NVG and FLIR

[granQ 293]

Many choppers, tanks and such have cool NVG/FLIR but in OFP we "stuck" with just the green light and I thought that was boring.

I found out a way to do a basic "NVG" and used it on the Btr 80

and yesterday i played around with the scripts little and made FLIR working..

I would want more people to use this feature..

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setAperture

This command, use it !

My values I used was 0.07 (For NVG) and 0.01 for FLIR

[-CS-SOBR-1st-I-R- 0]

I'd welcome a real NGV/FLIR devide for choppers and infrared for choppers. This is what is really missing.

[Blackbuck 9]

This seems to be a good little thing you've found GranQ.

Regards HH .

[malick 0]

This is excellent !

I really appreciate this function, very nice and it's great you found it...

Malick

[VXR 9]

This is a great feature, I will use it for sure on a project I have planned in the future

[granQ 293]

another idea is to use it with flashbangs.

[Serclaes 0]

Well the color of the FLIR is about right, but the real purpose of it is sadly not covered by that. What do you think, is it possible to apply a different set of textures on an Object to make it a heat signature?

[moricky 211]

But it's working only in night (like in Blood, Sweat and Tears mission intro).

However, during a day you are able to create "scorcher" atmosphere

[granQ 293]

But it's working only in night (like in Blood, Sweat and Tears mission intro).

However, during a day you are able to create "scorcher" atmosphere

true, but for flashbangs you can still make use of it.

[Heatseeker 0]

Hmm, ask BIS to use it too, nice work .

[MehMan 0]

This could be of use for helicopter gunners. You could make awsome realistic looking sights for the Ah-1.

[stingfish74 0]

this is great! one question tho, if i wanted to use this as a replacment for the green NVG for heli gunners (like cobra gunner) how do i use it? is it a script of some sort?

[Guest]

Well the color of the FLIR is about right, but the real purpose of it is sadly not covered by that. What do you think, is it possible to apply a different set of textures on an Object to make it a heat signature?

I faked it in vbs1 by making the unit pure white....

here is a video of it..

Nice Work!

[Jackal326 1182]

After glancing over this thread, could the 'setaperture' command be adapted in conjunction with some custom goggles (i.e. thermal vision etc)?

[Messiah 2]

well, assuming its done via a useraction (much like your animated nv goggles were done) then the animation could also set the apeture command and remove it when raised..

worth a bit of experimentation I reckon

[granQ 293]

After glancing over this thread, could the 'setaperture' command be adapted in conjunction with some custom goggles (i.e. thermal vision etc)?

yeap.. hopefully Bis gives us more control over the visual ways, "setColorOverlay" would be neat for other types.

sure it isnt 100% correct flir but its better then nothing, with a few more commands we could do awesome stuff.

[MehMan 0]

I think an invert layer would be needed for FLIR. I achieved that effect in one of my vids. It's not 100% real, but it's pretty close. You turn it black and white and then you just invert that and you get a pretty awsome effect, resembles FLIR IMO.

This is the vid.

[Shashman 0]

This is awesome!  

It seems like such a simple solution, I'm surprised nobody's thought of it before. Excellent stuff once again, GranQ  

P.S.

In french, "GranQ", if the Q is read as a separate letter, means BigAss  

Was this intentional?  

EDIT;

How would I implement this? I'd make a trigger and in the onactivation field put

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">setAperture 0.01

but what would I use as the condition? It would be if the gunner of an armored vehicle or aircraft looked through his sights for instance.

[mr burns 133]

EDIT;

How would I implement this? I'd make a trigger and in the onactivation field put

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">setAperture 0.01

but what would I use as the condition? It would be if the gunner of an armored vehicle or aircraft looked through his sights for instance.

Try editing the config.cpp

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">class UserActions

{

class NightVision

{

displayName="Nightvision ON";

position="osa_dvere1";

radius=3.500000;

onlyForPlayer= true;

condition="NOT(SD_HaveNvg) AND (PLAYER == gunner this)";

statement="this exec ""\SD_Btr80\script\nightvision.sqs""";

};

class NightVisionOff

{

displayName="Nightvision Off";

position="osa_dvere1";

radius=3.500000;

onlyForPlayer= true;

condition="SD_HaveNvg AND (PLAYER == gunner this)";

statement="SD_HaveNvg = false";

};

};

nightvision.sqs

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_veh = _this

?!(gunner _veh == player) : goto "end";

setAperture 0.07;

SD_HaveNvg = true

#check

?!(alive player) : goto "end";

?!(gunner _veh == player) : goto "end";

?!(SD_HaveNvg) : goto "end";

~0.20

goto "check"

#end

setAperture -1;

[Shashman 0]

Is that what I would have to do, so that armored crew have this pseudo FLIR system?

I only want crew to have this capability, no other unit.

Also, where would I put nightvision.sqs? And SetAperture -1, shouldn't that be SetAperture 0.01?

And (sorry I'm an ArmA editing n00b), where do I find config.cpp?

[moricky 211]

No, setAperture -1 will turn it back to normal value.

[Shashman 0]

Ah I see yeah, it's at the end of the script. But 0.07? 0.01 is what makes the image black hot

Ahaaa nevermind lol. I understand now. This is what you would add to a vehicle's config.cpp. I thought it was an explanation as to how to implement this feature to the game, globally. Nevermind. Guess I have some addon editing to do

EDIT No.321654 : How do I convert .bin to .cpp?

[mr burns 133]

EDIT No.321654 : How do I convert .bin to .cpp?

Pure magic

clicky

[Shashman 0]

A magician never reveals his technique.... But I'll let you off this time  

Thanks

Hmmm ok so I tried editing air.pbo, here's the section on the Cobra;

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"> class AH1W: Helicopter {

selectionHRotorStill = "mainRotorStatic";

selectionHRotorMove = "mainRotorBlurred";

selectionVRotorStill = "tailRotorStatic";

selectionVRotorMove = "tailRotorBlurred";

memoryPointLMissile = "Missile_1";

memoryPointRMissile = "Missile_2";

memoryPointLRocket = "Rocket_1";

memoryPointRRocket = "Rocket_2";

selectionFireAnim = "muzzleflash";

crew = "SoldierWPilot";

scope = 2;

side = 1;

displayName = "$STR_DN_AH1Z";

nameSound = "cobra";

accuracy = 0.300000;

driverAction = "AH1Z_Pilot";

crewVulnerable = 0;

maxSpeed = 270;

typicalCargo = {"SoldierWPilot", "SoldierWPilot"};

soundGetIn = {"\ca\air\Data\Sound\heli_door1", 0.100000, 1};

soundGetOut = {"\ca\air\Data\Sound\heli_door1", 0.100000, 1};

soundEngine = {"\ca\air\Data\Sound\AH1_engine_v3a", 39.810719, 1};

armor = 60;

cost = 10000000;

model = "\ca\air\ah1z";

picture = "\ca\air\data\ico\ah1z_CA.paa";

mapSize = 13;

Icon = "\ca\air\data\map_ico\icomap_ah1z_CA.paa";

memoryPointsGetInDriver = "pos_driver";

memoryPointsGetInDriverDir = "pos_driver_dir";

class Turrets: Turrets {

class MainTurret: MainTurret {

gunnerAction = "AH1Z_Gunner";

gunnerInAction = "AH1Z_Gunner";

primary = 1;

weapons = {"M197", "FFARLauncher", "HellfireLauncher"};

magazines = {"750Rnd_M197_AH1", "38Rnd_FFAR", "8Rnd_Hellfire"};

memoryPointsGetInGunner = "pos_gunner";

memoryPointsGetInGunnerDir = "pos_gunner_dir";

memoryPointGun = "machinegun";

minElev = -60;

maxElev = 10;

initElev = 0;

minTurn = -70;

maxTurn = 70;

initTurn = 0;

gunnerOpticsModel = "\ca\air\optika_AH1Z";

};

};

threat = {0.300000, 1, 0.800000};

class AnimationSources: AnimationSources {

class 20mmBarrels {

source = "reload";

weapon = "M197";

};

};

laserScanner = 1;

class Library {

libTextDesc = "$STR_LIB_AH1Z";

};

dammageHalf = {"\ca\air\data\ah1z_glass_ca.paa", "\ca\air\data\ah1z_glassbr1_ca.paa", "\ca\air\data\ah1z_glass_ca.paa", "\ca\air\data\ah1z_glassbr1_ca.paa"};

dammageFull = {"\ca\air\data\ah1z_glass_ca.paa", "\ca\air\data\ah1z_glassbr2_ca.paa", "\ca\air\data\ah1z_glass_ca.paa", "\ca\air\data\ah1z_glassbr2_ca.paa", "\Ca\air\data\ah1z_monitor_glass_ca.paa", "\Ca\air\data\ah1z_monitor_glass_destr_co.paa"};

class Damage {

tex = {};

mat = {"ca\air\data\ah1z_body.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_body.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_body_destruct.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_cockpit.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_cockpit.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_cockpit_destruct.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_engines.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_engines.rvmat", "ca\air\data\ah1z_engines_destruct.rvmat", "Ca\air\data\ah1z_monitors.rvmat", "Ca\air\data\ah1z_monitors.rvmat", "Ca\air\data\ah1z_monitors_destruct.rvmat"};

};

};

class UserActions {

class NightVision

{

displayName="FLIR ON";

position="osa_dvere1";

radius=3.500000;

onlyForPlayer= true;

condition="NOT(SD_HaveNvg) AND (PLAYER == gunner this)";

statement="this exec ""\SD_Btr80\script\nightvision.sqs""";

};

class NightVisionOff

{

displayName="FLIR Off";

position="osa_dvere1";

radius=3.500000;

onlyForPlayer= true;

condition="SD_HaveNvg AND (PLAYER == gunner this)";

statement="SD_HaveNvg = false";

};

};

I added the new part (from the "class useractions" part onwards) to the end of all other aircraft sections, and when I try and launch ArmA I get an error message pointing to the config saying UH60MG base is not defined or something

[stingfish74 0]

hey Shashman ,

let me know once you've finished editing the config. i want to do the same to the cobra heli gunner and will need to know how/what you edited to the the result were looking for.