Land maps

posted on January 26th, 2014, 7:39 pm

Would be interesting if I could put some land maps into the Fleet Ops game instead of those stellar maps, which actually are formidable.

But somehow, would be interesting to fight against enemy's using some airplanes or some tanks or why not some little trains :-)

I saw somewhere, in Armada 2, a nice demo game, where you can fight using some airplanes and submarines.

It's possible to convert those airplanes and maps into a Fleet Operation package ? :-)

posted on January 26th, 2014, 10:26 pm

I've prototyped two mods, most definitely in no way fit for public release or even screenshots, that were not set in space.

The first was years back, I made a "Crimson Skies" themed mods where the background was clouds and you fought with Zeppelins and fighters (which would work REALLY well given as FleetOps has that new Fighter code so they circle etc)

The second was loosely based on X-Com Terror from the Deep and was underwater, with sea floor bases, USOs etc.

The problem in both cases was replacing enough elements convincingly enough so it didn't look bizarre. I suppose if I went total steam/dieselpunk with my Crimson Skies idea, I could have "bases" that float with helicopter blades, airships bags etc.

Basically it could work for either, but it's a LOT of work to get something that looks right.

posted on January 27th, 2014, 3:34 am

I can do it. I just need a map and lots of time. (Maybe 3ds Max would like to work for once)

I'll do a few prototypes, see what it looks like. If I can get something good, I'll post a screenshot/video here.

Not sure I can do tanks/infantry, but ships and plains shouldn't be a problem.