Dudes,
Day 4 and the arena map is partly complete. It has the airfields and their altitudes. The vehicle bases, (without altitudes), and HQ's are marked. I'm still compiling the locations and building the maps of the factories and cities. In the meantime getting the arena map out is my priority and the strategic targets set for later in the week.
Here's the list of maps so far.
Small field mapMedium field mapLarge field mapArena field mapVehicle base mapMy Question for the HTC crew, (coz I dunno who to ask specifically). Is it possible to get an image, (jpg, gif, bmp?), of the arena map without gridlines, fields or HQ's marked on it? The reason is that I'm trying to make a topographic map of the arena. I can create a height field of the arena based on the colours on the map with the tools I'm using, (MS Paint to edit BMP files, Paintshop Pro to create Targa files for POV-Ray and POV-Ray for generating the height fields).
The problem I struck is here,
(topotest.jpg), in that the grid lines and field locations are interpreted as chasms or mountains by POV Ray, (Height fields interpret a greyscale image and convert the brightness of a pixel to a spot height). I figured that asking you for a simple "ground only" map would make things go a bit faster. Otherwise I'll have to fly a bit less, (oh no!), and get out the MSPaint pencil and start editing pixel by pixel. I converted my
Arena field map using the same principle to make this
topoarena.jpg to help people visualise what it is I mean by height fields.
In reply to the many posts thanking me for creating these maps all I can say is that it had to be done and that your comments were very much appreciated. I understood from Glars, (of Glarsmaps fame and an ex-squaddie in Warbirds), that he was focusing on Warbirds for the meantime. I guess that left me to volunteer, (oops I violated the first thing I learned in the Army, "Never Volunteer" =).
Heater: Thanx for the pic I'll add it to the list of locations I'm building.
Fatty: The really funny part is I don't drink alchohol, (darn! Just lost another excuse for my bad flying =). You can have the beers funked is going to buy me.
Hangtime: You know I'm going to use the "Get out of bishland free" card at least once =P
CavemanJ: The Spawn points will be a later addition but since the fly button now has cardinal points on it that may not be necessary. Great suggestion though!
Anyways, I'll Spotcha in the Air,
raxx
[This message has been edited by -raxx- (edited 04-15-2000).]
