gterl

little update

ahhh forgot to mention....R O A D S ....plenty to do

1) Tiles positioned (well....still a couple of tweaks here and there necessary but overall 99% finished) 2) Working on targets (ini-file editing and airfield, cities, towns, etc.) 3) Next Steps: - Tweak further targets (a church here, a ballon there...) - Tweak further targets (bridges!) - Campaign.... :-)

still going strong....but it's a painfull process btw...just showing the northern part of the map (stretching to Munich)...southern part (Med coast) not visible

Update: Identified all snowy covered peaks...pics will follow

Gepard - thx but I'm using already a separate heightmap (see older entries) :-) Thx for your help!! rgds gt

painfull...painfull.....square by square....but yes I'm still on it

work still in progress......painfull and slow

Great stuff!!!

Hi Everyone - just want to keep this thread as a kind of diary and of course show you the latest status Quick summary: - Reworked quite a lot of tiles - Still fixing minor heightmap issues - Added two airfields (just to fly quickly around) - Added major towns/cities (ok, 2-3 are just fantasy, e.g. fakes) - Added trenches in rocky- and snowy-tiles - Frontline will be the Isonzo river instead of the Piave (which is farther west and wouldn't give much to the italians in terms of airfields). Sorry for this, esp. for late war scenarios, but I had to make a choice - Still unclear for me as of what part of the map is 'flyable' and where it stops (so in other words the how big is the frame, which would be just eyecandy from far away) - Certain rivers have to be flattened, or completely removed...looks silly if the river goes up-down the mountains - Target-Areas, balloons, etc. so all the nice little stuff is still missing ...bottom of the priority list - Currently positioning tiles one-by-one....this will take ages ....more.... ...more.....

Fantastic Quack! Looks great!!! Here are a couple of additional 'shots' Current issues: - Can't get the heightmap correctly (I've certain peaks like the Himalaya and holes in the terrain....have to sort this out) - Tilesets a nowhere properly placed, except roughly the coastline (where I've to flatten out certain island) - Tilesets will have to be reworked (rivers through rocky mountains, trenches in mountains, etc.) - etc. etc. etc.

Lovely picture! To be onest I was more looking for someting like this (apologize)

...so you get the picture - Isonzo should be in there - Caporetto should be in - Venetian Alps - Piave ...we will need seaplanes!!!

heightmap is driving me crazy

- altered terrain & heightmap - yes the tiles are Jan's - mountain, valleys are in ...ohh, hey, no promises about the ETA (it's finished when it's finished). Wife, two kids, dog, house, etc. are eating up my time anyway :-)

...still loving it ....IMHO graphically one of the (still) best games out there, esp. with all the nice add-ons by this beautiful community :-)

The beauty of it all

...couple of shots...don't know/remember if I've already posted somwhere else

Hi Everyone, (FE Gold here) Question: Would it be feasable to create a groundobject (maybe from an existing one) that creates an explosion effect from time to time? This groundobject could be placeable with the missioneditor and/or in the targets.ini file for every map. Is there maybe an emittertype that has a 'timer' in it, or would it be done with an effecttype? I know that these explosions would happen always at the same spot, but let's say every 2-5min (or less) . So we could simulate a barrage without having to place the guns every time (whizzbang, german75, etc.) that shoot at each other. Any ideas? Could someone lead me into the right direction? kind rgds & thx in advance for feedback gterl

Thx Wrench! Tried your suggestion and it works like a charm within a specific mission. Now comes my problem (mind you FE Gold here) - There's a download here on CA that makes this for the Verdun map (see http://combatace.com/files/file/3893-active-battlefield-for-first-eagles-version-2/) - This worked perfectly on my old FE installation, but not any longer within FE Gold (??) - So I've tried to reverse-engineer it....sadly without any satisfactory results - Results are: Guns, etc. show up but they don't fire at each other (even if I place them very close and facing each-other together) - Found also an entry on the TW forum that explains exactly my problem (see http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5751)...sadly without response My additional entries look like... WWIVERDUN_TYPES.INI [TargetType056] Name=French75mm FullName=French 75mm TargetType=GROUND <----- tried ARTILLERY and TANK here...doesn't make a difference ActiveYear=0 TargetValue=0 UseGroundObject=TRUE GroundObjectType=French75mm RepairRate=0.555 StartDetectChance=100 StartIdentifiedChance=100 IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0 MaxVisibleDist=8000.0 DestroyedEffect=MediumFire SecondaryEffect=SmallRocketGroundExplosion SecondaryChance=100 [TargetType057] Name=German77mm FullName=German 77mm Whiz Bang TargetType=GROUND <----- tried ARTILLERY and TANK here...doesn't make a difference ActiveYear=0 TargetValue=0 UseGroundObject=TRUE GroundObjectType=German77mm RepairRate=0.555 StartDetectChance=100 StartIdentifiedChance=100 IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0 MaxVisibleDist=8000.0 DestroyedEffect=MediumFire SecondaryEffect=SmallRocketGroundExplosion SecondaryChance=100 WWIVERUND_TARGETS.INI [TargetArea384] Name=EnemyGun01 Position=132975.260417,132845.052083 <----- tried very close and also far and very far figures Radius=1414.213623 <----- tried also radius=100 ActiveYear=0 Location=1 Alignment=ENEMY Target[001].Type=German77mm Target[001].Offset=0.00,0.00 Target[001].Heading=180.0 Target[002].Type=German77mm Target[002].Offset=20.00,-20.00 Target[002].Heading=180.0 Target[003].Type=AAA Target[003].Offset=-20.00,20.00 Target[003].Heading=180.0 [TargetArea385] Name=FRIENDLYGun01 Position=132975.260417,132745.052083 <----- tried very close and also far and very far figures Radius=1414.213623 <----- tried also radius=100 ActiveYear=0 Location=1 Alignment=FRIENDLY Target[001].Type=French75mm Target[001].Offset=0.00,0.00 Target[001].Heading=0.0 Target[002].Type=French75mm Target[002].Offset=20.00,-20.00 Target[002].Heading=0.0 Target[003].Type=AAA Target[003].Offset=-20.00,20.00 Target[003].Heading=0.0 ....no ideas left here thx & rgds gterl

...following and waiting Any ETA for this beauty? Will you release it here (Combatace)? gterl

Yup, that's the one I'm using (the one from Peter01) and I would suggest it to everyone (a must) gterl