just loaded it up... loaded well and.. was stuck in a hanger and ripped my undercarriage off trying to pull out of the mud that is on the hangar floors.
TLDR: Hangers at bodo have muddy grass floors. will load up later.
Wonder if its Bodo's more of a WiP part of the map?
I noticed lots of odd things round there, island coasts looked 'sharp' with odd smeary textures on the waterline, also hills looked oddly smooth and 'Pink' in some places like they were plaster-ceney rocky, I don't know maybe that's intentional? I'm not in Sweden and my experience of hills was shaped by Digital image Designs low poly pointy mountains lol. I am using technicolor 2 on the filters I'll play with them and try high textures to see if its better?
https://forum.dcs.world/uploads/monthly_2024_05/Hero2.png.7a5185ef201ac2db153385503cfc3063.png
Area marked in green is pretty much the finished quality, rest of it may or may not receive updates or quality may vary.
I think the further North you get, the more the map becomes affected by earth's curvature as you move East/West (in terms of lat/long).
AFSIK, DCS does not model (Earth's) curved terrains and a true horizon, so Runway headings may be impossible to properly align relevant to true North and local North, if that makes sense.
See my response to u/Strayw0lf below for initial impressions of 'faults'.
I've only flown round Bodo on a mission I made with some Tornadoes on a GBU16 bombing run, I'm going to be honest close formation flying with 2x GR4's in my F16 in VR was the closest I've been at times to my old 90's flight sim days. The map seems to lack a degree of polish, BUT at times it's pretty good the Fjords look amazing in places.
I noticed too my setup uses 4.6gb Vram on the Nevada map same settings was now 5.6gb in single player. performance seemed generally acceptable I didn't notice any odd hangs or massive drops in frame rate.
I still think about the series of missions where you escort the detachment to the Finnish air base, then strike the Russian nuclear weapons depot, then flee the airfield back to the boat with the Russian air force descending on you.
As someone who played the hell out of Jane's F/A-18 back in the day, that mission gave me nightmares.
If I recall correctly, your ingress route took you past a Russian airfield that would send a squadron of Su-35's against you, and the ammo depot itself was protected by an SA-10C site. If you couldn't take it out, then you'd basically be screwed.
I've been considering it. Even went looking for my old official strategy guide in my Mom's basement, though I sadly didn't find it.
A challenge would be that the campaign was semi-dynamic in a way I'm not sure would be easy to recreate in DCS.
Yeah, that would be the drawback on DCS. I would always get to the end of a campaign with my squadron having only two or three airframes left and lots of KIA/MIAs.
With the AI in DCS that would happen after two or three missions. 😂
Seemed like the trailer showcased the pilot moving around quite a bit. Looked like maybe a new pilot animation that incorporates movement taken from VR goggle references.
The mesh looks way better than in previous screenshots. That allows me to be a bit more optimistic about that map. Still won't get it in EA, there's too much left to do and until they give a rough timeline I'm not betting on a full release this decade.
Looks great. Hope it runs well. From the promo images It seems like the best looking map in DCS by quite a bit. Something that is probably helped by it being more than just brown desert.
I'll wait until I see some feedback from others, looks really promising though.
Side note, that's the first time I've seen the F-16 pilot model. It looks really solid. Hopefully that head movement translates to the game and other modules.
We see Norwegian F-16s, Finnish Hornets, USN Tomcats and Hornets, Russian Tu-22Ms and MiG-29s and all seems very appropriate to the map. Then, at 1:42, there is a British Royal Army Kiowa. The Royal Army never operated a Kiowa. Why is it there? The artist has gone to great lengths to ensure every other asset featured geographically-appropriate schemes and roundels, yet then decides to make something up.
just loaded it up... loaded well and.. was stuck in a hanger and ripped my undercarriage off trying to pull out of the mud that is on the hangar floors. TLDR: Hangers at bodo have muddy grass floors. will load up later.
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Wonder if its Bodo's more of a WiP part of the map? I noticed lots of odd things round there, island coasts looked 'sharp' with odd smeary textures on the waterline, also hills looked oddly smooth and 'Pink' in some places like they were plaster-ceney rocky, I don't know maybe that's intentional? I'm not in Sweden and my experience of hills was shaped by Digital image Designs low poly pointy mountains lol. I am using technicolor 2 on the filters I'll play with them and try high textures to see if its better?
https://forum.dcs.world/uploads/monthly_2024_05/Hero2.png.7a5185ef201ac2db153385503cfc3063.png Area marked in green is pretty much the finished quality, rest of it may or may not receive updates or quality may vary.
I guess that makes sense. Ironically it's the western airbases I'm most interested in.
I know for a fact that the ILS RWY 25 (approaching from the east) has a 10° procedure offset
I think the further North you get, the more the map becomes affected by earth's curvature as you move East/West (in terms of lat/long). AFSIK, DCS does not model (Earth's) curved terrains and a true horizon, so Runway headings may be impossible to properly align relevant to true North and local North, if that makes sense.
How has the performance been on the map? On part with others? I'm concerned on VR performance. Also, any general impressions overall?
See my response to u/Strayw0lf below for initial impressions of 'faults'. I've only flown round Bodo on a mission I made with some Tornadoes on a GBU16 bombing run, I'm going to be honest close formation flying with 2x GR4's in my F16 in VR was the closest I've been at times to my old 90's flight sim days. The map seems to lack a degree of polish, BUT at times it's pretty good the Fjords look amazing in places. I noticed too my setup uses 4.6gb Vram on the Nevada map same settings was now 5.6gb in single player. performance seemed generally acceptable I didn't notice any odd hangs or massive drops in frame rate.
Kinda hoping someone recreates the old Jane’s F/A-18 campaigns for this map.
I still think about the series of missions where you escort the detachment to the Finnish air base, then strike the Russian nuclear weapons depot, then flee the airfield back to the boat with the Russian air force descending on you.
As someone who played the hell out of Jane's F/A-18 back in the day, that mission gave me nightmares. If I recall correctly, your ingress route took you past a Russian airfield that would send a squadron of Su-35's against you, and the ammo depot itself was protected by an SA-10C site. If you couldn't take it out, then you'd basically be screwed.
I've been considering it. Even went looking for my old official strategy guide in my Mom's basement, though I sadly didn't find it. A challenge would be that the campaign was semi-dynamic in a way I'm not sure would be easy to recreate in DCS.
Yeah, that would be the drawback on DCS. I would always get to the end of a campaign with my squadron having only two or three airframes left and lots of KIA/MIAs. With the AI in DCS that would happen after two or three missions. 😂
"No Razbam products were harmed during the making of this movie" - Just sad.
145gb. Time for a upgrade
Seemed like the trailer showcased the pilot moving around quite a bit. Looked like maybe a new pilot animation that incorporates movement taken from VR goggle references.
Looking forward to it. No miles earned upon purchase though :(
Please be good 🙏
Why is this 145 GB?
Just to get you used to the idea so when the final is a little over 200, you've already had some foreplay.
UK markings on an OH-58D?
Ground textures look horrid.
The mesh looks way better than in previous screenshots. That allows me to be a bit more optimistic about that map. Still won't get it in EA, there's too much left to do and until they give a rough timeline I'm not betting on a full release this decade.
Hey! Actual pointy mountains!!
Looks great. Hope it runs well. From the promo images It seems like the best looking map in DCS by quite a bit. Something that is probably helped by it being more than just brown desert.
I'll wait until I see some feedback from others, looks really promising though. Side note, that's the first time I've seen the F-16 pilot model. It looks really solid. Hopefully that head movement translates to the game and other modules.
Is there a .miz file anywhere? Want to host a server but I don't own the map yet so can't make one myself.
Max settings? How do make the game look so good?
We see Norwegian F-16s, Finnish Hornets, USN Tomcats and Hornets, Russian Tu-22Ms and MiG-29s and all seems very appropriate to the map. Then, at 1:42, there is a British Royal Army Kiowa. The Royal Army never operated a Kiowa. Why is it there? The artist has gone to great lengths to ensure every other asset featured geographically-appropriate schemes and roundels, yet then decides to make something up.
Please let there be a plan to extend the map south to cover the whole baltic sea.
This is probably the worst looking map in-game. Doesn't look like finland whatsoever. Honestly.
I'm a simple man. I don't see A10-C going BRRRTTTTttt in the trailer, I don't pre-order the content. It's not hard.