why havnt we seen this puppy yet?

this could be a lot of fun and a good way to improve my bad aiming ;)
downloading at the moment - i hope there is still a server online
thx for this

Ive also had to remove the Pavement statics from baghdad, it caused major memory buffer issues.

Glad to see they have been removed from Burning sands.... now all they need to be removed from is falljuah.

Can someone make us some nicer pavings???

Excellent work Rudd. Thank you very much.

its pretty hard to get the balance right on that point, However look on google earth for a town called arar in an area called al muthana Saudi arabia, that was my first inspiration.

the sidewalks themselves are pretty good, they waste some UV space but otherwise are not heavy models. The problem is that I used them everwhere, 3000 sidewalks aren the problem, 3000 lightmap files are. The pavements also Zfought quite a bit so its not hugely bad.

Basically, the sidewalks are fine, just don't use them everywhere, or use them in places where they won't require lightmapping.

I'm glad this is being worked on.

I crashed 5 times on Burning Sands today and in the end the game ended. I could play for a good 5-10 minutes, but eventually I'd crash.

It is a good fun map when I can play it without FPS slow downs and CTD's, so hopefully this will fix the issue!

Very very nice map! This city reminds me of pictures I've seen of Syrian cities or other countries around! Good luck ;-)
Also, is it really possible irl to have houses and then suddently desert, I mean, no bushes or some trees or gardens between them?

can't wait for this to be played, one of the saddest parts about 957 is that burning sands is never played such an awesome map

this map + 128 players on AASv4 is going to be immense

Awesome work Rudd, looking forward to playing on the fixed up version

First time I saw Burining Sands i thought it will be the next Kashan esert with a Muttrah city inside... Now it's playble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!