Makhnovo re-release

[Reservoir Dog]

I agreed with most of what is said. More ammo resupply areas would suit the 50 players and maybe more outside cover for the church (even though tanks have to maneuver about) or make it bigger with more cover inside. I would hate to lose vegetation or other details outside but however you need to have it run well on 50, I know it will be a good balance.

 

[Nestor Makhno]

OK - well work on this map is now going ahead but it will be as a Carpathian Crosses map, meaning Romanians not Germans so no HT's (although Romanians did use them later). One good thing is that, with the CC testing team, the gameplay will be nice and balanced before you get to play it.

I hope you guys can wait that long.

 

[Britney Federline]

Well, as long as the last wave of Romanian reinforcements are vampires who can convert the germans to their side if they can bite them in the neck, then that is acceptable.

I hope this new version is fun to make and turns out great. And also that it has vampires.

 

[Bolt]

Romanian reinforcements are vampires who can convert the germans to their side if they can bite them in the neck, then that is acceptable

Umm... Romanians fought side by side with Germans against Soviets.

 

[Britney Federline]

Bah! Keep the idea, replace "germans" with "soviets."

/don't post in the morning before coffee

 

[Nestor Makhno]

Aren't the zombie dogs with Hitler heads in Kommissarhaus enough for you Brit? cuh!

 

[[TW]Wilsonam]

Umm... Romanians fought side by side with Germans against Soviets.

And then the Romanians saw which way the wind was blowing and fought side by side with the Soviets against the Germans

 

[Quietus]

I want Vlad Dracula as Romanian squad leader. He can run around with a sharp stick and impale enemies then set up a picnic and enjoy the "scenery" "forest of impaled". Give him 2.5x cap power also. Oh and maybe a couple of smoke grenades. He doesn't need binoculars though, his bat form will take care of scouting duties.

 

[Xendance]

And then the Romanians saw which way the wind was blowing and fought side by side with the Soviets against the Germans

Sounds much like the Lapland war

 

[SgtH3nry3]

OK - well work on this map is now going ahead but it will be as a Carpathian Crosses map, meaning Romanians not Germans so no HT's (although Romanians did use them later). One good thing is that, with the CC testing team, the gameplay will be nice and balanced before you get to play it.

I hope you guys can wait that long.

Good.

So... I assume you are using your old BSP and extend from there, etc?

 

[Nestor Makhno]

Well the church will be a complete rebuild. I am now confident enough of my ability to keep stuff on the grid that I can make it as I originally planned - with sniper roosts and stuff.

The station will also be redesigned so it looks more like a rural station rather than a huge edifice.

The vegetation will be more in keeping with the kind of terrain extant in Moldova and the trees will hopefully be LOD optimised in order to prevent fps-rape.

The poshta will probably have a few tweaks to make the exterior look better and the huts will all be rebuilt (but still meshes - as long as my maya skills are now advanced enough).

The biggest difference will be some new things that haven't yet been tried in RO but I am not going to say what they are as this is now a CC project. The details of this new feature will be released as soon as we can establish that they work and as soon as we are ready.

Actually increasing the map to 50-player friendly is the easy part.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

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The biggest difference will be some new things that haven't yet been tried in RO but I am not going to say what they are as this is now a CC project. The details of this new feature will be released as soon as we can establish that they work and as soon as we are ready.....

Awesome

 

[Britney Federline]

Will the vampires be allowed to enter the church, or will they burst into flames? Please note that this would be a perfect opportunity for CC to introduce flaming bodies and flamethrowers to RO. Also vampires.

 

[Nestor Makhno]

We are working on the animation sequence for crumbling to dust in direct sunlight but it is producing a huge fps hit.

Hopefully we will be able to combine the best features of RO and Bloodrayne in this add-on - in other words RO but with nice legs and a55

 

[SgtH3nry3]

Well the church will be a complete rebuild. I am now confident enough of my ability to keep stuff on the grid that I can make it as I originally planned - with sniper roosts and stuff.

Sniper?

The station will also be redesigned so it looks more like a rural station rather than a huge edifice.

It looks kinda kinky.

The vegetation will be more in keeping with the kind of terrain extant in Moldova and the trees will hopefully be LOD optimised in order to prevent fps-rape.

Well, performance optimalizations are always welcome...

The biggest difference will be some new things that haven't yet been tried in RO but I am not going to say what they are as this is now a CC project. The details of this new feature will be released as soon as we can establish that they work and as soon as we are ready.

Actually increasing the map to 50-player friendly is the easy part.

I'll definately hope it will be a CC map.

Whether it's a custom CC map (if CC would allow to have their material being used for custom maps) or an official one.

 

[Lt_Kettch]

Nestor is a CC mapper so it's going to be offical. Jeez just read his blog ...

 

[Xendance]

Well the church will be a complete rebuild. I am now confident enough of my ability to keep stuff on the grid that I can make it as I originally planned - with sniper roosts and stuff.

The station will also be redesigned so it looks more like a rural station rather than a huge edifice.

The vegetation will be more in keeping with the kind of terrain extant in Moldova and the trees will hopefully be LOD optimised in order to prevent fps-rape.

The poshta will probably have a few tweaks to make the exterior look better and the huts will all be rebuilt (but still meshes - as long as my maya skills are now advanced enough).

The biggest difference will be some new things that haven't yet been tried in RO but I am not going to say what they are as this is now a CC project. The details of this new feature will be released as soon as we can establish that they work and as soon as we are ready.

Actually increasing the map to 50-player friendly is the easy part.

I thought static meshes don't support LOD models.

 

[Nestor Makhno]

Oooops - oh well, all ideas are worth exploring. I need to find out from the guys how far this idea has advanced - it may be BS, it may be possible.

 

[Reservoir Dog]

for CC. for the impatient players like myself that have to wait for the mod before seeing the map.