Major Lee

TK has talked about an object placer but has not released anything. He has also said that because SF is so open, it would not be that difficult for a programmer to write such a tool... Until then, we always have the old fashioned way... :dirol:

Well, making a large city without the 3D models will be impossible. If models are built, making tiles to set them on, and placing the buildings, will merely be tedious... There are a handful of people who could effectively produce the organization and design... Of course, with Google Earth, we have great imagery for guidance.

Not sure where I could put the skyscraper, but if there was a series of buildings, that would be helpful. I am sure we could fit in a large city somewhere in SF...

DBS-2 is going to be very interesting... :yes:

Tokyo Bay and Godzilla is on the loose?

Well, if the Soviets operated them, I will need to include a couple installations in DBS2...

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DEW line? Elephant Cage? Stationed there? Can you get pictures? This stuff, as you know, is highly relevant to DBS-2.0... :yes: Meaning of "HF DF" = ?

I think we will find that the Navy is going to be all wet on this one...

WOW! SF has a real estate developer!

What is this circular installation on the the NW corner of Elmendorf AFB? (Yes, Elmendorf, disregard the Eielson tags...)

For that, I can wait... Very nice work indeed!

CA_Stary, what do say? Do you have these imported into SF yet? I would like to place these into a map...

Viggen, if you can make those buildings, I will place them in a city... Send them over.

We also need the "flat" style 150 and 215 gallon drop tanks for the P-47... I'll post pics later...

Very long flights are still a reality. The map is 1242 miles square... Long range flights from Anchorage to the farthest western target will still range about 1000 miles... I dare you to not use Alt-N...

OK, "B" it is...

Available sytem memory for most people would be taxed to the Nth degree with 1024 tiles... I'm not sure the things will even run with an HFD file of 122mb...

Well, if one set up the terrain for 1000-->250 then the standard 256 pixel tile would only cover ONE km insterad of TWO, effectively doubling the terrain tile resolution also ... Plus, height data points would be every 250 meters instead of the current 500 meter height resolution... Distance flown is the same regardless of map scale; it is still a 2000km wide map... I am leaning more towards "B" since I can squeeze in more places for targets. It is positioned on both so that I can place Anchorage in the correct place and be able to model the base there... This means the eastern edge is fixed... Going off-scale means I can include at least part of Kamchatka and the entire Bering Sea, from Diomede Islands to the entire Aleutian Island chain... Karaga Island off the east coast of the Kamchatka pennisula will be a great place for a Soviet naval base, as are a couple of other locations... I want this to be a target rich environment for both sides. This is why new objects will be critical.

Here are two versions of DBS:2. Both maps are 2000km square. The first map is close to 1:1 scale. The second is "normal" SF scale. Map B allows a wider range of target areas. Map A is more accurate. Both maps would require very long range flights. Please select one choice, A or B... Just looking for opinions. Map A: Map B:

Buy YAP? My goal is to build and release something new, not to buy something already built...

There, 75 minutes later, one made to order nuke plant... HOLY SMOKES!

This isn't that hard, the SF world needs to be populated with stuff... If you have 3D skills and tools, then just make something for the ground... The SF community and I will thank you... :yes:

Yes, I have access to Polak's library... Great stuff from him... He did the majority of radar and comm objects on the DBS map...

How about some useful ground objects? Not as glamorous as new planes to be sure, but stuff on the ground goes a long way towards better overall realism.... How about a Soviet nuclear power facility? or a Soviet Ice Breaker? (link to webpage, not a picture) http://www.msco.ru/cgi-bin/common.cgi?lang...&fn=cont4_4 or Soviet B200 Yo Yo radar? Perhaps new docks of large size to simulate a full size naval installation? Or perhaps bombing the Comm Building is as exciting as you can stand? If you need a project, I have ideas and a place to use your work. Any takers? (Recent volunteer is much appreciated... thanks!)