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[markturner1960]

Definitely doing that on next upgrade, it’s just that, like the modules I own, I don’t seem to fly most of them and the terrains are the same. 

[Beirut]

6 hours ago, markturner1960 said:

Definitely doing that on next upgrade, it’s just that, like the modules I own, I don’t seem to fly most of them and the terrains are the same. 

 

I see the maps and modules being like different kinds of donuts where each requires a bite. 

 

Last night I felt like doing some landings in Iraq in the Phantom - I like when my WSO pats me on the head and tells me how great I am - and then I felt like doing some landing in Kola. And then the NTTR, Then I switched planes and did more landings on more maps. (I love landings, you see.) So I ended up in the F4, F5, F-15E, F-16, and F-18, just tooling around from map to map, different landing, different weather. Great fun. 

 

That said, the Iraq map is great! and I need an new DCS-dedicated 2TB NVME. 

[freehand]

I just installed a 2TB but didn't have enough space so I saved 5 parts of DCS all over my other drives then installed the drive & stitched it all back together again wham bam thank you mam done job. I had no intentions of re downloading again 

[ggrewe]

Really loving this map

Got down and dirty & did a "Thunder Run" into down town Baghdad.

Enjoyed that most of the generic building & objects were destructible.

P.S. I'm just finishing off the M1A1 & 2 Abrams liveries in the pics & will release as a pack in the next few days

Links Added:

US M1A2 Abrams HD livery pack 1 for "Operation Iraqi Freedom"

US M1A1 Abrams HD livery Pack 2 for "Operation Desert Storm"

Edited December 21, 2024 by ggrewe
Added Links

[draconus]

8 hours ago, ggrewe said:

Cola & Bud

[ggrewe]

3 hours ago, draconus said:

Cola & Bud

Good spot! "Thunder Runs" can be thirsty work!

Working on Foster Lager & Ukrainian beer as well

[n0pe]

On 12/18/2024 at 1:03 AM, Beirut said:

Uninstalled Kola?

 

Scandalous! 

Honestly disappointed in Kola. The entire map feels off, the terrain textures are either overbright, or washed out with poor textures. Maybe I need to give it another try. 

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

14 minutes ago, n0pe said:

Honestly disappointed in Kola. The entire map feels off, the terrain textures are either overbright, or washed out with poor textures. Maybe I need to give it another try. 

sidenote, what is your color grading setting?

[Beirut]

37 minutes ago, n0pe said:

Honestly disappointed in Kola. The entire map feels off, the terrain textures are either overbright, or washed out with poor textures. Maybe I need to give it another try. 

 

That's too bad. I really enjoy it. But it helps that it's my kinda terrain. I also really like the ORBX airfields.

 

At first I wasn't much on Baghdad Int. I thought it was meh!, but it actually looks meh! in real life so that's that. I prefer Kola simply because I like the environment, but Iraq remains an excellent map. Can't wait to see what down south ends up looking like. I think it's going to be super nice.

[n0pe]

17 hours ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

sidenote, what is your color grading setting?

I've tried all sorts over time..Just something feels off, cant put a pin on it. 

[fargo007]

Baghdad is hands down the best modeled city in DCS. Really amazing level of detail and unique buildings.

[theropod]

On 12/16/2024 at 3:16 AM, VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants said:

This is my fault during editing...skipping the details, it was me stupid closing the original timeline and without taking the effort of redoing, I just reuse most of the original timeline, and did not notice the stuttering.

If you want to know how it performs in built-up area, please have a go with the video of Baghdad. It is taken by flying on a fixed wing so it should give you a good idea how it fares.

BTW, I am going to post the original files (both are longish) for your further examinations.

Just purchased and installed the map and I did a quick performance test while surfing over the mountains.   What I was afraid of happened to me, dense tree areas lowered my framerates.   down from 70 to 50fps

Yes, this is first release and I am keeping hopes for future updates.

 

Edited December 23, 2024 by theropod

[sirrah]

10 hours ago, theropod said:

Just purchased and installed the map and I did a quick performance test while surfing over the mountains.   What I was afraid of happened to me, dense tree areas lowered my framerates.   down from 70 to 50fps

Yes, this is first release and I am keeping hopes for future updates.

 

And here I am; Thrilled when I get 40fps, yet content if I get above 20fps  

 

Yes, I know, I need a new pc (just waiting for that winning lottery ticket)

[H60MTI]

I didn't see FOB Diamondback/Marez(Mosul) on the map pic that was posted. Any chance that might come later? That was a major airfield back in OIF. I spent the better part of a year there in OIF 07-09. There were always 3 UH-60L's there. A company of OH-58's. 3 HH-60L's for Army MEDEVAC. 160th was there. Air Force Pedro was there. C-17's IL-76's, C-130's. Definitely need that FOB/airport.

[Huilque151]

IRAQ MAP - 1991 DESERT STORM - POINT OF INTEREST, IMPORTANT AREAS, STATIC OBJECTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

Hi @NineLine, @marktuner1960, and guys especial Desert storm conflict fans. First of all, this its not a not happy client post, i love this map, i was waiting for it meaby for 5 years and i spend a lot of time (truly a lot) rejoin this information, i hope useful for the development team and to the mission editors reading this topics (Please help me to shared this file with the development team). Alright! this PDF include information, images and locations of::

1.  14 Coalitions main airfields  on Saudia Arabia.
2. US Navy & US marines corps land deployment airfields, FARPS locations and CV stations on sea.
3. 34 Iraqi and Kuwait major airfields and major FLOs targeted by coalitions during ODS.
4. 40 Points of interest related to:
   1. Coalitions leadership and command. 
   2. Iraqi leadership and command. 
   3. Iraqi Nuclear, Biological, chemical and conventional weapons facilities.
   4. Iraqi communications facilities.
   5.  Iraqi Oil facilities. (Included related to Kirkuk - Haifa oil pipeline; Backbone of Iraq oil industry)
   6.  Iraqi Power plants.
   7.  Iraqi Naval and port facilities.
   8.  Iraqi Rail yards and Bridges. 
5. Area of interest. 
   1. SCUD launch zones.
   2. Kuwait burning oil fields field.
   3. Ground war and aerial support operations area.
6. Static objects related to Air defense and Scud. 
7. Suggestions and finals word.
   1. attached files: 
      1. the English & Spanish version of this PDF.
      2. Google earth KMZ file (recommend used the Historical image tools) A few of POI structures doesn't exist today.) 

SUGGESTIONS & FINALS WORDS.

Westerns Coalition airfields. 

The Airspace available on this map its huge, i really glad of that, but, almost the 25% of the airspace its not operational usable, because, the only Easter disposition of the coalitions airbases will force fly only north west to reach the North and South Iraq and Kuwait. To allow the use of that airspace i will suggest add westerns Airbases or airfield even if that include a map expansion ( in some alternatives to west or only a little to south. 

• Including the bases of Riyadh AB, Al Kharj Air base, King Faisal AB in Tabuk and Al-Jouf FOB (Task force normandy deploy FOB).
• If that its not possible pleas considerate to add the city of Medina and its Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport. , model the city of Riyadh and its air base and the Al Kharj Air base and Al-Jouf FOB.   

Detailed modeling of POI and AOI.

Performing detailed modeling of the recommended POIs, especially Nuclear, CW and BW, and increasing static objects for the simulation of SAM and SCUD Sites would give a positive and significant impact to the IRAQ map, especially since many youtubers and gamers They recreate and will recreate their missions and videos on this map based on conflicts where operations were mainly visual (CCIP Bombing, LGB Bombing with TGP, Low level Interdiction, CAS, CSAR, etc.) where the detail in the objectives to attack and also the detail of the environment such as changes and esplanades is important in some specific areas mentioned above.

Increase Static Objects and fire effect.
We recommend making a complementary IRAQ ASSET PACK or simply adding new static objects to set the missions that we will carry out in IRAQ MAP with greater precision and detail. The statics related to SCUD and anti-aircraft defenses (Similar to SAM site assets pack) are especially important. Also please considerate make more bigger (10.000 & 20.000 ft vertical size of the Smoke and fire effect) to recreate the huge smoke column of burning kuwait oil fields.  

I hope this document will be helpful to the development team in the development of the map and to my virtual pilot colleagues who develop missions on this map.
I Hope everyone are having a nice holidays.  

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Attached# 1: PDF with more than 80 images of POI & AOF.
Google Earth KMZ File with POI, AOI & Airfields locations, images and aircraft deployment info. (Exportable to CF)

Operation Desert storm v 0.1.kmz DCS IRAQ MAP - Suggestions and points of interest (English).pdf DCS IRAQ MAP - Sugerencias y puntos de interes (Español) (1).pdf

ANEXO #1 pictures of POI V0.1.pdf

Edited December 26, 2024 by Huilque151

[rwbishUP]

The Iraq map, along with the weather/fog environment improvements, is fantastic. Especially for a new release. It will be incredible if it gets developed out to all Iraq borders, endless fun.

[Priest]

Got the map last night and so far I am impressed! It's gorgeous and absolutely love the terrain elevation detail in here even in the flatter areas in the north there's still enough height variation to keep the ground war interesting tanks aren't firing across the map at each other at max range.

[Ghostmaker]

On 12/11/2024 at 9:11 PM, pjbunnyru said:

nullultra

This looks very realistic. Is it only a small amount of the map thats detailed? 

[sirrah]

Sorry if answered somewhere in this or another thread, but did ED give any clarity on what we can still expect for the North part of the map in terms of additional scenery detail?

(I'm not asking for an ETA, as I've been here long enough to know we won't get that )

 

I was kinda surprised to just discover that Mosul Int. Airport (Camp Diamondback and FOB Merez) hasn't been modeled yet.

 

[draconus]

7 hours ago, sirrah said:

Sorry if answered somewhere in this or another thread, but did ED give any clarity on what we can still expect for the North part of the map in terms of additional scenery detail?

Check the FAQ and the interactive map there. Mosul is coming.

 

[sirrah]

7 hours ago, draconus said:

Check the FAQ and the interactive map there. Mosul is coming.

 

Ah yes tnx

(I did check the FAQ post, but somehow missed that interactive map)