Jungle Wars: Island of Lingor

[berghoff 11]

Fox '09: I think AI just loves shooting through fallen forest trees? Berghoff, how is that handled? ;)

Hmm, trees that fall they become like ghost trees. Maybe it is intentional by BIS for the AI, nothing I can do about it.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Yeah, trees that have fallen over (run over by tanks/vehicles/Godzilla or knocked down by fire) seem to lose their fire geo LOD. Hence you can shoot (and run) through 'em.

[VariousArtist 19]

Wow, cant await the first release!

Must... overthrow... El Presidente....!!

[Fox '09 14]

tried 0.1 with new version of the err,, vegetation mod, but the trees are floating..

runs great though

[icebreakr 3157]

Yeah, 0.1 is broken when using latest berghoff package. You'll have to wait for v0.9, its like totally changed island - i'll be back from vacation in a week ;)

[Baron von Beer 0]

24 + 7 = 31. Don't mind me, just doing a little unrelated math. :D

[icebreakr 3157]

Returned today for the vacation. Head is filled up with new ideas, notebook with sketches, vegetation reference photos done on a beautiful island ;) returning to Lingor project tommorow =)

[kremator 1065]

Welcome back!

[enad 11]

Sweet. Glad you're back! Hope your vacation was nice!!

[Kristian 47]

Glad to hear you got some inspiration while on vacation, sure hope it was a nice place. :)

Can't wait to get the new moar optimized version, put fog to full and enjoy the FPS :p

[NoRailgunner 0]

There is still hope that we can get some hot Amazones !! Hope you have all the details in your sketches and pictures... :D

[icebreakr 3157]

Well its been a nice place to gain new strengths and also a bit inspirational (island wink,wink) - took over 1000 shots, also focusing on vegetation, town structures and nature creations ;)

Somehow agency f*cked up and I didn't get nor Tassos, nor Samos and nor any other Greek island. I only had 9 days so I've selected island of Vis, Croatia:

To quickly return to topic - Mondkalb is helping with the Lingor project - here's a preview of his work - new buildings for main town (mind its still WIP):

Edited August 2, 2010 by IceBreakr

[enad 11]

That first picture reminds me of the town Esponia(I think that's what it was) from Sahrani. :)

Any ways, those new buildings are looking good. Gotta love custom objects, just helps make the map one of a kind.

If this map is seriously that NON-FPS hungry as you say Icebreakr...You need to get a medal or something...an award.. :D

[Darkhorse 1-6 16]

It looks great. Exactly what animal is that on the side of the yellow house? Also, will the antennas on the rooftops be given a more metallic or even black texture? The only reason I ask is in the current state they kind of look like wood. :p

*Edit*

Is the animal a hedgehog?

Edited August 3, 2010 by Darkhorse 1-6
Grammatical Errors

[enad 11]

It's a well know fact all people on the Island of Lingor use wood antennas. Duh.

Edited August 3, 2010 by Enad

[Killerwatt 0]

It looks great. Exactly what animal is that on the side of the yellow house?

Looks like an armadillo to me.

[nzdfcrash 33]

na its a hedgehog, armadillos have longer snouts lol

[Darkhorse 1-6 16]

I thought it was related to Mondkalb, but then I remembered what that means.

Mooncalf was a term formerly ascribed to the abortive fetus of a cow or other farm animal, and also occasionally to that of a human.

:P

[mondkalb 1087]

Antenna's will be "adjusted". Thanks for the feedback. :)

And to what kind of animal that is... well... it should now all be very obvious.

I thought putting in a little author's note, some kind of easter egg, wouldn't hurt, as it is quite common around that area to paint uncovered house sides with ads or little pictures.

I guess I'll have to hide these little picks more carefully now.

[icebreakr 3157]

WIP:

As storyline in first post says a thing about „hunters from afar“, I will supply Slayers with the map. They are armed with pulse laser rifle (not too powerful, similiar to human weapons), their blood is fluroscent/green and their armor suit can take up to 1 clip of 7,62x39 ammo. So they are pretty tough, but since they come to Lingor to hunt in their basic light equipment, they rely on hunting in groups of 3-6. It is known that entire patrol squads dissapeared in the jungles of Lingor...

Do NOT post any requests on functionality as I don't have time to incorporate anything else ;) but PM me if you can do:

- cloaked version that is barely visible to the naked eye

- random/ambient growls and voices in 50m away from the placed Slayer unit

- ability to run faster and hit enemy with hands/spear (new weapon)

- laser tracers and red laser pointing device visible to naked eye and NVG

Beta version of island is still in production, but severe optimizations were made so jungle is playable with 30+ fps even on average PC (8800GT 512mb, 2,8Ghz, 3GB ram) with high shadows, low postprocess, normal antialias, 1280x1024.

Edited August 4, 2010 by IceBreakr

[{G&L}ACF{SCOTDG} 10]

Looking good :)

Edited August 4, 2010 by {G&L}ACF{SCOTDG}

[Sky999 10]

WIP:

As storyline in first post says a thing about „hunters from afar“, I will supply Slayers with the map. They are armed with pulse laser rifle (not too powerful, similiar to human weapons), their blood is fluroscent/green and their armor suit can take up to 1 clip of 7,62x39 ammo. So they are pretty tough, but since they come to Lingor to hunt in their basic light equipment, they rely on hunting in groups of 3-6. It is known that entire patrol squads dissapeared in the jungles of Lingor...

Do NOT post any requests on functionality as I don't have time to incorporate anything else ;) but PM me if you can do:

- cloaked version that is barely visible to the naked eye

- random/ambient growls and voices in 50m away from the placed Slayer unit

- ability to run faster and hit enemy with hands/spear (new weapon)

- laser tracers and red laser pointing device visible to naked eye and NVG

Beta version of island is still in production, but severe optimizations were made so jungle is playable with 30+ fps even on average PC (8800GT 512mb, 2,8Ghz, 3GB ram) with high shadows, low postprocess, normal antialias, 1280x1024.

Oh...My...sweet....:jesus:...

...add crocodiles :D ....do it. ;)

[icebreakr 3157]

If someone knows how to add "agressive" animals to the default map (script, without using module?) lemme know and I'll think of something. JLF gave me permission for his snakes, but I guess any mission maker can use them on their own.

One more thing: MP Coop Campaign "Jungle Heat" will be added to the island so you will be able to explore it with your friends online.

Edited August 4, 2010 by IceBreakr

[sweguy96 10]

IceBreakr, I'm just asking you, is this arma 2 or is it predators? :D

[AnimalMother92 10]

mmmm...optimizations...

Thanks Ice, looking good :)