[WIP TERRAIN] Puget Sound

[schultzit 65]

Backstory (will be expanded):

Year 2018: After 3 years of economical crisis, with the Ruble at its historical minimum, riots start spreading throughout the whole Russian Federation. Citizens start uprising demanding better economic conditions and extremists groups are seen as the only viable alternative to accomplish a brighter future.

The protest quickly turn deadly, with the security forces getting more and more violent.

Year 2020: Terrorist group named "Bering Star", in an attempt to take advantage of the civil unrest, attacks a classified biological warfare facility in ÄŒukotka, stealing many biological agents. Russian Federation government keeps this attack hidden, fearing a further increase of the riots violence.

August 3rd, 2023: Bering Star hits, releasing an artificial virus in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Government is weakened after years of unrest, and the emergency response is not effective enough. During the following months, the virus spreads in Europe and Asia, with some cases in the USA. While the International Community joins forces to develop a vaccine, it gets clear that the rate of infection is extremely high.

March, 2024: 9 months after patient zero, the infection is now spread worldwide. There is no known cure yet.

April, 2030: 7 years later, an estimate of 90% of the global population was infected with peaks of 95% in the whole Russian sub-continent. Only 0.04% of survival chance. Big areas in the United States become unhabited, including the San Juan Islands in the Puget Sound.

Terrain Features:

• Size: 20480 x 20480 meters (4096 px * 5m)
  
• 1:1 copy of Lopez, Blakely, Decatur, Shaw (cropped), Cypress, Burrows, Allan and Fidalgo (cropped) Islands
  
• Elevation data from Real-world 1/9th arc-second DEMs
  
• Real roads network
  
• Dense forests and realistic vegetation placement - 1.3 million trees
  
• General overgrown and decaying feeling, making the terrain perfect for warfare or post-apocalyptic mods
  

Current Status (last update: Dec 18th, 2014):

• Heightmap: 90% done, needs refinish and roads smoothing
  
• Sat Map: 99% done
  
• Sat Mask: 95% done
  
• Configs: 99% done
  
• Roads: 20% done
  
• Custom models: 0% done
  
• Vegetation placement: 90% done
  
• Articial objects placement: 1% done
  
• Internal testing: 10% done
  
• Public Beta Testing: TBA
  

Screenshots:

Videos:

Live Development:

I usually stream my development on my Twitch channel: http://www.twitch.tv/schultzit

Help Needed!!:

I am looking for 3d artists to help me create assets for this map. If you like the project and feel like helping me, drop me a line on Skype or reply to this post

License:

This terrain will be released under ARMA PUBLIC LICENSE SHARE ALIKE (APL-SA)

Edited December 24, 2014 by Schultzit

[stephsen 79]

that could be really good, Arma3 needs defenitly open range areas with realistic placed vegitation.

Am looking forward to more.

[Polygon 11]

Gonn be good! I love the idea that you're streaming your workflow, thus, sharing the info at the same time.

[beaar 78]

I love these types of maps! Looking forward to seeing more.

As for 3D models, here's the contents of a readme file from the Namalsk mod:

Name: NS2.pbo

Contains:

Data files for Namalsk

Data files for Nightstalkers Shadow of Namalsk

WARNING: Any changes inside PBO files or using content of these files without permission of author is strictly forbidden.

Any form of commercial use is strictly forbidden.

If you would like to use anything of this MOD for your own project, please contact me via e-mail.

This is not an official addon and i take no responsibilities for any possible damages or data loss in your computer.

Copyright ©2012. Sumrak.

http://www.nightstalkers.cz

sumrak@nightstalkers.cz

Perhaps he can help you! :)

[haleks 8212]

Agreed with Rzon : Animander mixes the namalsk buidlings with those from AiA and Arma3 for his Helvantis map - the result is awesome.

That being said, this terrain is in the USA : there aren't many buidlings for that kind of area.

[acta13 10]

Hiw about make a damage zone and we cant get in there with out some kinda hazmat suit lol

This is just awesome.

[giallustio 770]

Good job Schultzit! Keep up the good work

[Cype_Revenge 651]

yeah Schultz

grande lavoro ci sentiamo;)

[suds420 179]

As a resident of the Puget Sound area this excites me very much Good luck!

[cosmic10r 2331]

Very interesting... as a resident of western canada and being just north of Suds420 , Im very interested in this too...

I am curious why the choice of Puget Sound from Italy? Just interesting is all.....

Love the idea and will go awesome with Genesis92x's addon he is developing called Degeneration... basically fits into your storyline quite well ;)

Cheers!

[schultzit 65]

Very interesting... as a resident of western canada and being just north of Suds420 , Im very interested in this too...

I am curious why the choice of Puget Sound from Italy? Just interesting is all.....

Love the idea and will go awesome with Genesis92x's addon he is developing called Degeneration... basically fits into your storyline quite well ;)

Cheers!

It's less exciting than what you think :D It's because of raw data availability :D

Have you got a link for that mod?

[lone.wolf 80]

Very nice and good idea for a different setting, and the background story very good too... Keep it up and will be looking forward to Next update...! :-)

[cosmic10r 2331]

It's less exciting than what you think :D It's because of raw data availability :D

Have you got a link for that mod?

Lol ... fair enough. Good on you though, a North American terrain will be a welcome change :)

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?173805-Degeneration-YAZM

Thats the mod thread, still in early alpha but very promising so far... I have had the distinct pleasure of testing it and it is exactly what I was looking for and has tremendous potential...

[taydeer 10]

It will be awesome playing on a terrain that is so close to my home! Thanks for bringing some diversity to the locations of all these maps coming out. Looks great!

[mordeaniischaos 3]

Nice. I live in Seattle so this is pretty cool. And I know there's good data available for the area, so this should be a good map :D

[The Hebrew Hammer 10]

I'm local as well. Let me know if you need any help.

[schultzit 65]

A quick update to show the final look of clutter:

[cosmic10r 2331]

Wow!!! Looks great !

[suds420 179]

Looking good!! Can't wait to defend my homeland against some canucks :p

[SavageCDN 231]

Looking good!! Can't wait to defend my homeland against some canucks :p

We're coming for you....

[schultzit 65]

This is what an average forest looks like:

[suds420 179]

Looks nice Schultzit! I just wish there was a Douglas Fir model for Arma, the Pacific Northwest just isn't the Pacific Northwest without Douglas Firs.

[hem 33]

Awesome work Schultz :cool:

[schultzit 65]

Thanks Hem!

Update: I discovered a new method for making roads look natural using World Machine, that should give a Nice boost to development.

Plus, I found some help by a 3d artist who's starting to work on custom assets, I'll reveal his name and show some screenshots of his work soon!

[schultzit 65]

This is a quick snippet of my roads network (only one quarter of a single island, actually!):