SF/Contractor Mi-17 Pack

[lennard 447]

Today I'd like to introduce my Mi-17 BETA pack to you I've been working on for a couple of months. It will add several Mi-17 variants that are based on "Hips" that are used in Afghanistan by NATO forces. They are mostly used to drop off SF units. I've seen pics of them with Australian SOTG, Afghan Commandos, US Army SF and DEA in southern Afghan. I've also read that British SAS was using them in Afghanistan, they were believed to be baby blue.

I've also included some variants that fit the Armaverse more as that was little effort anyway (CDF, ACR and Takistani Army).

Features:

It adds a total of 11 variants to your game.

Where to find it in the editor?

DEA/CIA >> Air

ANA >> Air/Support

Takistani Army >> Air

CDF >> Air

ACR >> Air

Classnames:

AIR:

[TABLE=class: grid, width: 500]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Camo livery[/TD]

[TD] "DEA_MI17_MG_Camo"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Green livery[/TD]

[TD]"DEA_MI17_MG_Green"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Blue livery[/TD]

[TD]"DEA_MI17_MG_Blue"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Black livery[/TD]

[TD]"DEA_MI17_MG_Black"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Afghan Air Force livery[/TD]

[TD]"ANA_MI17_MG_SF"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Chernarussian livery[/TD]

[TD]"CDF_MI17_MG_SF"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Takistani livery[/TD]

[TD]"TAK_MI17_MG_SF"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Czech livery[/TD]

[TD]"ACR_MI17_MG_SF"[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Additional:

[TABLE=class: grid, width: 500]

[TR]

[TD]Afghan Air Force livery Rockets[/TD]

[TD]"ANA_MI17_MTV"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Afghan Air Force livery Mg[/TD]

[TD]"ANA_MI17_MT"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Afghan Air Force livery Medevac[/TD]

[TD]"ANA_MI17_Medevac"[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

MEN:

[TABLE=class: grid, width: 500]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Pilot Tan[/TD]

[TD]"LEN_DEA_Pilot_DES"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Pilot Green[/TD]

[TD]"LEN_DEA_Pilot_WDL"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]ANA Pilot[/TD]

[TD]"LEN_DEA_Pilot_ANA"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]CDF Pilot[/TD]

[TD]"LEN_DEA_Pilot_CDF"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Takistani Pilot[/TD]

[TD]"LEN_DEA_Pilot_TAK"[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Paintschemes and Customization:

There are three main hidden selection textures to change. To change the texture, copy the examples in the init line of the unit and edit the texture path to your liking.

1. Main body

Example: this setobjecttexture [0,"\len_mi17\data\mi17_body5_co.paa"]

Texture paths:

[TABLE=class: grid, width: 500]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Camo livery[/TD]

[TD]"\len_mi17\data\mi17_body_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Green livery[/TD]

[TD]"\len_mi17\data\mi17_body2_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Blue livery[/TD]

[TD]"\len_mi17\data\mi17_body3_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]DEA Black livery[/TD]

[TD]"\len_mi17\data\mi17_body4_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Afghan Air Force livery[/TD]

[TD]"\len_mi17\data\mi17_body5_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Chernarussian livery[/TD]

[TD]"\ca\air\data\mi8_body_g_cdf_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Takistani livery[/TD]

[TD]"\ca\air_e\data\mi17_body_ind_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Czech livery[/TD]

[TD]"\ca\air_e\data\mi17_body_acr_co.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

2+3. Flags (Interior flags)

Example flag1: this setobjecttexture [4,"len_mi17\data\uk_flag_ca.paa"]

Example flag2: this setobjecttexture [5,"len_mi17\data\cdf_flag_ca.paa"]

Texture paths:

[TABLE=class: grid, width: 500]

[TR]

[TD]Afghanistan[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\ana_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Australia[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\au_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Canada[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\ca_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]CDF[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\cdf_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Chernarus[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\cr_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Czech[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\cz_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Germany[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\ger_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]The Netherlands[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\tf55_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]New Zeeland[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\nz_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Takistan[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\tkp_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Takistani Army[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\tka_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]UK[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\uk_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]USA[/TD]

[TD]"len_mi17\data\us_flag_ca.paa"[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Images:

Ingame:

More pics here.

Real life References:

More refs here.

Credits:

BIS - A1 MLODS and their fantastic games.

Lennard - Various models fixes and changes, textures, configs.

[APS]Gnat and Thromp - Config help

Synide - Modo p3d plugin (Many thanks for that mate!)

EULA:

By downloading this content you agree with the following:

- The addon shall in no way be modified or repackaged, unless permission is given by the original author.

- No responsibility can be claimed on the original author for (im)possible damage to your system/game that may be caused by installation of this addon.

- You may not use this addon for any commercial or military training purposes.

- It is NOT permitted to distribute this addon freely without authorization of the creator Lennard.

Requirements:

- Arma 2 Combat Operations (Arma2 + Arma2 Operation Arrowhead)

- ACR DLC Lite or ACR DLC

Download:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/22917089/LEN_Mi17_Beta.rar

Mirrors are welcome :)

TOH Config by SamB:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?133427-Community-Helicopter-Initiative-MOD-(CHI)&p=2297653&viewfull=1#post2297653

Remember it's a BETA so bugs do exist.

Enjoy!

Edited February 20, 2013 by Lennard
Added TOH Config

[yevgeni89 163]

looks fantastic and will make a great addition to the community thanks for all your hard work, I remember when I was deployed seeing the Afghan variants never saw the baby blue one though :P, I did see a few white ones though, dropping off various shipments.

[Guest]

Thanks for informing us about the release :cool:

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

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[Rhodesy77 11]

Glad to see these finally with the public mate, great addon.

[genpatton043 10]

Nice job. They look pretty good!

[ardvarkdb 104]

Really nice birds, thanks for the release!

[lennard 447]

Thanks guys. Glad you like it!

@Foxhound

Thanks for the mirror :)

[jefferspang 2]

Oh yes finally! This has really made my day :) cheers Lennard!

[[aps]gnat 28]

Good Job !

[R0adki11 3945]

Great Chopper, perfect for behind enemy lines missions. :)

[ei8ght 11]

Thx you Lennard for the update, i dl ASAP:)

[sorophx 25]

yay! I was waiting for these, thanks a heap!

[Denzer05 1]

Published in spanish on the CAA forum.

Mirror: Mediafire

[VoodooMTL 12]

Nice choppers!

However I noticed a weird bug: the rear gun on the standard MI-17 is pointed towards the inside, even on the vanilla MI-17s. When in first person view, you'll be looking at the inside of the chopper, and you can only move the gun up and down, not left or right. When I uninstalled your addon, the guns on the vanilla MI-17s went back to their original position.

[gabravo2005 40]

Nice choppers!

However I noticed a weird bug: the rear gun on the standard MI-17 is pointed towards the inside, even on the vanilla MI-17s. When in first person view, you'll be looking at the inside of the chopper, and you can only move the gun up and down, not left or right. When I uninstalled your addon, the guns on the vanilla MI-17s went back to their original position.

I got a CTD on the ANA Mi-17 with rockets when I hopped in the rear gunner position.

[fingolfin 1972]

Me too.

Anyway, great work! Now we need some ANA Commando units! :D

[lennard 447]

Good to hear some people like them :)

About the bug: I don't really get what's causing it as the classes are derived from the default Mi-17 classes. Maybe anyone can help me on this?

Here's the config.

[VoodooMTL 12]

Well I reinstalled your mod today and the bug seems to have disappeared somehow so... good news, I guess? The weird part is that I haven't added or removed any mods in the meantime.

I'll stick to my "nice choppers" comment though, they are definitely a great addition to the game.

[lennard 447]

Hmm yeah that makes it even weirder..

Any chance anyone could have a look at my config and maybe point me to what could be wrong. Would really appreciate it as I don't see anything wrong and I'd like to have the addon bug free.

Here's the config.