30.10.2009, 09:58
DBCooper Wrote:agracier,
Do you ever sleep? A new map? Again? hock:
Thanks in advance! 8)
The older you get, the less you sleep ... ha ha
But seriously - making a basic map, one without objects, is not a great deal of work. I'd say compared to time and effort spent in populating a map, even halfway decently, that making a basic map takes about one tenth of the time needed to populate, maybe even less ... in fact, if you have your map area chosen ahead of time and the DEM made (I've got gigabytes downloaded and saved), and just need to crop to the desired area, then a basic map without differentiated textures (with one texture only) can be finished in about 45 minutes time ... skinning an aircraft is much more meticulous and demanding work.
I've done dozens of basic maps just to see how terrain looks and feels and many end up on the scrap heap.
But please don't forget - I can make a basic map for this area, but from there on you'll have to see what happens ...