Arma 3 Aegis

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

13 minutes ago, R0adki11 said:

 

 

Are these on BLUFOR? Like in Arma2.

 

That would be breaking the Arma3 EULA and our forum rules. 

 

Independent, on CSTO's side. :)

[Victruso 179]

2 hours ago, R0adki11 said:

That would be breaking the Arma3 EULA and our forum rules. 

In that moment, all of Vic's hopes and dreams of a modular variety of carrier vests went out the window.

[CAB1989 12]

On 24/11/2017 at 9:11 PM, Night515 said:

A new optional file will be made available alongside Aegis's release. This simply replaces CSAT's NVGs with those from Apex, and arms some FIA units with AKs and RPGs.

 

Hi there! Love the mod! Any chance this file was added? If so, which one is it? Couldn't find a reference to it in any of the readme's.

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

1 hour ago, CAB1989 said:

Hi there! Love the mod! Any chance this file was added? If so, which one is it? Couldn't find a reference to it in any of the readme's.

 

Check my workshop, it is called "Arma 3 Aegis - Apex Equipment" :)

[CAB1989 12]

Ahhh! Found it! Great thanks. Ever since I got the Apex expansion it annoyed me that not all of CSAT forces started using the cool new NVG! (I know its probably a paid expansion thing) Also the AK's definitely add some variety to the FIA arsenal. Keep up the great work!

[Ex3B 265]

Any chance of adding one more faction?

I suggest Tanoan Armed forces? It could basically be the slightly worse pacific variant of the AAF.

It could basically be a reskin with a different flag and men with different race" and language attributes.

I basically already do this by just giving syndicate AAF uniforms and equipment (and picking certain units that have names more suited to a military, so that I'm not shooting at "watchers" and "thugs")

My personal suggestions:

Spoiler

Carbine rifles: mk20C camo variant or Ak-74 SU

Standard rifle: mk20 camo or AKM

Grenade launcher: mk20 grenade launcher/AK-12 GL/port the AK-74 GL from Arma 2

Machinegun/Autorifle: Lim-85

Marksman rifle: mk14 olive

RPG/AT launcher: RPG-7

NV sights only for team leaders

Night loadout variants with flashlights and more illumination flares for leaders/grenadiers (or this can just be left to the map maker)

Body armor: I typically give the AAF plate carrier rigs only to the squad leaders and specialist units like grenadiers, the rest get tactical vests.

Helmets: standard AAF helms

 

Vehicles: standard AAF vehicles, ideally with a reskin to replace the light grey /brown parts with darker green spots similar to the differences between CSAT hex camo for Altis/Tanoa

Perhaps no Gryphons and Kumas. Maybe even no Moras, and just the amphibious gorgon, which kind of makes sense given that its a collection of small islands. 

The AAF is lacking in the LSV category though, so at the moment I give the "TAF" Nato Prowlers - but maybe jackals would fit well here

 

 

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

7 minutes ago, Ex3B said:

Any chance of adding one more faction?

I suggest Tanoan Armed forces? It could basically be the slightly worse pacific variant of the AAF.

It could basically be a reskin with a different flag and men with different race" and language attributes.

I basically already do this by just giving syndicate AAF uniforms and equipment (and picking certain units that have names more suited to a military, so that I'm not shooting at "watchers" and "thugs")

My personal suggestions:

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Carbine rifles: mk20C camo variant or Ak-74 SU

Standard rifle: mk20 camo or AKM

Grenade launcher: mk20 grenade launcher/AK-12 GL/port the AK-74 GL from Arma 2

Machinegun/Autorifle: Lim-85

Marksman rifle: mk14 olive

RPG/AT launcher: RPG-7

NV sights only for team leaders

Night loadout variants with flashlights and more illumination flares for leaders/grenadiers (or this can just be left to the map maker)

Body armor: I typically give the AAF plate carrier rigs only to the squad leaders and specialist units like grenadiers, the rest get tactical vests.

Helmets: standard AAF helms

 

Vehicles: standard AAF vehicles, ideally with a reskin to replace the light grey /brown parts with darker green spots similar to the differences between CSAT hex camo for Altis/Tanoa

Perhaps no Gryphons and Kumas. Maybe even no Moras, and just the amphibious gorgon, which kind of makes sense given that its a collection of small islands. 

The AAF is lacking in the LSV category though, so at the moment I give the "TAF" Nato Prowlers - but maybe jackals would fit well here

 

 

 

Well, Tanoa isn't a country by itself, and the Horizon Islands don't have an army.

 

Also CSTO with Russian and Chernarussian forces is coming soon. They will be independent. :)

[Ex3B 265]

Ok, Tanoa is just one island group of the Horizon Islands nation? TAF -> HIAF

They don't have an army? seems a bit hard to believe... even small island nations like Jamaica have armed forces:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Defence_Force

To date, their only military operation was playing tag along and cleanup to the US led invasion of Grenada in 1983. Jamaican sent 152 soldiers/officers, and was thus nearly half the 353 "strong" Caribbean "force" (which I guess was just there for show and propaganda purposes, as the US contributed ~7,300 men, and thus was 95% of the forces).

 

I guess the HI would have a french model, but still... its not hard to image that they do have armed forces beyond the paramilitary Gendarmerie we see.

Using the JDF as a model... they don't really have much now that I look at it. Their air wing doesn't seem to be much more militaristic than a police department that operates helicopters:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Defence_Force#JDF_Air_Wing

 

As for their army... it seems their "best" armored vehicle is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Gage_Commando

I'm not sure what sort of armament theirs has/have (not sure how many they have). I guess this is roughly equivalent to the police hunter/Raven Ifrit. *If* it has a mounted machine gun, I guess it would be "better" as IIRC, neither of those MRAPs are armed.

So... I guess the only real difference between the gendarmerie on Tanoa in Arma 3, and this real world model, is the equipment of the infantry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Defence_Force#Army_equipment

Notably, assault rifles (not SMGs), heavy machine guns, 40mm grenade launchers, and 51mm & 81mm mortars.

[Hamakaze 142]

11 minutes ago, Ex3B said:

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The Horizon Islands are considerably smaller than Jamaica... The Gendarmerie fills the roll of paramilitary and would likely act as an armed force during times of war as well as being Police, This is the case with some other small pacific nations such as Tuvalu, Palau and the Marshall Islands and in the event of war they would rely on the US or Commonwealth Nations for support and protection.

[Ex3B 265]

meh, its fictional, it doesn't take too much imagination to come up with a justification for them having a military and not just a police force.

[Georg_Ravioli 46]

Doesn't take too much imagination to come up with a justification for them not having a military either, lol. RHS has the Horizon Islands Defense Force, I'd say that fills the role pretty well.

[patpowercat 7]

Hey Night! Great addon, essential in my opinion. I know I asked for a specific class before, but do you have updated classnames for all the factions for use with ALiVE? I checked for documentation and couldn't find it. Specifically, I am looking for Kabeiroi. Thanks!

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

46 minutes ago, patpowercat said:

Hey Night! Great addon, essential in my opinion. I know I asked for a specific class before, but do you have updated classnames for all the factions for use with ALiVE? I checked for documentation and couldn't find it. Specifically, I am looking for Kabeiroi. Thanks!

 

Thanks! This should be every new faction:

 

BLU_A_F - NATO (British)

BLU_E_F - NATO (European)
BLU_ION_F - ION

BLU_CL_F - Clouds

OPF_A_F - CSAT (African)

OPF_P_F - Paramilitary

OPF_B_F - Bandit

OPF_FL_F - Flames

OPF_V_F - Viper

IND_K_F - Kabeiroi

IND_R_F - Raven

IND_UCPT_F - Police

 

Hope this helps!

[R0adki11 3945]

On 05/12/2017 at 8:28 AM, Ex3B said:

meh, its fictional, it doesn't take too much imagination to come up with a justification for them having a military and not just a police force.

But at the end of the day the author of this mod can decide what they want to include.

[Ex3B 265]

Of course, but its just a suggestion. Additionally it was a response to an argument from someone other than the author against the suggestion.

 

On another note, I quite like the Jackal AAF textures now. I'm using it for faux "HIDF" forces in a mission now (ie syndicate forces). The mostly drab olive textures work fairly well for tanoa too. Its also amphibious which fits well with tanoa (even better than the BTR-40 that I had suggested much earlier in the thread).

The Jackal seems to flip over very easily. I don't know if this is somewhat intentional - its true that its a rather tall vehicle, and driving it too aggressively should flip it, but it seems to flip too easily right now.

And one last comment on the new F-35 cockpit: it seems to me that the 1st person cockpit view is somehow reducing viewdistance. I see farther in 3rd person than 1st person am I the only one experiencing this?

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

5 hours ago, Ex3B said:

Of course, but its just a suggestion. Additionally it was a response to an argument from someone other than the author against the suggestion.

 

On another note, I quite like the Jackal AAF textures now. I'm using it for faux "HIDF" forces in a mission now (ie syndicate forces). The mostly drab olive textures work fairly well for tanoa too. Its also amphibious which fits well with tanoa (even better than the BTR-40 that I had suggested much earlier in the thread).

The Jackal seems to flip over very easily. I don't know if this is somewhat intentional - its true that its a rather tall vehicle, and driving it too aggressively should flip it, but it seems to flip too easily right now.

And one last comment on the new F-35 cockpit: it seems to me that the 1st person cockpit view is somehow reducing viewdistance. I see farther in 3rd person than 1st person am I the only one experiencing this?

 

Textures are super WIP. :P

 

It shouldn't be amphibious, I don't remember ever configuring it for that, lol.

 

PhysX is very WIP, same with sounds and animations.

 

And I'm not having that issue with the F-35.

[Ex3B 265]

Ah, if its not meant to be amphibious, maybe I just wasn't going in deep enough water. If its not amphibious, then it fords the channel just north of Georgetown on Tanoa quite well - I'll go test and get some screenshots for the F-35.

And yes, I know you already said WIP, just giving feedback.

 

Ok, so its not Amphibious, but it drives under water really well :p It can go quite a distance before its engine dies

and the screenshots:

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[AveryTheKitty 2626]

59 minutes ago, Ex3B said:

Ah, if its not meant to be amphibious, maybe I just wasn't going in deep enough water. If its not amphibious, then it fords the channel just north of Georgetown on Tanoa quite well - I'll go test and get some screenshots for the F-35.

And yes, I know you already said WIP, just giving feedback.

 

Ok, so its not Amphibious, but it drives under water really well :p It can go quite a distance before its engine dies

and the screenshots:

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Bloom maybe? I'll check it out when I get home.

[Ex3B 265]

Feedback on minor point:

I was playing around with making scripts to enable various CSAT aircraft to be recovered on the USS Freedom, and I noticed that the loadout options on the CSAT A-143 are generally inferior to the AAF variant.

The AAF variant can mount 3x scalpel racks, the CSAT variant can only mount single scalpels.

 --This disparity in guided missiles is of course even greater with DAGR pods, but I'm fine with DAGR pods being exclusive to NATO and independent factions that buy NATO gear.

 

The AAF Variant can mount Zephyrs and ASRAAMs, the CSAT variant can only mount Sahr-3s

- While the Zephyr isn't great, it does have a higher CM immunity than any IR guided missile, a longer range (although this is only marginal given the Buzzard's radar range of only 8km),and a higher hit than the Sahr-3.

- The ASRAAM seems to be a bit superior to the Sahr-3 (high CM immunity, higher maneuverability, higher hit damage, which is complicated by a higher top speed and lower side-airfriction which may limit its turning radius/ability to turn fast... I'm not sure how the maneuverability rating compensates for this).

 

The AAR variant is, however, at a disadvantage when it comes to mounting unguided rocket pods - this CSAT variant is the winner here.

 

Would you consider letting the CSAT variant mount R-73 and R-77 missiles, as well as 3x scalpel racks?

Either way, the set pylon loadout command can be used so its not a big deal.

 

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

23 minutes ago, Ex3B said:

Feedback on minor point:

I was playing around with making scripts to enable various CSAT aircraft to be recovered on the USS Freedom, and I noticed that the loadout options on the CSAT A-143 are generally inferior to the AAF variant.

The AAF variant can mount 3x scalpel racks, the CSAT variant can only mount single scalpels.

 --This disparity in guided missiles is of course even greater with DAGR pods, but I'm fine with DAGR pods being exclusive to NATO and independent factions that buy NATO gear.

 

The AAF Variant can mount Zephyrs and ASRAAMs, the CSAT variant can only mount Sahr-3s

- While the Zephyr isn't great, it does have a higher CM immunity than any IR guided missile, a longer range (although this is only marginal given the Buzzard's radar range of only 8km),and a higher hit than the Sahr-3.

- The ASRAAM seems to be a bit superior to the Sahr-3 (high CM immunity, higher maneuverability, higher hit damage, which is complicated by a higher top speed and lower side-airfriction which may limit its turning radius/ability to turn fast... I'm not sure how the maneuverability rating compensates for this).

 

The AAR variant is, however, at a disadvantage when it comes to mounting unguided rocket pods - this CSAT variant is the winner here.

 

Would you consider letting the CSAT variant mount R-73 and R-77 missiles, as well as 3x scalpel racks?

Either way, the set pylon loadout command can be used so its not a big deal.

 

 

I'll see what I can do. ;)

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

Currently working on some new stuff right now. Fishing Motorboat and the MV-22 Osprey primarily.

 

MV-22 Osprey V/STOL, will be used by NATO.

 

RHIBs for CSAT, with an AAF version to come soon.

 

Less important, Tropic textures for backpacks, caps, and other items added by Aegis were improved.

 

And a new Bandana (Tropic)! Also, M9s are now part of Aegis. :)

 

And finally, some new backpacks! (Blue backpacks and orange backpack aren't new)

 

The rest of what I've worked on has consisted of minor texture work, organization, localization, and a few minor bug fixes.

[pipewr3nch 71]

Is there a chance you could make a US Navy Texture for the Osprey?

[Davewinkleman 30]

THAT OSPREY! 

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

2 hours ago, pipewr3nch said:

Is there a chance you could make a US Navy Texture for the Osprey?

 

Possibly later on, for now they're unmarked save for a USAF roundel. There's 3 liveries two, Blue (seen above), Olive, and White; the last one being the Arma 2 texture with some minor edits.

 

[bars91 956]

Will the refuel probe be retracted/retractable?

 since it would be irl and keeping it extended wastes space on (for example) a carrier deck or a tighter FOB.