JNS Skycranes

[jonpas 294]

JNS Skycranes by Jonpas

A mod for Arma 3 that brings the OPFOR Mi-290 Taru Helicopters and Pods to different factions.
Screenshots

 

Features:

• Mi-290 Taru and its variants in different factions (CH-54 Skycrane)
• Taru Pods in different factions (Skycrane Pods)
• Modular (Textures and Factions all in separate PBOs)
• Separate sub-menu in Editor and Zeus to keep it clean
• Should have no issues with future Arma 3 updates, as config is inherited from the vanilla assets
• Open-source - contribute on GitHub!

 

Compatibility:

• XENO - Taru Pod Mod

 

Contributing:
If you have texture(s) you would like included, please PM me or make an issue or pull request on GitHub directly: Issue Tracker

Installation (adopted from Armaholic):

 

Extract into the ArmA 3 Directory, by default this is located in:
32-Bit - C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\ArmA 3\
64-Bit - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\ArmA 3\

After extraction it should look like this:
Steam\Steamapps\Common\ArmA 3\@Xeno_Taru_Pod_Mod\addons\

You'll also need to add a Launch Parameter to Steam, in order to do so right-click on ArmA 3 and click Properties and then Set Launch Options.
In the window that opens enter in:
-mod=@your_mod_folder_name;
For using multiple mods you would then do so like this:
-mod=@mod_name;@mod_name2;@mod_name3;@mod_name4;@mo d_name5

And of course you can also enable and disable the addon through the in-game Options Expansions menu if you do not want to mess with startup parameters!

The .bikey in Keys folder should only be placed inside the "Arma 3/keys" folder on the Server!

Usage:
This mod comes with great customizability, which also means a lot more files. All textures are in separate vehicle group under their respective faction, they look like "Skycranes <Colour>".

You can remove the PBOs you do not want to reduce clutter. Mind the following when removing PBOs:

• Core is always necessary!
• When using any *.pbo file containing a colour in its name, respective Textures *.pbo and its *.bisign files are necessary

 

Links:

• Contributors and Changelog
• GitHub Repository

 

License:

This work is licensed under the Arma Public License Share Alike

Download:

• GitHub
• Armaholic
• withSix

 

[Guest]

Thanks for sending the release our way :cool:

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

JNS Skycranes v1.0.0

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[jonpas 294]

Thank you very much, that was insanely fast!

[Barazin 10]

Good job! Looks great.

[sonsalt6 105]

New mod 1.0 available at withSIX. Download now by clicking:

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[jonpas 294]

Thank you Sonsalt!

[dark_spectre 2]

Awesome!

However what are, or where can I find listed the classNames of these variants so I can add them to my whitelist on VVS?

They are not automatically discovered.

Thx :)

[jonpas 294]

For now, they are listed in the short in-code guide for texture adding, until I add them to the wiki on GitHub you can look at the following links:

Helicopters: https://github.com/jonpas/A3_JNS_Skycranes/blob/master/JNS_Skycranes/skycranes_colour.h

Pods: https://github.com/jonpas/A3_JNS_Skycranes/blob/master/JNS_SkycranePods/pods_colour.h

EDIT: Why you are not seeing them is probably because they are in separate CfgVehiclesClasses. Just putting them into Air would make a huge list due to many variants, so I decided to put them into "Air (Skycranes)" for easy of manipulation of the menus.

Edited December 11, 2014 by Jonpas

[dark_spectre 2]

You rock, thank you!

[bagpiperguy 74]

AAF camo would be cool just to round it all around :)

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

NATO? According to the pictures released by BIS, the Taru-Black is with the Chinese (at least that's how it looks...)... However, awesome that i no longer have to really script in that version of it thanks to this. =D

[bagpiperguy 74]

And maybe UN white with markings, you know for humanitarian aid if that's a thing in arma :P

[jonpas 294]

I am not much of a texture guy, currently it's using the default Black camo that's already in the game, but hidden. The mod came to existence as the need in my community.

However, I am looking for textures to include, PSD files for the Taru are in dev-branch of Arma 3 Tools (under Samples), so if anyone cares to do a retexture, I will be more than happy to add it or even replace the default Black if it's that good. :D

[jonpas 294]

Huge thanks to NorX_Aengell for support in XENO - Taru Pod Mod!

[jonpas 294]

If anyone is willing or has already done textures for the Taru, I will be happy to include them! They can also be for other non-NATO factions as I am planning to add it to AAF as well (and maybe some other), modular though, a separate PBO.

[jonpas 294]

JNS Skycranes 2.0.0 Released! https://github.com/jonpas/JNS_Skycranes/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Big thanks to @Takelmeifter for his work on Green and Grey textures for all variants!

Also thanks to Bohemia Interactive for adding Bench and Fuel Pod source textures to Arma 3 Tools package.

Vote that up as well please: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=22002

Edited March 20, 2015 by Jonpas

[Guest]

Thanks for sending us the updated release :cool:

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

JNS Skycranes v2.0.0

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When you have any questions already feel free to PM or email me!

[kecharles28 197]

Updated mod v2.0 available at withSIX. Download now by clicking:

[jonpas 294]

JNS Skycranes 2.0.1 released!

[R0adki11 3949]

Thanks for the update :)

[Guest]

Thanks for sending us the new release :)

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

 

JNS Skycranes v2.0.1

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[jonpas 294]

Thank you @foxhound!

 

Optional content for the mod has now also been released on Steam Workshop!

[bagpiperguy 74]

Do not know if this mod is still in development but the recent updates to ArmA 3 have broken the textures on the Taru. Would be cool if a fix could be done but I understand if you have moved on :)

[jonpas 294]

I am still here, planning to do an update to the mod in the coming weeks, nothing set in stone.

 

What kind of "broken"? Got any screenshots or anything? I know there is some compatibility issue with CBA which I plan to look into.

[bagpiperguy 74]

7 hours ago, jonpas said:

I am still here, planning to do an update to the mod in the coming weeks, nothing set in stone.

 

What kind of "broken"? Got any screenshots or anything? I know there is some compatibility issue with CBA which I plan to look into.

The textures for CSAT got a bit of a lighting change when APEX was release, breaking all re textures of CSAT vehicles. I can edit a picture next time I am in game to this post. To sum it up, your re textures are no longer on the helicopters, there all CSAT Textures under NATO and AAF.