dooom Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I am trying to understand why there is not a robust Third Party terrain market for DCS as we see with the MDFS series. I see that ED has made tools available at the wiki for land development; is there any reason why a entrepreneur could not develop payware scenery for Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iran or Iraq/North Korea? Perhaps I am misunderstanding how terrain add-ons would work but wouldnt they be installs via Modman and required checks by Servman to ensure terrains are shared online? Is this in the realm of possibilities but simply not marketed or is there a barrier to this I don't see at this point? I would assume many of us would gladly move beyond the borders of Georgia for a decent price. Perhaps ED could use it as a an interim revenue booster by releasing payware terrains. Thanks all. ASUS Tuf Gaming Pro x570 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ 3.8 / XFX Radeon 6900 XT / 64 GB DDR4 3200 "This was not in the Manual I did not read", cried the Noob" - BMBM, WWIIOL
BTTW-DratsaB Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I would assume many of us would gladly move beyond the borders of Georgia for a decent price.. I cant wait to. I think I'm looking forward to them releasing the Nevada terrain more than the Sim going gold. I'd be very happy to pay for some more terrains also. Specs: GA-Z87X-UD3H, i7-4770k, 16GB, RTX2060, SB AE-5, 750watt Corsair PSU, X52, Track IR4, Win10x64. Sim Settings: Textures: ? | Scenes: ? |Water: ? | Visibility Range: ? | Heat Blur: ? | Shadows: ? | Res: 1680x1050 | Aspect: 16:10 | Monitors: 1 Screen | MSAA: ? | Tree Visibility: ? | Vsync: On | Mirrors: ? | Civ Traffic: High | Res Of Cockpit Disp: 512 | Clutter: ? | Fullscreen: On
mic1184 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 i wouldn't pay for another theater unless it looked really different from the current map. we got mountains, cities, fields, rivers, valleys, coastlines, sea, islands. what else would you like? desert? jungle? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] MB: DFI Lanparty UT P35-T2R CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3,6 GHz @ 1,328V VGA: MSI GTX460 HAWK @ 850/1700/1000 MHz MFCD: Eizo S2231 22" S-PVA RAM: A-Data Vitesta 2 x 2048 MB @ 960 MHz FLT EQPM: Saitek X-52 Pro, TrackIR 5
EtherealN Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 the Sim going gold Awh, I get nostalgic when people still refer to it as "going gold". The digital delivery era can change a lot, but some things persist. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
dooom Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 yes and yes to desert and jungle - i stumbled across Batou's work today on Afghanistan and it looks very very promising. I really do hope he charges for it for the amount of work he has put in. That said - the reason I seek new terrain is for the scenario building. Immersion is everything to me and the ability to build campaigns and PvP missions around real-world scenarios is appealing. Also when you fly online quite a bit, you actually can get a little punch drink from the redundant terrain. New Maps are always welcome ASUS Tuf Gaming Pro x570 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ 3.8 / XFX Radeon 6900 XT / 64 GB DDR4 3200 "This was not in the Manual I did not read", cried the Noob" - BMBM, WWIIOL
dooom Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 Also - is there any reason why the Lomac Crimea can't be offered up to an ambitious fellow for FC2 compatability? I would think the terrain elevation data, meshes, etc would all be there - what would be the barrier for FC2 compatability? Would it require a "ground up " rebuild similar to what Batou is doing? ASUS Tuf Gaming Pro x570 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ 3.8 / XFX Radeon 6900 XT / 64 GB DDR4 3200 "This was not in the Manual I did not read", cried the Noob" - BMBM, WWIIOL
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