Backpacks : Why Can't Everyone Wear Them?

[anthropoid 1]

I understand that ACE fixes this. But I'm trying to make a mission that is pretty much vanilla Arma CO.

In fiddling with some custom loadout scripts

http://phantommissionsite.weebly.com/custom-loadout.html

(Thanks Phantom!!)

I've come to the realization that apparently all Force Recon soldiers in vanilla CO are unable to use a backpack.

1. Are there any FR or even USMC soldier types in vanilla that can use backpacks?

I would put a couple US Army "Rifleman (backpack)s" in the squad but that is gonna look like crap

2. Is there any real rhyme or reason why the vanilla game was written this way or were the backpacks just sort of added late and therefore they only apply to some soldiers?

3. Without requiring endusers of the coop mission I'm making to use a particular mod, is there a way with scripting or something to make a soldier backpack-capable?

[W0lle 1052]

The Marines, Russians, and other units from ArmA2 can't carry backpacks because the models are not prepared for that.

There are however Marines and Force Recon units available which can carry backpacks:

US Marines by Binkowski

Force Recon by Binkowski

2. Is there any real rhyme or reason why the vanilla game was written this way or were the backpacks just sort of added late and therefore they only apply to some soldiers?

Laziness, as usual.

It would be a job of approx. 2 hours to paste the backpack proxy from OA to these units, a simple copy&paste job actually. Just unlikely it ever will be done by BI.

Edited August 2, 2013 by W0lle

[anthropoid 1]

Thank you Wolle. It is good to finally know for sure that there is no real rhyme or reason for it, and also good to know about the Binkowski stuff. Those aren't included in CWR by any chance are they?

I guess now that they've fully moved on to Arma III there is really no way BI will ever include a backpack-expansion for a patch of vanilla CO. Shame, but at least there are all these lovely mods!

[W0lle 1052]

Thank you Wolle. It is good to finally know for sure that there is no real rhyme or reason for it, and also good to know about the Binkowski stuff. Those aren't included in CWR by any chance are they?

I guess now that they've fully moved on to Arma III there is really no way BI will ever include a backpack-expansion for a patch of vanilla CO. Shame, but at least there are all these lovely mods!

No they are not part of CWR of course, they just wouldn't fit in. :)

But of course all of our units can carry backpacks as well.