CAT's Afghanistan Revisited

[gatordev 219]

ag_smith:

I don't remember this being asked for already, so if it's a repeat, my apologies, but...

Were you planning to make the various support buildings actually provide support? For example, the hospital won't heal you and the repair buildings don't repair. Since there are gas stations throughout the island, it's easy to move around, but once you take damage, you need to have a repair vehicles at different bases. Anyway, just a thought. I continue to enjoy this island everytime I play with it, so looking forward to the next version.

[ag_smith 0]

Hmmm.... I was never really considering it as I kinda left it up to mission makers. But now I think it's not a bad idea...

- I'm gonna add another gas station in Baghlan...

- Repair facilities and hospitals will only be available where they currently are - near the airport and in the military base.

PS. The updated version release is probably a matter of days now...

[gatordev 219]

Awesome, thanks. Yeah, I only meant where they currently are, as that's all you really need. It's not like Afghanistan is populated with local garages or national health care.

[Schoeler 0]

Hey fellas, I retexed that mosque once just for fun. It's not up to my current standards, but you can have it if you want it:

Mosque front

[Acecombat 0]

Thats awesome work there schoeler , except theres one detail thats bothering me and thats that DOOR with muhammed written on it , its the door of the Prophets mosque from Medina .

Afghanistan and medina are a bit off , plus i dont think afghani mosques have such rich adornings over them. That stuff is gold i think. The surrounding textures i think are also from masjid-e-nabvi as well?

[ag_smith 0]

Just like Acecombat said, the portal looks nice, but a bit too rich for poor Afghanis. On the other hand, I'm interested in getting my hand on these textures, for use in the future, so could you please send them to me?

[rats404 0]

@ag_smith - check your PM - i have sounds for you.

Rats404

[Schoeler 0]

Just like Acecombat said, the portal looks nice, but a bit too rich for poor Afghanis. On the other hand, I'm interested in getting my hand on these textures, for use in the future, so could you please send them to me?

Sure, I have a whole bunch of them. Where do you want me to upload the files?

[Schoeler 0]

Thats awesome work there schoeler , except theres one detail thats bothering me and thats that DOOR with muhammed written on it , its the door of the Prophets mosque from Medina   .

Afghanistan and medina are a bit off    , plus i dont think afghani mosques have such rich adornings over them. That stuff is gold i think. The surrounding textures i think are also from masjid-e-nabvi as well?

Yeah I swiped them from tourist photos off the net, cleaned them up in photoshop and made them into textures.

[ag_smith 0]

Just like Acecombat said, the portal looks nice, but a bit too rich for poor Afghanis. On the other hand, I'm interested in getting my hand on these textures, for use in the future, so could you please send them to me?

Sure, I have a whole bunch of them.  Where do you want me to upload the files?

Just upload them to www.yousendit.com. Thanks!

[Schoeler 0]

Just like Acecombat said, the portal looks nice, but a bit too rich for poor Afghanis. On the other hand, I'm interested in getting my hand on these textures, for use in the future, so could you please send them to me?

Sure, I have a whole bunch of them.  Where do you want me to upload the files?

Just upload them to www.yousendit.com. Thanks!

Sent, using your e-mail address from awhile back.

Here is the link:

Mosque Textures, Photos

[honchoblack 2]

this was supposed to be a hunt for bugs, but it became a fotoshoot instead, no bugs to report, only pleasure

one impression from prereleased CatAfghanistan Revisited 1.2 from AG_Smith

greets Honcho

[@cero 0]

Gosh, this last pics makes me wish there was a decent MI-8 released.

@CERO.

[Acecombat 0]

If your salivating over those pics then i only wonder what happens when ag_smith posts those 'other' ones .

[ag_smith 0]

Just a sneak peak of things to come soon...

Now you'll be able to fully experience, what bad weather conditions mean...

@Schoeler. Some very nice textures. Thanks a lot, mate!

[-HA-kgb-cccp 0]

Personally I didn't really like this island cause it was just too dry lol. Nothing there... as in no places where to create an ambush even its like desert and more desert...

[Guest]

Yeah that looks the goods AGS....getting sand in my eyes just looking at it

[ag_smith 0]

kgb-cccp @ April 11 2005,03:45)]Nothing there... as in no places where to create an ambush

Have you actually tried it for more than 5 minutes? There's a plenty of places to make ambush. Villages, mountain passes, canyons, they're all there...

And yes, it's dry.... because it's desert.

> Thanks, Leone.

[@cero 0]

If your salivating over those pics then i only wonder what happens when ag_smith posts those 'other' ones   .

Ah honchoblack deleted the other pics with the MI-17.

Nah I'm not salivating my dear old friend, I'm worried I my drol all over my keyboard puting me out of OFP until it gets replaced.

LOL.

I just wish that somebody release a decent MI-8 one day.

This map must bring some memories Ace, at list for me.

Regards.

@CERO.

[honchoblack 2]

@cero -

Acecombat reminded me, i wasnt supposed to show the pictures yet, since he has made

some really beautifull ones for the release, there is no point of showing the island in advance

[Drongo69 117]

Quote[/b] ]Personally I didn't really like this island cause it was just too dry lol. Nothing there... as in no places where to create an ambush even its like desert and more desert...

Check out this mission (Dynamic Afghanistan). Play it for an hour and see if you change your mind.

[Acecombat 0]

Yeah @cero the island truly does bring back the memories of the Nomad days , pity we couldnt continue on it. I'd love to see a dedicated mod for the MiddleEast/afghan stuff. But in a place where there are hardly any people from these areas plus the ones who have the talent arent interested its a tough ask. If only people from these areas were part of the OFP community as well .

[@cero 0]

Yeah @cero the island truly does bring back the memories of the Nomad days   , pity we couldnt continue on it. I'd love to see a dedicated mod for the MiddleEast/afghan stuff. But in a place where there are hardly any people from these areas plus the ones who have the talent arent interested its a tough ask. If only people from these areas were part of the OFP community as well   .

Well, maybe we could re-start it mate...

Regards.

@CERO.

[Acecombat 0]

The fact remains that i useless with O2 and it sucks to be that way i wish they'd make easy to understand and follow modelling programs which dont require tons of hours of understanding a foreign lingo and then trying to make something out of it.

My main interest in such a mod would be terrain and objects , these things in my opinion are lacking bigtime. We only have generic terrains and a few buildings but thats it , no customized local objects/textures which would really set the mood/theme.

This sort of work is only possible if its handled by a professional mod team dedicated in doing this and having the necessary skills , as mine dont go in to O2 i am afraid its a dead end. I could maybe do textures as i'm good with PS but that still requires O2's knowledge , applying them on the model and so forth (bloody handicap) .

Ah well were venturing OT here so better get back to reality. I cant wait for the SE edition of this map with catshits textures. Plus i hope remo and ag_smith maybe co-operate on their objects/buildings models and incorporate them in to both these maps? it'd be shame to have 2 great addons which could be EVEN GREATER if they combined their resources not join up since there projects are the same , AFGHANISTAN.

[ag_smith 0]

Plus i hope remo and ag_smith maybe co-operate on their objects/buildings models and incorporate them in to both these maps? it'd be shame to have 2 great addons which could be EVEN GREATER if they combined their resources not join up since there projects are the same , AFGHANISTAN.

I'm sorry to fail your hopes, Ace, but the updated version that will be released very soon, is all that I can do for this project. In a few weeks I'll be going abroad for almost half a year, so I can't work on it (or any other addon) any longer. If remo or another experienced addonmaker aproaches me about continuing to improve this addon, this idea might come to life. Otherwise,...

On the bright side... the final version is ready. All that remains to be done, is to make the readme. After that, I'll upload the files to a temporary host, but I'll need somebody to mirror the file for further distribution. If you can provide the mirror, please PM me.

If you're interested, .pbo filesizes are:

40.7 MB - for regular version

67.6 MB - for SE version (CATShitOne's textures)