Originally Posted by Rudd_medicman

1) the highdetail textures are more complex afaik, but the lowdetailtextures.dds are basically plug and play, I suck with PS, so if you want to have a play about and send me the .dds I'll apply it (easy) and have a go!

Is it possible to send me the texture itself (or where I would find it within PR's files) so that I can start up the 'Shop. I'm not sure what the highdetail/lowdetail mumbojumbo you said means to me... low detail as in the textures seen when farther away (like the textures seen from higher up?)

Is it possible that the editor is aggravating the problem and is actually only applying the high detail texture even when that high up, or do you know if it is using the low detail in the editor.

Good to hear what you're working on for the terrain, hope it all turns out how you want it to.

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Brits
5 tanks, 2 APCs, 1 Scimi, 2 stormers, 2 log trucks, 2 lynxes, 1 merlin, 2/3 air somethings (choppers or jets, dunno which yet)

MEC
4 Tanks, 2 BMPs, 2 BTRs, 2 BRDMs, 2 Gaskins, 2 Skycows, 2/3 Air Somethings.

Might I suggest:

Brits
5 Challengers, 2 Warriors

MEC
3 tanks, 2 BMPs, 2 BTRs

This way, the sides will be balanced (number wise, at least) on the armor.


Or, give one side a less capable armor but a bigger air advantage. (British has 3 tanks instead of 5, with the above setup, but have a bomber, whereas the MEC do not have a bomber at all and only have fighter jets trying to gain air superiority.

32 - I'm gonna just leave that open for now because 1) the version I made with choppers is bugged :P, 2) want to just leave it open for original ideas.

I don't know if it's possible, but a thought I've always had is severely staggering asset spawns between the teams. Say, both teams start off with infantry assets, and perhaps other minor land vehicles and/or air transports (Ala Kashan 16). The MEC team also receives armor/air assets (Kashan 32, only one attack heli). After XX minutes of the Havok's spawning, the British team gains either armor support or an Apache (not both), as well as a small set of AAVs (1 or 2?).

After XX minutes, the MEC will receive a small set of AAVs. In XX minutes, the MEC gains a fighter jet (or a bomber, or a fighter and bomber). In XX minutes, the British team gets another set of AAVs, and a jet (if MEC has bomber, British gets a fighter; if MEC has both fighter and bomber British gets the same or 2 fighters, etc etc)

This goes on until the climax of your choosing; these 'heavy' assets do not respawn; instead, they only spawn once and the team must be careful to use these assets with extreme caution; if they do good, they could keep that advantage the entire round (armor could respawn, but perhaps high respawn timers might be in order).



This setup would encourage strategy and gameplay changes throughout the round to account for the other team's advantage. For instance, the MEC will want to push hard in the beginning, to gain a territorial advantage with their assets, while the British will want to dig in to what territory they can keep, and try to use their infantry kits to stave off the attacks (HAT, LAT, AA). After that, the British will either have to fight a ground war (with their armor assets) against the MEC, being careful to keep an AAV or set of them in high-priority areas to try to level the MEC's advantage, or will have to fight for air superiority (with their Apache vs the Havok) and push forward on the ground by the apache working to take out enemy armor in the infantry force's way.

If they play it right, the MEC can keep a good advantage the entire round, whereas the British will have to work a little harder to level the playing field (since they are the attacking force, they will be 'behind schedule' on receiving assets,) but if they work with both the infantry kits on the ground and the assets they gain, they can take the advantage from the MEC, and keep it for themselves.

Of course, none of this is a step-by-step process, and you could choose when and what each time gets.