Very nice team work Agracier/Uufflakke. Ideed the use of texture and bildings over it, respecting the texture pattern is the best idea to avoid the stock clty textures. I never liked how the cities looked on Il2. Not only for the textures but also the density of object...it never looked real.
Waiting for that map. How much do you think guys this will be published ?
We offered up one whole texture slot for the one city only, but in this case it seems worth it. It was also a case of it being feasible as Sidi Ifni is really a relatively small city, more like a large overgrown village perhaps ... most houses look the same as they did in the 1930-40's photos we've found and this also helped out when using the satellite view of the place for the texture. But this way of doing cities won't work on every map though ...
We're really hoping to finish the map for Christmas, or let's say a bit before. That's more traditional I suppose nowadays. It could probably be finished in a few days if it weren't for the Canary Islands. There are only 5 texture slots left for the islands which is probably enough, but not an abundance as apparently Lanzarote has a different terrain than Fuerteventura. But in this case we'll probably gloss over that.
And we still need to texture the islands properly and then populate them. But if all goes well ... then it will be for this year Christmas ... fingers crossed and touching wood ... ha ha