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Offline lerxst

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winter terrains in rotation
« on: July 29, 2014, 04:00:02 PM »
Hello guys is there a chance we might see some winter terrains put into rotation for the main arenas?? the skins are available for gv's and planes,would be a (cool) change.TY  :salute

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2014, 04:26:58 PM »
As soon as YOU build a winter map they will put it into rotation. Get To Work!!!   :devil

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2014, 04:29:34 PM »
As soon as YOU build a winter map they will put it into rotation. Get To Work!!!   :devil

I thought their criteria were fairly restrictive for MA maps, no desert, no winter?

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2014, 04:34:42 PM »
OH i wasn't aware of restrictions for that.Was just a simple question,i see ive gotten an anwser now! :bolt:

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2014, 04:36:20 PM »
With the new terrains system who knows. We did have a desert before so it is possible. I think the biggest issue is creating the objects in a whiter mode or a desert brush set. In the old days file size and download time were a big deal. HTC is a master at building their game and keeping the file sizes down.

These days file size and download speed negate that issue pretty much. Adding another 100 meg in art work for desert and winter setups shouldn't be that big a deal. Maybe it's time to loosen the restrictions a bit.

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2014, 04:39:24 PM »
we've got winter skins for some of the GVs right now. Why can't we have winter snow covered maps? And if not, what the heck was the point of making winter skins in the first place? Somebody have far too much time on their hands?
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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2014, 04:42:33 PM »
we've got winter skins for some of the GVs right now. Why can't we have winter snow covered maps? And if not, what the heck was the point of making winter skins in the first place? Somebody have far too much time on their hands?

Skins are generally made because people want them for one reason or another, perhaps to feel pretty or for scenarios, not so much for practical value in the MA.

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2014, 05:31:18 PM »
There are plenty of winter maps, but they are too small for MA use (too few bases).

I would imagine that if a terrain was created that sported partial desert or partial snow areas that it would be acceptable.

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2014, 09:24:05 PM »
There are plenty of winter maps, but they are too small for MA use (too few bases).

I would imagine that if a terrain was created that sported partial desert or partial snow areas that it would be acceptable.

It's all about the tiles. at this time the only snow or desert tiles are the custom ones used in the AvA and scenario maps that are made that are NOT up to MA map standards. I think HTC should take a look at Rangers tiles and check them to see if that meet HTC standards (which I should think they do) and have a paper drawn up to take them "officially" off Rangers hands and then use them in the game.

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2014, 12:21:27 AM »
Hello guys is there a chance we might see some winter terrains put into rotation for the main arenas?? the skins are available for gv's and planes,would be a (cool) change.TY  :salute

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2014, 10:40:09 AM »
And if not, what the heck was the point of making winter skins in the first place?
Because any player can simply turn off displaying skins for other players, there is not much point in making skins for camouflage purposes in the first places.
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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2014, 05:54:02 PM »
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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2014, 05:58:23 PM »
Yes and a night fighting for a couple hours a week.


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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2014, 07:01:41 PM »
It's all about the tiles. at this time the only snow or desert tiles are the custom ones used in the AvA and scenario maps that are made that are NOT up to MA map standards. I think HTC should take a look at Rangers tiles and check them to see if that meet HTC standards (which I should think they do) and have a paper drawn up to take them "officially" off Rangers hands and then use them in the game.

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Re: winter terrains in rotation
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2014, 03:57:28 PM »
Wow Ranger that is really cool,my wish was just to get a different look in the game,after seeing all the post that were put up,i didnt realize it was pretty much (never gonna happen) type request.thanks for offering your time and expertise!! :aok :salute