The latest DCS World Weekend News update is focused on news surrounding an upcoming DCS: A-10C campaign that you might want to check out. We’ve also got a technology report on some significant reductions in terrain storage requirements for many of DCS’ maps. Let’s have a look!
Optimizing the terrain
If you’re a dedicated DCS World simmer, you probably have a good chunk of a SSD devoted to the sim and its various scenery releases. I’ve personally got a 2TB drive that is mostly DCS World and a couple of other smaller sims packed together and even then I have to pick and choose between certain maps to be installed at a time.
Eagle Dynamics says that they are implementing texture compression techniques which should save 25-30% on disk when tested with DCS: Afghanistan. It won’t be the same saving across every terrain as several different techniques have been used. I’ll let Eagle Dynamics explain:
The biggest winners will be our latest, larger terrains that feature high-detail textures. For example: Maps like DCS: Afghanistan, DCS: Iraq and DCS Syria will see considerable improvements thanks to their scale and the methods used to create them. On the other hand, maps like DCS: Marianas and DCS: The Channel already use different rendering approaches, so their install sizes are already on the smaller side.
Older terrains, like DCS: Caucasus, are unlikely to see much change because they were built with smaller textures and lower density from the start. The good news is that their storage footprint is already quite modest.
Eagle Dynamics also says that they are working to further improve terrain quality and add capabilities as time goes on.
Good news then!
Sentry Pacific ’26 ‘One Last Ride’ brings A-10C to the Pacific
SOB Simulations Sentry Pacific 2025 for DCS: F-16C and the free Marianas Islands map seems to have been well regarded by the community as a fun and involving campaign and its got a sequel featuring the DCS: A-10C II.
Thirteen missions, real world procedures, 3,100 voice overs, over 40 custom liveries, 215 pages of briefing materials and kneeboards, and a narrative-focused experience are part of the feature list.
This campaign is coming soon and I’d expect that the wait won’t be that long given past performance.
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