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Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: Jose Gallegos on November 23, 2003, 04:00:44 PM
I have made a terrain of the Marianas Islands to include Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima which were attacked by Task Force 58 as part of the FORAGER operation during WWII.  There are also nine aircraft carriers in three groups and the supply groups which were the IJN First Mobile Force west of Guam that were attacked as part of the Marianas Turkey Shoot.  If anyone is interested I’ll send it to you in ZIP format to include the RES File and the Bitmap File if you want to change the default weather.
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: Dux on November 25, 2003, 09:31:59 AM
Hi Jose,
I'd love to see what you've done with it... your Pearl Harbor was really nice. :)
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: Dux on November 25, 2003, 11:21:31 AM
Thanks, Goose... I'll check it out when I get home tonight. :)

Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: brady on November 25, 2003, 12:18:17 PM
Can you send me a pick of the Clipboard map,I would like to see the base layout to determine if it is sutable for use in the CT, if so I would love to use it in a couple weeks in the CT, I could even get you some Skins for it posably from the Okinawa map.

 E mail me or post hear:)
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: Dux on November 25, 2003, 10:15:32 PM
Hey Goose, that's a very good map... very nice islands.

Let me ask you a couple of questions...

1. What do you use for elevation data? Your elevations look pretty good, so I'm guessing that you use DTEDs or something similar?

2. Do you like creating terrains?
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: kanttori on December 08, 2003, 08:35:20 PM
I am interested it, too! Can you post it to:

info@kesalesket.net

Thx!
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: kanttori on December 15, 2003, 05:44:25 AM
Brady: I checked it offline and the map looks good. it is 512 miles x 512 miles, so maybe it is too big to CT use... in the other hand it is mainly ocean and the isles in the SE and NE corners are very near each other...

Maybe we can create couple of "imagination" airfields on the little isles between Iwo Jima and Saipan? We can also use Okinawa-textures with it, if you plan to use this map in the CT.

Couple of questions Jose:

1) Are the airfields, ports, cities etc. historical?
2) Is the scale 1:1, I mean are the distanges between isles from the real life?
3) Can you send all the Terrain Editor files to me to closer look?
4) If Brady wants this to Combat Theater, do you mind if I make couple of repairs and adjustments to it?

Couple of questions Dux and Brady:

1) Your opinion of this map, is is good to CT (I mean mainly the scale)?
2) If needed, can you create the CBM to it Dux?
3) Brady, was there naval battle between US and Japanese Fleets on the west part of this map (look the historical map)?

CBM:

(http://www.kesalesket.net/kanttori/kuvia/guam.jpg)

Historical map:

(http://www.kesalesket.net/kanttori/kuvia/forager.jpg)
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: United on December 15, 2003, 09:52:18 AM
Looks like a great map, except the island sizes are a tad big.  I guess putting in the realistic 3 mile long Iwo Jima would be kind of pointless, since it is such a large map.
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: brady on December 15, 2003, 11:16:38 PM
I checked it out myself and made a list of changes that would help make it CT friendly and sent them to Joe, he mentioned he was going to work on it.
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: kanttori on December 16, 2003, 06:36:05 AM
Ok Brady. I can send Okinawa terrain textures and skins to Jose, if needed, but I discussed with him and I can do it, too! I have the Marianas TE files in my computer and I know the HTC and CT standards we need with this map.

Send me the adjustments list you want there!;)
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: brady on December 16, 2003, 11:41:28 AM
OK can you send me the clipboard map then again, so I can look it over it has been a while since I saw it and I cant remember all the things I asked for. TY BTW:)
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: kanttori on December 16, 2003, 12:20:14 PM
Brady, look up this thread, CBM is there! :D
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: EsmeNhaMaire on December 21, 2003, 03:58:56 AM
I just don't understand why you'd want to mess with reality... honestly, I truly do not.  Why not model the islands exactly the size they were? And what is the point in inventing islands that weren't there? Isn't that what CVs are for?

Honest, I'm not attacking anyone, I genuinely don't understand and am astonished at what I'm reading here. If someone cares to enlighten me... ?

Esme
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: Reschke on January 06, 2004, 10:49:51 AM
The reasoning is to make it a more CT friendly map. There could be two versions of it with one being only for SEA and the other for CT.
Title: Marianas Terrain
Post by: B17Skull12 on January 06, 2004, 06:10:41 PM
perhaps this could be a good scenario map?