DCS: Cold War Germany - preview

[frwind]

109.5 Gb

Edited April 17 by frwind

[bfr]

22 minutes ago, _JMax said:

Really great to see this map added to DCS. Huge download size: ColdWar Germany-205 GB  Caucasus -16.6 GB I just transferred DCS to a new 1TB SSD....but I knew at the time that I shouldve gone for more storage,lol. 

Iraq is as big now as phase 1 of Germany is (110GB) and similarly a WIP. Kola is also about the same storage footprint.

[TheFlyGuy]

Thanks for nothing ED. I've got my "Order completed" E-Mail one hour ago, but no chance to download the Germany Scenerey anywhere. Not from the DCS launcher, that only lets me download the outdated "Channel Map" scenery, and not in the Game's Module's section from the main menu. I wanted to download overnight, to play a little bit on the holiday tomorrow, but no chance. 

[Smashy]

6 minutes ago, TheFlyGuy said:

Thanks for nothing ED. I've got my "Order completed" E-Mail one hour ago, but no chance to download the Germany Scenerey anywhere. Not from the DCS launcher, that only lets me download the outdated "Channel Map" scenery, and not in the Game's Module's section from the main menu. I wanted to download overnight, to play a little bit on the holiday tomorrow, but no chance. 

Give the command line a shot: "DCS_updater.exe install GERMANYCW_terrain".  That executable can be found in the DCS "bin" dir.

[TheFlyGuy]

2 minutes ago, Smashy said:

Give the command line a shot: "DCS_updater.exe install GERMANYCW_terrain".  That executable can be found in the DCS "bin" dir.

Thanks! That worked. 

Edited April 17 by TheFlyGuy

[Fisu_MAD]

Downloading!! ... Server is busy, maybe tomorrow... thanks Ugra!

[Silver_Dragon]

UM Germany video, Easter Eggs...
0:03 T-62M?
1:00 New radars?

[dave76]

whaaaat ? is it out???? did not expect so soon!!!!!

thank you Maestro and Ugra so much

[flanker1]

Because I have no opportunity to download and try for the next at least weeks because I need a new performant PC and still saving the money for it, but I am surely one of the guys who are whishing this most for more than 25 years and stated this in the forum 1000 times (yes, UGRA and ED, you heared us. . . THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for this dream became true!!! . . . can somebody please post pictures of soviet airbases, Damgarten, Merseburg, Zerbst, Werneuchen etc. . . please with detail of shelters, radar installations and ground equipment etc. . . the more the better. Thanks a lot, can´t wait to see any pictures. 

Edited April 17 by flanker1

[ddc196]

I just spent an hour flying around Berlin and Hamburg. Hats off to Ugra. They did a great job. The detail is outstanding, beautiful map. Maybe needs a bit of optimization for us helo pilots down low but really, I can't complain much. Can't wait for the rest to get released. Again, awesome job!

[OneEyeRoss]

If someone who has downloaded it would please make a youtube vid flying between Fulda and Alsfeld and Lauterbach, I would be forever grateful!  Especially if it was a helo flight!

 

[Mootmoot]

Tested during an half hour , on my PC( rysen 7500 ,32 gig ram,rtx4070) it runs perfectly with every graphic option to the max and 1440 p :really grat job and fun hours for us in perspective !!!

Thank you Ugramedia !

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

6 hours ago, ddc196 said:

Maybe needs a bit of optimization for us helo pilots down low but really, I can't complain much

Neither can I: the lowest fps I saw was 35, while flying low over Berlin.

Can it be improved? Sure, probably but it’s launch day and remember Marianas when it first released? South Atlantic? Or even Normandy 1944? Those were nauseating slideshows down low. Even Syria had bad performance for a good while.

Ugra clearly did well on the optimisation front thus far

[bfr]

Really impressed. Did an Apache joyride around Berlin first up, then a blast over the same in the Hornet. I then jumped in the Hornet again and did a north-south run along the Inner German border from the Baltic before turning east to land at Berlin.  Never once did it feel like it was struggling. 

[gulredrel]

Back from my first flight. Awesome. Just did a tour from Peenemünde, norther east Germany around Rügen and back in evening lighting conditions. Need to fly down low in Mi-8 but the villages and cities looked awesome.

[pjbunnyru]

[Ahmadrizik]

Hello there gents! Is there a Highway Base like the one in Kola?

[Viking 1-1]

Fantastic map so far! Thanks, Ugra! Job very well done.

[Beirut]

This is one hell of a chopper map. Very CH-47 friendly. 

[ACID]

carte très impressionnante c'est surement une des meilleurs que j'ai acheté !! pas de saccades et c'est magnifique!!

[CommandT]

Hey guys, and Ugra team, please check out my review of the Cold War Germany Map. Overall hats off to those that have worked on this project. It's the best map to have been created for DCS IMHO and is a breath of fresh air compared to the constant stream of "Early Access" maps that are coming in like hot cakes but are so patchy and unfinished. Can't wait for further expansions and whatever improvements may be on the way. Truly a new staple for DCS maps.

My only remarks would be - it's a real shame to not have any road bases modeled. Perhaps something that could come in the future? I didn't mention this in the video but it would be a great addition. And I agree with some of the earlier comments regarding the dry sandy patches around bases and airports runways and taxiways - sometimes it looks a bit overdone. 
 

 

[VFXBLENDER]

On 3/20/2025 at 9:04 PM, VFXBLENDER said:

200?! Holy crap, my computer is DEFINITELY gonna run out of space after I install it. Good lord! It's gonna be the largest map in GBs in all of DCS. My oh my.

That would be a blessing. I'll pray every day for to hope it is so. 

 

On 3/20/2025 at 8:06 PM, Beirut said:

 

If it's under 100GB that will be a nice surprise.

Well, the map's 205. My computer's done for.

[Bealdor]

31 minutes ago, VFXBLENDER said:

 

Well, the map's 205. My computer's done for.

It's only ~110GB for now.

[Beirut]

8 hours ago, VFXBLENDER said:

 

Well, the map's 205. My computer's done for.

 

Amazon might be getting my money tonight for some new storage. I don't like having maps uninstalled but my 1TB DCS-only NVME can't handle all this map goodness.

[Woogey]

Dear Ugra @MAESTR0

Now that I’ve had a few days to go over the Germany map for DCS, it is done very well and dare I say probably the best map to release for DCS to date.  It is absolutely a solid foundation for many years of fun adventures to come.  I can't wait to see what kind of official campaigns come from this.

 

With that said, I do have some constructive criticisms.  The airbases all look the same and have very little character. The overuse the same generic hangars and buildings over and over is disappointing.  I hope that future updates may bring a little more life to the individual characteristics of each base.  Also, brought up a many times now here, the brown patches in the grass at EVERY airfield are overly exagerated. I get the vibe that UGRA media went for a late 1970’s timeframe. The color scheme they used for the NATO bases give a run down rusty vibe, which works for the Eastern Bloc bases, but not NATO.  Generally speaking, US Facilities but more than likely all NATO associated facilities have pretty well kept grounds.  Missing patches of grass happen, but not very often.  We mow our grass, and most bases would be considered "Well Kept Garden" like.  My suggestion would be to all but remove the brown patches from the airbases of the West Germany side of the map.  Doing this would give us the immediate recognition of which side we are on.  Similarly to how film directors use subtle light and color pallets to differentiate scenes for movie goers. 

 

As far as the Buildings and Hangars go, I recognize that compromises have to be made to optimize the gameplay and keep download sizes reasonable.  One thing that could help is to close up some of the Hangars and Hass Shelters.  If you get rid of some of the interiors of these buildings, then that gives a little more head room for custom details at a few choice bases.  A couple examples that I explored are Bitburg Airbase, and Giebelstadt Army Air Field. 

Bitburg Wishlist: Personally, I would prefer to see the base with the Tan and Brown painted buildings, The HAS Shelters in the Green scheme.  Minimize the brown missing grass patches. Add a custom Roether Memorial Alert shelter, add the missing weapons bunkers

For Giebelstadt AAF, Generic Hangars are re-used here again, and this is an acceptable compromise (even though the real live Hangars would bring so much Character to the base).  Unfortunately, the use of large light poles everywhere is not conducive to helicopter operations.  Also in your rendition there are a few prominent trees in the midfield that were never there real world.  Wishlist: is to "Green up the brown patches in the grass once again, Remove the light poles, and remove the trees.  Every picture I have found of the hangars had the doors closed. I know its a ton of work, but with the removal of the extra polygons for the Tree and Light poles, in combination with more simple closed up custom hangars could potentially yield no frame loss, and potentially not much more hard drive space.  See Below for examples of Giebelstadt.

To wrap up this lengthy post.  Thank you UGRA.  You have done an outstanding job, and I look forward to all that you will give to us in the future.  I Know that every base can't be a custom masterpiece, its just not feasible.  Maybe something like picking the top 5 most well known and documented airbases, and detailing them out with more custom buildings as "Flagship" fields could be the answer.  Or instead of top 5, maybe the bases that align best with the actual DCS Aircraft IE:  the New Eagle Dynamics F-15C main home will be Bitburg, Hahn for the F-16, or a Belgian F-16 base maybe, ETC. 

 

Thank you for this amazing WIP map. 

-Preston

 

Edited April 22 by Woogey
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