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Just started building this one for a friends server we use balkons weapons mod with. Tried to build the trenches realistically as possible with a good environment, although best i could get is a dirt flatmap 64 deep (Draghi's flatmaps). Let me know what you think and give me ideas, I have only one team's trenchline somewhat done, I will add leafless tree bodies and craters in no mans land. There are bomb shelters and barbed wire ditches, the farthest back trench is the most well built trench for defense. If one uses balkons mod with this, they will notice that all the wood half-blocks are somewhat bomb proof, hence why most of the materials of the trench are mode of it.
UPDATE
added lots of shell holes and destroyed trees, expanded length of trenches and added more dugouts, the forward trench will have twice as many dugouts but won't work as well ( if one decides to ever use cannons..) Anyways. enjoy, give me advice as to what to add, enemy trenches havent quite been started yet.
Artillery Posts
Supply Depot in the rear
Supplies behind communication trench beyond the reserves
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I installed optifine and started having the streaking lines, dunno why, ill get those out before next pictures, also the last picture is just a from above look on the trenches to let you know everything i have done.
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Yeah, I didnt know how to separate them, also i looked up the line problem and fixed that, ill post more pics tomorrow, im starting on the other team trench and already worked on no mans land.
Looks pretty good. I suggest detonating some TNT at random places to simulate some bomb craters and such and break up the flat ground. Also try a few more blocks, like maybe gravel inside the trenches to give some more color.
Would also be cool if you made a low rolling hill with trenches on it and some sort of artillery emplacement. Hills, even very small ones, were very valuable in WW1 for the view of the battlefield that they offered.
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Yeah there are small craters and tree trunks scattered across the field now, as for having more color though, the trenches were full of mud and dirt, i feel that gravel would give it too much color. As for artillery emplacements, ill leave that for the player, I will have supply yards and the sandbags where they would be. behind the trenches though. I use balkons weapon mod with this, so i will put 2 versions for download when its complete, one with chests of food, splash poison, throwable dynamite, muskets and ammo, and with cannon emplacements behind the trenches, another without any of balkons things, so people without the mod can still use it. It's really coming along, i'll add more pictures tonight
Your artillery posts could use some actual artillery. Some soul sand for mud and maybe a few blimps/planes flying overhead would be nice as well
I haven't put artillery because some people may actually put functional cannons there (with mods of course). Ill probly release 2 versions of this map when it's done, one with nothing in chests, no artillary,cannons bla, the other with cannons, food, supplies in chests, along with muskets and poison gas, tnt, grenades.. As for the soul sand and blimps, thats a good idea, ill try adding in key spots see how it looks, thanks for the ideas.
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This looks epic! and definitely something I would play on! Although, it looks just a tiny bit plain with the wood. I recommend you use some cobblestone or stone in the areas.
UPDATE
added lots of shell holes and destroyed trees, expanded length of trenches and added more dugouts, the forward trench will have twice as many dugouts but won't work as well ( if one decides to ever use cannons..) Anyways. enjoy, give me advice as to what to add, enemy trenches havent quite been started yet.
Artillery Posts
Supply Depot in the rear
Supplies behind communication trench beyond the reserves
All of it from the front
Forward trench, firing stands infront of a dugout
Reserves Trench, stands infront of a dugout
Old pics
Would also be cool if you made a low rolling hill with trenches on it and some sort of artillery emplacement. Hills, even very small ones, were very valuable in WW1 for the view of the battlefield that they offered.
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I haven't put artillery because some people may actually put functional cannons there (with mods of course). Ill probly release 2 versions of this map when it's done, one with nothing in chests, no artillary,cannons bla, the other with cannons, food, supplies in chests, along with muskets and poison gas, tnt, grenades.. As for the soul sand and blimps, thats a good idea, ill try adding in key spots see how it looks, thanks for the ideas.
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