Island Panthera for ArmA 2

[manzilla 1]

Does ALICE work with this island? I've checked through the changelogs and I've never seen it mentioned. I've never been able to get ALICE working on Panthera. I'm not sure if it's even the case that it doesn't work on this island or if I'm just dense and not setting it up right.

Sorry for the dumb questions. Your islands rock!

[icebreakr 3159]

ISLAND PANTHERA 2.5 is out!

Changelog v2.5

- major optimizations and increased framerates (trees)

- new improved satellite image and ground textures

- improved ground clutter (grass, ferns, mushrooms)

- redefined sounds and physics for all ground types

- towns and villages feature beaten path instead of grass

- fixed entrances of Boh. Bistrica Factory (zombie addon request)

- upgraded ibr_plants.pbo to latest Isla Duala version, cut down RPT errors

- upgraded Boryana Airport with new hangar, taxi path and ILS system

- couple of minor road and height fixes

Download mirrors (133MB) at:

http://icebreakr.com/islands/

[CombatComm 10]

EXCELENT BRO! The trees and frame rate was the only thing holding this back. Will check it out after work.

[jw custom 56]

Thanks for the awesome update :cool:

[dragonbaron 10]

Thanks for the update but the game crashes.

Message:

No entry

'bin\config.bin/CfgSurfaceCharacters/ibr_rockClutter.probability'.

Started with:

...\arma2.exe" -mod=@CBA;@Panthera;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM;@ACEX_PLA;@mercs

Edit: There is no space between @ and mercs! The forum inserts the space.

Edited March 25, 2010 by DragonBaron

[manzilla 1]

Thanks for the update. If I can get ALICE working it will be even better. Thanks again for the hard work!

EDIT:

The new textures are much better. The ground color looks much more natural. Excellent job.

If anyone can get ALICE/SILVIE to work could you please post a quick example mission using this island. For the life of me, I can't get them working.

Edited March 25, 2010 by Manzilla

[icebreakr 3159]

DragonBaron: thats strange, try reinstalling ibr_rn.pbo ! It should work. We're playing with 15 ppl right now, all working.

[Aeneas2020 10]

amazing work performance greatly improved!

[giuppo 1]

Thanks for the update but the game crashes.

Message:

No entry

'bin\config.bin/CfgSurfaceCharacters/ibr_rockClutter.probability'.

Hi Guys,

Same for me :(

[pwnage_51 10]

Awesome work man! The only thing I did notice, and its something small, is that the screen for selecting the island displays the wrong version.

[dragonbaron 10]

DragonBaron: thats strange, try reinstalling ibr_rn.pbo ! It should work. We're playing with 15 ppl right now, all working.

Thank you for the quick reply.

Downloaded the file again and installed Panthera again. Started Panthera without any other addons/mods. Same window with the message

No entry

'bin\config.bin/CfgSurfaceCharacters/ibr_rockClutter.probability'.

appeared in the background.

I closed this window (was a little bit tricky) and ARMA 2 started.

I loaded Panthera in the editor and following message appeared:

Cannot open object ibr\ibr_dtowns\posed.p3d

I clicked on "continue" and placed an AH-1Z and clicked "preview". After loading the following message was shown:

Cannot open object ibr\ibr_dtowns\hut06.p3d

I clicked again on "continue" and enjoyed the fantastic scenery.

If I'm the only one with these problems, I will try several things tomorrow.

Thanks again for this update. Your islands are fantastic.

[icebreakr 3159]

One out of 15 of our players experienced "your" problem. We don't know what is the reason.

[=silver= 0]

Same issue here... :(

[icebreakr 3159]

Try installing Duala, some guys reported that fixed the problem?

[enad 11]

The new Panthera destroys my FPS.

Its lower than Razoriyna.

Its that new grass you added. Its like Arma 1 grass, but in dense clusters.

It did fix the road issue I was having in earlier versions, its just I cant play on this island now because of the FPS.

[suhsjake 1]

I'm getting the same error reports. Attached info.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mkyxzzgn5ym

Running vanilla A2 patch 1.5/ not beta patches

Only mod running is Isla Panthera downloaded from Armaholic

Only problem other than the errors is a funny line on the map at the FOB (see included screen)

Jake

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Update

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When running with Isla Duala, no errors.

See attached Info.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zjx11xmmwgn

Also redownloaded the island from your website, no change.

Edited March 26, 2010 by suhsjake

[icebreakr 3159]

suhsjake, Enad & co.: thx for the report, I'll take care of the errors and release an update. And also take a look what exactly is causing lag in some places (clutter, something else). For now please use Duala v1.31 to get rid of the startup error, it seems I left a dependancy. New verrsion will be released during this weekend.

Edited March 26, 2010 by IceBreakr

[Varga 10]

Constant error of a texture

"Cannot open object ibr\ibr_dtowns\posed.p3d"

"Cannot open object ibr\ibr_dtowns\hut06.p3d"

[BCA Cat Toaster 10]

Message:

No entry

'bin\config.bin/CfgSurfaceCharacters/ibr_rockClutter.probability'.

Same problem here while I start the server.

Edited March 26, 2010 by BCA Cat Toaster

[icebreakr 3159]

Here is a bugtracking system with all reported errors:

http://dev-heaven.net/projects/ibr-panthera/issues?set_filter=1

If you experince "rock.probability/hut06/posed" error install Isla Duala and the error will disappear. That is a temporary solution until I release a new version featuring all the bugfixes (day or two). Thanks.

[Varga 10]

Sorry, but island Douala is not necessary for me. You let release the Panther - provide _her_ functionality. You do not buy to the Skoda a wheel from the Caterpillar?

[suhsjake 1]

Hey Varga, downloading Isla Duala is just a temporary fix for the Isla Panthera map. He didn't mean for Panthera to require Duala, but it was a unfortunate accident during the packing process. He is fixing it now so he can release a new version that doesn't require Duala.

Please be patience as working with Visitor is a big pain in the arse.

[jw custom 56]

Sorry, but island Douala is not necessary for me.

You should try it anyway, it's really amazing :cool:

[Alex72 1]

New Panthera version? Woot! :)

Thanks Ice for the dedicated work.

[icebreakr 3159]

Old users of Panthera should really see the difference. I'll polish out the bugs and release new version it as soon the final tests are done.