Taviana Island for ArmA 2!

[giorgygr 61]

ahh...that beta.. :pet13:

;)

*Hey Martin can you please check PM's? I have called for help long ago :D

Edited December 26, 2011 by GiorgyGR
oops..just remembered...

[HoodRussian13 10]

Hi HoodRussian13,

Could you make a screenshot of the problem with the railroad platform please, because I don't know if you were referring to the same place I think or not, I just want to make sure that the bug you found is fixed for sure.

Thanks

@Orcinus & Thani '82: Thanks guys :cheers:

Hey Martin, ill try and geta screenie, but the software i use is having some trouble. the platfor is by a large sone quarry like object. there is a large industrial building, with a pipe system running abouve and alondside the tracks on the far left side. the tracks dead end, where the steps are. maybe its just me, but on the ground, the steps looks a little large in the first place. ill try and get some sreenies up.

thanks for the great work, can't wait for the beta!

[Choki 10]

Thanks Martin! Great job! I love it!

[HoodRussian13 10]

i got a screen, how do i post a jpeg file?

[-martin- 10]

i got a screen, how do i post a jpeg file?

1) Go to an image hosting site such as this one: http://http://shareimage.org/

2) Browse for the screenshot and then click "start uploading"

3) Once its done you'll see a screen like this:

4) Copy all the code from "thumbnail for forums" (just click on it and it will select everything for you) and paste the code in to the reply box here on the forums. The submit the thumbnail of picture will show up, then when someone clicks it the full size image will open.

Удачи

*Hey Martin can you please check PM's? I have called for help long ago

Hi GiorgyGR,

I didn't get any PM's from you since like 3 months ago, can you please send them again because my inbox might have been full :o

- Thanks, looking forward to helping you out

[max54 10]

I thought the beta would be there for Christmas present ... ^^

[Wolfhounds 10]

I thought the beta would be there for Christmas present ... ^^

Woah buddy don't rush him he's had some trouble with Internet and he will release it in hi own time. A projects like this takes many hours of work so just be patient at this busy time of year

[max54 10]

I know i know, it's just a christmas "joke" :D

[HoodRussian13 10]

Heres the screen Martin:

[-martin- 10]

Heres the screen Martin:

Ah Spasibo,

I nearly forgot about that platform :o has been fixed now.

[R0adki11 3945]

I thought the beta would be there for Christmas present ... ^^

maybe Martin was busy, patient is with waiting for addon releases :)

[HoodRussian13 10]

Alright Martin, good to hear! Keep up the good work, can't wait for the beta! "We're waiting outside the borders!"

[richard 10]

Finally, congratulations! I raise a beer Pepsi.

Also, a post card:

Edited January 9, 2012 by Richard

[-martin- 10]

Alright Martin, good to hear! Keep up the good work, can't wait for the beta! "We're waiting outside the borders!"

Well then... Come on in, we've been expecting you hehehehe

Taviana Island Beta Released!

Behold, the day has come! After a lot of work, sleepless nights and endless alpha face sorting, Taviana Island is finally here.

The island has experienced many changes since the last release, the biggest of which is that Tavianian language is no longer based on Latin alphabet, but Cyrillic. Also, new cities and approximately 20km² of new area was added; new, interesting and never seen architecture has been added to the object library. The campaign planning has started, but we’re still missing people to help us develop it, so if you’re capable of creating nice missions, please contact Richard (refer to the main thread for details.)

Please note that this is only beta version of the island and it still contains a few bugs and glitches waiting to be found/fixed. Yes, we’re releasing Taviana for you to test and make missions on. Criticism on everything is also welcome, especially on the facts that might be wrong or not accurate. You may also find that custom buildings do not have damage models, we are looking forward to fixing that in the final release, but the time is short and if you could help us that would be highly appreciated and not forgotten (once again, contact Richard.)

Lastly, we’d like to say that we would love to see missions, videos and campaigns taking place in Taviana. Also multiplayer servers running the island would be awesome and we (at least Richard) will try to play on all of them if we happen to find them (also if you have a server that will run Taviana, post a comment in this topic.)

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Report a Bug:

To report a bug, either:

PM me or Richard with a description/location

Or leave a reply in this thread. We also kindly ask you not to report bugs that have already been reported for the sake of keeping the thread readable and organized.

And now for the fun part…

Download links:

Taviana Island:

http://www.multiupload.com/GLUNRVZNO9 (~360MB)

Taviana Objects:

http://www.multiupload.com/27XDWF75RB (~300MB)

Screenshots:

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Read me:

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Taviana Island for ArmA II (BETA Version 1.0)

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Taviana (Officialy: Tavianska Sovjetskaja SocialistiÄiskaja Respublika - TSSR– The Soviet Socialist

Republic of Taviana) is an island country situated in the Baltic Sea approximately 120km off the coast

of Lithuania or Kaliningrad. It has a population of approximately 1 500 000 inhabitants of who 90% are

ethnic Slavs called “Rustakiâ€, Russians or Poles and 10% ethnic Lithuanians. The capital and second

largest city of the republic is Sabina which is located on the Southern coast of lake Umag, has a

population of approximately 150 000 and has the republics main international airport.

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What does this BETA version contain?

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This Beta version contains the entire Southern part of the island from the previous release and also

features approximately 20km² of new land in the Northern area of the island, including dozens of custom

models with custom textures, such as a cable car, motorway, tomb, airport building, underground train

stations, a race track and much more...

This is a Beta version which is fully game ready, and ready for missions to be made on, however some

bugs may still be present. No further changes will be done to the completed areas of the island seen

in this Beta in future releases, however if you do spot a bug, please report it.

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What is this Beta version for?

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I am releasing this Beta version for a number of reasons:

- To present what I have accomplished since the release of the Alpha version.

- To release a version of the island with bugs that were present in the previous version removed.

- To allow users to create missions knowing that nothing will change in what is already done.

- So that you could have some fun!

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Reporting bugs!

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Have you found a bug or are you having trouble with this island?

Please leave a reply in the official Taviana thread on the BIS forums or PM me:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=105530

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Change log

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Bug fixes:

- MOD folders bug: FIXED (Island can now be used with MOD folders)

- Config names error: FIXED

- Latin writing converted to Cyrillic

- Children’s ship in school (plane in model was reversed)

- Sabina heating station geometry fixed

- Foot path misalignment fixed

- Trolleybus depot finished

- Buildings that tip over when destroyed fixed

- Bratislav bridge was not appearing on the map: now appears

- Police stations added

- Billboard texture not showing fixed

- Mailbox texture not showing fixed

- Trolleybus depot geometry fixed

- Misaligned trolleybus wires, realigned

- Water dispensers added

- Missing geometries fixed

- Instances in which the layer falls through the floor fixed

- Tomb of king Solibor finished

- Unfinished models have been finished

- BIS+Key addon signature added

- Destroyable road objects fixed

- Missing texture errors fixed

- Missing object error fixed

- More clutter added to forests

- Satellite & layer masks tweaked

- Intro anim added

- Map names localised to English, Russian, Czech and Polish

- Sewage processing plant added

- Airport building added

- Train carriages added

- Railway wires removed

- Street name signs redone

- Misplaced road segments fixed

- Drains added

- More forest clutter added

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Authors & Credits

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- Martin (Height map, sat + layer mask, all object placement, modelling, texturing)

- Bushlurker (Countless help and support =) )

- Richard (Help in modelling of various models)

- Hevoc100 (Coming up with the name - Taviana)

- Broseph (Various textures for models)

- Zenger (Tavianas release screenarts, support and regular updating of arma.at.ua with Taviana news)

- BIS (Creating the wonderful engine and amazing game)

- Fargustino (Improving the satellite mask, ideas and race track model)

- DKM MOD (Windmills)

- Ensk Island team (Lenin Statue, wooden church and more...)

- Electronic engineers (for making all this technology possible)

- Pathetic_Berserker (Stadium)

And a special thanks to:

http://www.arma.at.ua (for regularly posting news about Taviana and giving Taviana a place on their

home page)

Thanks to all the other countless fan sites for mirroring and posting news about Taviana!

Thanks to all the people who reported bugs and leave comments for me!

A big thanks to everyone who has been following Taviana on the BIS forums and other websites,

everyone who left replies, their thoughts and encouraged me to get to where I am now, without you,

Taviana wouldn't be possible! =)

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Installation & Requirements:

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This addon requires ArmA 2 or ArmA 2 Combined Arms, there is no difference in terms of functionality.

THIS ADDON IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH STANDALONE ARMA 2: OPERATION ARROWHEAD!

To install this addon follow the instructions bellow:

1) Extract the files called "Tavi.pbo","Taviana.pbo" and "osshdy.pbo" from the archive and place them in

to your ArmA 2 addons directory, usually:

C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\AddOns

(Where "X" stands for the drive on which ArmA 2 is installed.)

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Permissions

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All credit for this addon belongs to its respective author (Martin).

1) Using (on other maps/games) or modifying any model contained in this addon is forbidden at this time

2) Modifying this addon in any way is forbidden at this time

3) Using this addon or any of its components for commercial purposes is forbidden!

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Disclaimer

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This addon has been provided to you free of charge, the authors or Bohemia

Interactive Studio will not take responsibility for any damage/loss of data

done by this addon to your computer/ArmA II game (most unlikely), lost lives,

angry wives/parents and/or lost girlfriends.

By downloading and installing this addon you agree to the above and take

responsibility.

100% compatibility with another addons cannot be guaranteed.

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Contact

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You can contact me on:

E-mail: Bauerek@hotmail.co.uk

ICQ: 595-556-446

BIS Forums: http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?u=51263

www: http://www.ofpbase.co.nr

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8th of January 2012 (Merry Christmas)

For more information please reffer to the first post.

Me and Richard thank you for downloading Taviana, we hope you enjoy it and we look forward to reading your comments.

- Richard and Martin

Edited January 9, 2012 by -Martin-
Removed Comic Sans =(((

[giorgygr 61]

HOLY SMOKE!!!

[dcal 16]

Congratulations on the release Martin! I want to thank you for all the hard work you put into this. Downloading now and ready to explore and do battle on this great island you made. Thanks to everyone who helped as well.

The Arma community is amazing. It is the game that keeps on giving because of you guys.

[belgerot 33]

Congratulations on the release Martin!

Now, whether to take a sick day or not ;)

[spooky lynx 73]

Thanks a lot for the release! I've been waiting for it for a long time:)

[krycek 349]

Thnx a lot for this beauty Martin and Richard.Now if you'll excuse me I'm meeting with a real estate agent at a cafe in the capital,I have to find a suitable place for my HQ.

[[aps]gnat 28]

Awesome!

Thanks guys

[R0adki11 3945]

Congrats on your Beta Release, drinks all round :D

[krycek 349]

Glitches I found so far in Sabina:

-I can't access the hotel interior near the grand station

-the school near the prison is not a solid object(walk through it)

-the mall near the art gallery is not a solid object

-the bank interior is not solid,I walked through it(wanted to see if there is cash in the safe:p )

-when crossing the river from the art gallery to the huge stone building I hit an invisible wall(exact location is where the two phone booths are),btw I'm waiting the bill from you cause I crashed my suv there,one broken wheel and engine pretty damaged:p

-bar in Novy Bor has weird textures

Also I have a suggestion for better AI navigation:

I usually take a car and another AI car to follow me around while exploring,while it seems they can drive decent around the town they have the most problems when arriving at crossroads.

If you could move the poles with the street names a little bit near the buildings they could avoid bumping into them.Although is pretty good you made the streets so wide.

P.S. The poor dude in the hospital is a hint at eastern healthcare?:D

Also the interiors from the custom buildings are awesome.

Edited January 9, 2012 by Krycek

[giorgygr 61]

I dunno Martin ..but my ArmA launcher refuses to detect the Taviana addon.

I tried both rename/keep the original folder name but..nada :/

* I use Alpine stars launcher btw.

If its only my problem..i ll try to find a way to bypass it..but if its not..

I ll search it a little more..

after some minutes...

lol

As it seems my launcher cannot recognize the addon folder if you add something extra to "Taviana (folder name)" like:

Taviana_beta1 or Taviana_my_beer_got_warm.

However..it accepts the kind of "@@Taviana" and "Taviana" (str8)..

Edited January 9, 2012 by GiorgyGR

[orcinus 121]

Woohoo! Downloading now.

Many thanks to you, Martin & Richard, :jump_clap:

BR

Orcinus

[icebreakr 3105]

Great job Martin!