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What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« on: October 13, 2009, 04:35:19 PM »
Winter skies in Eastern Germany.

(Don't panic, pilots of Red Storm -- most of the effect is due to changing sky color, which does not affect visibility distance.  Clouds actually are not all that dense.)

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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2009, 04:36:50 PM »
Where's the snow?
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2009, 04:37:46 PM »
Was thinking the same thing...probably just showing us the cloud cover...
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 04:41:41 PM »
Quote from: Plazus on October 13, 2009, 04:36:50 PM
Where's the snow?

Two issues.

1.  The winter version of the rhine terrain is not yet available (post terrain-engine update, which requires reworking of many terrains).

2.  Even if it were available, the sides protested that many tanks and GV's are lacking winter skins and strongly preferred the non-snow version of the map.  (Understandable.)
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2009, 04:45:22 PM »
In the future, we'll likely work to get winter skins into the terrain itself -- but updating terrains and making skins takes a lot of people and effort over time to accomplish, done by players who volunteer their time to do it.

There are a lot of terrains that still need updating after implementation of the latest version of AH.
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2009, 04:46:04 PM »
If this is like what is in the SEAII arena....or if it is what is in the SEAII arena. It is actually a sweet sky to fly and if the 3k icon range is in place it makes things all that more exciting...It is amazing what dropping 3k from the cons icon range can do to quickly intensify a fight. It was quite refreshing there last night..no dots on radar friendly or con, base alert only when in close proximity to the base.... amazing the difference it made really liked it.
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2009, 04:50:27 PM »
Quote from: SPKmes on October 13, 2009, 04:46:04 PM
If this is like what is in the SEAII arena....or if it is what is in the SEAII arena. It is actually a sweet sky to fly and if the 3k icon range is in place it makes things all that more exciting...It is amazing what dropping 3k from the cons icon range can do to quickly intensify a fight. It was quite refreshing there last night..no dots on radar friendly or con, base alert only when in close proximity to the base.... amazing the difference it made really liked it.

Yep, that is what it will be like.

The clouds will be a little different, but the sky colors are the same (gray, instead of blue), and the radar settings are the same.

The radar is setup up to show sector counters if planes are above 1500 ft. above ground level and within 25 miles of a radar tower only (no counters on everywhere at all alts) and to show radar dots only if planes are above 28,000 ft.
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2009, 04:52:01 PM »
In the meantime, maybe we consider it fall skies, instead of winter skies?
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2009, 05:06:16 PM »
pretty green grass... looks more like winter here :)
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2009, 06:05:41 PM »
With palm trees. :)
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2009, 06:13:09 PM »
Quote from: Brooke on October 13, 2009, 04:52:01 PM
In the meantime, maybe we consider it fall skies, instead of winter skies?

Brooke,
You do know that the scenario takes place in January and Feburary. Not even close to Fall.

Though the clouds DO look kind of like spring ;)
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2009, 06:20:07 PM »
Quote from: Ponyace on October 13, 2009, 06:13:09 PM
Brooke,
You do know that the scenario takes place in January and Feburary. Not even close to Fall.

Though the clouds DO look kind of like spring ;)

Yes -- you did read this, right?

"Two issues.

1.  The winter version of the rhine terrain is not yet available (post terrain-engine update, which requires reworking of many terrains).

2.  Even if it were available, the sides protested that many tanks and GV's are lacking winter skins and strongly preferred the non-snow version of the map.  (Understandable.)"
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2009, 06:27:12 PM »
Quote from: Brooke on October 13, 2009, 06:20:07 PM
Yes -- you did read this, right?

"Two issues.

1.  The winter version of the rhine terrain is not yet available (post terrain-engine update, which requires reworking of many terrains).

2.  Even if it were available, the sides protested that many tanks and GV's are lacking winter skins and strongly preferred the non-snow version of the map.  (Understandable.)"

I meant that if it looks more like spring instead of fall

Sorry if I sounded insulting. What I was think sounded better in my head.

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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2009, 06:36:28 PM »
No problem.

The design is based on the fighting that took place in the winter.  It's just that snow has the above two problems this time around.
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Re: What will it look like in the Red Storm scenario?
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2009, 01:46:10 AM »
None of the skinners or terrain makers could help get winter GV skins and a snow texture added to current summer rhine map in 1-2 week's time?  I'd like to believe it to be possible given the current talent we've all seen on the skins/terrain forum. 
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