L-J-F has submitted to
our database an updated release of his Daraisolas island.
Quote L-J-F :
A small (5km x 5km) island with hedgerows, farms and forest. There's a small village and long beaches, now with extra palm trees and gigantic rocks. It was designed to be small and compact, with plenty of cover but enough space to have decent missions and stay away from repetition. The south consists of farmland and hedgerows (lots of the latter) while the north is untouched wilderness. When I first started WW2 was a huge influence as seen in the hedgerows, also inspired by Normandy and the English countryside.
It was created from scratch with the Gimp 2.6.
In this new version he has added:
- roads
- extra rocks
- some general tweaking of the forests
- the grass was also tweaked to improve performance over the previous version
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nice little island; i especially like the beaches with small "lagoons".
just one thing: there could be more houses!
looks great, i take it there aren't any aifields?
i mean airfields :P
haven't seen one yet; there is the runway marking on the map, but its not very realistic to start from there...
i really like those beaches, now we only need a nude patch for female units... :thumb
just had a quick whiz around the map. seems a cosy little island, but i reckon a few more roads and maybe a village or two and a small grass airstrip would work wonders.
reminds me of the isle of wight in England for some reason :)
What you want with an airstrip on such a tiny island? Before you are up in the air you left the island already. Pointless, really. If you need more houses you can place them in the editor.
For my taste it's just right, what is missing you can add by yourself. I prefer this rather then having not enough room for my own creativity.
Thanks for the feedback guys, I have just put in some roads like you (RAPTOR) suggested and yeah, it does look better, though I think I'll keep it light on the buildings.
I tried to put in an airfield, but couldn't figure it out, I'll probably do it for the next release if I learn how, it'll be a sandy landing though; I've scouted out a nice section of beach to the south that would accommodate light aircraft. I thought about putting a proper one in, but to do so would require cutting out the best section of farmland :{
You know.....I have downloaded a lot of islands, and I have to say that this one is already one of my favorites. There are areas where the enemy can get very close before a fight starts, and areas for long range fights. Very good the way it is, but I can't wait to see what the newer version is going to look like.
Daraisolas seems to be wonderful on screens I see.
I am eager to deploy on it.
I download it immediatly.
Thank you LJF.
Cordialy,
Monsieur.
Hi L-J-F really like the island its like a minature version of ireland keep up the good work, nice to see somebody coming from a new angle
the updated versions fantastic, really well done
Looks good. One of the houses is hanging out into space and you can crawl underneath it. Also, I would suggest that if there are roads and houses and vehicles on the island, that there has to be a dock to get all of those materials on the island and a refueling station to support the vehicles. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense. Also, maybe a general store with a small grassy parking lot. Either all that, or I would remove the roads and homes.
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