ILBE Assault Pack with RT-1523G / TFAR

[raspu86 92]

ILBE (Improved Load Bearing Equipment) is a United States Marine Corps program that included among other things a load carriage equipment. From that program I want to present the Assault Pack with the default TGAR RT-1523G(SINGCARS) radio. The aim of this small addon is to provide a fitting backpack radio for the RHS United States Marine Corps faction.

Version: 1.2.2

Download:

Click me! ~ 36 MB (TFAR version)
Steam workshop  ~ 36 MB (TFAR version)

Click me! ~ 30 MB (ACRE version)

Images:
i.imgur.com/hAGmHRi.png
i.imgur.com/N0eyii8.jpg
i.imgur.com/siDVz97.jpg

Features:

- Default Backpack Radio for RHS United States Marine Corps factions

- MARPAT Woodland, Desert, Coyote and Ranger Green camouflage

- 3 different antennas with different ranges

- Extended antenna has higher range

- Antennas are interchangeable via ACE Interaction menu

- If the player is near the RF-3080 antenna, the player has 4 times the TX/RX range

 

Requirements:

- ACE

- CBA

- TFAR (if TFAR version)

 

Classnames:

 

########################### Backpacks ###########################

 

"tfw_ilbe_wd"   //MARPAT Woodland

"tfw_ilbe_d"     //MARPAT Desert

"tfw_ilbe_coy" //Coyote

"tfw_ilbe_gr"   //Ranger Green

"tfw_ilbe_a_wd" //Extended whip antenna MARPAT Woodland

"tfw_ilbe_a_d" //Extended whip antenna MARPAT Desert

"tfw_ilbe_a_coy" //Extended whip antenna Coyote

"tfw_ilbe_a_gr" //Extended whip antenna Ranger Green

"tfw_ilbe_dd_wd" //Donkey dick antenna MARPAT Woodland

"tfw_ilbe_dd_d" //Donkey dick antenna MARPAT Desert

"tfw_ilbe_dd_coy" //Donkey dick antenna Coyote

"tfw_ilbe_dd_gr" //Donkey dick antenna Ranger Green

"tfw_ilbe_blade_wd" //Blade antenna MARPAT Woodland

"tfw_ilbe_blade_d" //Blade antenna MARPAT Desert

"tfw_ilbe_blade_coy" //Blade antenna Coyote

"tfw_ilbe_blade_gr" //Blade antenna Ranger Green

 

########################### Items ###########################

"tfw_rf3080" //RF-3080 Satcom antenna (deployable)

"tfw_blade" //Blade antenna item

"tfw_dd" //Donkey dick antenna item

"tfw_whip" //Whip antenna item

 

Known issues:

- Animations do not play if player isn't standing

 

Changelog:
1.0
- Initial Release

1.1
- Improved LODs
- Improved textures
- Improved RVMAT
- Added Coyote and Ranger Green
- Added extended antenna version for whip antenna
- Antenna can be assembled to full length via ACE Interaction system
- Added blade and "Donkey Dick" antenna
- Added satcom antenna (RF-3080)

1.2
- Improved Textures for ILBE
- Added RF-3080 bag
- Increased RF-3080 range multiplier from 2 to 4
- Decreased RF-3080 weight to 2.63 kg
- Fixed an issue with conflicting TFAR muliplicators when more than one RF-3080 was placed in the mission

1.2.1 (06.11.2016)
- Fixed placement of RF-3080 satcom antenna (ace_common_waitAndExecute was removed with ACE3 3.8.0)

1.2.2
- Fixed wrong radio GUI "Resource not found" error

 

 

 

 

 

Antenna ranges

Whip: tf_range = 17000
Whip extended: tf_range = 25000
Blade: tf_range = 18000
DD: tf_range = 15000

 

Thanks to:

- Task Force Wolf for testing

- BW Kleiderkammer team for their gear change script

 

Licence:

- Arma Public License Share Alike (APL-SA)

https://www.bistudio.com/community/licenses/arma-public-license-share-alike

[jordanbache97 47]

Looks good!

[Singh Aram 137]

Awesome !!!!!

[1stLt Marsden 1]

Awesome! Would love to see a US Army equivalent.

[Guest]

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

ILBE Assault Pack with RT-1523G / TFAR v1.0

[Memura Takahashi 690]

coolllll!

[Azza FHI 50]

very nice backpacks, any chance of the next release having standard colours? such as black, white, tan?

[raspu86 92]

Hey,

 

I plan to add at least a Coyote colored version - maybe Ranger Green. Not sure about other camos tough since the backpack isn't really available in other colors and I'd like to stick to that. I do plan to add a version with assembled antenna tough http://i.imgur.com/ZdXAQPc.png.

[Nichols 243]

Any chance you can just add this to the TFAR mod itself?

[Capt Childs 178]

I plan to add at least a Coyote colored version - maybe Ranger Green.

 

Looks great, and the above is awesome news.  :)

[raspu86 92]

Any chance you can just add this to the TFAR mod itself?

I hope so but I would'nt expect a new release too soon.

 

My shot at the Coyote and Ranger Green http://i.imgur.com/SC22TYF.jpg

[germanaagun 13]

Does the extended antenna have any affect on functionality of the radio? anyways, regardless of function, perhaps you could add the ability to switch between the folded and extended antenna with ACE interact - would be a bit silly to be running around in a firefight (clipping issues in buildings?) with a 20 foot long antenna extended (but i suppose thats happens semi-often in reality)

[jaaxxxxon 140]

Hmm, this is nice!

Please do add coyote, as an AD Infantryman in the Corps I've never seen a marpat day pack, only coyote heehhe.
I'm sure they exist, locked up in a warehouse somewhere but the normal folks don't get to see them :)

As for the antenna, from my limited experience (at least with a 117) we use a shorter whip antenna for VHF, and it stays folded up like 95% of the time. It looks like this http://www.satnews.com/images_upload/1023211128/ANPRC-117G.jpg, and it can be unfolded to be decently long, which is nice when we have to talk out farther. As others said, some interaction to extend it, with some dynamic range adjustments would be cool but isn't super critical.

[raspu86 92]

Hmm, this is nice!

Please do add coyote, as an AD Infantryman in the Corps I've never seen a marpat day pack, only coyote heehhe.

I'm sure they exist, locked up in a warehouse somewhere but the normal folks don't get to see them :)

As for the antenna, from my limited experience (at least with a 117) we use a shorter whip antenna for VHF, and it stays folded up like 95% of the time. It looks like this http://www.satnews.com/images_upload/1023211128/ANPRC-117G.jpg, and it can be unfolded to be decently long, which is nice when we have to talk out farther. As others said, some interaction to extend it, with some dynamic range adjustments would be cool but isn't super critical.

 

Coyote is coming I just have to figure out how to implement ace interaction first before the next release.

 

As for the antenna: I decided to model the 80063 ASSY A3256529-1 heavily based on this picture.

In my research I've seen the antenna mostly completely folded or completely unfolded when used. The antenna is also used with a variety of manpacks which is also nice since I'd like to have the backpack for ACRE with the AN/PRC-117F as well.

 

Reference pictures.

http://media.defense.gov/2015/Jul/08/2001254131/640/360/0/150630-M-VZ995-003.JPG

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/USMC-091016-M-6497H-001.jpg

http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/74590635-marine-communications-specialist-listens-to-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=SsweIWp%2FrC4RT8cUSEEL4cMu0WFQhPys9pO0fW7642m9VAoO8SqlcC4PNE5VYj5j

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/ANGLICO_Team_in_Iraq.jpg

http://olive-drab.com/images/elect_anprc150_375.jpg

[rekkless 240]

What an awesome addition to the TFAR long range radios, I've always felt they seemed a bit empty with not enough variety.

 

Do you plan on releasing a UCP and OCP variant?

 

 

Also I downloaded the mod and at first sight I only noticed the 2 MARPAT variants and none of the plain ones you featured in post #11 are they still WIP? Or did I miss something?

[Singh Aram 137]

if raspu86 allowed me, I retextured OCP and UCP for the backpack.. I will love to share.  Awesome mod !!!!!

[rekkless 240]

*cough* *cough* version 1.1

[raspu86 92]

Some more antenna variation:

 

"Donkey di**"

and the "Whip"

[Singh Aram 137]

Best backpack mod for the TFR !!!!  Awesome work... 

[Reid236 116]

Im having a slight problem when I try to equip the backpack in the arsenal the backpack doesn't show up on the character does anyone know what is causing this? I tried googling for a way to fix it but cant find anything

[raspu86 92]

Im having a slight problem when I try to equip the backpack in the arsenal the backpack doesn't show up on the character does anyone know what is causing this? I tried googling for a way to fix it but cant find anything

 Do you have TFAR installed? The mod requires TFAR to run.

[Reid236 116]

Do you have TFAR installed? The mod requires TFAR to run.

Do you have TFAR installed? The mod requires TFAR to run.

Yes i have TFAR i tried disabling all my mods and only had this mod and TFAR activated but it still didnt work

[rekkless 240]

Yes i have TFAR i tried disabling all my mods and only had this mod and TFAR activated but it still didnt work

 

TFAR also needs CBA

 

But the mod works fine for me. Best thing to do would be to delete them and redownload it (its only 16mb) and try again.

[Reid236 116]

TFAR also needs CBA

 

But the mod works fine for me. Best thing to do would be to delete them and redownload it (its only 16mb) and try again.

I have cba i redownloaded this mod and updated cba still didnt work

[Reid236 116]

I fixed the problem with the backpack not showing up for some odd reason my game was not updated