UK Special Forces Arma3Alpha

[massi 772]

by massi

UK SPECIAL FORCES for ARMA3 ALPHA

ALPHA 0.3

Hi all,

This addon is another NATO units retexture to represent UK Special Forces SAS and SBS units.

It contains 3 set of heavy gear units and light gear units (recon) in 3 different camouflage that cover pretty much all the environments: desert DPM, woodland DPM and MTP.

The units have their own uniform items in 3 camo, gear in multicam and coyote tan and headset with tan and MTP helmets and caps, to make them interchangeable too.

They also come with 2 weapon boxes with all weapons, gear and uniform included in the pack, so you can place them in editor and choose your preferred gear, divers have their backpacks with uniform, gear and helmet inside, to make the changing clothes once ashore.

This is an Alpha version, hope you’ll enjoy it ;) !

Description

This addon is a retexture of NATO units, It adds several camouflage uniforms plus multicam gear and coyote helmets in order to represent UK SAS – SBS units in following camo :

- SAS-SBS(DPM woodland): for temperate and wooden areas.

- SAS-SBS(DPM desert): for arid and desert environments.

- SAS-SBS(MTP): operators in MTP camo for every kind of environment from desert to temperate and wooden areas.

I used web sources for them.

FEATURES

- The pack includes heavy gear units and light gear "recon units" for all the camo.

- Units have their own uniform items in all camo to make them interchangeable.

- Units have also their MTP, green, DPM desert and woodland and coyote plate carriers, belts. chest rig, bandoleers and MTP, green, DPM desert and woodland and coyote helmets as items too.

- Divers have their backpack with uniform, chest rig and helmet inside already to make them change clothes once ashore, plus their normal stuff.

- There are 2 weapon boxes one contain all weapons ammo and items, the other contains all the uniforms (20 each), gears (10 each), and headgears (10 each) stuff, you can place them in missions to quick configure your loadout.

- Groups in the editor.

- Classlist in folder

Installation.

Put the addon in "mod folder" of your preference and load it trough steam app properties:

UK Forces SFTG - SAS-SBS (sorted by camo)

Same for groups:

UK Forces SFTG - SAS-SBS (sorted by types)

Requirements.

Arma3 Alpha

Changelog.

v Alpha.03 date 18/MAR/2013

- added DPM woodland and DPM desert gear and helmets

- added Green gear and helmets

- reworked textures

- reworked ammoboxes loadout (more gear)

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v Alpha.02 date 16/MAR/2013

- internal release

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v Alpha.01 date 14/MAR/2013

- first release

Bugs.

No problems found so far.

DL LINK ALPHA 0.3:

http://www.mediafire.com/?9iec2ncd9vyplc9

http://www.gamefront.com/files/23092726/UK_SFTG_A3_v_A_03_7z

PICS

Thanks.

Thanks to BI for the great Arma3Alpha and to all the community for their great support and addons!

Thanks to all the people that enjoied my previous units and supported me in the forum giving suggestions and comments!

Hope you'll enjoy these units too!

Best Regards

Massi

Edited March 19, 2013 by massi

[don2k7 1]

yes yes yes :D

finally some BAF look awesome and thank you great work

[Guess Who 10]

Massi, you are incredibly fast! Thanx for sharing. :)

[massi 772]

Thanks a lot for nice comments ;) !!!

cheers

massi

[shark-attack 2]

Splendid.

:)

[Guest]

Thanks for informing us about the release :cool:

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

UK Special Forces [ALPHA] v0.1 alpha

[Choctaw 1]

Thanks, Massi. These look awesome.

[Ginga121 1]

Hi Massi,

Constructive criticism here ;)

I like the mod A LOT but the MTP has a bit too much brick red colour compared to what it looks like in RL (it's more of a beige brown colour on the actual uniform). I know it's ridiculously hard to find a good sized sample of British MTP ;)

I've uploaded a couple of photos here to show you what I mean:

A3 vs RL http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s478/GingaJonny/BritMTP_zps65ca53f6.png

A3 vs A2 http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s478/GingaJonny/BritMTP_zps7283518e.png

Also me and a friend think it would be better to use the standard green helmets and carriers (or your tan ones/a Woodland DPM one if you make them) on the Woodland DPM unit if you do an update to it. The MTP carriers etc overpower the Woodland DPM so you can't see it as well (we are going to use ammo crates to swap them around so no biggy). Since you have done such a great job with both DPM outfits it's a shame the Woodland DPM is a harder to see with the MTP!

Desert DPM guys are fantastic. The Desert DPM even has the slightly faded look it gets after being washed hundreds of times :D

I've voted 5 stars on armaholic anyway since it is an awesome mod and I couldn't do better myself haha!

Thanks.

[massi 772]

Hi Ginga121 thanks a lot for the suggestions, really appreciate!!!

I'll try to greenish a little bit MTP textures and do DPM woodland equipment and helmets for woodland lads in future release ;)

Thanks to all of you for nice comments !!!

and thanks a lot Foxhound for mirrors ;) !

cheers

massi

[Ginga121 1]

Another thing, is it possible to add more of each item to the equipment (rigs, clothes etc) ammo boxes?

Currently the clothing boxes only have 1 of each carrier, outfit, helmet etc in them. If you have 10 people playing then only 1 person can change items without adding loads of your pre-made ammo boxes.

I have created a Supply Crate with 50 of each item in as a temporary fix for that so it's not a big deal. Just an idea for future releases if you make one :)

Some of textures can be a bit shiny in some lights. I don't know if that is fixable though. I did a skin for a different game and photoshop made it all shiny and I couldn't work out how to stop it.

Keep up the good work!

Edited March 16, 2013 by Ginga121

[badbooooy01 1]

Wow! this is an awesome addon! Thanks!!

[bounce_nlw 1]

thanks for this they work great :)

[massi 772]

by massi

UK SPECIAL FORCES for ARMA3 ALPHA

ALPHA 0.3

Hi all,

I'm releasing a final Alpha update, just for the Alpha stage of the game, of my Arma3 Alpha addons.

Next updates will be probably for beta, or just in case of significant variation in alpha.

At this stage the addon includes SAS-SBS operators in 3 camo:

- SAS-SBS(DPM woodland): for temperate and wooden areas.

- SAS-SBS(DPM desert): for arid and desert environments.

- SAS-SBS(MTP): operators in MTP camo for every kind of environment from desert to temperate and wooden areas.

I used web sources for them.

FEATURES

- The pack includes heavy gear units and light gear "recon units" for all the camo.

- Units have their own uniform items in all camo to make them interchangeable.

- Units have also their MTP, green, DPM desert and woodland and coyote plate carriers, belts. chest rig, bandoleers and MTP, green, DPM desert and woodland and coyote helmets as items too.

- Divers have their backpack with uniform, chest rig and helmet inside already to make them change clothes once ashore, plus their normal stuff.

- There are 2 weapon boxes one contain all weapons ammo and items, the other contains all the uniforms (20 each), gears (10 each), and headgears (10 each) stuff, you can place them in missions to quick configure your loadout.

- Groups in the editor.

- Classlist in folder

Changelog.

v Alpha.03 date 18/MAR/2013

- added DPM woodland and DPM desert gear and helmets

- added Green gear and helmets

- reworked textures

- reworked ammoboxes loadout (more gear)

DL LINK ALPHA 0.3:

http://www.mediafire.com/?9iec2ncd9vyplc9

http://www.gamefront.com/files/23092726/UK_SFTG_A3_v_A_03_7z

PICS

THANKS

Thanks a lot to BI for their great Arma 3 Alpha !

Thanks to all Arma community for great support !

Edited March 19, 2013 by massi

[Rabidus 10]

Very nice !! .. love the DPM

[Guest]

Thanks for sending the release our way :cool:

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

UK Special Forces [ALPHA] v0.3 alpha

[Ginga121 1]

WOW! Just... WOW!

Awesome job my friend! Amazing update, can't thank you enough for the work you have put in! The DPM Plate Carriers, helmet etc that you have added are awesome and I'm really, really liking the MTP changes you have made!

Thank you! :D

[massi 772]

WOW! Just... WOW!

Awesome job my friend! Amazing update, can't thank you enough for the work you have put in! The DPM Plate Carriers, helmet etc that you have added are awesome and I'm really, really liking the MTP changes you have made!

Thank you! :D

Thanks a lot for suggestions you gave me ;) !!!

Thanks a lot Foxhound for mirrors and to all for nice comments ;)

Best Regards

massi

[shark-attack 2]

Smashing update. :)

[spy_fox 1]

Looking good. But why this is SAS/SBS/UKSF "mod/addon", i can't see anything gear what UKSF boys use. This is like almost every mods, in here: "change suit color, and now it is SAS/KSK/USMC...etc". OK im littlebit critic, but i hope there will be different camoflage addons theard, and real unit theards. There is some photos of real UKSF stuff:

L119(sas/sbs/sfsg, mostly used rifle, there is 2 version of this vepon: 16'ich and 10 'inch versions), attachments: acog,AN/PEQ 2(2000-20XX), AN/PEQ-15(2009-20xx), and surefire supressor 6'inch(only 10'inch barrel version):

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9190/l1191.jpg (164 kB)

SAS in IRAQ : https://www.google.fi/search?um=1&hl=fi&client=opera&channel=suggest&biw=1920&bih=843&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=uksf&oq=uksf&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10i24j0i24l5.5172.6006.0.6463.4.4.0.0.0.0.333.421.1j3-1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.8.img.hfZem4N8-Ok#imgrc=bszT1jxThhUGXM%3A%3B5wd7FhknaWvtXM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zaslike.com%252Ffiles%252Fwybm9o70flmcworeedjc.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fhass.hr%252Fforum%252Findex.php%253Ftopic%253D17940.30%3B800%3B600

SAS in these day, Afghanistan : https://www.google.fi/search?um=1&hl=fi&client=opera&channel=suggest&biw=1920&bih=843&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=uksf&oq=uksf&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10i24j0i24l5.5172.6006.0.6463.4.4.0.0.0.0.333.421.1j3-1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.8.img.hfZem4N8-Ok#imgrc=lq3yMs6C0et69M%3A%3B9akBE3K42I5fjM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi1070.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fu484%252Fmauroztheoriginal%252FAirsoft%252FRefekuvat%252FUKSF%252FUKSFKabul1_zpsc67914f7.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.softaaja.fi%252Ffoorumi%252Fviewtopic.php%253Ff%253D34%2526t%253D1422%2526start%253D180%3B610%3B424

[(st6)predator 0]

Looking good. But why this is SAS/SBS/UKSF "mod/addon", i can't see anything gear what UKSF boys use. This is like almost every mods, in here: "change suit color, and now it is SAS/KSK/USMC...etc". OK im littlebit critic, but i hope there will be different camoflage addons theard, and real unit theards. There is some photos of real UKSF stuff:

L119(sas/sbs/sfsg, mostly used rifle, there is 2 version of this vepon: 16'ich and 10 'inch versions), attachments: acog,AN/PEQ 2(2000-20XX), AN/PEQ-15(2009-20xx), and surefire supressor 6'inch(only 10'inch barrel version):

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9190/l1191.jpg (164 kB)

SAS in IRAQ : https://www.google.fi/search?um=1&hl=fi&client=opera&channel=suggest&biw=1920&bih=843&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=uksf&oq=uksf&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10i24j0i24l5.5172.6006.0.6463.4.4.0.0.0.0.333.421.1j3-1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.8.img.hfZem4N8-Ok#imgrc=bszT1jxThhUGXM%3A%3B5wd7FhknaWvtXM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zaslike.com%252Ffiles%252Fwybm9o70flmcworeedjc.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fhass.hr%252Fforum%252Findex.php%253Ftopic%253D17940.30%3B800%3B600

SAS in these day, Afghanistan : https://www.google.fi/search?um=1&hl=fi&client=opera&channel=suggest&biw=1920&bih=843&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=uksf&oq=uksf&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10i24j0i24l5.5172.6006.0.6463.4.4.0.0.0.0.333.421.1j3-1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.8.img.hfZem4N8-Ok#imgrc=lq3yMs6C0et69M%3A%3B9akBE3K42I5fjM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi1070.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fu484%252Fmauroztheoriginal%252FAirsoft%252FRefekuvat%252FUKSF%252FUKSFKabul1_zpsc67914f7.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.softaaja.fi%252Ffoorumi%252Fviewtopic.php%253Ff%253D34%2526t%253D1422%2526start%253D180%3B610%3B424

That is what we all Know by our self ! And Massi knows it too !

Dont Forget this is "Alpha-Version" !

There are no other Weapons integrated in the Game yet.

He made the best of the limited opportunities.

Regards

(ST6)Predator

Edited April 2, 2013 by (ST6)Predator

[Ginga121 1]

Looking good. But why this is SAS/SBS/UKSF "mod/addon", i can't see anything gear what UKSF boys use. This is like almost every mods, in here: "change suit color, and now it is SAS/KSK/USMC...etc". OK im littlebit critic, but i hope there will be different camoflage addons theard, and real unit theards. There is some photos of real UKSF stuff:

L119(sas/sbs/sfsg, mostly used rifle, there is 2 version of this vepon: 16'ich and 10 'inch versions), attachments: acog,AN/PEQ 2(2000-20XX), AN/PEQ-15(2009-20xx), and surefire supressor 6'inch(only 10'inch barrel version):

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9190/l1191.jpg (164 kB)

SAS in IRAQ : https://www.google.fi/search?um=1&hl=fi&client=opera&channel=suggest&biw=1920&bih=843&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=uksf&oq=uksf&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10i24j0i24l5.5172.6006.0.6463.4.4.0.0.0.0.333.421.1j3-1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.8.img.hfZem4N8-Ok#imgrc=bszT1jxThhUGXM%3A%3B5wd7FhknaWvtXM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zaslike.com%252Ffiles%252Fwybm9o70flmcworeedjc.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fhass.hr%252Fforum%252Findex.php%253Ftopic%253D17940.30%3B800%3B600

SAS in these day, Afghanistan : https://www.google.fi/search?um=1&hl=fi&client=opera&channel=suggest&biw=1920&bih=843&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=uksf&oq=uksf&gs_l=img.3..0j0i10i24j0i24l5.5172.6006.0.6463.4.4.0.0.0.0.333.421.1j3-1.2.0...0.0...1c.1.8.img.hfZem4N8-Ok#imgrc=lq3yMs6C0et69M%3A%3B9akBE3K42I5fjM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi1070.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fu484%252Fmauroztheoriginal%252FAirsoft%252FRefekuvat%252FUKSF%252FUKSFKabul1_zpsc67914f7.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.softaaja.fi%252Ffoorumi%252Fviewtopic.php%253Ff%253D34%2526t%253D1422%2526start%253D180%3B610%3B424

I've seen plenty of images of the British SAS in Afghanistan wearing either full DDPM or MTP... as well as a mixture between DDPM, DPM and MTP. So what he has added could be SAS or it could be regular British troops. If I make him an SAS beret to add to the mod would that make them SAS?

There are no set camo's for the SAS either. They wear what is best for the area they are going to be in.

Being British and having several friends in the military, including one in the SAS I think my information is fairly solid. Obviously my SAS friend can't tell me a lot about what he does etc but he can definitely tell me what camo he wears.

[davids 10]

I agree with what Spy_fox is saying, in a shorter version "Just because they are dressed in British camo, doesn't make them special forces!" they look more like regular infantry.

[Messiah 2]

I've seen plenty of images of the British SAS in Afghanistan wearing either full DDPM or MTP... as well as a mixture between DDPM, DPM and MTP. So what he has added could be SAS or it could be regular British troops. If I make him an SAS beret to add to the mod would that make them SAS?

There are no set camo's for the SAS either. They wear what is best for the area they are going to be in.

Being British and having several friends in the military, including one in the SAS I think my information is fairly solid. Obviously my SAS friend can't tell me a lot about what he does etc but he can definitely tell me what camo he wears.

He must be quite thrilled that you've then gone onto a computer gaming forum and shared this? And I can't quite work out how being British gives you any better insight into what brand of toilet roll the boys in Hereford use.

I think anyone who's considering posting 'herp derp, thats not what the bwitish speshual forces use' should take a step back and resist the temptation. Odds on you're no more knowledgeable than google, or 'that bloke down the pub'.

Edited April 2, 2013 by Messiah

[Ginga121 1]

He must be quite thrilled that you've then gone onto a computer gaming forum and shared this? And I can't quite work out how being British gives you any better insight into what brand of toilet roll the boys in Hereford use.

I think anyone who's considering posting 'herp derp, thats not what the bwitish speshual forces use' should take a step back and resist the temptation. Odds on you're no more knowledgeable than google, or 'that bloke down the pub'.

]

Look... This whole "not the right camo" thing is a joke. If you think you know how it should be go out and make it and you can call your mod SAS or UKSF or whatever... but people are still going to go to your mod and say "why does the way you made your guys make them SF"

@Messiah

Well I haven't posted his name or anything that isn't already known about the SAS so why not? They aren't sworn to secrecy over every little detail about their life in the SAS. There are even documentaries about the SAS on youtube where you can find a lot of this info out.

I see your point, it was probably a mistake to mention that because it makes little difference but I think the main point is that I have friends in the army who I can talk to. I guess the point I was getting at is that because I am British, I am more likely to know people in the British army than someone who is not British. Obviously there will be people who may or may not be British that do know more people than I do in the British Army. Perhaps I should have said "Because I live in Britain I have lots of friends in the British army"? Maybe that would be more appropriate.

[fluttershy 2]

And no one of you read: "This addon is another NATO units retexture to represent UK Special Forces SAS and SBS units."

I marked the areas of importance for everyone that seems to be unaware. But i guess evolving the community and making it become bigger quickly also has its downsides. Again no one is forcing you to like them, neither is anyone forcing you to use them. And if he calls them SAS ermagerd Superbspeshul tactics Units that shall not be any of your concerns.

If you are that much of a picky critic, i can assure you there is plenty of tutorials out there that will give you the basic knowladge of creating your own "real" SAS units for arma 3.

Plus: If i ever got 1 cent for every person claiming "my friends speshul forces derp" i would be rich.

So why does he call his Addon UK Special Forces? - cause he is massi and the queen gave permission to a friend of his friend that is friends with martha stuart and therefor all his teecups are blue....