Hi Guys,

I remember when Combat Helo was in development they had a "Target Range" that you would be able to fly to and hone your targeting skills on old tanks and cars without any opposition.
Just the kind of thing for someone starting out in the sim.


Could some of you tell me how difficult it would be for me to make up a map like that, what's involved and what software is required ?


I don't think it's beyond my computer skills (but could be wrong on that !!!). I know it should be possible as Soczkein made a whole new Poland map. What I'm talking about is a lot less.

I'd anticipate it being under the "Free Flight" section only.

Any words of advice/ help would be much appreciated, even if it's only "don't even think about it ......"

Cheers,

andy

I've never tried to make a map, but I don't think it's all that easy to do.

There are some utilities available for map making though, but you'd need to work out how to use them.

These are the sites I know with terrain utilities

http://chambcra.freeshell.org/

I think this is one that Sockzien used

http://eech.robfox.net/utils.html

10 years will pass this year,when CH was it going to be released
Shame on you Flexman.
it's a huge job Andy, you would have to be able to work at lightwave too. unless you would use only the current models without any new ones.

MY God !! Is it really TEN years since CH died ?

I don't know if it was really Flexman's fault that it all collapsed. I seem to remember the the company that made the 3D engine had lots of issues and eventually produced a new one that was incompatible with what they already had.

They were also working on a very limited budget.

Still a shame it all fell through, it had a lot of potential.

For simplicity I think I'd use existing models as, in my opinion, they are pretty #%&*$# good anyway.

I'll have a look at the programs for making maps and see how it goes. Would I need access to the repository to have a look at what Soczkein had done ?

Cheers,

Andy

You'd need access to Sockziens source files for the map, and they're not in the repo. You could try contacting him and ask for them.