[Map] Wake Island (4km) [WIP]

[Rudd]

Originally Posted by iwillkillyouhun

i'm sorry but we are gone put wake again in the game ? or it just a map for fun , practice to be a mapper ?

if the map is of PR quality, and it looks like its going to be , then what possible objection could there be to adding it?

[Dankicity]

Originally Posted by iwillkillyouhun

(is) it just a map for fun , practice to be a mapper ?

Never trouble another for something you could do yourself. -- Jefferson

Grew tired of unrestricted woods a bit, and I wanted a realistic Wake Island map... Dev tutorials gave the how-to's... so I am learning as I go to make one. There's no real logic behind doing it, just pure ADD driven impulse and perfectionism ... and no, those don't go well together.

[Silly_Savage]

Originally Posted by Dankicity

There's no real logic behind doing it, just pure ADD driven impulse and perfectionism ... and no, those don't go well together.

I'm not so sure, from what I'm seeing, it seems quite the opposite.

[Dankicity]

Ok I think I'm at the part where I need some community support. Everythings pretty much final outside clutter but a few quirks make it feel wrong. Mostly the overgrowth is just plain wrong and from a lack of options, three buildings have Arabic signs/graffiti on them.

Buildings are obvious fixes, either retexture or create a American military styled two story office/apt and single story warehouse/garage buildings.

Overgrowth is a more pressing matter as it makes this map. The video below shows what it should look like and my updated first post video shows what I have (minus palms). Difference is my mosh-pit vs reality's crazy pine style; a Ironwood trees (Casuarina equisetifolia) single and cluster, and a Tree Heiliotrope (Tournefortia argentea) large low bush.



Unless there are some Blender tutorials which I can't find, I'll need someone willing to fill my inadequacies on this? Or is the looming intro of ArmaII:PR going to make what I have all I'll get?

I could possibly make the models and textures but I've never been all that handy with UV mapping and knowhow of game mechanics; lods, polys, col, oh my.

[Hauteclocque]

Really promising

[Amok@ndy]

looks nice do you have some screens ?

[ytman]

Originally Posted by Dankicity

Three buildings have Arabic signs/graffiti on them.

This is actually common on some maps. Silent Eagle has a Chinese Gas Station.

Overgrowth is a more pressing matter as it makes this map. The video below shows what it should look like and my updated first post video shows what I have (minus palms). Difference is my mosh-pit vs reality's crazy pine style; a Ironwood trees (Casuarina equisetifolia) single and cluster, and a Tree Heiliotrope (Tournefortia argentea) large low bush.

I'll agree and disagree. I'll agree that unique statics and vegitation would do wonders in making your map stand out and really feel like its the closest place to American Soil (well it is American Soil) however, don't let a lack of it stop you from finishing it.

[Dankicity]

Originally Posted by ytman

I'll agree and disagree. I'll agree that unique statics and vegitation would do wonders in making your map stand out and really feel like its the closest place to American Soil (well it is American Soil) however, don't let a lack of it stop you from finishing it.

Agree on statics as you have to look for them but still not thrilled at the idea. Though, on Wake's overgrowth (any jungle scenario, like Vietnam) you have to walk the paths unless you have a machete mob or agent orange. Hopefully the change would confine wooded combat areas and improve collaboration tactics.

To confine it means adding a large van sized, (mostly) impassable bush which doesn't exist. The trees are just a smaller radius, dark trunk spruce tree model with pine needles.

That look really does make the map for me but it won't stop me from finishing it.

[Dankicity]

Another Dankicity ADD production. I was playing around with putting elevation lines on the minimap but couldn't get a minimap without rendering the terrain in it as to consist of statics nor could I figure out how to reduce the number of lines. It does let me see where some terrain LOD issues might be.



Progress : Only have a couple dirt roads left, one main road that doesn't like me, and a bridge. Fences and walls are in with a single pass on clutter. Needs one more pass on clutter and a pass on rocks. Shouldn't be long now and if I must say so it's looking pretty freaking awesome ->!<-



Also forgot to ask if the ch_heavyjeep (i think) was a usable vehicle. It's amphibious but looks to have a bad LOD.

[HughJass]

looks great, cool color map work. personally i think the blue water and white sands clash a little too much. more screens!