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[CzechTexan]

CT, can you put railways in?

IIRC, the stock Kyushu map does not have them.

Railways?!  On top of all that I'm doing?    I could use a little help, haha.  Perhaps I'll do it after airfields are done.  But I wouldn't mind if someone else added railways+train stations.  I'd like some more ground targets.

Kanoya with Kasanohara in the background


Kasanohara


Shibushi

[Toobone]

Railways?!  On top of all that I'm doing?    I could use a little help, haha.  Perhaps I'll do it after airfields are done.  But I wouldn't mind if someone else added railways+train stations.  I'd like some more ground targets.
Kanoya with Kasanohara in the background
Kasanohara
Shibushi

To WhiteCat: impressive art texs, thanx a lot!
To ChechT: Very good job as usual, CT!

[Cafs]

Excellent airfield CzechT,  great job indeed. 

[CzechTexan]

Thanks!
This is Kushira airfield, north of Kanoya


There is a video on youtube showing U.S. pilots attacking a city named Tarumizu.  There is no mention of an airfield there but I decided to add the city to the map.  I also did an experiment to populate the city similar to the style used in the Hengyang map with clustered wooden houses.  I edited the city textures and made them darker.  They were just too "orangy" for Japan IMO.  I'll include these textures as an option for the map.  Tarumizu


The airfield known as Bansei is in the wrong location on the stock map.  It is actually near the towns of Kaseda and Bansei, much farther south, as compared to the stock map location.  Pacific Wrecks website's description: 
"Used for only four months from March 28, 1945 until the end of the war. Called "the phantom kamikaze base". 201 kamikaze pilots, including 170juvenile pilots, made kamikaze missions."

Since it is known as "phantom," I decided to make it simple and "hidden" to make it un-noticeable by U.S. aircraft.  I also experimented with the town's buildings.
Bansei


btw, Chiran airfield is also in the wrong place on the stock map.  I re-located it closer to its true location further south of Kagoshima.  For the original stock airfields of Chiran and Bansei...I guess I'll leave them there 

[WhiteCat]

VERY very interesting stuff CT Cities look very nice! Are you populating them manually? And, there are some intersting trees there too

[CzechTexan]

yes, manually populating with copy/paste.  Adding trees around airfields only.  I'm not going to re-populate every city.  Maybe just small towns near important areas.  Doing that to large cities would be bad for frame rates.  I still have a few more airfields to add. South and east is almost done; moving north now.

[Vampire_pilot]

looks great!

are you planning to change/delete any of the stock airfields? Because if not, we could manage this map in the same slot. If any existing airfields are altered, it would have to be an additional slot.

[CzechTexan]

I think the old airfields should remain on the map because they are included in older missions. 
Thanks for making that point, vampire_pilot.  The only major change is in the static objects for new airfields.  Some of the names have changed and many more added, including heights of volcanoes/mountains. 

It's funny that when I looked at this map before whitecat's repaint, it was not very interesting.  Now, Whitecat's repaint has really made the geography come alive and I'm seeing the geography like never before.  With all the photographic evidence of airfields and countless air battles, bombing raids, and kamikaze attacks...this map has much benefit for our community.  I'm excited! 

[sakai]

Your improvments looks great Czechtexan... will you add them to the 4.0 version of Whitecat ?

[CzechTexan]

Yes, this is for Whitecat's map.  I'm using his textures for airfields and their surrounding areas and that would probably only look right on his map.

[sakai]

Hello Czechtexan... I didn't make myself clear... my question is : did you add your stuff to whitecat's download? (I mean : where can we get your improments? - they look great and I'm happy to see my skins flying above them)

[CzechTexan]

My stuff is still w.i.p. and it may be another week or two (hopefully) until it goes public.  Sorry for the wait 

Kokubu number 1 airfield, northeast of Kagoshima


Izumi heavy bomber base


excellent skins, btw.