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#3278388 - 04/24/11 07:40 AM Printable map ?  
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Is there a printable version of the map, detailed enough for inflight navigation ?

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#3278392 - 04/24/11 07:58 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=19339

download from the russian link or send me a PM

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#3278413 - 04/24/11 10:18 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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Originally Posted By: tmahring
Is there a printable version of the map, detailed enough for inflight navigation ?


A2A have some lovely detailed RAF 1938 maps available to download. They are perfect for BoBII WoV navigation, and (as long as the terrain is historically accurate and everything's in the right place) then they should be fine for CoD too.

http://www.a2asimulations.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=24

#3278426 - 04/24/11 11:52 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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I guess that's a no as the Russian link doesn't seem to work (can anyone else actually get the file to download) and it doesn't look detailed enough for navigation. The BOB one is $18.


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#3278486 - 04/24/11 02:39 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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Apologies, I should have mentioned that the A2A maps cost $18 to download.
They are however, very detailed, large scale, authentic to the period, and worth every penny IMO. I printed out the two covering most of the SE England on my cheapo inkjet and stuck the sheets together:

#3278516 - 04/24/11 03:30 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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If you use Kegety's SFS mod and set up a dump folder you can extract all the tiles used by the game for the map view, they are in tga format, and are 256x256. If some bright spark knows how to assemble them all I would think a RoF style pdf map could be made.

Sample tile in jpg format:




When I played the Manston portion of the RAF career I took a screen shot of the area and added a layer with airfield symbology and place names like a RL 1940 map I have (that I don't use given it's age):



Smaller than actual size due to Photobucket compressing it.


Cheers!

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#3278535 - 04/24/11 03:46 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: Deathwing67]  
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Originally Posted By: Deathwing67
.... authentic to the period,..
So they are not that well suited for CoD, with their unauthentic in-game map.

#3278700 - 04/24/11 08:20 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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Im working on map from the game. Found things to help automate some stuff but still lots of stuff to do manually.
When I get that whole map made (width is about 11000 pix) then biggest work is to get those airfields (+airfield names) in correct places.

When all that is done I have BIG pic from the game map. I thought TO convert it to PDF so for everyone can easily print and clue those pages together.
BUT Im wondering the size? How many pages u wanna clue together? Or should I make some more accurate maps from some parts of the map or what?
OK lets found out how big that will be when I get that done and then we will think sizes etc...

Accuracy of the map is a bit too accurate...? But lets thing that when I have done this.


AND SORRY ABOUT MY ENGLISH... ITS A BIT RUSTY....


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#3278722 - 04/24/11 08:50 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: jocko-]  
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Originally Posted By: jocko-
If you use Kegety's SFS mod and set up a dump folder you can extract all the tiles used by the game for the map view, they are in tga format, and are 256x256. If some bright spark knows how to assemble them all I would think a RoF style pdf map could be made.

Sample tile in jpg format:




When I played the Manston portion of the RAF career I took a screen shot of the area and added a layer with airfield symbology and place names like a RL 1940 map I have (that I don't use given it's age):



Smaller than actual size due to Photobucket compressing it.


You know Jocko, a download version of the Manston area plus a couple of others north/south of that with airfield symbols would be great - we probably don't need much more than that at the moment. Do you have any more examples? smile

#3278761 - 04/24/11 09:55 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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It would be nice if it was made available as a single image, so some can print it straight to A2, A1 or A0. (420 by 594 mm, 594 by 841 mm and 841 by 1189 mm respectively)

For reference, 16 pages of A4 fit in the A0 size.

#3278769 - 04/24/11 10:11 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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Now I have map about 11000x10000.
Im working on to get those airfields there.

But now I have to go sleep! (clock is here 1:10)

#3278783 - 04/24/11 10:27 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: LLv26_Ozz]  
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Originally Posted By: LLv26_Ozz
But now I have to go sleep! (clock is here 1:10)
G'nite! thumbsup

#3278792 - 04/24/11 10:54 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: FearlessFrog]  
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@FearlessFrog: Hehe, yeah I'll see what I can do. What I think would be great is separate pdf map that could be open on a touchscreen display or iPad or something. Then we could move it around and zoom without having to open another window in the game.

There are over 1200 tiles so the entire map is a huge file. I think Ozz is moving in the right direction.


Cheers!

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#3278796 - 04/24/11 11:03 PM Re: Printable map ? [Re: LLv26_Ozz]  
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Originally Posted By: LLv26_Ozz
Now I have map about 11000x10000.
Im working on to get those airfields there.

But now I have to go sleep! (clock is here 1:10)


If you get to a state of a big image with some decent labels for airfields etc then give us a shout - I can quickly write a mini web app to make it zoomable a la google maps.

#3278914 - 04/25/11 02:19 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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Working on it:)..... no requirement to use ANY SFS extraction stuff either.

Its about 4900 x 4000 pixels.



A higher detail segment



Black lines are the railways. Also includes the standard RAF "Purple" grid

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#3278953 - 04/25/11 03:46 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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Hey IvanK, nice job adding the railways (iron compass), the purple grid looks just like the one on my RL map. When the map is done will you offer a psd with all the different layers? I'd prefer to add my own airfield dots instead of using the white ones the game uses, I find them too clunky looking.


Cheers!

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#3278967 - 04/25/11 04:35 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: jocko-]  
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The Purple Grid is taken from the RAF map series. The airfield names unfortunately arnt a separate layer. its not Photoshop either just Paintshop pro in PNG format.
I still need to add the French railways.

#3278992 - 04/25/11 06:06 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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I took a large map image from one post on the Banana forum (here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.php?p=272766&postcount=19 ) and turned it into a 'deep zoom' render with a tiny bit of programming (day off, and what do I do?).

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zoomreadsl/TestPage.html

Obviously a bit raw, and I don't think I can leave it up (costs me money to host and I'm tight) but it's good fun to play with. If you can't get it to work then try updating http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ as it uses it.

Hint: Use your scroll wheel smile

PS Still looking for good big map images, so if you are working on one then ping on this thread please.

#3279094 - 04/25/11 11:45 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: IvanK]  
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Quick question. Is that map representative of in-game terrain?

#3279105 - 04/25/11 11:59 AM Re: Printable map ? [Re: tmahring]  
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It is the in game terrain .... its taken directly from the FMB map.

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