RedHammerStudios 48 Posted August 9, 2022 Greetings from the RHS Team! Today we would like to announce a new chapter for Red Hammer Studios. With almost 20 years (May 2023 birthday) of Flashpoint and Arma development behind our back it is time to explore the newest additions to the game family: Reforger and in the grand scheme of things the Enfusion engine. For the last few months we have been exploring its capabilities and are quite blown away, especially when compared to the RV engine and definitely see a bright future for the platform and for its fans. For us, the new opportunities in improving the quality of our content are readily apparent and thus it is time to reveal our next project: RHS: Status Quo Bear with us, it is a working title 🙂 but for now it will do. What you CAN do meanwhile already is grab the first work in progress versions of the mod on the Reforger Workshop! Just look for the title and download. We have already ported and remade some assets that fit the quality bill of Reforger to test out the workflow. So what is it going to be about? Well after quite some internal discussions and based on some polls we settled to remain in the contemporary sphere of things: 2000 - present with the main core around 2017 with US and RF taking center stage. We do intend to put some focus on a story this time around, but for that we need your help (see recruitment below). Also stay tuned for information on a brand new terrain in development! As of now we have developed a small priority list for what we call Phase 1 which should bring the mod to 1.0 status hopefully sometime this year. But keep in mind that with this new engine our focus is on quality and not quantity, so it will take years, if ever, when we could reach the same amount of assets as we had for Arma 3. What we do not intend to do is bring over assets that do not meet the high standards of the PBR enfusion workflow from our legacy developments. We are now working out the details also on bringing our development pipeline to fully automated state, and the intent is to have 2 parallel versions of the mod on workshop: a continuously deployed development version and a stable one, much like we had with Arma 3. One other thing that is different is that the aim now is to keep all factions in one mod. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Now the recruitment bit 🙂 To make this happen we certainly need more new talent! Please consider dropping us a line if you would like to try out for the team in the following capacities if your profile matches: - Asset creators: you are detail driven, accuracy matters to you, you are strong in HP/LP baking workflows for current generation PBR engines, you are familiar with Substance Painter. -> Hard surface: Weapons, objects, architecture, attachments etc. -> Uniforms, gear -> Marvelous Designer knowledge is a big plus. - Texture artists: you are detail driven, accuracy matters to you, perhaps you do not model yourself but are able to turn HP/LP models of others into stunning artwork in Substance Painter. - Animators: you are familiar with skinning and animations in any tool that is able to export to Enfusion (max, blender, maya etc.). This involves both hardsurface (weapons/vehicles) animation as well as characters. - Producers: help our team inject the assets into the game, configure the models, produce copy, zero the sights etc. This helps us enourmosly! Especially if you are a bit familiar already with Enfusion Workbench. - Writers: do you have some experience in developing exciting stories? Especially if you have experience in writing for games. - Web developers: a new project begs to have a proper new web home. We are looking specifically for front end UI/UX experts that can design as well as implement. Tech is not so important but naturally HTML and CSS is a must with probable Javascript/Typescript knowledge. But things like Blazor are also cool. There will be a chance to collaborate on the backend which will probably be written in C# ASP NET Core. If you feel up to the job please contact @soul_assassin or @PuFu on these forums, but please only serious applicant need apply. What about Arma 3? Currently, there are still plans to do one last major stable release of all mods for Arma 3, but with limited resources it is hard to say when that will happen. Eventually though, it is envisioned that most development effort will go into Enfusion projects. RHS Team 40 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nomisum 129 Posted August 9, 2022 Nice, thanks for the update! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
papanowel 120 Posted August 9, 2022 Great news, I'm glad to see the mod moving to Roferger and A4 😎 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
icebreakr 3156 Posted August 9, 2022 This is interesting now. If RHS is moving in Reforger it is time for me to start a new project for it, too. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with! 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedHammerStudios 48 Posted August 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, icebreakr said: This is interesting now. If RHS is moving in Reforger it is time for me to start a new project for it, too. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with! We eagerly await to see what you come up with as well! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nillers 433 Posted August 9, 2022 This is very exciting! Can't wait to see everything you guys create. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T3AMRR 0 Posted August 9, 2022 Awsome ...Let´s GO ... Way to ARMA 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Callsign 128 Posted August 9, 2022 Very exciting news! Definitely a great development for the Arma community and for the future of Arma! Please see DMs @soul_assassin@PuFu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boat_Noise 0 Posted August 9, 2022 excited for what the future awaits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Varanon 892 Posted August 9, 2022 Exiting news! Have you already decided what the scope will be ? US vs Russia ? Modern oder Cold War ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soul_assassin 1747 Posted August 9, 2022 52 minutes ago, Varanon said: Exiting news! Have you already decided what the scope will be ? US vs Russia ? Modern oder Cold War ? we have, its in the text 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Varanon 892 Posted August 9, 2022 26 minutes ago, soul_assassin said: we have, its in the text 🙂 Geez, I'm blind😯 Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eggbeast 3673 Posted August 9, 2022 Well done guys, will look forward to seeing your excellent results soon in RF. The landscape and terrain assets are a perfect match for RHS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar014 0 Posted August 9, 2022 Regarding applications for web development, would you guys be fine with taking in someone with skills in Wix and other website building applications, or are you guys seeking more for invididuals with HTML and Javascript skills? Cheers, Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soul_assassin 1747 Posted August 9, 2022 We have updated the topic above to elaborate a bit on the applications, please review. Thanks to those who have contacted us, you should have received some replies today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryhopper 286 Posted August 10, 2022 looking forward to an interview.... in the far, far future. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Affe-mit-Waffe0 1 Posted August 13, 2022 Wow!! I cannot way for your awsome works! Thank you for your work in advance. 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royal Qarayev 0 Posted August 17, 2022 Are you going to make weapons, equipment and equipment from different eras, for example, the eighties? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
belgerot 33 Posted August 19, 2022 This is great, happy to see this news! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soul_assassin 1747 Posted August 30, 2022 Some work is progressing! @Mihail Ilyin has been hard at work on the phase one gear for the Redfor faction. Meanwhile, a few new members have successfully passed the trials and have joined the team and are already hard at work. With that being said, please refer to the list in the OP if you would still like to apply! 10 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenai Phoenix 4 Posted October 21, 2022 Cant wait to play the mod to give more life to Reforger! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KILLERWOLF2022 0 Posted January 4, 2023 Hello, i tried download, but give a error and not end the download. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
