Current status
At the moment we have Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm (ODS), Europe
and Afghanistan theaters that need some additional work on various levels.
We here at PMC TFW are not working full day on these theaters anymore
and we need help from the falcon 4 community members to join the development.
People must realize that if nobody in the community helps us, the current versions of these theaters will be the last ones. Sure they work already, but they are not finished "products" yet. We have not abandoned falcon work, but we have already spent too much time working on these theaters.
What needs to be done
Vietnam needs new tiles (textures) and Quality Assurance (QA)
tiling. ODS needs new tiles, linking and QA tiling. Afghanistan needs
new tiles, linking and QA tiling. Europe needs new tiles, linking and
QA tiling. All the above theaters need valuable BETA testing.
Who can do it
Anyone can BETA test and link. The tile making requires some paint program
knowhow and/or artistic talent. Quality Assurance tiling requires understanding
of how the tiles are placed correctly, its not that hard but yes it can
be bit strange for first time tilers.
What softwares are used
Terrainview + current theater tile are used for QA tiling. Tacedit + current
campaign save0.cam is used for linking. Various paint programs can be
used to create new tiles like PaintShopPro and PhotoShop. Latest terrainview
and tacedit can be found on our downloads
page, paintshoppro is free for 30 day
trial from the web, photoshop is expensive commercial program.
How to start
You first need working standard SP3 installation, then you need to download
the theater you start to work on and install it completely working order.
After that you need contact us by posting into
our forum, drop into the IRC chat or email us requesting a some task to
work on.