Green Isle Remake (v000.1)

[ralphie]

I'm trying to recreate a map I've never played from a minimap and a screenshot, so my accuracy may be lacking

Here's an crude texturing on the height map i've come up with so far. I've changed it from the original to make it fairer for both sides, as well as change the hills from plateaus into ridges. I've also made it 16x16 (no idea the original size)





Or even the extremely incomplete map if you're bothered:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~dilloj/GI-rem.sdz

So, my question is, to any who can recall playing the original... have I done anything glaringly wrong with it?

[Saktoth]

If you wish to reproduce it FAITHFULLY.

There are no mountains on the small central islands.

The hill on the lower left island is larger and takes up most of the island. I think there is only one hill.

The top hill on the centre left island is longer, and the hill below it isnt in the origional.

I think someone said they had a version that was converted to the modern spring map format, but that it was missing a metal map (and thats all).

[kiki]

yay thanks ralphie. In general, I think hills should be bigger and maybe more like plateaus imo

[LordMatt]

I think you should make the remake faith full to the original, rather than trying to rebalance it. One other big thing is the texture of the hills, which was based on a bright white instead of the dark grey you have. you should be able to find some screenshot that shows a good example of it.

[smoth]

looks cool to me.

[DZHIBRISH]

Sure does.
no hills on the middle islands sounds better tbh.

[Noruas]

White Cleachy Rock now!

[DZHIBRISH]

THose dots on the mini map look very small.maybe its a big map?
24x24?

[AF]

At the time when the sm1 format was what we were all using there was a 16x16 size limit on the map format. This was lifted when the sm2 format was put out, and then not longer later raised to 64x64. The boundary of 64x64 however has something todo with the maxint value iirc, however there are various claims that maps larger than 64x64 are possible, and that the 64x64 limit is purely a mapconv limit, but as of yet nobody has come out of the woodwork with a 72x72 map or a 96x96 map.

For all we know it may simply be the equivilant of putting 2.6 trillion in a 16bit integer, everything after the first 16bits would be truncated, but since the only maps larger than 60x60 are sm3 maps it remains to be seen.

[DZHIBRISH]

well people hardly play 24x24 maps..
so ...plus for bigger maps if ud want to keep the speedines in ota based mods you would need a tier 0 of very fast units and light builders.

[NOiZE]

THose dots on the mini map look very small.maybe its a big map?
24x24?

it was more like 14x14 iirc

[DZHIBRISH]

Those radar blips...they were so cool..spring radar blips are not as cool.

[NOiZE]

Those radar blips...they were so cool..spring radar blips are not as cool.

those are spring radar blibs...

[DZHIBRISH]

What???than its deffinalty not a 14x14

[NOiZE]

What???than its deffinalty not a 14x14

Downloaded the sm2 version from here:

http://www.fileuniverse.com/?p=show&a=it&id=777

in the smd the start pos with the highest res:

[TEAM3]
{
StartPosX=7168;
StartPosZ=912;
}

Which suggets that the map is 8192x8192 so in mapdimensions: 16x16

I wasn't off too much

[DZHIBRISH]

But you were wrong.
Yeeeehaaa i win!!

[Neddie]

Actually, you were both wrong, and don't use Yeha's name in vain, he was quite helpful and a great contributor to Spring.

[smoth]

24X24 are great for gundam!

[Gota]

Whats Gundam?

[kiki]

Its a mod with anorexic japanese supermechs and cute little baby tanks. Smoth, you have my permission to shoot this man. (not that you need it, this is actually a suggestion)