MOS:96B2P Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, LongLeftFlank said: I want to convey an authentic atmosphere. No sterile generic looking maps for this expat. +1. NICE!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Erwin said: Hope you get designers wanting to design scenarios on your map. If @LongLeftFlank builds it, the scenario designers will come ............ . Might end up attaching a body of water to it for amphibious operations or part of an airfield for an airborne forced entry or Entebbe type operation etc. but scenarios will be done in CMSF2 as in CMSF1... Where is @Sgt.Squarehead.......? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 2:00 AM, LongLeftFlank said: Yes, it's all CMSF2 now; I finally caved and upgraded a couple months ago. I just post over here because it's my Ramadi thread. Looking forward to this. CMSF2 is still my preferred game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 After a computer repair and several 60+ hour work weeks, I finally found a little CM time. Took me 6 hours of aggravation to figure out the H&E rooftop mod and then retexture it. But yes, after 20 years, the CM pixelverse finally features a corrugated tin roof! (could do without the European looking chimneys but wevs) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Yes, SF2 shanty town, here we come! They look great, LLF. Probably not possible to use a flavor object like old tires or something to cover the chimneys? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 2 hours ago, LongLeftFlank said: (could do without the European looking chimneys but wevs) I'm pretty sure @37mm has a mod that removes the chimneys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37mm Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 8 hours ago, MOS:96B2P said: I'm pretty sure @37mm has a mod that removes the chimneys. For H&E... By default (i.e. modern period)... Facades 9 & 10 have chimneyless roofs [bhcw] tag... Facade 8 also features a chimneyless roof [boonies]... Facades 6 & 7 also feature chimneyless roofs So, for most rural scenarios set in the 60's-70's, facades 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 will be chimneyless. By default (playing a scenario, without tags, in the 00's), facades 1-8 will be flat roofed. These roofs were made before we learnt about the blender techniques... so I just alpha'd the chimney textures out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 11 hours ago, LongLeftFlank said: Took me 6 hours of aggravation to figure out the H&E rooftop mod and then retexture it. Very nice effort and I admire it. Would it be difficult to make houses with cellars? Or fortified houses, inner walls sandbagged and even foxhole type modifications inside? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, chuckdyke said: Very nice effort and I admire it. Would it be difficult to make houses with cellars? Or fortified houses, inner walls sandbagged and even foxhole type modifications inside? Houses with cellars means altering the terrain mesh. I don't think anyone has considered that, BF certainly has not. It is the source really of the whole foxhole/fortification dilemma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37mm Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, chuckdyke said: Very nice effort and I admire it. Would it be difficult to make houses with cellars? Or fortified houses, inner walls sandbagged and even foxhole type modifications inside? You can definately put foxholes inside of buildings... I first did it for a CMA scenario I never released & have already done so for a CMSF2 experiment. I'm pretty sure I also managed to get a bunker inside a building in CMA but, IIRC, that's no longer possible in CMSF2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, sburke said: Houses with cellars means altering the terrain mesh. I only started recently playing with the editor. So don't get mad if I ask silly questions. Would it be possible if you increase the terrain by a few numbers overall and bring the cellars down? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 27 minutes ago, 37mm said: I'm pretty sure I also managed to get a bunker inside a building in CMA but, IIRC, that's no longer possible in CMSF2. You could create a 'house skin' for a bunker? I am only a novice in editing. Thank you very much for your attention. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the compliment, but there are no cellars in Ramadi, Iraq, which is the subject of this thread. Could you take that discussion elsewhere? And this is also not a best place for a scenario tutorial. Cheers! Don't want to be a fascist, but longtime Forumites will know I'm more than a little particular about keeping my threads on topic..... Edited May 9, 2021 by LongLeftFlank 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 4 hours ago, 37mm said: You can definately put foxholes inside of buildings... I first did it for a CMA scenario I never released & have already done so for a CMSF2 experiment. I'm pretty sure I also managed to get a bunker inside a building in CMA but, IIRC, that's no longer possible in CMSF2. Look interresting with bunker ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) Freddie Mercury and the band defend the Habanniyah district against infidel crusader! Edited May 14, 2021 by LongLeftFlank 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 "Video unavailable" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 4:26 AM, LongLeftFlank said: Thanks for the compliment, but there are no cellars in Ramadi, Iraq, which is the subject of this thread. Could you take that discussion elsewhere? And this is also not a best place for a scenario tutorial. Cheers! Don't want to be a fascist, but longtime Forumites will know I'm more than a little particular about keeping my threads on topic..... LOL I don't think it is about being a facist, but if someone wants to look at map terrain design I don't think they'll go searching deep into this thread so the conversation gets wasted. There is a whole sub forum for that ... CM Shock Force 2 Maps and Mods - Battlefront.com Community 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 5:26 AM, LongLeftFlank said: Don't want to be a fascist, but longtime Forumites will know I'm more than a little particular about keeping my threads on topic..... Quite right. Fascists are people too (I have heard). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 "Rakkasans" of 1/9 Infantry take down a suspect in the outskirts of al Qatana. Note my latest take on the small open-fronted shops. Texturing that little merchandise display case next to the fruit stall alone was a 2 hour trial and error struggle. The signboards give a lot of life to the streetscapes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Well worth the effort as the street scene looks very good. It is the small details and flavor objects that capture one's eye that make it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) Very nice news little things, did you also added some news anim ? The soldier on the ground seem to have new anim...or is only cos he throwing grenade ?... and the dead civilian on the ground seem to be also new, also the signs inscriptions ?...if not I have to see back all from cmsf2 ! Edited May 22, 2021 by JM Stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 3 hours ago, JM Stuff said: Very nice news little things, did you also added some news anim ? The soldier on the ground seem to have new anim...or is only cos he throwing grenade ?... and the dead civilian on the ground seem to be also new, also the signs inscriptions ?...if not I have to see back all from cmsf2 ! Yes, that was curious. No grenade was visible or detonated, so I assume it's one of the close combat animation defaults. The Red guy is a Spy whose 'cover' is blown and he went prone beneath the GI. Btw, I updated the classic Faces of Syria pack for CMSF2 Combatants. Most irregulars don't fight masked unless there are news cameras rolling: bloody uncomfortable in 38C heat! Fighters (JTJ, AQIZ) remain masked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Me struggling with textures late into the night (shout out to my fellow modders). On the plus side, the [burnt] version of Ramadi is starting to look suitably nasty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) Work spiked again, so haven't been on for a while. I have now added the #squalor and #burnt tags to my 2012 Baba Amr map. Are we feeling that Even The Streets Want You Dead© vibe yet? I've been adding scorched and burnt textures to a number of Flavour Objects like fruit stalls that would look odd in pristine condition in the middle of a shattered battlescape. This is a 'total war' condition of course (Mosul, Falluja); most of Ramadi wasn't this badly trashed: #squalid tag will do for most scenarios. I also ported over @Mord's classic "Faces of Syria" mod to the Uncon Combatants. (Praise Be Upon Him And Upon His Bunker). Edited June 7, 2021 by LongLeftFlank 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Stuff Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, LongLeftFlank said: Work spiked again, so haven't been on for a while. I have now added the #squalor and #burnt tags to my 2012 Baba Amr map. Are we feeling that Even The Streets Want You Dead© vibe yet? I've been adding scorched and burnt textures to a number of Flavour Objects like fruit stalls that would look odd in pristine condition in the middle of a shattered battlescape. This is a 'total war' condition of course (Mosul, Falluja); most of Ramadi wasn't this badly trashed: #squalid tag will do for most scenarios. I also ported over @Mord's classic "Faces of Syria" mod to the Uncon Combatants. (Praise Be Upon Him And Upon His Bunker). step by step the bird makes its nest, ... for sure I will not taste on this time to your fruits, yes this give a good sensation of war, perhaps tear the writings on the panels a little... I give also a plus to your faces and the dirty street ! JM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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