Somalia Theatre ?
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Edit: Dee-Jay’s shots were also Djibouti.
OK, enough spam today, will try to get you straight Somalia water shots tomorrow. But at least I was close. -
it´s getting there - looks good so far - guess - Nikos will make the " Nav Charts " :rolleyes:
Hey my good friend Reinhard,
this supposed to be our secret :(.
Damn, now i must kill you. Sh@t, it isn’t nice to kill a great friend of yours:rofl:
See you mate.
Your friend Nikos. -
Gents, today I spend quite a time reseaching for Somalia coast, satellite (Google) and extensive photo search.
Again I found that using google or other satellite only imagery is a very basic and rather poor baseline for building a theatre.
The tiles may be correct, but the colours are never correct, since a lot gets lost by watching it from space view, the environmental conditions.Exception: Nowadays it is indeed possible, seen on Oahu only so far, to go one step closer in Google satellite views, means you zoom e.g. into Honolulu, then, just before street view, a 2nd very close and “in the scenery” zoom option comes into play and you literally travel through the city in a slant view tourist zoom. Check it out, THAT rocks.
If I had a say given the average (which is not possible it seems) beach, choice would be turquoise to mild blue, not too dark, definately not BMS.
Again, Ted or anyone, if I can help, please guide me, otehrwise good luck.“With a coast length of (3,980 sq mi) of Indian Ocean and the Red sea, Somalia has the longest coast in Africa, but un fortunatly most of this beutiful beachs are not being used for our advantage, with its reachness of sandy beachs, clear water, amazing reefs, and tropical islands Somalia could be discribed as the Barbados or Bahamas of Africa.
here are some of the pictures I wanted to share with you.”Folder:
http://www.mediafire.com/?14dxs3zp1znmejb
Video of one beach, really every beach looks a tad different, it seems, also depending on daylight, weather, camera.
Another quote I found somewhere in a forum dealing with Somalia (consensus usually: Beautiful, perfect travelling destination, dangerous at the time being).
"Have you ever seen Gar’ad? Eyl? Marka? Banadir? Bajuuni Islands? No? If you had, you wouldn’t think Berbera beach was the “best beach in the Somali Peninsula.”
Check them out, great shots among them. :-?
PS: The top would be repainted objects and a polulated Mogadishu. Falcon’s worst downside are unspecific houses and lack of forest-as far as “Visually seen” is meant.;)
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Hi Nikos,
with friends like YOU, I sure don´t need ENEMYS
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Just quickly…
Firstly…Thanks for Polak. Agreed to use and modify his tiles. An example here, the roads have been built into the Somalia:@crazyTom:
Matched color of the water is not problem. We can always change the color. Rivers are like this:Nikos, we will be in touch on PW.
Cheers,
EGHI……
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I changed the file, little more in now,
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Argh. Whatever happens the last day, I blame the sun.
Here is the complete folder.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zhaf6umhx53xg26
Tom
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Just quickly…
Firstly…Thanks for Polak. Agreed to use and modify his tiles. An example here, the roads have been built into the Somalia:@crazyTom:
Matched color of the water is not problem. We can always change the color. Rivers are like this:Nikos, we will be in touch on PW.
Cheers,
EGHI……
I also want to thanks Ted “Polak” for his support and his permission to can used his nice tiles!
My friend Arek great work out there. Bravo:
I have ready all the infos for somalian airports, so when you find some time “pm” me ;).
Also if you can (until then) just send me the borders of the map (terrain) in order to prepare the infos for airports of other countries. Thank you mate.
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Hello gentlemen,
I was very busy in real life and little did. Somalia is a boring area… AISB. Most of the terrain is desert and Cate has generated a lot of segments with no features(roads, rivers, cities etc…), just sand. I try not to overdo it with variations and desert covers only 6 tiles + transitions. However, there is bad effect, when the fly height, showing the grid.
I did an experiment:
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I think it’s easy to see the difference. The screen 1 is the texture of 1024x1024 resolution. So a lot of detail seen even from a high flight. You can also see the grid.
On screen 2 added a blurring effect, but only for mipmaps. This helps reduce the unsightly effects. Flying low, we can still see a lot of detail.
I hope, I explained clearly my idea.BTW… work of a few weeks ago:
@neystratiou,
Thank you for your e mail and I’m sorry I did not wrote back. Analyze it and try to write back as soon possible. But I think the first is to create PAK files, then you can start your work.Finally … to those who received land (alpha). You can delete it, I generated a new terrain. The size and the coordinates are the same as before. Only changed appearance, Cate received a script for the Somalia. Soon I will send you a new terrain.
Cheers,
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BTW… work of a few weeks ago:
@neystratiou,
Thank you for your e mail and I’m sorry I did not wrote back. Analyze it and try to write back as soon possible. But I think the first is to create PAK files, then you can start your work.Finally … to those who received land (alpha). You can delete it, I generated a new terrain. The size and the coordinates are the same as before. Only changed appearance, Cate received a script for the Somalia. Soon I will send you a new terrain.
Cheers,
EghiHi my friend Arek.
Nice work by you, Bravo!
Just keep it high as already do ;).
Now take your time to make it very good, no problem by me as also to not reply back to my e-mail. I can understand that your work is need a lot of time as almost all of the Falcon projects.
When you are ready, send the new files and also check that it will work the te_new.tac.
Then we will organize the airports that will be placed.
See you my friend.
Nikos. -
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Cate received a script for the Somalia
EGHI,
Are you using bmp method for CATE? I would really love to expand my knowledge about CATE, would you be willing share the scripts and/or bmp for Somalia for the purpose of learning? -
Hey Guys im sorry i was unable to get any access to internet due to holidays…
I must say im really amazed at the level of discussions and really good work that has been done. As a Somali i’m really impressed at the level of detail you guys have
I have seen the tiles and i must say not the entire country is desert the southern part is fully green and has lush green environment. It is usually the North which is desert and rocky…similar to Nevada desert so you guys
can use Red Flag tiles perhaps…The most realistic campaign would be Kenya/Ethiopia/South Yemen/Cuban/Soviet Vs Somalia and NATO
Ethiopians were the bulk of the force with the manpower and tanks…South yemen brought soldiers only…Cubans brought Helicopters and armor and Soviets were involved with Helicopters and Armor and artillery also advisory role. Ogaden War 1977-1978…Also 1982 Ethiopian/Somali war was brief but bloody at the border… You guys can add Kenya too in the 1977 war on the side Ethiopia. The Kenyans had only armor at Moyale city.The Somalia campaign logo has photoshoped MIG19 so why not use MIG21MF which was realistically used by Somali Air Force…any questions or other stuff please come forward…
FINALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS WORK THAT HAS TO BE SAID ALSO AYE
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Hey Guys im sorry i was unable to get any access to internet due to holidays…
I must say im really amazed at the level of discussions and really good work that has been done. As a Somali i’m really impressed at the level of detail you guys have
I have seen the tiles and i must say not the entire country is desert the southern part is fully green and has lush green environment. It is usually the North which is desert and rocky…similar to Nevada desert so you guys
can use Red Flag tiles perhaps…The most realistic campaign would be Kenya/Ethiopia/South Yemen/Cuban/Soviet Vs Somalia and NATO
Ethiopians were the bulk of the force with the manpower and tanks…South yemen brought soldiers only…Cubans brought Helicopters and armor and Soviets were involved with Helicopters and Armor and artillery also advisory role. Ogaden War 1977-1978…Also 1982 Ethiopian/Somali war was brief but bloody at the border… You guys can add Kenya too in the 1977 war on the side Ethiopia. The Kenyans had only armor at Moyale city.The Somalia campaign logo has photoshoped MIG19 so why not use MIG21MF which was realistically used by Somali Air Force…any questions or other stuff please come forward…
FINALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS WORK THAT HAS TO BE SAID ALSO AYE
Hi my friend.
Thank you for your kindly words.
If you have any good photos with aircraft/helos/tanks e.t.c. from the involved countries as also infos for used aiports as airbases and with which type of aircraft, please just send them to me. My e-mail is: [email protected]
A lot of good guys are trying to give life to this nice theater, so we must support them with any means ;).
See you mate.
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Hi my friend.
Thank you for your kindly words.
If you have any good photos with aircraft/helos/tanks e.t.c. from the involved countries as also infos for used aiports as airbases and with which type of aircraft, please just send them to me. My e-mail is: [email protected]
A lot of good guys are trying to give life to this nice theater, so we must support them with any means ;).
See you mate.
Nikos.Thanks I have send you the entire information check your mail…I hope it works i added all the information Thanks for the kinds words. The file includes all the airports in use in each theather and the weaponry
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Thanks I have send you the entire information check your mail…I hope it works i added all the information Thanks for the kinds words. The file includes all the airports in use in each theather and the weaponry
and what kind of engagements were foughtCopy that my friend, i got your files. Thank you very much for your support ;)!
I will study them and also send them to other guys that work in Somalia theater.
If you find anything else that may help us, feel free to send it also. Thanks.
See you soon mate.
With regards,
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This is not official video ;)…lol
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Nice!
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Well done my friend Arek, Bravo!
Very nice until now mate, keep it there.
When comes the time to place the airports “pm” me to organize them.
See you.
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Always very interesting to see your new stuff EGHI.
BTW, perhaps you missed my previous post :
What mode are you using or CATE (bmp or standard)? I would really love to expand my knowledge about CATE. Would you be willing share the scripts and/or bmp for Somalia for the purpose of learning?