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I love to se our "mother earth" from the sky, but for combat and navigational purposes... would not be great to have even fictional maps??? The task to create it should be much easier, and the possibililities infinite!

 

So, would you buy a fictional map if it has all your geographical requirements?

 

I am sorry, I dont know how to make a proper poll

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Absolutely NOT.

 

Edit: Why don't you just create a poll?

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Plus one for fictional maps, way better all round I think. ;)

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As DCS is a simulator realized in meticulous detail, it's only fitting that the maps are also as accurate as possible, the foundational standard being that they are real world locations.

That's my opinion.

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Semi-realistic please. No need to be ultra realistic by all the roads, railways, bridges, hills etc. As long you get the general area right and then randomly generate the towns, roads etc.

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What is the point of fictional maps? Aren't there enough regions of the real world to be replicated? What would you do regarding navigation and mapping? Seems to me this is an utterly nonsensical suggestion.

 

So no!

 

And why couldn't you have done this as a poll if you want to do market research? I suspect you haven't really given this much thought at all have you!

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Nah.

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As long you get the general area right and then randomly generate the towns, roads etc.

 

+1 Not a bad idea at all. Would speed up the creation process as well, so this is something the devs should actually look into IMO.

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No for me.

I actually would like the present maps to be even more realistic. I want them to be consistent with WGS84 so it would be possible to export position data to my phone, preferably in-game suport for GPS export (NMEA). Not for cheating, only to be able to fly and have real world maps.

(I do this all the tim in X-plane and Prepar3D)

 

And it would make it possible to combine several adjacent maps for the same flights/missions if there ever will be adjacent maps...


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What is the point of fictional maps? Aren't there enough regions of the real world to be replicated?

 

 

The point is or should be: it is much easier to create a fictional 500x500 miles map, than recreate real ones. Arent people asking for tools like Create airports?? Buildings??

 

What would you do regarding navigation and mapping? Seems to me this is an utterly nonsensical suggestion.

 

 

Arent guys making its own TACAN or Beacons?? it is not that difficult to make your own charts... i dont feel it is nonsensical at all. in fact, In our squadron, we added couple of TACAN in northern Caucasus... Or made our own aproximation Charts for certain airports.

 

And why couldn't you have done this as a poll if you want to do market research? I suspect you haven't really given this much thought at all have you!

 

Again... because I dont know how to make a poll... (mentioned already twice).

 

 

However...

 

 

If realism is what bothers you... I wonder, how do you play then in Normandy with our spits or Bf109K... There is a good mixture of airframes, which is really "unrealistic". If think, that if you make a concession, by flying a "fictional" war, why are you so bother by flying a fictional map. IF you bring A10s to Caucasus, it is as much fictional as any new map. A fictional war (which is what all Campaigns are about) in a fictional land, does not affect the realism of an airframe or the simulation. There are other really good simulators (ground) that explored fictional maps, and people are more than happy with that. I am really surprised actually with most of the answers!

 

I would prefer to get few maps every year, between realistic and not. Than one every3 years...

 

In any case, thank god, in case there are fictional maps, you can take or leave it at will.


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whether the map is real or fictional, we will all put it to fictional use....

which means i don't care either way

 

a post nuclear war map could be fun.. blown down forests, smashed cities and craters.

think post nuclear war survival in helicopters and planes.. killing each other for each others beans.

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whether the map is real or fictional, we will all put it to fictional use....

which means i don't care either way

 

This, for me. I love the maps we have, and appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating them but I've never flown over the Caucasus region in real life, or Nevada, or even Normandy, they could all be fictional maps and I wouldn't know any different. (Did grow up on the Isle of Wight though and the Normandy map representation of that is pretty poor! :) ).

So, yes, I would probably pay for fictional maps.

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The point is or should be: it is much easier to create a fictional 500x500 miles map, than recreate real ones. Arent people asking for tools like Create airports?? Buildings??

 

 

 

Arent guys making its own TACAN or Beacons?? it is not that difficult to make your own charts... i dont feel it is nonsensical at all. in fact, In our squadron, we added couple of TACAN in northern Caucasus... Or made our own aproximation Charts for certain airports.

 

 

 

Again... because I dont know how to make a poll... (mentioned already twice).

 

 

However...

 

 

If realism is what bothers you... I wonder, how do you play then in Normandy with our spits or Bf109K... There is a good mixture of airframes, which is really "unrealistic". If think, that if you make a concession, by flying a "fictional" war, why are you so bother by flying a fictional map. IF you bring A10s to Caucasus, it is as much fictional as any new map. A fictional war (which is what all Campaigns are about) in a fictional land, does not affect the realism of an airframe or the simulation. There are other really good simulators (ground) that explored fictional maps, and people are more than happy with that. I am really surprised actually with most of the answers!

 

I would prefer to get few maps every year, between realistic and not. Than one every3 years...

 

In any case, thank god, in case there are fictional maps, you can take or leave it at will.

 

So you'd be able to create a sectional chart, with all the terrain features, airport approach plates, elevation details and all the other essentials for VFR as well as IFR navigation?

 

Nothing to do with reality, just about making use of real world data to fly realistically on a DCS World map. Check out all the documentation easily available on-line for pilots.

 

I can't see creating a fictional map would be any less labour intensive than taking real relief scans and making them into usable terrain.

 

Regarding the polls - just scroll down to the bottom of the window when you create a new thread. The poll stuff is all pretty self explanatory - unlike how terrain and maps work together work it seems!


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