Swedish Army Mod - Arrowhead Operations

[mr. bravo 17]

This is a new beginning for us in the SAM-team, and so we thought a new more updated thread on the discussionboard would be a good idea.

So, a quick presentation. Swedish Army Mod obviously aims to add the military of Sweden into ArmA2. We released a few versions earlier this year, but still nothing for Operation Arrowhead. This is finally about to change. Since this summer we have been reworking our old material and adding new stuff on the way. A completely new structure have been made to better support hotfixes and ease our work.

The main goal right now is to get rid of any Hexxed BIS-material, which you all know is forbidden nowadays. With a lot of help from this community with various permissions, we have now more or less reached this goal. Now only remains some of the work to convert and change it to fit our vision and theme.

SAM still require ACE2, and now also requires the expansion Operation Arrowhead to make use of the many new awesome features. A minor Beta is expected to be released round newyear.

We have also just launched a website for the project as well, where you can read more about the project, follow the progress and other related news. It's completely in English, so anyone is welcome to drop in. A minor forum will also open within a few weeks. Check it out!

www.samstudios.se

SAM Team:

Tobe - Project leader, 3d-modeler, texturer, media

Stiltman - Coder, implementor, brains

Nordin - Coder, 3d-modeler, reference material & warface

Mattan - Webmaster, mission editer, reference material

Credits:

(Might not be 100% up to date, but will be worked on)

Bohemia Interactive Studios - ArmA2 game, tools & reference material.

Advanced Combat Environment 2 - ACE2 and tons of pure awesomeness.

Swedish Strategic Group - Heavy testing & feedback

Gustav Embretsen - AK5c, AK5c GRT & Aimpoint models and textures.

Christian.1987 & Fallschirmjäger - Creators of G3-project (AK4)

HD Läppli from Switzerland Mod - Help with animated AK5c magazine.

Norrin from Australians at War - Help with AK5c handgrip animations.

Vilas - Models and textures for KSP58, KSP90 and KSP90b.

Rigge - Modeller of Fordonsmina 14

Pathy - Creator of SUSAT-scope from UKF Weapons Pack

YAC & Vilas - AMV model and textures

The Sunn - GRG m86 model and textures

Zsalheden - Spränghandgranat m56 model and textures

Media:

pY47-DXXY94

Edited November 29, 2010 by Mr. Bravo

[roberthammer 582]

Very nice stuff there , keep it up :)

[mr. bravo 17]

An update of what we've been working on for the past few weeks =)

DBAL2 is ingame, and mounted on a few weapons so far (AK5c on the pictures). Works excellent with IR-laser! AK4b GRT (G3+grenadelauncher) is also ingame and working correctly. We have also started to work on HKP14 (NH90) with a set of new textures. This is still quite WIP though. Will try to add machineguns and a few other details later on as well!

Visit www.samstudios.se for more highres pictures and info!

Edited December 20, 2010 by Mr. Bravo

[zigzag 0]

Ser mycket bra och trevligt ut = Looking good.

[gabravo2005 40]

That is awesome stuff!!! Great job Mr. Bravo, and I'm not just saying that because we share the same last name :-)

[Cyteless 10]

Nice looking stuff so far, good luck on this.

[baz44331 10]

looking good guys, great work so far. you have the wpns just right,

[mcnools 62]

Great work so far! I love the weapons.

[twisted 128]

looks awesome and brand spanking new! maybe a little dirt here and there? looking forward for release.

[lao fei mao 21]

Really awesome stuff, good job,,men.

[Mr. Charles 22]

Nice update!

[mr. bravo 17]

Once again it has been too long since our last update here, so I'll throw in a few screenshots of what have happened since last time. More is available on our site at www.samstudios.se

First we have some wip-screenshots of our soldiers. The work goes on slowly right now, but it's not far from finished. At this point we're finetuning the animation selections/weights and messing with textures before we start throwing gear and pockets all over it.

We have also remade all the icons for weapons and gear so everything match in quality. The highres picture is insane, and eventhough that doesnt include gear used from ACE2 or wip-stuff, that's over 40 weapons =D

I throw in a sample of thermal-textures we're messing around with as well. That's the AK4, or the G3 made by Christian.1987 & Fallschirmjäger to be more exact.

Highres:

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/soldtex2.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/soldtex1.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/soldtex6.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/thermalak4.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/weapons.jpg

[mr. bravo 17]

More weapons, more! We once again got permission from Vilas to use his G36 models, and threw on some of our accessories like Aimpoints, DBAL2 and a grenadelauncher. These weapons are more or less used by Swedish special forces (SSG) and will be available in separate boxes ingame. They're using slightly modified BIS textures atm and will get custom thermals as all other weapons.

A new official member joined our team last week, Zsalheden. He brought us some new awesome explosives and is currently working on the heavy machinegun TKSP (M2 50cal), which later on will be mounted on several vehicles and available as a deployable weapon. The three grenades are variants with explosive-, smoke- and chock-effects. Eventhough you wont barely see them ingame, at least you know you're throwing something awesome at your enemies!

Highres:

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/g36x3sd1.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/g36grt1.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sprang.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tksp.jpg

[mr. bravo 17]

Oh and I almost forgot, the sniper-rifles! The guys behind the huge UKF Project has given us permission to use their L115A3, which Sweden is rumoured to buy this year to replace the old PSG90. Unfortunately we do not have much info about accessories, modifications or even its name at the moment. So we have currently implemented it by the prototype-name PSG10, and will modify it as we get to know more about it. It is using a modified greenish texture and also has UKF desert camo and silencers available.

The much heavier AG90 (Barrett M82) have also been implemented with an ArmA1-model and slightly modified textures. The scope were replaced by the one we got from UKF Project, since it look a lot more like the ones Sweden use. More work will probably be put on this in the future.

Highres:

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/psg101.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ag90.jpg

[mr pedersen 41]

Good work!!

Svenne Banan!

[sweguy96 10]

@Bravo you know that SSG & SIG are going to be one special forces group? SSG & SIGs new name is now SOG Special Operations Group :)

[mr. bravo 17]

@Bravo you know that SSG & SIG are going to be one special forces group? SSG & SIGs new name is now SOG Special Operations Group :)

Ah, sorry. They're actually named SOG ingame, I just still say "SSG" out of old habit ;D

[bracer 12]

Nice progress guys!!!

[Nordin 0]

Edited March 7, 2011 by Nordin

[Harine 40]

It's just fantastic

[ziiip 1]

Keep up the good work.

[partyprime 10]

Sorry to bump but has this mod (SAM arrowhead) Been released yet?

[mr. bravo 17]

Sorry to bump but has this mod (SAM arrowhead) Been released yet?

Nope, not the new Arrowhead-version. We're currently in our first phase of internal beta-testing with SSG Clan, which is focusing on eliminating any bugs/flaws with our weapons. Next week will begin our second phase, which will add some more goodies to the weapons and airforce-stuff, and then there will be a phase three as well to test our new soldiers and backpacks. After that there will be an official release, probably in June.

Sorry we're still kinda horrible at updating this thread with new work, but updates are added every week (More or less) to our site at www.samstudios.se. I'll throw in some of our updates below!

Highres:

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/m90s2.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/visby1.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hkp16.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ksp90b2.jpg

http://www.samstudios.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/falkenballoon.jpg

Here's also a nice video that Dansk_Skalle from SSG Clan made while beta-testing. The soldiers and AK5c sounds are still placeholders and will be changed before official release.

J3zRyI1DTDs

Edited May 8, 2011 by Mr. Bravo

[Ish 11]

Can I get a AMEN? *grin*

[Carlbark 10]

Looking forward to it!