Vis Malae mod for Crysis

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Aldhollen is a mining city expanded into a trading hub in northern Ebion; three major roads connect from the southeast, south and west, each leading to major cities. It will be built extensively onto the surrounding mountain sides in a large collection of winding streets. Aldhollen also possesses a large prison system and prisoners are often used as slave labor in the mines.

I, Chris am not the creator of this mod nor have I created any of the assets seen.
I am preparing this article and update for Rob, who is the founder and leader of Vis Malae.
There is a video provided; a 9 minute walkthrough of the map as it is so far; which I did personally.
Their were two map files sent to me; Aldhollen 2, and Aldhollen 2.2
Obviously the latter was more updated, but I didn't know this when filming, so anytime you see Aldhollen with pink fog, that is the older outdated map. The one with the white and thick fog is the more recent map, which does have some notable changes; mostly terrain.

Unfortunately I don't use CE2 that much at the moment, so I didn't figure out how to 'clear' the fog until after the video. You'll notice the pictures in the image gallery are much clearer, less dense fog. That is because the fog in the map was controlled with the Time of Day editor, and when I figured that out after making the video, I fixed it. Well, at least the pictures of '2.2' will have a little less fog/overcast.

Additional info about the map...
Rob tells me that the cities as they are now are alpha phase. You notice a repeating single house model for the entire settlement. He explains they are just a sort of 'placeholder', and that as more variations of buildings are created, they will be added and the city will be beautiful.