Scripting is error and trial. Lets say I make a new script. It's impossible to say if everything works. You easily miss the small things. So you test the script. If it crashes it's easier to fix things. Then retry until the script works how you want it to work. I am using my old computer for scripting now. This rebooting thing makes me crazy, it should just go back to desktop.
Works good. Empire Total War and America's Army 3 run like a charm. I only have one very annoying problem. IF Emergency 4 crashes (due to a script error for example) it reboots my pc or something. I have no idea why this happens. Maybe I should try a different config file for Emergency 4 or just reinstall it, because I can't test scripts if this happens all the time.
People said it looked smaller before. But this map has the same size as any other freeplay map (deluxe, normal, multiplayer, campaign). It's big, but not huge.
No, a clarification: v1.8 was released earlier this year. I made a patch for it later. v1.8.1 is a re-release of v1.8 which contains a couple of changes and the latest patch. The mission patch is something else. Good thing is it will be merged in v1.9, that means the main missionlist will have all 30 missions (20 original + 10 LA Mod).
Small exclusive update. The map texture so far: You should be able to recognize the bank/stripmall/wal-mart area near the big intersection. The only area I still need to do are the two blocks in the south-east corner. Some grassy areas still need to be changed as well. I am trying to make the grass less green. Because of the warm (Mediterranean) climate in LA I think a more brown colour fits better for the map. I am also thinking about moddeling a couple of new trees (pine-trees for examples) for the map. I already have palm trees on the map. edit: Two new screenshots. First one is the cinema, an original EM4 building. The style isn't that good, but it looks good on the map. You will be able to find a parking garage and a small shopping area above it: The park with a donut shop (not accessible) and an accessible hotel: Hoppah
The bank and the gas station are the only new accessible buildings. It's very very time-consuming to make buildings accessible, but I might make do other buildings later.
Yes I had plans to make these different area's, but it's not really noticeable on the map. I am just making the map texture and filling it with objects. The first (beta) version of the map won't contain alot of new buildings. The buildings shown on the previous screenshots are only one of the few new buildings. I do have plans to make more new buildings after a beta version of the map has been released.