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Yeah, about time I mention my map...this is the infamous map that has been giving me many errors, but fear not, as I have fixed almost every error. The public beta release is scheduled for this week, probably Thursday or Friday. I will post screenshots when I can, but I am at school right now...

I got rid of the Gungans, they were giving me trouble. The story of whyb they aren't here is:

CW- After fighting in the Battle for Naboo, they are exhausted and still recovering. They prefer to not enter the Clone Wars.

GCW- The Gungans haven't been seen since the Battle for Naboo. Some believe that they have been wiped out. Nobody knows about them.


Anyway, here is the important information about it:

Map Name: NABOO: ENCOUNTER

Author: Majin Revan

Planet: Naboo

Eras: CW, GCW

Locals: None

Objectives:

Capture and hold Command Posts.
Beware of the enemy, they are heavily armed.

Release Date: Unknown

Beta Testers: TK-8252

Public Beta Release Date: January 13-14, 2005


Keep visiting here for more information.

- Majin Revan

Well, the public beta will take longer now, as the game randomly crashes to the desktop. There aren't any significant errors either. Maybe too many vehicles...

And, here are four screenshots before the game crashed (CW Era):









- Majin Revan

More pictures and the map did not crash this time!! Better terrain this time as well!!

Here they are (GCW Era):


















I hope you guys won't ask for more pictures...I had to convert these all from .tga to .jpg...and then upload them all to Photo Bucket...and the page is gonna be totally taken up!!

- Majin Revan

Crashing still happens when I am trying to play as an Imperial or a Republic Clonetrooper...why!?!?

- Majin Revan

Holy Vehicles batman! It looks like those are very needed as walking would most likely take hours , hehe. nice work, look like an all out battle, no where to run/hide!

Wow, what an impressive map!! Good use of vehicles and terrain from the looks of it. Looks like you're gonna need a lot of bots to totally fill out the required needs of the map for vehicles and stuff. How many bots will you be able to have at once?

Thanx. Yeah, it's pretty large. Tons of vehicles...yes.

1000 reinforcements for each side. 30 Rebel/CIS troops spawn at once and 20 Imperial/Repulbic troops spawn at once.

But, public beta will take a while, considering that the game crashes for Imperials and Republic...

- Majin Revan

Looks promising.
a few things i want to mention.
the terrain texture looks too bright. read here about how to darken it: index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=163
There is also no lowres terrain.The background fog out in solid green.. Read here about it: index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=236
I hope there will be some trees and bushes. At the moment it looks so empty.
Do you turned shadows off? I ask this because i don´t see any.
And it would be cool if there are some lakes here and there.

Rends

Yeah, terrain isn't blended yet. Also, the trees, bushes, objects, and water will be added, I prefer to work in steps and solve current problems before newer ones.

Shadows off...I dunno!! I'll look into those links, thanx!!



- Majin Revan

I copied the Naboo .sky file. The "lowres terrain" was set. I changed the other values to what Eddie put.

- Majin Revan

Things have been fixed more. There are only two AT-AT's and AT-TE's now (game crashed because of so many of them). Also, the MTT will make a debut. If I can get a working Hovernaut, it'll be in there as well!! And, when the new BF Builder comes out, every vehicle will have sound!! The newer version will allow any vehicle on a map to have sound, not just the ones on the same map.

- Majin Revan

Newer Version??!!! Where did you get that from?

" Good news, I was talking to our sound programmer and I think we found a way to give you access to the sounds you need. I'll need to do some work to get it ready and test it, and I'll probably need to build it into BFBuilder but it should work and make everyone happy. " - by Fred.

I am waiting for it too...

Yeah, Public Beta Release is today!! My map works great!!

I'll keep posting when I can about its location.

- Majin Revan

Actually, release tomorrow or day after. I'm pooped of working, and L-5-R and I are trying to figure out the LOD problem.

- Majin Revan

Dang, Public Beta Release may be delayed again, as the LOD problem should be fixed. A plateau looks like a grassy hill, until you come up close to it, and then it looks like a rocky plateau. The mountains do this too. The water has a rocky texture around it as well, but only when you're close, otherwise the area around the water looks like grass...

This happens all throughout the map, but it isn't too much of a problem. No other problems exist though!!

I am hoping to add L-5-R's modified AT-ST to my map. Maybe the Hovernaught will make an appearance as well, if it can be fixed.

- Majin Revan

Could it be you have two different texture for the different LOD distances? I don't know a whole lot about modding, but from what you're saying that sounds like the problem.

How so? Two different textures...you mean, the "far" textures? I might.

- Majin Revan

Yeah, the 'far" textures, that's what I mean.

Yeah, I only have one of them..."nab1_far_detail" or something.

- Majin Revan