Hunter Joker Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Any news about time release? They say "end of year or first months of next one":thumbup: https://www.youtube.com/user/garaganotube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorhead2037 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 The cliche 'it will be ready when it is ready' always stands. I want it like everyone else, but they say patience is a virtue. :pilotfly: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 It helps being a rotorhead, to develop that virtue of patience. It takes so dang long to get anywhere!! :megalol: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavagai Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I have no illusions about why this map is slow to finish... It is free.:D 1 P-51D | Fw 190D-9 | Bf 109K-4 | Spitfire Mk IX | P-47D | WW2 assets pack | F-86 | Mig-15 | Mig-21 | Mirage 2000C | A-10C II | F-5E | F-16 | F/A-18 | Ka-50 | Combined Arms | FC3 | Nevada | Normandy | Straight of Hormuz | Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumpeagle Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Oh my god, the thought of WW2 carrier ops in the Pacific with carrier dive bombing/torpedo attacks, battleships and destroyers filling the sky with flak, supporting island invasions etc is just too exciting to cope with. I wish they'd just announce these things when they were ready 4 i7-13700k | nVidia 3080 Ti | 64GB RAM VKB MCG Ultimate stick with old Sidewinder FFB2 as well | Warthog Throttle | TrackIR FC3 | F/A-18C | F-5e | Harrier | KA-50 | Spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shu77 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Release seems to be 2.7 centric, unfortunately does not look to include the whole chain in the initial release, does look great for carrier ops which is great with all the non official carrier mods coming into the community, though its a pity we dont have any WW2 carrier aircraft Hornet, Super Carrier, Warthog & (II), Mustang, Spitfire, Albatross, Sabre, Combined Arms, FC3, Nevada, Gulf, Normandy, Syria AH-6J i9 10900K @ 5.0GHz, Gigabyte Z490 Vision G, Cooler Master ML120L, Gigabyte RTX3080 OC Gaming 10Gb, 64GB RAM, Reverb G2 @ 2480x2428, TM Warthog, Saitek pedals & throttle, DIY collective, TrackIR4, Cougar MFDs, vx3276-2k Combat Wombat's Airfield & Enroute Maps and Planning Tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananabrai Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) On 1/15/2020 at 2:30 PM, ViFF said: The dash 5 was the most produced version of the Hellcat. Grumman switched production from dash 3 to dash 5 in April of 1944. The Battle of the Phillipine Sea was in early June, but the campaign for the conquest of the Mariana Islands lasted through August 1944. Or up to January 1972 if you count the last Japanese soldier to surrender Cheers! 1974 it was for Onoda Hirō as far as I know, for some more unsure cases even later? I wait for that DCS mission^^ -> 'Fight Onoda Hirō - End the 2nd WW with the A-7E Corsair II' Edited March 24, 2021 by Bananabrai 1 Alias in Discord: Mailman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Props Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 As excited as I am for the Marianas WW2 map, it seems kind of pointless if there are no flyable Japanese aircraft available (and WW2 carriers). Or at least some opposing AI aircraft. Unless everyone wants to just tail-chase each other in P-51s, FW 190s, and Corsairs in pretend combat. I surely hope that this awesome dev team has more content up their sleeve than a pretty island paradise. I don't mind waiting.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spino Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) As far as I know, the Marianas map releases first as a modern map, so it'll go well with aircraft like the JF-17, J-11, and the Tomcat and Hornet. I'm looking forward more to the F-8J Crusader that Magnitude is working on, and I'm not sure I understand why they aren't prioritizing that over the Corsair since the Crusader would be more compatible with a modern version of the Marianas map, but that's another topic in itself. I think to make a WWII version of the Marianas map realistic, we'd need a lot more AI models (ships, aircraft, and submarines), and new flyable modules to the tune of what Microsoft did with CFS2 back in the day. CFS2 had the P-38(F), F-6F(-3), F-4F(-4), F4U(-1), A6M(2 and 5), and the N1K2J as flyable aircraft. With the level of detail that DCS has, making all of that would be a tall order. Right now there are only a couple of planes that I know of that actually exist that would be at home in a WWII version of the Marianas map - the P-51D, P-47D, and F-4U (when the latter is released). There's all kinds of stuff that could fit well in a map like this that isn't currently in the pipeline (at least that I'm aware of), like: Flyable Planes: F6F Hellcat F4F Wildcat SBD Dauntless TBF Avenger P-38 Lightning A6M Zero D3A Val B5N Kate Seafire AI Planes: G4M Betty B-29 Superfortress PBY Catalina Ships: Essex Class CV Independence Class CVL Shokaku Class CV Fletcher/Benson Class DD South Dakota/Iowa Class BB Cleveland Class CL Baltimore Class CA Mogami Class CA Myoko Class CA Fubuki/Kagero Class DD Submarines: Type C/D Class SS Gato/Balao/Tench Class SS Long list, but even longer for DCS. ED and the third party devs could pick ten things out of that list and it would take them a good while to complete them all. I have no idea when ED plans to release the WWII version of the Marianas map, but I doubt that it'll be missing all of this. My guess is that they have some of these things in the works or at least projected to be and they just haven't said anything about it yet (in particular the ships and AI planes, though what they are working on could very well be different from that list I put together). It might be a good while before they release the WWII version for that reason, because otherwise it would be kind of like what happened with the F-16C. Edited July 2, 2021 by Spino 2 Website (DCS Content): https://sites.google.com/view/spinossimulationsite/home?authuser=0 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SpinosSimulations System Specs: Ryzen 7 5800X, RTX 3060, 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM DCS Wishlist: F-8E/J Crusader, Kola Peninsula Map, F-14B(U), F-14D/ST-21 Super Tomcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWC_SLAG Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) The DCS terrains just keep getting better and better. The Marianas is gorgeous. But, what is the long game here? Are we to see WWII American, British , and Japanese ships and planes fighting in the Pacific, in the future? I have to wonder how available detailed information on Japanese aircraft is. Detailed enough to meet DCS’s high standards? Or, will we see present day battles with the Chinese? With an old and a new Marianas map, it seems we could have both. Of course, we will need some new planes. The Corsair is coming along. How about the Wildcat, Hellcat, Avenger, Dauntless, Lightning etc, etc, etc? I’m getting old. Don’t wait too long. ps I, too, want that Crusader bad. Edited July 2, 2021 by TWC_SLAG 5 TWC_SLAG Win 10 64 bit, 2T Hard Drive, 1T SSD, 500GB SSD, ASUS Prime Z390 MB, Intel i9 9900 Coffee Lake 3.1mhz CPU, ASUS 2070 Super GPU, 32gb DDR4 Ram, Track IR5, 32” Gigabyte curved monitor, TM Warthog HOTAS, CH Pedals, Voice Attack, hp Reverb G2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Jaw Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 What exactly are we to do with the Marianas map? 2 "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, ASUS RTX3060ti/8GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG-51_Razor Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Attack it! Or defend it. Or just fly in and play a few rounds of golf! 4 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala13_ManOWar Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 3:22 AM, Mower said: What exactly are we to do with the Marianas map? Just amaze with the beauty of the place, use your supercarrier and naval assets all the way, and think of the possibilities that opens up with that new iteration of EDGE, so just wonder what will come later on. Easy, uh? It's not that tough to be thankful for a free map with this quality. S! "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=475FG= Dawger Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 7/1/2021 at 8:22 PM, Mower said: What exactly are we to do with the Marianas map? Unimproved field operations are pretty sporty when you set some invisible FARPS at Guam Northwest or Tinian North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc3908 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 7/1/2021 at 9:22 PM, Mower said: What exactly are we to do with the Marianas map? Here's what I'm doing with it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkis Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 10 hours ago, Doc3908 said: Here's what I'm doing with it... ED really needs to add a RN Seafire Livery to the Spit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc3908 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Made another mission for the Marianas map: Escorting B-29s in a Spitfire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelthunder Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 If they plan on using the marianas map to test the use of converting a map from modern to historic,then i wonder if they could do it for the Caucasus map too and give us a WWII eastern front map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spino Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 That would fit more readily with the aircraft we have in DCS at the moment. Website (DCS Content): https://sites.google.com/view/spinossimulationsite/home?authuser=0 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SpinosSimulations System Specs: Ryzen 7 5800X, RTX 3060, 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM DCS Wishlist: F-8E/J Crusader, Kola Peninsula Map, F-14B(U), F-14D/ST-21 Super Tomcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunctator Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) Besides the I-16 we have no other aircraft that fought over the Caucasus in WW2. The Fw-190A8 is closest, but the Luftwaffe only used the earlier Fw-190A5 over the Kuban bridgehead, that mostly isn't part of the detailed area in DCS, in 1943. Same for the Spitfire, only earlier variants as lend lease planes. Edited July 20, 2021 by Cunctator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=475FG= Dawger Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Cunctator said: Besides the I-16 we have no other aircraft that fought over the Caucasus in WW2. The Fw-190A8 is closest, but the Luftwaffe only used the earlier Fw-190A5 over the Kuban bridgehead, that mostly isn't part of the detailed area in DCS, in 1943. Same for the Spitfire, only earlier variants as lend lease planes. I don’t quite get the insistence on matching geography to specific models of planes/time periods. Syria would be a fantastic WWII map. Caucasus is pretty good too. We limit ourselves pretty ridiculously in this fashion. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratos Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Anyone know which airfields will be included in the WWII version of the Marianas? Are they aiming to a Pre Japànese invasion timeframe, a japanese occupation one or a post US invasion? I'm interested to know If there will be any useable airfield for modern jets. I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala13_ManOWar Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I don't remember they have said anything about exact features in WWII version. Probably that depends on the sources they can find, but bearing in mind many old airfields are still visible in modern version, there will be quite a few. S! "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordite Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 7:50 PM, Angelthunder said: If they plan on using the marianas map to test the use of converting a map from modern to historic,then i wonder if they could do it for the Caucasus map too and give us a WWII eastern front map. And then Razbam can use that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikaros Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) On 7/20/2021 at 11:06 AM, Cunctator said: Same for the Spitfire, only earlier variants as lend lease planes. The Spitfire MK IX was used by the Soviets... Edited July 31, 2021 by Ikaros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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