27.07.2008, 18:29
Wow Looks awesome canon. Looking forward togetting that 
W.I.P. New Map! MTO
07.08.2008, 20:23
Ok, bit of an update.
Been really hard at work at this one. Spent a couple of days at the National Archives researching airfields, and then did the general layout for map_h, map_c and map_t. Made some custom textures and then reskinned dozens of buildings so they're suitable for Greece/Crete and North Africa.
Then made Autopop templates for the various types of towns/villages etc and then populated Crete.
At the moment I'm putting the detail into Crete and adding airfields. Below are screenshots of my first completed town and airfield. The town of Heraklion was surrounded by a fort wall and had an old harbour increased with a later breakwater. The airfield to the east was originally an old Greek Air Force airfield, used by the RAF until the fall of Crete in 1941 when the Luftwaffe took over it and made some modifications.
Comments are very welcome. I'm really enjoying this project and I'm looking forward to adding the next Cretan airfield.
Joe
![[Image: hera_1.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/hera_1.jpg)
![[Image: hera_2.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/hera_2.jpg)
![[Image: hera_3.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/hera_3.jpg)
![[Image: hera_4.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/hera_4.jpg)
![[Image: hera_5.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/hera_5.jpg)
![[Image: hera_6.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/hera_6.jpg)
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Been really hard at work at this one. Spent a couple of days at the National Archives researching airfields, and then did the general layout for map_h, map_c and map_t. Made some custom textures and then reskinned dozens of buildings so they're suitable for Greece/Crete and North Africa.
Then made Autopop templates for the various types of towns/villages etc and then populated Crete.
At the moment I'm putting the detail into Crete and adding airfields. Below are screenshots of my first completed town and airfield. The town of Heraklion was surrounded by a fort wall and had an old harbour increased with a later breakwater. The airfield to the east was originally an old Greek Air Force airfield, used by the RAF until the fall of Crete in 1941 when the Luftwaffe took over it and made some modifications.
Comments are very welcome. I'm really enjoying this project and I'm looking forward to adding the next Cretan airfield.
Joe
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07.08.2008, 20:28
Amazing work. I like the fact you reskinned the buildings to suit the area, that attention to detail is what makes this great.
07.08.2008, 21:20
Wonderful job! I can see that your heart is really in this. Lookin' forward to this one.
08.08.2008, 00:24
Wow Canon, looks fantastic.
Love the new ground textures, and _especially_ the stone breakwater
Love the new ground textures, and _especially_ the stone breakwater
08.08.2008, 07:54
Beautiful work Joe...just beautiful...ever since this game debuted I have wanted to fly Hurricanes over this area!
08.08.2008, 09:19
Nice textures! I looking forward to it! 8)
08.08.2008, 09:48
This is going to be another 'must have'
08.08.2008, 09:52
Quote:This is going to be another 'must have'
Definitely ! As the skins ! :wink:
Nice work !
08.08.2008, 16:41
FA_Cheech Wrote:Beautiful work Joe...just beautiful...ever since this game debuted I have wanted to fly Hurricanes over this area!
Agreed - this has always been one of my favourite theatres. North Africa, the Balkans, Crete - amazing landscapes and fascinating and varied campaigns
Joe
08.08.2008, 17:06
Bloody beautiful work there! Neat way of making a town wall!
08.08.2008, 18:35
Very very nice
08.08.2008, 20:46
I like those ends to the runways too....
11.08.2008, 20:07
Big Update
Ok, quite a large update here.
Firstly, I've expanded the map now to include Tunisia, Sicily etc. I was just flying around Greece/Crete on my map and I wished I could use my Sicilian and Tunisian Luftwaffe schemes on the same map, so since it wasn't too much effort I expanded the map to include the following area:
![[Image: mon1.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/mon1.jpg)
It's about 1/2 scale and isn't much a strain on my PC. The whole thing has had it's basic textures put down. At the moment I'm working on Crete and then I'll move to an area at a time, refining textures and placing towns/airfields. Of course every single airfield I place on the map will have been thoroughly researched using primary material and won't be made up at all. I have a thing for airfields
I've also got some pics of how the textures I've made will look if you have Forest=3. Since upgrading my shitty old PC a few weeks ago I'm all about eye-candy It'll still look nice even if you don't have Forest=3
Anyway, some pics Comments welcome!
Joe
![[Image: mon2.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/mon2.jpg)
![[Image: mon3.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/mon3.jpg)
![[Image: mon4.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/mon4.jpg)
![[Image: mon5.jpg]](http://www.canons-skins.com/aaa/mto/mon5.jpg)
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Ok, quite a large update here.
Firstly, I've expanded the map now to include Tunisia, Sicily etc. I was just flying around Greece/Crete on my map and I wished I could use my Sicilian and Tunisian Luftwaffe schemes on the same map, so since it wasn't too much effort I expanded the map to include the following area:
It's about 1/2 scale and isn't much a strain on my PC. The whole thing has had it's basic textures put down. At the moment I'm working on Crete and then I'll move to an area at a time, refining textures and placing towns/airfields. Of course every single airfield I place on the map will have been thoroughly researched using primary material and won't be made up at all. I have a thing for airfields
I've also got some pics of how the textures I've made will look if you have Forest=3. Since upgrading my shitty old PC a few weeks ago I'm all about eye-candy
It'll still look nice even if you don't have Forest=3Anyway, some pics
Comments welcome!Joe
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11.08.2008, 20:22
WOW! I looked up the word awesome in the dictionary and it said " canons new map!"
Awesome work mate.will be great to fly on
Awesome work mate.will be great to fly on
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