Elysian

[crystal cedar]

This looks amazing, is there already a full in game map made for this? ( I mean when you pull out a map on your character )

[mossy stone]

Not complete yet, but mostly there

[brisk canopy]

I dont know what's more impressive...your map making skills or your photography skills 😂 both look amazing brother. Great work

[lunar pewter]

Map is insanely beautiful bro

Whatever you did with the hdr thing its amazing looks like a completely different game

Almost reminds me of the the super cinematic lighting and visuals battlefield 3 and 4 used

Would love to see this map on a pvp server like wcs especially when the lav and other vehicles come out

[mossy stone]

I'm going to continue to tweak* and improve the visuals. It's a bit too dark in some areas but makes for great photography

Trying to strike a balance between gameplay and visuals

Thanks for feedback. Does remind me of Battlefield 4 mixed with Crysis

[lunar pewter]

The elysian map in general reminds me of paracel storm from bf4 and the lighting just makes it feel more like it😂

Genuinely the most unique map on the workshop for sure

[mossy stone]

Friend found this mod XD

[lunar pewter]

😂😂

[lunar pewter]

If only reforger had wildlife 🥲

[mossy stone]

Did some fun zombies stuff tonight

[prisma hatch]

Guy on the right kinda looks like he got the chainsaw bayonet on lol

[mossy stone]

Today I'm going through and fixing all the problems found in the beta. This includes replacing the cliff rocks with 1/1 scale so there's no collision issues

Cliffs to replace: 400 😦

What this process looks like and what the work will be

[mossy stone]

Overall results look better so as tedious as it is, itll be better for gameplay and visuals

oh i realized i can simply by making a prefab for them and replace em in mass

[mossy stone]

Yeh prefabing and replacing was much less headache - now i just need to go through and optimize a bit

[lunar pewter]

Love the lighting but it definitely does get hard to see at times

[hardy sapphire]

What mods?

[mossy stone]

yeh im gonna tweak it for gameplay - pics look awesome!!!!

[lunar pewter]

Think its just rhs with space striders havok

[hardy sapphire]

What about the rocket launcher thing

[lunar pewter]

Idk about the stationary rpg7 thing

[lunar pewter]

It may be wcs related i really have no idea where it came from i just found it under the objects section

[hardy sapphire]

Does it actually shoot. ?

[lunar pewter]

Or maybe its darkgru and yes it does shoot

Had darkgru installed just for the altyn helmet so maybe its from that

When i get back from the gym ill get on and figure out which mod it comes from

[mossy stone]

Going through final pass for Palm Haven - heres texture and cliff detail being added - This will take so much time, but worth it!

With foliage added

[lunar pewter]

Any caves planned?

[mossy stone]

Yes, ill be adding caves on this pass!

[lunar pewter]

Ooo very nice👍🏽

[mossy stone]

Ok i fixed the lighting for the next update

nights are a bit brighter, sun isnt as blinding, everything else is about same

[ashen anvil]

Hell yea

[mossy stone]

Will update the beta with new settings

[mossy stone]

update live

[mossy stone]

Lighting still appears dark in some angles

feels like some of these settings dont get applied fully unless doing a full restart of the engine

yeh everytime i reopen the engine it looks different than the settings i applied

[crystal cedar]

I can’t wait to see this map completed

[mossy stone]

Same 😦

I am adding 2 dependency's to Elysian:

• 25k view distant mod
• Force distant shadows

There is no detectable performance issues associated with the mods on PC
Friends ive played with on Xbox also note no performance differences

[warped galleon]

well.. we will see..

[brazen dawn]

Thank God. 25k actually makes maps look legit not just a wall of nothing in the background.

[mossy stone]

updating beta now with dependencies and more tweaks to lighting/hdr would like to get feedback on this

In the HDR settings ive removed the luminosity and set it to perpetual - this seems to have fixed the issues

I have an HDR monitor but i make all these changes with it disabled. Also disabled per-pixel

[mossy stone]

Currently right now im getting an issue when running Geometry 2d - seems a bug of sorts. Hard crashes. Probably a known issue - not a priority for me rn

I vaguely remember this issue happening before. I think i fixed by rolling back my drivers

[hardy sapphire]

Such a cool ass map gives me union island vibes

[mossy stone]

As you can see there's much time and detailing work going into Elysian.

To help with not only the creative process and support the continued development: i'm going to start Livestreaming development.

It will be Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's, starting tomorrow on my Rumble page.

Since this project has been community driven from the beginning, this will be a way to interact, Q/A and pitch ideas in real time

It'll also provide a secondary source of funding via stream as ad-revenue alongside with my patreon

https://rumble.com/user/TheMagaChad

[brisk canopy]

Gave ya a follow

[brisk canopy]

HDR needs a few more tweaks. Night is wayyyy too bright and the contrast on the NVGs makes them almost useless.

[brisk canopy]

Bright is a bit blinding in areas too

[hardy sapphire]

Feel like it should be like that

Nvm you can literally adjust your nvgs

[lusty marten]

from where de SPG ?

[brisk canopy]

I'm aware but theres no settings on the nvgs that make them usable.

[prisma hatch]

Looks realistic lighting wise

[brisk canopy]

Hmmm...agree to disagree? I played the latest update for two hours this morning and the brightness levels were bouncing all over the place and sometimes way too dark in some areas and way too bright in others.

[prisma hatch]

Ahh fair from that screenshot of don’t look too bad

[brisk canopy]

If you look at the sand on the right side of the picture it's washing out but I'll try to get some better screenshots tomorrow.

[lunar pewter]

100%

Especially early morning its almost like the whiteness of the sand brightens the hdr

[brisk canopy]

Yeah. And the darkness of the swamp water darkens it. The swamp water also has a weird illumination effect as you walk through it.

Love the map so far though. Once he dials I'm the HDR I can see endless hours on this map

[lunar pewter]

Swamp looks really funky no offense

The darkness of the murky water flickers really bad and disappears when your in it

[mossy stone]

So just woke up and played around with it. The explanation I can think for this is the "eye adaptation" they use is likly extremely aggressive. Probably because the base game doesn't support NVGs and none of the interiors have lighting - likely to be added with the future "electric grid" update.

I know I can fix it, just got to find the right settings between my weather lighting and the HDR

The swamp I noticed too, that's gonna be fixed on my final pass for that area.

[brisk canopy]

Yeah. That's what I meant

[lunar pewter]

Ahh okay my bad

[brisk canopy]

Yeah. I have no doubt man. I think that's exactly what it is. Just needs a little more fine tuning. You're close. Its way better than the last build.

[brisk canopy]

No. You're good man. I meant you articulated it better than I did lol.

[mossy stone]

I think for now I'm gonna to keep the settings I have and develop the actual map and come back to it.

What's really annoying me is the time between dusk-night around 20:15 and how bright everything gets.

Irl it should be like this

And this is what it looks like in-game. Extremely bright and blown out skies

[lunar pewter]

Ohhh okay😂👍🏽

[mossy stone]

If there's a way that I can individually switch off "eye adaptation" I think it would solve much of my headache with the lighting

Im going to have to switch from "Filmic" to their other lighting solutions like "linear" - this will require whole rework of what I have, but it's like working with LOG footage

Eh F it. Gonna to start my Livestream soon. And I'll fiddle around with the lighting live. Lighting is dictating how the map be

Gonna start HDR and weather lighting from scratch - again lol

[mossy stone]

Working on the map live here:
https://rumble.com/v5hg6fh-elysian-map-development-arma-reforger.html

[lyric nymph]

in theory you can fix it by changing sun params in weather manager

[mossy stone]

i have fixed on my stream 🙂

Again some settings arent visible real-time requiring a reload of map, but for most part i disabled eye-adaptation that was causing the image to be blown out

Now I'm working with linear lighting, I'm able to properly expose everything

To explain a bit more detailed why it's important to work with Linear color (LOG format)

https://photofocus.com/video/video-101-understaninlog-format/

One thing I can say that makes a difference is the default sun lighting has a redish tone. This is not accurate to real life. Sunlight is white

[mossy stone]

Sand fixed

[prisma hatch]

Still whiter than a Hollywood actors teeth

[mossy stone]

https://www.gettingstamped.com/white-sand-beaches-in-florida/

[prisma hatch]

Knowing my luck I’d show up there and get hit by a tornado

[brisk canopy]

Sick! I'll keep testing things out for you when I have time. Anywhere in particular you want me to check out?

[mossy stone]

Ill be updating tomorrow!

[mossy stone]

So in theory i have not messed with HDR mapping at all - its now linear and mainly relying on weather lighting. This should not affect NVG mod. Ill run some tests to see before making an update

[mossy stone]

Good news i got it working. RHS overrides the default HDR - so i wont. I will continue lighting the scene without and just using weather. Good news is my work paid off, lighting holds up well

This is because i edited with Linear light, and didnt lose progress 🙂

[brisk canopy]

Looks way more gooder!

[mossy stone]

Agree!

[mossy stone]

Oh i figured out how to make snow accidentally

[brisk canopy]

Can't wait to test this update

Holy cow!

[mossy stone]

😬 just a tease

[brisk canopy]

Damn dude

[mossy stone]

Someone mentioned an island prison like Alcatraz. Now i have to add it 😭

[mossy stone]

Its not fake

[prisma hatch]

Well shit

We getting hurricanes in reforger before gta6

[mossy stone]

This was made at 5am lol - first iteration to see if it was possible. Looks amazing at night

Proof of concept if you will

[prisma hatch]

Bruh this gonna slap so hard once that building destruction shit happens

[lyric nymph]

i wonder whats the magic behind the scenes

[mossy stone]

Its extremely simplistic for now lol. NGL the only thing holding me back from making more stuff is learning the language. Very Unreal imo

It only consists of 150 particles and can be further optimized using LODs and stuff

Im also currently implementing Snow after discovering a way to do it with just the rain controls

[mossy stone]

Super subtle - a single pic doesnt do justice

[tough belfry]

Does this map run on console?

[mossy stone]

yes!

[mossy stone]

Currently moving the weather over to the beta - this will fix the lighting issues

[chilly jasper]

florida gameplay

[mossy stone]

If everything is fixed as it should, I will continue work on 2.0 release for Elysian which will add in all the beautiful new details you have been seeing on the map

No release date scheduled as of now, but it will come

[mossy stone]

NVGS are working now! (Photo taken during day)

So the map now supports up to 25 view distance - the default setting is 5k.

This can be changed in your settings

For comparison - these images are taken just now on the orginal Elysian map (not beta)
The difference in my eyes is significant

Its insane that this is the same map and game

[atomic delta]

Is there a difference between the beta and the other one?

I loaded up the beta and for some reason a lot of trees are no longer there in certain areas, don’t know if this on purpose or because of my mod order

[mossy stone]

Yes thats the big difference with the Beta. Beta is a preparation for final detailing and experimentation with features. Now that a lot has been completed with lighting, weather, etc... im gonna to spend the next month finalizing the 3 islands that the official release has. Then from there im gonna to spend the next (who knows how long) to finish the entire map

[brisk canopy]

I'm sorry, which version did you say has the updated lighting?

[mossy stone]

Beta!

[atomic delta]

Sounds great

[brisk canopy]

Dope! I'll check it out before church in the morning

[mossy stone]

Coming in with the next full update to the map, you will see a texture replacement of (right to left) me, my dad, and my cousin posted behind every one of these pictures frames

My cousin Andy unfortunately passed away today. His memory will be importalized forever in my map. 😞

i did a full texture replacement. This is not a one-off. This replaces the original image when my map is installed

Ill push this update to the beta too when my dad installs the game and plays with me

[mossy stone]

For those new to thread:
I have two releases:

• one last updated August that provides somewhat accessibility and playability to whole island

• beta release which provides more detail an updated lighting/weather

[brisk canopy]

Sorry for your loss brother. Praying for healing for you and your family.

That's super cool you're immortalizing him in that way and sharing the experience with your dad

[final quiver]

Damn, from looking at this map it looks like it’s as big as Mussalo or something

[novel flame]

Its way bigger than mussalo.

[final quiver]

Is it really? That’s good to hear

[novel flame]

Yes. There are multiple islands with the main island being the biggest. Its pretty neat

[mossy stone]

Map is 16x16 km or 256 sqr KM

[mossy stone]

Expanding Las Palmas - adding 3 new suburbs

[mossy stone]

Elysian 1.5 Update - November 2nd:

• New lighting and weather
• 100% completed Palm Haven
• 100% completed Palm Coast
• 100% completed Pelican Island
• Unlist Beta

Elysian 1.6 Update November TBD:

• Conflict (Vanilla)
• Combat Ops

"Chad's War" (Separate Mod) in December

Elysian 1.7-1.9 in January-April:

• More Gamemode support
• Beta relisted for Continent environments
• Delysian 1.0 separate mod release (post apocalypse theme)

Elysian & Delysian 2.0 full map completions by
July 4th 2025

Dates and times are subject to change. But I'm hard deadlining map completion by July

[mossy stone]

Custom House prefab

[prisma hatch]

Gotta have that pool on the beach

[mossy stone]

Agreed. I'm gonna be building a few prefabs of bigger and more detailed properties on Pelican Bay

[dim goblet]

you know you rich when you got the street lights that they put in parks.

[mossy stone]

Million dollar view

[novel flame]

We got chad builds

[dim goblet]

brother man, what if the new update breaks everything?

[brisk canopy]

I've got some other structure models I can share w you if you want. I'll DM you some pics later tonight.

[mossy stone]

It wont hopefully. theres always a small chance, but ive been running the beta tests and its good so far.
As far as console performance goes....

(Joking) I'll be making sure the map is optimized like crazy

[dim goblet]

are you sure about that? building destruction and all that is gonna be a big issue

[mossy stone]

I can disable that when theres an issue. I think on a per-object level

I'm also going to play around with graphics settings for a perfect balance of quality and performance specific to my map

First step is to make the best looking map I possibly can than do optimizations where needed.

22 days to release 😬

[mossy stone]

Low - Ultra graphics comparison.

• Low: Over 60fps
• Ultra: 30-60 fps

[dim goblet]

why reply to me?

[mossy stone]

You asked about performance and optimization. Wanted to showcase

[dim goblet]

I didnt

[mossy stone]

#enfusion_terrain message

Posted issues I'm having here if anyone knows answers

[mossy stone]

City refernces:
N - Fort Myers & RSW Aiport
SW - Chicago & Newark International, New Jersey Shore (Flooded)
Middle - Jackson and Rock Springs WY
SE - Mcquire AFB

[analog moss]

I am excited when that fully finish

[mossy stone]

New Grass

[dim goblet]

not a fan of the brushed sat images

[mossy stone]

It wasnt loaded, but showed more contrast

[sleek basalt]

is this map playable?

[mossy stone]

Yes - just look for Elysian

These images lately are representing of a major update coming November

[sleek basalt]

is it console friendly?

[mossy stone]

Should be!

[sleek basalt]

I see 2 versions on the workshop, a beta one and a normal one

[mossy stone]

Yes. Normal has 3 islands completed from August. Beta is an update to existing, but missing stuff

[brisk canopy]

How did you add the water to the pool??

[mossy stone]

its a pond with a custom material

[brisk canopy]

Interesting! I might need you to show me how you did that lol

I have this motel model of you're interested in it

Its enterable

[mossy stone]

ooo yes please!

[hardy sapphire]

Looks straight from gta lmao

[brisk canopy]

Also, since you have your hurricane weather, will you be adding some destroyed areas around the coast somewhere like it got hit by the hurricane?

[mossy stone]

In the main continent i will

[brisk canopy]

That will be cool! I'm excited to see what you can pull off there!

[brisk canopy]

I'll DM you when I get home.

[mossy stone]

One of these days - this area will be filled in...

[mossy stone]

I'm currently putting out requests to other map developers in the community, ones I know make good maps and assets.

While I have the ability and skill to develop the map completely solo, I'm not satisfied about a 1 year development. If I get 2 other mapers I can reduce the time down to January/February release rather than June/July

[mossy stone]

I want to demonstrate here the difference my art direction and lighting improvements I have made

Showcased are Bohemia's Everon and my Elysian take on a lumber mill.

Top image was captured at native 4k resolution at medium quality.
Bottom image is lower resolution (~720p) captured via windows screen capture in-engine at Ultra.

So im going to create a seperate mod this week that includes my weather

[mossy stone]

Heres Everon with my "Chad's Weather Mod" i just f'd around with

[whole crag]

Good to hear you are going to make the lighting a stand alone mod. 👍
Was already about to ask.
There already have been multiple ppl to address the pretty dark vanilla lighting esp. while clear/sunny sky.

[mossy stone]

It's honestly what started my journey into developing it! I have been staring at my own map thinking that the lighting was a major problem

As i was already fiddling around with weather, I decided to rework the lighting as well. Took 10 days of development time to complete the final result.

It required me to create a beta build of my map to fix issues with my modifications and everything

Well worth the trouble. Now I can have my map great and Make Arma Great Again as well!

[whole crag]

Right.
I think having proper ( more bright and friendly ) lighting ( at least while clear/sunny ) is a big thing.
Still remember how much i liked the look of it in the very early day's bevore they changed it.
Look's like your modification's are pretty close to how it was.
Ngl i'm pretty excited. 😉

[mossy stone]

Funny enough the modifications made were about 1-10% different than vanilla.

The biggest changes are in the clouds, fog, weather and ocean parameters.

Such a simple (on paper) modification made the biggest difference and now im happy to share with the rest of community

I introduced Arma to a friend long ago, and we both agreed that Arma has an uncanny valley appearance

My own opinion on the modifications make it much more appealing to a general audience. It gives the same appearance as a shader application without requiring a shader plugin

My goal for this project is to not only show what I'm capable of as an environmental and level design artist (soon to showcase gamedesign) for future portfolio and career, but to make a product that sells within the existing community

[mossy stone]

This is not only an in-map lore device, but a statement about Arma and what I wish to do for it and the community

[mossy stone]

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/629CA8F423E3E8D1-ChadsWeather

[whole crag]

Oh wow.
Many thx. 👍

[mossy stone]

I did a showcase of the mod here on the main thread #enf_showroom message
I think future development would either require me to change the mod to fit all maps or i can just give out the files for their maps if need be.
I dont mind doing this as part of Making Arma Great Again means that all us developers for Arma can work as a community to enhance our creations!
So far it works really well with Bohemia maps, as it should. For others ill do what i said on a per-request basis. Ill even take the time to custom tune it to work for any developer that asks!

The published version of this mod is one that has been fined-tuned to fit directly with Elysian.
Fact it works so well on Vanilla maps plus community maps makes me happy 🙂

[mossy stone]

My unit im with is currently playing campaigns and gamemastering on JustMichael's Iraq map.
Heres what the map looks like with my mod:

Heres Arland:

Remember this lighting mod was specifically built for Elysian.
It just happens to work with almost every other map on the market

[whole crag]

@mossy stonelooking pretty good so far.
I've only tested on Arland which is the map i'm using for my stuff pretty much 100% of the time.
Somehow i have the feeling clear/sunny is a tiny bit too bright rn.
Like if the gamma was set from vanilla 50% to 100%.
Maybe something in between like brighter then vanilla but not that much?
I know it's all user preferance and it may will be affected by monitor type and stuff.
Is there a simple value i could change for testing or do i have to mess with a lot of stuff to adjust this specific part of it?

[mossy stone]

So i did just run a test:
I have an HDR monitor. This basically makes sure none of my image is never over exposed or under exposed.
When disabled my image does get over exposed to essentially a white-out.
But this isnt exclusive with my map, all the menues and my desktop are blown out white, including my chat with you on discord.

The screenshots ive been sharing look identical to the ones on my phone as well even with HDR disabled. It could be your PC screen is set too bright.
But I could completely be at fault as well. I just cant find how or where at this time

[prisma hatch]

You’ve managed to make Europe colourful

[whole crag]

That's fine.
Maybe it's just me or my setup.
Maybe i will look into it to see if i can adjust it by myself but i'm not familar with all those value's... 🤪

[storm pebble]

Just wanted to drop in and say what quality work. I'm drooling over the possibilities for A4's future.

[mossy stone]

Adding my own music to the map 🙂

I made piano compositions just for this

[mossy stone]

Now knowing how to do this, im gonna end up recording a lot of funny parody and stuff on the radio - like GTA

Im having ChatGPT write up some parody material for an Alex Jones talking about Elysian and the politcal drama

Ill take suggestions of some other funny material that can be added

At this time i have several characters to also be included. Will need people to lend their voice to the project 👀

[storm pebble]

Take a look at what city Skylines did.

Advertising a meat wholesaler that sells anything, a family restaurant with a dark past, I can't remember the others but they were good 😁

[mossy stone]

This is an example of some of the material ChatGPT wrote up. Im gonna create a DJ radio channel for each character - which gave 10 total. Have some friends and other select based on personalities and havea writers room of content to add.
Will make this a seperate mod as well. Elysian will obviously have all this default, but i think to expand content to fullist will modulate for all maps like i did with my weather/lighting so far

[storm pebble]

Interesting. Very American 😂

[mossy stone]

Yes! My lore and backstory i came up for the island is a parody of politics much like GTA does. Its supposed to be a realistitic depiction but also not take itself seriously

And i dont need to do all this. But with 2 week remaining for the next update, i want to make what i am releasing extremely dense with content, even thought im not filling out more area. By end of December i will, start blocking in the Continent as promised originally.

To combat map fatigue, im gonna spend a huge portion on gameplay development to officially bring gamemodes that arent natively supported. Why shouldnt there be a CTF or TDM? Etc? Look at COD for example: one map provides multi-layer gamemode support. THIS should be native, but i will add it to Elysian

Ive written out 36+ gamemodes divided between 9 categories - did this long before Elysian... When i was originally trying to mod for Fortnite:/A3
TBH i dont know whats possible, i just know what i want and im gonna try to produce what i can.
Its either make advancements in this engine or let it die

[storm pebble]

Well that's ambitious to say the least, but you seem to have the energy. It will be lots of hours, but go at it - great learning experience.

Lots of neat features I'm going to have to learn myelf as well.

[muted furnace]

Classical music radio which just plays publicly available music

With a funny host that’s like “this next piece is Beethoven’s 5th, unlike my 5th child I actually like this piece.”

There’s also a lot of jazz in the public domain

[prisma hatch]

Reforger raves are here finally

[mossy stone]

Im currently updating my weather & lighting mod.
Trying to fix a bug with it and adding Severe Weather & Snow presets

[mossy stone]

I got the bug patched and updated

Tropical Storm causes crashes on custom maps. Works fine on vanilla terrains

*Some custom maps

Quick patch to make snow more visible

https://tenor.com/view/snow-pepe-pepe-snow-dancing-snow-pepe-pepe-dancing-in-snow-happy-snow-pepe-gif-19261612

[analog moss]

Can u link the mod pls ☺️

[mossy stone]

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/629CA8F423E3E8D1-ChadsWeather%2526Lighting

[analog moss]

Thx ☺️

[onyx cosmos]

Correct lighting is so very important! An idea is to individual customize the light for different maps.
Example, the light in Chernarous shoud be different from the map Fallujah and so on...
Maybe its much work, but often the light is a bit off at custom maps.
But i bet you already know this...
Keep up!

[mossy stone]

Yes and would hopefully fix some of the other bugs related to custom maps. I think for now I could do this on request by authors. For now you'll have hurricanes in the middle east and Europe 😆

[storm pebble]

Your living up to your Chad name 😛

[mossy stone]

Current release schedule I can confirm this update will come out November 2nd.

Overall have about 70% completion but last 30% will go quick. Will probably have extra time to further detail and add another POI - an Alcatraz type island

[brisk canopy]

Sickkk!!! DM me your email and I'll send you that motel tonight

[mossy stone]

This is listed on my mod description:
[e-mail]

[ashen halo]

Chad the lighting mod makes it forever nighttime

[solid orchid]

are you also running a mod that also changes the weather?

[ashen halo]

Sorry for bothering you

[solid orchid]

not a bother, just had the same issue.

[bright flint]

I've been trying out the lightning and weather mod and I've gotta say I'm really impressed with the visuals!

Theres just two weird things I've found out while testing:

1. If the weather is sunny and a cloud is under the sun, the shadow on the landscape will be either really fast or be changing with the GM camera / Helicopter position. Which feels really unnatural, if you're recording an OP or in a helicopter flying around.

2. In snow weather, the rain is "walking" with the player weirdly? Hard to explain, might have to make a video of it to show it

Tests were made on Ramadi, so idk if it might've been an issue of the map 😄 Do different maps have different suns? 😄

[mossy stone]

I know some issues regarding lighting and clouds I think I know a fix. It's the way engine renders clouds. It's technically correct but it looks funky - so I'll remove the funk 🐸

The snow is not how I want final product, but I included with last update

Will fix 😊

[mossy stone]

This is an old prison like alcatraz

Lore: Built in 1951 during McCarthyism, was used a political prisoner/labor camp for suspected communists

Closed down in 1964 - Temperarily reopened in 1980 during the Mariel Boatlift to house refugees -now a museum

"McCarthy Island"

This is backstory to how the third major faction on the island came to be. Once the prison shutdown, refugees and prisoners were resettled in Las Palmeras - forming the Las Palmeras Cartel

[brisk canopy]

I just sent you that motel model. Sorry it took so long. Life got in the way

[signal remnant]

The color palette for this map really is something else. For sure some of the best screenshots you can take in Reforger

[dusty dirge]

your really making it look like a squad map now lol this is awesome

[mossy stone]

Pelican Airfield has been extended and reworked

[signal remnant]

Hah, you can throw me on for Brad if you like. It's my first name anyways lol

[wild apex]

Any PAPIS on runway?

[mossy stone]

Yes, unfortunately they don't work as well as say flight simulator does

[wild apex]

Unfortunately lol thanks for letting me know

[cerulean ridge]

Any specific tone for voice/accents preferred for this? Or does elysian have many characters that can be from all over

[mossy stone]

Here is a sample of the Radio for the map!

[south kestrel]

Have a russian propaganda channel

[empty jetty]

Rex Jones Hahahs that’s great

[south kestrel]

“My top ten reasons why Islands Elysian should be ehh… Free Nation: Number one, here you.. I mean WE have so many great warm water port! Beautiful and good for shipping and trading of goods, this is all being waste by globalist terrorists of Vashington!…”

[merry dune]

How goes the map progress? Been Hella looking forward to map

[mossy stone]

Will be released next Saturday!

[merry dune]

Thats huge man!

[storm pebble]

love seeing the weird features 😛

[bright flint]

a question, since wav files are rather big will there be a map version of the map without all the sound files? Since we got like 80% of xbox users in our* community modsize is something for us to look out for

thats the first only bad thing I came over tho, anything besides that looks really gorgeous! Keep up the great work man!

[mossy stone]

Currently map size is 1.5gbs - which is 25%-50% less per square KM of other maps on the workshop

[bright flint]

ok thats fire

thought the audio files would make it really big since the engine only takes wav files. or so I heard, so I might be wrong 😄

[bright flint]

any dependancies?`

[mossy stone]

Just 1

[bright flint]

you're a chad if you get that map only to 3GB xD

[mossy stone]

Itll likely be 2.5 gbs or under with the full map complete 🙂

The only dependency is 400mb
So far total Under 2gb

[mossy stone]

Currently in "testing" unlisted state - Have to check roads/paths and airfields for playability

[brisk canopy]

How do you keep the size so small??

[mossy stone]

I think Enfusion has really good optimization. Plus with most assets already Vanilla and on the system under the game, it only packages location information etc..

[raven cape]

Yea my 17x17 map is about 1.4gb but I've mainly used vanilla entities too, as soon as you start adding modded stuff the mod size starts shooting up. Also most vanilla stuff are properly optimised

[brisk canopy]

My mexico map is getting close to 3 already but ive had to import a lit if assets to make it feel like Mexico. I didn't know if there was a way to compress assets.

[dim goblet]

oh well sucks to be on xbox with a 25 gb limit. but you cant turn a sedan into a semi truck

[mossy stone]

Elysian Stats:

• Currently 85% complete with the 3 islands I'm updating with Saturday/Sunday (Sunday in case something needs fixing)

• ~500 hours of development time since June, half of which were September and October alone

• Update will contain 25 new POIs since August update, including brand new prisoner island (McCarthy), and massive upgrade to Palm Haven

• Brand new highways that connect the islands along with more roads and pathways

• New weather, water/ocean, and lighting system

• Custom made forest generators that are more dense but more optimized

• The entirety was replaced with the new generators

• Added cliffs, some caves, and new terrain upgrades

• Added new atolls, lakes, and rivers

... Plus more

Starting November I will go back to bi-weekly updates, first of which will include Conflict and combat Ops

Last few weeks have been slower because of burnout. But starting December 1st will be including of more content in the main Continent island

Can't emphasize enough how massive of an upgrade this has been and there's still plenty more I want to add.

100% of this project is solo development by myself. I know some assets were gifted to add in, but that'll be on future update

To put this in perspective, although not in terms of land area, the bottle left 3 islands alone are ~ 7km x 7km

They have the roughly the same landmass as the southern half of Everon

[signal remnant]

Not gonna lie, I mostly use your map to just drive around and enter a zen zone lmao. It's beautiful.

[mossy stone]

I cant wait to do the same 😭

[bright flint]

looks awesome

[prisma hatch]

It is awesome

[bright flint]

it seems awesome

[brisk canopy]

It tastes awesome

[storm pebble]

Sibbles "Taste the Elysian Fields"

[merry dune]

It feels awesome

[mossy stone]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-spin-hacker-gif-25946184

[prisma hatch]

Are you making Florida?

[mossy stone]

Elysian has locations of Florida, Wyoming, and other states. It's a representative of USA

[prisma hatch]

That’s cool

[lament hare]

Excited to test this out when completed @bright flint will be giving our server some PTSD

[dusty dirge]

does the beta map work?

[mossy stone]

im pulling it off the workshop, this update will be out this weekend

[dusty dirge]

ah ok

[muted furnace]

After you finish your island do you have other plans

[brisk canopy]

Chad, do you think you could help me tweak the lighting for my mexico map?

[mossy stone]

I might start another map in December as a side project. Something like Elysian but with China, Japan, and North/South Korea

[mossy stone]

Yeh np. I can get to it next week just DM to remind me

[brisk canopy]

Sounds good. Thanks man!

[signal remnant]

Take the tried and true Hollywood approach: slap a thicc yellow filter over everything

Ez

[muted furnace]

How about one of these islands off the coast of Taiwan

Oops forgot to attach the picture lol

[brisk canopy]

This would be sick!

[mossy stone]

The final map map end up looking like this, but im gonna take the same approach i did with Elysian and do everything custom and use no real world locations other than reference

I've done some concept art of what I want to make:

[storm pebble]

Pengu county

https://tenor.com/view/pingu-penguin-gif-22446758

[storm pebble]

It would be interesting to see if the engine can handle that. I have a pretty good sense it can't 😂 - but this would let me know how much I can do for urban combat.

Definitely nice ghost Recon wildlands vibes.

[muted furnace]

W as usual

[storm pebble]

Should nice to fight on.

[mossy stone]

As much as i dont want to: Im calling it - Update delayed by one week. I might be a perfectionist but i need this map to be the best it can be. So far it is not. Theres so much i want to add and im not satisfied by whats been made - sorry for all that wanted it this updated this weekend, just know im doing it because i want to deliver a good map 😦

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-cry-reading-pepe-the-frog-sad-gif-17607942

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-peppo-sad-gif-22663739

I felt myself taking shortcuts just to deliver and saying "oh I can just update later" - but really I should just make it now so I can concentrate on the map as is

Been working harder and more hours on this map than i had in a full-time job in the past

[south kestrel]

Quality takes time looking forward to it

[signal remnant]

I appreciate all the effort you're putting into this. It's already the most gorgeous map in this game, take whatever time you need booboo

[deft trellis]

I’ve been pretending this map is Panama

[timber elk]

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/61D539E5213AF6F7-Elysian

Is this the mod we should download in game? I can't find it when searching for it in the workshop.

[timber elk]

Nvm lmao

[brisk canopy]

Damn dude! You ain't lying. You've been putting in some work!

[elfin sonnet]

hey @mossy stone, great map. I may have a problem. A few weeks ago I remember Pelican Point Island having a lot of vegetation. Now it does not. Is this an issue on my end?

[mossy stone]

Map is incomplete. Will be finished updating next week

[elfin sonnet]

Understood. I just didn’t know if one of my mods was conflicting😅.

Good stuff though 🤙

[mossy stone]

Wanted to share a technique im working on: I wanted more distant shadows - but thats expensive. So ive "baked" shadows onto the sat map itself whereever there is foliage. This provides much better visuals

Im not sure if baking shadows is a feature, so this was my workaround

And because my grass is custom, it doesn't darken or lighten based on the satmap

So it's only visible at long distance as show above

[mossy stone]

(Not final render)
In combination with adding shadows, ive added highlights to simulate tree tops. Now my autumn colors are more visible at distant

Its a little extreme right now, but with some tweaking this will look exactly how i want

[elfin sonnet]

This looks really promising though🙌

[brisk canopy]

That's sick!

[azure sentinel]

I want to climb it!

[dim goblet]

where discorb server 😦

[mossy stone]

Soon! I'm working on it

[mossy stone]

https://discord.gg/hBfCrwMsNw

To everyone supporting Elysian - Im opening my discord to those who want to follow. I am still working on it - but its going to be part of a larger gaming network and not just Arma

[mossy stone]

🙂

[mossy stone]

Elysian is scheduled to being released on Monday - With Conflict and Combat Ops

[mossy stone]

Note: Before anyone adds in RHS support - i will be creating a mod with all gamemode supporting RHS. This is to keep Vanilla and Modded dependences seperate

[empty jetty]

Finally

[signal remnant]

GAHDAYUM. I'm excited to see more of your work, this map is absolutely fantastic. Gives me some good Taviana vibes lol

[stoic atlas]

w00t? NEW MAP!! AMAZING!!

[wild apex]

https://tenor.com/view/ellipsis-bust-lord-have-mercy-gif-5606625988103215611

@mossy stone this shit is 🔥🔥🔥 keep up the great work

[valid hollow]

@mossy stone just uploaded your map to my communities server. Guys are already enjoying the change of scenery. Amazing job !!

[mossy stone]

Only thing left for me to do map-wise is finish adding trees to the National Park.
Tomorrow/Monday afternoon ill be finalizing the Conquest and Combat Ops missions

[mossy stone]

Im prepping textures and assets for the upcoming updates where the large island will become playable

[mortal breach]

@urban sundial map looks sick

[mossy stone]

The map is being released Monday - But 50% chance Conquest & Combat Ops delayed - I started getting a game breaking bug when launching. These games were working the other night, now they crash to desktop. So its gonna take time for me to debug and fix

[brisk canopy]

Take your time big dawg

[tropic sigil]

This looks fantastic is it fully complete ?

[mossy stone]

Everything I've been showcasing is about 40% of the final map 😬

[mossy stone]

I think my next phase of Elysian is learning to code and bring in some fresh gameplay

Would like to create gamemodes similar to Battlefield and Call of Duty along with a custom round-based zombies mode using Bacon's mod

Might not be for everyone, but it'll scratch an itch I have for it

[mossy stone]

You know what, im gonna pre-release the map in the next 2 hours
I have work to do in some areas but its 90% feature complete as is.
Rather release it now and rest. Stress and burnout of making this map hurts lmao

The bar of quality i have is too high, i just need to commit that people know my expectations and I will reach them. I just need time to do so

Ill update this Friday with the incomplete areas finished - but realistically its areas that are not high priority

Besides the gamebreaking bugs i ran into - the other night my ground textures got all F'd up and lost hours fixing. So gonna role out what i have and patch later

"Its good enough for now"

If/when you do update, let me know of any issues that you do find and I can fix everything by Friday - I haven't had time to even play test 🥺

[mossy stone]

Im currently approaching 600 hours of map development as is

[bright flint]

nooiice. ty for the treat chad! Our community definitely will take a look at it!

[bright flint]

@mossy stone is the lightning mod already implemented in the map? Since I dont see the dependancy anymore

[mossy stone]

yes!

https://tenor.com/view/creed-arms-gif-12367422

[empty jetty]

@mossy stone is that conflict up

[mossy stone]

negative, coming Friday

[bright flint]

i found a bug already

[mossy stone]

😬 what?

btw the mod was uploaded in test by accident - im uploading a patch that makes it public. Cant just switch it without re-uploading

[bright flint]

ooh

I found it via bacons server dashboard.

Here is the bug. There is a house whose walls dont render. here is the house and location on map:

maybe Im still on the wrong version? But the mod was updated today so I think I got the right version xD

[mossy stone]

Thats likely legit bug. All these will be fixed Friday 🥴

[bright flint]

also the terrain level on the prison island is a bit scuffed around the cemented part of the lighthouse. Makes placing stuff there hard since it goes underground

[smoky moon]

Have you looked at the Seize and Secure mod?
Very battlefield-esque

[bright flint]

rock sticking out of road

[bright flint]

@mossy stone I think the snow weather might be crashing servers atleast I clicked it and it crashed 😄

[prisma hatch]

Damn pot holes 😡

[lament hare]

@mossy stone just so you are aware all the street lights around the towns and roads are able to be deleted by a GM this could possibly help reduce lag as you can delete them

[quiet vigil]

Yeah Gm lag is pretty bad at the moment if you fly into new areas its on 20 fps for me

[mossy stone]

I know Las Palmeras gets the worst frames in GM. The modded buildings seem to be the issue

[dim goblet]

you made lods for them?

[mossy stone]

They are not mine, it's part of the depends. I'll see if I screwed them up or something

[tropic sigil]

Is the other 60% Barron land or does it have things on it

[mossy stone]

It's still work in progress. Gonna be filling it in slowly

[mossy stone]

The Mod is having troubles updating for public. But I fixed the rock and house and patching now

[brazen moat]

Will it update eventually though?

Been sitting here a while waiting for it to

[mossy stone]

its fixed i just checked

[brazen moat]

Hmm not updating for me still

@mossy stone still refuses to update for me

[mossy stone]

I think may need to uninstall any version prior

[novel flame]

Is the update 1.1.4? Im currently downloading it rn

[mossy stone]

yes

[novel flame]

Coolio. Im excited to try it out

[mossy stone]

There was an update to the dependency that seems to have fixed some performance issues around Las Palmeras.
Going through and fixing issues ive seen. Everything very minor so far.

• Bushes missing in some woods
• Bushes/Trees on some roads
• Fixing up all the rivers and lakes today, that were unfinished.
• Getting Combat Ops and Conquest ready for playability
• Fixing satellite texture

If anyone has found something that i didnt see yet, let me know. Its a big map

[novel flame]

Will there be an update soon with the updated dependency?

[mossy stone]

Yes, soon. Possibly tomorrow

[bright flint]

will the street lights be unselectable by then too?

I think those streetlights cause GM lags when youre flying around with the camera

[mossy stone]

I played around in GM, I don't know which ones, I couldn't find them

[mossy stone]

Only thing i see selectable are these statues - which i will fix

[novel flame]

There are street lamps that are selectable around the national park area and some around the other islands

[mossy stone]

I only found these, so if theres any else you find lmk by posting a screenshot

[novel flame]

Ill post screenshots later today

[white plume]

[novel flame]

Sorry for the influx of screenshots but here are the locations on all three islands that is playable rn

[mossy stone]

That's insane. Seeing how those are Xbox screenshots that maybe an exclusive issue for console

Appreciate seeing that, I'm strictly PC

On PC none of those are selectable. Will try to fix but without a console I can't know what to do

Will say happy how good the map looks

[dusty dirge]

im on pc and i could select a bunch of them

[mossy stone]

@novel flame now I'm confused on how to fix because I can't see that issue on my end

[dim goblet]

its probably some other mod causing the issue as you can see all the non stock vehicles present

[mossy stone]

I think its 100% vanilla, not modded issue

Would be very disappointed if another mod may cause the issue. Had those issues before with other mods causing unforseen issues, but managed to fix it.

I could never make the map 100% compatible with every mod on the workshop.

Either we all start working to fix issues between each mod or players will have to select between which hurts everybody

If enough people decide my map isn't worth it - I'm happy to stop trying to make it a mod and export everything over to UE5 for my own video game than compromise my vision. It's not just a map to me. It's story, lore, experience etc...

Spent months on this project, no compromise

[mossy stone]

I've opened my mod/map from the beginning to have people make conquest, combat Ops, life, dayz... Whatever people want and nobody has adapted it yet - So I have to do everything myself. Mind you, this project has been public since July. I went on vacation in August, it was reported something apparently broke the mod, which on my end didn't. So everyone stopped playing by the time I came back

This is not a financially stable project to be forced to make everything everyone wants. I'm here to try - try to Make Arma Great Again

But if the community doesn't want it I don't have to make it

Granted, I've been contacted by life servers, but their offer was to sell rights and not make a mod on top of what I made

Meaning, they more or less wanted monetization rights and I'd see nothing of which

[austere axle]

I'm on PC, stable branch, no other mods. The only selectable items I can see are the statues, a truck wreck and the lamp posts around Gambler's.

[novel flame]

Not sure what mod could cause it. No other map i played on has this happen.

[austere axle]

Have you tested it without other mods?

[novel flame]

Nope

[mossy stone]

New update today

Next few updates will be on the main Island increasing playability from 30% to 100%

But the main Island will not feature detailing or POIs

[mossy stone]

Upload failed, not sure why, will upload overnight

[novel flame]

Is the update out?

[mossy stone]

Trying to fix

It doesn't show me issues until the the upload completes which is about 2 hours time

apparently an issue with the thumbnail or some bs

Last try, tonight - if its not uploaded by the morning im pulling the whole project from the workshop

[dusk wind]

this map looks wicked mate

[brisk canopy]

@mossy stone did you change the thumbnail? It could be the wrong file type. I can't remember if it has to be a .edds or .PNG but I had this issue once too.

[mossy stone]

Nothing changed - uploaded fine on monday. I think some of my resources unloaded or something so i imported them back in

Now the workshop seems to have difficulties - will try again later

[bright flint]

what is working is really beautiful though! Will definitely keep using this map. if I see any more bugs I will report on it!

[dusk wind]

Does this map play well on xbox?

[lament hare]

From my experience it seems to loz tried it on my PC and console but was on signal player GM hope that helps

[mossy stone]

Versions of the map have been successfully uploaded but still stuck on version 1.1.4 due to a problem with the assets I had not being registered or having been unregistered due to a bug - will try again today

I may end up removing from workshop and reuploading from scratch.

Each upload takes about 2 hours and I won't know if it's successful until the end

Rephrase: new versions have been registered but not uploading

Between Mondays 1.14 update to this new version, no assets have imported or changed. Ive now removed configs to the unfinished gamemodes

Im running the batch possessors to find issues. Registering any unregistered assets etc...

[brisk canopy]

Another modder said the workshop is currently offline. Could this be causing your issues?

[mossy stone]

It's very possible workshop is having issues. Also noted that. Doing everything on my end to make sure I remove any variable that could be coming from my mod

[brisk canopy]

I respect the hustle homie.

[mossy stone]

Anyone know how to fix?

Oh i think i know - for somereason my mapping hasnt been registered

[mossy stone]

Everything on my end is good - workshop publishing failed

I think what im gonna do is remove it from the workshop - reupload it tomorrow morning so that everything is fresh

[empty jetty]

Work shop has been messing up

[mossy stone]

#enf_showroom message

[last delta]

I was checking today and figuring out why it isnt on the workshop anymore😂 I guess I know why now

[mossy stone]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-crying-tears-sad-frog-gif-11760244

[last delta]

really nice map, excited to play it, i was looking at maps to put on the server for a while

[mossy stone]

As soon as server workshop issues are resolved it will be uploaded again!
Either tomorrow or this week definetely

[last delta]

is there a top down view of the map that we can see? I kinda want to plan out a conflict scenario for it

[mossy stone]

This is only thing i have on file atm

[simple cliff]

does the gm scenario of the map inherit from GameMode_Base?

[mossy stone]

its the default from plugin > gamemode setup GM

[simple cliff]

alright sweet, any idea when it will be reuploaded?

[mossy stone]

If I can, uploading it tonight. Hopefully the servers will be nice to me

[simple cliff]

sweet! @ me if you dont mind

[mossy stone]

I just attempted another publish - it failed. Now im seeing other bugs. Im rebuilding the gamemaster mode again then will try again. Something is buggy as all hell with my project. Idk what

Between last monday and Friday, the entire project broke - wont let me publish, bugs everywhere. idk

[mossy stone]

I dont even know wtf is happening

trust me, its there and not outdated

[empty jetty]

Damn man you’re having a hell of time I hope someone helps you figure this out

[mossy stone]

I'm about 40% away from discontinuing the project on Reforger and moving to Unreal Engine

Make is 5% - as far as im concerned im unable to publish this project. I had it published not 1 week ago and now i cant. Nothing i do is working
It has been a headache the last month.

Might be done with Enfusion

Until the problem is fixed, this project is delayed infefinetly

[bright flint]

the good old steam workshop days, how Im wishing those back 😭

sometimes I wish we never got a crossplay game for real xD more bugs and instabilities than enjoyment

[dusty dirge]

yup

[dusty dirge]

hoping you find this issue and get it resolved man

[fossil crescent]

It's okay man, gl with your problem! I have familiar experience, but with published map. After map update one of thousands and thousands props get bugged and whole map is fu*ked... so, keep yours head up!

[mossy stone]

Ive now posted my issues and looking for solutions. Im trying - im doing whatever i can to publish. Like i have this f'in update ive been working my butt off to make and cant update. im so demoralized and PO'd you cant imagine

Here are the last known logs - if anyone wants to help me fix and publish please reach out - i ran out of options and reached my expertise in the engine to fix said bugs

I have everthing updated and ready to go, the fact its showing a problem with any of the maps i put down are false - it is an engine bug as far as i know

[fossil crescent]

Wierd, there's nothing critical for false publish 😕

Do you have problem only with terrain publish or? Maybe problem is on workshop side. But don't know, man

[mossy stone]

Ive never ran into this issue before - it is brand new. Ive posted maybe 5 updates since i started with little to no problems. So something is happening that im not aware of

Ive even posted a Beta version and seperate mod for my weather/lighting without issue

[fossil crescent]

Yeah, I saw that

[mossy stone]

Lets assume i f'd up some how. Lets assume last time i loaded tools and all my ground textures had to be replaced, had to have been reworked whatever... Lets assume my gamemodes i created suddenly stopped working, i made them, now stopped working around the update time... now ive removed everything i can, fixed everything, debugged whatever i could... my mod is still unable to update, unable to be fixed, unable to be whatever....what can be done

What im saying is, ive had no f'ing problems until the last 2 f'ing weeks. Either the game update is breaking everything or im going to start conspiratizing what i think is actually happening

[fossil crescent]

You've got a dm, budd

[mossy stone]

appreciate this

I cant update my mod - i cant show people the work ive been working on. im very upset and dont know what has changed that it would break my mod so drastically that withing a few days cant be fixed

because i have a theory

If you want to support Elysian and projects I'm working on: please join my discord

https://discord.gg/K9czchg2rJ

There's a chance Elysian may never come to Arma unless the issues are resolved

[mossy stone]

Much consideration is being done whether I continue to support Elysian on Reforger or the Arma platform.

Currently right now I do not support and will likely be transferring the project off Arma

Not my ideal situation. I have over 15k hours in this franchise, I've loved every minute of Arma and loved this game

However I've seen some worrying ideological differences for which Elysian will no longer be supported on the platform

I have made my decision, Elysian will be pulled from the Arma Reforger workshop and will no longer be in production on Arma

[mossy stone]

Unless things are fixed, I will suspend all modding activity until its able to be published

What is the point if I cannot publish?

[mint dust]

I feel you man
Praying this is resolved for your peace of mind

[lunar pewter]

Definitely the best map on the workshop, hate to see it go

[rocky flare]

What is the reason why the publication failed in the error log?

[mossy stone]

Last recieved. Half of which has even been fixed. This uploaded as is no problems before. Now everything broke the last few days

"addon processing failed" it takes two fricken hours to get a message like that. What failed? Nothing showing the logs

[rocky flare]

Do you have this kind of error message:
BACKEND (E): Curl error=Timeout was reached
BACKEND (E): Http Error (TIMEOUT)
BACKEND (E): [RestApi] ID:[11] TYPE:[EBREQ_WORKSHOP_UploadAssetFile] Timeout
DEFAULT (E): Uploading failed! Reason: "TIMEOUT"
RESOURCES (E): Publishing failed

[mossy stone]

I have not seen this particular failure

[lament karma]

Mind if I ask what the reason is for pulling it?

[rocky flare]

There is more logs in your profile: C:\Users\XXX\Documents\My Games\ArmaReforgerWorkbench\logs

[lament karma]

The ideological difference bit is what has me curious I should add.

[mossy stone]

I know the logs, the info showing is just incorrect. I updated thes assets on the mod etc..

[mossy stone]

this log

So assume resource leaks, assume my map is the issue - these issues were persistant in my Monday 11/11 update - i had almost no relative issues - so something changed between that Monday and Friday

[brazen dawn]

I hope someone could help you out and help figure this issue out. This map had so much potential and I know a lot of the community was waiting for it 🖤 but take your time g hopefully it can get squared soon

[main dirge]

The error is because you are trying to upload a version that already exists, If you change the version number manually you should be able to publish

[mossy stone]

i did went up to 1.6+ with whatever BS i put in, that didnt fix it

[main dirge]

Can you give me the mod guid from your workbench options page

[rocky flare]

If you have removed it from workshop, you need to change GUID before you can upload it back.

[mossy stone]

So again, the project was removed - the latest version trying to upload was 1.2.0 - no issue there except issues posted above - my current work around is to create a new project, import eevythting like i once did the beta, and republish

[rocky flare]

First change GUID

[mossy stone]

Agree, only transfering data related to map info etc... But The GUID relation means the mod is F'd up using that

[rocky flare]

You can make new guid in workbench. Utilities generate guid.

Open addon.gproj with text editor
GameProject {
ID "My terrain"
** GUID "new generated guid"**
TITLE "My terrain"

[mossy stone]

did do that how to impliment>

Ok - what i will do because much of the project dependency relies on GUID - essentially if i were to create a new project and import my assets over like i did the Beta version, than that new project could be the new Elysian for project upload

this is to prevent any variable relating to original game project

[main dirge]

The addon file in your directory is basically a text file

If you open it with something like vs code, or even notepad etc you will see what he is referring to

But yes the other way to change the guid is to make a new project and copy all the files across except for the addon file and the resource database file

[mossy stone]

i see that, i will create a new file - import Elysian to that and then have no issue like i did my beta version that went live, this is all assuming something corrupted with my original file over 4 days or minor edits, that the new file should upload safely or in abouts close to that which i want. - but if update cannot be processed than something in my map is corrupted and therefore cannot ever be updated or provided to my frens. So were looking at a 100% Reforger update - or an update in which im gonna spend year or so developing a UE5 game around

Either my map gets fixed or im done trying

[rocky flare]

I also had a problem uploading the map to the workshop for many months. Problem was my new cable modem. Modem somehow lost connection to the workshop, maybe it disconnected when the upload took so long. I had to change the dmz in the modem configuration to point the computer IP address and now I can send stuff to the workshop.

[main dirge]

Also workshop has been having server issues. Especially on weekends lately.

Could also install warp and try uploading when connected to that

[mossy stone]

Elysian means so much to everone and trying to fix,
End of the day is another map i made lost to time.

If this updates or sucessfully publishes - whatever - it meanes nothing regardless or success or not.
IRL im looking for a job or engagement outside of Arma Reforger - a niche game.

This map disappears and it means nothing to me

success or not, this map isnt end all for me

[prisma hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-pokemon-pikachu-cute-cry-gif-17782499

[oblique plume]

are you sure the workshop just isnt down?? or you cant open the mod?

[oblique plume]

workshop being down can make you think your mod is broken, its happened to me a few times. before settling on the conclusion your mod is broken, wait a few days and try to upload again

i almost broke my map the other day because the workshop was down and i thought it was me that did something

[simple cliff]

pretty sure it up. others are posting and its refreshing

[storm pebble]

@tight geyser perhaps you can help this poor soul when your done your stream

[simple cliff]

so sad finding this gem then this happens😭

[main dirge]

I mean it clearly states in the log why it wont publish

but it was deleted from the workshop so I cant show you the version number to confirm

so not sure what mario can do in this instance unless the mod author tries uploading to a new GUID or restoring the deleted mod and uploading with a high version numbering

[white plume]

also; probably refrain from pinging the BI staff - most of those folks are 5-6 hours ahead of us and are probably worrying about bigger fish to fry

[tight geyser]

I allowed everyone to ping me in general before. As official point of contact for modding, it's fine to ping me or DM me

Just beware that DMs sometimes can take time to be processed as I often get a lot of spam there from being in multiple modding community related discords

@mossy stone it looks like you removed the listing from workshop

[storm pebble]

Yea, don't ping BI - but as modding king, if anyone is gonna save Chad its Mario.

[tight geyser]

@mossy stone It seems your attempt to upload at 20/11/2024 07:16:52 wrecked the listing

It uploaded 0 Bytes, blanked it

Change the GUID and reupload it

Or we can remove it for you and you can reupload.

If you can tell me what things you did, cancelled midway, having spotty internet, etc. It would be useful as it is caused by a bug but not sure how

[white plume]

@tight geyser I ran into the same issue with my No More Voting GM mod when the workshop had intermittent issues over the weekend. It seems if you scroll back up that was what got him too.

I just resolved my end by simply recreating everything as it wasn't a huge project, but in cases like this where we have folks building whole maps; the restart of the whole mod just isn't exactly the most viable option.

[tight geyser]

In these cases just change the project GUID and rebuild the resource database

No need to redo whole project

[brazen dawn]

W Mario. Just hope Chad hasn't given up full hope just yet

[tight geyser]

and also contact us instead of trying to figure out yourself

Sometimes we can solve it right away in less than 10 minutes, like recently in the case with ACE team

they had a problem similar to this where they got locked out of some of their mods for months until they reached directly to me

[tidal wing]

Oo this map looks cool

[simple cliff]

praying it comes back

[ashen anvil]

Elysian is back on the workshop, can someone tell me if they are able to download it?

[white plume]

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/61D539E5213AF6F7-Elysian routes to a error.

[ashen anvil]

Hmm, weird. It's showing up in the workshop and I'm able to use it in solo GM but a couple other people are not able to download

[white plume]

Ya, I think the listing is scuffed or something and he has to reupload. I am not sure though; might have to wait for @mossy stone or @tight geyser to confirm what is going on with this one.

[ashen anvil]

Definitely think Mario should pull it on their end to help clear the issue possibly

[mossy stone]

For very important reasons, development updates on Elysian will be continued on my discord:
https://discord.gg/hBfCrwMsNw

Thank you all on the Arma community for the support ❤️

[pulsar oracle]

Is this back

[brazen dawn]

His discord is posted directly above your message. Alot of the updates and track are posted in there

[white plume]

Seeing as he is outright cancelling the map for Arma Reforger, does this even count as a enf_showcase? He outright has acknowledged he has no intention to bring this back to the game. Maybe we lock this thread unless that changes?

[lament karma]

Im curious as to what all the "ideological differences" were.

[white plume]

He just said in his discord that essentially he had issues uploading to the Workshop and didn’t want to keep working on something he deemed to be broken. (That’s a pretty heavy sum up.) but that discord he sent is just an advertisement area for his new venture on UE.

90% sure Mario even came in here and resolved the issue for him, and he just waved the white flag afterwards.

[bright flint]

he did have the issue for longer than 2 weeks. Now Im not saying Mario shouldve gotten in contact with him, Im just saying lots of ppl only reacted AFTER he pulled the plug.

Especially since it appears to be an issue with uploading the project. Imagine you sitting uploading it multiple times and just praying it works and it doesnt. Even tho it worked before. And he was vocal and pinged certain ppl about it, which some ignored him.

In the end, its tragic that he doesn't wanna continue his work but I also understand his point of view, because having to deal with problems you yourself as creator cant really do a lot about is infuriating.

[dim goblet]

thats why a lot of mods are not being made for the game tbh since the tools and the game itself is constantly being worked on and lack documentation and features

[empty jetty]

It’s hard to even get started on projects because you see stuff like this and just get the feeling that it’s not going to work. I really looking forward to this map it looked awesome

[mossy stone]

To clarify im aware a major update is upcoming and hopefully this will fix issues im having.
I have an update ready to publish - it just is not publishing.
Post game update, if im able to fix and publish whatever issues im having, then im going to make that publish - but it will be the last update im doing for reforger

Its not a "cancelled" project.
But i cant consciously waste time and have more sleepless nights praying this project can even be uploaded

[mossy stone]

The problem isnt that i see an error or bugs. Ive seen those before - it cancelled update and only waste 5minutes. Go in, fix and update and usually works.
The roadblock i have is im only seeing failed after 2-3 hours of uploading (server depending).
And the logs im seeing do not point me towards a single issue that im able to fix.

As i was responding to this thread, i was going to pull up my world to demonstrate that things are working and should be fine to upload.
Now the world itself is missing.
The project itself maybe completely corrupted

I have not updated or touched this project in 10 days. I go to load it up....

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-its-gone-gif-4104229

[dusty dirge]

Wait... wdym it's gone

[main dirge]

your mod is not loaded in workbench, you prob opened it and got a missing dependency error or something, check the log console

make sure all your dependencies have been added into workbench before opening it

[mossy stone]

oh thats probably it - thank god

yeh i had to delete all my mods recently - forgot about that

[simple cliff]

elysian is back?

[mossy stone]

The project is "delayed indefinitely"

Meaning not cancelled, just waiting for a fix so I can publish it

[mossy stone]

That said I'm offloading this thread to my own, I'll request takedown in 2 weeks

https://discord.gg/hBfCrwMsNw

[undone owl]

i can lock it anytime you want to