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Battle of Britain terrain visual update (preview) 0.9

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Gepard's "Battle of Britain" and "Battle of Britain in the 60s and the 70s" terrains visual update.

version 0.9 preview: 24 of April, 2013

 

NOTE: For modern computers with at least 768 MB (1 GB+ preferable) of video memory.

 

This is new set of hand-drawn 2048x2048 tiles and associated .TOD objects for Gepard's "Battle of Britain 1.4" (and it's

modernized version) terrain.

 

You can download these great maps here:

 

http://combatace.com/files/file/5203-battle-of-britain-terrain-version-14/

http://combatace.com/files/file/10371-battle-of-britain-terrain-for-the-60th-and-70th/

 

Right now it's sort of preview, with only summer set included (more below) as the size of the tiles makes it very big

upload.

 

Tweaked longer-range fading trees .fx shader included, best to play with ObjectsFade=FALSE and DetailMeshSize=8 or more

(user's system depending, included screenshots taken with DetailMeshSize=10) however I take no responsibility for any damage caused to your system by setting too high values and frying your GPU.

 

New waternormal.bmp for your kinky Channel-crossing (Cross-chanelling?) pleasures included.

 

To install follow your instincts. Modified ini files for the "60s and 70s" version of the terrain included.

 

Also I have included the core ini files made to generate in Terrain Editor the .TOD objects, experiment at your own risk (yet better don't!)

 

Knows bugs/issues:

As stated above, just summer set at the moment, more might follow.Given the engine limitations and the way the map was

created, not that accurate from farmer's point of view (english landscape differs from french one IRL) and I generously gave myself

full artistic license to improvise things (read: make them up) as I went with the project.

 

No buildings in cities, as I refuse to kill the immersion of this terrain modification with stone-age tech box-type TOD objects. Blame

Thirdwire for doing zip about it throught all these years.

 

"Fair Use" CombatAce license apply. NOT to be included in (or reused for) any kind of payware addon/product without my

authorization. You can tweak/modify and re-upload this set just give me credits as the original author. BoB map created by Gepard.

 

Have fun!

 

Stary




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Why it deserves only one star ?! Just the volunteering and the time that Stary spent in this achievement deserves the three stars rating !

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I noticed previously we have mole here that rates modders one star on every upload, so no worries :smile:

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I had no idea the Brits did so much farming. Seems a crime to bomb and strafe such pristine fields. Regarding the building tods, if someone could just figure out how to generate them with peaked roofs rather than flat boxes it would be a lot more realistic.. but five stars on the terrain itself.

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figure out how to generate them with peaked roofs rather than flat boxes it would be a lot more realistic..

that's something I'm waiting for from Thirdwire since late 2007!!! (time I started modding terrains)

 

or some coder smart enought to do sort of Max/Blender/whatever to TOD converter!

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Happy to see you've had a thought for us farmers! Looks great in the screenshots - I'm going to have to size it down for use though... :-(

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