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  1. 2 hours ago, BrianV said:

     

    Would it be an option to consider throwing in a small GA airfield as a combo package with each Cityscape? In Dublin, there is Weston airport that would be fantastic with Dublin. Similar for other Cityscapes, a small GA airfield would be perfect to explore the Cityscape, even if the price would be higher.

     

     

    A good point which is not far from mine. An out-the-way city pack needs to be more clearly linked to simming. No need for a gigantic hub but a couple of quaint little airports around would enhance the product indeed. 

     

    PS Just bought Dubai. A nice piece of scenery and easy on my old jalopy :)

     

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  2. 4 hours ago, Anna Cicognani said:

    It seems that in absence of a surrounding area or airport which justify flying there, these cities have not been especially popular. Personally, I think Dubai is one of our best, so this is puzzling indeed

    A couple of possible explanations If I may :

     

    - Do people know that they are so cheap ? I didn’t before looking into the product pages after reading your post.

     

    - a lot of simmers have not upgraded their computer due to the insane hardware market.  An addon like Dubai raises an obvious  issue for a lot of us : will it not bring my rig to its silicon knees ? Is it optimized enough ? 

     

    -  are you sure that your promotional presentation is made for simmers ? My own take, I am  a warbird and GA flyer who mostly does less than one hour flight.  I like Dubai as a starting point because there are  East of the UAE  very nice landscapes for visual flights (Jebel al Harim, coastal jebels to Mascate). No mention of it in your presentation. Dubai is also a large hub for airliners. No mention of it. Your presentation is almost disconnected from the hobby.It is more like a Architectural Tourism Promotion Agency blurb. 
     

    To make it short. Is it the product or is it how it is sold ? 


    I didn’t buy it but I am intrigued so I will.

     


     

     

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  3. On 2/10/2022 at 1:16 AM, Anna Cicognani said:

    his next region will be South America! That’s right, the whole continent.

     

    Good to read. The Himalayas and Central Asia mesh is a superb product. Do the Andes as good as this one and you will have a bunch of happy campers in MSFS.  

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  4. Just a feedback to Orbx.

     

    A good product very much appreciated on my end. It does significantly enhance flying in this region which has become new bush territories. A winning combo with the Milviz Porter.

     

    If you could have now a look at the Andes...
     

     

     

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  5. Maybe a complement to my post.
     

    The nice screenshots upthread should not let you think that this is all about great landscapes over peaks and ridges. Looking.  And then what ? You can’t spend your life gaping at Mount Everest ! 
     

    This is about flying  !


    For millenia, this region has been inhabited and crossed by trade roads in the valleys and the high altitude plains (yes, there are plains too ;)) and deserts.
     

    It has been and still is, for geographical reasons,   a strategic buffer disputed between the Russian and British empires then now between China and India.

     

    The aircraft have replaced the dromaders and there are quite a few airports. Some easy, some not...  Most really interesting.  A multitude of flights.

     

    Set up your Neofly FBO in Gilgit, Leh, Dibrugarh, Dushanbe or Putao, you’ll see.

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  6. A very welcome product and I am glad it covers not only the central Himalayas but also the Tian Shan and the Altai massifs, Northern Burma, Pakistan, Kirghizistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. It wouldn’t interest me otherwise.

     

    I have made quite a few flights in these regions. MSFS ground imagery makes flying there a memorable experience if you like flying rough and high terrains , geography and history (Silk roads, the Hump, the NW Frontier etc.) :) . The mesh is often good but not always and could be better anyway.

     

    20 GB is an ouch! for my capped bandwidth but I look forward to it.

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  7. 2 hours ago, Scott Harmes said:

     

     

    3 hours ago, John Heaton said:

     

     

    Just a reminder. I initiated this thread when I read a guy from Eagle Dynamics writing on his forum that they had talks with A2A and OrbX. I was amazed to see a very positive response on the two forums to my posts. 

     

    In DCS, I fly the L-39 which has almost no avionics, is mostly a ground attack aircraft , and cannot go higher than 20k (more or less). So, as many users, I feel that better sceneries would be welcome (I've the Caucasus and the Gulf).  Should I add that flying the aircraft is interesting in itself (besides strafing the vilains ;)) : VFR , IFR landing etc.

     

    I don't have specific figures but I intuitively think that DCS may have a much larger user base than AF2 for which OrbX has a line of products. So it didn't seem absurd that ED and OrbX had talks, knowing that talks are... talks.

     

     

     

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  8. 5 hours ago, Cyclone1 said:

     One nice thing about DCS is you do not have to deal with painful updates! 

     

    Life is all about choices. Sims are the same ;-) ! 

     

    Almost every time, I open DCS I get a notice of an update ! I've to wait for the download but it is  painless.

     

    WIth P3D, the updates are more complicated but only every six months.

     

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  9. 2 hours ago, porsche said:

     

    Viet Nam and Cambodia would get my vote and $$. I spent time i flying rotary wing in Cambodia almost 30 years ago....It was a much different place then than the tourist attraction it is now. Being able to go there in DCS would be....interesting.

    Dave

     

    2 hours ago, Sky_1 said:

    Someone said, it would take years, before we have a ORBX map for DCS world 

    I think, if ED and ORBX make a deal, it will take 7-8 months. 

    Not years.... 

     

    I'd love Indochina (lived there) with a good Skyraider :) . A Huey would be nice too but I am terrible at driving choppers.

     

    Being  a little old, I'll be less optimistic on the timeline. Should they agree on the principle, they'd have to negociate a commercial agreement. That may take months. Then a new OrbX team would have to be recruited and trained with the DCS SDK. Then the making of a large scenery would take a long time to be done properly. It would be maybe faster if they started from data they already collected for a fat region or an OpenLC (the US or Norway or Germany for Cold War scenarios). In a nutshell,  iIf we get an OrbX DCS battle groud before the end of 2021 we'll be lucky ;). But old boys can dream, can't they ?

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  10. Of course now that we have settled the matter of OrbX doing stuff for DCS  :rolleyes::lol:, we need to help them to pick up a battleground -_-.

     

    I thought of Southern California from China Lake to Miramar because OrbX has already done a lot of wotk there. Elsewhere, Colorado (USAF Academy !) or Utah ?  Outside the US ?

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  11. 9 hours ago, W2DR said:

    You're probably right. I think the third glass of wine may have clouded my perception of the "question".....:)

     

    I certainly understand people who are not interested by the military dimension of DCS. Fair enough, my friend.

     

    You will find among DCS users a lot of people who are mostly interested by flying the aircraft, not the bombing or straffing etc.  I don't say bombing or straffing are uninteresting because flying the aircaft is more difficul then but the wargame dimension is secondary for them.

     

    We are simmers, aircraft are first on the list of priorities. DCS aircraft I know have superb flying model as far as I can judge after 40 years of simming. 

     

    P3D will stay my sim but if OrbX would develop a huge map à la Socal for DCS, welll...

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  12. 2 hours ago, Sky_1 said:

    I agree with you, Ridvan

    I just don't like anymore the Caucasus map

    To be honest, i have the Persian Gulf / NTTR /  and Normandy, as well, but I don't really like them 

     

    The true limitation of DCS is the maps in scope and quality hence....

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  13. 26 minutes ago, Rongor said:

     So Dominique's "question" probably wasn't exactly "asking" but in the first place a rhethoric to express excitement.^_^

     

    Rhetorical, yeah maybe a bit of that but  I am interested to know what you think too, my fellow simmers :P !  And I love a good contradiction when it comes with some explanations for the NOs and the BUTs. This is a forum of discussion after all. But enough of that.

     

    I am not as much excited (too old for that) as I am intrigued.  I am impressed by the the aircraft I've (A10 bought long ago and left to rust on a HD, the two free aircraft and my payware)  but the scenery is limited in scope and quality. To think that OrbX could enter the game is somethingg to look forward too. 

     

    30 minutes ago, Rongor said:

    My current now and then cockpit if I find the time is (and this might make a frenchman like you especially happy) the Mirage2000.

    Of course I'd welcome a collaboration with orbx. Let's just hope this won't cause another unexpected delays for the OpenLCs...:rolleyes::lol:

     

    M2000 Which one, is it the -5 ? And you do a home cockpit for it  ? Give us some pics !  

     

    OpenLC : I'd rather not comment :lol: !

     

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  14. 20 minutes ago, W2DR said:

    Absolutely no interest (you asked......)

    Just curious.

     

    You are not interested because you tried to fly an aircraft in DCS and you didn’t like it or is it a statement of principle, I never tried it so I don’t exactly know  what it is  but I don’t like it anyway.

     

    For instance I am not very fond of XP and I can explain why. I tried it.

     

    Or is it that you love DCS so much you don’t want any of OrbX in it ?

     

    Again friendly curiosity . 

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  15. 1 hour ago, Rongor said:

    Great find!

    And nice to see other DCS pilots around, unfortunately, I currently lack the time to fly DCS much.

     

    Isn't it sweet news :) ? I rediscover DCS these days. Busy learning the L-39 that I loved in FSX & P3D. 

  16. 20 minutes ago, BPL said:

     

    I'm an FSX user, and I see the same problem you do, Dominique. The problem also occurs with a small construction area included in the Global freeware rendition of my local airport, as you can see in this thread: Texture Displaying Incorrectly at KBUY. The issue is caused by OLC NA. I assume, based on the screenshot above, that Spud doesn't have OLC NA installed; thus, his textures display correctly.

     

    I see it too in KBUY and that is with the 1.15 patch. I thought it was a P3D issue as some FSXers does not have an issue anymore in KMCO when P3Ders still do after the patch.

     

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