Afghan map, coming to completion with many new models...

[CAT_SHIT_ONE_MM]

hah?? ok, I didn't know that our forums were moved to raptors site.  My e-mail account was pack of junk mails and maybe that was the reason I didn't receive any news or what so

BY the ways I'm not sure if the ofp.info link has the latest upgrades and updated files in it since the file size is around 38MB and the currently full version of my map is 42MB in .rar conversion.

[BoNeCoLLeCToR]

Hey CAT_SHIT_ONE_MM I already got the map the beta it looks great some little texture bugs but saw no rivers and bridges  :-\
Hope you make some rivers and bridges
And when it is final you must use MakePBOv1.1 than you can reduce the file it is now unpacked in pbo format 68MB if you use MakePBO than it would be 20MB
But use that in the final version if you use it now in beta version everytime you make a update everyone needs to unpack it and repack it works quit slow the MakePBO and unPBO  

[Migebuff]

Cat, when will we be able to download it?

[BoNeCoLLeCToR]

You can get it at http://www.flashpoint.ru/
Use a addon manager to download it use DAP get it here http://www.speedbit.com

[Marsuitor]

Don't know if that link over at Flashpoint.ru was supposed to be there, but i downloaded and played it anyhow.
But with this I just thought i'd be one of the first few ;D to say that this REALLY is some exclusively great bleedin' stuff! Without doubt the best terrain ever!! And there's only one way to go once those minors get ironed out. Great work Cat!

[Chomps]

Yeah, this map is a dream for air support, wide open areas with enough mountains for cover, but not so many that it makes it hard for the AI or player to fly around.

Also, because of the lack of forests in Afganistan (and so in the map) I can set the view distance fairly high, so I can see full air assaults and distant troops.  It's just great.  

[sgtGunneryHighway]

GRRRR WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ?!!!!
WHEN I START OFP WITH YOUR MAP I CAN ONLY SEE A YELLOW SCREEN !!!!!
  :tomato: :gunman: :moon:

[CAT_SHIT_ONE_MM]

"GRRRR WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ?!!!!
WHEN I START OFP WITH YOUR MAP I CAN ONLY SEE A YELLOW SCREEN !!!!!"

  :oWhat do you mean by that?  I never encountered that bug.  I must conduct some investigations... ;D  But remember people....

This demo was released because I was under instense pressure and was only to sooth some of those roude people  :-\ :-\

This is hardly able to be called even a demo at the current moment.
upgrade packs are released almost everyday but it is banned from public.  It all depends on who's going to host these upgrade packs.

I gotta start working on my Afghanistan again.

Again, I recently remade the "ENTIRE" terrain so there's a lot more terrain editing as for example, elevations, texture applying, and all those other works.

[CAT_SHIT_ONE_MM]

Another thing, the catintro2 in the demo was for accident.  That wasn't suppose to be in the pack.  That was just made for only "ME" so I could have Air battle with Russian mig29 and US F-18.  Those rocks and trees in the middle of the map was intended for the first demo that was released.  So....... don't count the catintro2 as part of my demo.   That isn't so.

[The Avon Lady]

Very nice island.

Poet has already put out a demo mission. See this BIS thread.

Some notes of mine:

1. At 4x time acceleration, I can easily warp straight through every building object.

2. Similarly, when running up straight into large boulders, while I can't warp through them, I can see through them.

3. The mosque building object has some invisible boundaries outside of its external walls, so that you cannot walk right next to the wall. Also, if an enemy AI is placed within this invisible boundary area, the player can see the AI but the AI does not detect the player. Shooting at the AI in this case results in a puff of dust at the point of impact, right in front of the AI.

[PFC_Mike]

what are the mosque coordinates

[CAT_SHIT_ONE_MM]

Wow that was quick... Yeah invisible walls in the mosqe... running through the building... those are one of the many things I gotta fix

I'm going to fix the mosque for the next release.  I'll also fix the buildings which you could run through for the next upgrade pack.

[Gerald Duval]

cat, slightly off topic, but do you know when our forums are coming back up? i havnt been in touch with the rest of the team.

[The Avon Lady]

At the northern edge of the village at GB75, there is a tree with what looks like light blue water textures protruding between the upper branches.

[NoRSu]

This is hardly able to be called even a demo at the current moment.
upgrade packs are released almost everyday but it is banned from public.  It all depends on who's going to host these upgrade packs.

I gotta start working on my Afghanistan again.

Again, I recently remade the "ENTIRE" terrain so there's a lot more terrain editing as for example, elevations, texture applying, and all those other works.

I'll say this again:

Hmm I think you should give the demo version for download. What I've read from OFP.info they have the demo island, maybe you can send them an updated pbo(s) every 2 weeks or so.

The wrp-file and config.cpp/bin should have their own pbo in the demo version. So every time when we download an upgrade for this island we would only have to overwrite the wrp-pbo. No hassling with opening the catintro.pbo and replacing the old wrp etc.

And when you add new objects they should too have their own pbo, and this pbo would be upgraded along with the wrp-pbo. So the pbo-files would be:

catintro.pbo --the major addon files
catwrp.pbo --only the wrp-file and config.cpp/bin
catobjects.pbo --new objects

Of course when you modify some of the old objects then we would have to download the catintro.pbo again. But when all models & textures in catintro.pbo are done, it would be nice if the upgrades would go the way I suggested .

Great work btw