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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: 7thcav<br/>
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Me thinks you have the re-inventing the wheel thing a bit backwards. Panzer Command is older then CMx2 with Winter storm being released in 2006 so if anything CMx2 deviated from Panzer Command.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Mmmh, okay. Good ...

<t> Finally played the demo.<br/>
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One thing that I have to mention is that the graphics look much better than the screenshots suggest, most of all because of the insane frame rate on my system. Of course the objects are comparatively simple, but I do not mind that at all.<br/>
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What I ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: xe5<br/>
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btw - you wouldnt still have copies of those excellent quasi-3D overview maps you did for CC4&5?
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Short answer: No.<br/>
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Although I am unable to figure out why. I do have the source code of the program that ...

<t> When I played the original CC4 grand campaign to death I was only wishing for one improvement:<br/>
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That the AI remembered my deployment scheme between battles! Often, after I "optimized" my setup for a particular map (MGs, AT guns) as the US, the Germans just got slaughtered over and ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: thewood1<br/>
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I would settle for waht was in CM1. That was pretty good.<br/>
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The excuse in CMSF was that it was too secret for them to show.<br/>
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In CMBN it's that we wouldn't understand it.<br/>
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Not sure which it is,
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HintJ,

Fantastic!!

You are really making great progress!

And the beauty of the CC maps speaks for herself!

Best regards,
Thomm

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HintJ<br/>
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I think you know more about this kind of thing than I do, Thomm, and it was Terragen that did all the work.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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No, you pawned me(*), plain and simple. <br/>
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Best regards,<br/>
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(*) This is ...

ORIGINAL: HintJ

I combined the height map and terrain texture in a free program called Terragen.

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Best regards,
Thomm

Be sure to mention that any bitmap can be used as a Mega Texture, not just the ones generated by map maker.

Best regards,
Thomm

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HintJ<br/>
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I think I found the text files in the map folder. Also are .bgm .los .mmm and a few others for each map. Just wondering, are any of these files the actual map graphic that can be easily converted into a .png?
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<r> Compare the CC4 renderings:<br/>
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<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Thomm/Clerf.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Thomm/Clerf.jpg">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Thomm/Clerf.jpg</URL><e>[/img]</e></IMG><br/>
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Best regards,<br ...

<r> By the way, below you can find the overview maps I did for CC5: <br/>
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<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Thomm/CC5Data.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Thomm/CC5Data.jpg"><LINK_TEXT text="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/ ... C5Data ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: junk2drive<br/>
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Thomm, where the heck is your post with the link to your 3D terrain? Did I dream it?
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It is still on page one.<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: junk2drive<br/>
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I'll point out something about the CC map. To give the illusion of 3D, the designer made the hills/ridges light colour on one side and darker on the other to make it seem like the sun is shining on the light side and shadowed on the other ...

Rick,

Thank you very much, this is most interesting!

I think I am beginning to grasp what is possible here.

Best regards,
Thomm

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<IMG src="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/28652/481A87BC43744534B5DEC5775371BF8D.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/28652/481A87BC43744534B5DEC5775371BF8D.jpg"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hint<br/>
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JExcellent! Could it create one of those grey-scale looking things, and would you be willing to post/share the code?
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In principle, yes.<br/>
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I did not touch these things for some years now. I am pretty ...

<t> So, I re-read the editor threads, or at least some of them.<br/>
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Conclusion:<br/>
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The terrain bitmap that makes CC so pretty is of little use, because it cannot be displayed directly in PC:O.<br/>
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BUT:<br/>
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Both the terrain elevation data and the terrain tile type ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: thewood1<br/>
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Yeah, but I assume they both get paid. The way businesses work is if someone is doing something you don't need. get rid of him and hire soemone to do something useful. Steve stated several times the individual soldier animations were the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>1:1 does one major thing wrong for CM. It forces BFC to spend huge amounts of time and effort on animation. Time better spent fixing the horrwndous QB system in CMSF.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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But the guy doing the animations is certainly not the guy who is making the ...