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#1533466 - 10/25/05 06:28 AM Historic landmarks and sites  
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Today I've placed one of the first landmarks of our scenario, the Bodie Creek suspension bridge, a few miles south of Goose Green:



A pity it is too low over the water (10 feet) to attempt a 'fly under' stunt. \:\)

Next landmarks to be placed on JT's map will be the lighthouses, first the one at Cape Pembroke:


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#1533467 - 10/25/05 06:42 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Looks very well modeled \:\) What sort of budget do you have for ground objects?

#1533468 - 10/26/05 09:47 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Really enjoying seeing this sim come along.........keep up all the good work! \:\)

#1533469 - 10/26/05 06:26 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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cant wait!

#1533470 - 10/30/05 01:27 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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The bridge is real perfect.

Compare and contrast:



Great job.

#1533471 - 10/30/05 02:54 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Notice that we lack the water pixel shader (all other games have) and our bridge should cast a shadow as well (nothing cast shadows currently in our engine).

If any programmers out there wish to volunteer to help our programmer Steve (scary_pigeon) with the 'eye candy' part (shaders programming, fragment program,vertex shaders etc) feel free to contact us at dante@thunder-works.com or steve@thunder-works.com \:\)


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#1533472 - 11/22/05 02:51 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Historical battle sites being worked at the moment (Mount Tumbledown, Two Sisters, Mount Longdon etc) highlight is the work done in low altitude ground clutter like cliffs, stones and bushes.

This is Mount Tumbledown, one of the first important battlefields to be seem from Stanley while moving West, it has a rocky outcrop creating what looks like a 'dorsal spine' that runs from East to West over the mountain's peak:


Rocky peaks around Mount Willians and Sapper Hill region, the islands landscape must have more rocks than a Flintstones cartoon:


A closeup of some wind swept bushes (I'm hovering very low and slow here, ignore the alt reading in the HUD, it's distance from sea level, not radar-altimeter):


Mount Williams as seem from the start of the 'walk' uphill, I'm still hovering very low and slow, the bushes and stones now really bring a dimension to the hills:


...and now hovering at the top looking downhill:


...more to come, expect to see ground troops running for cover behind rocks in the near future.


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#1533473 - 11/22/05 09:44 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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wow.

#1533474 - 11/22/05 10:08 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  

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Awesome, just awesome \:\)

Dano.

#1533475 - 11/22/05 12:29 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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This is looking great guys!

Can't wait.

#1533476 - 11/22/05 01:57 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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That ground clutter really brings the terrain to life. Can't wait to see it once all the landscaping is completed.

Now I'm just hoping there is a missionbuilder so I can recreate the Russian landing and defense of Iceland in Red Storm Rising.


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#1533477 - 11/22/05 03:58 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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That terrain is stunning!

#1533478 - 11/22/05 08:59 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Excellent! The graphics are really coming to life now. I do hope you have pop-up under control, that would look bad when approaching such objects from afar.

#1533479 - 11/22/05 11:38 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Very Nice \:\)

#1533480 - 11/23/05 07:07 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Olé!

#1533481 - 11/23/05 07:08 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Excellent!!

#1533482 - 11/23/05 10:19 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Best. Sim. Terrain. Ever!

That looks so friggin amazingly superfantasticallymagnificently good!


In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
#1533483 - 11/23/05 10:43 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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really really nice!


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#1533484 - 11/23/05 11:45 PM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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That is defniately some outstanding terrain. Wow. Fantastic!

"expect to see ground troops running for cover behind rocks in the near future."

I would love to finally see ground troops fighting on the ground.

#1533485 - 11/24/05 12:22 AM Re: Historic landmarks and sites  
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Very nice, Dante! From what I have seen, you have captured the Sea Harrier's avionics look admirably well, and the terrain is really pretty.

Miao, Cat


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