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Offline Eagler

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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2021, 12:49:30 PM »
Sounds like the issue is the gv battles would be affected as a player could just say no skins and boom there it is...

Sorry but some of us like to think its a flight sim first...

Not like we are asking for a snow storm just something other than always green...

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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2021, 04:14:11 AM »
The skins thing is an issue for me personally but other map makers may not care about it. The main problem is likely to be the summer base terrain, object and clutter textures sticking out like sore thumbs in the snowy winter terrain. This is a total immersion killer whether you are sitting in a GV or an aircraft, basically it looks crap. Map makers are not allowed to replace these in an MA terrain like they can in a special events map and I think that is the main reason no one has done a winter MA map.

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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2021, 12:02:17 PM »
the AVA has ETOW which is a winter wonderland. it even has winter skins for the tanks, which makes them very hard to spot.

but i think this terrain is the exception, not the rule.

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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2021, 01:26:10 PM »
Will that work for MNM?

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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2021, 02:20:06 PM »
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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2021, 01:57:31 PM »
I'd be happy with shades of green that actually exist in nature in extended areas of landmass. The pastel paste green is as smurfy now as it was 6 years ago.
I think is was Fester that used to make gorgeous maps. There was a tropical terrain in particular that you actually felt tropical.
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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2021, 03:54:21 PM »
Creativity was squelched long ago in AH unfortunately. Great question none the less :aok
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Re: Why are all the maps spring or summer
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2021, 05:37:42 PM »
Eastern Front winter forests are the solution!

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