Nicholas Bell 0 Posted March 18, 2008 A map based on the actual area around Schmalfelden, Germany located just west of Rothenburg o.d. Tauber and south of Wuerzburg where I was stationed with the US Army 1985-88. 1:50,000 scale map used for topo: Apart from my desire to fight on "real" terrain, I selected this area out of my map collection because it is great "tank country". Low rolling ridges with open farmland broken by forests. This area has very small farming communities scattered every few km's. Their small size should hopefully "help" the AI. Sorry, no airfield. Too small to do much flying anyway, although I enough buzzing around in a helicopter. The map is not an "island" so there will be the issue with distortion of the satellite image past the edge of the map. The map size is 5 km x 5 km. I am using this imagery of the area as a base for geographic features. No guess work about where even singe trees and bushes are located (this is a low res version of what I am using): Although it may appear to be "flat" when flying over it, the area is hardly so, and offers good hull-down positions for AFVs. The contours on this image are at 1 meter. The "mess" in center left is a quarry. The road net is dense - typical of Germany. Orange lines are paved roads. I have "downgraded" most of the farm lanes to gravel or dirt. Actually most have light duty asphalt paving in Germany, but I thought it a bit "much", especially since the buildings provided in ArmA make everything have a Second World look about them - hardly prosperous enough to be paving farm lanes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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W0lle 1049 Posted March 18, 2008 Very nice and interesting, looking forward to use this map. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Callsign 128 Posted March 18, 2008 looks really good, have you considered talking to the project '85 peeps at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topas 1 Posted March 18, 2008 Looking very good! Nothing beats a real landscape, looking forward to any progress. Now if we only had a CPU friendly grain field going with it it would be a dream come true! Keep it up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted March 18, 2008 this looks darned awesome if i might say so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordNeuro*Serbia* 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Great map. How about making 1 wite old rouds so it cann be use for WW2 theater of operation. Just the thoat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArmaVidz 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Beautiful. Love those patchwork fields and terrain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Faulkner 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Excellent! I was really wanting some decent 1980s W. German terrain! In the real world, this area would, in theory, have been the battleground for 4th Czech Army (at least) vs W. German II Korps and US VII Corps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodite 3 Posted March 18, 2008 Nice to see another island in the works, all the best with the development! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
belgerot 33 Posted March 18, 2008 Great to see a German map! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stewy 1 Posted March 18, 2008 Great looking map Sir - love it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jackal326 1179 Posted March 18, 2008 Very nice work. Will be awesome for long-range armoured engagements given its open nature. Looking forward to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dm 9 Posted March 18, 2008 I dont normally spam topics with "dude nice" type posts, but: Dude, nice! Will be fun to hunt around in armour on the German plains. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sander 14 Posted March 18, 2008 Great stuff, I look forward to the finished version. Relatively flat terrain like that is excellent for vehicle combat and lets machineguns dominate the open ground. Regards, Sander Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee_h._oswald 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Fantastisch! Very good work, keep it up! MfG Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoRailgunner 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Well the map size with 5 km x 5 km could be very small if you have some groups of moving tanks and modern combat is more combined arms then "tank only". But hell, looking forward to this piece of terrain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CyDoN 0 Posted March 18, 2008 will it be compatible with 1.08 and without QG? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chip360 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Your map made me tingle with excitement (I really love new maps ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Looking very good. Definatly a map I love to play, excellent choice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commando84 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Looks nice, very close to a german or any european farming landscape imo! Looks so real, made me remember some old road trips with the family down in europe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfsblut_ 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Looks nice, very close to a german or any european farming landscape imo!  :D Looks so real, made me remember some old road trips with the family down in europe  :p THIS is the reality: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Luftbild_Bartenstein.jpg (10 km west of Schmalfelden) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jono_retard 0 Posted March 19, 2008 Lived around that part of Germany for 5 years and i have got to say that looks darn authentic. You have captured the aesthetics just right, good work man keep it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
