[Map] Blazing Sun (2km) [WIP]

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Hello everybody, after 1 year without mapping (my last try was Grozny) I wanted to get back in

This time I bring fresh air to PR with a map set in Africa! The map will feature african plains (savannas), plateaux, some rivers going across the map and a desert to the south of the map

I need an acacia tree model for my map, if anyone is interested PM me please.

Map Name: Blazing Sun
Terrain Type: Savannas/Hills/Plateaux/Desert
Factions: French Forces vs ARF/A.U-U.A
Size: 2km x 2km
Map Region: Africa - Kenya (Fictive)
Assets:

ARF - Tanks, APCs and some Light vehicles

French Forces - Transport Helicopters, Tanks (maybe), APC's and some Light vehicles

I don't have in-game screens to show but I got a WIP minimap :



The map will feature French Forces (UN skins) against the African Union/ARF. The map will contain some old bunkers and forts in the desert, some lake villages, some acacia forests and other.

The big green plains you see will mainly be savannas with some acacia forests.

More to come, I'll keep this thread updated often

Thanks to RedDeath for the idea and to ChiefRyza for the thread concept.

[LalalaOUCH]

Looks really nice! looking forward for another desert map!

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Well it's a mix of desert and vegetation

[Arc_Shielder]

Do you have any POI in mind for the top right corner?

[Pvt.LHeureux]

I'm going to put water there, I'll delete the mountain, what's POI anyway?

[splatters]

I'm going to put water there, I'll delete the mountain, what's POI anyway?

Point of interest, I'd suppose

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Oh right

There will be lots of POI around the map! Bunkers, Fort, Lake Village, a I'm thinking about a little village in the plains, others..

[ChiefRyza]

Good luck champ, nothing beats a new, unique setting for a PR map If you need any help or advise just give us a shout

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Good luck champ, nothing beats a new, unique setting for a PR map If you need any help or advise just give us a shout

I'll certainly need some, thanks

[Pvt.LHeureux]

I hate doing military complexes, so boring..zzzZzzz. Going to make overgrownth instead lol

EDIT : Damn overgrownth crashed my editor.... dduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Anyone knows the differences between a tree made via overgrowth and one placed in the level editor? (static)

Any differences in perfomance, lightmaps, etc?

[Rudd]

I've been told that any OG object placed by hand will conform to teh same settings in the overgrowth.con

it does have an advantage if the number of OG objects on the map is very large, splitting teh colmeshes being loaded between the overgrowth collision files and the object collision files seems to result in better results.

Lightmaps aren't an issue, since OG doesn't get LMed.

Just try to keep the number of OG objects rendered at any given time to a reasonable level

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Ok thanks Rudd, what I wanted is to draw the overgrowth on the minimap, I did the lightmapping of one object, got the some of the overgrownth on the minimap (some are not appearing, weird).

But while lightmapping a simple crate I get this error line :

Ignored Warning [Ra] : Could not find valide technique for the shader : shaders/rashaderstmbasedetailndetaillightmap.fx

And it goes on forever, the message doesn't stop. Also I can't do anything, the screen is fixed on what was before that error, so I need to reboot the editor or reload my level.

[Rhino]

isn't hard to search: Could Not Find Valid Technique For The Shader - Official BF Editor Forums

[sharpie]

Any progress?

[Pvt.LHeureux]

No. I'm working on a map for Project Normandy right now. And I don't like where this map (Blazing Sun) is going, I might redo it all over and make a map based on a World In Conflict's map instead, or a 4km insurgency map. If a proper tutorial on insurgency is ever released ^^

[pr|Zer0]

you dont need it mate

[Rhino]

you dont need it mate

Indeed, you first of all don't need a tut to make an INS map, you just need to have played INS a few good times on other maps to understand how the gamemode works, then make your map in the same sort of setup, with the main things you need being a blue main and cache locations throughout the map. The better you understand the gamemode itself and what works and what doesn't work really comes 95% though playing the mode, rather than a tut to set it up.

All an INS tut can really help you with is the very final, game mode creation bit on how to basically place a cache location, which btw is basically the same as placing down a vehicle other than you select a cache in the spawn box, and placing it in the locations you made in your map for caches to go into then the python code dose the rest with the randomizing etc. Also worth noting that the Game play objects (GPOs), the things you place down the cache location in your map is like one of the final things you do in the map's creation so there is nothing really stopping you from making a INS map even if you don't understand the technical side of setting up the GPO.

But making an INS tut is on our to-do list for anyone who doesn't quite understand how to set up the GPOs for an INS map.

[pr|Zer0]

Before quitting the map, maybe you could turn it to someone else to take over...like me
Oh, on everymap there are BORING moments...i HATE, for example, placing rail tracks and marking parking lots/pedestrian crossings...but i have to. Faster you do it, faster ure done with it

Like Rhino said.... place your statics, tweak the terrain, place your OG/UG...don't mind the game modes yet(like flags/object spawner etc)...its a LONG way to go until that.
When u get to caches placing, for example, we are all here to help

LE. First post link is not working

[Pvt.LHeureux]

Oh, if you want the map you have it

The terrain is painted and all. You just need to apply lowdetailmaps on the terrain for it to be ok. Except that I got the 2 main bases to do, place alot more statics around..

Thiking about it.. it was going quite good, so you wouldn't have a lot of work to do except all the gameplay settings like placing flags and stuff. So if you want it I can upload it for you