DCS: Kola map by Orbx in Early Access available now!

[Graphics]

03 May 2024

Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends, 

We are thrilled to announce the early access launch of the all new DCS: Kola map by Orbx. This latest addition to our growing list of maps offers you a new ‘green’ terrain, covering one of the most spectacular peninsulas in the world. At the frontiers of northern Scandinavia and Russia, DCS: Kola offers impressive immersion and great new game play opportunities for WWII, Cold War and Modern combat scenarios. 

The DCS: Kola map spans an extensive area that features the rugged terrain and dramatic coastlines that define the Kola Peninsula. It covers northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Russian Murmansk Oblast and parts of the Karelia region. The map also includes large areas of the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea to the north and west, ideal for aircraft carrier operations. The DCS: Kola map by Orbx is based on the current-day with some allowance for late-Cold War military features and functionality. Watch the launch video today. Enjoy!

Whilst in early access, DCS: Kola is available with -20% savings. Enjoy! 

Thank you for your passion and support.

Yours sincerely, 
 

Kola map by Orbx Systems

Early access

Orbx is pleased to announce that its DCS: Kola map is now available in early access. The map covers northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Russian Murmansk Oblast and parts of the Karelia region. It also includes large areas of the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea to the north and west, ideal for aircraft carrier operations.
The DCS: Kola early access release is offered with a special 20% discount ($55.99 USD), for a limited time whilst the Orbx team work to expand the content, detail, number of air bases, cities, towns, villages and infrastructure. The map price may also increase accordingly, so make sure you secure your discounted version now.
The early-access release of DCS: Kola focuses on a large area that spans the Finland/Russia border and encompasses, central Finland and the western parts of the Murmansk and Karelia regions of Russia (see map). Within that subregion are several higher detailed areas, centered on airports in Finland (Rovaniemi, Kemi Tornio plus two road airbases), and Russia (Olenegorsk, Severomorsk 1, Severomorsk 3, Monchegorsk, and Murmansk International), and their urban and rural surroundings and infrastructure. Outside of this focus area, two airports in Norway (Bodo and Laksekv) and three in Sweden (Kalixfors, Kiruna, and Jokkmokk) are functional but not fully detailed yet.
 

Key Features of the Early-Access Release

• Complete base terrain for the entire map area, with detailed topography, summer ground textures summer, shorelines, and lakes and rivers.
• An initial focus area spans the Finland/Russia border and encompasses central Finland and the western parts of the Murmansk and Karelia regions of Russia (see map).
• Four high-detail areas, focusing on two airports in Finland (EFRO, EFKE) and five in Russia (XLMV, ULAK, RU-1110, RU-4464, ULMM), and their urban and rural surroundings and infrastructure.
• Two road runways in Finland, near Rovaniemi and Sodankylä, respectively.
• Two additional airports in Norway (ENBO and ENNA) and two in Sweden (ESNQ, ESUK, and ESNG) are functional but not fully detailed at early-access release.
• Significant civilian POIs include bridges, vertical obstructions, monuments, hydro dams, power stations, port facilities, landmark buildings, open-pit mines, towns and small villages, and industrial sites.
• Improved night lighting for cities and towns.
• Main road and railroad network, with bridges and tunnels, which are connected across the map that allows long-distance AI routing.
• Natural landmarks and geographic features, such as Norwegian fjords, detailed coastlines, snowfields, forests and wetlands, tens of thousands of lakes, and large river systems.
• Map features represent the current era but includes allowances for the late-Cold War era – e.g., operational road runways and fully functioning Russian air bases – to enhance mission options.
• The Orbx team is collaborating with experienced DCS campaign creators Baltic Dragon and Reflected Simulations to create engaging campaigns.

 Additional Features after Early-Access Release                    

•  Complete set of winter textures that load dynamically based on mission date to accurately represent the cold and harsh climate of the Kola area.
• Additional detailed military airfields, including Andøya, Bardufoss, Kirkenes, Evenes, Vidsel, Kilpyavr, Alakkurti, and others.
•  Additional military installations like naval and army bases, barracks, ports, storage areas, training areas/ranges, radar and communication sites, and air defense sites.
•  Additional Cold War Era Swedish and Finnish road runways.
•  Additional civilian airports, including Tromsø, Hammerfest, Ivalo, Luleå, and others.
•  Additional detailed cities and towns, POIs, and industrial sites.
•  Improvements to landscape features and detail, as well as additional areas with high-resolution aerial orthoimagery.

Available now at only $55.99

Go to shop

[YoYo]

Thx!

 

Edited May 3, 2024 by YoYo

[LordOrion]

145 gigs!!

[Beirut]

Not on Steam yet

[exhausted]

Dream come true! Let the writing begin!!

[corbu1]

….and purchased!!!!

[YoYo]

8 minutes ago, Beirut said:

Not on Steam yet

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778890/DCS_Kola_Map_by_Orbx/

[Raisuli]

2 minutes ago, corbu1 said:

….and purchased!!!!

Purchased, not in module manager yet.  Figure it'll show up eventually; expect quite a bit of interest in this.

[PLUTON]

Merci

[Beirut]

5 minutes ago, YoYo said:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778890/DCS_Kola_Map_by_Orbx/

 

Saw it, thank you. 

[mac_jim]

I'll need to order a new 2TB SSD, with this & the Afghanistan map I'll run out of space

[SloppyDog]

35 minutes ago, YoYo said:

Thx!

 

 

"No Razbam products were harmed during the making of this movie" - that send us F-15E users a sad message... 

 

Beautiful map, though. 

 

And I hope someone remakes the old Jane's F/A-18 campaign for this map.

[MAXsenna]

@Graphics
You might wanna alter the text a little as Finland is part of the Nordic countries and Fennoscandia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennoscandia?wprov=sfla1), but not Scandinavia.
Cheers!

Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk

[Beirut]

Bought one for me and gifted one. 

 

Gotta keep my sig up to date.

[zeufman]

48 minutes ago, Raisuli said:

Purchased, not in module manager yet.  Figure it'll show up eventually; expect quite a bit of interest in this.

need to update DCS

[Marshallman]

Downloading!  3hrs Frickin Pigeon post in Wales UK!!

Nimbus

Edited May 3, 2024 by Marshallman

[SloppyDog]

Already on Steam where I live. Buying...

[Raisuli]

Just now, zeufman said:

need to update DCS

Yeah, I thought of that.  Right after you said something... 

Now I get to re-save those seven scripts, twice, because I'm a goober.

[westr]

Without wanting to sound like a broken record I’ll need to see about VR performance before making a purchase on this map. I really hope it’s good I’d like an alternative to Caucasus region. 

[YoYo]

Im downloading now.

[FFalcon]

Payment via PayPal is not available?

[Raisuli]

1 minute ago, FFalcon said:

Payment via PayPal is not available?

worked for me

[Archangel44]

Cool map, however, dropping lower in altitude as in landing, frame rates are taking a beating.

Hopefully it’s just my rig, but my older rig does well on other maps so I dunno.

Update, now all of the maps I have are producing low frame rates. Perhaps the little update that was let out.

Edited May 4, 2024 by Archangel44

[YoYo]

Edited May 3, 2024 by YoYo

[T.Power]

I gave in to FOMO, I flew my Hind on my usual settings, Slartibartfast approves, lovely crinkly edges, he won an award you know.