Battlefield New York BETA Testing & Discussion

[Spacer One]

yeah, I was expecting to do at least 10 different layouts...

Are the mountains completed?...If so I would like to see them for reference...

so, less skyscrapers in the hills...spaced out a bit more...got it...

NY gang style grafitti...that I can do...

 

[WildWeazel]

I'm still using the mountains from the urban sprawl terrain.

 

[Spacer One]

Oh ok, so Im doing the "residential" areas...lower Mahattan and such...?...okie dokie...

[edit]

More like this?

or a better look at it:

or should I put more tall buildings? More apartment buildings?...just more buildings??

These are actually modeled after buildings on the Eastern edge of Manhattan...I found them with Google Earth...I was gonna add grass/bushes/trees between the buildings, but I thought Id see if rubble and such might not be better...

[edit] hows this for the "gangs" icon??

file below

[edit2] Navydawg dropped another SWEEEET unit...Id like to see if something in NYPD can get bumped for this:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=192116

 

[WildWeazel]

More like this?

or a better look at it:

or should I put more tall buildings? More apartment buildings?...just more buildings??

Those look good. I like the layout. You might want to use a simpler texture on the big building, because at civ scale in 256 colors it will lose some detail.

These are actually modeled after buildings on the Eastern edge of Manhattan...I found them with Google Earth...I was gonna add grass/bushes/trees between the buildings, but I thought Id see if rubble and such might not be better...

If you want to go all out, you could make a set with vegetation for the standard hills, and a set with some rubble for the forested hills. (LM Forest is preplaced rubble) Also, if it's possible to damage some of the buildings to various extents, that would be great.

[edit] hows this for the "gangs" icon??

file below

Awesome, thanks!

 

[Spacer One]

Those look good. I like the layout. You might want to use a simpler texture on the big building, because at civ scale in 256 colors it will lose some detail.

Im hoping the loss of detail will make it look better actually...

If you want to go all out, you could make a set with vegetation for the standard hills, and a set with some rubble for the forested hills. (LM Forest is preplaced rubble) Also, if it's possible to damage some of the buildings to various extents, that would be great.

Now thats a good idea...and I planned on damaging the buildings a bit...we will see what I manage...
[edit] but both sets are identical hills right?...or should the "vege" hils and the "rubble" hills be different layouts?

 

[WildWeazel]

They should be otherwise identical. That way the buildings won't move around if the rubble is cleared.

 

[Spacer One]

ok, thats much easier...lol...

 

[WildWeazel]

 

[Commodore]

So, how about some nice screenshots to get us all revved up for the beta's release tomorrow?

 

[Spacer One]

NIce...I assume this means you got the AI timeline to work...

 

[WildWeazel]

Well folks, here it is.

DOWNLOAD BfNY BETA v0.6
This is the mod folder in RAR format. The BIQ is attached below. Extract both to Conquests\Scenarios.

 

[NavyDawg]

Downloading... I'll give it a shot, this mod looks very promising.

 

[KingArthur]

Excellent. You beat Apocalypse NY

If I wasn't so tied up with EFZI2 I'd help out with the beta. I can add you to the playtester's list if you want to take a look at EFZI2? There might be some graphics you can use. Just let me know.

I look forward to playing this when I get a chance.

 

[WildWeazel]

Excellent. You beat Apocalypse NY

If I wasn't so tied up with EFZI2 I'd help out with the beta.

Maybe I can assimilate you after EFZI2 is done

I can add you to the playtester's list if you want to take a look at EFZI2? There might be some graphics you can use. Just let me know.

Sure, I'd like to take a look

 

[KingArthur]

Maybe I can assimilate you after EFZI2 is done

Sure, I'd like to take a look

Sure but I do not know when I'll be done with EFZI2.

Just PM me your email and I'll add you to the list.

 

[The Omega]

I've been looking at the beta, and I've been wondering if you could change the Suburbs terrain so it would replace jungles, and send the file to me for End of the World.

 

[WildWeazel]

Spacer is making a new set of "suburbs" graphics (as suburban as NYC gets, anyway). If you really want these ones I could do it, but the new ones will look much better. It won't be hard at all to convert them to jungle.

 

[The Omega]

Spacer is making a new set of "suburbs" graphics (as suburban as NYC gets, anyway). If you really want these ones I could do it, but the new ones will look much better. It won't be hard at all to convert them to jungle.

I can wait for the new version.

 

[Red Door]

Downloading BETA right now, I don't know how much testing I could do without Recon kicking my @$$.

 

[The Omega]

Okay, I played a bit as the police, and I've got some things to say:

-Almost all my buildings were starving at the start of the game. Not very fun when the majority of your population dies, and your income drops into the negatives in the first few turns....
-Alot of the techs seem useless.
-I'd recommend removing Military Alliances, cause after a while, with the AI signing a bunch of MAs against each other, things started to get pretty crazy....