Indian Ocean

[Rongor]

Access from the Indian Ocean supported by air2air-refueling would mean so much more possibilities.
The Baluchistan region between south Afghanistan and the Ocean wouldn't even require any detailed scenery, terrain only would be just fine.

Please don't miss this chance to include the opportunity for long range naval air ops.

Edited December 13, 2024 by Rongor

[Mike Force Team]

@Mike Force Team agrees wholeheartedly with @Rongor.  @Eagle Dynamics, please consider expanding the Afghanistan Map so that it allows access to the Arabian Sea or Indian Ocean.  The Tomcats, Harriers, and Hornets pilots would like to enjoy flying from the carriers across Pakistan en route to Afghanistan.  Currently, the Afghan map information reveals the focus is solely on Afghanistan itself.  Should @Eagle Dynamics consider expanding and charging for the Afghan Map expansion, I believe people will pay for it.

  Mike Force Team

[SteelPig]

+1

No need for high detail in these areas. I would fly over at around 30k anyways. 

[Minsky]

+1

Should be technically doable, since the length of the expanded map will be about 900 miles. That's only marginally bigger than the South Atlantic.

I can totally live with a very, very crude representation of that area. Like, "the western part of the PG map" level crude. A basic shoreline, some water bodies, rudimentary mesh and a generic sand texture will suffice.

Doesn't seem too hard to do, won't impact the performance at all, guaranteed to make a couple folks very happy

Edited March 23, 2024 by Minsky

[shagrat]

I second this idea. A simple extension (no detailed area and rough or flat height map) would go a long way to enable carrier ops and longer ingress routes especially for the coming C-130J or flying Tomcats and Hornets from the Indian Ocean.

[Minsky]

A picture worth thousand words, so here's what I mean by "crude representation":

These are Iraq and Pakistan on the PG map. Hundreds of miles beyond the detailed area of that map.

Doubt a lot of manual labor went into this. Probably just some leftovers from the data ED acquired for the region.

With Afghanistan, I would settle for even less than that.

[Backwards]

Just came to request this. I fully agree, we just need a very basic terrain representation of the terrain south of Afghanistan so we can access the ocean for carrier ops.

[AvgeekJoe]

Yes, desperately needed for historical realism.  Thanks guys!

[AegisFX]

Wait. There's no water for carrier/naval use right now?

 

Jolly bad show. We don't need a lot of details but I'm surprised this is happening considering how popular the 18c module has seemingly been over the years.

[Exorcet]

Water for this map would be extremely valuable, even if the terrain between is extremely low quality. The ability to fly from carriers and to perform long flights is only a plus.

[Gierasimov]

It's marked "not planned". 

Since in DCS plans are ALWAYS subject to change, the hope dies last...

[Rongor]

YES! YES! YES!


ED we love you!

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[Alpiinoo]

Awesome news for carrier ops!

[MadKreator]

14 minutes ago, Rongor said:

YES! YES! YES!


ED we love you!

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That was unexpected! Can’t say I’ll ever make that journey for carrier ops but good to see that ED is listening to peoples wishes!  That looks like a LOOOOONNGGG haul! 

[Minsky]

Despite all the ridiculous excuses from the PR team, it was quite obvious that this is technically doable.

Thanks to all artists and programmers at ED who pulled this off

[MAXsenna]

Pakistan-Indian/Kashmir detailed expansion incoming 2027...

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