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Ramone

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Stock Burma Re-work
« on: February 11, 2010, 11:32:26 AM »

Hi All,
Been learning the map-makers art lately and thought I'd start with a facelift of the stock Burma map. It was always so disappointing..

So I completely re-textured it with lots more steamy jungle



new towns/villages



messed with the airfields too



spent more time than I care to think about moving/placing objects



the result for me is more satisfyingly jungley and Burma-ish



If any of you guys want it - I've never posted a mod before - I'll try and work out how to do it...ha, ha

It's got to be an improvement on this though



Now I'm off strafing up the Tamu Road



O yeh, nearly forgot, I did a fair bit of editing of map_t and a bit of map_c.





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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2010, 11:40:57 AM »

this looks good (from what i can tell from the 'teeny tiny' pictures!)  lol!   :D

the original map NEVER has enough jungle to it...  i've been there back in the day and even still there are HUGE areas that are an overgrown hell.  also noticed on the original map that (as a lot of other maps also) the terrain is simply TOO flat for the most part.  man that place is NOT that flat...it has dips/hills/vallies, even mountains of all shapes and sizes all over it.

anyway...yep, i am very interest in 'more' jungle (as long as it does not wipe out the frame rate on my older machine...lol) so please think about posting it up for us.  and thanks for the hard work too!

S!
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2010, 11:46:54 AM »

Cheers mate - I've no idea why the pics came out teeny! lol I'll try and sort it.. I started this cos I wanted jungle-lined rivers and because the stock map was so anaemic!
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2010, 11:54:39 AM »

The last one is the one I would like to see. From what I can tell you have done great with the jungle.
Another map that could use someones attention is the Berlin map. ??? Poor thing is flat as a board and screaming for a faclift. ;D
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 12:12:22 PM »

Pics fixed.

Shouldn't be any fps hit cos I lined the rivers with texture not forest - will have to thank Avala among others, for his jungle texture which I adapted/mutilated. The Imphal texture  I made from GoogleEarth and the outskirts of Rangoon.

You're right about Berlin, Bombs...also Stalingrad an Moscow..they're awful by todays modding standards.
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2010, 12:39:28 PM »

yeah, looking good, Ramone...I love jungles, and Burma definitely needed a facelift, as you said.  ;D :D
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2010, 01:48:58 PM »

Thanks chaps - here it is then..I hope the link works!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?qdim2yzd2o2

As I said, credit is due Avala, Agracier and IJ_Jeremiah for the jungle textures I used and abused horrifically for this.
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2010, 04:24:46 PM »

Just flew over this map and it looks really good. 8) Thanks.
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2010, 04:56:36 AM »

Thanks for this Ramone

That original Burma map always looked too fluro for me an the jungle was always very squared looking in large amounts of jungle.


I've also got the World at War series on DVD and the Burma documentary truly shows what conditions were met by the troops.

Burma is very mountainous and hilly not like the original map.

If you'd like to have a crack of a true Burma map I made a starter map of North Burma and Yunnan China. A hug difference in terrian.

If you'd like the map let me know.

Cheers Kirby



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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2010, 05:15:43 AM »

Yes mate - I would definitely like to take a look at that!
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2010, 05:57:48 AM »

Hi Ramone,

It's in my Download China Starter map pack here in the PTO section.
The map is called China_Kunming It's 1:1 scale

You'll have to learn a lot with this map.
one texture only no rivers etc. just land.

Cheers Kirby
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Re: Stock Burma Re-work
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2010, 06:36:47 AM »

Cheers farang

I'll grab it and see what happens - looking forward to playing with mountain textures..

Cheers Ramone
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