Takistani National Army

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

I began this project in Mid-September, but had to take a break due to some personal issues that arose in October. As the demands on my time slowly lessen, I have dedicated myself to continuing this project and decided to push out an early release to generate interest and feedback.

I am not a modeler, so I am not independently capable of creating or modifying models for the purpose of this addon. I still have quite a bit of work left on this project, but everything is steadily moving in the right direction and I intend to release updates as quickly as I can. This requires Operation Arrowhead, or Combined Operations.

Takistani National Army (WIP BETA)

A modification for Armed Assault 2: Operation Arrowhead

By Clavicula_Nox4817

Contents:

Cnox4817_taknaarmy.pbo

Features:

Takistani National Army (TNA) regular infantry

TNA Commandos

To do list:

Weird shadow issue on the Commandos; help please!

Working on more groups

Vehicles (BTR, BMP2, T55, Humvee, UAZ, Various trucks)

Airborne soldiers

Little details for NCO and Officer classes

Background, fluff, and fleshed ORBAT and TO&E

Installation:

Place @TNA folder inside your Arma 2 folder.

Right click on the desktop shortcut, select properties, and add “@TNA†to your mod line

Credits:

Bohemia Interactive Studios for the base models and textures

The Afghan National Army soldiers and commandos who, through the struggle to unite their country and bring it into the 21st Century, have given me the inspiration to begin this project. Though I can never be with you again, and though there have been dark days, you will eventually find your way. Bahmani kohda and khuday pe aman.

Task Force Black Jack

http://tf-blackjack.com/content.php

Regular Army, retexture of Takistani Army

Commandos, retexture of ACR Special Forces

Higher Resolution:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/clavicula_nox/tna4.jpg

Higher Resolution:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/clavicula_nox/tna5.jpg

Download

Courtesy of my teammates at Task Force Black Jack, Arma 2's finest Tactical Realism Unit:

http://www.tf-blackjack.com/downloads/@TNA.rar

Come join us at:

http://tf-blackjack.com/content.php

Edited December 29, 2010 by Clavicula_nox4817

[konrad1 10]

mkae pics pls with better resolution

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

mkae pics pls with better resolution

There is a 100kb size limit on photos.

*edit*

The links to 2 higher resolution screens have been posted.

Edited December 28, 2010 by Clavicula_nox4817

[pre-Vet 10]

Good idea and a really good point to give the takistani army desert camo :) but maybe a different camo would be nice for ID, there is a lot of 3-color desert around.

good luck!

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

Good idea and a really good point to give the takistani army desert camo :) but maybe a different camo would be nice for ID, there is a lot of 3-color desert around.

good luck!

There were a couple of reasons behind my choice for 3 color desert:

1. I figured that Takistan, like many non-developed non-Western countries, would treat and equip their soldiers on a hierarchical basis. Meaning, the bottom of the barrel soldiers would have the worst equipment and "high-drag" uniforms. In this release you see two extremes: The Regulars have all the same crap the Takistani Army (bad guys) had and a very well-used and generic type uniform. The Commandos have a mix of Western weapons and a very good digital camouflage uniform that is good on pretty much any terrain. The Airborne soldiers, when I make them, will be something of a mid-grade. I haven't decided yet what they will have, but I am open to suggestions.

2. After two deployments with the uniform, I am quite partial to 3 color desert and it was pretty simple to use my old uniforms for reference photos. The Commando texture is not as good as the Regulars simply because I used a swatch for the Commandos instead of an actual uniform set like I did with the Regulars.

[Guest]

You have included the privatebikey and not the bisign file. The privatebikey should never be shared.

I guess you will release an updated signed version with the bisign files? You will probably have to make a new privatebikey as the key is out there now so server admins can no longer trust your addons (certain dickheads can now edit your work, release their own addons with your bikey and act like little kids on other peoples servers).

Just a friendly headsup ;)

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

You have included the privatebikey and not the bisign file. The privatebikey should never be shared.

I guess you will release an updated signed version with the bisign files? You will probably have to make a new privatebikey as the key is out there now so server admins can no longer trust your addons (certain dickheads can now edit your work, release their own addons with your bikey and act like little kids on other peoples servers).

Just a friendly headsup ;)

Whoops.

It's my first time signing an addon and I wasn't paying attention. Thanks Foxhound.

Download link will be temporarily removed and replaced shortly.

[slatts 1978]

hey there

im offering my NTA model since you beat me to the NTA addons :D

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm180/guitaro-man/takiun.jpg

want it?

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

hey there

im offering my NTA model since you beat me to the NTA addons :D

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm180/guitaro-man/takiun.jpg

want it?

Uh, I can't do anything with it right now, but maybe sometime in the near future.

As it is, I think I am missing some substantial step with BinPBO. I am asking the program to create a signature and yet, it does not. It compresses the folder but..alas, no bisign. Unless I am completely misunderstanding the process.

[slatts 1978]

Uh, I can't do anything with it right now, but maybe sometime in the near future.

rgr that

[Binkowski 26]

great to see your work in arma2 man. good stuff :).

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

great to see your work in arma2 man. good stuff :).

Thanks, now I just need the Idiot's Guide to Signing Addons.

[Guest]

Thanks, now I just need the Idiot's Guide to Signing Addons.

I am no expert but have you seen this?

http://www.ofpec.com/tags/index.php?action=howto_key

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

I am no expert but have you seen this?

http://www.ofpec.com/tags/index.php?action=howto_key

Great success! Thanks, Foxhound.

I will be re-uploading ASAP. I will also be modifying the TNA flags prior to upload due to private request.

*edit*

I am currently in the process of re-hosting this. I also removed a great deal of waste files and made a minor modification to the flags. I will be further refining the flag, this is more of a quick fix.

Edited December 29, 2010 by Clavicula_nox4817

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

Download link is back up. bikey and bisign files included. Some waste files removed from my project folder and the pbo is reduced in size ~50%.

[C.T 44]

Great WIP addon!

-add blood texes to the to do list.

[pre-Vet 10]

The Airborne soldiers, when I make them, will be something of a mid-grade. I haven't decided yet what they will have, but I am open to suggestions.

Ah, I understand. Great idea anyway.

May I suggest you doing some "desert jacket-green trousers" models or the airborne. Since takistan has many greenzones. We used to do that to break shapes when moving through the greenzones in Afgh, and the other way around just because we didnt have rainjackets in 3-color desert.:(

Or maybe you could give the airborne guys the desert storm DBDU?

Keep up the good work!

[esco7800 10]

great job, In do you plan to add mountain rangers. I think it would be a good idea to do,

Do to the fact that there a lot of hilly terrain.

[miller 49]

Great addon

Thanks Clavicula_nox4817

ArmA2Base.de Mirror:

Takistani National Army (beta)

Kind regards

Miller

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

Great WIP addon!

-add blood texes to the to do list.

Thanks. They currently share the default blood textures used by the Takistani Army. Shoot them in the face to test it.

May I suggest you doing some "desert jacket-green trousers" models or the airborne. Since takistan has many greenzones. We used to do that to break shapes when moving through the greenzones in Afgh, and the other way around just because we didnt have rainjackets in 3-color desert.

Or maybe you could give the airborne guys the desert storm DBDU?

I'm looking at some other arid and temperate digital patterns right now. I considered a sort of mix-match, but not for the Airborne/Commandos. I may look at the idea further.

US 6-color Desert is a definite No-Go, however.

great job, In do you plan to add mountain rangers. I think it would be a good idea to do,

Do to the fact that there a lot of hilly terrain.

Egh. Maybe. It's a small military for a poor country in chaos. The writer in me has a hard time justifying a widely diverse and eclectic force of specialists. If I did something like that, it would be a very low priority to be filled after a lot of work has been done on other parts of the addon. I still have quite a bit of work to get the Regular Infantry up to the standard I want, let alone the Commandos and the Airborne (which haven't even been started).

I am currently having some unbelievable difficulties with the normal maps. I don't know what the issue is, but the game is flat out refusing to read the textures I am making; it's bizarre and I don't understand it at all.

But, I mentioned details on NCO and Officer classes. Concept for the Squad Leader, a Sergeant (Delgay Mesher):

[Binkowski 26]

awesome stuff man! i love the concept for the squad leader, maybe you could expand for team leaders? just a suggestion. i see you figured out the signing stuff, i was looking for the youtube video that jerry hopper made awhile ago which really helped me with signing, but you've got it figured out so i'll stfu.

[TheBigHerm 10]

Great job, man. These look great! I'm sure it's good to see your hard work and dedication finally come to fruition.

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

awesome stuff man! i love the concept for the squad leader, maybe you could expand for team leaders? just a suggestion. i see you figured out the signing stuff, i was looking for the youtube video that jerry hopper made awhile ago which really helped me with signing, but you've got it figured out so i'll stfu.

Yup. I intend to work out a fully working command structure up to, at least, the Company level. The biggest hurdle I ahve to cross is decided on whether I retain the Dari/Pashto language (Which they speak) or switch to Arabic (which is used on all of the signs, except the keypad on Coltan Blues [which is Dari]). The groups and classes in this release are more of a functional placeholder than anything and will be fleshed out more as soon as I progress a little more on my Group configs and determine, exactly, what transports they will be equipped with.

Great job, man. These look great! I'm sure it's good to see your hard work and dedication finally come to fruition.

Thanks. Still, alot of work to go.

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

Update:

Fixed the normal map shadow issue on the commandos. Fixed normal map issues with all soldiers; now they no longer have bumps, stitching, and straps superfluous from their parent characters.

Finalized Enlisted ranks:

Private - Askar

No image. Blank sleeve/helmet.

Corporal - Tim Mesher

Sergeant has already been shown. Helmet colors have been changed to match all of the others.

Platoon Sergeant - Khadamdar

First Sergeant - Tolay

Sergeant Major - Khordzabet

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

I am recovering from a massive loss of data and decided to do get some more things done with this project. I have begun working on the Airborne force component, modeled here by a Corporal: