Really BIG islands

[rvirding]

I am trying to create a really BIG island, cell size 2048, but WrpTool complains "Invalid MapSize". According to the manual it should be possible to do this and OFP should be able to handle it.

Can it be done? If so how?

[Snake_Man]

WrpTool has the create new island limited to 1024, but it will read the 2048 correctly.

I think we either supply you guys with a 2048 template .wrp file or increase the create new island size to the big ass 102km size.

Remind me later if neither of these solutions appear in decent time

[Berghoff]

ofp only supports max 1024x1024 islands. OFP1 cannot load any bigger ones, besides it will require a massive amount of ram only for this empty island, like 250mb.

[MidShip]

Think the limit is given by total square kilometers and not the number of cells. Same seems to hold valid analogous for cell textures and pixel amount

[rvirding]

WrpTool has the create new island limited to 1024, but it will read the 2048 correctly.

I think we either supply you guys with a 2048 template .wrp file or increase the create new island size to the big ass 102km size.

A 2048 template .wrp file would be fine. Do you know if one exists somewhere? In the distribution there were only 256, 512 and 1024 sized examples. Is there another not too difficult way to build one?

We need to demonstrate the capability for a project.

[Snake_Man]

ofp only supports max 1024x1024 islands. OFP1 cannot load any bigger ones, besides it will require a massive amount of ram only for this empty island, like 250mb.

Technically you are wrong, practically you are correct

OFP can load 2048 size islands which are 102km x 102km or something, however as you said it requires huge amount of memory and I think only works on the LOW terrain setting.

But it IS possible to do such hundred kilometer island.

[rvirding]

I was sent a template file with a 2048x2048 wrp. It works but it is difficult to fit it in without the game exiting. I found it is not just using a LOW terrain setting but also making sure you dont load in large unused addons. It seems like the maximum size of the program is fixed.

[rvirding]

I forgot to say that wrptool seems to work ok with it, no problems in editing it. Of course filling the island will take some effort.

[tsalagikola]

if you want i real big island email me and i will give you one i made it empty i use it as a base for all my islands and put in the subject islands so i know its not junk mail its so BIG you have no water around it i am at tsalagikola@hotmail.com

[Snake_Man]

I have now uploaded the 102km x 102km island template (pure ocean with only small land mass in the center) to our server. Its only 12kb download.

I did not spend too much time tweaking the island and the last try I did, crashed my OFP to desktop. However it is possible to run 102km islands in OFP when using the very low terrain setting and I believe the -nomap memory thingy parameter.

The template island is in fully working PBO so just drop it to your addons dir and it might run okay, however its just meant for the WrpTool editor guys, so unpack the pbo and grab the .wrp file for own use.

WrpTool 102km island template download HERE - 12kb.