Tonal withdrawl :(

[ebud 18]

if anyone wants to try this out, download the file below.

Link

You'll need to edit your characters.pbo and replace the config and a texture as well as replace your bin.pbo in the dta folder to try this out.

If you want to try it out, backup those 2 pbos first.

This is just something to get me started on Tonal for ARMA.

Don't blame me if it doesn't work for you or you break your installation.

I'll have a real project going soon.

Also, do not mirror or repost this anywhere as it's just a test.

[Mr_Tea 0]

A little readme inside the .rar file would be nice.

Only a little info.

[ebud 18]

It replaces east faces to african faces, and replaces east uniform to one used in the Tonal rebel units.

That's really about all there is.

[Mr_Tea 0]

Interesting, might try it out later today. It`s 04:15 AM here, and i nedd some sleep first.

[R0adki11 3949]

sounds a nice little addon, will try it out

[ebud 18]

not really an addon, just a little test to see if I could change the east faces to be african plus a new camo to help me cope with Tonal withdrawl

It will overwrite the original items, so make sure you back up anything. I don't play MP so I couldn't care less, but it will break your pbos for mp play.

Also if you try this, make sure you delete the config.bin from the characters pbo after you add in the included config.cpp.

Again, this is nothing special, just something to change the feel of the east units.

[Lateflip 0]

Can we get a screenshot?

[ebud 18]

No. If you need a screenshot to decide if you want to try it out, then you probably don't want it anyway.

[Shadow NX 1]

someone got out of bed with the wrong leg first this morning?

wouldnt mind seeing a screen aswell but if you want you can blame it on me being a lazy ass

[ebud 18]

haha, no, I didn't mean it in a bad way

It's not a "real" addon, just a hackjob I wasn't trying to get people to DL it who weren't already fans of Tonal. It's just a quick change. I figured that if you don't "need" this conversion, a screenshot won't sway you.

Here is a pic anyway.

I always tend to sound like an a-hole don't I? Lol.

Slightly better pic.

[BlackScorpion 0]

Err... you just broke the forum rules. Da pic (not linked) is 118 kB.

The camo looks nice and the faces fit in... nice job. Dunno if it's just ArmA graphics in general but looks beautiful.

[mattxr 9]

Who cares about 118.. Its Tonal

[milobr 0]

Is there anyway you can make an addon so I don't need to replace the original OPFOR soldiers?

[Col. Faulkner 0]

I think they fit really well in the Sahrani/Rahmadi milieu (it

looks a kind of "Afro/Caribbean" sort of place anyway), and

the camouflage pattern seems to blend in well with the more

arid areas of the islands too (much better than those lousy

don't-really-blend-in with-anything-much "ACU" suits the

yanks wear in the game! ).

I'm going to prefer these as the "Eastern" troops for a while

in my games.

[ebud 18]

Is there anyway you can make an addon so I don't need to replace the original OPFOR soldiers?

not now there isn't as you need to edit the configs to get all the east faces to be african. You can try a mod folder.

[Rg 0]

if anyone wants to try this out, download the file below.

Link

You'll need to edit your characters.pbo and replace the config and a texture as well as replace your bin.pbo in the dta folder to try this out.

If you want to try it out, backup those 2 pbos first.

This is just something to get me started on Tonal for ARMA.

Don't blame me if it doesn't work for you or you break your installation.

I'll have a real project going soon.

Also, do not mirror or repost this anywhere as it's just a test.

Can you make the installation a little more clear?

I opened up the characters.pbo and see the "np_soldier_co.paa" in the characters/data folder. You replace that, but then what do you do with the config.cpp?

[Shadow NX 1]

haha, no, I didn't mean it in a bad way

It's not a "real" addon, just a hackjob I wasn't trying to get people to DL it who weren't already fans of Tonal. It's just a quick change. I figured that if you don't "need" this conversion, a screenshot won't sway you.

Here is a pic anyway.

I always tend to sound like an a-hole don't I? Lol.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/ebud/arma_edit.jpg

Slightly better pic.

Nono, not like a A-hole i just were thinking it wouldnt hurt anyone if he could see what he is about to get.

Indeed this looks pretty nice, well fitting with these cammos, i guess a good base for the next tonal pack

[ebud 18]

if anyone wants to try this out, download the file below.

Link

You'll need to edit your characters.pbo and replace the config and a texture as well as replace your bin.pbo in the dta folder to try this out.

If you want to try it out, backup those 2 pbos first.

This is just something to get me started on Tonal for ARMA.

Don't blame me if it doesn't work for you or you break your installation.

I'll have a real project going soon.

Also, do not mirror or repost this anywhere as it's just a test.

Can you make the installation a little more clear?

I opened up the characters.pbo and see the "np_soldier_co.paa" in the characters/data folder. You replace that, but then what do you do with the config.cpp?

delete the config.bin and just put the config.cpp in there and repbo.

[Rg 0]

Thx, but it's still not working for me. I get a crash to desktop with some shader error, but when i revert back to the orginal files, all is good.

If it wasn't a cool change I wouldn't bother with this since it's giving me trouble, but these units fit sahari much better imo.

If you don't mind, let me go through the steps I went though and see if I did something wrong.....

1) Dta folder - I change the default bin.pbo to (D)bin.pbo (I put (D) for default to keep track)

2) AddOns folder – Copy and paste characters.pbo and name it (D)characters.pbo.

3) Then I extract the other characters.pbo with kegetys tool.

4) Open the folder. Delete config.bin and put config.cpp in its place.

5) Then overwrite the "np_soldier_co.paa" in the characters/data folder with the new file.

6) Then I repbo it.

Did I do something wrong in this process?

[ebud 18]

I didn't see anything wrong with what you did, but just try one at a time and see which one is causing the issue.

I did make a couple errors in the face names, but it still worked for me.

These are fixed and might help.

Also in there is a weapons pbo edit I did to make the weapons HD for fun. They're all HD, but at least you live longer now

http://www.yousendit.com/transfe....62AA527

Again, try just using the texture first, then the config edit and the bin change.

I'll try to make a real pbo for these this weekend as well.

Did you try making a mod folder for this? I haven't but I will tomorrow so I can have a clean install as well.

[Rg 0]

Thx, I did it step by step and the problem was the BIN.PBO. That was what was giving me the error. I loaded the game up with my default bin.pbo and it everything seems ok (the tonal unit show up).

Is there any reason why I would need the edited BIN.PBO or will my default bin.pbo do just fine?

[ebud 18]

I'm almost positive you won't get the african faces as I had to define them in the character config and the main config. You can try just using one or the other, but I doubt it'll work. At first I just tried changing them in the character pbo, but it didn't work so I edited them all as well in the bin.pbo.

Try the newer files.

Might be a version conflict? I'm running the patched german download version which was then patched for english. Not sure that means anything

Edit: Like I said, this was just a test anyway

[Rg 0]

Well, all I'm using right now is the edited characters.pbo (not the bin.pbo), so I just created a @tonal mod folder and put that edited characters.pbo in "@tonal/AddOns" and it seems to be working fine.

Here's a quick comparison picture.....

I won't mess with the weapons. This will suit me fine for a while. Thank you sir

*EDIT* wow, you can really see the difference in graphics compared to your picture, lol.

[-)rStrangelove 0]

Playing with these in southern areas almost IS like playing on Tonal. Love it!  

[ebud 18]

Well it looks like Tigershark is wanting to get a Arma Tonal going, so eventually you might see a Tonal island for Arma. I agree that it feels really close.