DCS: Cold War Germany - update 2025

[Northstar98]

On 11/21/2025 at 3:00 PM, MAESTR0 said:

Notice the more uniform grass at the airfields, as you requested.

Indeed and yes - this looks a lot better and better represents what's seen in both modern day and historical satellite imagery - much appreciated! It's very nice to see feedback being taken onboard and actioned 

Though I would still say in some screenshots the mud/sand-like texture bordering paved surfaces is still a bit too pervasive, there are areas that absolutely make sense for it (like the inner German border as well as more minor tracks etc) but a lot of the time it makes airbases and roads etc look as though they were recently constructed or had major engineering work done - in the overwhelming majority of images, grass goes all the way up to paved surfaces, nearly exactly as it does to the hardened aircraft shelters and taxiways seen in the 3rd screenshot of Brandis (9th screenshot of the post).

On 11/22/2025 at 11:57 AM, CommandT said:

Maybe I'm wrong, but it also appears from the screenshots that airbases have a lot less random equipment scattered around them? This is probably for the best as there was a lot of overlap between the ground equipment on the East and West sides that was somehwat immersion-breaking. It's best to have no equipment than the wrong equipment for sure.

Completely agree with this - having no equipment IMO is the better path to take as that means it's up to me what I use to populate that particular area (which may include functional units) - having them baked into the map limits my potential options, which IMO, is at odds with DCS' sandbox philosophy.

I'd extend that to parked aircraft - it would be better IMO if these weren't scenery objects but were instead static objects that I can place as I wish. Having them as scenery objects essentially baked into the map means I lose out on areas I could've otherwise used as something actually influencing gameplay, especially at larger aerodromes.

DCS already has the functions to make and reuse map templates, so I only really have to do the work once. 

[Apache 64]

Am 21.11.2025 um 16:00 schrieb MAESTR0:

Notice the more uniform grass at the airfields, as you requested.

@MAESTR0 ... absolutely great news. Hopefully this also applies to the bases already included.