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Chichi is no longer a useless map. Bombsaway's WIP
« on: September 26, 2012, 05:55:45 PM »
I have always felt that because the Chichi Jima map had no runways land or water that it was useless except for none missions. You could set takeoff points in the water and the seaplanes would take off but if you set landingpoints in the water the planes would just cut off their engines and glide until they hit the water. NOT ANYMORE!
Thanks to BluMax who taught me some new tricks I have now added a water runway and will soon add one land airfield " I hope  :D " on Chichi because in WWII there was one dirt airstrip on the island and it did have a seaplane base. I am using hguderian's latest update for the map but I have also learned how to "paint" texutres so I'm changing just a few small areas on the island.

hguderian's thread....  https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,17740.0.html

Now for some pics...









I hope you guys like this idea and will download it when its done.  8)
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2012, 04:15:51 AM »
Wow Bombs; great idea.  :)
You bet ya I will download another of your great creation!    8)
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2012, 05:27:11 AM »
Sweet! 2 weeks? :P
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Re: Chichi is no longer a useless map. Bombsaway's WIP
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2012, 07:37:14 AM »
Quote from: Col. King on September 27, 2012, 05:27:11 AM
Sweet! 2 weeks? :P

Maybe. :) I am just learning this stuff so it may take me a while. The water runway was easy, the land one will be harder. I have to flatten out a spot for it and then add the runway and all the little eye candy to it. :)
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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2012, 08:28:25 AM »
Wow, the amazing Bombsaway strikes back indeed.  :)
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Great job!

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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 08:37:09 AM »
Thanks Thorsten. I'm working on the land airfield right now. All seems to be going good so maybe "two weeks" :)
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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2012, 11:09:09 AM »
We now have a working land airfield on Chichi! :) Please forgive the crappy pics. My nvidia 9800's fan went out so I had to buy a new graphics card and all I could afford was an nividia 640 GT. Its ok but it sucks compred to the 9800 The distance view is blurry but anyway here are the pics of the new airfield.....





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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2012, 11:23:06 AM »
Do you know how to add reefs, Bombsaway? Also, I have a few wartime aerial photos that are somewhat useful but not awesome if you want them. If you're going to take the time to re-do a map, might as well make it as accurate as possible IMO.
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« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2012, 11:34:16 AM »
I would like to see the pics. I only found one of the airfield but it wasnt a good one. Also I know how to remove shallows but add them... I know how to but not any good at it yet. :) I also wanted to raise the coastline to look more like the pics of the island I have seen but I'm new to unlocked FMB and when I raised the coast, the water comes up with it so I guess I need more practice. Please post the pics. :)
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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2012, 11:42:58 AM »
Looking very good Mark all those sleepless nights are really paying off, you won't be able to keep your hands out of the toy box now, the lid is off, the secrets are out and the results look fantastic, there'll be no stopping you now my friend  ;)

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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2012, 11:49:52 AM »
Thanks to you Max. :) I cant believe its only been two days after you teaching me this and I got the airfield to work . :)
Thank you my friend. You have created a monster. :)
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2012, 11:54:29 AM »
Unfortunately, cliffs (what it sounds like you want to do) are impossible in IL-2. All terrain at the water's edge has be to be at sea level, otherwise you have the water going up hills, which doesn't look nice or right. As for making shallows, it is simply a matter of manipulating mymap_c.tga once you have reassembled it from map_c.tga. When drawing the shallows onto mymap_c, keep the greyscale values below about 120 to avoid adding more land (which comes in at 127). KevinP's guide illustrates this. Make liberal use of the airbrush tool and the blurring tool, while trying to match the look of the reefs in the pictures you have. Good looking reefs can add a lot of beauty and realistic look to Pacific maps. If you want, you can look at some of my maps to get an idea of what the finished product should look like.

Here are the pics I've got. Another Google search and Google maps might turn up more information as to terrain appearance and reefs.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4435031/Chi%20Chi%20Jima%20Photos.zip
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