MikeyD Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Feeling hemmed-in by those towering mountains in CMAK? I've reworked ALL the offending* sky art with hillsides AT LEAST 1/3rd lower! - Sky, clear day (Italian/North African theaters) - Sky, cloudy day (Italian/North African theaters) - Sky, Dawn/Dusk (Italian theater) - Sky, Dawn/Dusk (North African theater) - Sky, Alt. FLAT desert horizon, clear day (North African theater) They're all at our favorite side http://www.cmmods.com/ This 'reduced hillside mod pack' brings the surrounding terrain to a proportion in line with the scenario maps, giving more of a true-life perspective. All effort was made to make these new sky bmps wrap seamlessly. The clear sky mod in particular was heavily reworked with a bluer sky, distant smoke and fire, bomber contrails, etc. The North Africa clear day sky even got a cool alt. 'flat desert horizon' for all you Western Desert fighters! The art is all default hi-res. You'll note the night and the winter Alpine skies did not get modded. That's because they lacked the offending 'towering hillsides' of the others. Here's a pile of screenshots off the cmmods.com site: clear day: http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMAKMods.nsf/d108908febc2d41c85256c5f005fd337/7CEA3ADBD0F1FF5B85256EB3004F2BF5/$File/SKYCLEAR.JPG Cloudy day: http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMAKMods.nsf/d108908febc2d41c85256c5f005fd337/61F9A0F8F75F8E1D85256EB3004F9D74/$File/SKYCLDY.JPG Dawn/Dusk Italy: http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMAKMods.nsf/d108908febc2d41c85256c5f005fd337/352E8AC311A33D1785256EB30050A20D/$File/SKYDAWNDSKITL.JPG Dawn/Dusk North Africa: http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMAKMods.nsf/d108908febc2d41c85256c5f005fd337/29568BC871527C0085256EB30051653B/$File/SKYNADAWNDSK.JPG ALT. Flat horizon cear day N.A.: http://www.cmmods.com/web/CMAKMods.nsf/d108908febc2d41c85256c5f005fd337/6C29149BDA90218F85256EB300522077/$File/SKYFLATDESERT.JPG [ June 15, 2004, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: MikeyD ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 thanks mikey, you might as well do a normandy set while you are at it, please 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 I had spotted ParaBellum's Normandy sky request just before posting my own announcement. Take a peek at these new skies. Lower greener hills, bomber contrails, distant fires. I think they could be considered more 'Normandy-like' for your purposes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Dear MikeyD, Your skies are pure heaven. The desert scenes are very impressive, these mods make the battlefield almost infinite. :cool: :cool: Kind suggestion : what about a CMBB sky for steppe scenario. I remember many pictures were panzers rolled in an almost never-ending flat plain... However, I think that your actual mods (what am I saying... ...artworks ) don't really fit for Normandy countryside. A bit too hilly in my opinion. Anyway, keep up the good work ! Thanx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Iron_Duke Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 VERY impressive! Thank you for your obvious hard work. Downloading as I type. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurra Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Ahh... good. Downloading as I type. You know, you might as well do a Normandy set too, while your at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Oh, those contrails, fantastic!! MikeT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 These are great. Downloading now. Just one question: what is the effect where it looks like "the paint ran down" from the clouds near the horizon in the clear day ones? I can't say I've ever seen a sky looking quite like that, but then I guess I've never seen a NA Desert either... GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I think you'll find they're supposed to distant burning vehicles/buildings.Very nice BTW, Those desert one's are going into my bmp folder as I type. [ June 15, 2004, 09:00 AM: Message edited by: Pinetree ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Take a look at old Gulf War photos. Distant burning vehicles/oil wells would created a vertical plume of smoke til they hit a certain height, then spread out and drift downwind, raining out heavier particals as they went. Seen on the horizon they'd look like patches of low-lying black clouds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 mikey, please edit your link to cmmods in the first post. at least it isnt commode.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Thanks, junk2drive. All fixed. That was the second time I recall adding too many o's to cmmods.com. I'm surprised it didn't take you to a site dedicated to commodes! :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Beautiful. These will be McMMMed post haste. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzBaby Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Wow! these are great!, I especially like the NA skies.. ...and I've noticed the ground textures, they're not the default gritty sand tiles?..were could one aquire these 'Sahara' sand tiles as shown in your screenies? I'd love to have a set if possible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_UXcva Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Mucho bravo as always Mikey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 Ground N.A. texture's just the default sand. Well, actually a half-res version of the default sand for my slow old machine. You guys do know, don't you, that after I completed the high res skies for y'all I went and cut the resolution by 3/4 to run on my own old machine! My poor old mac, it's come ddown to a choice between pretty skies or pretty armor. My graphics card can't handly both at once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzBaby Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Cheers for that MickeyD, sussed it. I must be having a blond week.. When in Nth Africa you get Sand when sellecting 'Farmland' and Arid in 'open'? terrain. er..to what specs did you re-res your lo-res skies and sand by the way?.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Originally posted by Pinetree: I think you'll find they're supposed to distant burning vehicles/buildings.Very nice BTW, Those desert one's are going into my bmp folder as I type. Cool! Much clearer in the real thing than the preview piccy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Very nice! These are some of the best skies ever presented in CM. The detail touches are excellent. Thanks for the hard work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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