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#4542532 - 10/28/20 06:23 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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That configuration of tracks will make airfield recognition a doddle! biggrin

#4542538 - 10/28/20 06:59 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Yup Trooper, should make for a superb landmark. smile

Robert, we will most certainly have reworking to do of our mods when WOFF2020 is released, what with all the new, enhanced landscape tiles.

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#4542546 - 10/28/20 08:22 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Lookin' good Lou. All your custom fields are fantastic, adding a touch of realism unparalleled in any other sim I think. Tell me, would you happen to know why the roads/paths around the building are shaped as they are? Seems a little too specific to not have some purpose...equestrian track? I hope I don't feel stupid for not realizing the obvious biggrin biggrin biggrin

#4542550 - 10/28/20 09:14 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Thanks KK, realism is what we're aiming for. smile

As to the road layout, it appears it was an aesthetic choice as they simply curve through the grounds surrounding the Chateau. The final roads will be a bit narrower when I'm done. I started by overlaying and scaling the following very detailed WWI map, (found at the McMaster WW1 Map Archive and which Olham shared here a good number of years ago), directly over the terrain tile and then traced in those roads. After I place trees and shrubs and other buildings and such it should take on a bit more of the overall look and feel of the place back in the day.

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#4542556 - 10/28/20 10:09 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Certainly a comfortable place to land, except those hops poles...


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#4542564 - 10/28/20 10:55 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Geez Lou, that's a lot of trees on the Chateau property!! I hope it doesn't kill the FPS. You may recall I had to scale back trees on my Roucout and Filescamp Farm airfields. How are you planning to handle it?

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#4542566 - 10/28/20 11:10 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Fullofit, yes, very comfortable and roomy, provided one steers clear of the hops poles as you say.

Robert, I will definitely NOT be putting in all those trees, just enough to get the feel of the place. I'll also use the 'woods' terrain to fill in as well, just as I did with Havrincourt Wood.

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#4542571 - 10/28/20 11:35 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Sounds good. Maybe some day we will be able to get mass tree representation without the FPS hit.


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#4542573 - 10/28/20 11:48 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Ah, the dream. Well, one of the dreams anyway. biggrin

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#4542582 - 10/29/20 12:22 AM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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I spent a few hours last night building the chateau. Then realised that I should maybe consider FPS rates smile

This is the scaled back version with a very hasty texture from photographs. This is too low detail for use, but gives me a starting point.



I think I can get away with pulling some of those columns out a touch and the doors and windows in. Plus chimneys. What do you think?

Then on to those hope vines!

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#4542584 - 10/29/20 12:37 AM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Wow, Maeran. That's impressive.


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#4542585 - 10/29/20 12:54 AM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Maeran, that is looking great! Can't wait to see your finished Chateau in the sim. And the hops poles too. salute

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#4542589 - 10/29/20 01:56 AM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Oliver is so going to visit Freddy at La Lovie.

Brilliant work all.

#4542617 - 10/29/20 01:54 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Epower, Oliver is welcome anytime, and of course Freddy will stand him to rounds. cheers

I have the basic 'canvas' painted for the Chateau terrain, and I've done a second fitting into the surrounding landscape. Still some small fit tweaks to make as I go along, as well as tweaks to the textures themselves, but it's all close enough now that I can start planting trees and putting up structures. This is where things can get a tad tedious. biggrin

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Out for the rest of the day, must run me Mum to the optometrist for her yearly check-up. Later all!

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#4542631 - 10/29/20 03:15 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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#4542987 - 11/01/20 06:35 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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The last couple of mornings have seen some fair progress on the Chateau grounds at La Lovie. It's filling in rather nicely, even if I do say so myself - and I do. biggrin

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#4542988 - 11/01/20 06:49 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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This will really help the Wrong-Way Corrigans of our virtual world sort out the three neighbouring fields of la Lovie, Proven, and Poperinghe. Great Stuff !
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#4542991 - 11/01/20 07:02 PM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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Lou, the circular paths around the chateau make a lot more sense now that you've got the other stuff around in the area. Magnificent...really looking good! smile

#4543020 - 11/02/20 01:09 AM Re: La Lovie: Another WOFF PE aerodrome project [Re: RAF_Louvert]  
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A progress report on the modelling. All the modelling is done. Just sorting the UV maps and textures before I import them via gmax into WOFF for testing.

Excuse the lines all over the chateau. Thats the wire frame of the model, to show it better

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