DCS Kola Map Update - Review
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- After the last update Is It time to buy the DCS Kola Map by Orbx?
If you are looking for more information on the historical context of "Cold War on the Kola" have a look here:
• Cold War On The Kola Map
If you are looking for more historical context about what a Cold War on the Kola might have looked like - have a look at this video from a while back. ruclips.net/video/OBWA7AJyHC4/видео.htmlsi=Q5IqJWiBTItR7eIk
I love making my own road bases. All you need is to find a flat bit of road, drag a rectangular trigger zone around it, then in the trigger tab destroy all trees and structures in that zone. Now with the new assets you can populate the strip with believable facilities. Don’t forget to save as a template and it’s yours forever. Thanks for the vid Ian! Keep em coming
Great tips! Thanks
Wut, destroy trees from a zone? Which triggered action is it?
@@tuukka518 in the triggers tab under actions use remove scenery objects zone. It’s really easy to use but can be buggy sometimes. If it works make sure you save as a template and you should have any problems. You can build as many as you like but ensure you just kinda layer templates. This really brings out the best in kola.
Oh, it works on power poles and such too which opens up a lot of the desert maps
@@davidbradley3227 thanks. As a finn it is difficult to be pissed about the billions of trees :)
I love this map. I just wish it had more server. It's a beautiful place to fly.
All I heard for years was " not another brown map." Now we have a large, very historical map. And it's getting the South Atlantic treatment from the community.
I really don’t want it to get the SA treatment. My hope is that this can become a good, popular map. It’s absolutely beautiful and it’s not even done yet.
I still belive in KOLA map. It has great potential.
Never stopped believing. I believe Orbx is taking it slowly, and getting experience with DCS and its programming tools, and the almost constant update cycle. Personally, I think this time next year it will be THE go to map for DCS players
Great video Iain, always appreciate your perspective. My issue with any maps is usually available content. I felt burned by Sinai, not because of the map itself but because there are no servers or campaigns using it that interest me. I think for Kola I am going to hold off until some good campaigns come out for it. Fortunately Baltic Dragon and Reflected are working on some already, so I dont think I'll be waiting long.
Sounds like a fair assessment. Let me know when you take the plunge.
Shadow reapers runs a good Syria/Sinai on rotation on multiplayer
Kola is turning out to be my favourite map by far.
spruce and birch trees are missing.....there are no deciduous trees in the area
Janes F-18 was my entry to the combat flight sim world as a kid, so the DCS Kola map is a homecoming for me.
Nice
A Cold War Scenario with MiG-23s, MiG-25s, and the Russian class of Naval ships would be a fun mission to download and play. It will be nice when ED updates the Soviet Naval textures, but all in good time.
Loved the historical contextualising of the map.
Thanks. It's one of the main reasons I was interested in Kola. It's got some real Cold War potential...
Great video.Really interesting historical background for the map.If I start seeing some Kola versions of “Return to Haiphong Harbour”missions,that’ll make me get this map.😎🇨🇦
I will bear that in mind
Storage Problems? Look into Symbolic Links...
I just moved half of my DCS Terrains off of my main DCS NVME drive to another SSD... SO FAR So GOOD!
the mountains in the opening clip look very pretty
Thanks. The textures are impressive.
Kola is the New Caucasus.
Great review, I was disappointed with how the terrain and especially the trees looked on release but I agree it's in a much better place these days.
Thank you for the important historical context that some folks might otherwise miss, and the great explanation of possible scenarios for the area.
Your welcome. It has really imptoved
I would love to see some mission on the Kola map, it's quickly becoming one of my favorites. Probably since I like 80's cold war the best.
Are you doing any more of the moving mud series? They are missed.
I love the Kola map for ASW in the Mh-60r submod.
I would love the Mig-23,25, or 31 on this map!
What did the Swedes expect Finland to do if the balloon went up? The Viggen's range doesn't seem suited for crossing all the way from Sweden to Russia and back, so would they have been striking Russian targets in Finland?
Well as far as I can tell, they expected that Finnish "irregulars" would delay the Soviets at least to some extent. I think they also expected to support those irregulars with their own special forces. This would have given them the opportunity to also interdict those forces from the air to impose more delay and to better prepare their defenses. I did do a video on that idea called "Revenge of The Forest Trolls" - maybe look that up and see what you think.
From my perspective, being swedish, the assumption was always that the Soviets would advance far and fast. Overextend in other words. The Swedish main line was deep in the country and was supposed to function as the anvil, anchoring up the soviet forces as far as possible, while they'd be attrited from everywhere else and stabbed.
Most of our heavy mechanized forces where earmarked for the south/middle. Rapid reaction and near suicidal attacks was the name of the game there to contain and beat beachheads, as those would not return if destroyed.
But in the north... expensive and dearly bought slow attrition. More Kursk than Inchon or Anzio. It was based on the Finnish experiences from both the winter war but even more from the Karelian isthmus in '44
@@LolTollhurst Thanks. Great information. I appreciate you posting it.
i really like dcs, have been playing it for 15 years. But i honestly don't need any more maps or modules, i just want content like campaigns or at least a dynamic campaign. Won't be buying any more before i can do more stuff in game
Really hoping that someone makes a Viggen campaign for this map.
Thank you Iain.
Very welcome
I owned the map but have not flown any time in it... In my opinion well worth every penny,
8:45 the cockpit is soaked! Poor pilot
He's a Marine. He can take it.
Actually he wants more...
@@tamasratkai1130 Semper Fi... Not Semper Dry
tx so much for this Mr.Iain
My frustration in this map is not knowing how to use it. Some aid with order of battle and objectives would have helped. A sandbox with no context has made me regret buying it.
Like all other maps ?
Thanks for letting me know. I did do a video called "Revenge of The Forest Trolls" that was a little bit of window into that. I am quite happy to resurrect that project if there is enough interest. Please feel free to drop by my discord and continue the conversation. At this point it really is about finding a large enough, and willing enough, audience
It would be really cool if it included out to the West to the Shetland Islands North of Scotland…….
Will those Cold War scenarios of yours have pvp?
I haven't thought about it - but probably not since pvp is really not my thing.
Ron Swanson's voice in DCS
Thanks... I think
I decide not to buy any more DCS maps. They are too expensive and most servers I'm on run the Caucasus map anyhow. With modules costing as high as $80 USD, the maps should be free. I will open my wallet the day they release a Vietnam map. I'm sure the player base will double if not triple in size the day a Vietnam map is released. But for now I'll be flying around the Caucasus map.
The concept of paying for maps in DCS gives the same result :
Critical mass is not reachedfor South Atlantic, Sinai, Afghanistan and Kola. Nobody plays them online.
This will probably take several years.
Its definitely an issue. Part of the problem too is that the DCS community is not primarily on-line, but the visible parts of it are since they not only play on line, but engage more on social media. As someone is not really interested in playing on multi-player servers - but who does like to share ideas with others who "play with themselves" this is something I confront all the time in trying to keep a You Tube channel going.
If you make cold war campaigns for the Kola map, ill buy the map and play them :)
Thanks. I appreciate the support.
KOLA? Norway? I'm still sitting in my Mosquito in England, with no place to go..........😫
Viggenland the beautiful ...
This map will never be worth it to buyers until the game actually gives us something to do on these maps!!!