Longest Day: Omaha Beach Day 1 Released!

Cpl. Reynolds · 02-28-2004, 01:00 PM

Some of you folks here remember when I first released this map over a year ago. Now, after a month of redevelopment time, it's back and 10 times better then ever!!!!

After some last minute reflection, I decided to put aside my difficulties with lightmapping my custom static objects and have gone ahead and released LD: Omaha Day 1. The map is an update of the first map I released over a year ago and shows how vastly the tools we have to map with have increased, as well as our own knowledge about making a map more playable. Any change to the lightmap situation will be fixed via a small update, along with any possible bug fixes that might be discovered.

LD: Omaha Day 1 sports accurate terrain from the western end of Omaha beach, sight of the June 6th, 1944, D-Day landings and the allied invasion of Europe. The map contains coastal artillery as well as pak40's for the German defense, countered by two allied destroyers and twin Sherman tanks delivered to the beach via LCT (a custom static model... the map will be modded for the BG42 Mod and will be fully functional as a vehicle at that point, so keep your eyes out for that). Full 'bot support has been implemented, and they do a pretty decent job of fighting it out, actually. No two battles I've played yet have gone the same way with the 'bots.

Get it while it's hot!!!

http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday

Screenshots:

http://www.planetbattlefield.com/Lon...ha/Omaha.shtml

Cpl. Reynolds · 02-28-2004, 01:07 PM

A quick screenshot of the landing zone to whet your appetites and show folks how this map has changed (for the better... and by the way, it's about 1/4 the size it originally was now, all the inland stuff is gone and will be included in a future map called LD: Omaha Day 2):

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MrMan · 02-28-2004, 09:48 PM

Reynold all i have to say is WOW. Verry good job bud!! Keep up the great work!

yetix · 02-28-2004, 10:17 PM

awesome Reynolds, need to get this in rotation.

SS [FIN] · 02-28-2004, 10:41 PM

Nice! I missed this map last time, but wont miss out this time, definately going to get this one.

Cpl. Reynolds · 03-01-2004, 03:28 AM

Thanks guys, glad you like it. I'm getting a small bug fix ready for it, so look for an announcement on that in a few days (the custom defgun bunkers are lagging weaker systems badly so they're getting fixed, plus some other very minor things).

Sarge · 03-03-2004, 12:44 AM

Good update Reynolds.

maverick514 · 03-03-2004, 02:11 AM

1/4 the size. 100x the mayhem. Cant wait to get this up.

02-28-2004, 01:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cpl. Reynolds First Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hiding in a foxhole, protecting my hiney. Posts: 1,923	Longest Day: Omaha Beach Day 1 Released! Some of you folks here remember when I first released this map over a year ago. Now, after a month of redevelopment time, it's back and 10 times better then ever!!!! After some last minute reflection, I decided to put aside my difficulties with lightmapping my custom static objects and have gone ahead and released LD: Omaha Day 1. The map is an update of the first map I released over a year ago and shows how vastly the tools we have to map with have increased, as well as our own knowledge about making a map more playable. Any change to the lightmap situation will be fixed via a small update, along with any possible bug fixes that might be discovered. LD: Omaha Day 1 sports accurate terrain from the western end of Omaha beach, sight of the June 6th, 1944, D-Day landings and the allied invasion of Europe. The map contains coastal artillery as well as pak40's for the German defense, countered by two allied destroyers and twin Sherman tanks delivered to the beach via LCT (a custom static model... the map will be modded for the BG42 Mod and will be fully functional as a vehicle at that point, so keep your eyes out for that). Full 'bot support has been implemented, and they do a pretty decent job of fighting it out, actually. No two battles I've played yet have gone the same way with the 'bots. Get it while it's hot!!! http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday Screenshots: http://www.planetbattlefield.com/Lon...ha/Omaha.shtml __________________ http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday

02-28-2004, 01:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cpl. Reynolds First Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hiding in a foxhole, protecting my hiney. Posts: 1,923	A quick screenshot of the landing zone to whet your appetites and show folks how this map has changed (for the better... and by the way, it's about 1/4 the size it originally was now, all the inland stuff is gone and will be included in a future map called LD: Omaha Day 2): [/img] __________________ http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday

02-28-2004, 09:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
MrMan Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,074	Reynold all i have to say is WOW. Verry good job bud!! Keep up the great work! __________________ www.raraavises.net

02-28-2004, 10:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	awesome Reynolds, need to get this in rotation. __________________

03-01-2004, 03:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cpl. Reynolds First Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hiding in a foxhole, protecting my hiney. Posts: 1,923	Thanks guys, glad you like it. I'm getting a small bug fix ready for it, so look for an announcement on that in a few days (the custom defgun bunkers are lagging weaker systems badly so they're getting fixed, plus some other very minor things). __________________ http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday

02-28-2004, 10:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
SS [FIN] First Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 1,666	Nice! I missed this map last time, but wont miss out this time, definately going to get this one.

03-03-2004, 12:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
Sarge Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Back in GA, US fooking A Posts: 1,204	Good update Reynolds.

03-03-2004, 02:11 AM	#8 (permalink)
maverick514 Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: People's Republic of MA Posts: 6,061	1/4 the size. 100x the mayhem. Cant wait to get this up. __________________