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Battlefield - Airborne - Tactical (BAT) => BAT Missions and Campaigns => Topic started by: UberDemon on October 07, 2018, 11:10:34 PM

Title: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: UberDemon on October 07, 2018, 11:10:34 PM
Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)

[Disclaimer:  Not sure if this is the right place for it, so please move it to the right location if this is not correct. I did not think this was significant enough to be considered a mod.]

I noticed that even though some older missions with stock maps do run in single/qmb/online/campaign mode, if they are not a part of the IL-2 load (as in the Maps all.ini file), they cannot be loaded in the FMB.

Although I like all the new content in BAT, to include the different eras, my attraction to IL-2 is fundamentally my obsession with WW2 military aviation.  Don’t get me wrong, the WWI, between War and post WW2 stuff is amazing, but 92% of my time is spent on WAW.  I like to keep things simple and find that having a quick way to use the Stock content is a necessity in mission building.

I simply added a Stock Map section in the FMB that contains all the Stock maps up to 4.12.2m with some simple description for each map.  I decided to also include the Test map, which is really something to try new things (it is a square raised area in a barren area) when you do not want to deal with FPS-lowering stuff.

Anyway, here are some pics of what I am talking about:

(http://www.uberdemon.net/dzzmods/Stock01.jpg)

(http://www.uberdemon.net/dzzmods/Stock02.jpg)

All you have to do is download the file from the link below, unzip the folder inside the archive into the BATMODS folder and that is it.

http://www.uberdemon.net/dzzmods/UDWAWBAT34AddStockMaps4122m.zip (http://www.uberdemon.net/dzzmods/UDWAWBAT34AddStockMaps4122m.zip)

Not sure if this useful, but what a hey.
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: KingTiger503 on October 08, 2018, 12:04:50 AM
Hey UD (UberDemon) you can PM with Vamp, He can Answer with you, but, Some Players are Confuse for Each map. But are sure for this.


Best Regards KT503
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: UberDemon on October 08, 2018, 06:52:19 PM
Got it, I provided Vamp with the list of missing maps from the BAT all.ini / MAPS.properties.

Code: [Select]
Kurland_Winter_online Kurland/wload_online.ini
Kurland_Autumn_online Kurland/load_online.ini

MarianasOnline Marianas/Online_load.ini
CoralSeaOnline2 CoralSea/2_load.ini
IwoOnine Iwo/Online_load.ini
OkinawaOnline Okinawa/Online_load.ini
OnlineItaly Italy_DF/load.ini
Normandy1 Normandy/load2.ini
Normandy2 Normandy/load.ini
Normandy3 Normandy/load1.ini

Empty1a Empty1a/load.ini
Empty1a_Winter Empty1a_Winter/load.ini
Empty1b Empty1b/load.ini
Empty1b_Winter Empty1b_Winter/load.ini
Empty2a Empty2a/load.ini
Empty2a_Winter Empty2a_Winter/load.ini
Empty2b Empty2b/load.ini
Empty2b_Winter Empty2b_Winter/load.ini
Empty4a Empty4a/load.ini
Empty4b Empty4b/load.ini

Test Test/load.ini

UD/dzz
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: KingTiger503 on October 08, 2018, 07:51:52 PM
Nice, You Can PM with Vamp as Well for New BAT Update,

Well Done UD

Best Regards KT503
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: Flying H on October 09, 2018, 04:46:15 AM
Would it be an idea to split it even farther ie a folder "Online maps" to make it easier for off/onliners?
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: whistler on October 09, 2018, 05:03:19 AM
I support the idea. Thanks UberDemon.

Maps could also be presented in alphabetic order (B.A.T. + Stock), unless current order makes sense for reasons unknown to me.

Regards,

Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: UberDemon on October 09, 2018, 09:15:40 PM
whistler,

I only left it like that because that is the order in 4.12.2m, but it does not have to be.  The order of the maps is decided in the "[ILl2 BAT install directory]\#WAW3\MAPMODS\Maps\all.ini" file.  Like some ".properties" files, they are "nice to have" because they have nice text for us humans as opposed to file and code names.  If the "[ILl2 BAT install directory]\#WAW3\MAPMODS\i18n\MAPS.properties" file has a text translation for the map code, then that it is what will display, but again, the order is decided in the all.ini file.  It can be arranged in any way.

On the other hand, repeating the code does not cost anything, so you could have multiple sections, say theater and stock, with some repeats, just as I added.

UD/dzz
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: RealDarko on October 16, 2018, 05:38:05 AM
Curious "mod", thanks for posting it. Tougth you departed, wish you could have keep the UQMG up to date with latest mods.
Title: Re: Adding 4.12.2m Stock Map Section In FMB (BAT3.4 LB WAW JSGME addon)
Post by: UberDemon on October 20, 2018, 12:01:48 AM
RealDarko,

It is hard to keep up with all the new mods.  I am trying to overcome that with a neat mod that Storebror created for weapon codes, but it does not address all the new maps and other objects.  In truth I am having a hard time making BAT work higher than a few FPS, so until then I'll concentrate on the stock version and the vanilla SAS ModAct.