Will there be other maps?

[Foobar]

Added one more visual detail for railroads:

 

This is what always have been missed.

[Rama]

group them (broad leaafed trees and conifers in groups, not mixed)

As far as I know, they can't do that. They can have deciduous trees only or conifers trees only or mixed on the whole map, There's only one forest type, they can't have forests of different kind.

 

I know it is very hard (if not impossible) to create a natural looking enviroment. I would recoment to delete all trees next to the streets. It may be a bit empty, but more natural looikng.

 

go more like this: more bushes, gras and less individual trees

Do you have historical photos of the Velikiye Luki area to support this?

[zeus--]

 

 

- two very different tree types in the mix -> group them (broad leaafed trees and conifers in groups, not mixed) - trees look like they all have more or less the same distance to each other - missing shadows?

 

 

All these notes are correct and evident, but I can`t write my own game  I try to add the small details and decoration that can be created with current game-engine. 

[VRPilot]

nature is chaos. human brain simply can't recreate chaos. If you click trees to a location the problem is: you will always follow a pattern. For a natural look you would need an insane amount of details and pure chaos. Look at parks, palace gardens and so on: plants, flowers and trees placed by human always look artificial.

You can cover the pattern a bit with massive details, thousends of bushes and so on. But impossible to do as a single person and the game engine -> you see the pattern which makes it unnatural

 

 

pls don't get me wrong, I want to help, not whine about your work!

Edited November 7, 2014 by VollautoVolker

[zeus--]

 

 

 I try to add the small details and decoration that can be created with current game-engine. 

 

 

But we planned additional works for forests: new types of trees, regrouping and mixing the woods.

[=LD=dhyran]

 

 

But we planned additional works for forests: new types of trees, regrouping and mixing the woods.

 

 

Outstanding!

 

Where is your donation button?

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 Looks great

[zeus--]

 

 

Where is your donation button?

 

PayPal not working in Ukraine  

[A-E-Hartmann]

Excellent work Zeus ,thank you for what you are doing .

[Uufflakke]

 

I know it is very hard (if not impossible) to create a natural looking enviroment. I would recoment to delete all trees next to the streets. It may be a bit empty, but more natural looikng.

 

 

 

 

When you take a close look to the image belowe of area close to Velikye Luki trainstation you can see a lot of trees lined up along streets.

 

 

 

 

Further away from trainstation there seem to be no trees but that is hard to discern I would say.

 

 

 

 

But in case you mean with 'streets' roads into open fields then again there seem to be less to no trees.

 

http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetrussia/citynamesbeginningv/index.html

[zeus--]

TOP SECRET!

Velikie Luki map.

 

WiP preview. 1 block = 10x10km.

[Reflected]

Nice! How are the experiments with autumn textures going? Any sneak peeks?

[Yakdriver]

Somehow the shots and the map remind me of Slovakia for 1946.
I hope we get to see something similarly beautiful one day...
http://www.simhq.com/_air11/air_335b.html

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

nice work, but the dekoration looks to unnatural:

 

- two very different tree types in the mix -> group them (broad leaafed trees and conifers in groups, not mixed)

 

I had a look at the vegetation over there in Google Earth. The difference in vegetation seems to me typical of what you'll find where I live too, where confers growing where the trees are rarely felled (they take a while to mature), while the faster growing leafy trees (mostly birch, ash and alder) shooting up wherever land is left fallow. Here's a screen-shot showing late autumn or early spring. The pines (I think it is) grows along the railway, the naked leafy trees grow everywhere else:

 

[zeus--]

Any sneak peeks?

 

 

Just for fun Really tired of white colors

 

[pilotpierre]

Looking good Zeus.

[Guest deleted@1562]

Nice colors for a change. Is the water animated somehow?

[Uufflakke]

Getting interesting now.

But I see objects, woods and roads are still in winterversion.

Also still ice on rivers.

Would be a challenge I guess to get animated waters. 

[Dakpilot]

With rivers and the Channel front map from RoF I think the assets needed for water are available in DN engine

 

Thanks for the hard work Zues and team..latest updates to Velikie Luki map looking great, but I think you made a mistake showing that non winter shot  be prepared for a lot of interest LoL

 

Cheers Dakpilot

[Yakdriver]

Phew! looks like summer time.
where are the Bikini Babes!!!

[Rama]

With rivers and the Channel front map from RoF I think the assets needed for water are available in DN engine

 

DN engine has both 2D and animated 3D water.

So far, on RoF maps, the 3D animated water has only be used for the sea.

[Feathered_IV]

Wow. A glimpse of the future. Nice one!

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

Wow. A glimpse of the future. Nice one!

 

+1

[Blooddawn1942]

Uh! Now that sole screenshot boosts my expectation beyond anything!

Forget about the Starks....SUMMER is coming!!!:-)

[No601_Swallow]

Just for fun Really tired of white colors

 

31396101.jpg

 

Hee hee!

 

But is that the "citadel" in the background? (This was the site, I think, of a "last stand" of sorts by the German garrison, some of whom finally managed to break out and make it back to their own lines.)

[zeus--]

But is that the "citadel" in the background?

 

 

Yes it is

 

Screenshot with it:

 

(all buildings inside the wall are destroyable)

 

Edited November 13, 2014 by zeus--

[Gambit21]

 

(all buildings inside the wall are destroyable)

 

...are you saying we get school busting missions finally?

[Brano]

Those who will put their hands on that cerkev (church) inside will go to hell!

[No601_Swallow]

Yes it is

 

Screenshot with it:

28018471.jpg

 

(all buildings inside the wall are destroyable)

 

 

Outstanding, sir!

 

       

[Habu]

Just for fun Really tired of white colors

 

31396101.jpg

Oh my God.

[zeus--]

Same new video (near Toropets city)

 

[No601_Swallow]

Lovely video! I love how it's easy to pick out the railway lines in the distance. The video also gives a good impression of the huge size of this map!

 

Zeus, it must be a great feeling to fly in such a landscape and think that you and your group have created it all! Once again, thank you for all the hard work!

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

cant really wait for the fall spring maps

[Tyberan]

Even in a rough state that non-winter version looked sweet. Indeed cant wait for spring maps, and some seriously muddy airfields

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

Same new video (near Toropets city)

 

 

Landmarks! Good landmarks! This map is going to be a joy to fly over!

[zeus--]

Velikie Luki:

 

 

 

all WIP.

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

Nice!

[A-E-Hartmann]

As usually excellent work  . Thank you .

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 And has Zeus planned next map already?  

[zeus--]

At last we now in "two weeks" stage

 

 

Velikie Luki`s textures carpet done up to ~60%