DCS: Syria update 2023

[Eaglewings]

Coming back after watching the appended short demonstration videos on the damage animation.
Waooo! That is just nice.
Am sure this destruction animation is a first in dcs maps. Is it?

Brilliant.

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Edited August 7, 2023 by Eaglewings

[Javier]

Great job guys!!!!  It would be a great detail to have the Muwaffaq Salti air base.

Edited August 4, 2023 by Javier

[draconus]

10 hours ago, Eaglewings said:

Am sure this destruction animation is a first in dcs maps. Is it?

Yeah, cool implementation. Simple yet convincing as first step.

@Javier Looks like the base is outside the map.

Edited August 5, 2023 by draconus

[Flyingfish]

22 hours ago, MAESTR0 said:

Hi destroyers!
"Add damage models to objects" - this was one of the most popular requests for the Syria map.
The peculiarity of modern buildings is that they are large in size or height. To make the destruction look more or less realistic, we divided large objects into parts and made a separate "damage" for each. When technology allows, we will be happy to make fully destructible building models. but already now you can diversify your flight missions thanks to this update

You know that we do not do for some unique objects of the destruction model, but there were so many requests that demags are now available for the original objects - the terminals of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Gaziantep, Paphos, Nicosia, Adana Hilton, Sheraton Adana, Haifa Tower hotels Panorama, Haifa Tower Sail, Damascus Tower, Limassol Olympic Residence, Platinum Tower Beirut, Sama Beirut, Assad Palace, Haifa Cooling Tower, Aleppo Power Plant and La Farge Factory.

In addition to the damage, we have optimized night lighting and optimized city blocks, so that all the additions will definitely not degrade your performance.

While your plane is being prepared, check out the pictures

 

 

 

 

 

Is this available now or is it coming in the next update?

 

Thanks

[AstonMartinDBS]

2 hours ago, Flyingfish said:

Is this available now or is it coming in the next update?

The update is already available in the current open beta. I don't know, if it has been implemented in the stable as well.

[Tom Kazansky]

3 minutes ago, AstonMartinDBS said:

The update is already available in the current open beta. I don't know, if it has been implemented in the stable as well.

If it is in current OB then it is in stable too, because till the next OB they are the same version.

[western_JPN]

14 hours ago, AstonMartinDBS said:

The update is already available in the current open beta. I don't know, if it has been implemented in the stable as well.

 

14 hours ago, Tom Kazansky said:

If it is in current OB then it is in stable too, because till the next OB they are the same version.

The current ob and stable 2.8.7 .42718 brings Syria map "new night lighting" and "destruction models for Aleppo power plant and Lafarge factory" (and right hand traffic in Cyprus etc.) from official changelog.

About new specific object destruction, released to the public are only those two.
I've tested in my DCS World bombing airport buildings of Beirut and Aleppo. They are not destructed as same as previous DCS versions.
The movies and screenshots MAESTR0 posted here maybe a teaser for a future coming update.

[MAXsenna]

Looks amazing! Huge applause!

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[pegasus1]

On 8/6/2023 at 11:55 AM, western_JPN said:

 

 (and right hand traffic in Cyprus etc.) from official changelog.

 

Traffic drives on the left in Cyprus

[Sn8ke]

Map looks amazing! However, CPU usage at 100%, memory at 90%, GPU at 100%. Not sure if there is an issue. 8700K @ 5.3GHz, 32GB Ram, 3090 RTX. Preload radius set to 65300, visibility range high.

Edited August 24, 2023 by Sn8ke

[MAESTR0]

Hi fighters!

Today we will look at optimization. The team is working on improvements to the map, but the more detail and uniqueness we add, the more effort it takes to optimize.
Hard work has been done on all areas of the map: models have been optimized, textures have been reassembled, vector data rendering on clipmaps has been updated - all this has had a positive effect!
We conducted tests on two systems: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x / RTX 2080Ti and i9-10850K / RTX 4080
When flying over a city, FPS increased by an incredible 20%, and while on a system with a 2080ti the average FPS was at 85, now it confidently remains around 110. When flying over a forest, FPS increased from 5% to 20% compared to the previous build.
When testing the 2080ti system, the fps was always above 105.
One does not simply release an update with optimization.  We have added 4 airfields:

• Amman Civil Airport
• Herzliya Airport (NOTAM: RWY LENGTH 1500M)
• King Abdullah II Air Base
• Prince Hussein Air Base

This will increase your flight geography and diversify your missions.
Explore new airfields and get ready to take off 

Prince Hassan Airbase

King Abdullah II Airbase

 

 

[Krippz]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing!

[MAXsenna]

59 minutes ago, MAESTR0 said:

One does not simply release an update with optimization.  We have added 4 airfields:

Excellent! Begs the question though: When you are going to expand further into Iraq and Kuwait?  

[Eaglewings]

Thank you Maestro for sharing the update coming.
Those upgrade figures are pretty substantial
I looking forward to testing to see the optimization work on the map and of course those new airfield bases.

Keep up the good work.

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[gulredrel]

Great update, thanks for the continued work on the map.

[YoYo]

Thanks!

[Alpiinoo]

Good news!! How about Muwaffaq Salti Air Base? Very important base for missions.

Edited November 11, 2023 by Alpiinoo

[[.ID] Jupiter]

Love it! Great job for The Dev!

[schurem]

Wow, nice!

[joker62]

Outstanding! Thanks for your nice work.

[PunchOut]

4 hours ago, Alpiinoo said:

Good news!! How about Muwaffaq Salti Air Base? Very important base for missions.

 

This. So much this. 
Needs to be in Syria and Sinai maps.

Should have been there right from the beginning.  

[AstonMartinDBS]

This are great news, @MAESTR0!

Thanks to UM for the continuous map upgrades!

[fagulha]

Outstandig! great news!

 

Thank you for your efforts and work, keep up!

 

F.

[Hawkeye_UK]

Interesting, does this mean the map is being expanded slightly to the South given the new Airports listed, i mean Amman is right at the bottom, would seem odd to have a line of no terrain so close - Dead sea to be included?

[Hunter Joker]

Great! If You can do the same for Normandy 2 then You will be the top