[illspirit]

Okay, the new islands are sorta done now. There's still some minor touch-up work to be done here and there, and the lots still need to be divided up for building on, but otherwise, this is mostly how it will look. Why are we releasing it early then? Well, aside from just wanting to see how it looks in-game, Steve and I figured it would be a good idea to plan things out a bit before lsicing up the final lots. And since a bunch of things will need to be prodded for it to work in San An anyway, we can all play with it as-is to get a feel for the map and plan things out a bit.

With illcom being a bit random in design, it might be a good idea to come up with a basic zoning layout before chopping up the new lots. This we can discuss here, obviously. On top of the zoning, we can do some degree of "pre-registering" lots, so I'll have an idea of how to slice up the land. This doesn't mean everyone can just say "I want this piece" and mark out half the map. But rather if anyone has a good idea (and preferably sketches, at least) for something that would probably take up more than one small/normal sized lot, then we could plan on splitting such sections off into larger chunks to keep the ide's managable. Or if someone has an idea for something smaller, matching lots could be arranged for those as well.

Rough plan for zoing is as follows. Suggest and/or edit as neccessary:

• East island, illurb: mostly urban, in theory.
• West island, illres: mostly low density residential, with some bigger stuff along the main road to the south.
• Black Mesa (illurb_ne): cabins, fancy houses, goat hearding? Top bit is mine, btw.
• illurb_se/sw: skyscrapers, factories, and stuff? large square-ish bit at the end of the East Tank Bridge will contain the football stadium.
• Spookie Hollow (on top of hill, illurb_nw): Old-ish neighborhood. Mainly Victorian/gothic/classic architecture. Possibly haunted?
• illres_ne: Mostly suburban houses.
• illres_se: Houses, row houses, low-rise flats/hotels, shops, light-to-medium commercial?
• illres_crater: maybe a small urban area? maybe a resort/tourist attraction/casino-y place?
• illres_sw/nw, general west coast: rural-ish stuff?

And, a download:

illnorth_alpha_up.rar (4.44 MB, installer)

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Known Bugs and Problems

• paths are incomplete and not connected with illcom's path system
• NW and NE corner elements (illres_NW_13, illurb_NE_5) overlap the world boundaries and had to be disabled
• some of the boat paths might cause boats appearing underneath the land
• at the entrances of the southern bridge grass is sticking through the road; sand textures/col; disappearing tower
• the island access road (behind East Tank Bridge) still has to be modelled
• roundabout not centered
• no proper grass and rock materials

[caponester]

It's been a f*cking nightmare trying to get onto the site but I finally arrived, I better make this post quick before the forums go down again

Nice Islands, I'll be sure to try em out ingame sometime soon.

[caponester]

edit: Stupid forums conked out when I posted this and I resent the info by mistake

Anyway I tried out the Islands and there fantastic, bloody brilliant, I can't wait till they start filling up!

This post has been edited by caponester on Wednesday, May 25 2005, 15:35

[buchsi]

Thats awesome! Amazing!!! The islands are looking better ingame than the renderings! I can see illcom from this high, and it looks like a small town! I bet, that in some months, when there are some houses and other things on the new islands, illcom will be forget! Im so proudly about myriad Wow, unblievable what you´ve done Illy.

[*Adam*]

omg they are finally here!







They are the best! illy <3

[Kurropt Antagonist]

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Awesome. I'm glad to see these at least get some sort of release on Vice City. Sadly, I will be left out once SanAn comes out, but this should hold me until I can get a better computer.

[caponester]

I noticed at eithyer end of the suspension bridge made by steve which links to the left hand islands to the right hand islands theres a lump of grass on each side crossing the road

At the base of Black mesa theres also a large hole in the mountain, If you need screens of these bugs just say.

I like the idea of a football stadium, should be great!

are lods planned for the mountain and bridges? I mean they are not gonna be changed so I'm pretty sure Lods should be created for them.

[steve-m]

Just edited illy's post, copied the bug list from the readme. Please post everything odd you notice in this topic, so we can add it to the list.

QUOTE (caponester @ May 25 2005, 17:49)

At the base of Black mesa theres also a large hole in the mountain, If you need screens of these bugs just say.

Yes, please. Edit: Wait, do you mean the missing NE corner?

[JoaoBio]

Omg omg omgg... Christmas arrived earlier this year... Trying them now..
Okix... I've been searching the islands divagating and killing cops... and it's f*cking great, really it's amazing, but the radar must be updated as soon as possible, because it's f*cked up like hell to find places and easy to get lost...

This post has been edited by JoaoBio on Wednesday, May 25 2005, 20:22

[Mike]

Great work on these islands guys.

Made an install script and it should work ok, wasn't sure how to do the streetlights.ipl line though :\

CODE

; This is the install script for the BW Installer. print Adding illnorth alpha dir select add_to_img IMG opendef IMG delete illcom_c5_r1.dff img addall img close dir create data\maps\illnorth dir create data\maps\illres_Crater dir create data\maps\illres_NE dir create data\maps\illres_NW dir create data\maps\illres_SE dir create data\maps\illres_SW dir create data\maps\illurb_NE dir create data\maps\illurb_NW dir create data\maps\illurb_SE dir create data\maps\illurb_SW copy maps\illnorth\illnorth.col to data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.col copy maps\illnorth\illnorth.ide to data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ide copy maps\illnorth\illnorth.ipl to data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ipl copy maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.col to data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.col copy maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ide to data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ide copy maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ipl to data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ipl copy maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.col to data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.col copy maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ide to data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ide copy maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ipl to data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ipl copy maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.col to data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.col copy maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ide to data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ide copy maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ipl to data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ipl copy maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.col to data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.col copy maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ide to data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ide copy maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ipl to data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ipl copy maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.col to data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.col copy maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ide to data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ide copy maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ipl to data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ipl copy maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.col to data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.col copy maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ide to data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ide copy maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ipl to data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ipl copy maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.col to data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.col copy maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ide to data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ide copy maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ipl to data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ipl copy maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.col to data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.col copy maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ide to data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ide copy maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ipl to data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ipl copy maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.col to data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.col copy maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ide to data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ide copy maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ipl to data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ipl col open data\maps\illcomNE\illcomNE.col col delete illcom_c5_r1 col addfile illcom_c5_r1.col col close gta_vc.dat open gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ide gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.col gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ipl gta_vc.dat close print In \data\maps\streetlights.ipl find and delete (or disable) the following line: print 351, lamppost3, 0, 464.7, -514.2, 18.1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.694658, -0.71934 print Install finished, use LimitAdjuster to check and correct the map object limits

-Mike

This post has been edited by mikechml on Wednesday, May 25 2005, 17:57

[caponester]

upon closer inspection of the readme I've realised that Illy already knows about the 2 bugs I spotted, heres the pic anyway



Does anyone else think that Illcom, the original islands should have the same dark roads as used in the new Islands? I think the roads look 10 times better in the new islands

[Black-hawk]

Cabin anyone?
Also I've a shack done too.
Already in-game, on Black-mesa, but I've put it in LC

[spaceeinstein]

AH f*ck! Because of this site being down so often, I don't come here anymore and I made a script for no apparent reason.

CODE

print Installing Illspirit's Northern Islands... dir select add_to_img img opendef img addall img close col open data\maps\illcomNE\illcomNE.col col addfile illcom_c5_r1.col col close ipl open data\maps\streetlights.ipl ipl del inst 351, lamppost3, 0, 464.7, -514.2, 18.1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.694658, -0.71934 dir create data\maps\illnorth dir create data\maps\illres_Crater dir create data\maps\illres_NE dir create data\maps\illres_NW dir create data\maps\illres_SE dir create data\maps\illres_SW dir create data\maps\illurb_NE dir create data\maps\illurb_NW dir create data\maps\illurb_SE dir create data\maps\illurb_SW copy maps\illnorth\illnorth.col to data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.col copy maps\illnorth\illnorth.ide to data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ide copy maps\illnorth\illnorth.ipl to data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ipl copy maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.col to data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.col copy maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ide to data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ide copy maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ipl to data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ipl copy maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.col to data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.col copy maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ide to data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ide copy maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ipl to data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ipl copy maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.col to data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.col copy maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ide to data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ide copy maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ipl to data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ipl copy maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.col to data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.col copy maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ide to data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ide copy maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ipl to data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ipl copy maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.col to data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.col copy maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ide to data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ide copy maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ipl to data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ipl copy maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.col to data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.col copy maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ide to data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ide copy maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ipl to data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ipl copy maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.col to data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.col copy maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ide to data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ide copy maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ipl to data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ipl copy maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.col to data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.col copy maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ide to data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ide copy maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ipl to data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ipl copy maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.col to data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.col copy maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ide to data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ide copy maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ipl to data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ipl gta_vc.dat open gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ide gta_vc.dat add IDE data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ide gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.col gta_vc.dat add COLFILE 0 data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.col gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illnorth\illnorth.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_Crater\illres_Crater.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_NE\illres_NE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_NW\illres_NW.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_SE\illres_SE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illres_SW\illres_SW.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_NE\illurb_NE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_NW\illurb_NW.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_SE\illurb_SE.ipl gta_vc.dat add IPL data\maps\illurb_SW\illurb_SW.ipl gta_vc.dat close

[mickarrow]

Congratz illspirit and Steve-M: great islands.
I don't know if they will ever get filled up, 'cause damn that's a lot of space to fill. Been working quitly on two lots, I'll post some screenies once i get my files together.

Can someone make new radar textures, 'cause half the time I don't know where I'm cruisin

[GT-1]

I made an install script yesterday and made small adjustments to the installer interface. This is just for the North Islands and not a full update though.



Link Updated in first post in a moment.

[steve-m]

Wee, 3 different install scripts. Which one is better?

[Mike]

Again, great work!


-Mike

[BCspeed34]

Downloaded it yesterday

Loved it

[Super Sheiki]

I don´t know do you do all this, you are very patient to do this... Thank you for do this hard work, i love it, you have a "big cojones" illy

[Opius]

The last eighteen months have only been a warm-up...

Amazing work, Illspirit and Steve. Now we just need Necrosis to get the whole base land down.