Grozny (Test/Wip)

[mortal verge]

NEXT UPDATE: Ai mesh, wheather fix
KNOWN BUGS: Laggy in some places, the weather is a bit broken. ai don't work, neither do vehicles. and overal it isn't polished but its a prototype so don't worry it will be polished.
WHAT TO EXPECT NOW: 1:1 scale of Minutka and the area around it including a very simple underground sewer area (whitout the destruction)

GOAL: a 1:1 scale of wartorn Grozny including a little bit of terrain around it.
ISSUES:

1. I don't have the right Assets/Models/Props to make a destroyed version of Grozny, thats why i am keeping the terrain updates a bit limited for now so i don't have to recreate the entire map once i have them, i am not working on any because i don't have any modeling experience.
2. I am very new to mapping and using the editor engine so please don't be too harsh on me, the people on discord are helping me and I am thankfull for that, but keep in mind im very new and make mistakes so please report bugs and any type of problem so I can try to fix it.
   Right now I ran into a couple of problems that are very hard to fix (for me obviously) but I WILL fix them.

TLDR; This is a prototype, im waiting for the right assets and im using this project for learning puposes until I have "destruction" assets, so don't expect to much detail but expect Bugs, lag, no details and an overall mess until I learn more.

[mortal verge]

This is what im trying to make for now...

[shy finch]

Very good my friend

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-borat-very-nice-gif-24526604

[mortal verge]

Still got a problem with the navmesh, the issiue; I added the navmesh, But whenever I try to play the character the editor (and game) crashes

[mortal verge]

"SCR_AIWorld.et" prefab is causing my world to crash for some reason, very weird?

[mortal verge]

I am not going to work on the map until i find a solution for this problem so sadly it will be delayed

[mortal verge]

okay you know what, im just going to recreate the map and see if it works then, so hold on in a couple of days at most the map should be in the workshop (unfinished of course but still playable with ai)

[mortal verge]

Good news, Navmesh works

[mortal verge]

VERY GOOD NEWS; The Navmesh works (so now the ai/bots work), and because im recreating the map, it will be way more optimized and polished

Tomorrow or in 2 days a very very wip version should be in the workshop

[stoic sedge]

Where is grozny

[lime osprey]

Chechnya

[summer kite]

Bet I can’t wait to see it, I seen it on the workshop a few days ago and I tryed to install it but it didn’t work

[mortal verge]

You are right, the Ai navmesh made the game crash, i had to completely recreate the map so im working on it rn, the navmesh works so expect it soon

[lime osprey]

Damn

[mortal verge]

Map is in the workshop, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, its not finished, im working on minutka for the moment i jsut uploadedd it so you guys can give me feedback
https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/5F3F1D2B6FB57641-Grozny_V3

go to minutka if you want to see what it is

[mortal verge]

Don't worry about the detail
It will be comming soon, but first i want to finish the layout around Minutka so it doesn't look like gmod city

[mortal verge]

Okay, I messed up the buildings but i am replacing them now, sorry (again im new to mapmaking) But don't worry, today I will update and another section of minutka will be added

[mortal verge]

Only small changes today SORRY, added this train brindge + walk bridge, and added the railway under the bridge, not realy polished yet but i will work on it tomorow i promise today i was a bit tired.

[mortal verge]

Rn im making the suburbs around the minutka then i will do a bit more polishing, today

[flat herald]

Let's go chat

[mortal verge]

Working on the suburbs now

[mortal verge]

Snowing!❄️ 😎

[mortal verge]

tomorow more updates

[mortal verge]

Im regenerating the Navmesh right now, (its 50%) then i will publish, i just added more details to minutka and to the suburbs next to it, now i know how to continiue

[mortal verge]

publishing new update with updated navmesh, Bots should now not be randomly stopping in the middle of the street

[mortal verge]

Today im just working more on the suburbs nothing special, this is the boring part

[shy finch]

[mortal verge]

adding small easter eggs😎

[mortal verge]

Slow update today, i had not much time so i took my limited time to just place some houses and fences in the suburbs, also another building, and some trees over the tunnel, and a pathway next to it, Basically not much, but many updates will come and i will do a lot more,

[wispy lava]

I see that not many people give you feedback. But great work , keep it up, we need more maps like this.

[mortal verge]

Thanks a lot, Respect

[mortal verge]

The reason it takes so long to make the suburbs (and is a bit boring) is because i am trying to place the houses and buildings on the exact same position as in real life (obviously it won't be 100% correct) Also placing the Gaspipe lines and trees and gates take a long time because its a lot of work but not hard. so i have to look at the picture and place the buildings one by one and not just randomly, at least the map will be more like in real life and not a simple and inaccurate version

I just have limited assets, if i had more destroyed houses and buildings it would be even cooler😎

[deep karma]

Gonna be great once it shapes up a bit more! Take ur time. 🫡

[mortal verge]

Todays update: Added 3 more suburb sections, added details to all others suburbs*, Added some tracks and debries to minutka (unfinished). Tomorrow i will fix the last 4 suburbs (just have to add pipelines, thats it) and i will work a bit more on the detail at minutka.

[mortal verge]

Next step
GREEN : DONE (Except for details, just layout)
PURPLE/(pink): NEXT STEP
BLUE: After the purple/pink is done

• YELLOW: Railway station (Vogzal), will be made priority once I have the right buildings

the reason why the suburbs took so long is because its a lot of work, place houses exactly like on picture, place walls, place gaslines, place trees, paint the ground pathways, sculpt ground. Everything has to be done very carefully so it takes long

[mortal verge]

also to clarify, once im done with this map, i will make a summer (or just non winter version) of Grozny, (I just have to switch out the snow to grass and make trees with leaves and bushes, easy work and won't take long at all.

[stoic sedge]

I looked up grozny so Russia basically bombed its own city

[foggy raven]

Technically, depending on who you ask.

[mortal verge]

Update of today, worked on the suburbs on the bottom side

[foggy raven]

I'm so excited to see this finished (thank you for this, been wanting Grozny for awhile)

[mortal verge]

Another update is being publishes, i worked some more on the Purple marked parts (look at map), and did some more details (not a lot) and i will be uploading new screenshots to the workshop. tomorrow i will add trees/gates/gaslines to the purple parts that i worked on today and they will be done. (the 3 bottom purple marked parts), then i will work on the last 2 purple parts then the blue and so on

i know updates are slow but it is because im working on it alone and I am trying to look for as many pictures as possible of Grozny (before and during war) then i am trying to make it in game like in real life which takes time of course.

[foggy raven]

If you ever need screenshots, I can help

[mortal verge]

You can make some screenshots if you want i would love it

[foggy raven]

Alright

[mortal verge]

if you want to add some watermarks of your name you can do it

[foggy raven]

I'll make sure they're not intrusive, just a little transparent name in the corner. I dislike super intrusive watermarks

[mortal verge]

Also i will add you into the description thanking you and if you want me to link you somehow its also possible

[foggy raven]

Currently getting the map installed, anything I shouldn't do in the screenshots?

[mortal verge]

you can do anything

its not neccecery for screenshots now but whenever you feel like it

[foggy raven]

Alright. I'll send around 5-6 at first so you can choose your favorites

[foggy raven]

So, I bring sad news. My console quite literally cannot install the mod. It's going at either 10kb/s(not kidding) or 0.

I'll try to get it installed but I don't think it's possible

[mortal verge]

Its no problem maybe another time 😎

[foggy raven]

Yeah, I took a nap and it still wasn't installed.

[mortal verge]

damn, yeah it is a big map tho but do it whenever you feel like it its not very importy rn thanks anyway

[foggy raven]

I slept for like 5-6 hours and woke up to it going a very fast.. 0KB/s lol

[summer kite]

yea i have problems trying to download it to i dont know if its the game or the mod but i have never gotten past 50%

[foggy raven]

I assume it's something to do with all of the buildings personally. I could absolutely be wrong though

[mortal verge]

You may be right, i have no clue either, i can download it fine, but if others have the same problem then it needs to be fixed, i have heard that the arma download manager is slower or a bit buggy, many peopple didn't like the fact they did not use the steam workshop but a new one, but i have no problem with it.

thats a huge problem and should be fixed but i have no idea how and how many other people have the problem?

[mortal verge]

Todays update contains: purple area got more worked on, almost done, should be done either tomorow or in 2 days AT MOST

will work on the blue area as soon as im done with purple

after im done with the blue area i will update the map again with other colors, and reveal next steps

[mortal verge]

i will remove some street lamps so it is more like in real life and i will move them a bit more on the pavement like irl also add the little curve you can see the pavement makes on the right, tomorrow tho

and i will work on the purple marked parts

[mortal verge]

Sign, problem occured, i managed to remove all interiors and got a GOOD fps boost, but when published the map, everything reapeared, im looking for a solution atm

[mortal verge]

Okay good news, im working on the apartments now so it should work now i hope, but sadly delayed because i had to figure out how to do it

[mortal verge]

bad news, something is causing errors, whenever i place a empty building, all other buildings just re apear but with furniture, i tried everything but idk what i causing it, so tomorow i will try one last time to swittch to empty buildings (for performance increase) if it doesn't work, then for now we will have to play with furniture

tomorrow the suburbs should be finished too (purple)

at least some good news, i had a big set back because all buildings disapeared because i made a mistake but they are back now

sorry for the slow updates lately, been trying to fix some bugs and improve performance but looks like that will be for another time sadly

[mortal verge]

I will be releasing bigger updates instead of smaller once for the moment because publishing takes a bit long,
the sculpting takes time because i want to make the city a bit like real life, not just flat and boring, but like actual real life terrain (its not easy but i will do my best)

[mortal verge]

hey look at this

Better an Horrific end, than horror whitout end!!!

Welcome TO HELL

Welcome! To HELL! (disgusting souls??)

published update, added detail, more streets and another section to the city (and graffiti 😉

[shy finch]

🔥

[wispy lava]

Keep it up man, great work

[mortal verge]

Updated map: Just did a little bit of painting and added some more buildings and sculped a bit. also changed the workshop information and pictures

[ruby hearth]

Whys this map take so long to download?

[mortal verge]

No idea actually, do you have low download speed only on my map?

You are not the only one with this problem, i think it is a problem with ge workshop and not my map's fault. Either way i will have to ask around if anyone knows why this is

[ruby hearth]

Yeah, i think at the lowest i was getting like 25 KB a second

[mortal verge]

I will look into the problep

[ruby hearth]

👍🏻

[mortal verge]

I asked around and i found the answer, the reply i got: "it’s a problem with all map mods, do you have a ton of assets in the map?" , so the problem is that my map got a lot of assets, thats whats causing the slow download speed (for some reason??) I actually was already working on optimizing the map (removing all interiors of the builddings) This will give a MASSIVE performance boost and will most likely also increase the download speed. Unfortunatly i ran into a problem with remove the interiors of the buildings because there is an issue thats causing the interiors to just re-appear even after duplicating etc. So i will now focus on that so everyone can actually play the map

so sad news; buildings will be empty, good news; FPS boost and increased download speed

WAIT. XBOX players get slower download speed for some reason, Its also a workshop issiue (the download speed jumps around a lot). So actually forget what i said, this is not my fault, BUT i will still optimize the map by removing interiors. So the slow ddownloadspeed isn't actually caused by my map but because you are either on XBOX or the workshop is being slow, or a combination of both, so really sorry but i can't do anything about it sadly.

[ruby hearth]

Ohhhhh, that explains it. Thanks for clearing that up man👍🏻

[shy finch]

👀

[mortal verge]

welcome to hell

another sign that reads an ominous message, "Weclome to HELL!"
tomorrow update will inlude some detail props (flags, signs, maybe graffiti)

[mortal verge]

hey i am in a bit of a dilemma, Im not sure it will be possible to port over my map when arma 4 eventually releases, idk if i should put too much work into this if its not possible to port over

[wispy lava]

all Arma Reforger mods will be ready on day 1 on Arma 4

that was said many times on first days of Reforger release

[mortal verge]

ooof, thanks for that, good news then 😎

[mortal verge]

adding the construction area, (NOT FACTORY AREA, that will come later 😉 ) Also sewers system, so you can have underground combat like irl, adds more depth to the world.

there will be a small "maze" of containers and trenches and more at this place)

[ruby hearth]

Looking good man

[wispy lava]

keep up the great work

[mortal verge]

Publishing update, ADDED (In the construction area i added some stuff (so its not just empty open space). Chechen flags, Sewers (yes, underground fighting) Some more details (welcome to hell sign, the place with the WARNING MINES sign, (no mines yet tho)

[icy gust]

nope that is false.

[mortal verge]

the sewers

[mortal verge]

oof

[mortal verge]

i hope they will make that a possibility because a lot of modders made some very complex and time consuming projects, but don't matter, either way once arma 4 comes out and its not possible to port over stuff, i will recreate it no worrys

[icy gust]

it is very very unlikely for reforger mods to be available in a future main arma franchise title by default, much less day 1.
It would most likely require some manual changes (extend and difficulty unknown) to get it to work. Some sort of porting will most likely be required.

[mortal verge]

Thanks for letting me know!

[mortal verge]

If anyone knows how to import props from arma 3 to reforger, could someone help with it? Its free to use says the description so should be no problem right?

[wise basalt]

can't port those

[mortal verge]

getting into contact with the creator to make sure its realy free to use for me just to make sure

[mortal verge]

oof thats problematic, i am realy in need of destroyed buildings

[wise basalt]

But i think I know some of the models he used

https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/scanned/various/scans-from-ukraine-buildings-set-3

[mortal verge]

it has to be for sure "free to use" so it does not get deleted

these are perfect wow,

[mortal verge]

The problem with those props (and others of the same creator) is that its wayyyyy to detailed and has like 500k polys, and i have no clue how to edit 3d models i got 0 experience in that

[mortal verge]

Okay, hear me out, I know its cringe but please don't be mad

[warm pawn]

If it’s lower it would be a cool feature

[mortal verge]

Yeah im going to hide it a litte bit your right its a bit too much lol

[warm pawn]

Like someone actually tagged it onto the wall during a conflict or something. You can also kind of fade it to make it more realistic

[mortal verge]

like a little easteregg, you have to find it, not right in your face, also removes the vibe a little bit

[lime osprey]

desaturate it a bunch, fade it, put it lower, and put it in russian

[mortal verge]

Imma hide this one in the sewers in an unaccesable area like a little easter egg so its not insane, also change it a bit like you said, because i want to keep the surface as realistic as possible

[warm pawn]

Honestly not really cause the human brain works in mysterious ways. It oddly fits especially in the Cold War setting we have right now

[lime osprey]

it does remove the vibe quite a bit

[mortal verge]

well, battle of grozny took place in the 90s, the only graffiti there was was some ominouse messages like i showed previously, "psyops" as people like to call it, this is a bit too much, ill hide it in the sewers where its not even accesable

[warm pawn]

Maybe a little bit but not too much

[lime osprey]

it's chechnya so it has to be bleak

[warm pawn]

Yea good work on what you have so far though this map looks nice

[lime osprey]

I like it

[warm pawn]

Perfect

[mortal verge]

yeah whats up with eastern europe being so depressing anyway? wth is going on there lol

[warm pawn]

Have you seen the weather😭

[lime osprey]

my theory is the way soviet buildings were designed was to cause as much depression as possible

[warm pawn]

That too

[lime osprey]

pretty much any architecture after the industrial revolution does that tbh

[mortal verge]

honestly those "commie blocks" aren't even that bad, lack of maintnance turns easter europe into an actual nightmare, even the weather is depressed, like ballout said 💀

[lime osprey]

byeah

[wispy lava]

Than people lied to me I guess

[icy gust]

people ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wispy lava]

sorry for false info guys ❤️

[mortal verge]

its okay😎

[mortal verge]

Today i will add some more realistic signs (for realism and atmosphere, all these signs where in grozny IRL so i will also post original pictures). I will add another section to the city and work a bit more on the river. Also i will work on the sewers (make them dark firstly) and you can shoot the lights

[mortal verge]

not exactly correct prop but the closest it gets to real life

[mortal verge]

i think those are destroyable not sure, i will test

[warm pawn]

Those bridges should be destroyable

[mortal verge]

i will try and see if thats possible, the railing around them are destroyable but idk about the bridge

[warm pawn]

Wait nvm I’m thinking of the bridge placed down in GM. This one is different

[mortal verge]

Im looking into it, maybe its possible by just enabeling some configurations or something like that, im asking around. Would be amazing of it was possible to destroy that bridge

[mortal verge]

also everyone, im going to try to make the presidential building in grozny, i have no modeling experience so its not sure if it will ever be finishedd but its neccesary for the map

[warm pawn]

Good luck💀

[mortal verge]

yeah foundd this single model https://www.cgtrader.com/gallery/project/grozny-presidential-palace

[foggy raven]

Genuinely, good luck

[mortal verge]

but dude has not answered in 7 years so idk if he will ever answer, i send him a message i want to buy his model but im not waiting until he answers, also his model has no interior

[warm pawn]

You’re very ambitious bean

I wish I could help model it

[mortal verge]

its alr, i'll find a way because whitout this specific building the map isn't even a grozny

[mortal verge]

okay, the big problem i have rn is the Dimensions of the real building are nowhere on the internet, so i will do some math again sign

[mortal verge]

Progress going great!

the biggest problem will be the details (like window size and door size) but I will finish this project at all costs

[warm pawn]

It’s dope seeing this actually come together. Good luck with the interior you got this👍

[mortal verge]

Also, its a HUGE building. 89meters wide, 30 meters high, and about 19 meters from side to side, Its not exactly 1;1 scale, its off by around 1 meter at most, thats because there is nowhere on the internet what the size was, so i had to do some maths and look at pictures and find out, it was very hard because the area in real life has been completely rebuilding to something different even the streets around it so i had to do a lot of looking into it.

Hard to see here, but here is it next to a church and factory

there will be a roof with a top structring thing on it so don't worry

[mortal verge]

Now working on the entrance, after the entrance i will make the windows, afterwards rooms, stairs, stories, roof. lastly i will work on the details

BTR and human for scale (human is standing on BTR)

[ruby hearth]

Good lord

[lime osprey]

gah dayum

[mortal verge]

Human for scale and church

I added all 10 floors (3.3 meters each) now im looking into the windows, this is the tricky part

[mortal verge]

Front, and back windows are done, It has is 11 stories tall (Including the ground floor, where the entrance is. and including the roof)

Now i need to make the side windows, this will be easy, just need to make it look like irl, which is the hard part. Also i will make the entrance look realistic but detail is not for the moment

[mortal verge]

Okay, all windows are done, now i needd to make rooms and stairs...

[mortal verge]

Okay, nvm, tomorrow i will do the Rooms and stairs, today i added the pillars and details lastly

[foggy raven]

Looks great!

[mortal verge]

Ill do the stairs tomorrow

[mortal verge]

seriously, making the stairs is a nightmare, the rooms are not hard. if everythinng goes good, the model should be done tomorrow, and then i will have to put textures on it and do some other stuff, that should not take long i think.

then, i can work on the map again

As you can see, there is another structure behind the palace that connects to it, but i will make this another time, first i will make this palace and finish the area around it on the map

Also, since i now know how to model, I will try to make this building (it was either a museum, or theater) but again, another time

Correction, its a circus. Its huge

[mortal verge]

Still working on it. Now im working on the collision, then the texturing. And it should be done then

[mortal verge]

Okay, now im optimizing my model so its possible to export to game

[mortal verge]

Okay, i am just testing a bit here and there, I will try to finish this project this week (the building) sorry it takes so long because i had to do a lot of tweaking so the building does not cause a lag

[mortal verge]

optimizing almost done, I went from 160k triangles to 27k (now), lol. I try to even go lower. the less triangles, the better basically (for performance) goal is to have less then 15k, anything lower is not possible i think but i will try with another tool.

[mortal verge]

Okay, building is almost done, the last problem i got is the texture, i need to make custom textures...

[mortal verge]

turns out that texturing is wayy harder than modeling, putting coliders, and importing...

[warm pawn]

It’s been really cool to see the progress over time. You’re doing great, can’t wait to see the final results.

[mortal verge]

Burned out windows comming too. textures don't look so detailedd but ill make better textures another time.

[mortal verge]

thx

[ornate dirge]

Bro that looks insane already, your dedication to making a accurate to life terrain is incredible looking forward to the end result 😁

[mortal verge]

Thanks soldier

[mortal verge]

almost done everyone, i added some simple stairs and the structure on top, i just need to fix the structure on top because it has some weird invisable walls

[mortal verge]

Okay, building is done. Now. [Known issiues: Bad clippings in some places (ex. Window frames) and VERY low quality textures.] [What to expect: Rooms inside the building, Higher resolution textures, fixed clipping, Anoter seperate building behind this one (look at pictures).]

[mortal verge]

the park is realy hard to make

[mortal verge]

Okay, i did a bit around the palace, but i realy want to work a bit more on the buildding and finish it, so i will do that for the moment

BTR's for refrence, the original picture has BRDM's (i think) they are smaller, but anyways here is the size

the texturing is extremly difficult, i have no idea how its done, i will have to look it up again

So basically, im don't know how to put multipile textures on different parts of the building.

[icy gust]

if you wanna use the multimap, you need to use 2 uv sets, set one is for textures, set two is for special maps - including the mask that tells the engine what textures goes where (in rgb + black format)

[mortal verge]

Thank you!

[mortal verge]

Okay, building should be done either today or tomorrow. Including simple rooms/stairs, bunker, and better textures

[storm salmon]

Is the Performance better After my Update?

[mortal verge]

hold on, let me check

Yes it did!

[mortal verge]

tomorrow update

[mortal verge]

NVM, update will be a bit delayed, im making this building, then update

whitout it, it will ruin the map honestly,

i need more varriety, so it doesn't feel repetetive everywhre, so more detailed and unique buildings

[nimble pagoda]

You are legend

[indigo lodge]

These buildings will be awesome !

[mortal verge]

almost done, just need to make roof

[mortal verge]

hadd to remake the back, im done now just texturing, tomorrow its finished

Remade the back so its not a weird square but like a corner like it should, (windows in the back will also come)

[mortal verge]

exact same spot as IRL (note: for some reason when i move the picture to the middle of the building, the picture disapears from a certain angle, i will keep it like this until i findd a fix and centre it better on the building

[wispy lava]

man, u are a game changer, may I talk to your next project once you are done with Grozny? I could maybe finance that if anything tools/models/programs is needed

[mortal verge]

Its all right my next project will be 1 big map, including the villages of "Bamut, Ulus-kert, Height 776" and some other villages and well know battles of Chechnya, just 1 big map including all (mountainous/foresty areas, with roads and villages that i mentioned) but thats still a long time ahead because im not done yet with this map

[mortal verge]

Published update: The wall poster thing, more buildings and streets etc

[mortal verge]

Just so everyone knows, these blue areas have some major lag because there is a lot of stuff over there, im trying to fix it rn.

[mortal verge]

Working on the park, its almost done

[mortal verge]

hey, what do you all want, WINTER map or SUMMER/SPRING map?

[somber sandal]

winter

[mortal verge]

i will make both either way, i just want to see what to make first

[shy finch]

Not snow 🙏

Just kidding 😃

[mortal verge]

both are coming, the nature in game is just absolutely beautiful

[mortal verge]

Tomrrow im going to work a bit more on the building (add balconies and detail and rescale) also im goign to do more texturing for the presidential building, and so on

[mortal verge]

Today i will try to do optimizations (making buildings empty) because in some places the lag gets too much.

[fossil grove]

Not gonna lie at first I thought this looked like shit and assumed you would just re-use the same two apartment blocks from RHS and Wolf's Buildings but seeing you actually put effort into making buildings is very nice to see, this looks like a very ambitious project, godspeed to ya

[mortal verge]

Yeah im trying to avoid everything looking like eachother, im adding details like posters and murals and and grafitti like in real life so it looks less like a boring city and more real, im also making my own buildings so there is some unique stuff. Of couese im new to modeling so the buildings won't look as good as the others but im slowly improving them and making more

[mortal verge]

Adding more details now, so i can also make a confict verison

[mortal verge]

The tram rails might look a bit weird but thats all i can do for the moment, bending them is very hard

[fallow arch]

It’s looking really good man, keep up the good work!

[deep karma]

Wouldn't a railroad spline mod look pretty tram looking? If you just put most of the rail under terrain.

[mortal verge]

Yeah thats what i did, but making it bend is hard because it makes big curves and i have to manualy place the rails to make it take sharp corners

[ember marsh]

youll probably have to enter the turn earlier and trough out later

otherwise I don't think its too bad

[carmine gust]

@ionic badger

[mortal verge]

Haven't thought of that, thanks!

[mortal verge]

working on more details between de buildings

[mortal verge]

Soon i will start making Khankala Airbase (Russian spawn) then i will make the road from Khankala Airbase to the center, (and add buildings/ houses along the road)

The Chechen spawn will be somewhere in the middle of the city, or maybe in the suburbs, or maybe even further back in the forests/hills of Grozny.

[mortal verge]

Just working on details inside the city, i won't show a lot of updates for the moment because i will work on it

[ember marsh]

@mortal verge What is the size of this map?

[mortal verge]

25x25 km

[mortal verge]

"real life scale" or at least the most real grozny you will see in any game ever made, for now at least

[fallow arch]

Sounds awesome. Can’t wait for it to be finished, it’s already looking more than promising

[ember marsh]

Gosh that’s 625km2 man, best of luck working on this. Can’t imagine how much work has to go into that, especially it being an urban map.

[fallow arch]

^^
I can’t wait for it as someone who plays Russia in this game

[mortal verge]

RU in this game is cool, now they only need the older russian camo and equipment, that would be nice

[fallow arch]

True

[mortal verge]

working on details, like i said previously, also doing some terrain changes so there are not big differences in height

[foggy raven]

I was able to get it installed, here's a couple of screenshots I was able to get

[mortal verge]

Absolutely amazing! Next update will include these pictures

[foggy raven]

Some more, will probably do two more soon

[mortal verge]

wow thats insane, todays update will include these pictrues

[formal sinew]

How’s progress been recently?
Good?
Delayed?
Stopped?
Just curious as map is very cool

[mortal verge]

Hey, its been delayed hard sorry, i don't have a lot of time for the moment, also im waiting until some more assets are availabale bacause the map is a bit bland with the same 4 buildings over and over again. not many people are working on Eastern european assets only 2 modders

i will work more on it soon

[foggy raven]

Excited and waiting patiently.

[formal sinew]

Still excited nonetheless!

[alpine sable]

any updates ?

[vast radish]

It says In parenthesis (member) XD

[vast radish]

There is a way, but better if he just sends you the original files, arma 3 uses like 4 textures, while reforger uses 6, so they will look fugly if "just ported" and while it can be done to manually change all textures or even make a script it will be really hard.

[vast radish]

Maybe you can find DayZ props¿

[vast radish]

Oh the Irony

[vast radish]

You are doing gods work, how can we help you?

[mortal verge]

sorry everyonen, again its hard to update i don't realy have the right props, it will be just endless repetition

[foggy raven]

all good, just glad to know you haven't left us

[vast radish]

I do 3d design for arma3, I really hate doing buildings. but If you send me some refs, maybe I can make you a house or whatever.

I really want to recreate the Grozny new year assault

[mortal verge]

Its alright, i got some new buildings finally, i just need to import and retexture them. i will do this over the weekend. (destroyed buildings)

[mortal verge]

So good news everyone, i have Destroyed buildings assets, so i can continiue and it will look way better

[shy finch]

[mortal verge]

This is example of 1 building
You can enter it and run around in it and stuff
I need to texture it more but this is just a preview

[limpid frigate]

Keep up the good work man 👏

[mortal verge]

So the creator from the Destroyed buildings pack claimed these where "Game ready" but they are not game ready at all. extrlemy un optimized, so it will take a bit longer since i have to clean them up a bit

[mortal verge]

Texturing is meh, but it should be good for now as a placeholder

[alpine sable]

any updates on development looking forward to a chechen war style sim!

[ruby glade]

You have some floating buildings and may I suggest on your next update you add a usable paper map?

[mortal verge]

Its extremly hard to make textures for the buildings, i will have to wait for new props...

[wild ledge]

We cant wait mate!!! As always take your time!

[foggy raven]

I second what Chingus said
(Also still open to doing more Workshop screenshots whenever new updates drop)

[mortal verge]

Ill try to continiue the work but it is seriously not good when I re use the same handfull of structures to make the map, it will be very boring and repetetive map. Im making my own assets/structures but the big problem is the texturing part. Its an absolute nightmare but don't worry i will continiue soon

[ruby glade]

I believe in you! Its worth waiting for!

[vast radish]

Hi, I know texturing, I can help

[vernal hazel]

How does it go with the map??

[alpine sable]

development still slow?

[mortal verge]

sorry progres slower lots of things came and had to stop for a while, i was also working on these buildings row. not perfect but will continiue

full interior, but no props inside buildings for optimization issiue also because i need to work on more buildings

[fleet spade]

Takes hours to clear that building, it is massive.

[mortal verge]

yeah, its sections so there are 5-6 buildings next to eachoter

[indigo lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/yuge-huge-donald-trump-gif-5521636960626661361

Is every apartment enterable ?

[mortal verge]

yep

im trying to make the map as real as posible so you can do whatever you want, enter buildings, tunnels (sewers) etc, rn im remaking the map because the previous one broke completely because of the dependencies and updates...

[swift thistle]

FUCK YES

TUNNELS

[tight ivy]

HE'S NOT DEAD??

[fresh hound]

Finally you're back!👍 I thought the project was abandoned.

in the next patch buildings will be destroyed, will this building also be destructible???

[limpid frigate]

I'm glad you are still working on the project. Keep it up bro, nice map and assets!

[sour scroll]

Project Reality vibes, love it

[mortal verge]

Have to wait for that, im new to blender thats why these buildings take so much time. Now adding destruction animations will be something for another time. I will add destroyed versions of buildings tho.

[vale nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-funny-smile-happy-gif-7621419476068285580

[mortal verge]

final stages. next i will make destroyed version of this. Its very annoying how the doors are so large, not real scaled but thats what i got to worrk with

[sour scroll]

Do you have a posted mod containing these beautiful buildings?

[mortal verge]

not yet, i will make mod with all my buildings when im done so everyone can use them

[sour scroll]

Awesome, I've been needing urban Env stuff forever

[vale nimbus]

hows the map shaping up!

[vast radish]

You forgot член)

[fresh hound]

What's the latest news on the map's development?

[sour scroll]

The guy doesn't respond anymore, no messages for over a month

[wispy bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-druski-gif-2006985137477142190

[sick mural]

really looking forward for this map to reach its final stage

[sour scroll]

This guy hasn't sent a single message in over a month

[safe river]

very nice map

[swift thistle]

🇫

[vast radish]

F

[vale nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/chud-chudjak-wojak-soyjak-marcvin5-gif-13903021270190271130

[calm nimbus]

Dont remind me chud…

[teal dock]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-hi-cute-kitten-cat-gif-9127042179449576028

[mortal verge]

Brothas, sorry for the long wait, i stopped for a long time because every update my map gets ruined, not only my map but also the assets, images, everything its an absolute pain to work this way

[mortal verge]

i litrally recreated the map at least 7 times and everytime it broke or something with the assets, now im working on it and its going to be good this time

[fresh hound]

Does this mean that the update will no longer damage the card?

[mortal verge]

it will, now i can't add any dependencies (other mods, like builddings) for whatever reason, everry update another mess happens but its okay im keep working

[mortal verge]

also lots of optimization issues for people, so i had to clean up a lot. now even more because of ps5 and xbox issues.

[limpid frigate]

good luck brother

[quiet viper]

[teal dock]

https://tenor.com/view/sending-love-gif-612394251134540343

[fresh wolf]

Good job and great idea, are you planning to update the map (several buildings are levitating in the air)))?