reported Map objects cannot be destroyed

[KevinAu]

Has anybody else noticed that map objects, like buildings cannot be destroyed anymore? You can drop as many and as big a bomb on a map object but they will have no visible damages. The only way to destroy a building is to script it out at mission start to show wreckage there upon starting a mission. This bug completely porks the ground attack aspect of this game.

[Flappie]

Which map are you talking about? If it's Caucasus, are you using DCS Release or Open Beta version?

[KevinAu]

I’ve tested on three maps, caucasus, nellis and marianas on the current dcs release version.
 

Caucasus map structures, from smallest residential to large buildings, are impervious to any kind or amount of aerial or ground fire (except for the light brown structure labelled ‘garage’, this is the only thing that can be destroyed that I have found so far in this latest update). This was testing with as many as 12 1500kg bombs dropped directly and accurately on the structure by 4 ai su-34s.  No fire, no effect at all, just the visible blast from initial impact.

On the Nellis map, map structures respond correctly to been struck by aerial ordnance. I destroyed chinatown pretty handily in the testing with nothing bigger than fab500s. Though artillery fire only seems to effect parked map cars and other minor street objects…hmmm.

On the marianas map, only small single residence residential structures seem to be destroyable. For example, a small two story office type structure labelled ‘shop’ at the olf orote port withstood 24 fab500s from 4 ai j-11s. Other small warehouse type structures withstood multiple similar hits as well. Though they burned, at the end, they were all intact with no visible damage. However, at nearby lockwood terrace, multiple single residential structures were destroyed by a single pass by a j-11 with 4 fab500s.

[Flappie]

Then you'll be happy to know that Caucasus got fixed in OB very recently.

I don't know about Marianas. If you can share a short track showing issues with this terrain, I'll be happy to report them to devs.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Flappie

[KevinAu]

Release. Not the open beta. 

[Flappie]

Yes, I know. I meant that this Caucasus issue will soon get fixed in Release too, since OB got fixed.

[KevinAu]

Ok thanks, that is good news. I will try to upload a trk in a few days of the marianas where objects aren’t getting destroyed like they probably should be.

[KevinAu]

Here is a trk showing how indestructible one random civilian commercial structure on the marianas map is. Hit by two flights of H6 bombers dropping dumb bombs and then six cruise missiles, the 'shop' building at the port is unscathed after the fire dies out. While a separate flight of H6s that carpet bomb the Lockwood Terrace residential neighborhood does manage to leave a few houses destroyed.

BOMB INEFFECTIVE_1.trk

[KevinAu]

The invincible buildings in the caucasus issue is indeed fixed now. Any chance of fixing the invincible buildings on the marianas map as well on the next update?

[Flappie]

I tested this with the handy Scenery Destruction action: most buildings have no destroyed model, which is why they look invincible.

Issue reported.