Taviana Island for ArmA 2!

[-Martin-]

Taviana Island (1.0) Released!

Location and population

Taviana (Officialy: Tavianska Sovjetskaja Socialističiskaja Respublika - TSSR– The Soviet Socialist Republic of Taviana) is an island country situated in the Baltic Sea approximately 120km off the coast of Lithuania or Kaliningrad. It has a population of approximately 1 500 000 inhabitants of who 90% are ethnic Slavs called “Rustaki”, Russians or Poles and 10% ethnic Lithuanians. The capital and second largest city of the republic is Sabina which is located on the Southern coast of lake Umag, has a population of approximately 150 000 and has the republics main international airport.

For a complete book of information regarding Taviana Island, please refer to the Taviana Island User Guide PDF file contained within the addon archive.

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Language

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The official spoken language on Taviana is Tavianian (Tavijanski Jazik) which is an Eastern Slavic language written in a variation of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet. Lithuanian, Russian and Polish are also officially recognised languages of the republic.

Religion

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The largest religious group consisting of 70% of Tavianas population are Orthodox Christians, the second major religious group in the republic are Catholics consisting of approximately 15% population where as 15% of the population have no religion.

Independence and the revolution

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Following the 1917 uprising against the Tsarist autocracy Taviana gained independence from the Russian empire and established a Socialist government lead by the SPT (Socialističiskaja Partija Taviany – The Socialist party of Taviana) to the present day. A 50 meter statue of Lenin was also built in the capital cities main square called (Sredmestje Vladimira Iliča Lenina - The Square of Vladimir Illich Lenin) to commemorate the 1917 revolution.

Economy

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Approximately 50% Tavianas economy consists of the extraction of natural resources such as oil and gas which are drilled mainly on the islands North coasts. Fishing and farming form another 35% of the republics economy while heavy industry such as metal works, chemical plants and shipyards from the remaining 15% of the economy.

Wars
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874 – The first recorded conflict on Taviana took place on the site where today’s port Molotovsk stands in the year 874 between Slavic migrants from the East and native Nordic inhabitants which were eventually forced out of the island.

1240 – 1241 – In the year 1240 Norwegian forces invaded Taviana in an attempt to conquer the island but were forced out one year later in the final battle that took place on the fields of Stari Bor.

1015 – In the year 1015 the Roman empire launched a series of failed attempts to conquer the island.

1600-1611 – In the years between 1600 – 1611 Taviana was invaded by Swedish forces during the Polish-Swedish war but where forced off the island by Polish forces in the battle on the fields on Novi Bor.

1625-1629 – In the years between 1625 – 1629 Taviana took part in the Polish-Swedish war fighting on the Polish side.

1914–1918 (World war 1)- Taviana remained mostly untouched by World War 1 although some conflicts were fought in Prussia and Kaliningrad in attempts to seize the provinces from German control. The years between 1914 – 1918 also saw the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 which gave Taviana independence from Tsarist rule and in which the Socialist Republic of Taviana was born.

1939–1945 (World War 2) – World War 2 was a very dark chapter in Taviana’s History. The island was invaded by the Third Reich which forced the Socialist government and the Taviana armed forces in to exile in the Soviet Union where the Taviana armed forces merged with the Red Army and fought against the Third Reich. While fighting continued the Jewish population of Taviana was deported to death camps in Poland while the native population of Taviana was forced in to labour, manufacturing weapons.

In the last phases of World War 2 Taviana was liberated by Red army troops and surviving troops of the Taviana armed forces who reinstalled the socialist government.

1945 onwards – From 1945 onwards Taviana saw a large number of Lithuanian, Russian and Polish migrants feeling from the destroyed European mainland who took on the task of re-building the republic.
Today Taviana is still one of the Soviet Union’s key allies and serves as an important strategic location for the Soviet Union as well as a important submarine repair base.

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Download links:

Download the installer and follow the onscreen instructions to install this addon:

Taviana Island (1.0) Installer:

http://narod.ru/disk/63340015001.7d2...%20II.rar.html (~730MB)

For all you Day-Z Players:

http://www.tunngle.net/community/top...-new-dayz-map/

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Taviana Island for ArmA II (v1.0) by Marin Bauer
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Taviana (Officialy: Tavianska Sovjetskaja Socialističiskaja Respublika - TSSR– The Soviet Socialist
Republic of Taviana) is an island country situated in the Baltic Sea approximately 120km off the coast
of Lithuania or Kaliningrad. It has a population of approximately 1 500 000 inhabitants of who 90% are
ethnic Slavs called “Rustaki”, Russians or Poles and 10% ethnic Lithuanians. The capital and second
largest city of the republic is Sabina which is located on the Southern coast of lake Umag, has a
population of approximately 150 000 and has the republics main international airport.

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Dedication:
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- James "Planck" McNicoll (1952 - 2010)

- The ArmA 2 community

- Bohemia Interactive Studios

- Everyone who helped me and supported me


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Requirements:
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This addon requires ArmA 2 or ArmA 2 Combined Arms, there is no difference in terms of functionality.

THIS ADDON IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH STANDALONE ARMA 2: OPERATION ARROWHEAD, or other standalone expansions.


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Installation:
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To install this addon follow the instructions bellow:

1) Launch the Taviana Island Installer.exe installer and follow the onscreen instructions.

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NOTE: If you do not wish to use the installer, right click on Taviana Island Installer.exe and select
‘Open with WinRar’, in which case the file will be opened as a standard .rar archive.
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The default ArmA 2 installation path is:

C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\AddOns

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BI Sign files
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BI Signature files are located in

@Tavi\BI Signatures


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Reporting bugs!
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Have you found a bug or are you having trouble with this island?

Please leave a reply in the official Taviana thread on the BIS forums or PM me:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=105530

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Authors & Credits
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All credit for this addon belongs to its original author (Martin Bauer) and those listed below:

- Martin (Height map, sat + layer mask, all object placement, modelling, texturing, object animation)
- Bushlurker (Countless help and support =) )
- Richard (Help in modelling of various models)
- Hevoc100 (Coming up with the name - Taviana)
- Broseph (Various textures for models)
- Zenger (Tavianas release screenarts, support and regular updating of arma.at.ua with Taviana news)
- BIS (Creating the wonderful engine and amazing game)
- Fargustino (Improving the satellite mask, ideas and race track model)
- DKM MOD (Windmills)
- Ensk Island team (Lenin Statue, wooden church and more...)
- Electronic engineers (for making all this technology possible)
- Pathetic_Berserker (Stadium)
- USEC, Mattaust & Rocket (Offshore rigs)
- Kamp (Config help, BETA testig)
- Robster (Numerous support, terrain help, satelite and layer ask help, bug fixing, advice and guidance)
- KamikadzeVM (Various building models)

And a special thanks to:

http://www.arma.at.ua

(for regularly posting news about Taviana and giving Taviana a place on theirhome page)


Thanks to all the other countless fan sites for mirroring and posting news about Taviana!

Thanks to all the people who reported bugs and leave comments for me!

A big thanks to everyone who has been following Taviana on the BIS forums and other websites,
everyone who left replies, their thoughts and encouraged me to get to where I am now, without you,
Taviana wouldn't be possible! =)


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Permissions & Liscence
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Taviana Island by Martin Bauer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
Unported License.*

-> Link to liscence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/...3.0/deed.en_GB

*This licence applies to the current version of the island (1.0), any future releases and any previous
releases (BETA 1, BETA 2, BETA 3, RC1 - RC6).


§1) You are free: To copy, distribute, display, and perform the work


Under the following conditions:


§2) Attribution: You must give the original author credit.


§3) Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes, or to generate any kind of
financial income, i.e. using this addon on a server that requires the user to pay
for access/maintenance. Exchanging this addon for any sort of financial income i.e.
placing this addon on a site which requires the user to pay for downloading this
addon and so on...

§4) No Derivative Works:

You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work - it must always be distributed
in its original form.

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Usage in BIS and other games:
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§5) Using this map or any of its components (on other maps/games) or modifying any model
contained in this addon is not allowed.

§6) When using this addon as part of a mod, please make sure that this readme file
accompanies this addon.


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Logo, Flag & Coat of arms images:
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§7) The Taviana Island logo, flag and coat of arms where created and are property of Martin Bauer and
Rytis Tekorius.

§8) It is prohibited to use the logo, flag or coat of arms for any commercial purposes, or to generate
financial income of any kind, be it direct/indirect without the written permission from both Martin
Bauer and Rytis Tekorius.

§9) It is prohibited to use the logo, flag or coat of arms on any material object such as a t-shirt,
cup etc… and re-distribute it in MASS, even if this is free of charge without the written
permission from both Martin Bauer and Rytis Tekorius. However it is NOT prohibited for personal
use i.e. printing the logo on your OWN t-shirt.


NOTE: Users breaching the agreement that this addon may not be used for commercial purposes or generating
financial income e.g. on paid servers, will be legally perused.


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Disclaimer
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Taviana Island is a free, unofficial add-on to the Armed Assault 2 series. It has been provided to you
free of charge and must always be re-distributed free of charge. The modification or usage of any
material contained within this add-on is not allowed for personal or commercial usage without written
permission from the author. This add-on has been downloaded by you at your own risk, therefore I,
Riptrough Studios, Bohemia Interactive or any other party cannot be held responsible for any damage
done to your computer by this add-on.

"Riptrough Studios" and the Riptrough Studios logo are the property of Martin Bauer and Rytis Tekorius.


100% compatibility with another add-ons cannot be guaranteed.

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Change log since BETA 3
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- All terrain and object placement finished
- ALICE (Ambient Civilian Module) Added
- AI paths added to custom buildings
- Clocks, windmills, ferris wheel animated
- Known geometry issues fixed
- Known misplaced objects aligned/removed
- Character falling through objects fixed
- Doors, ladders, petrol stations now function
- Missing texture issues resolved
- Airport glideslopes adjusted
- Various performance tweaks
- Issues with more than 4 colours in layer mask resolved
- Misplaced clutter/tree issues resolved
- Characters floating in the air in specific locations resolved
- International hotel heights resolved
- Various minor known issues resolved
- Various issues on satellite mask corrected
- Into cut scene improved

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Contact the author
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You can contact me on:

E-mail:
ICQ: 595-556-446
Skype: Kalasnikov471
BIS Forums: http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?u=51263
www: http://www.ofpbase.co.nr
Facebook: Riptrough Studios (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ripthr...43410935669828)

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4th of Novemeber 2012

Have you found a bug?

Have you found a bug or are you having trouble with this island? Please leave a reply in the official Taviana thread on the BIS forums or PM me:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=105530

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Last edited on the 4th of November 2012

[-Martin-]

For more information visit my website http://www.ofpbase.co.nr

Please leave your comments! More screen shots coming soon

[33BO11OF00]

What is that green stuff in pictures?

[-Martin-]

What is that green stuff in pictures?

It is the layer mask, I merge the layer mask with the satellite mask as a guide but don't worry it wont be there when the island is done

[Fox '09]

Looking great! how big is it?

[-Martin-]

Looking great! how big is it?

Its 1024x1024 so about (25x25km) but its not about the size of this island its about the detail and other things like the tunnel, large cities etc... I prefer a smaller island with lots of detail then a large island witch brings nothing new to the game.

[Fox '09]

I just don't like 10x10 maps too much, I like to fly, I like to search around for stuff in helicopters, so 10x10 maps do not offer much for me.

but glad it's 25x25, that's the perfect size imo.

looking forward to it!

[Mondkalb]

I prefer a smaller island with lots of detail then a large island witch brings nothing new to the game.

I agree with you on that, but the thing I noticed is that small islands with high detail aren't really going to be used by the community as frequently as big Islands with an acceptable grade of detail.

For example Kellu, my first Island for ArmA2 featured a lot of new objects/ideas, but it's still very rarely being used. Celle on the contrary, a 10x10km map with fairly high level of detail has been put to good use on several occasions. Both maps had new buildings and interesting landscapes designed on purpose for Missions in common.

So I believe that, when it comes to Islands, size does matter.
Therefore I think that 10x10km Islands offer a great deal between size and amount of work/effort it takes to create them.

[Yokhanan]

Looks really nice! Someone sure likes cows. ( ). Can imagine all the hours it takes to work on something like this. Keep up the good work, mate!

[R0adki11]

looks impressive Are you still going to have custom objects like your OFP version?