RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 19, 2015 Looks cracking, once you add foilage (clutter) it will look 10x better still That is very true.....hopefully I can show some results over the weekend what it looks like with clutter added. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 19, 2015 Over the last couple of days I had been looking at what was causing the issue with the video. It seems the issue is related to the software which was recording arms III so I am looking at an alternative for video recording. Once I have that resolved there will be more videos added showing the map. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 20, 2015 Some last minute tweaking of the terrain before adding clutter later today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 20, 2015 Test shot of map in early morning 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 21, 2015 One of the Acacia trees I have created in Forester Pro complete with long sharp thorns. This tree has been converted from high res to a low res tree and will be imported into Blender and from there into Arma III. I will be creating various versions of the baobab tree.......still trying to get the branches looking right...... acacia trees, acacia bushes and thorn bushes using Forester Pro. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1212PDMCDMPPM 200 Posted November 21, 2015 Fantastic job RhodesianScout ! A3 is really lacking some good vegetation mods and you seem to be able to create some as easily as I'm breathing ! :) Just incredible !! Can't wait to test your mod ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 22, 2015 It has been a little bit of a slow week with development.......lots of work on my plate in real life world at the moment..... Below are two screenshots ...one taken at sunrise and the other at sunset...... showing a part of the map after some clutter is added for testing purposes. I am still creating trees and grass as per my last post in forester pro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 22, 2015 I had a difficult job to try and get the clutter appearing in the map........ did not have this problem in the first test map I did using a tutorial. I needed to look at the layer.cfg file and the Surfaces.hpp file to check that all surfaces mentioned in the layers file were present in the surfaces file. Turned out my issue was caused by using a few capital letters in the lines starting with material = "rhod\rho.........". in the layers file. If you are creating a map and can't get clutter showing remove any capital letters in the material= line of the layers.cfg file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 22, 2015 Fantastic job RhodesianScout ! A3 is really lacking some good vegetation mods and you seem to be able to create some as easily as I'm breathing ! :) Just incredible !! Can't wait to test your mod ! Actually forester pro makes this a fairly easy task...... best 60 dollars I spent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jw custom 56 Posted November 22, 2015 Actually forester pro makes this a fairly easy task...... best 60 dollars I spent. How much work does it take to move trees from forester to in-game arma 3? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1212PDMCDMPPM 200 Posted November 22, 2015 How much work does it take to move trees from forester to in-game arma 3? A tuto would be even better ! ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 22, 2015 How much work does it take to move trees from forester to in-game arma 3? The easy part is moving the trees into blender........there is an export tutorial at the end of https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZxWv-eELiEzH45fpaSAA The more difficult part is getting the tree model into Arma III using the Arma III tools...... there are tutorials out there on how to do this. If you want to try this I recommend you try racticing with some of the trees in the lite version of forester pro before buying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 22, 2015 I am also looking at using Medusa Pro to create the granite rocks I need for the map......... the picture below shows the export options for getting this model into Blender. Some of the rock templates with this package may even allow me to build a shallow cave that I need for one of my planned missions for the map. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
serjames 357 Posted November 24, 2015 Interesting article I found on Rodesian MRAPs... well vintage ones anyway http://weaponsman.com/?p=27146 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted November 25, 2015 Interesting article I found on Rodesian MRAPs... well vintage ones anyway http://weaponsman.com/?p=27146 Thanks for that link.... I hadn't come across that one before. Will have a good read of it over the next few days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 1, 2015 December is my busiest time of the year and I am hoping to make enough sales this month to buy a new car..... I sure do need one. The last few weeks has been pretty busy and the time I have been able to spend on the map has been cut by 50%........from next Tuesday it will be cut to 80% and then completely cut for a week from the 20th. I have being doing some small fixes on the map trying to get some small little issues fixed.........still looking at a release of the map in early 2016. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 2, 2015 Last night I finished work on the mask image v2 and applied it to the map which now looks a lot better. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 5, 2015 Two different views from different areas of the map..................... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 5, 2015 Nothing to see here but rock....... there are plenty of these around the map. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bullsh 22 Posted December 5, 2015 Wow, that second to last picture with the 2 trees... I can almost feel the sun burning on my skin haha, very atmospheric, even while the landscape is still so bare! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stephsen 79 Posted December 5, 2015 yes, nice progress mate, nice to see that you 're so ambitious. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 6, 2015 ZAPU regrouping after a raid on a local farmer........ soon they will disappear into the early morning fog before Rhodesian security forces arrive. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 6, 2015 While on patrol in the map you will find yourself in areas like this................ nothing of interest here right? However, it always pays to look around as you never know what you may find. Below for example is a flashlight dropped in the long grass by one of the ZANU terrorists who had been in this area recently. A very handy find with night coming especially if your flashlight is low on batteries. Some things you may find in the grass are items like extra ammo...... or the terrorists may have placed a landmine for you to step on. Perhaps even a piece of paper giving a clue to where they have camped or where they are heading. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 6, 2015 Wow, that second to last picture with the 2 trees... I can almost feel the sun burning on my skin haha, very atmospheric, even while the landscape is still so bare! Depending on where in Rhodesia you went there were some areas as bare as what is shown below.......... Of course if I made my map look like this it would be finished next week......but to make it more challenging the map will have only a few areas completely devoid of trees or cover 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhodesianScout 189 Posted December 6, 2015 Goats among the thorn bushes 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
