[Map] Mustaj (4km) [WIP]

[Tomking]

Map Name: Mustaj (Not Mustache)

Map Size: 4km

Map Region: Mustaj/Konar River Area

Map Factions: US Army Vs Taliban (Blufor could change.)

Map Focus: Insurgency.

Semi-Fictional Scenario (May Change In Time):
US Army Forces have tracked Taliban Commanders to the Mustaj River Valley. Hilarity ensues.

I'm not placing any static buildings until new approved afghan statics are released.
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Map/Terrace Steppes Inspiration

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4km Mini-Map & Screen Shots
NOTE:These shots have added vegitation and effects and are teasers of progress. Please take that into consideration before offering feedback.

As a technical discussion I would like to discuss how I have used photoshop to add farm/crop detail to the colormap. Will this cause problems. I have noticed that at infantry point of view in the editor it is hard to notice the detail. But in the sky it adds a very cool fly over detail.

[VapoMan]

That colourbig file looks really good and so does the terrain overall

It look like your pretty handy with photoshop.

[BloodBane611]

Looking great so far, keep it up!

[Tomking]

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[J.F.Leusch69]

i wouldnt move the base that close to the map border. 150m away is the minimum, also good if you can somehow block the directview out of the main into the surrounding terrain, because thats always lower quality and yeah, not as nice as your map itself.

your road looks good too, for me its just a bit too close to the boarder

[Startrekern]

On the other hand if you put the base right against the edge you have more map space to utilize.

[warlab]

Very cool Tom, Keep it up Bro

[Tomking]

i wouldnt move the base that close to the map border. 150m away is the minimum, also good if you can somehow block the directview out of the main into the surrounding terrain, because thats always lower quality and yeah, not as nice as your map itself.

your road looks good too, for me its just a bit too close to the boarder

I'm going to move it East, center of the mountain region. Then create roads that will bottom out north and south so that it doesn't loom over the map like the korengal base.

thanks for the heads up, i didnt know that it was a stipulation to have bases x-distance from map edge.

[J.F.Leusch69]

well it depends on the map itself, but we try to moved away from the policy of having mainbases always at the very edge of the maps especially on insurgentcy maps

[Tomking]

Propsed Alternate BluFor Main Location
http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a46 ... loc001.jpg

Check mini map for green camera marker.
It's centered about 250m from the stouh edge. Thoughts?

[Tomking]

I'm having a hard time deciding on what set of Afgan Statics to use to build my village structures.
Thoughts? Pros - Cons?

Also are the village sets that are tabbed "staticobjects/pr/village/vh" destructable?

[Tomking]

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[pfhatoa]

Placed a ladder on this to get insde. But when i go into solder camera i cant climb all the way up it.. normal?
http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a46 ... derwtf.jpg

Yes, it will work in game though.

[Amok@ndy]

you need to improve your roads
- set Octaves to 0
- use less spline-points or the road will look angled

[Shovel]

The map is very nice! Will we see a beta in the future?

[BloodBane611]

I'm having a hard time deciding on what set of Afgan Statics to use to build my village structures.
Thoughts? Pros - Cons?

Also are the village sets that are tabbed "staticobjects/pr/village/vh" destructable?

Yes, they are.

As far as which ones you should use, many of the Afghan statics aren't really suitable for new maps (according to Rhino's statements in the past). I recommend using the ones that Deer used on Kokan, which are in staticobjects/pr/afghannorth

[usmcguy]

Would be cool to see a USMC-Taliban map for once..lol (since you said blufor may change) *hint*

[Tomking]

Andy - octaves changed a lot thanks for the tip. I'll have to finess the roads once I get more of the compound:farmland ratio established.

Blood - I'll have to sparingly use the village house statics then. I didn't want to go full on Afghan North statics because coming close to the beauty that is Kokan is a daunting task. I think I will try to blend the Afgan and N.Afgan wall sets together.

USMC- Who knows who the blufor will end up being. I'm just trying to set the stage first. I learning about setting faction content is something I will have to do later on. Was Korengal Valley Map USMC or USArmy?

[dtacs]

Korengal is US Army, currently the only USMC Insurgency map is Fallujah, while the Army has Ramiel, Karbala, Korengal and Kokan.

[Rhino]

I'm having a hard time deciding on what set of Afgan Statics to use to build my village structures.
Thoughts? Pros - Cons?

Also are the village sets that are tabbed "staticobjects/pr/village/vh" destructable?

I wouldn't use any of them if I'm going to be honest. The long term plan is to phase out these statics and any maps that use them unless they are "updated". I would concentrate work on all the other areas of the map, the terrain, overgrowth/undergrowth, the main bases etc and just have an idea where your going to have compounds and what your going to do with them, but dont put any down, unless your just putting them down as a place holder to get an idea of how it will look, but really, nothing more.

Also thous ME "village" buildings that are used in Kashan are not Afghan buildings and tbh, look nothing like Afghan buildings. I would do some research on Afghanistan, even if your map is fictional and not based off a r/l location, I would still base the basic architecture off a region of Afghanistan as each region has its own type of architecture pretty much. Going by your rough outline of your terrain, I would say your map should be based somewhere in the north of Afghanistan.

Yes, they are.

As far as which ones you should use, many of the Afghan statics aren't really suitable for new maps (according to Rhino's statements in the past). I recommend using the ones that Deer used on Kokan, which are in staticobjects/pr/afghannorth

The "Afghan North" statics are pretty much the same as the static Afghan buildings, other than they use different textures. They have the same flaws and are not very good and are going to be phased out of the mod in the long term.