Vietnam Community Project Idea: Gulf of Tonkin Incident - Redux

[+Gepard]

What do you think about this skins for the Halong Bay rocks?

 

[+yakarov79]

These look better than in the previous post.

[+Flanker562]

I think it looks better too.

[jodandawg]

All of the work done is truly amazing!! 

[Wilches]

 

Much better now. Will it be a TOD or a regular object?

[+Gepard]

12 hours ago, Wilches said:

 

Much better now. Will it be a TOD or a regular object?

I think it will be a regular object.

[+Gepard]

For the Halong Bay rocks i use so far 3 different rocks, which were made by GKABS. I will check the other GKABS rocks whether they will fit or not into Halong Bay.

[+Wrench]

I like rocks. 

on another note, here's a little 'glitch' I found with some of the aircraft shelters. My suggestion is to either move the shelters onto the existing concrete, or maybe add another slab or 2 under the shelters. They'd never be sitting in the rough as it were. Thanks!

[+Gepard]

13 hours ago, Wrench said:

I like rocks. 

on another note, here's a little 'glitch' I found with some of the aircraft shelters. My suggestion is to either move the shelters onto the existing concrete, or maybe add another slab or 2 under the shelters. They'd never be sitting in the rough as it were. Thanks!

The placement of this shelters beside the concrete is a compromise. If i put it on the concrete the shelters begin to disappear if you fly in a certain altitude. I dont know, how to overcome this strange behaviour of the flat concrete areas.

To have the shelters visible all the time i placed them beside the concrete.

 

To explain the problem here 2 screenshots of my Michigan terrain.

In the upper screenshot the parking area of the airfield seems to be empty. Neither the 2 ShelterA hangars and the parked aircrafts are visible. The Hangars, which i have placed beside the parking area are clearly visible.

In the second screenshot planes and shelters are visible.

 

I have no idea how to overcome this problem.

Edited December 23 by Gepard

[citizen67]

I also noticed a similar issue in SF2:V A&G War Expansion Pack terrains, modded with Green Hell 3.5: at a certain altitude the objects aren't visible, as you get closer they become visible

[+Flanker562]

Could just be a game thing, or can you adjust the view distance maybe?

[+Sundowner]

It happens when the "Flat Objects" eg parking area's etc are not placed low enough in 3ds Max, there's a very fine line between making them so low as they dont show at all, or positioning them a few inches above the terrain which then causes the Z buffer fighting issue.  

I've come across it a few times when making my bases, just because they appear to be made at 0.0 on the Z axis very often they're not, I have all my runways, taxiways etc,etc set at 15cm above "ground level" in 3ds max which seems to be the sweet spot for me.

Edited December 23 by Sundowner
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[+Wrench]

Thanks Ant!! NOW it makes sense!! I've seen it too, even on stock airfields.

[+GKABS]

4 hours ago, Sundowner said:

It happens when the "Flat Objects" eg parking area's etc are not placed low enough in 3ds Max, there's a very fine line between making them so low as they dont show at all, or positioning them a few inches above the terrain which then causes the Z buffer fighting issue.  

I've come across it a few times when making my bases, just because they appear to be made at 0.0 on the Z axis very often they're not, I have all my runways, taxiways etc,etc set at 15cm above "ground level" in 3ds max which seems to be the sweet spot for me.

I totally agree  

[+Sundowner]

It was the stock TW airbase issues that got me started on doing my own.........

[Benetnasch]

[+Wrench]

Don't even get me started with the "multitude of 6 generic airbases that are neither military nor civil or a combination thereof"

[+Gepard]

I think i will release DRV 2.1.2 tomorrow.

Update DRV 2.1.2
added some fishing ports, with some junks, fuel drums and a little bit Flak
added rocks some miles east of Hai Phong
solved the "distant mountains" problem, which was graphic glitch that appeared in DRV 2.0 till 2.1.1
reworked the farm-rivermouth tile
added Red Crown with CG-16 Leahy class cruiser

Red Crown in full action to smash down incoming MiG's.

 

 

[+Wrench]

You might want to look at the placements for the AAA units (not right now, but in later release). I've found a lot of them, inside cities, that are within the TOD building objects. I mean, great camoflague, but hard to hit!! <g>

[+Gepard]

I adjusted the number of Flak in a Flak Battery to 6 guns. And i tried to move the Flak so on the made, that they are not hide in houses anymore. I hope, that i got them all. If not, let me know.

I uploaded DRV 2.1.2 some minutes ago. Waits for the okay of an admin.