Thirsk Island

[-=GSG9=- GSF 10]

they see very nice

[KuiK 0]

there are updatet screenshots in the first post

[russin 0]

looks great good job

[Sky999 10]

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Open to see in HD

Really amazing! :eek:

[SyNcRoNiCzZ 0]

Awesome Raunhofer, the Winter Island looks NICE.

I'm looking forward. Then we can all make beautiful winter missions with the Winter Units from Schnapsdrosel. :D

[Boris_Balzer 10]

Nice work but for more realistic I suggest to create swon-covered roofs, mics and maybe if its possible snow-coveres field.

I count on you that you bring on a perfekt level and will hopefully waitin till the release

[Boris_Balzer 10]

[SyNcRoNiCzZ 0]

Raunhofer a question, hav you the A2 standart trees and bushes ect. new textured ?

Because the looks absolutely beautiful. :bounce3:

[Raunhofer 13]

Raunhofer a question, hav you the A2 standart trees and bushes ect. new textured ?

Because the looks absolutely beautiful. :bounce3:

Yes I have and after I have released this island, everybody can borrow those trees to their own island projects if want to. I would really like to see more winter islands in arma 2.

Thirsk will also include a new kind of weather effects (for example snowstorm, snowing, mist, fog etc.) which you can use by making a weather game logic.

I've also planned some new gameplay items, but I have to see how well I can create them.

My main target is to show how good engine arma 2 has and to reach the feeling of original operation flashpoint and to improve it :)

And Boris_Balzer don't worry, I'll try to make the winter island to look as realistic as possible. I live in Finland so when I look outside the view is something like this: (Snow picture), so I know what I'm looking for :D

Edited January 6, 2010 by Raunhofer

[GI-JoE 0]

Sure, it looks absolutely beautiful.

Nice work Raunhofer ! :)

[NoRailgunner 0]

Thats really great - are you going to include winter/ambient sounds (footsteps etc)? Reminds me on some nice winter OFP missions :)

[Boris_Balzer 10]

OK now I'm jealous of you... I have just the german winter if i look out of my window I see much mud....

How I saw, I count on you!

---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:54 PM ----------

i mean "how i say"

[beton 2]

Really looking forward to this island...

Looks great, also waiting for the wintertrees of course;)

[silola 1087]

Hi Raunhofer,

this island looks absolutely fantastic :eek:

Exactly this setting I have missed until now.

can't wait ... :bounce3:

Greeting

Silola

[Raunhofer 13]

Today I took some INGAME screenshots!

There's also an additional loading-screen in the package for those who want to use it:

[nicolasroger 11]

being a Canadian, I totaly like snow maps and this one look awesome

[Alex72 1]

Aaaarrrgghh...

The absence of this island is getting under my skin! Like a drug i cant get hold of and the shivers is baaad... :D

Cannot wait for this awesome island! Finish it up will ya! ;)

[AnimalMother92 10]

damn those are nice screens. and is that the arma 2 logo with snow on it? haha

really looking forward to this map

[norsu 180]

Have you tried making snow clutter? Sometimes the snow just looks too flat, maybe some deep parallax effects could help too.

Also I would reduce the amount of snow under trees and heavy bushes. If you are aiming for an early winter style scenery, there shouldn't be much snow under foliage. Populated areas would be covered in a mix of icy snow, slush and lots of "worn" snow (footprints, tire marks etc.)

Sorry if I sound too harsh :).

[Raunhofer 13]

I was looking for frozen style of forests. Not the way it looks when it have just snowed, because arma2's engine doesn't have a support for snow layers or anything like that.

Frozen environment also allows me to do completely white nature, which looks pretty nice in game :)

Snow clutter is included.

Please mention if you have any ideas or suggests for Thirsk.

Edited January 8, 2010 by Raunhofer

[norsu 180]

But doesn't A2 support multiple terrain textures in a relatively small area? This should be enough to create more varying snow and reduce the amount of snow under big foliage objects. Completely white snow island looks way too bland in my opinion.

[Raunhofer 13]

Work in progress.... satellite texture is the last thing to do.

I'm sure you'll like the feeling of frozen forests. I've already tried to make some not so snowy areas in some parts of the island but it just looked a bit strange and unrealistic (for example in snowstorm) so I had to replace them with something else... :/

Working on...

Edited January 8, 2010 by Raunhofer

[bushlurker 46]

But doesn't A2 support multiple terrain textures in a relatively small area

Well.... Yes and No...

A recent press release hints at the usage of 6 different ground textures per segment (segment varies depending on island, but in the case of Sahrani for example - 20x20km - its 512x512meters, I think)... However, there's no explanation of precisely how this was achieved! - possibly NOT using the BIS tools we currently have available for island making...

So - practically - at the moment at least - the limit seems to be 4 ground textures per half kilometer square - or whatever size segment your island dictates...

Not as many textures as you'd think - believe me... it makes things VERY awkward sometimes...

Theres a brief discussion of the textures-per-segment thing in this thread

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Edited January 8, 2010 by Bushlurker

[jw custom 56]

That snowy landscape looks absolutely AWESOME, uhh i'm almost shivering by the cold look :cool:

[Potatomasher 0]

Great work Raunhofer. Looks absolutely beautiful.

Can't wait to make some missions for it.

Can you give any timeline when can we expect to have public first version ? ;)