[redko]

Hi community

I'm very pleased to finally give you the link for donwloading New Okinawa V1.

This the is result of a hard work started with the request of RealDarko to have a new retextured version of this map. I did the best as it is my first achieved retextured map (orthers are on the way).

Now i have to let you judge this work. There is still some things i have in mind for this map, so check for later updates.

I hope you will like this. Nothing is perfect, but the result is not to bad.....some will love, some will hate but never forget the limitations of the game engine and the way it deals bad with texturing process.

This map was particulary hard to remap because of the limitated space and geography. Others map are easier. This map will work perfectly for pics and movies projects....so don't wait...post !! , please.


Ok so feedbacks, critics and all (pics) are welcome.


Thanks for all the people here this site is a great collective project :wink:.

Special thanks to RealDarko for having requested this map.
Thanks to Lol_Rone, this retextured map is based on his version of the Okinawa map.
Thanks to WhiteCat, he knows why.
Thanks to Avala and Viking, I learned many many things by just dissecting their maps into pieces .....and many many time to rebild after :lol: .

I HAVE EXISTING MISSIONS/CAMPAINS:

before posting error message problems on this thread, if you are trying to play missions and/or campains you already have from the stock map for exemple and you get a message saying "error string out of range" do not worry.
i just changed some bildings on the new actor.static in this version of the map, so your mission try to load the old ones, and as they don't exist anymore... you have this message!

Solution is easy :
go to missions folder, there were you have the mission and/or the campains your are trying to play. for EACH mission, locate the .mis file. For EACH mission using this new map version, go to "HOUSE" chapter, and erase ALL what you have in this chapter and only this chapter.
check also if the name of the map if correct.....and that's all
save
exit
...and play

- FEBRUARY 7 2010 UPDATE -

Ok so now that repaint of Kyushu V1 map is done i can redo some things i have in mind for Okinawa. I'm just waiting for feebacks from my last Kyushu testeurs and then i give the download link to Fly_zo for agreement

What i'm planning to do for Okinawa V2 is:

- little cosmetic improvements for mounts
- redo all the city textures which are now really bad, i learned many things working on Kyushu V1. they are now too modern, and most of all contrast is really bad, doesn't fit with the rest of the map
- populate harbors and docks
- populate cities and fields
- rework all contrast for cities and fields
- ad some new nice textures for fields

[WOEI]

Where's the link?

[redko]

ready in 30 minutes.

[WOEI]

Great!

[redko]

So as usual for install put Okinawa on your mod folder like this:

MODS/MAPMODS/maps/Okinawa

And textures file called "redko_tex" like this:

MODS/MAPMODS/maps/_Tex/land/summer/redko_tex

Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nymmtjwgddz/Okinawa.zip

[spitfire13]

any pics

[redko]

So the project was this, modest RealDarko :wink: :lol: :



And this is what we have now:


PART ONE, South of Okinawa, Cities.


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Don't recall the name of skinner but watch how precise is the plane texture even with zoom.....Jaypack ?
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11. Look at the light of the Sun over the city in the back, the rest of the zone is in the dark, i like those light games


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PART TWO, going to North of Okinawa...wild nature...my favourite.



14.The problem in this map is that it's too flat. So put as many clouds as possible, it avoid you to see the skyline with a too flat lanscape. South is more flat than middle and North


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[Csocso]

Unbelievable, brilliant, awesome.. :o

[redko]

Wow.....188 views in 10 minutes hock: hock: hock: . Oh my god........ :roll:


Hope nobody has problems for download and install, it's very easy. Work with 4.08 and 4.09b1m

any pics

Yes, yes...5 minutes please, 5 minutes. Is everybody urged today? something special to do?? :wink:

[Fly!]

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[redko]

I recommend this map highly as a new experience in IL2 flying.
Also, down low, it doesn't look any worse than any other map. :wink:
Well done, redko!~

Ohhh great thanks for your comment Fly. Touched!

I know the problem with hight level of detail in ground textures. They look great at hight altitude, but horrible close to the ground. I know that, but what you say is right, that's not worse than any other map....so people please take the good part of this : middle and hight altitude fly will be greatly improved.

But i have a little idea which maybe can do this point go better for low altitude fly. Nothing revolutionnary right but enough to improve that. There will be a V2 maybe next weekend. It take time to test :roll: .

Thanks Fly, seriously. No problem for installation right ?

Good feedbacks tell me i'm in the good way....so I will go on for next maps i already started to remap:

Kyushu (finished at 90%)
Hawaii (same)
ItalyAfrica....and next......don't recall the entire name too long :lol: (begining)
Italy_DF (90% finished)
Guadalcanal (70%)
New Guinea (70%)...........i'm very interested by the new version in WIP, same for new Hawaii from Porto.

I have work to do................. :roll: :roll:

[alfiedog]

Excellent just downloaded and installed a great improvement over the original
well done sir...

Ian

[Fryslanboy]

Great! Very nice

[redko]

Oh by the way....

There is a broken bridge in the south of Okinawa, near the bid harbor....i don't know how to fix that so if someone can do that for me i would be integrated for the next update.

[dup]

Thanks !

I'll test it now !!