Desert Conflict Mod Update - Steelcam's Journal

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The Desert Conflict mod website has yet again posted another modder's journal. This time around, we get to see some screenshots of Gazala, a map Steelcam has worked on. Check it out:

Well, as it seems the train of updates is heading full steam ahead I think its time to show you what I'm working on.

As you may know all the mappers work together on the maps.
When I joined the DCon team, Clooney gave me Gazala as my first job for the team. Clooney did the terrain and it was my job to make sure it become that old Gazala we all know from Desert Combat. So, I started adding all the statics like the houses, sandbags, trees, repair pads, etc.I found out that you cant just place it there like it was on the original. Maps in BF2 are larger then in 1942, so i had to scale the places of every building, fence and stuff like that so it would look like the original. I can't remember how many times i switched from ingame to the editor and back. After every section I did would save the map, go ingame and see if everything was in the right place.

<a href="http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=http://images.totalbf2.com/news/gazala1.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalbf2.com/news/thumb_gazala1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=http://images.totalbf2.com/news/gazala4.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalbf2.com/news/thumb_gazala4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=http://images.totalbf2.com/news/gazala5.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalbf2.com/news/thumb_gazala5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=http://images.totalbf2.com/news/gazala7.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalbf2.com/news/thumb_gazala7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=http://images.totalbf2.com/news/gazala8.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalbf2.com/news/thumb_gazala8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=http://images.totalbf2.com/news/gazala6.jpg"><img src="http://images.totalbf2.com/news/thumb_gazala6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>

To read the full update and see all of the screenshots, please click here.

[HaVOCK-ElEEt]

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OMG!!!!

Its Gazala!!! I want to play right now, that looks friggin sick!!!!!! :rock:

[CATIA]

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Very nice, Can't wait to play it.

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE JOURNAL BEFORE POSTING YOUR COMMENTS.

[hemimotorz]

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Now I'm getting impressed.

[Sir. Blackhawk 5]

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Awesome! good to see progress going up!

[RAVENMkXV]

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OMG! ahhhh i think i am legally insane. those screens are AMAZING can't wait DCon to come out. bringin back the old school (Gazala for those who have never played BF1942)

[NoFear|Evan]

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Now thats impressive, the only thing i would comment on is the ramp that the mobile AA is on in one of the screens looks a bit out of place, like in cartoons where they have the moving part of a cell painted in a lighter shade, it stands out too much for me.


But other than that pedantic comment very good work. Looking forward to this mod.

[Desertfox]

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3 updates, 3 days. I think were close to a release :)

[fotrsaken]

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im reminded of the greatest bf game the first battlefield,1942

[Doorstop[DCON]]

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3 updates, 3 days. I think were close to a release :)

Dont get ahead of yourself there kiddo.. LOL

[troybob]

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im reminded of the greatest bf game the first battlefield,1942

it remind me more of desert combat. not sure why though.

[{RR}SinisterCaesarSalad]

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3 updates, 3 days. I think were close to a release :)

Actually, that's 4 in 4. Hehe. But like Doorstop said.

[Dre]

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I have the highest hopes for this mod and everything has impressed me, but I don't see a need to match, detail-for-detail, old maps. The fact that there are two factories, with working smoke stacks, with airfields, and yet no paved roads seems goofy to me.

[*FMJ*Power]

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ohh my god, gazala, im having flashbacksss..............

Now thats impressive, the only thing i would comment on is the ramp that the mobile AA is on in one of the screens looks a bit out of place, like in cartoons where they have the moving part of a cell painted in a lighter shade, it stands out too much for me.


But other than that pedantic comment very good work. Looking forward to this mod.

thats the bradley but i think it looks like that because they havnt applied any light maps.

[Mabes[31stMEU]]

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Wow, it just looks amazing, great job DCon Dev Team, you guys are going to be putting out a top-notch mod. I love how all the mainstream hardcore mods (PoE, FH, DCon, and OPK) are trying to one-up each other, it just makes them all so much better and more enjoyable (when they're released).

Glad to see so many updates from the team, keeps us informed and wanting more.

it remind me more of desert combat. not sure why though.

Could it be because of the Hind, the Mig, the Su-34, the MLRS, the M2 Bradley and the Abrams in the screenshots instead of the Stukas, Tiger Tanks, Panzers and Shermans? lol