); updated map objects such as models of buildings, trees, bridges, airfield objects, rail lines, roads, fences, poles, and more; many new and remodelled medium to small size urban locations such as new ports, airfields, factories, rivers, canals, and much more.

 

 

Hey, about historical accuracy could Ugra Media remove the FLAMANVILLE Nuclear Plant near Les Pieux and rework the mesh  near la Hague??? If they could also add "le Fort du roule" above Cherbourg, it would be great !

They did it for FSX...

http://www.f-bmpl.com/index.php/basse-normandie/281-pack-vfr-volume-bno-3da

http://www.f-bmpl.com/images/stories/BNO/vsig_images/Cherbourg_Fort_de_la_Roule_1058_486_90.jpg

 

Edited May 2, 2023 by Mric29

[Ala13_ManOWar]

14 hours ago, KoN said:

So if i don't buy the new Normandy 2.0 map will 1.0 stay at low resolution like the photo below . This is in VR . So let me get this Right i buy normandy 1.0 many years ago  but now i get a downgraded 1.0 as i havnt bought 2.0  .

Or is this a Bug With very the  low textures . All over the map .

No, you bought a map years ago and now you got an updated v1.5 for free (they've been too generous if you ask me), the low detail areas from before now are still low detail but detailed nonetheless since it were just barren before and now it has a low detail but detail after all, including aerodromes you didn't have. If you see that kind of graphics inside the previously detailed area something is going on, do a repair (or several, sometimes it helps even though it looks like it does nothing), check FXO and Metashaders2 folders deleted, all that kind of usual stuff.

If you got those screens outside the previous high detail area, yeah, that's what you get now, but bear in mind before there were not just "low detail", there were better said "no detail", nothing at all, not even grass. Now you have something to see (even in low detail) and you're compatible online with people who bought the upgrade, including all the aerodromes. Inside the previous high detail area in your N1 map, it's updated and similar to N2 in detail.

[KoN]

1 hour ago, Ala13_ManOWar said:

No, you bought a map years ago and now you got an updated v1.5 for free (they've been too generous if you ask me), the low detail areas from before now are still low detail but detailed nonetheless since it were just barren before and now it has a low detail but detail after all, including aerodromes you didn't have. If you see that kind of graphics inside the previously detailed area something is going on, do a repair (or several, sometimes it helps even though it looks like it does nothing), check FXO and Metashaders2 folders deleted, all that kind of usual stuff.

If you got those screens outside the previous high detail area, yeah, that's what you get now, but bear in mind before there were not just "low detail", there were better said "no detail", nothing at all, not even grass. Now you have something to see (even in low detail) and you're compatible online with people who bought the upgrade, including all the aerodromes. Inside the previous high detail area in your N1 map, it's updated and similar to N2 in detail.

Did a repair and moved the sliders low too high in options while sat in cockpit the trees don't change and all buildings look very low res . Even if slider is moved all the way too the right . ?

Too me looks like all of the map is in low Resolution . Ill test again tonight on 4ya server . Looks  a bit odd too me . 

[sthompson]

1 hour ago, Ala13_ManOWar said:

No, you bought a map years ago and now you got an updated v1.5 for free (they've been too generous if you ask me), the low detail areas from before now are still low detail but detailed nonetheless since it were just barren before and now it has a low detail but detail after all, including aerodromes you didn't have. If you see that kind of graphics inside the previously detailed area something is going on, do a repair (or several, sometimes it helps even though it looks like it does nothing), check FXO and Metashaders2 folders deleted, all that kind of usual stuff.

If you got those screens outside the previous high detail area, yeah, that's what you get now, but bear in mind before there were not just "low detail", there were better said "no detail", nothing at all, not even grass. Now you have something to see (even in low detail) and you're compatible online with people who bought the upgrade, including all the aerodromes. Inside the previous high detail area in your N1 map, it's updated and similar to N2 in detail.

Also improved performance.

[Ala13_ManOWar]

3 hours ago, KoN said:

Did a repair and moved the sliders low too high in options while sat in cockpit the trees don't change and all buildings look very low res . Even if slider is moved all the way too the right . ?

Too me looks like all of the map is in low Resolution . Ill test again tonight on 4ya server . Looks  a bit odd too me . 

By any chance, are you on Steam? Steam users have been having problems with this update, Steam platform has it flaws either.

What places/aerodrome/s are you at on the screenshots you posted? Are you definitely at a place where you certainly know is inside detailed area? Remember now you got aerodromes not seen before, but they're on the low detail area.

[KoN]

Flew tonight trees are back to normal and details on ground look back to normal did a uninstall and reinstall of Normandy map . 

The low res might well be in low res area . I seen Paris . When taking off

[DungeonMaster]

WIll the South East England area get any treatment?

[DungeonMaster]

On 4/25/2023 at 3:43 PM, Ramsay said:

Yet that is where Normandy 2.0's Maunsell Army Forts are placed i.e. there are 3 placed in a line across the Thames estuary in the general location of where the real ones are/were.

Tested in DCS Open Beta Multi-thread 2.8.4.39313

 

Howerver Dover Castle is not modelled

[Ala13_ManOWar]

On 5/12/2023 at 5:35 PM, DungeonMaster said:

WIll the South East England area get any treatment?

It's Channel's map area, hence kind of "low detail" despite it doesn't look like so (no Dover Castle, it's already on Channel map).

[TomeG2kc]

I'm noob, sorry.

I've bought Normandy 1944 and Channel and WW2 Assets Pack by Stream.

Is still possible to upgrade by $9.99 to Normalcy 2.0?

Or what I can do? Buy it for regular price?

-

Thx, Tom

[Art-J]

I don't use Steam for DCS, but just searched their store and the upgrade to N2 is available, isn't it? Not sure what's more profitable for you though - getting a refund for N1944 (if still eligible that is) and buying N2, or sticking to upgrade option. You'll have to calculate it.

[NineLine]

18 hours ago, TomeG2kc said:

I'm noob, sorry.

I've bought Normandy 1944 and Channel and WW2 Assets Pack by Stream.

Is still possible to upgrade by $9.99 to Normalcy 2.0?

Or what I can do? Buy it for regular price?

-

Thx, Tom

I believe it works slightly different on Steam, but check this link https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399900/DCS_Normandy_20_Upgrade/

[TomeG2kc]

3 hours ago, Art-J said:

I don't use Steam for DCS, but just searched their store and the upgrade to N2 is available, isn't it? Not sure what's more profitable for you though - getting a refund for N1944 (if still eligible that is) and buying N2, or sticking to upgrade option. You'll have to calculate it.

 

3 hours ago, NineLine said:

I believe it works slightly different on Steam, but check this link https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399900/DCS_Normandy_20_Upgrade/

Thank you for your help guys but for now it's look like I can't upgrade.

I'll confirm when I get back from vacation next week. Cheers.

[Ramsay]

On 8/10/2023 at 10:35 PM, TomeG2kc said:

Thank you for your help guys but for now it's look like I can't upgrade.

As far as I can tell the £9.99 Normandy/Channel Upgrade I purchased is no longer sold on Steam,

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399900/DCS_Normandy_20_Upgrade/

... however the individual £12.49 Normandy 1944 and Channel Upgrades are still there.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2314970/DCS_Normandy_2_Upgrade_from_Normandy_1944/

So while annoying - if you still want to get the increased area and additional details of Normandy 2.0, I suggest paying the additional £2.50 for one of the other Steam upgrade paths.

Edited August 12, 2023 by Ramsay

[TomeG2kc]

18 hours ago, Ramsay said:

(...) I suggest paying the additional £2.50 for one of the other Steam upgrade paths.

So, is this means I can buy DCS: Normandy 2 Upgrade from Normandy 1944

OR  

DCS: Normandy 2.0 Upgrade from The Channel

and then I'll have got full terrain and higher textures of Normandy 2.0 - same as upgrade not available any more?

[Ramsay]

1 hour ago, TomeG2kc said:

So, is this means I can buy DCS: Normandy 2 Upgrade from Normandy 1944

OR  

DCS: Normandy 2.0 Upgrade from The Channel

and then I'll have got full terrain and higher textures of Normandy 2.0 - same as upgrade not available any more?

Yes.

[Ramsay]

8 hours ago, =Skywarp= said:

I have both The Channel and Normandy 1944, but this upgrade doesn't download or install the higher textures.

My DCS is stable version and is up to date.

Any ideas?

The Normandy 2.0 "upgrade" doesn't "download" additional textures, etc., it is a licence key that unlocks them on the upgraded Normandy 1944 map.

Although the lower priced "Normandy and Channel Map" Steam Upgrade has been removed from sale

... it should still work for existing owners who bought prior to it's removal (my textures, etc. are still good).

This is how my Steam Normandy install looks, yours should be similar

If you still have issues the general suggestion is to submit a support ticket to ED

 

Edited August 13, 2023 by Ramsay

[Kappa-131st]

Does Ugra Media plan to finish certain departmental roads that stop in the middle of nowhere?
I am thinking, for example, of the roads between
 - St Lô and Gouville sur mer
 - St Lô and Granville
 - Granville and Vire
 - St Lô and Avranche
 - Granville and Avranche
- etc...
Currently, there are several major roads that stop in the middle of nowhere, and we are still talking about roads that are 20-30 km from the landing beaches...
We could hope that the area should be modeled with great precision

For example ; 
A convoy having to travel between Granville and Avranches is obliged to go north of Lessay to find its way... Whereas when we display the map, there are many direct routes not modeled!

 

 

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by Kappa-131st

[Rex]

On 5/1/2023 at 2:32 PM, KoN said:

So if i don't buy the new Normandy 2.0 map will 1.0 stay at low resolution like the photo below . This is in VR .

So let me get this Right i buy Normandy 1.0 many years ago 2017 ,   but now i get a downgraded 1.0 low resolution as i haven't bought 2.0  .

Or is this a Bug With very  low textures . As seen in the phots , All over the map . 

 

 

 

 

I don't think they lowered the resolution on 1.0, but you're doing yourself a significant disservice by not upgrading to 2.0

Not trying to be flippant about finances, I'm not rich and I know budgets can be tight, but the upgrade is grossly underpriced IMHO.  The addition of London and Paris alone is worth three times the upgrade price.  The level of detail is so different we're lucky to even get an "upgrade" price. 

Get it, quick, before they realize their mistake.

When I was a small child, my mother used to tell me, "Rex, some day you must avenge Germany's terribly loss, but you must do it virtually, using the technology of days to come."

It wasn't until Normandy 2.0 came out that I truly understood just what she meant.  Now, I drop Spitfires like Dave Chapelle drop microphones ... I drop Thunderbolts like well-fed horses drop road apples ... I drop Mustangs like Justin Timberlake drops panties ... I drop ...  well, you get the idea.

Join us, and may the force be with you!

Edited March 3, 2024 by Rex

[KoN]

On 3/3/2024 at 12:28 AM, Rex said:

 

I don't think they lowered the resolution on 1.0, but you're doing yourself a significant disservice by not upgrading to 2.0

Not trying to be flippant about finances, I'm not rich and I know budgets can be tight, but the upgrade is grossly underpriced IMHO.  The addition of London and Paris alone is worth three times the upgrade price.  The level of detail is so different we're lucky to even get an "upgrade" price. 

Get it, quick, before they realize their mistake.

When I was a small child, my mother used to tell me, "Rex, some day you must avenge Germany's terribly loss, but you must do it virtually, using the technology of days to come."

It wasn't until Normandy 2.0 came out that I truly understood just what she meant.  Now, I drop Spitfires like Dave Chapelle drop microphones ... I drop Thunderbolts like well-fed horses drop road apples ... I drop Mustangs like Justin Timberlake drops panties ... I drop ...  well, you get the idea.

Join us, and may the force be with you!

 

I'm in and yes the map is awesome

[Hiob]

2 hours ago, KoN said:

I'm in and yes the map is awesome

It is, but I have one serious issue with it.

When you look into the sun, you see the bright sight of the trees, and when you look away from the sun, you see the dark side of the trees. Shouldn’t it be the other way round?

I can’t unsee it and it gives me the creeps. 

Edited March 23, 2024 by Hiob