M1A1 MBT A2 Port

[trixie 10]

Looking nice Raid, would definitively like to see a version with a plow! Is there any chance we could get one with the additional TUSK armor from the M1A2 until the whole M1A2 itself sees a release?

Could you also look into making the textures less shiny/reflective? Had the same problems with the L86A2 and managed to tone it down by editing the .rvmat's.

Other than that i'd just like to say thanks for this port, it's an absolute beauty to drive, way smoother than the vanilla armored vehicles!

[Guest]

Thanks for informing us of the update and sorry for the delay before posting :)

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M1A1 MBT v1.6

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[Raid 18]

Who's Keen?

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198047117355/screenshot/3317211020758587477

[LykosMactire 298]

*clapclapclapclap* GG raid GG

[Fal Soram 10]

Who's Keen?

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198047117355/screenshot/3317211020758587477

Yes please.

[wansec_6 200]

G'day Raid. I think I have found a problem with your M1A1. It appears to conflict with the BIS M1A1 if using All in Arma. Running your M1A1 and All in Arma earlier today I found that when an empty M1A1 (1 of yours and 1 from BIS), were placed using the editor, neither of them had ammunition for the main gun or the commanders machine gun. Removed your M1A1 and Bis M1A1 had ammunition. Removed AiA and your M1A1 had ammunition. Can you investigate why this is so? As for the M1A2, would love to see them ingame. Keep up the good work.

[chrys45 1]

Hi Raid

Do you plan to include the M1A2 Abrams anyday ?

[Lala14 135]

Hi Raid

Do you plan to include the M1A2 Abrams anyday ?

His posted pictures bro

[Raid 18]

G'day Raid. I think I have found a problem with your M1A1. It appears to conflict with the BIS M1A1 if using All in Arma. Running your M1A1 and All in Arma earlier today I found that when an empty M1A1 (1 of yours and 1 from BIS), were placed using the editor, neither of them had ammunition for the main gun or the commanders machine gun. Removed your M1A1 and Bis M1A1 had ammunition. Removed AiA and your M1A1 had ammunition. Can you investigate why this is so? As for the M1A2, would love to see them ingame. Keep up the good work.

Are you using V1.6?

[wansec_6 200]

I believe so, downloaded from Play with Six. Will try download from Armaholic and try again.

---------- Post added at 06:49 ---------- Previous post was at 06:32 ----------

Just downloaded V1.6 from Armaholic and tested. Both tanks do not have main gun or .50cal ammunition onboard. Running latest version Arma3 and CBA only along with last patched version AiA SA and no other mods.

Edited May 21, 2014 by Wansec_6

[Raid 18]

I believe so, downloaded from Play with Six. Will try download from Armaholic and try again.

---------- Post added at 06:49 ---------- Previous post was at 06:32 ----------

Just downloaded V1.6 from Armaholic and tested. Both tanks do not have main gun or .50cal ammunition onboard. Running latest version Arma3 and CBA only along with last patched version AiA SA and no other mods.

It may be caused due to both M1's using the same Class name. Don't worry V1.7 should fix this issue. Sorry about that.

[wansec_6 200]

No worries at all. It can't be easy to detect every possible conflict when you are attempting to turn out the quality of work that you are on your own. I would love to be able to help, but I have no skills as a modder. Could I offer my services as a play tester?

[Raid 18]

No worries at all. It can't be easy to detect every possible conflict when you are attempting to turn out the quality of work that you are on your own. I would love to be able to help, but I have no skills as a modder. Could I offer my services as a play tester?

As I don't have AiA I will send you a version of 1.7 to test if I fixed the problem :)

[wansec_6 200]

That would be good. Happy to be able to help. Good luck with it.

[Lala14 135]

What do you think of this?

http://i.imgur.com/jfPMAdJ.jpg (544 kB)

http://i.imgur.com/OW51Sn1.jpg (474 kB)

[Shep_FR 10]

I think the texture is too "clean". You may dirty it to make it real IMO.

[flyinpenguin 30]

I think the texture is too "clean". You may dirty it to make it real IMO.

I kind of like the clean look. Sure you can get in trouble with a clean looking one where it ends up looking cartoony, but as long as you put some love into the detail, it should be fine. Thats just my opinion

[Fal Soram 10]

A question on the M1A2 your adding, will it have the loader position, or at least a 4th passenger position to operate the loaders MG? Or is that going to be a weapon if the gunner turns out?

[Raid 18]

A question on the M1A2 your adding, will it have the loader position, or at least a 4th passenger position to operate the loaders MG? Or is that going to be a weapon if the gunner turns out?

At the moment it has a Loader and I have allowed him to turn in. I have set it up so that he will see the commander's optics. However doing this will put the range and elevation UI when you ADS of the Loader's M240. I am currently trying to add the TWS_MG to it so that this will not be an issue. However I have not done any weapon modding and I am a tad confused.

[Fal Soram 10]

At the moment it has a Loader and I have allowed him to turn in. I have set it up so that he will see the commander's optics. However doing this will put the range and elevation UI when you ADS of the Loader's M240. I am currently trying to add the TWS_MG to it so that this will not be an issue. However I have not done any weapon modding and I am a tad confused.

He will see the commanders optics as in he will see exactly what the commander sees, and rotate with his view? Neat.

I take it the commanders independent viewer is inactive? I never played arma 2, so I don't know if someone had use of it then, as I know the Commander will look down the remote weapon, but if that thing worked and was easy to code in, it would be a neat sight to give him, to serve as another set of eyes for the tank rather then be slaved to look at what the commander is looking at.

[Raid 18]

He will see the commanders optics as in he will see exactly what the commander sees, and rotate with his view? Neat.

I take it the commanders independent viewer is inactive? I never played arma 2, so I don't know if someone had use of it then, as I know the Commander will look down the remote weapon, but if that thing worked and was easy to code in, it would be a neat sight to give him, to serve as another set of eyes for the tank rather then be slaved to look at what the commander is looking at.

I understand but I did what I did because

1. If the Loader was always turned out. Well stuff that.

2. If the Loader turned in he would be looking at nothing. Stuff that too.

3. So I gave him the commander's sight to look through so he would not get bored.

[Fal Soram 10]

I understand but I did what I did because

1. If the Loader was always turned out. Well stuff that.

2. If the Loader turned in he would be looking at nothing. Stuff that too.

3. So I gave him the commander's sight to look through so he would not get bored.

No No, I'm not saying it's a bad idea. It's a great idea.

I was more just thinking out loud/somewhat suggesting if there were other vision devices he could use on his own, however having now played the demo of arma 2 that has the A2 TUSK, I'm fairly certain the commanders independent viewer is just a prop anyways, so it doesn't matter.

Edit - For the bug you've listed on the main page, the thing you link to has you and someone talking about an issue with if you aim down the sight you can get a thermal view? For the loaders MG that shouldn't be a problem, as it's the TUSK variant, I'm fairly sure the loader has a thermal sight attached to the gun, so that wouldn't be an issue. As for the A1's M2, I got nothing.

Edited May 22, 2014 by Unit757

[cptdavo 10]

Hi Raid,

Nice work. I was wondering if you could possible to upscale the textures for the Abrams to 2k(2048*2048) at least from the default 1k(1024*1024) resolution? (A new paint job/textures would give the model new life.)

Comparison with ACE 2 Abrams Texture.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28653790/Arma/abrams%20tex%20comparison.jpg (661 kB)

[Raid 18]

Hi Raid,

Nice work. I was wondering if you could possible to upscale the textures for the Abrams to 2k(2048*2048) at least from the default 1k(1024*1024) resolution? (A new paint job/textures would give the model new life.)

Comparison with ACE 2 Abrams Texture.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28653790/Arma/abrams%20tex%20comparison.jpg (661 kB)

I would but I'm not exactly the best Texture Artist.

[p1nga 23]

I would but I'm not exactly the best Texture Artist.

Yeah, doubling the texture size from 1024 to 2048 is quite a task to get right, you can do it just with the diffuse/co texture but having a low res normal/nohq behind it results in the same sort of low quality appearance. To get a decent result you have to start with an upgrade of the normal map, removing a lot of the crap deformations that are on BI's originals which to me make it look more like a piece of warped plastic than a solid piece of metal plate, the good thing is, the specular and others additional maps seem to be all right at the lower resolutions. I did this the the ADF ASLAV, took me about 12 hours solid to redo the normal map using the original as a template and complete the texture, im going to give it a go with the M1A1 starting right now, will see how it goes................ohhh it will be 4096 just to get some more detail.