FMB problem

[Lagarto]

Yes, Donbass map by Oknevas, my no. 1 wish!
By the way, none of you map-makers ever thought of creating a map spanning Peipus and Ilmen lakes? Quite a few historic airbases come to mind: Dno, Soltsy, Staraya Russa, Spasskaya-Polist... Lots of woods, few populated areas, large bodies of water - should be relatively easy to make, and it would fill in a gap in many historic campaigns. Just an idea

[CzechTexan]

yes, IceFire, that is the map. You can download it from SAS1946 or at AAS sites if you use mods. I didn't populate it too much but I wondered if it is good to use online. I don't fly online.

"Dno, Soltsy, Staraya Russa, Spasskaya-Polist"...Novgorad-Tikhvin region I considered as my next project but it's put on the shelf, maybe indefinately. I prefer actually flying rather than doing tedious map-making. Perhaps one of the talented Russian makers like oknevas will do it some day. I wouldn't mind if they re-did the Caucasus. I just want to see more "good" maps available.

It's not really my place to tell TD what maps to include in future patches. It's their choice to pick what they want. All we can do is suggest. Maybe if more people requested new maps then the wish might come true.

The new A/I must have been a tremendous task to accomplish. I applaud TD for the effort! New maps may be just as big a task to tackle. They have to meet certain regulations and standards, I'm sure, and need tweeking and adjusting for Standard IL2.

[_1SMV_Gitano]

Originally Posted by CzechTexan

[...]It's not really my place to tell TD what maps to include in future patches. It's their choice to pick what they want. All we can do is suggest. Maybe if more people requested new maps then the wish might come true.

The new A/I must have been a tremendous task to accomplish. I applaud TD for the effort! New maps may be just as big a task to tackle. They have to meet certain regulations and standards, I'm sure, and need tweeking and adjusting for Standard IL2.

DT would be happy to include new maps but, as you said, they have to follow some specifications. In many cases modded maps would need an extensive rework which is indeed very time consuming and our manpower is limited. Moreover we have already some map projects in the pipeline so best thing would be that the authors themselves perform the rework of their creations.

[Sita]

Oknevas

http://dispersalfield.ru/main/index....ic,297.90.html

[Lagarto]

The historic details in the attached pics are truly amazing.
By the way, Kalinin proved 'a base too far' for JG 52, elements of which were stationed there during operation Typhoon. The airbase was so close to the frontline that one day it came under Soviet artillery fire and JG 52 had to beat a hasty retreat. Unfortunately this area is completely missed out on the stock map.
Another detail caught my attention - in one of the pics in the linked thread the smoke rising from the crash site looks very realistic. Could we possibly have this feature in one of future patches?

[CzechTexan]

Originally Posted by _1SMV_Gitano

DT would be happy to include new maps but, as you said, they have to follow some specifications. In many cases modded maps would need an extensive rework which is indeed very time consuming and our manpower is limited. Moreover we have already some map projects in the pipeline so best thing would be that the authors themselves perform the rework of their creations.

Thanks for addressing the issue with maps. It's good to know there are map projects for future patches. (hope those Russian maps mentioned above are included)