cookies2432 105 Posted January 17, 2016 Hello ArmA 3 Community. For the last 4 months i've been working on a terrain called "Finland". It's a fictional terrain based off Finland, the country with the 1000 lakes (and a few more). This is not a release but an inside look at what it will turn into when it's finished. Finland is a winter terrain at the size of 10 x 10 km, all of which is playable. Features: (so far) Custom Trees (A2) 1 Big city 2 Airfields, 1 military and 1 civillian Few military outposts and bases scattered across the map. Couple of small and medium sized villages all across the map. Lots of lakes (It's finland after all) Lots of mountains. A big easter egg (physicly big) https://gyazo.com/0249191e61b5cbf357b78846d2c863d1 https://gyazo.com/c77d388d13640de5ab3ae4631ed67068 https://gyazo.com/198fc7a43c1ca300984df17db51049e6 https://gyazo.com/d1740f7c859a897f70cb0bfeac15b699 https://gyazo.com/2c5da9ef2cc25fa8f37cc3d42e8b3032 https://gyazo.com/5c242f4eed67279c1d6f93cb20512368 https://gyazo.com/c15876b640c9985dbd899d1f6f2d8d66 https://gyazo.com/b3528ce3ce716b86e3e68dffbd7fd934 https://gyazo.com/09493ee068d2d42cca6abd874a57fece https://gyazo.com/40824d0d3f10360ac4542824b584145b Planned Features: 1 more big city Few more villages Complete second airfiled Flatter roads and much more. I am happy for any feedback that i can get, positive or negative :) Thanks for reading //Cookies 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auss 208 Posted January 18, 2016 dont use those russian addons they are very buggy, never finished and were full of holes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 18, 2016 dont use those russian addons they are very buggy, never finished and were full of holes. Thanks for the tip, will look into it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piupau 11 Posted January 18, 2016 That sunken gas station looks kinda weird. Have you planned to add some rubble and dusty land texture to make it look more like a collapsed building? If I remember correctly, some Arma II maps ie. Schwemlitz had some buildings that looked quite similar to Finnish ones. Maybe you could ask for a permission to use some of them, since in the current state the island doesn't look like Finland at all. Other than that the island looks quite nice, so keep up the good work. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 18, 2016 That sunken gas station looks kinda weird. Have you planned to add some rubble and dusty land texture to make it look more like a collapsed building? If I remember correctly, some Arma II maps ie. Schwemlitz had some buildings that looked quite similar to Finnish ones. Maybe you could ask for a permission to use some of them, since in the current state the island doesn't look like Finland at all. Other than that the island looks quite nice, so keep up the good work. :) Thanks for the feedback and yea i have been thinking about adding some rubble and possibly some broken down cars near it. About it not looking like finland i agree, i have been thinking about what i can replace it with and this could really help. Thanks a ton! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andersson 285 Posted January 19, 2016 Didn't the Swedish mod donate their buildings to the community mapmakers? Talk to them and see if you can use their buildings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St. Jimmy 272 Posted January 19, 2016 Lots of mountains and Finland hmmm. Generally the landscape in Finland is nothing like in Altis, Stratis or Chernarus if you mean that by mountains. But Lapland has maybe more of the kind of elevation changes though not much really. Norway and maybe Northern Sweden are more mountain type places. Btw if you're interested you can get pretty accurate height data if you want at some point do some specific area: https://tiedostopalvelu.maanmittauslaitos.fi/tp/kartta?lang=en Very accurate heightdata and ortographic photographs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 19, 2016 Lots of mountains and Finland hmmm. Generally the landscape in Finland is nothing like in Altis, Stratis or Chernarus if you mean that by mountains. But Lapland has maybe more of the kind of elevation changes though not much really. Norway and maybe Northern Sweden are more mountain type places. Btw if you're interested you can get pretty accurate height data if you want at some point do some specific area: https://tiedostopalvelu.maanmittauslaitos.fi/tp/kartta?lang=en Very accurate heightdata and ortographic photographs Thanks and yea i know, to be honest this whole time i've been trying to learn how the tools work and how to fix every possible error. The height data will definetly help me, i appriciate it! All the work will remain tho, the buildings will have the same coordinates just on a different Z axis :). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foxone 1044 Posted January 19, 2016 Love the snow textures, look really sick!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 20, 2016 Love the snow textures, look really sick!! Thanks! I'm glad they are since they were quite a hassle to make :) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 20, 2016 After a lot of great feedback i'm now changing the terrain to make it look more "Finland style". Will show screenshots when i'm done! (This will also speed up the work with roads since some of them were, well, tilting 90 degrees due to mountains) ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 20, 2016 Didn't the Swedish mod donate their buildings to the community mapmakers? Talk to them and see if you can use their buildings. I just noticed your response (dunno why i didn't earlier). Yea i will check it out, i actually found some good buildings to use, will see about that when i start working on it again tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old_painless 182 Posted January 20, 2016 In case you would like to see something to aim for, the Thirsk terrain is generally acknowledged to be of very high quality and convey the Finnish countryside Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 21, 2016 In case you would like to see something to aim for, the Thirsk terrain is generally acknowledged to be of very high quality and convey the Finnish countryside Yea i've played it and it looks really good. It is sort of like that that i'm aiming to do it. Thanks for the tip! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortuosit 485 Posted January 28, 2016 Guys, don't forget VT5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 29, 2016 Guys, don't forget VT5. Agreed! That map was really good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robo_warrior 0 Posted January 30, 2016 Darn.. I'm really looking for a summer Finland map besides VT5. Well.. I guess winter has to do. As stated earlier here, Finland is a bit more flat than what is seen in the pictures. Keep at it and it will payoff all the hard work in the end! Looking forward for this. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 31, 2016 Darn.. I'm really looking for a summer Finland map besides VT5. Well.. I guess winter has to do. As stated earlier here, Finland is a bit more flat than what is seen in the pictures. Keep at it and it will payoff all the hard work in the end! Looking forward for this. :) Maybe if i have time, something like a summer version of this might be done as well, we'll see :) Also, i have flattened the terrain down a bit and changed out most of the buildings to make it feel and look more like finland. I will put up some screenshots here today if arma 3 approves and doesn't crash like it does at times :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted January 31, 2016 Here are 3 new screenshots :) http://imgur.com/a/xYS4X 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted February 3, 2016 I will be trying to keep this post updated with pictures as i keep working on the map, still happy for any feedback i can get :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted February 5, 2016 Due to a bug i lost a lot of work. I'm not thinking about not completing the map because of all the errors i have had with it.... Ever since i began working on it i have always encounter bugs. About 70% of my time that i have worked on this map has been solving bugs and glitches. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neviothr 102 Posted February 24, 2016 Looks cool, looking forward to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookies2432 105 Posted May 19, 2016 I'm sorry but i'm not working on the map anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YanYatCheng 96 Posted May 19, 2016 that airport is in the worse location I've ever seen, a steep slope right infront of the runway.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eh chaser 285 Posted May 20, 2016 I'm sorry but i'm not working on the map anymore. Maybe a Mod can close this thread then.. @Cookies: Terrain making is just another word for bugfixing ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites