More signs of civilians

[Nimsky]

In the mod, there were hardly any signs of civilians. They were just battlefields. In Ostfront there are more (like civilian cars and busses etc), but it could use some more in my opinion...

Things like shops, cafes, street signs, advertisements, would really increase immersion. I'm not asking for dead civilians. Even something as simple as a sign in front of a farm saying "For sale: delicious eggs" (in the correct language of course) would do.

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

The tricycle in Odessa is very cool, it really makes you believe it is a real situation. Also on the map with the farms the western farmhouse has food hung up and there is the occasional picture. Some maps have done civilian presence very well but others seem to lack it immensly.

 

[Deathsai]

Not this again...

http://www.redorchestragame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1886&highlight=civillians

 

[Rrralphster]

Not this again...

http://www.redorchestragame.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1886&highlight=civillians

I think you misunderstood the post. The OP doesn't mean bringing in civs but a more realistic setting with more props.
For instance milkcans for a farm or a building that looks like a caf

 

[Harry S. Truman]

Oh great...more crap to get stuck on in maps.

 

[Capt.Marion]

Oh great...more crap to get stuck on in maps.

You know, they didn't invent the blocking volume for nothing.... it just depends if the mapper utilizes them enough and correctly for the situation...

 

[Mauser98k]

I agree, I want to see bicycles *yes I know we have trikeys* laying on fences or stables. I want to see some white flags drewn from misc. houses as a sign of peace, etc etc.

 

[Zell]

How about ambient noises that come from behind locked doors? Crying, sobbing, coughing, etc.

 

[[TW]DrGuppy]

I'll be doing most of the things suggested here for LeningradStreets because the city was surrounded and people still had to live and surive as best they could while war was going on all around them. Here's one of the static meshes I just finished up today on this very subject.



Here's the original reference photo:
http://www.msh-paris.fr/leningrad/photos_web/DSC01592.gif

 

[myzko]

Just a suggestion... It look as if the papers are a part of the actual pole thingy... How about trying to make seperate "mesh" or whatever it's called for each paper?

 

[Nimsky]

Exactly, I was refering to signs of civilians, not living or dead civilians. Stop trying to grab every oportunity to write "USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!!!" Deathsai, you really gave away yourself there. Next time try reading the posts.

Anyway. Dr. Gruppy, please make a "for sale: delicious eggs" sign

 

[Harry S. Truman]

You know, they didn't invent the blocking volume for nothing.... it just depends if the mapper utilizes them enough and correctly for the situation...

Yes, but this also causes problems. There are tons of places on maps that have blocking volumes that shouldn't!! There was plenty of space to get between places but you can't. Like at the German spawn on Baskova, you know space between the big tree and the wall....I always try to go through there but can't.

I guess this is where a mapper didn't use them correctly.

 

[[TW]DrGuppy]

...
...Anyway. Dr. Gruppy, please make a "for sale: delicious eggs" sign

I would but there weren't many eggs for sale during the Leningrad Siege. I do have a few shop signs in the works though.

 

[Nimsky]

I would but there weren't many eggs for sale during the Leningrad Siege. I do have a few shop signs in the works though.

I know, but the sign could still be there Would work best in front of a farm though. Nice to hear you're so into modelling all that stuff, civilian stuff is usually ignored in games.

 

[worluk]

the problem with such details is the amount of time needed for research, modeling, skinning, etc.
If all is done by one person it takes ages to fill a map to a realistic degree, not too mention the performance would be goin down.

 

[Nimsky]

the problem with such details is the amount of time needed for research, modeling, skinning, etc.
If all is done by one person it takes ages to fill a map to a realistic degree, not too mention the performance would be goin down.

Community effort?