Hamakaze 142 Posted June 5, 2017 Looks great and has alot of potential for mission making... I feel like it would fit for some scenarios set in a War Torn region aswell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 6, 2017 3rd main city is almost structurally complete and i started laying out another small area that breaks off the main roads, medium sized industrial sandwiched by 2 small town?ish areas I wont rlly be taking any more "pretty" pictures until i figure out why the actual fuck its impossible to make the lighting configs look how i want without wasting 6 hours tweaking for literally retarded results, currently the map just has vr skybox and config because yolo, ill fix it eventually i just cant stand the pure white eye gouging fog color stratis has ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also i decided on how im gunna do most of the fields example below, more or less kinda like this 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 7, 2017 good?ish rant the fog fixed itself.... ? i dont even understand anymore lol, i have straight copy pasted the stratis lighting confiis which SHOULD have pure white eye gouging fog but it is somehow now a nice light blue and looks really good... v.v w.e arma thanks i guess l0l 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBenREDUX 59 Posted June 7, 2017 #ArmAThings Don't wrack your brain on it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 7, 2017 I've also updated the clutter config with an updated version of my vortorsk config I have been using on Chernarus, which looks very nice IMO Fields Forests (There is some undesirable mis-coloration which will be fixed, see below Mountains Random overview of the Island currently under construction (: In the coming few days I have a couple big changes to specifically the satellite and forest masks, the satellite will be getting many improvements in terms of transitions from beach to field field to forest forest to mountain ECT I am brightening the forest satellite as it is currently almost pitch black for some reason and is contributing to the bad coloration of clutter in forests as noted above. I will ALSO be redoing the mask image for forests as the old one has white lines signifying twigs and shit and it looks really bad with the way I do my clutter (thick as f0k) it peeks through and just looks awkward with the white dots everywhere, I may use another arma 2 texture or try to make my own whatever looks best in the end :P 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrizzlyDK 20 Posted June 8, 2017 Man some of those buildings looks nice! Did you make them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 8, 2017 4 hours ago, GrizzlyDK said: Man some of those buildings looks nice! Did you make them? No ArmanIII ported them from stalker for his Chernobyt Zone map and I got permission from him to use them, I probably wouldn't have even started the map if he didn't let me use them lmao. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 9, 2017 Update on the sat and mask overhauls I mentioned in the previous post, a friend Hololand and I have been adding smoother transitions to the sat and so far this is the result, I am using a (lol) treeline we forgot to do as a quick before and after screenshot seen below The central forest shape is what all of the transitions looked like prior to this update, where as all other transitions have been overhauled to provide a smoother transition, i think it came out quite alright, I have also removed the (lol) hand drawn road texture for the roads and when I am finished laying out all roads I will just overlay them onto the sat image This picture below should give you a slight idea on how we went about making this change (and that i totally generate it using l3dt off the mask lmao) As I continue development on the map nearing the completion of the map I will be adding many "blemishes" and extra textures onto the sat image specifically in larger fields to break up the monotone green texture, it is nice and works well in smaller fields but once we start getting some big clearings we will need extra detail on the sat to overt people I also have an update on the large bridge that will inevitably link the two main islands on the eastern side of the map, ImUnleashed on the DesolationREDUX team created the bridge model below for us to use with the terrains main highway texture, it still has things to update and add too but the model is finished <3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
accuracythruvolume 547 Posted June 9, 2017 Wow your work looks great crazy mike. This might be a spiritual successor to Taviana. Keep on truckin, many people will enjoy the numerous hours you are putting into this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 9, 2017 11 hours ago, accuracythruvolume said: Wow your work looks great crazy mike. This might be a spiritual successor to Taviana. Keep on truckin, many people will enjoy the numerous hours you are putting into this im hoping to have a playable version out in the next 1-3 months, specifically the southern island im working on it is a solid 10km long and like 3-6km wide in some areas, plenty of playground to start out then i will release updates in sections on the north islands till completion :P still my first map but im trying to be as detailed as possible but push it out quick edit: im trying to bank on the fact that in a few months malden will lose peoples intrest like most other things after that long and i can swoop in and make sure my map isnt dead on arrival and not being used by anyone but myself lmao got a comment about one of the fields near a city being too barren so i built some stuff on it today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knightlight 53 Posted June 9, 2017 Id suggest it for my group once more progress is made Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wsxcgy 1960 Posted June 9, 2017 In the fields, later on of course, try to frame out plots of land and use "walls" of bushes and trees on the sat. Makes it feel more real and (formerly) lived in and also breaks up the big spaces. With the farm plots themselves there should be no need for crops or sat color change since they aren't tended, so in this case having farm plots of just grass instead of actual crops like pretty much every arma terrain is the right way to go. Looking very good so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 10, 2017 2 hours ago, knightlight said: Id suggest it for my group once more progress is made it will be publicly available for download on steam workshop when im finished laying out every southern island area detailed them and adding small random points of interest to the forests, so like 1-3 months all depending on how many breaks i take 2 hours ago, wsxcgy said: In the fields, later on of course, try to frame out plots of land and use "walls" of bushes and trees on the sat. Makes it feel more real and (formerly) lived in and also breaks up the big spaces. With the farm plots themselves there should be no need for crops or sat color change since they aren't tended, so in this case having farm plots of just grass instead of actual crops like pretty much every arma terrain is the right way to go. Looking very good so far. when finished last step will be drawing polygons on places which will require custom sat and mask textures fields concrete w.e, as for random texturing of fields designated as only grass see above 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted June 10, 2017 10 hours ago, crazy mike said: edit: im trying to bank on the fact that in a few months malden will lose peoples intrest like most other things after that long and i can swoop in and make sure my map isnt dead on arrival and not being used by anyone but myself lmao This map fills a different niche from Malden, I wouldn't worry about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 10, 2017 Just now, AZCoder said: This map fills a different niche from Malden, I wouldn't worry about that. true but it will take up peoples attention for the coming weeks, maybe months but the map isnt very big Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 10, 2017 Big update to the center of the island, I was SUPPOST to make a big industrial compound, but i realized I made this area super close to sea level....it was not a mistake rp purposes Updated the outskirts of city #3 with more shiz, yes there are no ground textures, that is one of my last steps, exporting and importing sat and mask is the most archaic shit lmao i am going to build an indutrsial compound in the future with a big flooded basement ;) in honor of the one who was not built today RIP 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gagi2 50 Posted June 10, 2017 forget about martin and his taviana... crazy mike has put this already to a new level... cant wait to get my hands on this map 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 14, 2017 Laid out another small city / large town today, I wasnt quite happy with the way this one came out but it'll have to do :P Please keep in mind I am NOT adding detail yet, if any very sparse but the whole objective ATM is to lay out all areas on the south island right now, once everything is in place detail will commence on mass, and it will be some sick ass detail you can count on that. I have also begun work retexturing objects to be used on the snowy mountains, so far just two piceas trees but i ported alot of objects today in vk_objects.pbo, just have to start recoloring the textures and rvmats ect, once finished it will give me a library to use when I brainstorm what to put up there ;) (Note this is NOT how the trees will be in the final product, but just a quick generation for me to see the effect ingame) The tinting is due to the 1.60 lighting update, nothing I can really do right now with overcast dulling the sunlight you can see the tinting effect go away, the trees are basically desaturated textures with a few level corrections to the black and while lmao thanks for reading! ive also added a super hidden really hard to find easter egg somewhere on the map, and its not in the spoiler below Spoiler 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted June 14, 2017 Your frequent updates are incredible. Fantastic pics. You seem über motivated :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 14, 2017 11 hours ago, AZCoder said: Your frequent updates are incredible. Fantastic pics. You seem über motivated :) trying to push the south island to completion as quick as possible to release close to desolationredux release so i can use my map on it lol, its plenty big enough for a persistent gamemode and once the northern bits are done itll be massive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 15, 2017 Finished setting up my first military base on the island, was having a bit of trouble deciding how to build it but it came out acceptable Spoiler and one overhead because i dont like fake pictures :P I have also continued work on the farmland, the large farm on the northern side of the island still needs a rework though, that should come friday as im going back to l3dt and editing a bunch of stuff, yes the guardrails are fucked and no i actually give 0 fucks, if i fix it then i fix it :P Spoiler And finally today I started working on hidden crash sites and other easter eggs in the forests which could be used for all sorts of stuff, but ill only show the not easter eggs :P Spoiler double posted 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EO 11225 Posted June 15, 2017 Your doing a great job man, loving the screenshot progress so far, any in-game video footage to tease us with??.......has the feels of someplace familiar, while having it's own identity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crazy mike 567 Posted June 15, 2017 Built a small camping ground of sorts, was gunna put a castle here but found a better spot for one :P Spoiler 7 minutes ago, Evil Organ said: Your doing a great job man, loving the screenshot progress so far, any in-game video footage to tease us with??.......has the feels of someplace familiar, while having it's own identity. potentially soon gameplay 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wsxcgy 1960 Posted June 15, 2017 supreme comrade stalin say not having of time for relax and camp, time only for work to build glorious socialist empire. not understanding camping dirts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pixel Nation Gaming 0 Posted June 16, 2017 Keep up the good work man, I'm sure this will be fantastic upon release! People are looking for a good big map, I think this will be better then taviana looking at the screenshots Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
