We’ve got some good news and some bad news for DCS World fans. Kola winter scenery images have been released along with the feature list and updates for the map, Afghanistan’s detailed area is growing a bit, and the DCS: CH-47F has been delayed.
Chinook delayed
I think a few of you in the comments section here may have called it a few weeks ago. DCS: CH-47F has been delayed. Here’s the statement made earlier today on the DCS World Discord server by Community Manager NineLine.
Dear All, due to a number of unresolved issues we have decided to delay the release of the DCS: CH-47F. We will keep you informed on a timely basis and look forward to bringing you this iconic aircraft very soon. With this delay we will also be able to bring you a series of instructional videos. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay. Thank you for your understanding. Please Note: The upcoming patch will release without the CH-47.
In some ways this did not come as surprise as Eagle Dynamics typically produces videos and releases a great deal of information ahead of the module’s release. An information series detailing some of the systems of the module usually comes and sometimes content creators get an early look at it too. We haven’t seen that yet and there’s been a little bit of a shortage in fanfare around the module’s release.
It looks like the delay will let Eagle Dynamics work on some issues with the module and perhaps get us some training materials out before the module releases.
Orbx shows off new winter images for DCS: Kola
Over in the Orbx Discord community we got a sneak peek at the DCS: Kola update that will bring winter imagery to the map. So far we have the summer version but now we’ll be seeing what the area looks like in the low arctic sun.
The update was intended to release fairly quickly post DCS: Kola launch and it appears that Orbx is ready to go pending the next DCS World update (which should come tomorrow).
Here are some features that they have listed with the update:
FEATURES:
- Complete set of (dynamic) Winter textures
- Inclusion of SAM sites: Phase 1 – setting up the clearings
- General focus Northern Finland & North East Norway (added more towns and villages)
- Military Installations – Phase 1 of the Russia/Finland boundary complete
- Border clearing, revetments development and inclusion
- Norway: Port of Kirkenes near ENKR
- Vector Data: Additional infrastructure added around the map
OPTIMISATION & BUG FIXES:
- Optimisation pass on surface mesh
- Polyarny water depth
- Tree revisions (type, density & distribution) in focus area: various fixes
- Updated hard splat arrays to Splatmap 5.2
- Corrected wind turbines Z placements (now visible)
Meanwhile Afghanistan grows a bit
We’ve learned through an update on the DCS: Afghanistan FAQ that the map is being slightly reconfigured and there will be an overall increase in the high detail zone for the map. It also looks like the reconfiguration ensures that people who buy high detail areas within just one zone will have an overall increase in area too with the eastern section gaining quite a bit of extra area. The overlaps for critical airbases meanwhile will stay essentially the same.
The FAQ also includes clarifications on what happens to people who own just a section of the map.
Once the entire map is complete and if you only own 1 section, you will see the entire map, and the airfields in those unpurchased sections will be there and usable in the sim, including the ME. You will still see trees and buildings in these areas as well but in low-detail LODs.
Always good to know how the map is going to work for people who do and don’t have the detailed areas.
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