hi there

I've got a nice root canal so i've been gone for the past few days (yeah that infamous ban, i didn't do it in case you wondered)
Since I don't feel like moving much with this toothache, I've been working faster than usual on the terrain. 4.4.37 will have some additions that i've wanted to add for version 5 of Dogfight but I prefer not to keep them secret no more.

So the "boring" stuff first.

- I'm removing all buildings since they were pretty modern. I'm placing older stuff instead.
- All hangars are gone. New ones in place.

Now the cool and help part:

Ok, i'm adding a small monument to honor Duckwing Mountain since i think it's pretty much official that's its name now. This is what I have planned to place at the very top... but if anyone got a suggestion or a cool 3d artist hidden inside, i'm open to whatever you guys think it's best.

Hey Zuperman,

Thanks for the news.

Have you ever checked out Crissy Field in San Francisco? It was built as a US army airbase for WW1. It was closed as an airbase in 1936 and was part of the Persidio army base until 1994. Now part of the National Parks Service, the buildings and hangars are intact as they were in the 1920s.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crissy_Field

935 Mason Street goes right in front of the hangars so you can use Google Earth street view to get a very close look.

I think a plain obelisk on say a three step platform on top of Duckwing would look right, nothing ostentatious, after all it was named to honour a man who went quietly and unsung about his work.

You should put a monument to honor all who died in the First World War.

How about a big yellow duck?

I think you have a grand idea to honor DUCKWING1.
Thank you.

not sure if yellow ducks were available on wwi... but i think i've got an idea with it may be there, may not...

A bomb the big yellow ducks mission!! A kinda chill out mission

Just don't get rid of the tanks Zup, we have a load of fun with them!

What about a statue of a duck taking flight? Both legs back, anchoring it to the ground, neck stretched out forward, and both wings fully extended.

It should be maybe twice the size of a tank, and have an inscription on the bottom of each wing (Readable from a walker or a tank) and RIP written on the duck's back, either head to toe, or across the top of the wings.

It'd also be cool if shooting/bombing it were an auto-punished offense. No 5 minute ban or anything, but maybe it auto-destroys you, and you get text saying "We Honor the Dead. RIP Duckwing1" in the same way that text pops up when you shoot a teammate.

Hi

Calvin, I'm not that good with 3d, if you can make that in a 3d program I'll be happy to include it

For now I have this so far for the next 4.4.37
- Added a monument to Duckwing mountain (with a little surprise to it)
- Added portuguese translation thanks to Pedrinho!
- Began work on push notifications, so that people will be able to get messages when friends are online or they request to join a squadron for instance.
- Added Forum button on several screens so you don't have to exit to the main one.
- Fixed airplane not showing on calibration screen.
- The carrier's platforms will move now up and down.
- Changed all hangars, they now look more like real hangars.
- Added some decorations.
- A small tavern town in the map.
- Option to kick someone from a squadron.
- Fix random darkness on the map since the last Unity update.
- Fixed training mission 7 with the zep that was not visible.
- Fixed crashes on Nexus 7 second edition.
- Allowed to drop bombs from higher than 1000 meters.

Things I'm working on that I want to include before 4.4.37 is published:
- Option to assign privileges and rankings to squadron members.
- At least one of the new tanks.
- Waiting for Unity and Microsoft reply so I can fix those ghost planes.
- Fix crashes on iPad generation 1.
- Include better weather conditions already. The snow and rain are pretty much useless on its current state.

These last may or may not make the cut to 4.4.37. Depends on the urgency of the other issues.

Zupe

I hope you have plans on bringing the OUYA version up to date.

I am so looking forward to this new update.

Thanks, ZUPER for honoring DUCK. That is one of the classiest gestures I've encountered in many years.

Now, we have to contact Heidi (his bride) to let her know. I can't find her number. I hope one of you folks have it.

Wow.

It's great to watch all of this unfolding. I can't wait to stop in at the tavern town.


The Duckwing monument makes me think of the "rubber duck" hood ornament from the movie "Convoy":

Yes ouya will get an update but it takes some time. The problem with ouya is that I have to add every single button to a special system since you have to be able to navigate with a game pad

Z,

Next time you need a root canal...call me. I have a hammer and a drill. First one is free.

I hope you are feeling better now.

You should visit us more often. We like it when you are here.

Paul Mantz, Jr. wrote: Z,

Next time you need a root canal...call me. I have a hammer and a drill. First one is free.

I hope you are feeling better now.

You should visit us more often. We like it when you are here.

I do it myself...

zuperman wrote: Hi

Calvin, I'm not that good with 3d, if you can make that in a 3d program I'll be happy to include it

For now I have this so far for the next 4.4.37
- Added a monument to Duckwing mountain (with a little surprise to it)
- Added portuguese translation thanks to Pedrinho!
- Began work on push notifications, so that people will be able to get messages when friends are online or they request to join a squadron for instance.
- Added Forum button on several screens so you don't have to exit to the main one.
- Fixed airplane not showing on calibration screen.
- The carrier's platforms will move now up and down.
- Changed all hangars, they now look more like real hangars.
- Added some decorations.
- A small tavern town in the map.

Things I'm working on that I want to include before 4.4.37 is published:
- Option to kick/ban someone from a squadron.
- Option to assign privileges and rankings to squadron members.
- At least one of the new tanks.
- Waiting for Unity and Microsoft reply so I can fix those ghost planes.
- Fix random darkness on the map since the last Unity update.
- Fix crashes on iPad generation 1.
- Include better weather conditions already. The snow and rain are pretty much useless on its current state.

These last may or may not make the cut to 4.4.37. Depends on the urgency of the other issues.

Good stuff! I can't wait for it. Sadly i will because i got a dumb apple and by the time i get it I'm gonna be a mean old man. I'm so lookin forward to buying android.

Wow, big stuff, Joaquin, sounds great!

Hold on, you can't make a duck, but you can make a dragon head statue thing?!

As for making that myself... Maybe Slender or Luna could, but my level of computer imaging knowledge ends with basic Photoshop and Illustrator. Or, doesn't Echoboom have a graphics guy? If he's not occupied, I'm sure he can manage that.

Oh, and.... New tanks? Does that mean that Allies and Axis will have their own tanks, or you'll be able to pay for a new tank with points?

Awsome Z. Thank you

zuperman wrote: Hi

Calvin, I'm not that good with 3d, if you can make that in a 3d program I'll be happy to include it

For now I have this so far for the next 4.4.37
- Added a monument to Duckwing mountain (with a little surprise to it)
- Added portuguese translation thanks to Pedrinho!
- Began work on push notifications, so that people will be able to get messages when friends are online or they request to join a squadron for instance.
- Added Forum button on several screens so you don't have to exit to the main one.
- Fixed airplane not showing on calibration screen.
- The carrier's platforms will move now up and down.
- Changed all hangars, they now look more like real hangars.
- Added some decorations.
- A small tavern town in the map.

Things I'm working on that I want to include before 4.4.37 is published:
- Option to kick/ban someone from a squadron.
- Option to assign privileges and rankings to squadron members.
- At least one of the new tanks.
- Waiting for Unity and Microsoft reply so I can fix those ghost planes.
- Fix random darkness on the map since the last Unity update.
- Fix crashes on iPad generation 1.
- Include better weather conditions already. The snow and rain are pretty much useless on its current state.

These last may or may not make the cut to 4.4.37. Depends on the urgency of the other issues.

Souds great. I like it Zup. Cant wait for them to update.
Zuperman if i may be bold here, can you unsegregate the servers. Let these noobs learn like we had to. They are ruining the love of the game with the trash talking and other things they do. Or have selected people coach the noobs and lock that account in so they dont level up so they can teach the noobs the finer skills of flying and bomb dropping. I for one would like to do it. Its just an idea, take it or not.

But i do have one more thing to say, THANK YOU ZUP FOR THIS AWESOME GAME! I know some of us keep thinking that were always in game, trying to shoot people with our cars, dropping bombs on our wifes for the nagging that we fly to much, to trying to do barrelroles in our vans. This is very addictive game. And i personally thank you.

GreyGhost wrote:

zuperman wrote: Hi

Calvin, I'm not that good with 3d, if you can make that in a 3d program I'll be happy to include it

For now I have this so far for the next 4.4.37
- Added a monument to Duckwing mountain (with a little surprise to it)
- Added portuguese translation thanks to Pedrinho!
- Began work on push notifications, so that people will be able to get messages when friends are online or they request to join a squadron for instance.
- Added Forum button on several screens so you don't have to exit to the main one.
- Fixed airplane not showing on calibration screen.
- The carrier's platforms will move now up and down.
- Changed all hangars, they now look more like real hangars.
- Added some decorations.
- A small tavern town in the map.

Things I'm working on that I want to include before 4.4.37 is published:
- Option to kick/ban someone from a squadron.
- Option to assign privileges and rankings to squadron members.
- At least one of the new tanks.
- Waiting for Unity and Microsoft reply so I can fix those ghost planes.
- Fix random darkness on the map since the last Unity update.
- Fix crashes on iPad generation 1.
- Include better weather conditions already. The snow and rain are pretty much useless on its current state.

These last may or may not make the cut to 4.4.37. Depends on the urgency of the other issues.

Souds great. I like it Zup. Cant wait for them to update.
Zuperman if i may be bold here, can you unsegregate the servers. Let these noobs learn like we had to. They are ruining the love of the game with the trash talking and other things they do. Or have selected people coach the noobs and lock that account in so they dont level up so they can teach the noobs the finer skills of flying and bomb dropping. I for one would like to do it. Its just an idea, take it or not.

But i do have one more thing to say, THANK YOU ZUP FOR THIS AWESOME GAME! I know some of us keep thinking that were always in game, trying to shoot people with our cars, dropping bombs on our wifes for the nagging that we fly to much, to trying to do barrelroles in our vans. This is very addictive game. And i personally thank you.

Amen Brother

I said it before many times, but it will never be enough to repeat it:

This deffective, buggy, laggy piece of software is, by far, THE BEST GAME I ever played.

And it is an opinion from a guy that KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. A guy who plays PC games since 1993 (yup, I am quite an old childish man), and who plays mobile games since the first javaME phones were arrived.
I mean it: I have hundreds and hundreds of PC games (legal copies!) on my shelves. That's the reason I didnt become a rich man.

So, I feel honored to be a Dogfight contributor!
(Though being it such a humble, small and unimportant contribution!)

Hey Zup! You forgot The Jolly Roger. That little ramshackle bar down by the bridge!! That's our special get together and chat place, our sanctuary!!

Thanks for trying to fix the ipad1 problem Z, fingers crossed

Flyingmuck wrote: Hey Zup! You forgot The Jolly Roger. That little ramshackle bar down by the bridge!! That's our special get together and chat place, our sanctuary!!

does it have a specific place? screenshot please

zuperman wrote:

Flyingmuck wrote: Hey Zup! You forgot The Jolly Roger. That little ramshackle bar down by the bridge!! That's our special get together and chat place, our sanctuary!!

does it have a specific place? screenshot please

There's a picture of it on the Jolly Roger thread, drawn up by our very own Pedrinho

I can't find the thread right now and I've gotta go to the vets, if you don't find it I'll get a shot when I get back.

The Jolly Roger screen shot Zup, be nice if you could include it, I think the owner and staff there would be tickled pink!

sorry guys i have no 3d artist in the team right now. I've spent the last hours looking for something similar but the closest i could find was this:
www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-old-house/669395

If anyone knows 3d and wants to give a try to create the house...

zuperman wrote: sorry guys i have no 3d artist in the team right now. I've spent the last hours looking for something similar but the closest i could find was this:
www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-old-house/669395

If anyone knows 3d and wants to give a try to create the house...

It looks nice. Out of curiosity how is that made?

any 3d modeling tool, there are a bunch: blender, 3ds max, maya...