05 May 2023

Dear Fighter Pilots, Partners and Friends,

Get ready for major combat action as Buddyspike announces four new heart-pounding scenarios coming to the highly-anticipated DCS: Sinai map! This epic battlefield will take you through the tumultuous history of the Sinai peninsula, East Egypt, and Southern Israel.

With development progressing at full throttle, we are thrilled to give you a sneak peek at the newest early access Sinai map features, and trust that the Development Screenshots will leave you in awe.

Step into the multiplayer server of BuddySpike and feel like a true aerial warrior. The advanced scoring system is inspiring and completing objectives will earn you well-deserved rank credibility. Join the BuddySpike Discord now and take your skills to the next level.

Thank you for your passion and support.

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics

Blue Flag

Multiplayer Scenarios

BuddySpike is going to offer Blue Flag scenarios that will include live statistics, an online live map and will feature historically accurate locations that were used by military personnel during the different wars in the region. Here is a list of the upcoming scenarios that Buddyspike is planning to host:

1956

Suez Crisis (Operation Kadesh) war, mainly between Egypt and Israel in northern Sinai peninsula. This Blue Flag scenario will include various Air operations and ground warfare in the famous areas of this war. Each coalition will be able to push through Sinai to occupy all the objectives and get control of the peninsula.

1967 - 1973

Starting from the Six-Day war (1967) through the war of attrition (1967 - 1970) and finally to the Yom Kippur war (1973) of the entire Sinai peninsula. This Blue Flag scenario will include more modern air, ground and naval operations of the 70s. It will incorporate current DCS modules and will also be ready for upcoming modules, simulating the war in all of the peninsula and the famous push points and stand offs between the Egyptian and Israeli armies and air forces.

Along with the above historical scenarios, Buddyspike is planning 2 other impressive theoretical scenarios in Sinai. The Semi Active Radar Homing (SARH) scenario that includes Fox-1 capabilities and weapon availability of the era. As well as a modern scenario that will include all modern weaponry and ammunition.

Sinai

Development Report

Our third party partner OneReTech continues to develop and enhance the DCS: Sinai map for upcoming early access launch. They have received a lot of positive feedback and comments since the last reviews. Thanks to all of you who commented and provided valuable information and criticism, Sinai can only get better with your support and review.

Some unique scenes have already been improved and many bugs have been fixed. The destruction models are in the final stages of development. Many improvements, including the great pyramids of Giza have already been implemented, along with many other scenes, airfield details and textures.

OneReTech have now added moving trains, greater variety of vegetation and birds in port areas and several models of tankers are already in the works that will complement the realism of port scenes.

For Early Access launch, six new airfields will be available:

• El Arish, El Gora, Baluza are on the north of the Sinai peninsula.
• Bir Hasanah is in the middle.
• St Catherine and Abu Rudeis are to the south.

These strategic locations will allow the recreation of realistic scenarios of the missions of the Arab-Israeli wars.

“Our team has been working hard on a tool that allows you to procedurally get textures that are already used on the DCS: Sinai map. Furthermore, we have improved the tools that allow us to obtain height maps at a more accurate resolution of 1 metre per pixel, where the original resolution was 38 metres per pixel. This allows you to get textures as well as a surface mesh with a higher density using the Eagle Dynamics TDK tool. This can be used to build unique places and mountains. For example, you can make dunes in the desert not only on the texture, but also procedurally generate a surface mesh. We've included a few examples in the Development Screenshots.”

– OneReTech

BuddySpike

Multiplayer Server

BuddySpike Blue Flag is a hardcore server that challenges your piloting and teamwork skills, resulting in a truly immersive and rewarding gameplay experience. They host persistent multiplayer DCS scenarios across different eras. The server includes live maps and statistics on the BuddySpike Gadget. For a detailed outline of the features of each event, go to the Buddyspike Wiki.

The Buddyspike community is mostly active on Discord. They are available to answer any necessary questions and provide assistance. So, what are you waiting for? Join the BuddySpike Server Discord.

Thank you again for your passion and support,

Yours sincerely,

Eagle Dynamics