DCS World 2.0 and New Maps Discussion Thread

[Mike Busutil]

From ED's facebook:

 

Looking very closely,

 

 

the quality here of the F-15 does not look as good as other recent pictures from ED. I wonder if this is in fact EDGE or just taken from a less quality PC?

[NineLine]

Looks like purely jpeg compression... Nothing to do with DCS and more so probably Facebook or settings for the screen capture

[NRG-Vampire]

? new self-shadows of mountains ? (and curved horizon ?) some FB people able to see an aim-9x but im not :D

 

but is that nevada or georgia ? (appeared in FB and not in this thread)

 

Edited June 25, 2014 by NRG-Vampire

[Sceptre]

The mountain shadows are a really nice touch

[blackbelter]

When?

[luckybob9]

When?

when its ready of course :)

[X93355]

? new self-shadows of mountains ? (and curved horizon ?) some FB people able to see an aim-9x but im not :D

 

but is that nevada or georgia ? (appeared in FB and not in this thread)

 

Yeah no Aim9 on there at all from zoomed in.

 

But it is a stunning photo. There is often a lot of demands and critics around but the fact is ED are doing a good job of not rushing this and I feel 2014 is a good year for DCS Modules and updates.

[Sceptre]

MiG-21+EDGE Georgia will be epic

[Vampyre]

...but that would be amazing for the future F/A-18C. Imagine landing PFM Su-33 and the hornets on carriers during rough weather.

 

Or an F-14 Tomcat! Anytime Baby!:thumbup:

[Python]

.....And with a raindrops on canopy effect :P

 

And Vapor pouring off of the wings and fuselage! :thumbup:

[Witchking]

Since we are on topic of effects...

 

The raindrop effect and splash on ground

 

The accumulation snow and any ground vehicle / tires of aircraft kicking up water / snow/ sleet

 

The spark effect seen in the rRG kick starter aFm video when the plane scrapes its wing tips or underbody on the runway.

Edited June 25, 2014 by Witchking

[Aginor]

Also squirrels! And visible birds! And gore when you hit them! :D

 

No, seriously, rain and snow, and wing/fuselage vapour would be rad. The rest is bonus IMO.

[shagrat]

... and any ground vehicle / tires of aircraft kicking up water / snow/ sleet

Hmm, for vehicles this is already there (mud/sleet), at least in CA! Watch in front of your Tank when speeding up on terrain...

[outlawal2]

Isn't it amazing how far this genre has come that we are now asking for rain / snow effects, bird splats etc? I am a dinosaur, there is no doubt, but I remember Microsoft Flight Simulator and a green line for the horizon and how awesome THAT was in all of it's monochrome glory...

 

Now today we have DCS and the realism is AMAZING.. (And EDGE looks to bump the bar considerably further than what we have.)

 

LIFE IS GOOD!

[Aginor]

Isn't it amazing how far this genre has come that we are now asking for rain / snow effects, bird splats etc? I am a dinosaur, there is no doubt, but I remember Microsoft Flight Simulator and a green line for the horizon and how awesome THAT was in all of it's monochrome glory...

 

Now today we have DCS and the realism is AMAZING.. (And EDGE looks to bump the bar considerably further than what we have.)

 

LIFE IS GOOD!

 

Yeah, sometimes you have to sit back and remember 20+ years ago, or even ten years ago, then you feel better. I do that regularly. :D

[Phantom88]

I'm dying to know how the PC Performance is in EDGE with all the new eye candy.

[Witchking]

The least we can do is ask. Its up to ED to decide whether it's worth doing and adding. ;)

[KaspeR32]

If wags new PC on his sig has anything to say about it, we might need a slight upgrade.

[hansangb]

Isn't it amazing how far this genre has come that we are now asking for rain / snow effects, bird splats etc? I am a dinosaur, there is no doubt, but I remember Microsoft Flight Simulator and a green line for the horizon and how awesome THAT was in all of it's monochrome glory...

 

Now today we have DCS and the realism is AMAZING.. (And EDGE looks to bump the bar considerably further than what we have.)

 

LIFE IS GOOD!

 

Indeed it is. Even joysticks and sound...From Choplifter, to F15 Strike Eagle (wireframe only), Knights of the Sky, F19 Stealth Fighter, FOTD, Jane(s), Gunship, Facon, EECH, and now DCS in all its glory. Simply amazing how far we've come.

 

 

hsb

[Witchking]

My first flight sim was Jane's IAF. Damn...i used to think that looked state of the art. My comparison was the only other game I played at that time,...Simcopter. ;)

[shagrat]

DID's EF 2000 had the first "clickable" 3D cockpit! That was stunning in 1995 !!! Compared to Jet 2.0 slideshow it was worlds apart!

[Sceptre]

DID's EF 2000 had the first "clickable" 3D cockpit! That was stunning in 1995 !!! Compared to Jet 2.0 slideshow it was worlds apart!

 

Yes! This was my first sim along with the DID F-22

[X93355]

Yes! This was my first sim along with the DID F-22

 

Oh you youngies. I remember playing this F16 Combat Pilot on the Amiga

Then came F117 on the 286 at work followed by DI Tornado

DI made some cool flight sims, Tornado, Hind, Apache

[Maximus_Lazarus]

Qga0-OHigtM

 

I remember some of those :D

Edited June 25, 2014 by Maximus_Lazarus

[mr_mojo97]

My first was TLL (Tornado Low Level). Well I say mine, it was the first I played on my mates Speccy 48k (rubber keys of course!) The first I had was Birds of Prey on the Amiga A500+