Afghanistan WIP

i thought it was already possible to do mapping, just extremely hard. and you need an older version of 3dsmax. 2008 i think. because that's the only program the plugin is compatible with.

They started again in the new engine.

It looks awesome!

Any new WIP pics of this?

I am waiting for new tools for integration in DCS...

I hope you are aware you can sell as a partner now Batou... I fully think you should be compensated for this work. I for one would gladly pay.

I hope you are aware you can sell as a partner now Batou... I fully think you should be compensated for this work. I for one would gladly pay.

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I hope you are aware you can sell as a partner now Batou... I fully think you should be compensated for this work. I for one would gladly pay.

+1

I hope you are aware you can sell as a partner now Batou... I fully think you should be compensated for this work. I for one would gladly pay.

+1

that's just an underhanded way of saying hurry up.

exaclty !

I work on the max files... but i am waiting for the new tools

he's right. it's better to wait for new edge tools rather than potentially doing twice the work.

I for one would gladly pay.

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that's just an underhanded way of saying hurry up.

 

 

 

he's right. it's better to wait for new edge tools rather than potentially doing twice the work.

To me it's only a way to say "thanks", not to make hurry for that. I also believe that wait for the correct instruments and tools is the right choice.

Fishing for some jobs GA ? :P

I hope you are aware you can sell as a partner now Batou... I fully think you should be compensated for this work. I for one would gladly pay.

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I will pay for this terrain too. Looks amazing.

Awesome project, good luck. Hope ED will support you with this, don't forget they're developing a new mapping engine which you may want to program for as well.

Maybe import some textures from Google maps if possible.

Hope you still work on this one?

Hi Batou,

I'm following this development since early A-10C betas and with another 6 months since the last post I would kinda like to revive it.

With the introduction of DCS World, FC3 and all the new planes and helos announced, I feel an even bigger need for a scenario.

Don't get me wrong the Caucasus/Georgia map is fine and detailed, but as DCS progresses and EDGE hopefully brings us Nevada some day, I would like to voice my wish for more and different Terrain/Scenarios.

Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans, Libya, Israel. All these areas are something many of us would like to see.

I know about the implications of a scenario that was a setting of recent events etc. but honestly I think if we want to play historically correct missions, and Russia vs. Georgia is a valid setting, why isn't the Gulf wars, Balkan conflict "OP Allied Force", Libya, or the Afghanistan "Enduring Freedom" so this can't be the argument, why we see no progress with new scenarios.

My guess is, it is a huge amount of work with lots of testing and details that need attention.

ED opened up for 3rd party aircrafts, recently. Is there a remote chance, they do the same for the EDGE engine and 3rd party developers, like Batou?

I think the rush of 3rd party developers eager to provide aircraft may be possible for senarios as well.

And if you are still working on this or hopefully in close contact with EDs Nevada team, please give us a short heads up.

I'm quite sure the first developer to release a knew scenario, even if it is Denmark or Bora-Bora, will have the attention of the community and I guess for something like Afghanistan they will gladly pay a reasonable price and US$ 50-60 sounds perfectly reasonable for a Afghanistan map.

Just imagine you may fly all the lovely planes in any new scenario for years, so that should be worth the money for anybody who even bought just one module...:thumbup:

I was more thinking of a price between $20-30 for a map, its different for me when it includes extra objects like aircraft and vehicles and compatibility with other modules.

$50-60 is a price i would pay for a full game, not for a specific single module or map.

I was more thinking of a price between $20-30 for a map, its different for me when it includes extra objects like aircraft and vehicles and compatibility with other modules.

 

$50-60 is a price i would pay for a full game, not for a specific single module or map.

It depends about how much work is needed for the map compared on how much people you can expect to buy it, I think.

I think many people would pay dearly for a decent new theatre of war with edge enabled, myself included.

+1 More than anything I would like to see a new theatre of conflict.

 

I do hope once NEVADA is released the SDK can be released as well for third parties / community

Perhaps, it is even possible to make the SDK available for 3rd parties immediately, if they sign a contract/agreement anyway?

I'm sure one or two additional theatres will be a huge gain for DCS and not just for the customers already owning a DCS title.

Scenarios like Afghanistan will be a real game changer, bringing lots of new missions from the community, just to fit into the new theatre and may also attract new people.

As for the price tag. I'd like to point out that any decent FSX add-on with a detailed Airport sells for US$ 30.00 or some better textured scenery with mesh and some "landmarks" for US$ 60.00 if they are done by a company like aerosoft. (Asia/Ozeania scenery, Dusseldorf Airport, Fairbanks Airport)

Considering an average of 5-6 years you use the new theatres that is a lot of bang for the bucks! Crimea, Caucasus was the state-of-the-art for over 10 years, considering the "SU-27 Flanker 2.0" from ED, and still we enjoy that scenario!

So yes, I would happily pay US$ 60.00 without regret for a decent DCS World theatre, no doubt! :thumbup: