More M2000 Shots

[+Dave]

I love the lighting. 

 

 

[+streakeagle]

Looking at those screenshots, DCS is ultimately providing what FighterOps had promised for years... Ultra realistic sim and graphics centered on Nellis.

 

Is it just me, or is the aircraft floating a bit above the tarmac. Look at the shadow versus the main wheels over several different pics to see what I am seeing.

[Viggen]

Is that the Nellis terrain? Wow that looks good! And the UAE skin looks great too. I'm sure someone will recreate the desert skin French M2000Ds and a single 2000C have worn.

[+MigBuster]

Looking at those screenshots, DCS is ultimately providing what FighterOps had promised for years... Ultra realistic sim and graphics centered on Nellis.

 

Is it just me, or is the aircraft floating a bit above the tarmac. Look at the shadow versus the main wheels over several different pics to see what I am seeing.

 

Don't worry it is just your eyes that are wonky.........

[+streakeagle]

My eyes aren't "wonky". The old website is gone, but it used to be filled with rendered screen shots show casing both aircraft under development (T-38, F-16, F-15, etc.) and Nevada that had amazing geometry, texturing, lighting, shadows, and reflections. They weren't in-game shots, but they looked amazing. These above in-game screenshots remind me of their old rendered screenshots, especially the glass on the Mirage. This is no SFP1 or LOMAC, this is the promised land that FighterOps never delivered...

 

Only instead of a T-38, we get an L-39 or a Hawk or a C-101. But with the A-10 and F-15 already available as flyables, DCS will be very close to what Fighter Ops advertised.

 

This is an archive that has some of what I remember that I see in DCS 1.5 Screenshots:

https://web.archive.org/web/20051103024330/http://www.fighterops.com/

 

Hit "Next" until you get to the shot of the F-15 in the foreground with two-seat F-16s in the background with the shiny glass. There were also various shots of Nellis. The last useful screenshots published had a T-38 parked at Nellis or flying over Nevada. The in-game shots of the T-38 never quite matched the rendered models, but the above screenshots jarred my memory. I had all but forgotten about FighterOps. 

 

Technically, FigherOps still exists, though there does not appear to be any pretense that there will ever be a game and the private pay-access Area 51 forums are long gone:

https://www.facebook.com/fighterops?fref=ts

http://www.fighterops.com/

 

 

Edited October 15, 2015 by streakeagle

[+ST0RM]

But what hasnt been mentioned is the terrain. Thats not Vegas. I think we just got a preview of the Hormuz scenery. The city in the background looks to be Dubai. The HAS' were a giveaway for me. They are similiar to what are at Al Dhafra.

 

-Jeff

[+Dave]

In fact in this shot look at the right, the worlds tallest building. 

 

 

That is like what Jeff said, the new Straits of Hormuz terrain. 

[Viggen]

So how long will this terrain take to become public?

[+Dave]

So how long will this terrain take to become public?

 

I have no idea but if they want a sales boost I wouldn't take so long on this terrain as they are for Nevada. The people are clamoring for a new terrain and this one fits the bill perfectly. 

[Viggen]

That's why I'm hoping this is closer to release. As much as I'd like a new map, I'm skipping Nevada.

 

Probably will do one of those desert seasonal texture conversions for Crimea until Hormuz is released.

[+Dave]

I have Nevada coming as I bought A-10C as a beta. I wouldnt skip it though. A great place to fly. 

[+HomeFries]

One of the first things I plan on doing when Nevada is released (assuming scripting/triggers aren't FUBAR like 1.5 right now) is remake the Huey Drop mission, but put the smokes on famous Vegas landmarks (e.g. "The Insurgents have taken Planet Hollywood!").  That should be some fun flying Hueys in airmobile missions on the strip!

Edited October 15, 2015 by HomeFries

[+JediMaster]

I bought Nevada because of Black Sea fatigue. I also think I'll enjoy it both for itself and serving as an Iraq/Afghan/insert desert nation here proxy.