DCS World 2.0 and New Maps Discussion Thread

[NRG-Vampire]

I'm guessing ED has a fairly small dev team?

 

well, actually i know a few people well who are experts in these matters (what Matt mentioned) and could help shorten the development time (...and more ;) )

 

- Mission Editor presentation and overlays

- Water rendering

- Airbase lights

- Building shadows

- Object LODs

 

so if ED or the dev team is interested i can give the names of those people :)

[NineLine]

You should have them go to Moscow and fill out an application then, but dont assume its lack of ability that is the issue, the EDGE team is a pretty impressive group of people, what they are doing is a large task, throwing more people at an issue isnt always the answer...

 

well, actually i know a few people well who are experts in these matters (what Matt mentioned) and could help shorten the development time (...and more ;) )

 

- Mission Editor presentation and overlays

- Water rendering

- Airbase lights

- Building shadows

- Object LODs

 

so if ED or the dev team is interested i can give the names of those people :)

[NRG-Vampire]

You should have them go to Moscow and fill out an application then, but dont assume its lack of ability that is the issue, the EDGE team is a pretty impressive group of people, what they are doing is a large task, throwing more people at an issue isnt always the answer...

 

gotcha :hehe:

 

just a question: is Luckybob-Zach in that EDGE team or is he still in the NTTR "sub-team" ?

Edited November 13, 2014 by NRG-Vampire

[shagrat]

throwing more people at an issue isnt always the answer...

Usually it causes further delay, as the people who know the project need to train the new staff on the project! So you end up with the team minus the people training the newbies and minus the newbies...

Only makes sense, if the project is of a nature where you can bring newcomers up-to-speed in relatively short time (if at all), so they can quickly contribute.

A lesson learned by a lot of project managers...

[NRG-Vampire]

A lesson learned by a lot of project managers...

 

▲ that was the problem

 

anyway, observing this train of thought looks the most economical team is the one-man team, because you can also save the time what spent on communication (between team members) :D

 

otherwise, if you want hundreds of trees be planted in your garden by gardeners then you will not use theirs services because you have to explain to them where/when/how big holes you want to dig by gardeners for those trees

congratulation, you can do it alone, for yourself :D you saved a lot of time

 

pretty sure you can confuse the simple but constant communication (which requires in a teamwork) an the master and servant relationship

or you simply underestimate the abilities of experts

[shagrat]

Let me be a bit more precise: if you are in the middle of a project, or nearing the scheduled delivery date and hope "simply adding resources will speed up things/save the day" in 90% of the projects you would have been better off with some nightshifts of the existing team...

It's not my wisdom anyway, a lot of professional project management trainers (the guys the company calls in after a project failed to do some lessons learned) agree on it...

Of course you need effective teamwork to accomplish anything in most business processes today.

Not much "one-man-armies" or "lone inventors" out there that can compete for long. And yes, sourcing strategies do play a role, also. All depending on the project, its timeframe, available internal and external resources and so on...

Sometimes I wish you could do it on your own, though! :D

[sobek]

anyway, observing this train of thought looks the most economical team is the one-man team, because you can also save the time what spent on communication (between team members) :D

 

Dunno what the smiley is for. You are exactly correct. In a thought experiment where each team member has the same productivity and skills, a one man effort will finish the job in the least man hours. Being a team causes overhead. Nothing out of the ordinary there.

[vicx]

Rewriting a rendering engine, a small team.

 

Tweaking models, textures and shaders could be done by a crowd, but that crowd would need to have the engine.

[shagrat]

Rewriting a rendering engine, a small team.

 

Tweaking models, textures and shaders could be done by a crowd, but that crowd would need to have the engine.

...and need to know how the engine/sdk/frontend works.

Place a Photoshop expert in front of GIMP and wait a few seconds until the whining and complaining starts... one of the GIMP developers would simply start working.

I know it is an apples to oranges comparison, but you will get the point.

[irfanahmed1979]

Exactly, we've waited what 3 to 4 years a few more months won't kill anyone.

 

Good one. I was really LOL and I needed it.

Edited November 14, 2014 by irfanahmed1979
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[mwd2]

I would like to see some vehicles with desert camo....!

[cichlidfan]

I would like to see some vehicles with desert camo....!

 

It would seem to be a necessity for the Hormuz map, if not NTTR.

[mwd2]

It would seem to be a necessity for the Hormuz map, if not NTTR.

 

yes, it is necessary:

 

Special Forces training at the Urban Operations Center

 

NEVADA TEST and TRAINING RANGE, Nev. -- U.S. Special Forces soldiers rescue the daughter of a village elder from a simulated hostage situation during a training scenario at the Urban Operations Center on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Oct. 21, 2009. Special Forces Units from all branches of service and allied nations use the facilities on the NTTR for a multitude of different training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)(released)

 

Source: http://www.nellis.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=9562&page=2

 

also for Green Flag, we need some proper targets!

[skinnadoor]

DCS World Is On It's Last Leg....

 

We all know EDGE and DCS world 2.0 is on the way... but if your in my shoes..... playing DCS for a number of years ... basically since the beginning and then upgrading my PC...(last month) you see just how Ghetto the current DCS world is........And that is OK. Because things change over time and change is good.

 

I am glad ED is so on the ball with DCS world... and 2.0 is going to be good and they are going to make a *$&% load of money.

 

It's was also a bonus they released the new Beta Su-27 when they did...giving the die-hards something to hold on to...... until 2.0.

 

 

Thanks ED

[sobek]

I'm getting extremely mixed signals from this post. :huh:

[skinnadoor]

I'm getting extremely mixed signals from this post. :huh:

 

 

Na... no mixed signals at all.

 

 

I'm pointing out the fact that the aircraft are outstanding... which is something they can work on and they do... continuously.

 

DCS world is not something that's easily replaced.. or revamped easily. I'm sure the team at ED is more jacked to get DCS 2.0 out more then the players are.... I'm sure they are tired of testing on the old architecture.

Edited November 16, 2014 by skinnadoor

[Beagle One]

The DCS cup is half full, and half empty!

[skinnadoor]

The DCS cup is half full, and half empty!

 

Hahahha... And that's ok. The entire flight sim world is counting on ED to pull this off.

[weeb]

I'm getting extremely mixed signals from this post. :huh:

 

Yeh, I understand where you are coming from m8, here in Scotland something being on its last leg/s means its about to expire, break down or otherwise go tits up. :thumbup:

However on "The last leg" means almost completed. Title threw me as well. :music_whistling:

[BIGNEWY]

The DCS cup is half full, and half empty!

 

the cup is always full, even empty space contains particles ;)

[skinnadoor]

Yeh, I understand where you are coming from m8, here in Scotland something being on its last leg/s means its about to expire, break down or otherwise go tits up. :thumbup:

However on "The last leg" means almost completed. Title threw me as well. :music_whistling:

 

I was born in Nova Scotia.... (New Scotland)

[Milli]

.....The entire flight sim world is counting on ED to pull this off.

 

No pressure then.

[will-]

OR.

[Scarecrow]

I had a feeling the title would be tounge in cheek. I been playing since before Hot Mountains got renamed. Can't wait to finally see the first true "Next Gen Flightsim"

[Outlaw24]

DCS on it's last leg, maybe. But 2.0/EDGE along with several bug fixes is badly needed and can't come soon enough, hopefully, before the end of this year.