DCS: Syria update 2024 preview

[MAESTR0]

Hi fighters!
Congratulations on the map update. Let's see what's new.
The update was conceived as a minor one: we first collected your wishes on the forum and worked on them, while simultaneously conducting optimization. But in the end, we decided to add new objects and expand the functionality for pilots and mission creators: Attack aircraft, new targets have been prepared for you: many military bases have been added. Helicopter pilots, many opportunities are open to you, your flight geography has been increased. Check out the map: you need to deliver personnel and cargo to military bases, pick up a general from a new training ground, or make a difficult landing at a stadium.

What we have in the release:

The scenes of 51 airfields have been improved.
Improved scenes of 50 military bases:
- Syria 30
- Israel 8
- Lebanon 3 (UN bases)
- Turkey 2
- Cyprus 7
61 new military bases have been added:
- Syria 24
- Israel 17
- Jordan 5
- Lebanon 15
Helicopter pads have been added to 93 military bases.
Helicopter pads have been added to standard hospitals, stadiums, and oil fields.
New facilities have been added: a typical hospital, T-55, BTR-60, a gas torch, large flags, liveries for the a300, airfield radars, a weather site.
The territory of the central part of Israel has been added.
Missing parts of the aeronautical charts have been added.
The models were optimized.
Scenes have been optimized.
Fixed:
- increased parking size for F-4E aircraft at Sayqal Air Base;
- lighting in the hangar  of the Incirlik Air Base;
- taxiways at Muwaffak Salti airfield;
- the size of parking lots for C-130 and Il-76 aircraft at the Amman airfield has been increased;
- changed the Amman airfield icon in the mission editor;
- part of the fence has been moved away from RUNWAY 26 at Gazipasa airfield;
- Added an air traffic control tower at the King Hussein Air College;
- added an air traffic control tower at the King Abdullah II Air Base;
- objects on Patriot launch pads at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base have been removed;
- added runway and taxiway signs at Prince Hassan Air Base;
- TACAN upgraded to VORTAC at Prince Hassan Air Base;
- ILS identifier and frequency at Prince Hassan Air Base;
- relief of the monument to the unknown soldier in Damascus;
- relief Sanctuary of Notre Dame du Lebanon in Beirut;
- broken road and bridge near Latakia;
- many visible joints of earth textures;
- a lot of minor flaws in the relief of the map.
- the size of parking lots at Dumayr, King_Abdullah_II_Air_Base, Shayrat, H3 Southwest, Damascus, Adana, Abu_Ad_Duhur, Al_Qusayr, Aleppo, Herzliya airfields has been increased.

 

1. Military bases.
More than 100 bases across the map.

2. Tank training grounds.
In addition to the training ground, they include a military town, warehouses and garages for equipment, and helipads.

3. Hospitals with helipads.
Try yourself in the difficult conditions of the city. Watch your altitude!

4. Torches and helipads at oil and gas fields.
"It's not personal. It's just business" - fuel is always needed. You will have to transport a team of workers or guard these objects.

5. New objects.
Surely you have seen such flags, now you will have no doubts over which territory you are. Added civilian airfield equipment and diversified static liveries.

6. Night.
It's just beautiful

 

Fly, have fun, leave reviews - we read everything, but do not relax: we hope that in October we will be able to please map users with news about another  update.

Edited October 2, 2024 by MAESTR0

[Gierasimov]

For sure this it THE BEST MAP in DCS! More news in October ? Can't wait!

[MAXsenna]

We're not worthy!
Best map? You bet!
Huge thanks for all this!

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[Hiob]

Awesome Guys! Much appreciated! 

 

[Crash *]

You guys are killing me. So many new details. I am very grateful to you for making the best map even better.

[Roy35150]

Super stuff,

Thx Devs...

[WolfCat]

I've only checked out my favourite weapons range near Damascus (Mi-24 instant action), and was very much surprised to see how it changed. Tons of new objects, no cost to performance. Congratulations for that!
I need to get used to the new look, targets are much harder to spot now there :P

[gunterlund]

This is really great stuff. Thanks so much for all the work done on this map. Any chance of getting some of the small village buildings used on the map as statics to add on our own?

Edited October 2, 2024 by gunterlund

[Oesau]

Thanks for that - I echo everyone's thoughts here on a great update and I like the post that provides images and descriptions of what has changed/updated/added

[fargo007]

Really solid improvements. Especially from a rotary wing perspective. You brought this map from applause to a standing ovation.

[ThorBrasil]

The Syria map is really amazing with this update! Now I want to know what will come in the next updates. Congratulations! The Syria map is the most complete because it has been in development for the longest time.

[draconus]

On 10/2/2024 at 8:42 AM, MAESTR0 said:

Fly, have fun, leave reviews - we read everything, but do not relax: we hope that in October we will be able to please map users with news about another  update.

Much appreciated, thanks

[sirrah]

Can we vote Urga for present somehow?

[plott1964]

Could you possibly give us the locations [coordinates] of the images above?

[Volator]

Amazing map, amazing update. Well done Ugra!

[Kvek]

Thank you Ugra, without any doubt you are the best terrain 3rd party. Keeping updating and adding stuff to syria has been awsome. I'm glad that this last patch focused on millitary things. But I think that SAM sites its a debt that this map has.

I know that there are a few sam sites already, but this region is full of them in reality. At least you could moddel the most important one, like s300/400, s200 and patriots sam sites.

[RedFang]

Amazing work, thank you Ugra !

[AKULA_OPTIMUS]

Lovely, thank you for all the work and the updates!!!!

[Archangel44]

The other night, I created a mission to destroy a few scuds at the Rayak airfield. I placed the scuds in the area where there was a large cluster of airfield assets that are stock placements in DSC.

After bombing this area with a couple of 2,000 pounders, the implanted target area lit up like a firework show, throwing out flaming debris, explosions, craters and…it kept on going on and on.

Very satisfying.

If you haven’t, give it a try.

Edited October 7, 2024 by Archangel44
Speeling air-or

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Superb effort, thanks a lot! 

[draconus]

11 hours ago, Archangel44 said:

firework show

This is the effect of hitting ammo depot.

[Archangel44]

Isn’t it awesome  

[Aarnoman]

Thank you Ugra!

[Kvek]

@Maestro

Hi, we appreciate that you keep updating syria MAP. But I dont know why SAM sites have been ignored. There are a few sites depicted. Just 1 SA5 site (4-5 in total) is modeled, but instead of revetments there are bunkers. Would be nice an update of SAM sites. Consider at least the "most important".

Turkey: patriot at Incirlik AB and at a hill near gaziantep. Hawk at a hill north east from hatay airport

Syria:

SA5: kuweires AB, near masyaf, near homs, eats from damascua, north from Khalkhalah AB

S300: lakatamia AB, near masyaf

Israel: patriot near safed, at haifa

[Dangerzone]

Wouldn't it be up to the mission designer to put SAMS down where they want - not the map maker?