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Author Topic: Tunisia Map 3.0 for 4.10 (New Textures)  (Read 3375 times)

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baronWastelan

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Re: Tunisia Map 3.0 for 4.10 (New Textures)
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2011, 01:27:50 AM »
For the home planet of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the desert planet of ‘Tatooine’, Lucas chose the landscapes and native architecture of Tunisia (Tataouine is a real Tunisian town, some miles south of the movie location).

The exterior of the homestead, where Luke contemplates the two suns, is part of the vast Chott el Jerid, the dry, white salt flat stretching across central Tunisia to the oases of Tozeur and Nefta. The site of Luke’s home, now a couple of filled-in circular pits, can be found a few miles south from Highway 3 on a turnoff just west of Nefta.

The same turnoff, followed six miles north, leads to La Grande Dune, used for the ‘Dune Sea’, where C3P0 and R2D2 wander aimlessly. Take care on Highway 3, which leads into Algeria – if you inadvertently cross the border, you can end up in all kinds of trouble.  [Tusken Raiders - bW]

The gully, where R2D2 is captured by the Jawas, now known locally as ‘Star Wars Canyon’ (you can see it again in Raiders of the Lost Ark), is Sidi Bouhel, east of Tozeur on the edge of the Chott el Jerid.

‘Mos Eisley’, the sleazy spaceport where Luke and Obi-Wan (Alec Guinness) meet Han Solo (Harrison Ford), is Ajim, a sponge fishing town near the Ile de Jerba. You can see the exterior of the Cantina here.

A little to the north, overlooking the Gulf of Gabes, is Obi-Wan’s remote home, and a mosque used as the entrance to ‘Mos Eisley’.

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MrOblongo

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Re: Tunisia Map 3.0 for 4.10 (New Textures)
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2011, 08:29:54 AM »
That area is not in this map. A new map should be made to cover Gabes/Kasserine etc. It is much more dry than the northern part.
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Re: Tunisia Map 3.0 for 4.10 (New Textures)
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2011, 10:02:03 PM »
Well, i officially don't like the textures. Dont have the time or knowledge to reedit the map_t and textures to make it look more realistic. Sorry guys.
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Re: Tunisia Map 3.0 for 4.10 (New Textures)
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2011, 04:29:50 AM »
Well with two new Flatspinman camaigns on the way which will surely come with stunning Axis&Allies skins, perhaps a collaborative (small) rework could be considered by some of the masters of Desert maps/repaints?

Tunis re-done in the style of Madrid/Tunis in the repaint of Cent med, a little retexturing here and there to smooth things?

Not complaining at all! really enjoy this as it is ;D but everyone has there talents and a collaborative effort could really produce a masterpiece ready for fresh campaigns, all ready for inclusion in UP4.10

Thanks for all the hard work :)

Cheers Dakpilot
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