Operation Plastpoint: Toy War Crisis

[Revan9190 132]

Alongside my Command & Conquer project, I have been thinking of other tiny projects that might be really fun to do. One of these projects I wanted to undertake is based on one of my favorite franchises of all time: Army Men. I remember vividly playing with tons of these sets as a kid and also the many games that came out for it. The game I remember most is Sarge's Heroes 1 and 2 (the N64 versions - as that's what I had at the time). I loved the idea of toys coming to life and waging war both in their world and ours. I searched recently and there use to be a mod for OFP in progress a long time ago, but it sadly ceased production, so I feel like maybe I can take up this kind of project. I think it'd be kind of easy, because the weapons are easily recreated and everything is mostly western equipment - but maybe I can expand on this with some more vehicles (to stand out a little) and weapons later. This project wouldn't require much at all as you'd have to primarily make everything look all plastic and matte colored, which I think would be easy enough to do. The mod will initially only contain the Green Nation and Tan Republic, but will eventually see the Blue and Grey nations. Based on what I've seen, this is what I'd need for even the basics:

 

Vehicles: M48 Patton (I can use an M60, because there's not a proper M48 Patton yet) [x] - Done

UH-1 Huey (I'd like to seek out permission to re-skin one) (Will use Blackhawk or Chinook?)

M3 Halftrack (I can just as easily use a different APC for this if I have to, which is fine) (M113 or BMP?)

Jeep (can just reskin the basic jeep and jeep w/ mg)

Trucks (again, reskinning basic stuff will work)

AH-1 Cobra (Army Men: Air Attack)

PT Boat (just will reskin the PBR)

 

Advanced Vehicle models for later:

P51 (Green Nation plane)

Spitfire (Tan Republic)

B25 (Green Nation)

Tu-25 (Tan Republic)

 

Classes:

Rifleman

Bazooka Man

Sniper

Shotgunner

Grenadier

Flamethrower (this can never be properly implemented, so avoiding this one)

Officer

Medic

 

Heroes:

Sarge Hawk

Thick

Riff

Scorch

Col. Grimm

Vicky

Shrap

Private Hoover

Bullseye

 

Villains:

General Plastro

Malice

Col. Blintz

Field Marshal Tannenburg

Baron von Beige

Major Mylar

 

 

Weapons:

M16

M79 Grenade Launcher (would have to ask permission for this)

M21

M60

LAW (Unless someone has an M1 Bazooka somewhere that I'm allowed to use)

 

And if I can do it, I want to apply some kind of specular map to everything to make them shiny plastic. Maybe also make some scripts to make them make dying sounds when shot. The heroes and villains probably won't make it in until way later, so basically going to only reskin the West soldiers to be green and tan respectively. Green soldiers will have green weapons and tan soldiers will have tan weapons, otherwise it just doesn't look consistent. I also want to make a script that shows plastic chunks flying when shot if that's possible. I mean we have OFPEC blood for the blood, but I'm sure a similar kind of job can simulate plastic flying everywhere. Even melted plastic puddles. :P I just wanted to see what people would think of this - I think it'd be a welcome mod for people who like fictional and different stuff like this.

 

My other idea for a mod is Battletanx and Battletanx: Global Assault, which obviously would only be vehicle based, but I'll share that later.

 

Made a logo for it too:

 

 

Based off the Army Men Advance logo.

 

 

Edited June 24, 2017 by revan9190
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[Marc13Bautista 60]

Sounds like an amazing mod!

[modemmaik 53]

I have recenty released a M47 in the german OFP community.

 

If you want, you can use the M47 for your purpose.

I have uploaded the addon plus sources (textures in paint.NET format):

Mediafire plastic M47 addon and sources

 

ingame picture with green camo and specular material added

 

You have full permission to use the material included in the links above.

 

BR and much fun,

ModEmMaik

[Revan9190 132]

On 6/15/2017 at 7:51 AM, modemmaik said:

I have recenty released a M47 in the german OFP community.

 

If you want, you can use the M47 for your purpose.

I have uploaded the addon plus sources (textures in paint.NET format):

Mediafire plastic M47 addon and sources

 

ingame picture with green camo and specular material added

 

You have full permission to use the material included in the links above.

 

BR and much fun,

ModEmMaik

Thanks! I've taken a small break from OFP modding, but I'm returning to do this idea soon. This will certainly come in handy!

[Revan9190 132]

Without too much effort, I made a tan version. I'll post some screenshots soon. I'm going to reskin a lot of the BIS models to be green and tan. I'll also make a couple of Blue Nation things as well. I just need to find out what models and textures I need. :)

[Revan9190 132]

So, since I plan on re-skinning the BIS infantry to be green, tan, and blue (maybe some gray), does anyone know the exact name of the models/files for the West Side? I was going to make the basic rifle infantry, the bazooka man (will use the law), a grenadier, sniper, and medic. I also need to re-skin the weapons to be their respective colors (so green M16, tan M16, etc). I was also going to reskin the 'faces' and also retexture the 'wounds' to basically be big 'melted plastic holes'.

[Macser 776]

Most of the soldier classes are derivatives of the basic class. So they use the same model. The medic simply reveals the medic symbol. You can get the class names very easily with a quick search of a main config. Just search for SoldierWB and follow the trail. 

 

P3ds:

Soldier, "mc vojakW2"

Officer, "mc vojakwo2".

Crew,  "mc tankistaW2"

Pilot,  "mc pilotW2"

Sniper, "mc sniperw2"

Black op, "mc saboteur" (All black with balaclava)

Black op day, "mc saboteurday"

[Revan9190 132]

On 6/28/2017 at 7:38 AM, Macser said:

Most of the soldier classes are derivatives of the basic class. So they use the same model. The medic simply reveals the medic symbol. You can get the class names very easily with a quick search of a main config. Just search for SoldierWB and follow the trail. 

 

P3ds:

Soldier, "mc vojakW2"

Officer, "mc vojakwo2".

Crew,  "mc tankistaW2"

Pilot,  "mc pilotW2"

Sniper, "mc sniperw2"

Black op, "mc saboteur" (All black with balaclava)

Black op day, "mc saboteurday"

 

Thanks. Yeah, that does seem like an easier way to obtain them! I will see what I can pull off. :)