MAP table skirting is ugly

[Destraex1]

Between the game map and the background hills is an ugly single coloured layer that surrounds the main map. It looks atrocious. Are there any plans to make the map seemlessly match the hills in the background. Like they do when you zoom right in?

[MikeyD]

Check out 'World of Tanks'. Seamless transition to the horizon. BUT only custom-designed maps with a carefully built monster no-go edging for the camera & vehicles so you're literally (virtually?) unable to look behind, over, or around anything they don't want you to.

BFC had discussions about prettying-up the map-to-horizon but solutions either involved greatly restricting camera movement, doing stuff to kill framerate, or disallowing player built maps. They didn't like any of those solutions. Maybe they've got some 'clever ideas' I'm unaware of. They're been coming up with a LOT of 'clever ideas' lately.

[LJFHutch]

What about a simple 3D plane with a texture similar to the map/hills that sits under the map itself? Or around it.

It's a tricky problem to fix.

[c3k]

Or green felt. I want green felt. Yard after yard of green felt. Gamey heaven...

[General Lee Irked]

Looks real enough to me.

Kind of reminds me of home

[Ranger33]

There's this one game I played that does it pretty well..what was it called..oh yeah, CM Touch (yes, yes, not quite the same thing, but still, it looks much nicer than how the issue is handled is CMx2)

Sadly, BF seems to have forgotten that the game exists, judging by the forum. I kid, but only a little

[Destraex1]

That looks good. Can you show all of the map at once so we can see how the edges are handled? Nice work.

[Destraex1]

Looks real enough to me.

Kind of reminds me of home

That kind of looks like the moon rather than normandy or italy

[tankgeezer]

I preferred the vertical plane on the old CMx1 maps. It gave me a quickie reference to the elevations on that side of the map and wasn't nearly as distracting as the 'floating in the sky' effect on the present maps.