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Title: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 18:01:14 PM
I've spent some time creating a map from scratch, which is something I really haven't done before, aside from Spankyville but that was just for lulz. This thread will be about updates and suggestions for the map. Here's what it looks like so far:

(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FArmyOps%25202012-02-29%252014-56-53-84.png&hash=16efaaf3abadf8a334ba2b33672ce772)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 18:10:22 PM
The distance fog really changes the map feel.

Woodland Outpost breh.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Koden on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 18:11:45 PM
A bright map with no fog, along with bright colours? Hey that might be interesting. I noticed a bridge, from another pic you posted earlier.

p.s. didnt noticed that fog on the right, i thought was behind and part of the background.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 18:35:50 PM
I'm still tweaking it a lot. The fog doesn't behave how I want and I simply added it based upon images from Crysis. The more I work on this map, the more I realize it looks like other maps. Woodland Outpost, Mountain Ambush... *sigh*
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jonnym on Thursday, March 01, 2012, 03:59:15 AM
More trees
more vegetation
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Thursday, March 01, 2012, 14:27:16 PM
Good job spanky keep it up a good work, feels like a real jungle:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JunK on Thursday, March 01, 2012, 14:58:01 PM
And about the river, I think you can make a river like in Sf Oasis, that you can walk through the river to the other side of the river. You don't need to that in the whole river, but you can make in parts were it could be deeper.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jared on Thursday, March 01, 2012, 16:28:18 PM
Looks cool! On a side note do you have any files from the maps I made about 3 years ago lol? One was a hosp mod and I don't care to much about that but the other was a small town with a road and stuff
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 15:40:07 PM
Latest screenshot, got some buildings with some sexy lighting going. I think I might add a road and go with Jared's idea a little bit. Kind of like an IED perhaps where enemy forces are decending upon the road and the ambushed team has the shitty houses for cover.... anyway, here it is:

(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Faac_maap%2Fscreenshots%2Fjungle2.JPG&hash=798a220e70444a8da4f3d8a4b9962973)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Koden on Friday, March 02, 2012, 15:44:25 PM
I like the overall brightness and those shadows casting nicely.

p.s. a couple trees went onto the bridge.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Friday, March 02, 2012, 16:03:21 PM
Make it a mushroom forest and I'll play there all day.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jared on Friday, March 02, 2012, 16:19:53 PM
Lol @aj


It's looking good Nate keep up the good work. I think aa lacks a good outdoor type map and this just might be it. Hopefully it's not too big.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jonnym on Friday, March 02, 2012, 16:34:16 PM
lookin sweet
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 16:51:02 PM
Hopefully it's not too big.
That's what she said.

Anyway, thanks guys :) Still messing about but I think the buildings will add depth. I'm hating the fog right now and not too sure about what to do with the boundaries yet but it will come.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Friday, March 02, 2012, 17:03:17 PM
I think aa lacks a good outdoor type map and this just might be it. Hopefully it's not too big.

I think a re-worked River Basin would be great. This map will probably be good enough to suffice though :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, March 02, 2012, 17:04:42 PM
The shadows, the shadows!
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 17:36:59 PM
Uploading a video of the map right now... I kinda went crazy with the grass and fern decolayers, to the point where it raped FPS down below 30. Oh well.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 17:58:26 PM
http://youtu.be/vFDaDiDNVA8?hd=1

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFDaDiDNVA8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, March 02, 2012, 18:55:36 PM
Ridiculous amount of vegetation.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 19:39:48 PM
It's only half a million triangles...
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, March 02, 2012, 20:25:11 PM
Are the decolayers set to bstaticlighting true?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 20:34:33 PM
I don't think they have that property. Decolayers don't have great lighting. I can set them to have lighting but then they'll be black on one side and normal on the other, it looks bad. Right now, they only follow terrain lighting so they'll be dimmer wherever the terrain is shadowed.

I got it down to about 350k triangles for the decolayers which helps FPS quite a bit but I'll have to go lower. The buildings on the map look mighty sexy right now.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 21:44:58 PM
Extrapolated that would be about 5 FPS.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, March 02, 2012, 23:22:58 PM
Current teasers:

(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Faac_maap%2Fscreenshots%2FArmyOps%25202012-03-02%252020-17-10-63.png&hash=9edcb3fa79e64501b5df4d3eb1943bfe)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Faac_maap%2Fscreenshots%2FArmyOps%25202012-03-02%252020-17-56-44.png&hash=40c0f334152c621eb3c63ba5baf33f97)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Faac_maap%2Fscreenshots%2FArmyOps%25202012-03-02%252020-18-18-50.png&hash=c748ea15b367fb6c837b1a3151d810ed)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: xn-host on Friday, March 02, 2012, 23:30:09 PM
That is a great sample of swag right there
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 00:01:37 AM
The road adds some good change to the map. Are you going to drop off one end of the map and make the river flow into a waterfall? The road can end with that one highway static mesh. That's a boundary on one side :D
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 00:07:56 AM
Originally I was going to have a waterfall come down onto the map from above, like Sniper Canyon. As far as boundaries, I was just going to have an oval shape of playerblocks around the map and figure the fog will blend in enough to make the edges un-noticeable.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JunK on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 15:30:57 PM
make some weed plants on the map :D
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 15:47:01 PM
make some weed plants on the map :D

Why is this always a popular request... are all AA players druggies?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 16:04:14 PM
Yes. Weed plants and mushroom forest pl0x
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 16:28:17 PM
Maybe you can make your own map then :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: soupcakes on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 16:44:35 PM
Maybe you can make your own map then :)

we too high, your the only one sober enough for the job!

jk, your map looks great, cant wait to play it
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JunK on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 17:09:31 PM
Why is this always a popular request... are all AA players druggies?

yes we are... you not?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 17:23:47 PM
good work spanky i like the road, and the buildings, maybe you can add some flowers so that doesnt look like a very grassy area:) but ur work is great
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 17:26:48 PM
yes we are... you not?

Nope. I see no need for it. Perhaps that's why I don't enjoy playing AA as much as some of you.

Thanks Maniac, I will see about some flowers :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 21:18:28 PM
For objectives, I'm thinking about the double-objective BF conquest style. You have to secure the buildings and 2 boats on the river. This way both teams spawn close to an objective so they ultimately have to cross each other or flank to get to the other objective.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Saturday, March 03, 2012, 21:38:25 PM
For objectives, I'm thinking about the double-objective BF conquest style. You have to secure the buildings and 2 boats on the river. This way both teams spawn close to an objective so they ultimately have to cross each other or flank to get to the other objective.
It would be cool if you could make it like SF Sandstorm. Where the first team to capture all 3 objectives wins or whoever is holding 2/3 when time runs out wins.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, March 04, 2012, 02:42:54 AM
It would be cool if you could make it like SF Sandstorm. Where the first team to capture all 3 objectives wins or whoever is holding 2/3 when time runs out wins.

Yeh quite a good idea, and the spawn when we start like 1st group on the left 2nd in the middle 3rd on the right, so they have to go to the objective by where they are, like a further distance, if you know what i mean not having spawn with all ppl at the same spot like spreading in the groups in spawn.:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: soupcakes on Sunday, March 04, 2012, 06:12:41 AM
It would be cool if you could make it like SF Sandstorm. Where the first team to capture all 3 objectives wins or whoever is holding 2/3 when time runs out wins.

x3, genius.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Koden on Sunday, March 04, 2012, 07:29:09 AM
It would be cool if you could make it like SF Sandstorm. Where the first team to capture all 3 objectives wins or whoever is holding 2/3 when time runs out wins.

It's a system where every objects can be taken by both teams, and every object is needed to win. It's in Sandstorm, Urban Assault and in the ported Interdiction, it just need to be setted as an object that can be taken by a team, and then taken back by the other team (BTakeTurns). Of course that it's meant for a "Take and Hold" gameplay (pointing out cause capturing and holding are quite different concepts).

You need to set up all of the 3 objs as needed to win, because otherwise no one would bother taking the one not needed to win (much like the Control Panel in Pipeline - a more important obj vs 3 lesser important ones). Unless Spanky can set it up so you can take a random 2 of the overall 3 objs available to win, it's something that probably can be done and Spanky might find out a way to do that.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, March 04, 2012, 13:28:59 PM
Nah, I just have 2 objectives setup now. Secure the buildings and secure the boats on the river. Each team spawns close to 1 objective, it takes 20 seconds to capture if a team member remains in the radius of the objective.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: [Nifty]-mister on Monday, March 05, 2012, 09:11:33 AM
Spanky, Great work mate it does take alot of skill to reproduce what you see in your head with a software. i will be playing this map when its out.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Monday, March 05, 2012, 13:04:31 PM
Thanks Mister. I've always found creating maps from scratch incredibly hard. It's very easy for me to edit existing maps but just thinking up and starting with a basic idea is difficult.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Monday, March 26, 2012, 03:26:03 AM
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Faac_maap%2Fscreenshots%2Fjungle3.JPG&hash=7771f00d6b8a7c3c8b9537c673e34f93)

I thought of a different way to take the map. I hated having a lack of lighting on the trees as well as a boring layout. I think those twisted rotted trees are going to make the map great. It will provide cover in all directions as well as a unique look in every direction. The problem is, to achieve the best look, I'll have to place each tree manually -_-
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Monday, March 26, 2012, 07:39:16 AM
great job spanky:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Monday, March 26, 2012, 14:16:02 PM
I think the map would be cool at night if you add like a spooky mist (if that's even possible) The trees kinda give off a spooky vibe.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:39:03 PM
Welcome to Point Lookout.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Koden on Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:56:10 PM
Welcome to Point Lookout.

What a lovely reference! :D

(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.wikia.com%2Ffallout%2Fimages%2F1%2F14%2FFallout-3-point-lookout-pc-005.jpg&hash=75cd01914ca949c7c5ce4d7b843ce738)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:57:16 PM
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Faac_maap%2Fscreenshots%2Fjungle4.JPG&hash=5efa4ccc2c8307b49b987763f8622a77)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Koden on Monday, March 26, 2012, 15:58:10 PM
That's scary O.o , that fog coming from the terrain
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jared on Monday, March 26, 2012, 16:39:03 PM
Look good when can we get some beta games played
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Monday, March 26, 2012, 17:05:08 PM
Thats quite a direction change. Looks a lot better.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JunK on Friday, March 30, 2012, 15:05:30 PM
yeah let's try a beta test on that map. With the FOG and the night the maps lookf fucking awesome!:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: gRay^- on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 01:19:46 AM
Going to have to agree with everyone, this is bad ass. The question is SF or non SF?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 01:52:09 AM
The question is SF or non SF?

I have no idea. I only have 2 slots on the map right now, just for testing. I'm not sure what weapons to give. I'm open to suggestions.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 03:03:59 AM
SF gun without 203s or nades and if lighting permits without nvg like 18C on sandstorm :D
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 03:05:50 AM
It would indeed be nice for there to be enough light. Using nvg is not exactly fun.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Ganja on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 03:20:40 AM
Perhaps you could make it a sniper map ...
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JunK on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 03:53:51 AM
make new SF weapons with tactical light LOOL  :D
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 08:45:04 AM
Spanky can u not make 2 of them? 1 ligh one in the morning and the fog and other in the night at dark:) would be cool
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 16:15:42 PM
Spanky can u not make 2 of them? 1 ligh one in the morning and the fog and other in the night at dark:) would be cool

I could but it would be a bit difficult and would have to be done when the map is 100% finished, otherwise I would be going around adding/changing/fixing bugs on 2 copies.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jared on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 18:21:57 PM
i think it would be neat if it wasn't so "midnight" and more like right as dawn was break like a musty orange sky.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 19:16:30 PM
i think it would be neat if it wasn't so "midnight" and more like right as dawn was break like a musty orange sky.

Agree.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 19:33:19 PM
I tried adding a dusk kinda feel but instead went with more fog and a gradient for the sky so it will be easier to see people. It's a lot more blended now.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 19:37:06 PM
I'm going to postpone this map for quite a while. I'm just not feeling the desire to work anymore. I've entirely lost interest in AA and maps. I feel like 2.5 is going back to old habits and that's all I'll say about that.

This site will stay up so no worries on that. I'll help out when my help is needed but I'm just not motivated to contribute anymore. If someone else wants to work on this map some more, go for it. Consider this my 7th resignation.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 21:23:21 PM
I'm going to postpone this map for quite a while. I'm just not feeling the desire to work anymore. I've entirely lost interest in AA and maps. I feel like 2.5 is going back to old habits and that's all I'll say about that.

This site will stay up so no worries on that. I'll help out when my help is needed but I'm just not motivated to contribute anymore. If someone else wants to work on this map some more, go for it. Consider this my 7th resignation.
I'll definitely look at it and see if I want to do anything. My interest in AA may be dwindling but I love making maps. It's fun to me.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jason on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 22:40:43 PM
I'm going to postpone this map for quite a while. I'm just not feeling the desire to work anymore. I've entirely lost interest in AA and maps. I feel like 2.5 is going back to old habits and that's all I'll say about that.

This site will stay up so no worries on that. I'll help out when my help is needed but I'm just not motivated to contribute anymore. If someone else wants to work on this map some more, go for it. Consider this my 7th resignation.
dafaq you talkin about?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 22:57:26 PM
dafaq you talkin about?

What specifically do you have a question about?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 23:07:31 PM
What old habits? AA seems to be doing really well lately. We scrim on Ak4 server every night lately.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 23:10:48 PM
What old habits?
that's all I'll say about that.

By the way, my post on the AK4 forums was genuine at the time I posted it.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Archeh on Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 23:14:19 PM
It'll take more than that to convince me you were serious.

As much as I'd love to see you fucking around with us when we scrim and talking shit in TS :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Saturday, May 05, 2012, 18:35:25 PM
What if the map tweaks into something like this http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/hiker-trail-oregon/

(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.nationalgeographic.com%2Fwpf%2Fmedia-live%2Fphotos%2F000%2F522%2Fcache%2Fhiker-trail-oregon_52205_990x742.jpg&hash=8469872580c8be20723b33e5f0f5450f)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 16:15:51 PM
Do you guys think I should continue on this map to finish it for v7.2? It's not really playable as-is and it seemed like there was a fair bit of interest in it.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 16:18:09 PM
Do you guys think I should continue on this map to finish it for v7.2? It's not really playable as-is and it seemed like there was a fair bit of interest in it.
Yes, but wouldn't this go against your "all hope for AA is lost" attitude?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 16:18:23 PM
OMG U SHOULD CONTINUE...OMG i love this view of map!It makes me feel like I'm in real army and aa doesnt have a map like this!
Please spanky work on it and update it hohohohohohoh, i was waiting for so long and u still not even close lol..Love your work:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 16:36:15 PM
Yes, but wouldn't this go against your "all hope for AA is lost" attitude?
I still think it is. The issue I have is that there was good feedback for the map and Undisputed reminded me that there's people that are looking forward to it. Do I throw away the work and effort that I've put into it just because I'm unwilling to work on AA? Or do I spend a little bit of time and finish what I started?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: eKC0mm on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 18:54:10 PM
Finish it imo.

Its defiantly different, It would be very fun to play in a jungle environment. also im pretty sure there's no other map that has a good forest without obnoxiously mountainous terrain to overpower forest play. (i don't count interdiciton)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 19:09:57 PM
So that's 2 votes yes :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 19:21:35 PM
3 now, and does it has a river/lake?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 20:03:07 PM
It has a river. I think I'll do a few things on it since it's raining and cold today so I can't work outside nor do I have any customer work to do :(
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 22:03:19 PM
I spent 2 hours on it today. Here's the current version:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/Forest.7z

Before you say it, I know there's no trees. I have to redo them. One by one. Not fun. I spent time tweaking the river, fog, boats and buildings. Also added playerblocks around the map and a viewpoint camera. Let me know what you think.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 22:20:21 PM
downloading, I'll look around the map while I'm downloading Euro Truck Simulator :D

edit: thx for ur work, ty again for sharing it before the release  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*,
can u or someone else point me some mapping tutorials xD ?
last: wheres the Search button on the forums lol?

edit 2: the map is rly goooooooooood, I'll post some screenshots later(still downloading ETS :D)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 23:09:26 PM
Thanks.

For the search, look at the top of the page.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 23:24:48 PM
For the search, look at the top of the page.
it was always there???? if yes then I'm too blind/stupid :D
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, June 09, 2012, 23:26:05 PM
It's been there since this theme has been installed.
Title: Forest/Jungle Map; Screenshots
Post by: Possessed on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 04:51:22 AM
I spent 2 hours on it today. Here's the current version:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/aac_maap/Forest.7z

Before you say it, I know there's no trees. I have to redo them. One by one. Not fun. I spent time tweaking the river, fog, boats and buildings. Also added playerblocks around the map and a viewpoint camera. Let me know what you think.

Screenshots of the current release:
(SS's are in a Low size/quality to be posted into the forum)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F64317034%2FScreenshots%2FShot00086.jpg&hash=c8fa975630e409f46d0368d1153d8e39)
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Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 05:01:03 AM
This is very nice map, I'm very excited and can't wait for it. I like those screenshots it makes me feel like in a real army as i said before!
Spanky finish this I really want to play this map! This will be your best map that you created for aa:)hehehe love your work
peace and out:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 05:16:12 AM
This will be your best map that you created for aa:)hehehe love your work
agreed, but Spanky as a mapper would say the contrary :D, I think he prefers maap Pipe than any other.
@Spanky: keep it simple, also I don't think it needs too much Trees, do not add too much annoying sounds like in urban assault :D, leave a good ammount of Goal/Leader/Win points :D and it will be overplayed, not only because of score, but for how great the map is :D
may not be impressive for you but for me it was... alot.
thats my opnion.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 07:06:59 AM
agreed, but Spanky as a mapper would say the contrary :D, I think he prefers maap Pipe than any other.
@Spanky: keep it simple, also I don't think it needs too much Trees, do not add too much annoying sounds like in urban assault :D, leave a good ammount of Goal/Leader/Win points :D and it will be overplayed, not only because of score, but for how great the map is :D
may not be impressive for you but for me it was... alot.
thats my opnion.

Totally agreed.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:30:23 PM
Thanks for the comments guys, thanks also for the screenshots, it makes the map look better than it is :D

You guys have given me motivation and reason to keep working on it so I will :) If you have any suggestions on the map, I'll add them.

Right now, I'm thinking of trees (obviously), moving tire swing by the buildings, random bird sounds triggered when you walk around, spooky wind or other sounds, a couple cars or perhaps a junkpile between creek and buildings, maybe a shack by the river bridge for objective cover.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: BlueBlaster on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:33:17 PM
Right now, I'm thinking of trees (obviously), moving tire swing by the buildings, random bird sounds triggered when you walk around, spooky wind or other sounds, a couple cars or perhaps a junkpile between creek and buildings, maybe a shack by the river bridge for objective cover.

All great ideas.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:37:46 PM
ty spanky, my idea is maybe no car or road? that would be real jungle:) also maybe some mountains?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:43:10 PM
There has to be a road for the homes... Plus, the scenario is kind of that a vehicle break-down or IED caused the convoy on the road to stop and secure the buildings for the night which are actually hostile then escape in the boats.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:46:43 PM
hmmm...sounds not bad:) i was just hinkning about one film about the war america vs japan and i was thinking of this one scenario...if i find a video i wil share with you:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:58:31 PM
Alright, thanks. I'm open to any ideas, mine aren't always best :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 16:20:28 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/okanokumo?v=BaMBQSsdnxo[/youtube] Maybe something like this?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Jason on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 16:54:14 PM
small fence around the buildings for more cover.  not like a full fence with one way to get in but maybe section it off at 3-5 places
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 16:56:54 PM
Undisputed, that kind of detail isn't exactly possible in AA. I have another version of Forest with greenery much less than that and it affects FPS so badly that I wouldn't release it. I am trying to make up for it with small bushes and ground cover. I also might make a day version of the map.

Jason, the fence is a good idea. Maybe even one that could be shot to fall over/knocked down.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: ^^UnDiSpUtEd^^ on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 17:00:45 PM
That sounds good:)No problem spanky:)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 17:41:03 PM
15~FPS @ 1360x768, FOV= 106.40, AA 8x, AF 16x, All High in-game + some ini tweaks,
for some reason AA and/or AF only works fine in OpenGL :D.
these houses remind me of the houses in stalker Clear Sky.
I did not found any river lol, I'll look again with Ghost
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, June 10, 2012, 19:40:04 PM
What, no river? The spawn points are on one side of the river, the houses on the other. You would literally have to cross the river in order to see the buildings.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Ganja on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 07:50:13 AM
Lol @ Unidsputted's Video, just a random forest o.O
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, July 05, 2013, 02:31:58 AM
Over a year later and I'm bumping this dead thing to say I've been playing with the fog a little bit and seem to have found a result I like:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/UnrealEd%202013-07-04%2023-27-46-17.png)

Keep in mind, that's without the distance fog. It's hard to see much detail with all the fog enabled :D
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: IGC Wolf^ on Friday, July 05, 2013, 03:24:33 AM
Looks awesome spanky, keep it up.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Friday, July 05, 2013, 05:11:21 AM
Did you ever figure out why it was sucking up so much FPS?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Ganja on Friday, July 05, 2013, 06:00:48 AM
Looks awesome spanky, keep it up.

Lol its fucked up to answer on same topic with 2 different accounts
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: IGC Wolf^ on Friday, July 05, 2013, 08:12:00 AM
which one is my sec?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, July 05, 2013, 10:45:46 AM
Did you ever figure out why it was sucking up so much FPS?

No but it's bound to be either terrain polys (which I won't do anything about) or the fog emitters (which I could fix semi-easily).
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Friday, July 05, 2013, 23:19:41 PM
No but it's bound to be either terrain polys (which I won't do anything about) or the fog emitters (which I could fix semi-easily).
I don't see it being much of a problem either way. Most people that play this now have PCs more than capable of coping with it. Hell, most of the "pro" players play with everything on low except player detail anyways.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this turns out. :)

Also, now that we're on the subject, in your old versions of the map you had 2 giant windows randomly placed (1 was in the river) and me and Blue couldn't figure out what for. Any comment on that? :P
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Friday, July 05, 2013, 23:44:58 PM
They were copypasta from another map and I couldn't find them again so I tried changing the size to an insanely large size. Guess that version was before I found them?
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Friday, July 05, 2013, 23:53:32 PM
They were copypasta from another map and I couldn't find them again so I tried changing the size to an insanely large size. Guess that version was before I found them?
I guess so. :P
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 01:28:38 AM
Some more goodies for my loyal followers. I've been playing with textures (added a 80MB texture pack for the next release) and trying to create a look/feel that hasn't been seen in AA before:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-16-13-51.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-19-25-53.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-20-59-60.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-21-32-52.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-22-30-12.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-22-53-38.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/464376/aac_maap/screenshots/ArmyOps%202013-07-26%2022-24-08-62.png)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: zoxee on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 01:58:52 AM
damn nice  :up:

I would like so much to contribute and offer maps to the community as all the tools needed
are already on my PC (Unreal Ed etc) but i have no time at all until September to get on it,
because my parents just sold their house in Paris to move to Germany. They bought a flat
here (about 1800 sq²) and August is gonna be hell for me, coz i will have to do the flooring (Tiles),
wait for the trucks, unload them and set the furniture, rebuild the kitchen etc..
I will then move myself into my own flat that i bought 5 months ago and do the same shit and
only afterwards i will have time to seriously start with map creation.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 02:20:11 AM
By the sound of it, I'll probably be done with this map by the time you start mapping :)
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Alex on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 02:33:37 AM
Do you have any new plans for it?

I've got one, Swamp Monster.
Runs around and attacks the players. :P

Seriously though, It looks creepy and I like that.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 02:38:14 AM
That's it! The final touch! Yeti will be underwater...

No new plans really. Just gotta add the trees. and maybe some other junk. The fog is bugging me still...
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JonnyM on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 02:49:10 AM
80mb of textures huh, guess that means I can't play it on my powerpc mac which only has 32mb of video ram.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 03:19:34 AM
I want to think you're joking but you probably do own one and test AA on it. *rolls eyes*
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: JonnyM on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 04:12:14 AM
Yep. I sometimes play AA on it too. Get a steady 30fps on insurgent_camp
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 05:55:30 AM
now add zombies.
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Koden on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 06:02:13 AM
now add zombies.

Yep, the atmosphere feels similar to some Killing Floor maps (like KF-Farm), i like that. Nice job!
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Possessed on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 06:07:07 AM
Get inside the building w/e and  Rescue the hostage(s), with random spawn locations for the hostage(s).
Title: Re: Untitled Forest/Jungle Map
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, July 27, 2013, 12:32:16 PM
I don't really think hostages add to the creep factor. Right now it's a double-attack map. One team has to get to the boats, the other team has to secure the buildings. It takes 15 seconds or so to activate the objective so that kind of adds more tension to the map.