Fallon-Nevada Theater discussion
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+1 here, I’d be glad to test this theatre and its campaign.
Please count me in.
Best regards and take care.
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Imagine having Brian and Pat along and doing a nostalgic run there lol.
Those sure were fun times…:(
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My bro was stationed at Nellis. Stood on the flight line during red flag. Remember Nellis in Janes USAF and ALWAYS wanted a Nevada theater for Falcon4. BTW. BMS 4+ rocks. I’m a falcon pilot again!
I’d also be interested in contributing in anyway.
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Mike , PM inbound with the link to the alpha of the theater.
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Can’t wait to test this also. please consider me in
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Forgive my ignorance, I’m not really familiar with how you guys make these things. Having just skimmed through the last page or two, it seems the issue of concern is that the AO is so confined that the map edges are visible from altitude. Correct? If so, and again this is a question from a lay person, why not just make a normal size theater where it would encompass many of the great training grounds the region has to offer? So rather than the two Nevada ranges, you could have places like Edwards, Ft. Irwin, Lemoore, El Centro, Mountain Home, Hill, etc. The Geo data and nav data for the US is pretty good and there’s a lot of it. So of course aside from time and motivation, what would prevent you guys from expanding the project into something like this?
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So of course aside from time and motivation, what would prevent you guys from expanding the project into something like this?
….other than those two you mention, RL priorities and few other no less important and holding reasons. None less thank you for interest and suggestion.
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TBH Nevada would be the one theatre I always wanted in Falcon, ask Araporn.
I asked him, he said he didn’t know you and he had no idea what you are talking about. Where to now?
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I asked him, he said he didn’t know you and he had no idea what you are talking about. Where to now?
Well just confirms the man is a meatball after all…;) Anyway, who cares about a former FF team guy who rarely ever replies to anything.
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Malc: Just kidding.
PS: No Gorn, I still like you…:mrgreen: -
Give me an idea of how big we may want this……and solidify the Center Coords.
Then i will give you free to DL’d 16Seg, 32Seg, 64Seg, 128Seg, 256Seg …Hell maybe even an 8Seg if we want to do “BlackOps”…LOL! -
Theater is NOT a problem. In fact all sizes of Nevada theather 16, 32 , 64 are plus/minus done. It is some special features in TE and BMS Editor we are kind of hoping for and waiting for.
This is not to say however, that if someone wants to do it - go ahead! -
Everyone gets beers on me if this theater gets done. CONUS and I can do a gear up landing on the strip!!!
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Ok, I got Ted’s 16 segment theater installed and working and he is absolutely correct. As soon as you take off from Fallon you’re looking right off the edge of the map. Again, I was considering 16 segments from a gameplay perspective, not a “what it looks like outside” perspective. As it stands, 16 segments really won’t work from a visual- suspension of disbelief- aspect.
After consideration, I’d say make the terrain 32 or 64 segments. 64 is probably easiest. I don’t know if 32 will be big enough to capture the entire draw distance at altitude.
Still, 16 segments is the right size for gameplay and number of objectives, linking, etc. It just looks like shit once you see the end of the earth out of the canopy.
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Having said all that, I’m kind of in a mood to be creative. I might screw around with Ted’s theater a bit today and see what the gameplay feels like anyway. Maybe I’ll just crank the weather down a bit…kinda an October Fulda Gap scenario…
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As it stands, 16 segments really won’t work from a visual- suspension of disbelief- aspect.
Glad we agree! Again, ATM Nevada will have to be pushed back until some new techiques are available. At the same time I also think that new availability of new planes would help this project quite well. It is not going to happen in 2-3 weeks so let us be patient - meanwhile, there are some other projects in the pipeline.
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Any news…?? Any progress?
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by Mover
I really wish Nevada could be finished…although first we have to dispute Snakeman’s dubious claim to it.How valid is this claim, or dubious is it? This is tread related to Nevada and we could continue this discussion here.
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Well therein lies some old Falcon drama. And I dont recall off hand.
http://tactical.nekromantix.com/wiki/doku.php/forum/viewforum.php?f=18
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I would guess, having not bought the payware version of this theater, that there is a significant amount of material contributed by others over the years in the payware theater. So, I don’t see how one person is in the right saying that others cannot use “his” work while at the same time that person may be using, and profiting from, other people’s work.
I’ve always thought the whole claim was bullshit. But, I also understand the reluctance of a website wanting to host that material (or links to that material) that could cause trouble with their website provider.
We have come so much farther than we were back in the PMC days that we’re in many ways better off. We’re seeing much better products now than were ever hosted over there. I think that’s because we as a community were forced to stop taking shortcuts and do the hard work ourselves. But, it has slowed development. At this point I’d be pretty happy with a working copy of the old Europe or Nevada theaters because nobody seems to want to make them.