Elliot Carver 0 Posted June 29, 2007 <span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>English Countryside: Dorset</span> "A level of detail God would be proud of" Lo folks, In 2005 it was suggested to us that Operation Flashpoint was lacking an English island. High Definition Scenery (HDS) Mod was created and swung into action practising building detailed islands like Michelle. When Armed Assault was announced it was decided that the English Countryside (ECS) project would be shelved until the new game was released. Laura Island was developed to show the community what we were capable of. With the successes of Laura we went dark. Each buying copies of ArmA, we spent the winter testing and practising, discovering how far we could push the game engine. Re-emerging in the spring with a larger team we dusted off the ECS project and began compiling a depository of scenery objects. With news filtering through that tool release is eminent we have decided its time to go topside with our definitive project. Ladies and Gents, HDS presents the English Countryside Project. 4.3 x 3.1 miles of the Queens finest, greenest land. Utilising every resource available from Satellite data to OS maps, hundreds of photographs to area visits HDS aims to bring Armed Assault its first REAL environment copied from mother natures playground itself. From every field to under every branch no hedge, tree or log will be left out. What you see out your bedroom window will be what you get. If this doesn't scare you the startled animals will. God save the Queen! Awesome dude Gothic Paradise, our resident modeler, has been busy turning photographs of everyday objects into models. Below is a teaser of the work hes been pumping out. We aim to get as many English objects into game as possible. Gates, fences, telegraph poles, bins, greenery and wildlife we're producing a pack of each plus many more. These will be released shortly after our first ECS release goes live. Of course, we are working on animating as much scenery as possible. Gothic Paradise and Strabo are coding in animations for opening gates, working electric fences and much more. You can track our progress on our website www.freewebs.com/elliot_carver and we'll keep you posted on the ArmA.info forums. For now here are GP's pics and a few teaser shots from our finial testing work. *note* Better sized pics (links) can be found on my website HERE Cheers, HDS TEAM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elliot Carver 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Final Tests Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twisted 127 Posted June 29, 2007 looks really impressive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfbite 8 Posted June 29, 2007 Super smashing great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marines 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Great! One question though; There are still issues with foliage lag, even with those of us with high-end gaming PC's. How are you going to be able to avoid this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elliot Carver 0 Posted June 29, 2007 lo folks, cheers for all the good stuff ^^ @Marines: HDS has spent alot of time over the Winter and Spring time testing how far we can push the envelope with reguards to objects and foliage. Here (scroll down) is some examples of what we've been able to come up with that does not effect gameplay. As with previous releases from HDS we provide high, medium and low versions of our islands for their corresponding users PC spec. Also were aiming for it to be real enough that taking 100 troops and 16 tanks through it wont be needed . Cheers dudes, Carver HDS TEAM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thr0tt 12 Posted June 29, 2007 Looking good. Hopefully u can model some carrot crunchers for us to destroy too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-UK 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Sounds like a LOT of hard work! Good luck with it guys im looking forward to it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StryDa 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Well with the news of the tools starting to come out next week Elliot can start the landscape part of the project soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee_h._oswald 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Sounds like an amazing project. Can't wait to walk/drive around in more beautiful places. Good luck with this project! MfG Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuntboy 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Wow! that looks like a lot of work I'm from Dorset myself so something like this would be a home from home for me, what part of the county is it? Do you intend to progress down to the coast? So many interesting geographic features there! Peace out Stuntboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiley nick 51 Posted June 29, 2007 Looking very nice fella. Are all these editor based creations atm to showcase your work? Looking forward to seeing some more results, as this is right up my street. Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RTR_Commander 0 Posted June 29, 2007 This sounds like a good project esp with it being on Mainland UK.. Hope you dont forget to add Bovington as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colligpip 0 Posted June 29, 2007 This looks great I'm from the next county over in Devon so i will enjoy this. I would love to make torbay for arma perhaps i will try Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuntboy 0 Posted June 29, 2007 This sounds like a good project esp with it being on Mainland UK.. Hope you dont forget to add Bovington as well And maybe Portland harbour, Then again why not the whole of portland as an island? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ck-claw 1 Posted June 29, 2007 Nice! But hey,what about Somerset? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuntboy 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Nice!But hey,what about Somerset? You could play hold the Tor from a bunch of armed hippies, armed with love peace out stuntboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ck-claw 1 Posted June 29, 2007 lol How about i guard Riche's and Mudgleys cider farms! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colligpip 0 Posted June 29, 2007 are there loads of people from the south west UK here then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ck-claw 1 Posted June 29, 2007 i AM the cider drinker! sorry for off topic! Bridgwater -Somerset! Well just outside Bridgwater! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuntboy 0 Posted June 29, 2007 OOO-ar I''m a cider drinker...... actually I hate cider But in respect to the original poster......all write mate,... you've got to model maiden castle.....it's the worlds first fort. Don't do the Devon coast. darn those westerners stunt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ck-claw 1 Posted June 29, 2007 Hmm yeah When we were an ofp clan,we did have a talented member that did make a UK island! Was not to total scale but did the job! Was gonna be released to the community,but fooked if i know what went wrong! Anyways good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Faulkner 0 Posted June 29, 2007 maiden castle.....it's the worlds first fort. No it's not! It only dates from the Iron Age! Hope you all finish this British "island", though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The-Architect 0 Posted June 29, 2007 Ah guys, to avoid having to get everything 100% accurate on the map, perhaps you could honour a great English Author, Thomas Hardy and give all the places names from his fictional Wessex, which was really Dorset. http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/h/hwess/im/83.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
