kiska / skira ,does anyone want to see this island in A2 ? (the OFPDR island)

[CombatComm 10]

Rocks can provide for cover. Large boulders and such. Taller patches of grass everyonce and while. Hills provide cover. It would provide players with a bit of challenge in using the terrain and not so much the foilage as cover. Poking just their heads and rifles over the top of berms and road side ditches. Storming the volcano from the valley below would be a challenge but could provide for a diff kind of battle. The use of smoke grenades and tanks deploying their smoke canisters. Illuminations flares in the sky as platoons dodge artillery strikes in open field. Man I can see it now. I am getting excited for this one. The stable frame rate alone would be an amazing plus!

And regards to the campaign and having American forces. A more realistic approach would be to have the russian fighting along side the americans. The russians, chinease and americans all fighting against each other on the political level upon discovery of oil! Than in exchange for sharing the oil reserves they become allies and fight the chinease together on the island. Smaller contingent of Russian forces.

Edited October 21, 2009 by CombatComm
Additional afterthoughts

[yanquis 10]

well i suppose they could do a treeless one and then a OFPDR clone as well, i myself am much more interested in the latter

[celery 8]

well i suppose they could do a treeless one and then a OFPDR clone as well, i myself am much more interested in the latter

Kiska and Skira, respectively.

[9thAircav 0]

we are going to have trees, not in abundance like cher though, but definetly a few forrested regions. maybe evergreens above and below a certain height range.. were not making a clone. something new here im afraid. but a seperate blank canvas for mission designers is a possible an idea

Edited October 21, 2009 by 9thAircav

[CombatComm 10]

we are going to have trees, not in abundance like cher though, but definetly a few forrested regions. maybe evergreens above and below a certain height range.. were not making a clone. something new here im afraid. but a seperate blank canvas for mission designers is a possible an idea

.....grrrrr.... well could I suggest maybe leaving some open field. Possibly right under or below the volcanoe.

[Alex72 1]

For more cover like i heared OFP2 has like dips and more natural ups and downs in the terrain, cant objects be used and textured exactlly like the ground? Like in Namalsk at some areas Sumrak added these grey rockpiles kinda - if objects like that where matching in textures with the ground it would be sharper dips and such. Since ARMA's "resolution" or what you call it on islands is low and only supports smaller hills instead of sharper small ups and downs.

Thinking about having some here and there and not too much ofcourse as that would maybe lower the performance a lot? I dont know how this works though - just an idea.

Island looking great so far btw! Looking forward to see it further down the road. :)

Alex

[rstratton 0]

how bout skarikiska for the name?

[Fudgeblood 10]

Sounds like a good map, with lots of natural cover I hope ;)

Good luck with the making of it!

Also, The Operation Dragon Rising guys seem to have taken notice, and the fanboys are going nuts http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391396

[AnimalMother92 10]

Also, The Operation Dragon Rising guys seem to have taken notice, and the fanboys are going nuts http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391396

^^that was a funny read!

[celery 8]

Cute how they think DR and its island are so good that we need to copy it.

[Binkowski 26]

Bahah! Thanks for that Fudgeblood! That made my day. Lol. Kinda like there "Total Realism Mod" that they have for OFP:DR. Oh man, anyway. Keep up the great work Emery!

[mr_centipede 31]

Did they just deleted the thread? I just manage to read up to 3rd page, and on fourth page it said "Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

Hmm.... let the conspiracy brew

Either way, will see how this map turns out in ARMA2

[mattxr 9]

Sounds like a good map, with lots of natural cover I hope ;)

Good luck with the making of it!

Also, The Operation Dragon Rising guys seem to have taken notice, and the fanboys are going nuts http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391396

haha some guy was complaining a guy deleted his comment on your utube video yet they have just deleted the whole thread! now who is the sore loosers ;)

[rstratton 0]

anyone wanna help us with this project? go to www.armaunderground.com and let us know , if u got skype u can join our public chat via the website as well

[Fudgeblood 10]

Did they just deleted the thread? I just manage to read up to 3rd page, and on fourth page it said "Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator.

Yep, completely deleted it. Which is sad, the end pages were the parts when the moderator "viiper" and the OFP: DR community really showed their maturity :rolleyes:.

[max power 21]

Originally posted by Icebreakr

kiddie shooter?

I remember when I was a toddler, when my parents were busy and needed to entertain me, they'd just load up a copy of good ol' Dragon Rising. I would play the same campaign over and over again. I loved it. I didn't care that the soldier animations were shit, the post processing was over the top, and the vehicle physics were suspect. And the AI? That was just perfect for a child under 6. The best part of it was that it worked out for me, and my parents got a babysitter out of it. Oh man, that takes me back.

I decided to go that way instead of the other way you could read the words 'kiddie shooter'.

Edited October 22, 2009 by Max Power

[9thAircav 0]

now now, please keep it all friendly regards codemasters and whatever else. as a community i wouldnt like too see fanboyish behaviour from anyone, from any side so to speak. especially our community here. This post is about the development of this interesting island. thats it, take it elsewhere, please, if you dont mind, thank you.

regards our island. there will be no DR campaign. there will be no more study of the DR island and the only thing that will remain is the airbase situated where it is, (the only natural terrain it could be put on).. & the roads are similar to the layout from the other game so that will exist. and well thats about it everything else will be different, i made it clear in my initial posts that were not going down "THAT" route.

Edited October 22, 2009 by 9thAircav

[Tankbuster 1747]

now now, please keep it all friendly regards codemasters and whatever else. as a community i wouldnt like too see fanboyish behaviour from anyone, from any side so to speak. especially our community here. This post is about the development of this interesting island. thats it, take it elsewhere, please, if you dont mind, thank you.

This member wishes to be associated with the previous posters comments.

[rstratton 0]

ok so i was thinking. yea i know thats pretty dangerous lol. if we provide a beta for people to use with the real time editor. to place some objects and have some kind of little contest to see who comes up with the best ideas. would people be interested?

Edited October 23, 2009 by rstratton

[Hvymtal 1251]

This & the PLA mod will make OFP : Dr go bye-bye!

[nzdfcrash 33]

Abit of a tiki tour around kiska/skira in a uh1n for those who want to see the current layout of the island

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[Alex72 1]

Please be easy on those heaviest FPS hitting trees. Pretty please. :)

Looking great btw!

[rstratton 0]

Please be easy on those heaviest FPS hitting trees. Pretty please. :)

Looking great btw!

there will be no orange trees

[CombatComm 10]

ehh ot a fan of the trees but iv been antitree since the beginning. Looks great otherwise.

[eble 3]

shaping up nicely :)