New Map Idea's?

[bluepilot76]

What about up north, Finmark, Spitzbergen, Murmansk etc. Thats where they are gearing up for the next war.

 

Think of all the great threads we can have about polar navigation. Dodgy GPS signals. Iceberg / aircraft carrier collisions, northern lights....

[BaD CrC]

Just came across the thread and I have still to found out why on earth Pony you put Madagascar and Greece in the poll list? Made me laught anyway. :megalol:

Lot of very good ideas. Korea and Balkans? sounds like there are some old Jane's F18 pilots around. :)

Afghanistan is an obvious choice, but it is lacking indeed the sea. Lybia sounds good too. Love the Australia/Indonesia idea and the sea of Japan (Kuril islands just like in good old Falcon if I remember right?). Arctic/Antarctic areas sounds absolutely fantastic bluepilot76.

 

I hope anyway that we will have soon a vast choice of maps just like other games/sims. I have no issue for payware maps.

[igormk]

Pony I highly support your idea. I hope that your project (if started) will not have the same destiny like those that were never finished.

 

I'm also sure that if you achieve the same (or better) quality of the terrain present in the actual Western Caucasus map, there will be no one that would mind to pay reasonable price to buy your new map. Of course, how to protect it is another question.

 

And, if you decide to go with Balkans, I can try to provide you with low and medium altitude photos of the landscapes of Republic of Macedonia. Different seasons if needed. Also I'm able to supply you with photos of typical architecture/vegetation... Generally those would be applicable to Kosovo and Serbia regions since they are quite similar.

[Gracey]

If you are able to provide images and information. That's great, I am happy to have you aboard. We are going to be working with 90m terrain. If we can get better we will try. But nothing we will pay for. I mean I make 10 bucks a hour, so I don't have any money the throw at this.

 

Shoot me a pm with your email and I will get back to you. Thanks

 

 

As for everyone else. Well balkans is it. This seems to be the one we will go for.

The mass graves... Well do you want them in? I was offended by it at first, but that made me decide to go with the Balkans. For some reason I feel, for the people in there I will make it for them I guess.

 

I will keep everyone updated and will be setting up our website shortly. Maybe this weekend.

 

Thanks everyone. Keep us encouraged so we do not forget about it. We do have other projects.

 

 

-PonY

[Speed]

Personally, I can't understand the fixation with Afghanistan. Iraq has the "best" historical battles for modern US forces- realistically, the fixed wings and helos would be in danger of being shot down, and the forces on the ground have a danger of being killed. It is impossible to make realistic missions in Afghanistan where the possibility of being shot down is not negligible. The only realistic and exciting missions you can make on an Afghanistan map that would be exciting would be where the danger is for the guys on the ground you are trying to save. And DCS infantry AI is currently lacking... so it is very difficult to create historically realistic and exciting missions on an Afghanistan map. It would take a bazillion triggers and maybe Lua to help make up for the current infantry AI, and that might not even be enough. As a mission maker, it's NOT FUN trying to get infantry to behave the way you want them to, and often, you just can't. So... what little realistic combat missions COULD be made for an Afghan map would require massive amounts of work by mission makers.

 

But from the list of maps you suggested, Afghanistan is the only place where it is realistic to have combat at all. Beggars can't be choosers, you make an Afghan map, I'd fly the heck out of it... but at the same time be wishing it was Iraq instead :D

Edited December 7, 2011 by Speed

[GGTharos]

I think Iran/Korea/China/Balkans/South Americas would be a whole lot more interesting than Iraq.

[Speed]

I think Iran/Korea/China/Balkans/South Americas would be a whole lot more interesting than Iraq.

 

Well I definitely agree that your first four would make interesting theaters- though I'm a little sick of Korea, and slightly sick of the Balkans (you can guess why ;)) But what the heck is with South America? Go bomb some cocaine factories? You'd be stuck with the same kind of problems as an Afghan map- it's not realistic to create powerful enemy armies, and infantry AI is very hard to work with as a mission designer. At least on the Georgian map we can suspend reality for a mission and pit US forces against Russian forces. Who would it be in South America? Venezuela?

Edited December 7, 2011 by Speed

[GGTharos]

Actually you could perpetuate a scenario where certain eastern countries 'help' certain SA countries and thus set up bases there. ;)

[sorcer3r]

You'd be stuck with the same kind of problems as an Afghan map- it's not realistic to create powerful enemy armies,...

 

Pakistani Army occupying Afghanistan* and Nato has to free Afghanistan... again...:pilotfly:

 

 

 

*after they turned against USA & friends ;)

[Speed]

I truelly do not get the fixation with the whole mideast/afganistan thing. Maybe its just to close to home for me. I wonder how other vets feel about this? I would rather see places that arn't "loaded" for people out there. Even Georgia seems odd to me. Entertainment following a human blood trail......

 

Sorry, but that's how its been for thousands of years. You're not going to change this basic fact about humanity. Look at this this way: at least we only virtually blow people up now. That's progress :thumbup:

Edited December 8, 2011 by Speed

[Gracey]

Well profress is slow. Sadly, though I am looking forward to this weekend when I can get more done with it.

I am starting to feel the effects of starting the project, and working a full time job. Trying to get this done and sleeping and working.

I am determend though.

 

If anyone has information on the Balkans (please no wiki) That's great. I have requirments on them though. (copyrights)

 

If this is going to be made for money, well, I need to make sure that I have copyrights to use the information. That includes Wikipedia.

 

Anyways. If you have inormation, the website is almost finished. I am just wating for domain changes.

 

Thanks everyone for the votes and support!!

 

 

-PonY

[pjbogamita.org]

well any part of the world would be okay, but Afganistan is interesting for three reasons:

1- geography

2- russian war

3- usa war

[ogata321]

I'm for the balkans (home sweet home :D)and besides that we can have naval ops, mountains, plains there is a good variety, not being stuck with Afghanistan's desert rocks, bombing ice in Canada or drug dealers in Mexico ...

[Sceptre]

You could look at Falcon 4.0 Allied Force's Balkans terrain to get the geography, etc. (of course no copy and paste...)... If you wanted to do the Balkans which would be awesome!

 

Good luck with your project!

[Perriwen]

Here are some maps I'd like, personally.

 

Fantasy maps. Why be limited to real world maps but also include what comes from a dev's imagination? Imagine flying under Pandora-esque floating mountains, weaving in and out of enormous monuments thousands of feet high....or a birdstrike via hitting a unicorn/Pegasus.

 

That being said, how about a map creation kit?

Edited April 13, 2012 by Perriwen

[GRUNT -Shrek-]

New Map

 

What about Germany?

 

Well the idea bombing Germany isn't too nice, well. But,

 

Germany is/has been a possible scenario for the A-10 vs Warsaw Pact Forces.

Germany is/has been/was a scenario in WWII P-51s/Spitfires/Bf109s and what to come.

 

To me it would be rather weird having a T-34 and a Mi-24 fighting against a P-51 and A-10 and M1A1.

 

So it's less the geographical issue, rather the time factor.

[sobek]

I'd really like to see someone do the Adriatic with Italy to the west, Alps to the north and Balkan to the east.

[theghost]

I think the Middle East region more relevant today

Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran

[sobek]

Me, i don't care about relevance, i just care about the opportunites the theater gives.

[sungsam]

+1 for Disneyland :)

[sungsam]

Just came across the thread and I have still to found out why on earth Pony you put Madagascar and Greece in the poll list? Made me laught anyway. :megalol:

 

:) Well, you know it is fashion lately, ARMA 3 has a lunatic senario about Hellas (Greece) and our future neighbors Iran :doh:

 

Honestly, Balkans may give interesting and complex scenario opportunites as Sobek asks for ..

Edited April 24, 2012 by sungsam

[Dudikoff]

well any part of the world would be okay, but Afganistan is interesting for three reasons:

1- geography

2- russian war

3- usa war

 

I can dig the geography part, but those two wars? I really don't see what the big deal is. Fighting some ragtag guerrillas armed with AKs in both cases is boring to put it mildly (if not outright disgusting).

 

It'd be a nice map for some fictional scenario, though (e.g. USSR vs US, etc.)..

[Woogey]

Scenery Request

 

Although We would all like to have scenery for our corner of the world, I think realistic areas of conflict should be modeled first and foremost. Iraq, and Afghanistan are a givin, But my top picks have a little more interesting terrain. I have four different scenery/scenario requests: 1) Cairo-Suez Canal-Israel 2) Falklands Redeux 3) Siberia-Bering Straights-Alaska 4) Cuba-Florida. I also enjoy carrier ops, so this is a primary factor in my choices.

[SchniX]

Middle East

Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq

 

it's one of the most active areas in jet air warfare

[Intruder_360]

Falkland Islands - Taiwan - Kurile Islands - Kuwait