help making a map of the base I'm stationed at...

[PFCRichardson]

Hello all, I am new to these forums, so please don't be too hard :) I am currently stationed in Kuwait with the US army in support of OIF and OEF. I have long been a BF2 fan, and have played since the game came out, but have just recently gotten interested in mapping. A few of the guys in the office and I recently got a copy of Bryce 5.5, and got an idea to make a 3d render of our camp, and that gave me the idea to try and make a map of the camp for bf2 to play in.

Our camp is almost completely flat, except for the sand berm surrounding it. We have alot of tents, small buildings, etc. A central water tower, an airfield, and vehicle motor pools. most of the vehicles in BF2 we have here (Cobras, m1A1 tanks, humvee's etc. We also have blackhawks, bradleys, light,medium, and heavy cargo trucks, and chinooks, but those are besides the point. I was wondering how hard it would be to make a map for BF2 to play in that would closely approximate our camp? If someone would be interested in helping achieve this, I have aerial photos of our camp, and I can get pictures of buildings for textures. I am just wondering how hard this would be?

Thanks in advance. If anyone has any advice, I can be reached at evan.richardson@us.army.mil or evan@modelxposure.com....as well as here.

Thanks again

Sincerely,

PFC Richardson
2BCT 1AD Public Affairs

[Brindled]

Re: help making a map of the base I'm stationed at...

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS map. come on mappers, lets get this going.

fyi. i'm not a mapper, but an exteme supporter.

[lds4567]

Re: help making a map of the base I'm stationed at...

i have no idea how to map but i would love to see this, you could have USMC against MEC on it. good luck with it.

[tripleXTAC]

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hey if you see this check your email i sent you one about those photos and what not

[Mavrik347]

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I could put it together but I would need photos, I don't know whether your allowed to go photographing all over your base though lol. I could also use custom models of tents etc. I just put them in the level directory.

[tripleXTAC]

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To PFC Richardson and to Mavrick

I am going to have to decline your offer to make your base map. I had a serious problem with the editor that almost caused a crash on my PC. So I deleted everything related to the editor and I am not going to re-enstall it so mavrick looks like it is up to you to create this map. Post it when you finish.

[Mavrik347]

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Need, picy's then I'll see what I can do.

[Desertfox]

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Isnt that against some like law to release photos of the base for "security reasons" if im wrong which I probally am, can you please excuse me im canadian :)

[Mavrik347]

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Thats what I thought but that Amirilla video showed them walking all around the place lol.

Maybe if he gets permission.

[Jaxx]

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Ummm a little intel since you are military and So am I as well as others. Do not release any pics of the base layout you are at. That is against opsec as well as it may danger other soldiers. You will get caught and in trouble for this and if I see it I will report you.

Just do it smart if you do as in not to disclose actual troop strength or where actual placement of vehicles etc.

-SGT(P) Perkins US ARMY

[Mavrik347]

Re: help making a map of the base I'm stationed at...

Killjoy... lol, Just do a layout in MSPaint, hell what harm can tht do? It doesn't show any photos or strength at all.

[Brindled]

Re: help making a map of the base I'm stationed at...

when i said i would like to see this map i sure didnt want to see it for any other reason than the fun of it. but as jaxx stated, it is not wise to do. on the other hand, from a civilian that should have signed up, i would still love to see a real base mapped. just think about a real base with a plethora of vehicles to play around in like Fort Bragg, Eglin, or even Edwards. i know, i know, but us wannabe's are curious even though it is all tailored around war, but i like to believe it's in defence's sake.

[TheEmpire]

Re: help making a map of the base I'm stationed at...

As for the map, it would be hard to recreated exactly the bases in Kuwait. Like you said, they are mostly flat and the only structures fun for gameplay are tents, burms and other man made items. It doesnt have much to play with. Im working on one similar to my stay in Samarra.

I would also be carful with what you are doing though. Telling people you got actual photos of the base and arial photos (which can be found online) will def violate OPSEC and put you in a situation you might not like. Im not saying dont persue this task, just be carful on telling people you got photos of the installation. This could get you into some ****.