DCS World 2.0 and New Maps Discussion Thread

[Winfield_Gold]

a little bug.... check the shadows, that misaligned ;)

 

I love the shadow effects, especially the one with the vehicles. Even the side mirror casts a shadow over the bonnet.

Edited April 11, 2014 by Winfield_Gold

[Ryback]

I have 5888 Stream Processors and 9 GB of VRAM Overlocked waiting...

 

Is that your expectation or another 5+ years of waiting for the appropriate hardware? :music_whistling:

[Cedaway]

a little bug.... check the shadows, that misaligned ;)

 

Noticed that too. That makes fell the objects are 'hovering' a bit above the ground...

Anyway, the reflections on the Mi-8 glasses are superb. The controllable FOV settings is a brilliant idea. I'm eager to have it installed on my disk. One of the remaining question is about the framerate... I guess my GTX770OC will have to run at its best.

Thank you Matt and thanks ED for the work. Take your time to bake it well (but not too much ;) )

 

Is that your expectation or another 5+ years of waiting for the appropriate hardware? :music_whistling:

 

The GeForce GTX880 is foreseen for the end of the year.

Rumors say: GeForce GTX 880 video card will be powered by a graphics processing unit called GM204. Said graphics processing unit will have 3,200 CUDA cores, 200 TMUs (texture mapping units), 32 ROPs (raster operating units) and a GDDR5 (4Gb) memory interface of 256 bits. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 880 Maxwell graphics card will likely come to market before the end of the year, but not in the third quarter. Its GPU clocks will be of around 900 MHz / 950 MHz GPU Boost, while the memory will operate at 7.4 GHz.

Again, these numbers are all speculative, in no way confirmed by NVIDIA itself, and they won't be for some more months still. If they do get confirmed, so will the 238 GB/s memory bandwidth and TDP of 230W (thermal design power).

Nevertheless, these are the specs, as the people on the web expect them. They probably aren't accurate, but they're more than was available before now. (Source)

Edited April 11, 2014 by Cedaway

[B25Mitch]

So basically this will give us a much needed depth perception when flying formation, and sense of height as well?

 

No, you'll need stereo vision, such as Oculus Rift, to get that effect.

 

These screenshots are most impressive because they feature self-shadowing on multiple objects at once, and perhaps dynamic reflections (in the Mi-8 windows). It also looks like there is Ambient Occlusion on the Mi-8, although not on the ground below it.

[Scarecrow]

Depth of field looks very nice :)

 

I do wonder if the new IG will play well with multimoniter & viewport setups.

 

As it is at the moment I don't use HDR or heat blur as the overlay gets misaligned and it looks... not so good:cry:

[blackbelter]

Smoothness comes first... I wonder how this very nice looking DoF effect will affect the FPS performance.

 

I do wish that my GTX680 will be able to handle DCS reasonably for at least another year...

[Eight Ball]

Camera depth of field WIP

 

Thank you ED

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=68836

 

:D

Edited April 11, 2014 by Eight Ball

[leafer]

Thanks for clearing that up, B25Mitch. Bummer though.

[SkateZilla]

Is that your expectation or another 5+ years of waiting for the appropriate hardware? :music_whistling:

 

It's what I have NOW.

I have 2 MSI Lightnings at 2048 Each, and a Dual X 7950 at 1792, running 3 way XFire.

 

 

The GeForce GTX880 is foreseen for the end of the year.

Rumors say: GeForce GTX 880 video card will be powered by a graphics processing unit called GM204. Said graphics processing unit will have 3,200 CUDA cores, 200 TMUs (texture mapping units), 32 ROPs (raster operating units) and a GDDR5 (4Gb) memory interface of 256 bits. NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 880 Maxwell graphics card will likely come to market before the end of the year, but not in the third quarter. Its GPU clocks will be of around 900 MHz / 950 MHz GPU Boost, while the memory will operate at 7.4 GHz.

Again, these numbers are all speculative, in no way confirmed by NVIDIA itself, and they won't be for some more months still. If they do get confirmed, so will the 238 GB/s memory bandwidth and TDP of 230W (thermal design power).

Nevertheless, these are the specs, as the people on the web expect them. They probably aren't accurate, but they're more than was available before now. (Source)

 

R9-390X (Bermuda), DirectX 12

1GHz Bermuda XTX GPU, 4224 GCN 2.0 Stream Processors, 96 ROPs, 264 TMUs, True Audio Enabled.

GDDR5 on a 512-Bit Bus @ 1750 MHz, Uses PCIe xDMA for CrossFireX

Edited April 11, 2014 by SkateZilla

[Pizzicato]

With off as the default, hopefully.

 

Lol!, Why? Because it'd take such a big effort to go and turn it off? :)

 

I'd argue that ED should be actively promoting the visual improvements by defaulting them to 'On', not hiding them away and hoping that people find them.

[EtherealN]

It's what I have NOW.

I have 2 MSI Lightnings at 2048 Each, and a Dual X 7950 at 1792, running 3 way XFire.

 

That means you have 3GB effective.

All the cards store the same data, so while you have 9GB total physical vRAM, each of the cards store the same data.

 

This is because each GPU can only access the vRAM on their card (or "half" of card in the case of multi-GPU cards), so when the cards are cooperating on making the same scene, they all need the same data.

 

Your 9GB would be true if you used the cards to drive different displays and different applications - then you'd have 3GB available for DCS, and 3GB each for another two applications.

 

Note that some games will show total vRAM as the 9GB, but in practice that will not be what is available to the process itself in distinct data.

 

EDIT: wait, that's a bit wrong actually, most likely you have 2GB effective, since that's the smallest card involved. In general, you get an effective vRAM availability according to the smallest card involved.

Edited April 12, 2014 by EtherealN

[Steel Jaw]

Any chance of combining all the screenies into one post or thread please?

[Bucic]

Any chance of combining all the screenies into one post or thread please?

DCS Work in Progress Pics

Eagle Dynamics @ Facebook - Gallery

[Cedaway]

Thank you ED

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=68836

 

:D

 

A 2011 thread!!! That's grave excavation, Lara Croft...

Nice find :thumbup:

[upupandaway]

One more WIP:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2045930&postcount=16

 

 

Soo many things to shoot at

[joey45]

The 1st annual tank race is a go then......

 

Or with ammo

 

 

Wacky races...

[Raven68]

NASCAR... bah.

 

Some fun CA possibilities...

 

I bet deep down Matt is a Jeff Gordon fan... :D

[SkateZilla]

I bet deep down Matt is a Jeff Gordon fan... :D

 

Im part of Junior Nation .....

[HiJack]

Great, we can have a race! But when? :music_whistling:

[slowhand]

LOL Vegas Motor Speedway..:thumbup:I had Mig 29 skin for my ride in Nascar 4:D

[Phantom88]

Smoke racing an M1A1:D

 

[rjetster1]

As usual the detail is stunning… leaves one interesting question: Will McCarran airport be modeled? Everything else in the Vegas area looks like it is modeled to the fullest. In some of the older screens there appears to be some larger (767 Type) passenger aircraft parked at Nellis. Does this hint at something bigger? I was filming at Mandalay Bay several months ago, we had a top floor view of the Janet terminal at McCarran and watched them take off and land frequently heading and returning from Area 51. Maybe this has been answered some time ago... Matt?

[kk0425]

I can imagine it now. BMPs and tanks racing around the track shooting at each other while A-10s and Hueys make strafing runs.

[NorCal]

One more WIP:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2045930&postcount=16

 

 

Soo many things to shoot at

 

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Ok yeah, just keep headin West into CA.

[airwar]

DCS+NTTR = FSX+ORBX :thumbup:

 

P.S. How about NTTR RW navigation network - VOR, NDB, ILS, ATC ?