DCS: Afghanistan Announcement

[huchanronaa]

After seven months of delay, the remaining eastern and northern parts of the Afghanistan map have not yet been released, and a large-scale re-map is still being carried out. This is terrible!! This is a serious credit failure.

[T.Power]

Soon come, as they say in Jamaica.

[Weta43]

6 hours ago, Graphics said:

 

07 February 2025

Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, 

We are making steady progress on our upcoming Pacific Theatre of Operations for DCS. (...)

Many thanks for your passion and support, 

Yours sincerely,

But apparently not enough on Afghanistan to be worth mentioning it ???

Edited February 7 by Weta43

[NineLine]

18 minutes ago, Weta43 said:

But apparently not enough on Afghanistan to be worth mentioning it ???

We are getting close to releasing the next section, we will share it in the newsletter when it's released. Thanks. 

[Weta43]

10 hours ago, NineLine said:

We are getting close to releasing the next section, we will share it in the newsletter when it's released. Thanks. 

 Thanks for the reply,& that's good to hear - I never thought I'd be that duck making complaining posts, but the coms have been pretty appalling on this... 

[Guille H. Mono]

On 2/7/2025 at 11:11 PM, NineLine said:

We are getting close to releasing the next section, we will share it in the newsletter when it's released. Thanks. 

Lets hope it comes with the major update and fixes promised for the Southwest Afghanistan part.

[Ebphoto]

On 12/8/2024 at 2:30 PM, inexus said:

With the state that the Afghanistan map was in when it was released (and still is today) - yes nothing would surprise me from ED to try and make some more money. 

Brothers & sisters gotta eat you know!!!

[huchanronaa]

We are getting close to releasing the next section? It seems that the definition of time for "getting close" is different from what we know.
This "getting close" is over seven months!!

Edited February 16 by huchanronaa

[ddc196]

Is the vegetation in the mountains going to be added at some point? Checking a few area where helicopter events happened in Afghanistan, Operation Red Wings and Operation Anaconda, the vegetation is nonexistent. Some of the color on the ground makes it appear trees and bushes should be there (not enough in some places). I'm hoping this is going to be addressed in the future!?

Edit: Even some of the valley cities near rivers are lacking the vegetation they should have, Extortion 17 site.

Edited February 23 by ddc196

[Weta43]

12 hours ago, ddc196 said:

Is the vegetation in the mountains going to be added at some point? Checking a few area where helicopter events happened in Afghanistan, Operation Red Wings and Operation Anaconda, the vegetation is nonexistent. Some of the color on the ground makes it appear trees and bushes should be there (not enough in some places). I'm hoping this is going to be addressed in the future!?

Edit: Even some of the valley cities near rivers are lacking the vegetation they should have, Extortion 17 site.

I'd say it's just not finished yet - go look somewhere like the valleys around Bast or Langar - those are more 'finished' looking, but probably comparable in terms of remoteness & population density / vegetation.

[IanC58]

When are we getting more of this Afghan map, more than 1 year on now from first release?

Iraq map is also now 8 months on and no update!!

Edited August 2 by IanC58

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

8 hours ago, IanC58 said:

When are we getting more of this Afghan map, more than 1 year on now from first release?

Iraq map is also now 8 months on and no update!!

There was a huge amount of backlash from the community after the first iteration of the Afghanistan map, and ED noticed they can't get away with releasing such low-quality modules/maps any more. That's most likely the reason behind all the delays: to incorporate consumer feedback and generally speaking improving the overall quality.
Most people would agree delays are preferable over early releases of sub-par modules/maps, I bet...

[IanC58]

4 hours ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Most people would agree delays are preferable over early releases of sub-par modules/maps, I bet...

Its been over a year, what on earth are you thinking,

most people would probably want and/or expect a high quality product finished in a year, i bet...

[Silver_Dragon]

13 hours ago, IanC58 said:

When are we getting more of this Afghan map, more than 1 year on now from first release?

Iraq map is also now 8 months on and no update!!

East Afganistan expansion was launched on late February 2025, 6 months ago, no 8. 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/release/2.9.13.6818/