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Sakishima-Gunto is now released!

MaskRider

MaskRider

Tiller of Soil
Hi Guys,

I have been slowly but surely making progress on a Sakishima-Gunto project. Sakishima-Gunto is the name of the island chain southwest of Okinawa, between the NE coast of Formosa and Okinawa, where the Japanese flew Kamikaze raids against American shipping during the invasion of Okinawa. Both Ishigaki-Shima and Miyako-Jima had airfields from which the Japanese flew Kamikaze missions. I built these islands over the top of Rhumba's mesh but I believe they might still work equally well with the stock. I started way off to the west with Yonaguni-Jima just to refresh my memory about how to do this stuff. Then I kinda swapped back and forth between Yaeyama-Retto and Miyako-Retto leaving the two islands of Minna-Jima and Tarama-Jima for last. I am about to wrap on everything but those two islands. Just put what should be the finishing touches on the large harbors at Ishigaki-Shima and Miyako-Jima. Pretty much have the land an water class where i want them. Here are a few of screenshots: an overview map; a pair showing a top down and low angle view of Ishigaki-Shima and it's harbor and a pair showing a top-down and low-angle of Miyako-Jima and it's harbor.
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Top down of Ishigaki-Shima
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low-angle view of Ishigaki harbor along with Ishigaki and Ishigaki-Miyara airfields in the distance.
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Top down view of Miyako-Jima Island
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Low-Angle view of Miyako-Jima-Hirara Harbor with Hirara, Nobara and Sukama airfields in the distance
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does DD73 know?

Oh this is gonna be so good! :redfire: Glad to see someone still in the construction game ...:encouragement::applouse:
 
Thanks for all the kind words guys! Guess I better stop coming by to check for replies so's I don't go getting my head all swollen-up!

WRT "does DD73 know?". I am hoping that seeing this thread might give hims some happy thoughts. I am not sure if he really needs this project to carry on his work but I it will be there waiting for him- sometime in the short-term future- in case he wants to use it.

His Operation Iceberg project is what got me interested in Sakishima-Gunto. Its a very cool little group of islands with all sorts of what I call little harborlets. Tucked all around here and there- mainly to handle all of the ferry traffic e between the islands. So, it is a very target-rich environment.:eagerness:

MR

PS There are some more screenies in My Album section. Many of them are on the dark-ish side as i like to take them later in the day when shadows cause the terrain to stand out a little more. But they are still discernible.
 
Reply...

Hey guys,

Jodi (Lee's wife) informed me that he had a heart attack on Monday and had surgery on Monday and Tuesday to set him on the path back to health. He is expected to make a full recovery.

MaskRider, he would be thrilled with your work!
 
MaskRider,

I am thrilled at your work on the islands!

My cardiologist wants me to limit my sitting time and become more active, so I will be installing your scenery and slowly working on the finishing touches for BPF.

Looking great. I cannot wait to get them installed and look around in the BPF.
DD73
 
Update!

Well, it's coming along. Details. Details.

Among other things, I spent the last couple of weeks: getting all of the little harborlets finished up; fitting roads to ground textures; renaming and consolidating bgls so that the scenery is better organized and runs more efficiently in CFS2. Tons of other extra little details to keep track of and poull together: NDB lists; runway entries; updating the N-SOUPAC way-points for use ACS/GPS; creating a massive number of flying-boat menu-entry start-points in all harbors and harborlets dotting the Sakishima-Gunto landscape; etc.. Tons of little niggling details that I am sure many could happily live with out but which I just can't ignore- they keep awake at night! Seriously! Hehe.

ANYWAY. I've finally turned my attention to doing detailed blended-ground-poly versions of the key airfields on Isjhigaki-Shima and Miyako-Jima. Up until now they have simply been place-holder runways laid on top of place-holder G2K-generated VTP1 polys. However, most of the key airfields had substantial dispersal/taxiway areas attached- something not easily reproduced in G2K. So, back to FSSC and the ol' blended ground texture methods. First out of the block is the three runway airfield at Hirara.

Probably near to releasing a beta version. But don't anyone sit down and start holding breaths just yet.

Here are a few recent screenies:

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drool, drool...

MR, you are such a tease:pirate:

Now when do we get to try our hand at keeping those airfields shut? :rocket:
 
Hehe!

I'd say these airfields are just about presentable. Spent some time tonight redoing the ground poly textures- dirtying them up a bit. Making the joint look lived in. Probably should add a few more bits and pieces- potted plants or such.
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Hi MR,

I only have four words.....

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

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....and it's not my fault either that I cannot say more than the above!!!!.... ;-)

Thank you!
KH
 
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