Shinkansen 0 Posted October 11, 2004 Hy, we are currently working an a ww1 mod for OFP and we have now in some airplanes in alpha status and are looking for Playtesters. Beside that we are looking for modellers, Texturers, Script writers, mission makers, Web admins, historical researchers and so on... So if you are interested in, please feel free to contact me Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metalmalte 0 Posted October 11, 2004 great! have more screens already? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 12, 2004 Hy, we have some problems to find someone maintaining a webside were we can upload / store pictures and packages, but using some older pics, we have now some of these models ready to fly In detail the models available now are: Aviatik C.I (Scout) 1915 Central Forces Aviatik C.I (Bomber) 1915 Central Forces Aviatik C.I (waterplane) 1915 Central Forces Fokker E.III (Fighter) 1915 Central Forces Albatros D.Va (Fighter) 1917 Central Forces this comes along in five different color schemes Fokker Dr.I (Fighter) 1917 Central Forces also five different color schemes Nieuport 11 (Fighter) 1916 French Spad S.VII (Fighter) 1917 French SE5a (Fighter) 1917 british Airco D.H.2 (Fighter) 1916 british Short 184 (Scout) 1915 british Short 184 (Bomber) 1915 british Short 184 (TorpedoBomber) 1915 british All these airplanes need now some testing to optimise configg. Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metalmalte 0 Posted October 12, 2004 that does look and sound very promising! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desantnik 0 Posted October 12, 2004 I'd be willing to test them... been waiting for something like this ever since red baron 3d came out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 13, 2004 Hy, here are some newer pics of the mod Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
belgerot 33 Posted October 13, 2004 I never thought I would've seen an Albatros in OFP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironsight 1 Posted October 13, 2004 That factory looks real nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 13, 2004 Sorry, something went wrong with the first picture Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildo 0 Posted October 13, 2004 have you thought of joining up with Over the top: terror in no mans land mod? weve got a load of troops done (nothing by me tho :P) and i think if you joined togetehr you could make a ww1 mod quicker and easier Wildo P.S. Nice screens! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 13, 2004 Hy, The Over the Top mod and this is the same. here are some more pics from the static object package. The ships there will also come as usable vehicles. the sub will come along in three versions, on version that can dive and fire torpedos, one version for heavy artillery and the last version for anti air role. Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drow 0 Posted October 13, 2004 looks good, but how do u plan to keep lagg down in battles that had thousands of men dieing in the mud... and these huge city addons should be broken up inot more smaller pieces and assembled in say wrptool looks cool tho keep it up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drill Sergeant 0 Posted October 13, 2004 Well drow, if you stop and think, WW1 was fought on open fields and occasionally threw forests. Which will take up much less system resources then a high pollie sky and think Nam undergrowth. Also the buildings appear to be very basically modeled so I highly doubt that will lag. Just because a game engine is from 1998 doesn't mean something new and improved made today will lag. This mod is really doing a very good job of keeping things within the tight constraints everyone wants and no one has noticed. The addons look very good. Keep up the good work people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 14, 2004 Hy, the whole City Addon Block comes along with 6.200 Points. You can see a merchant ship and a sub in the background, the merchant ship itself has some more points (6.500), the sub 4.000 Points, so the city addon won't stress the engine. Additionaly the addon city package uses only a very limited number of textures to speed it up. But you are right, this city adon must be split in several pieces, because geometry lod now holding 99 components, thats maybe to much, sometimes collision request is ignored. This only happens if everything is displayed as one object. Another problems with this addon is that, if a soldier get prone he could fall through the structur and tanks entering the city were hopping around like crazy table-tennis balls in the first seconds ... Any suggestions...??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 14, 2004 looks good, but how do u plan to keep lagg down in battles that had thousands of men dieing in the mud... This is a question about line of sight values and individual computer power. In normal gameplay my computer can keep about 200 soldiers running around. For ww1 this will give the attacker a troopstrength of about three platoons (54 men each) (in all a understrength company) and the defender in the trenches only needs a 1/6 number of men if he is supported by Mgs. Player in position of a company leader will be stressed by organizing the attack, deciding when and where reserves should be used, often consulting the map and staying in the background, so the total number of models that must be hold by the engine is not to high. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BraTTy 0 Posted October 14, 2004 WW1 mod sounds great ! Please keep the screenshots coming. Alot of the AI stuff has gotten better lately,people have worked out alot of the issues,decent trench warfare is possible. Sounds like you have concentrated mainly on the vehicles and maps,you have a horse in the workings or using one that may be out soon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 15, 2004 Hey, horses are a big big problem, we are concentrating on the MIG Mule. I haven`t heard someone else have tried to make a horse. About trenches: trenches are also causing a lot of problems. The attacking AI have to find a roadway to cross the trenches while the defending AI shouldn`t know about it. Trenches should be organized as class buildings to use the path lod for placing soldiers, but on the other side the hole object should follow ground height. Using his last feature causes problems with geometry lod and path lod, because if terrain is not flat the AI can't find the "in" positions to get in the trench or collision failed and soldiers fade through the object. We are still working on it to overcome this problems... Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 15, 2004 Hey, We are still looking for Modellers, Texturers, Script Writers, Mission Makers, Web Admins / Designers , Historical Researchers and so on who are interested to work on a ww1 topic... Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 18, 2004 Hey, for those who have historical informations: We are currently looking for data for cars, trucks and armored cars that are ww1 related. We have plans for most vehicles but we couldn`t find any dimensions and technical datas, all plans are not scaled. So if you have informations about Lenght, Height, Width, mass, loading, ammo stored and speed this will be really helpfull. Thanks Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 18, 2004 Some new work in progress, now concentrating on the land forces... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntipopAU 3 Posted October 19, 2004 Looks Amazing, Cant wait for the realease of a Demo! Congradulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anzac 0 Posted October 20, 2004 hey im Anzac mod leader of Over the top ... we got alot of work to do ... hopfully we can get more team members we need soldiers made heh carnt fight a war without soldiers .... and ww1 was mainily soldiers so any help would be appreciated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
belgerot 33 Posted October 20, 2004 Which soldiers do you need help with? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shinkansen 0 Posted October 21, 2004 Here are some new pictures of current projects... Shinkansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anzac 0 Posted October 21, 2004 every kind of soldier lol... well we need germans ,brits, yanks , turks and i really wanna get some Anzacs made (ww1 Australian soldiers ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
