@Nathangun do you remember that big campaign run by a bunch of guys using CMAK? That was good fun.
A new modern campaign?
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Wasn't it, pity it never got finished, or did it? It was set in Tunisia I think.
I ran a long running CMAK campaign many years back ... in 2008
Good old hex and counter and the divisional battles all played out with QB points and auto-generated maps (one of the good points of early CMx1) as far as I remember.
Each player commanded a division. (quite challenging for the guys commanding Italians
)The small counters were extra arty and AT assets and 88's as well..
Was a lot of fun at the time -- ran out of steam in the end but did make it through 13 campaign turns.
The master map was built in Adobe Illustrator --- went all the way from Tunisia to Alexandria (don't have any of the original map files anymore)
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I remember that, good times.
60 out of 64 zone features complete!
Castle
Workshop Depot
Civic Centre
Chateau
The filler terrain between zones has begun as well, particularly on the outer edges.
Castle
Workshop Depot
Civic Centre
Chateau
The filler terrain between zones has begun as well, particularly on the outer edges.
That castle is gonna be fun fun fun to try and take... (or defend) ...
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ChuckDyke
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Very nice the way you innovated.
Had a practice run at doing a demo/promo clip.
To my surprise, Fraps and Movie Maker still work just fine as basic tools.
To my surprise, Fraps and Movie Maker still work just fine as basic tools.
Another super busy week. Only had time for one zone feature. 3 to go.
Distribution Centre
Distribution Centre
Wish we could park some civilian trucks and vehicles all over the place -- that would be cool.
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Bartimeus
Guest
great work!
There are the forklift trucks.
As this huge urban map gets more and more populated, I'm getting crashes to desktop, particularly when loading the 3D preview.
My old computer rig has been a bit wobbly lately, although it hasn't been too unstable.
It was glitchy enough that I have invested in a new computer rig (I've got it, but haven't set it up yet because of ongoing home renovations).
So, it may be my computer playing up. But I'm also wondering about the game engine.
Surely if the designers allow you to create a 4km x 4km map size, it ought to be able to handle it, even with a fairly complex urban layout?
I have made a backup save of the map and a week ago I backed up my hard drive.
I might do a new backup onto my portable SSD to be safe and I may have to set up my new rig ahead of when I was planning to.
Does anyone have any insights into how the Combat Mission game engine goes with huge, complex maps?
I hope it will allow me to complete the project without increasingly frequent crashes! It's challenging enough as it is, without that added problem.
My old computer rig has been a bit wobbly lately, although it hasn't been too unstable.
It was glitchy enough that I have invested in a new computer rig (I've got it, but haven't set it up yet because of ongoing home renovations).
So, it may be my computer playing up. But I'm also wondering about the game engine.
Surely if the designers allow you to create a 4km x 4km map size, it ought to be able to handle it, even with a fairly complex urban layout?
I have made a backup save of the map and a week ago I backed up my hard drive.
I might do a new backup onto my portable SSD to be safe and I may have to set up my new rig ahead of when I was planning to.
Does anyone have any insights into how the Combat Mission game engine goes with huge, complex maps?
I hope it will allow me to complete the project without increasingly frequent crashes! It's challenging enough as it is, without that added problem.
Couldn't tell on how to get the most out of your engine, perhaps @Paleolithic Monk post on NVidia settings might help.
The graphics card in my new rig is a Radeon RX 6900, so no more Nvidia for me.
I will look at boosting the graphics after the map is done.
Right now I'm just looking for reassurance that the Combat Mission game engine is up to the task at hand.
Hopefully someone has experience with (or read about) creating huge maps. It's got me concerned my efforts working on this beast will be for naught.
I will look at boosting the graphics after the map is done.
Right now I'm just looking for reassurance that the Combat Mission game engine is up to the task at hand.
Hopefully someone has experience with (or read about) creating huge maps. It's got me concerned my efforts working on this beast will be for naught.
@Concord, I know with @Ithikial's WWII Lions of Carpiquet some players have had crashes on some of the larger maps, this is during gameplay with heavy artillery and on occasion trying to play real-time. I've had no issues so I'm guessing it's rig related. You could take a duplicate of the map then cut each in half so map A is north, map B is south, and work on them separately. You're going to cut up the map for gameplay anyway.
Okay, thanks for letting me know. Good to know others experience it too.
Maybe there will be less crashes with my new computer.
Great idea about splitting it. I kind of wanted to supply it to the community in one piece, but that's a solid backup plan, thanks.
Maybe there will be less crashes with my new computer.
Great idea about splitting it. I kind of wanted to supply it to the community in one piece, but that's a solid backup plan, thanks.
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ChuckDyke
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Just a suggestion: Create a Huge Map in the 'Editor'. Icons and Buildings become symbolic. Standard Church for a Rural Town. Example Battalion HQ is the symbol for a Battalion. Armored Company HQ for an Armored Company. On my map, 1km becomes 10km or even 100 km. We get maneuver warfare that way. Once there is a contact, we use our map as references to make smaller maps the usual way.