New DCS Theater Maps Wish Wish List

[Belgeode]

Whatever maps are created in the future, keep them REAL! A fictional map has been suggested but I feel it would take away from the entire atmosphere that DCS has created. I'm patient and believe that at some point additional maps will be created at a much faster pace then what we've seen up to this point. As the EA Sports motto goes with a slight adjustment...If it's in the world it's in DCS! Okay, maybe not that creative but you get the gist.

 

I'm with you on that. I like learning about areas of the world I likely will never be able to go to in real life. That way when I run into someone from Sochi I can be like "Oh yeah, your airport is pretty cool, but do you ever get those pesky Georgians invading from Gudauta to cause a ruckus?"

[SDsc0rch]

idunno.. i'd be "open" to a fictional landscape/AOR

 

if resources are tight, and it takes a lot of time.. then certainly, focus your efforts on emulating the real world

 

but if some devs somewhere have the time and want to earn a lil extra $$, i think i'd be inclined to try it out - y'know.. who knows, maybe it will have some really great elements that make it interesting and fun

 

my thing is.. no matter WHAT area is modeled, i just want it BIG ENOUGH

 

big enough to put airbases back far enough that they're safe (y'know.. kinda like how they pick airbases now)

 

and.. big enough so that tankers actually are strategic assets

 

and big enough so the other sides AWACS can't cover your whole area

 

etc etc

[The_Pharoah]

Personally, I want a southeast Asia map to be made next, so that way anyone can recreate some famous battles of the Vietnam war.

 

I've posted on this before...I would LOVE a Vietnam map complete with jungles, fire bases, etc but especially North Vietnam with its network of SAMs, AAA and Migs. From my reading of the numerous road map type articles from the devs, I'm sure this is something they've picked up on and are probably going to implement.

 

I mean, imagine that....a dedicated Vietnam Air War server that you could use the Hueys (slicks/gunships) on proper missions. Yeah you'd need a few more a/c (eg. F105, F4 Phantom II, Mig 19) to go with what we have currently (Mig 21, F100 Super sabre thats in development). However as defender (NVA) you could also use a version of combined arms for SAM defense.

 

So much potential....*sigh*

[FlankerKiller]

I don't really care what geographic region we get, it just needs to be considerably bigger (3-4 times bigger )than what we have now. Fingers crossed EDGE will allow such things. Also a spherical "world" that allows for correct coordinate grids and proper curvature of the earth etc is much needed.

 

We need a theater that a fighter/attack aircraft can't fly across on internal fuel without needing tanker support.

 

In an ideal world we'd have a full spherical representation of entire earth, with areas that aren't yet modeled just being flat like the "off map" area are in the current theater, which would allow ED and 3rd parties to add areas of terrain, of any size, bit by bit.

My God that would be awesome.

[SDsc0rch]

+++1

 

8)

[shagrat]

As I love ground pounding any REAL scenario, from Middle East, Afghanistan/Pakistan, over Balkans to Afrika or South east Asia... I love the idea of the street of Hormuz map growing later on to cover more space, or better join with the current Caucasus/Georgia map.

If it would be possible to merge all the maps later on a procedurally generated globe (just textures and rough heightmaps inbetween scenario maps) that would be the perfect solution.

As others said, any fictional Sahrani, Oddistan or "generic ocean island realm" crap is a total no-go, for me.

One of the things that kept interest in the current map alive over the past years, is the reality aspect.

I can even use Google maps to look up river names.

[tobalt]

I've posted on this before...I would LOVE a Vietnam map complete with jungles, fire bases, etc but especially North Vietnam with its network of SAMs, AAA and Migs. From my reading of the numerous road map type articles from the devs, I'm sure this is something they've picked up on and are probably going to implement.

 

I mean, imagine that....a dedicated Vietnam Air War server that you could use the Hueys (slicks/gunships) on proper missions. Yeah you'd need a few more a/c (eg. F105, F4 Phantom II, Mig 19) to go with what we have currently (Mig 21, F100 Super sabre thats in development). However as defender (NVA) you could also use a version of combined arms for SAM defense.

 

So much potential....*sigh*

 

Here here on Vietnam. You'd also need to add in a crap load of SA-2 SAMs and old MANPADS like the SA-7, then throw in F-105s and F-4s doing the first Wild Weasel missions (hunter/killer teams) or escorting bombing runs during the Linebacker operations.

 

Or, imagine setting up Operation Bolo...

[chaos]

I'd imagine this area to be too big for the game to handle (to be fair, this is an unknown for World 2.0). Compare the sq. miles to the current map. Also... there can be no Vietnam scenario without a significant portion of Laos and Cambodia mixed in.

 

I'd be fantastic to have but a b**ch to produce. Think of all the assets that need to be produced...

[Angelthunder]

I voted for Korea,because there aren't very many Korean War sims out there.We already have the F-86 Sabre & MIG-15 coming out later,but i would love to fly a F-80 Shooting Star,F-94 Starfire,Hawker Sea Fury,F2H Banshee & F3D Skynight as well as a E Model Sabre.I also would like to see more US bases covered for training and practice bombing ranges like NTTR.I would love to see So.California coverd,particularly Miramar,North Island,El Toro,Tustin NAS/MCAS, Camp Pendleton,El Centro,Los Alamitos,Edwards,George,March,Norton AFB,Twentynine Palms MCB,China Lake & Fort Irwin & Chocolate Moutains Training Range.As for the East Coast,since were getting the T-2 Buckeye from RAZBAM.Pensacola NAS maybe.:thumbup:

[kazereal]

I was thinking :D, with incoming F/A-18C and carrier ops and era-wise Ex-Yugoslavia would be interesting. There's some geography there with sea, mountains and plains.

 

That would be interesting theatre for various reasons. One that it's fairly recent still.

[_Acoustic_]

Vietnam. I'd pay top dollar for a branch devoted to this era.

[McBlemmen]

All i honestly want is a desert map to simulate modern conflicts like those in the middle east , and with nttr and strait of hormuz coming up to do just that, all i can think of that would be nice is vietnam.. though i think the current map serves pretty well as a vietnam lookalike , but a new EDGE map would ofcoarse be better.

[_Acoustic_]

DCS needs to become the Janes Fighters Anthology of the future. Potential is here but of course a huge undertaking.

 

Would be epic though.

[The_Pharoah]

@_Acoustic_ - love your sig mate! (Big fan of the A6 Intruder)

[Revan]

My vote is for a Vietnam map since there aren't really any vietnam era flight sims.

 

Although eventually, I want a World map with the ability to designate the theater (like anywhere from a single city, scaled up to the entire planet!)

[shagrat]

I like to see the Afghanistan/Bagram AB map in DCS... A-10C, Mi-8, a F-18 soon...

[NORTHMAN]

Mig-15 is coming very soon! I buy the plane so its mine... very soon! I mean I give them money... anyway, proper theater for it is Korea.

[lef64]

Crimea?

 

Hello,

 

Moving to DCS World I uninstalled older installation from DCS/Eagle Dynamics so I cannot exactly say in which old installation I could fly over Crimean Theater.

Anyway I was expecting to have Crimea in DCS world too.

Is there any chance to have an enlarged Theater of Operation including Caucasian Area and Crimea in present version of DCS World?

[Cibit]

I think it was from LOMAC.

http://lockon.co.uk/en/modern_air_combat/?PAGEN_2=2#570

 

I don't think any more work will be done to increase what we have now because once EDGE is released and NTTR and SOH maps are available most people will put any development time into producing new maps that take full advantage of EDGE.

 

Perhaps someone will make a Crimean Peninsular map then:)

[lef64]

Yeah, It was LOMAC for sure, and the Crimea landscape was wondeful for the standard of that time.

[Angelthunder]

As much as i love realistic historical conflicts from WWI to Iraq that utilized air power and ground & naval combat.I would like to see 'what if' scenarios like what Flamming Cliffs 3 and the Strike Fighters series does.The scenarios i like to see would be a Cuba map during the 62 Missle Crisis.You could use american bases like Key West NAS & Homestead AFB as launching points for aircraft to attack across the Florida Straits.I would like to also see UK vs Spain duke it out over the British colony of Gibraltar ala like the Falklands conflict.

[shagrat]

Hello,

 

Moving to DCS World I uninstalled older installation from DCS/Eagle Dynamics so I cannot exactly say in which old installation I could fly over Crimean Theater.

Anyway I was expecting to have Crimea in DCS world too.

Is there any chance to have an enlarged Theater of Operation including Caucasian Area and Crimea in present version of DCS World?

Due to current limitations (DX9) when they extended the map to include east Georgian area (Tblisi), the Crimean had to be dropped.

 

Seems no official plans to add it back when EDGE is out, but who knows for sure...

[Home Fries]

I would love to see Crimea back in DCS. Even if it used the same textures as Georgia, just being able to fly over it again would be awesome. It was always one of the more interesting places to fly in a combat sim, even back in the Flanker 2 days.

[shagrat]

It is about drawcalls, thus Objects on the Map. It is either Tbilisi area, Crimea with cities or both with slideshow... :(

Edit: at least that is what I understood from discussions here.

[SilentGun]

What happned to the Crimean area?

 

I was looking at the old lock on games and noticed that there was a Crimea area to fly in. Doing a little more research I found that it was removed, but why?

 

is there any way to get the Crimea map back in DCS World? it was pretty detailed and had lots of places to fly.

 

Edited March 15, 2015 by SilentGun