Syria 2.7

[Arikaj]

Hey,

did we get any indication if Syria is moving out of EA with the release of 2.7? I want to take advantage of the EA discount but I still want to see the performance hit after 2.7.

"Student budget struggles"

Thanks

[Arikaj]

Well as I was writing this, the changelog dropped:

[cthulhu68]

My first impression of Syria in 2.7 is it looks much better with new lighting and performance has improved. Wasn't looking at FPS or rigorously testing but felt smoother flying low over cities and a random stutter issue I had before is gone. My only complaint would be the new billboards that all say "Normandy 1944" on them everywhere.

[Arikaj]

Tried Syria in the last F2P period and had horrible stutters over cities and 30 or less FPS. But now (bought it, cloud performence was good)the FPS is around 45 without stutters. With some altitude I am able to maintain 60. The performance was greatly improved.

[uist1]

Had a brief fly around in mp on the Syria map last night and I would say my FPS has improved a bit but I’m getting bad hang ups as it’s still using 31gb of my 32 gig ram. I was hoping that 32 gig would have been more than enough for this map. What are you all using ram wise?

[Arikaj]

I've got 32 like you. Using around 80-85 percent in instant actions.

[C3PO]

I think maps gobble up whatever RAM they can in DCS. VRAM too!

Edited April 16, 2021 by C3PO

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

anyone knows where to find the windmillds?

[Wali763]

Hi. I went from 32GB to 64GB in hope to cure some stutters. Always had 28-30GB Ram-usage before, now up to 36GB. Did not change a thing.

I dont think having 30GB RAM in use also means your low on RAM. I think the system just uses the RAM if its there even its not really nessecary....

[Jonay]

On 4/16/2021 at 5:48 PM, Ala12Rv-watermanpc said:

anyone knows where to find the windmillds?

 

Windmill or turbine? There are some turbines south of Haifa in the Carmel Mountain National Park area IIRC

[unknown]

On 4/15/2021 at 6:50 AM, cthulhu68 said:

My first impression of Syria in 2.7 is it looks much better with new lighting and performance has improved. Wasn't looking at FPS or rigorously testing but felt smoother flying low over cities and a random stutter issue I had before is gone. My only complaint would be the new billboards that all say "Normandy 1944" on them everywhere.

+1

After the 2.7 update the Syria map became my number 1 map. 

Thanks Ugra Media! 

[Hiob]

Not everything has improved though.

Seems they bought the higher performance by some "cheap tricks".

 

My favorit "benchmark" is the UH-1D instant action mission "Incirlik and Adana Tour". Of course, that is just for whirly-bird-people.

When flying towards the city, you will notice the following:

1. added details, like fences (which cause a lot of flickering due to lack of transparency AA), which seems nice at first, but tanks the FPS and is annoying due to the flickering (4K with MSAA on).

2. to compensate for performance, detailed textures will load very, very late. Which manifests in constant popups in the corner of the eye.

3. some very obvious problems with large buildings. E.g. in the center of the city are three large buildings and a moschee across the river. In 2.56 the detailed textures for those buildings are loaded, when you are so far away, that you won't notice it. Now they have some washed out, very low detailed textures, that will change not until you are virtually over the first building - which is a massive(!) immersion breaker...

 

last but not least - no performance increase but decrease about 5%.

 

Everything tested with the unmodified instant action mission from 2.56 (so without clouds)...

 

Don't get me wrong. I love the syria map. I could fly for hours over it in the evening with a broken cloud layer in an F-16 and enjoy the beautiful views...

but it's considered as a prime map for Helicopters, and for those it's very important, that the detailed scenery on the ground it right.

At this moment though, they made things definetly worse!

Edited April 23, 2021 by Hiob

[Northstar98]

On 4/16/2021 at 5:48 PM, Ala12Rv-watermanpc said:

anyone knows where to find the windmillds?

 

There are some turbines on the eastern side of the golan heights, on the border: N 33°02'05", E 035°51'04", - about 14.5km ENE (~70°) from Rosh Pina airport.

 

I don't think they account for the direction and speed of the wind, but it's definitely a start.

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

1 hour ago, Northstar98 said:

 

There are some turbines on the eastern side of the golan heights, on the border: N 33°02'05", E 035°51'04", - about 14.5km ENE (~70°) from Rosh Pina airport.

 

I don't think they account for the direction and speed of the wind, but it's definitely a start.

 

 

Many thanks buddy!

[Northstar98]

51 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-watermanpc said:

Many thanks buddy!

 

No worries! I'll try and hunt some more down.