DCS World 2.0 and New Maps Discussion Thread

[NineLine]

As a noob to DCS I am tryiing to find information about EDGE and this seems to be the thread to ask some simple questions:-

Will Nevada have to be bought to get Edge?

Will Edge also update the current map (my preference)?

Will I have to wait much longer before I get the EDGE?

 

Nevada is the first map to take advantage of EDGE

No

A day less than yesterday.

[Rogue Trooper]

Thanks for the answers, however.. Will the current map eventualy be updated?

[NineLine]

Thanks for the answers, however.. Will the current map eventualy be updated?

 

All that I have seen points to no, although I dont know that once the SDK is released that a 3rd party couldnt update it.

[Rogue Trooper]

If I read EDGE right though EDGE will improve CPU usage and GPU usage which is realy all I care about and that will apply to the old map?

[NineLine]

If I read EDGE right though EDGE will improve CPU usage and GPU usage which is realy all I care about and that will apply to the old map?

 

No, the old map will not use any benefits from EDGE as far as I know.

[Rogue Trooper]

oh...

[SkateZilla]

Hopefully Once EDGE is done, and 3rd Party Docs are done, they can work on re-Exporting Georgia into EDGE,

 

That way the Old Rendering Engine is rightfully retired.

[hannibal]

i think EDGE will be by far the best improvement to DCS.. i mean the thought of just taking a leisurely flight to and from point A to point B will be amazing... fun in the action of basic flight, instead of just gratification through the killing of targets..

 

im not sure what resolution terrain will EDGE offer, but when i see those OBX videos for FSX, i usually watch them in astonishment.. sort of if i was flying in some kind of virtual world.

 

my dream setup would be DCS Apache (with copilot/gunner) + EDGE + Oculus Rift

[Oznerol256]

i mean the thought of just taking a leisurely flight to and from point A to point B will be amazing... fun in the action of basic flight, instead of just gratification through the killing of targets..

 

The real fun begins if you turn off all the fancy shit that makes pure flying so boring. In the A-10C this would be the CICU, IFFCC, EGI/CDU and of course the F10 map. Get on the TACAN navigation!:pilotfly:

[SkateZilla]

There's not official statement from DCS Regarding Oculus Rift,

 

IIRC, NaturalPoint Doesn't like it when Developers use Multiple headtracking solutions, they want you to be TrackIR Only.

 

I've played with Developer Kits, but Writing a DLL Plugin is beyond me, im a graphics/hardware guru, not software.

 

However, I did play DCSW Using Rift for visual and TrackIr Clip w/ Pro and a Insane Curve to emulate 1:1 Movement better.

 

Seeing your keyboard and Exported MFD's will be a problem if you use them cuz you cant see through the unit, and the MFDs were blurry (dot pitch of the devkit screens, that will be fixed in the retail unit.)

[hannibal]

There's not official statement from DCS Regarding Oculus Rift,

 

IIRC, NaturalPoint Doesn't like it when Developers use Multiple headtracking solutions, they want you to be TrackIR Only.

 

not the news i wanted to hear. but just like free track, leave it up to community to come up with something..

 

people in the oculus world rave about how amazing and immersive the experience is, and cockpit oriented games like flight sims are prime candidates for using the technology.

 

anyways, this thread is about EDGE... i welcome EDGE!!!! let us move into a new world of where DCS fliers fly..

[Nealius]

The real fun begins if you turn off all the fancy shit that makes pure flying so boring. In the A-10C this would be the CICU, IFFCC, EGI/CDU and of course the F10 map. Get on the TACAN navigation!:pilotfly:

 

I've frequently had to rely on TACAN navigation and made-on-the-spot SIDs after getting the shit shot out of my plane :joystick:

[Oznerol256]

I've frequently had to rely on TACAN navigation and made-on-the-spot SIDs after getting the shit shot out of my plane :joystick:

 

I had to use TACAN a few times too. Its easy to use as long as you steer to one of the airbases with a TACAN station.

 

Maybe it is related to that but what do you mean by SIDs?

[Sundowner.pl]

Maybe Nealius meant STAR ? Because why would you need an instrument departure route after being shoot at ? ;)

[Nealius]

Oops yeah I meant STARs. Too many damn acronyms.

[SkateZilla]

I just fly low and fast and land where ever... hasnt failed me yet.

[Rogue Trooper]

I just fly low and fast and land where ever... hasnt failed me yet.

 

Is that in the Shark?

[SkateZilla]

Nope, in the A-10s

[Cedaway]

Will I have to wait much longer before I get the EDGE?

 

From last newsletter: 'We hope before the end of the year'.

 

( :devil_2: But no precision on which one :devil: )

[Mike Busutil]

EDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I see a lot of talk about "EDGE" but don't know much about it....

 

Is this a secret? What is it? Why is there so little info about it? Is it just new terrain? Is EDGE attached to the "Nevada" map?

 

Thank's for any info : Thumbup:

[ericoh]

EDGE is the new Engine. At this point i think its empty rumor

[mjeh]

I see a lot of talk about "EDGE" but don't know much about it....

 

Is this a secret? What is it? Why is there so little info about it? Is it just new terrain? Is EDGE attached to the "Nevada" map?

 

Thank's for any info : Thumbup:

 

EDGE has been called a lot of things, terrain engine, 3d engine, graphics engine, etc.

 

According to answers by producer Wags in an interview, it's the new image generator that will allow for larger, more detailed maps with higher number of objects, improved terrain height map resolution, as well as allow for better graphical effects *. Note that this is freeform from my memory and not at all an exact quote.

 

As far as I understand, EDGE is tied to the Nevada map in the sense that Nevada has become some sort of showcase for EDGE, and their development is more or less parallell

 

* I interpret this to encompass smoke, explosions, shading etc

[sylkhan]

I don't think, it has been mentionned somewehre, but as EDGE is a new graphic engine, is it possible to make it working on the 2 core (with sound), for DCS to start to become a multicore sim

[Chazz_BMF]

Oh boy! When I saw this headline. I jumped!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thought there might be some news :cry:

Edited April 18, 2013 by Chazz_BMF

[SkateZilla]

EDGE is the new Engine. At this point i think its empty rumor

 

Seeing as You Joined less then 2 months ago, and you have less than 20 posts total, you should not be commenting on what you think is a Empty Rumor, EDGE is very real.

 

 

I see a lot of talk about "EDGE" but don't know much about it....

 

Is this a secret? What is it? Why is there so little info about it? Is it just new terrain? Is EDGE attached to the "Nevada" map?

 

Thank's for any info : Thumbup:

 

 

 

Didnt Search hard Enough, or at all, did ya guys?

 

SEARCH, KEYWORD "EDGE", SEARCH TITLES ONLY:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80468&highlight=EDGE

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1309446#post1309446