X31a concept helicopter project

[cassandra 0]

Finally, it's taken a while to get all this together and working.. now it's done we can go on to enjoy other 'normal people' things such as socialising and sleeping normal hours

Sole and myself would like to present the X31A series concept helicopters;

3 versions, 6 patterns

VM31A "Nosferatu" Fast Attack Helicopter ordnance;

36 low yield Corkscrew missiles, x/y rotating gatling and 2x 40mm cannons

AH31A "Halcyon" Multirole Attack Helicopter ordnance;

2 AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, fixed gatling and 2x 37mm cannons

here's an excerpt taken from the readme..

Quote[/b] ][ Info ]---------------------------------------------------------------------

This addon contains three different helicopters.

A normal unarmed version and two different armed versions.

1) V31A Civilian Helicopter

2) VM31A Nosferatu Fast Attack Helicopter

3) AH31A Halcyon Multirole Attack Helicopter

Each version comes in six various patterns from desert, to night to bushland.

[ Requirements ]-------------------------------------------------------------

You will need Resistance 1.85 or higher to use this add-on.. and perhaps some

imagination

[ Install ]------------------------------------------------------------------

To install, just drag the three pbo files to your Flashpoint add-on folder.

(usually this is C:\Program Files\Codemasters\OperationFlashpoint\Addons)

Included is a mission/intro, just drag "X31A Demo.Cain.pbo" to your missions

folder

Summary;

CAS_v31a.pbo -> C:\...\OperationFlashpoint\Addons

CAS_vm31a.pbo -> C:\...\OperationFlashpoint\Addons

CAS_ah31a.pbo -> C:\...\OperationFlashpoint\Addons

X31A Demo.Cain.pbo -> C:\...\OperationFlashpoint\Missions

[ Start Playing ]------------------------------------------------------------

In the mission editor menu:

Civil -> CAS Air -> V31A Valkyrie -> Unarmed V31A with skids

West -> CAS Air -> VM31A Nosferatu -> Armed V31A with skids

West -> CAS Air -> AH31A Halcyon -> Armed V31A with retractable gear

just incase anyone wonders, these helos do not exist in the real world, the aim of this project was to design from scratch, a vehicle that was simply fun to play with, though could certainly be worked into a storyline

>>> Download X31A rar - 4.1MB <<<

I hope you people enjoy our work, these things are certainly fun to play with - if anyone makes a mission using any of these helicopters we would love to see it!

The people who made this happen...

GranQ - for binning the add-ons because Binarize kept crashing

Dinger - for mission editing

Feer - for providing a great set of tools and config help

Shar - for beta testing

Goob - for beta testing

Sole - for texturing, modelling, mission editing, coding

and last but not least, Myself(Cassie) - for texturing, modelling, mission editing, coding, intro music

Enjoy!

[-ZG-BUZZARD 0]

COOL, Downloading NOW!!!

[Sgt. Stryker 0]

very nice addon, great job!!!!!! I will make a cool mission with it....

[NZXSHADOWS 0]

very nice,Thanks man.

[Major Gripe 0]

These look great, excellent work all, thanks for including skid and tricycle gear versions.

[C4P741N 0]

very nice,Thanks man.

Man?

Nice work Cassandra/Sole and others mentioned.

lol... man

Cap.

[Acro 0]

Nice design. Have you ever thought of career of a helicopter designer?    Well, good job.

[cassandra 0]

very nice addon, great job!!!!!! I will make a cool mission with it....

cool, I'd like to see that

very nice,Thanks man.

your welcome, girl.

Nice design. Have you ever thought of career of a helicopter designer? Well, good job.

so long as I don't have to ever fly in one, sure.. I just couldn't bare to be there 'when' it falls out of the sky

[CanadianTerror 0]

It's not the falling...it's the landing thats the problem.

Nice job on these btw.

[Asmodeus 0]

Cool! You released them!

I might make a mission with them as well, if time permits.

They look real good to everyone involved! Now to crank up my hamster that they call a modem and start downloading. (it's a long story, I'm stuck with 31.2 Kbps connection until I move... )

Asmo

[bonko the sane 2]

wahey, txs a lot, the screenies look excelent, cant wait to fly this baby

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Looks great, I'll Dl friday when I get back home!

Thanks man and woman!

[.granQ. 0]

nice to see it is done... and for some reason sole's bin has started to work again.. but it was one day of terror from sole with all his "bin.this.plz.zip" ;)

and the part "now it's done we can go on to enjoy other 'normal people' things such as socialising and sleeping normal hours"

we all know is just bullshit, don't we ;)

[Sole 0]

Hehe, you got us there granQ , it's only too true

[edit] the cannon on the AH31A isn't fixed btw, it can move up and down like the cannon on the V80

[PSC 0]

Great work! Nice helicopter

*edit*

Some suggestion:

a) make the aiming without optics more convenient:

b) add a cargo spot:

[cassandra 0]

and the part "now it's done we can go on to enjoy other 'normal people' things such as socialising and sleeping normal hours"

we all know is just bullshit, don't we ;)

I thought IRC was acceptable socialising.. god damnit.. I give in, it's all a lie.. a big bloody lie!

[Pappy Boyington 0]

and the part "now it's done we can go on to enjoy other 'normal people' things such as socialising and sleeping normal hours"

we all know is just bullshit, don't we ;)

I thought IRC was acceptable socialising.. god damnit.. I give in, it's all a lie.. a big bloody lie!

naa

online messengers do count as socializing

if they dont. . .well im screwed

[benus 0]

really MAZING work .. especially the one that can raise its gear.

but the suggestions PSC made are the same I was thinking about when I tested the helos first.

and WHY THAT ->

for the civialian version yes.

but the combat helos should be closed ... too dangerous for

the pilot !!! IF WE THINK REALISTIC

another suggestion ... not for this addon but for FUTURE HELOS.... remember the C&C ORCA

that would be sooooooooooooooooo cool

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Benus;

Have you took a closer look at US choppers? Most US choppers used in combat missions have their doors removed by the pilots. This happens to be on Kiowa's, blackhawks, littlebirds (which I've actually never seen with doors), ect, ect.

So it's not unrealistic for a chopper to have doors removed/no doors at all.

Sole already made a very nice GDI Orca, but he never released it. The disign of this choppers seems largely based on his work on the Orca.

Edit;

I like Sebastians idea of the cargo spot. This way you could pick up a downed wigman, or something like that. Althoug the animation should not be the happy waving motion that sebastian painted for you  

Also the aimingsquare is not a bad idea. Would be nice to see a aimingrecticule on the HUD on that spot. It would fit this futuristic chopper.

[Sole 0]

....The disign of this choppers seems largely based on his work on the Orca...

Actually, I stepped into this project after the basic fuselage model was done, so it's not based on the Orca in any way.

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Ah well, I does look somewhat like the Orca. Both are great designs and look ultra-cool

[benus 0]

I know that with the helos you named the doors are removed very often.

but I thought this is more like a COMABT helo (AH64 or AH1), because of that I said it.

but I would like to have this orca you mentioned hhrrhhrhrhr

[-ZG-BUZZARD 0]

Yep, sign up one more for Orca!! Me wants!!

As for these choppers... damn... I must say they're the sexiest choppers that ever flew in OFP skies since... wait... no, I wouldn't be able to apply 'sexy' as a way to describe other choppers... ok maybe the Littlebirds and the Gazelles... but this one tops both designs!!!

Nevertheless, if a 2-crewed version is planned, I wouldn't mind that there would also be a gunner and the 30mm cannon be fully rotating (aim-wise) as in the AH-64, and not only swiveling like currently...

Oh, and would it be possible that the external view of the chopper covers the whole 360 degrees like in Martins Bell 206 FLOAT chopper? makes head-on picture taking much easier, as well as being able to check your six...

[hellfish6 7]

Cool!

[GoOB 0]

Had the extreme pleasure of beta-testing these (didn't find one bug that wasn't already knowh though :P ), they are really fun to fly and go great with the BOH Wanzers in my opinion.

Good job, and congrats on the release