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DaveOD06

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[WIP] The Marshalls
« on: May 13, 2011, 08:43:23 PM »
I realized i didn't make a thread on here, but I have the entire Marshall Islands group at almost 1:1 scale in WIP. I have all the individual island groups at 1:1 scale but the distances between them are very slightly less due to the limitations of maximum map size in IL-2. I am waiting until I am finished with college semester finals to continue work. It is going to come with fully customized new airfield plates and lots of brand new custom textures. I will post pictures when I have time.
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 08:54:56 PM »
Nice Dave,

Long distance PBY patrols lots of coffee, smokes and Glenn Miller listening music to ease the strenuous

lengthy patrol times  ;) :) :D ;D

Looking forward to seeing your screens.  ;D :D

Cheers Kirby
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DaveOD06

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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2011, 10:21:51 PM »

The map:



The custom airfield at Wotje atoll based off historical photographs:
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2011, 09:22:53 AM »
Dave, realistic appearance of airfields makes or breaks a map, to me.  Your obvious talent and effort in this area makes this grand map something to anticipate with high expectations. 8)  Keep up the good work. :P
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 01:35:41 PM »
Custom airfield plate updates:

at Roi-Namur:



at Kwajalein, sampling a bunch of my new textures as well:
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2011, 01:39:15 PM »
Quote from: DaveOD06 on May 13, 2011, 10:21:51 PM

The map:


That map will make an excellent long-distance air race map!
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 04:42:44 PM »
Wow, looks good. Good luck in your studies. I use too work there years ago (Amiga & 386 PC gaming era).
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2011, 06:08:41 PM »
i look forward to bombing the japanese into oblivion on these gorgeous islands.

Keep up the great work dave, you're truely an artist
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2011, 10:41:16 PM »
What is the maximum size for a map in Il-2?
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DaveOD06

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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2011, 11:02:18 PM »
I've been using KevinP's guides. In those, he seems to say the biggest he has been able to make was a map_c of 19040x14880 pixels (952Km x 744Km). This size just happened to coincide with the size of the Marshalls area that I wanted to include, so this is the size of my map. Editing map_c takes a ton of RAM lol.
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2011, 04:07:32 PM »
I have been gone on vacation for the past month, but now I am resuming work on the project. Reefs are WIP right now.

Il-2's version of Kwajalein, the largest coral atoll in the world:



P.S. I REALLY NEED HELP ON THIS PROJECT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP SEND ME A PM.
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Re: [WIP] The Marshalls
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2011, 02:31:49 AM »
Where are the tutorials for map making on this site?
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