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I haven't seen or heard, but are the aux fields placed as well? Creech? etc?

-S

Creech was identified in one of the early screenshots of EDGE.

Attached is an image that displays the area covered by the Nevada map for DCS. This is a 300x300 km area that includes three functional airfields: Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, and Groom Lake (aka Area 51 / Dreamland).

The immediate areas around these three airbases use 1 meter texture resolution. The outlying areas of the map are 16 meter resolution, and the areas in between are between 2 and 4 meter resolution. While we would love to cover the entire map in 1 meter resolution, there needs to be a balance of resolution vs. map file size. Even with the use of lower resolution textures in places, the map is already 26 GB.

After the map is released, it is quite possible that we will expand it, add additional detail, new airfields, etc. as we did for the Black Sea map.

As mentioned earlier, we are close to moving EDGE and this map into DCS. Once this is done, we can start the process of debugging and tuning. Given that this is the first EDGE-based map to be in DCS, we are not sure exactly how long this process will take.

DCS 1.2.6.19532.290 Update 3 - Change Log for Update 3

DCS World:
Fixed static aircraft submerged in ground on some airfields.
FARP ATC will now respond to "Abort Takeoff" if the player starts with engines running.
Fixed GUI error after attempting to delete a unit under some conditions.
A Ground Vehicle Group can now be placed from ME menu.
Multiplayer: Fixed crash when one player performs belly landing.
Su-25T: Fixed crash when Kh-25MPU is launched when seeker deflection is too great.
New Su-25T quick missions has been added (EN).
Flaming Cliffs 3:
The Kuznetsov aircraft carrier ATC will now give permission for landing.

Su-25: DCS Flaming Cliffs
Interactive training lessons has been added (EN).

DCS: A-10C Warthog:
Fixed missing texture for LITENING II IR pointer beam.
Yaw SAS channels will no longer disable when switching between EGI and HARS.
Fixed A-10C landing gear damage (main tire and rim were removed while main gear was floating as if it was still there)

DCS: UH-1H Huey (Beta):
Fixed typo and changed picture in UH-1H module installer.
Fixed crash when firing Miniguns if "Lights=1" set in options.lua file.
Fixed loss of ADF indication with no change in signal strength.
Added input command for controls of the pilot's sight*

* You may need to delete the user input files for UH-1H for these changes to take effect

This video was baked very, very fast. So fast, that it was finished in California just before all necessary video content was transferred from Moscow. Anyway, if nobody does not mnd, we plan to make director's cut with right video and added P.S. material.

A little update:

A couple of weeks ago myself and the other producers got access to the current build of the map within the terrain viewer (hence the new images recently). In the process, we were able to identify half a dozen areas that did not meet our visual quality goals. We are now in the process adjusting the visual quality, while balancing it with file size and game performance. Once these improvement efforts have been completed, I will post some new images.

Matt

Areas in regards to map content (textures, elevation mesh, etc.), not geographic areas.

A fly through of Nellis AFB as part of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) map coming for DCS. This is a work in progress and the video is taken from the terrain viewer tool and not within DCS yet.

Update:

Today we incorporated the new trees and high elevation forests into the map (once the map is in DCS, we can evaluate the performance impact of tree collision and decide what we will do). We are also in the process of now converting the 100 meter per pixel elevation mesh to 10 meter. Once that is done, we will recalculate all the terrain shadow projections, normal maps, and object shadows. Today the team also started to set up the ground shading and sun lighting color parameters that we believe will start to give the world a much more natural look. The biggest challenge has been finding the right balance of ground textures between visual detail and map file size.

Not a promise, but if all goes well, I hope to have some new images or a video for you all on Friday.

Early implementation of stereo view. Once the team in Moscow gets their SDK, progress should move forward enabling OR.

The estimated release date for the advanced flight model for F-15C Eagle DCS module is end of November, 2013.

http://belsimtek.eagle.ru/news/?nid=217

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