some of you might have heard i had a serious pc crash some time ago, a hard disk crash to be exact.
meaning i lost everything i had that wasn't saved on something outside my pc.
the worst thing being one of my maps for DH, called Stoumont.
so i thought i might share with you all my screenshots i had uploaded, as its the only proof the map existed.
A little about stoumont, it is a small village in the ardennes, belgium, wich marks the stopping point of the german spearhead in the battle of the bulge.
as Stoumont is the last village captured by the Kampfgruppe peiper, after wich peiper was forced to stop his advance because he was out of fuel and ammunition. he retreated to the famous village of "la Gleize" where he escaped with his men on foot at night several days later, abandoning all his material including many kingtigers due to lack of fuel.
i took a trip to stoumont last summer, as i live 40 minutes from there, and took pictures of every house and building so i could make the most detailed map possible.
this was my DH project for the last 8-10 months, and it would have been my best map ever. it was about 90% done, with 34 accurate fully enterable buildings and a new "intelligent" spawn system, where players can choose at wich objective they want to spawn.
it would feature american GI's supported by various tanks, defending against the 1st SS KG peiper, supported by fallshirmjagers and various heavy tanks.
besides that i also lost all my other map projects, including the final pariserplatz and some other map projects.
i have send my hard disk to a recovery company, they estimate the cost between €900 and 1900 as they need to open the HD in a clean room.
thats huts to much monet i can spend for a map
anyways if some of you have important stuff on your pc's, save it frequently on something outside of the pc, as this crap comes without warning. just like that one morning the pc won't boot, and it's over.
edit: on request i have created a paypal account where those who wish can donate to help me fund the recovery of this map. wich should cost around €600.
meaning i lost everything i had that wasn't saved on something outside my pc.
the worst thing being one of my maps for DH, called Stoumont.
so i thought i might share with you all my screenshots i had uploaded, as its the only proof the map existed.
A little about stoumont, it is a small village in the ardennes, belgium, wich marks the stopping point of the german spearhead in the battle of the bulge.
as Stoumont is the last village captured by the Kampfgruppe peiper, after wich peiper was forced to stop his advance because he was out of fuel and ammunition. he retreated to the famous village of "la Gleize" where he escaped with his men on foot at night several days later, abandoning all his material including many kingtigers due to lack of fuel.
i took a trip to stoumont last summer, as i live 40 minutes from there, and took pictures of every house and building so i could make the most detailed map possible.
this was my DH project for the last 8-10 months, and it would have been my best map ever. it was about 90% done, with 34 accurate fully enterable buildings and a new "intelligent" spawn system, where players can choose at wich objective they want to spawn.
it would feature american GI's supported by various tanks, defending against the 1st SS KG peiper, supported by fallshirmjagers and various heavy tanks.
besides that i also lost all my other map projects, including the final pariserplatz and some other map projects.
i have send my hard disk to a recovery company, they estimate the cost between €900 and 1900 as they need to open the HD in a clean room.
thats huts to much monet i can spend for a map
anyways if some of you have important stuff on your pc's, save it frequently on something outside of the pc, as this crap comes without warning. just like that one morning the pc won't boot, and it's over.
edit: on request i have created a paypal account where those who wish can donate to help me fund the recovery of this map. wich should cost around €600.
ok, i just created a PayPal account on [email protected] in belgium
those who wish can participate in the data recovery costs of this map, that would be a fantastic gesture and i would really appreciate, no matter for how much you participate!
if anything should go wrong, or if that specific data could somehow not be recovered. i will refund everybody obviously.
thanks in advance!
i will keep everybody updated on this, and those who wish can mention their names so i can credit them would the map be released.
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