AV_IndUs (US Army inspired units)

[massi 772]

Great work they're awesome ;) !

Best Regards

massi

[brad7 4]

Great Work! :D

No need for rangers these have got it covered - http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?155434-SOC-WIP-Thread

[AlexVestin 24]

Great Work! :D

No need for rangers these have got it covered - http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?155434-SOC-WIP-Thread

Yes. I was suspecting that. Redundant with two different ranger mods :)

[CalamityUSSOCOM 11]

What qualifies? Current uniform but with the correct shoulderpatches? Is there anything I can throw together with the current models I have?

If you are looking for some examples, then here you go.

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/3956/sumu.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img442/427/xs00.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img89/1351/929467uysu1b.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/3547/86070352340c6397e1d0o.jpg

[Binkowski 25]

Cool release. If you only you could do independent shirt with blufor pants.

SPC textures are interesting :eek:

You're telling me, should of seen my reaction when I first saw some screenshots of the models.

Interesting in what way? :)

Remember the issue we had? Will Steam you privately regarding the matter.

[shammy2010 15]

These are very well detailed Alex! really love these! Can you make marines plz? I feel like your talents would go great with marines as well! Thanks again for the models!

[SGT Fuller 856]

Air Force security forces also :)

[bad benson 1733]

these are really sexy. one thing though. could you go easy on the goggles? i'd even prefer if the goggles, even the ones up on the helmet, would be real goggles and not part of the helmet model. or maybe just let some more units use the helmet without goggles? and also the goggles have an alpha texture issue.

other than that, these are amazing. looking really really good. aboslutely enhanced my coop experience yesterday :)

just sexy: http://i.cubeupload.com/wSaR2h.jpg

notice the double goggles ;)

[enex 11]

these are really sexy. one thing though. could you go easy on the goggles? i'd even prefer if the goggles, even the ones up on the helmet, would be real goggles and not part of the helmet model. or maybe just let some more units use the helmet without goggles? and also the goggles have an alpha texture issue.

Good point.Enhancing gameplay sort of like a ACE goggles.But those have real function.

If there would be possibility to have function on and off that would be more then enough.

[AlexVestin 24]

these are really sexy. one thing though. could you go easy on the goggles? i'd even prefer if the goggles, even the ones up on the helmet, would be real goggles and not part of the helmet model. or maybe just let some more units use the helmet without goggles? and also the goggles have an alpha texture issue.

I've thought about it, but then you remove the option completely to have goggles on the helmet, and tactical shades equipped. I know about the goggle alpha-texture issue when it's ontop of the helmet. If that is the one you meant. Right now I'm not so sure why it is so.

just sexy: http://i.cubeupload.com/wSaR2h.jpg

That bug with the vest getting really dark in shadows has started to annoy me. So I fixed it. Was a tiny error in the .rvmat.

I also updated the normal map so the molle stands out less, making it more pleasant to look at.

http://imageshack.us/a/img837/7236/8tsc.png

Also tweaked the undercolor of the combat-shirt. Now it's slightly brigthter and less saturated. Does it look better?

http://imageshack.us/a/img855/1792/d96m.png

Edited September 5, 2013 by AlexVestin

[Braaten 1]

That bug with the vest getting really dark in shadows has started to annoy me. So I fixed it. Was a tiny error in the .rvmat.

I also updated the normal map so the molle stands out less, making it more pleasant to look at.

http://imageshack.us/a/img837/7236/8tsc.png

Also tweaked the undercolor of the combat-shirt. Now it's slightly brigthter and less saturated. Does it look better?

http://imageshack.us/a/img855/1792/d96m.png

I personally like the new undercolor, and the vest shadow started to annoy me quick but the units are to nice to stop using haha.

[bad benson 1733]

looking fantastic.

yea i get what you mean about the goggles. i think i just found that after placing all units to check them out, that too many had goggles on their helmets. as long as there are helmets without them, it's totally fine.

the alpha texture issue might be caused by the env_ texture. if not it's probably related to the "canOcclude" property. so it might be that while the faces of the visor are transparent due to their texture, that they still block out what is behind them. so since they hide the terrain too, all you get is the skybox. try it out

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Named_Properties#canOcclude

i hope it helps. i'm really enjoying the units. they give the game another immersion boost since they are proper grunts and not like those tacticool "nato" dudes with every available extra kit, except a cover, on their helmets.

[AlexVestin 24]

i think i just found that after placing all units to check them out, that too many had goggles on their helmets. as long as there are helmets without them, it's totally fine.

It's only two units out of all, actually :p

the alpha texture issue might be caused by the env_ texture. if not it's probably related to the "canOcclude" property. so it might be that while the faces of the visor are transparent due to their texture, that they still block out what is behind them. so since they hide the terrain too, all you get is the skybox. try it out

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Named_Properties#canOcclude

I will check it out!

i hope it helps. i'm really enjoying the units. they give the game another immersion boost since they are proper grunts and not like those tacticool "nato" dudes with every available extra kit, except a cover, on their helmets.

Yeah, it's a nice change. Can't wait to see what the community comes up with in the future too.

[AlexVestin 24]

After some changes, this will probably be the Heli Crew/Pilot for the next version.

Comparison between IndUs and vanilla A3:

http://imageshack.us/a/img32/4529/rjq.png

It's the best I can do with my current set of models.

Edited September 6, 2013 by AlexVestin

[CalamityUSSOCOM 11]

I like, but Pilots/Crews these day mostly wear OCP (Multicam). Other than that look pretty cool :D. I like

[AlexVestin 24]

I like, but Pilots/Crews these day mostly wear OCP (Multicam). Other than that look pretty cool :D. I like

I figured. I seem to be doing 2010-2011 era stuff based on what everybody is telling me :D

The units I am focusing on are the UCP units since that's something most people really can relate to.

OCP units are quite easy to include after I've managed to get the setup of units finished.

My plan is to find myself some IOTV's to equip the UCP units with, and then keep the majority of plate-carriers on OCP units. Would that make sense?

[CalamityUSSOCOM 11]

Yea man, do whatever you want to do with YOUR mod :D

[TFM_Callas 1]

If you could include the HMG and GMG M-ATVs that would be awesome.

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

Could you give the vests more inventory space? Thanks. :)

[Spaceman0372 19]

Loving this addon! Any chance you could texture the NATO combat uniforms to use this OCP, since the standard uniforms appear to be made by Crye? It would make it much more modern/realistic.

[Flemdot Jr 10]

hey alex i like the work that you have done, however it would be nice if you could add a grenade-launcher to the barrel of the m4/16 and create a new class thanks:)

[instagoat 133]

Loving this addon! Any chance you could texture the NATO combat uniforms to use this OCP, since the standard uniforms appear to be made by Crye? It would make it much more modern/realistic.

They're not crye combat uniforms. They're kitbashes between british UBACs shirts with crye style elbow pads and crye style combat pants. The SOC guys are working on proper crye gear, they have screenshots in their thread, and they look supremely delicious.

As far as retexes go, there's also Sabre's US Army out there already which has fantastic textures.

The only thing that detracts a little bit from the vest is that its inside is transparent, so at certain angles you can look under the straps and into the backside and you can look right through it. That aside, I'm loving it. The only thing I would ask is, is there the possibility of having the US Flag removed on the plain variants, for rebel/pmc use? Maybe replaced with a morale patch?

[AlexVestin 24]

If you could include the HMG and GMG M-ATVs that would be awesome.

I could easily do that. Since I've already made the textures for the armed versions too :)

Left them out for the moment because I thought they were looking too futuristic.

hey alex i like the work that you have done, however it would be nice if you could add a grenade-launcher to the barrel of the m4/16 and create a new class thanks:)

I've been looking around for a grenade launcher other than the M203.

I have a M203 able to be fitted onto the M16A4, but no shorter version yet. It also needs some fixing with it's leaf-sight textures.

Could you give the vests more inventory space? Thanks. :)

Will look into it!

The only thing that detracts a little bit from the vest is that its inside is transparent, so at certain angles you can look under the straps and into the backside and you can look right through it.

Ye, I know about that one. Will see about filling the gaps. Not something fancy, though. It'll probably look terrible when it's on the ground, but it does now anyways since it's the wrong model when it's on the ground. Right now it's the independent vest model with the eagle SPC vest textures. Looks odd.

The only thing I would ask is, is there the possibility of having the US Flag removed on the plain variants, for rebel/pmc use? Maybe replaced with a morale patch?

I'll only keep the flag for the UCP/OCP versions then :)

What kind of morale patch would fit without looking extremely copy-paste? Major-League-Infidel? Could just leave it blank too.

Loving this addon! Any chance you could texture the NATO combat uniforms to use this OCP, since the standard uniforms appear to be made by Crye? It would make it much more modern/realistic.

What InstaGoat said, and maybe. Some units might actually fit with that uniform, but I might also just include the NATO uniform to add more content.

Edited September 10, 2013 by AlexVestin

[TFM_Callas 1]

What InstaGoat said, and maybe. Some units might actually fit with that uniform, but I might also just include the NATO uniform to add more content.

The more stuff the better! :)

[instagoat 133]

http://www.milspecmonkey.com/morale-page <- tons of morale patches to inspire, his store page has even more (In the hundreds). Also includes photos of theater made patches.

There are some fun things in there, some easy to replicate, some not. There's also PVC patches, which would be fun to do with normal maps, they can be made to look very tangible and plastic (pardon the pun).