camnets

[Bill70 EW 7]

the screenshots look bluddy brilliant m8 ,,beut work ,am downloadingnow to have alook....thank you for your efforts

[CameronMcDonald 146]

DMarkwick - does it block AI seeing "into" the tent as well, i.e. through the front door from outside?

[.COMmunist 0]

That's what I was wondering too...

[dmarkwick 261]

DMarkwick - does it block AI seeing "into" the tent as well, i.e. through the front door from outside?

Not without a special camo net-shaped VB object but it does give a real use for camo nets now. You can hide your tanks in forests without being spotted & harassed by enemy helos for example.

[TRexian 0]

Hey-

I just had a brainstorm. Have a ViewBlock object with different sized LODs. Far away, large LOD, will also hide nearby soldiers. Closer in, smaller LOD, nearby soldiers become exposed, more chance of being spotted.

Or... something like that.

[dmarkwick 261]

That's a ridiculous idea

[TRexian 0]

Yeah, come to think of it, I'm not sure if view geometry has lods....

Maybe if there were some way to generate "hides" though - like hunting blinds....

[andersson 285]

The problems with those nets are that when you look at them from a distance they are more transparent. So the farther away you are the more you see whats inside.... So the use is limited. I noticed this when I put a camonet over an east tent in a forrest.

[dmarkwick 261]

The problems with those nets are that when you look at them from a distance they are more transparent. So the farther away you are the more you see whats inside.... So the use is limited. I noticed this when I put a camonet over an east tent in a forrest.

Try layering them. The hangar net can hold one or more smaller nets inside, and look reasonable at distance.

*edit* in any case, they're not meant to be a totally invisible item, they're meant to break up shapes within a landscape. In a forest, that small amount of transparency isn't noticeable. I'd guess the desert stuff though is what you're talking about mostly

[andersson 285]

No, havent tried the desert nets yet only the forrest.

The problem is that when I have a east tent inside a net in a valley up north, and look down on it I see a fully visible tent... I can see a transparent net also...

edit. Maybe I must layer them.. Sad though that you need more nets..

[dmarkwick 261]

Maybe I must layer them.. Sad though that you need more nets..

Don't sweat it they're very simple models and layering them has negligible impact. If it makes you feel better about it, I used to camo up vehicles and layering nets is what you do. Remember that they're not really intended to be invisible without surrounding foliage.

[andersson 285]

Remember that they're not really intended to be invisible without surrounding foliage.

To continue on this Yes, I have also used camo-net. And I know they are not only intended to be hard to see, they will also make it more or less impossible to see whats in them. That factor is very important as the enemy cant see if its an important target there. Its much harder to find out what the nets are hiding then to find them in RL.

My problem in game is the fact that they get almost invisible, they get so transparent so you can easilly see what they are supposed to be hiding.. If I hide a red car under a net I can hardly see whats in the net when Im next to it. If I look at it from a greater distance I clearly see a red car because the net more or less disappears...

Thats my point.

Maybe I can stack a couple of identical nets on each other so the combined effect will make them look like one from the distance..?

[dmarkwick 261]

Sounds like we might need to bring back BK1276 to fix the textures slightly

[bk1276 0]

working on it

will update files hopefully over weekend

bk1276

[andersson 285]

Good! Thank you for that!

I noticed today that there are invisible floors in some camonets. I placed one in a forrest where the ground wasnt level, and I noticed that an AI was walking ~30 cm above ground.

Is it possible to change that? Maybe its part of some necessary LOD (pathway, geolod), I dont know? I hope you can fix it anyway!

[dmarkwick 261]

Good! Thank you for that!

I noticed today that there are invisible floors in some camonets. I placed one in a forrest where the ground wasnt level, and I noticed that an AI was walking ~30 cm above ground.

Is it possible to change that? Maybe its part of some necessary LOD (pathway, geolod), I dont know? I hope you can fix it anyway!

Try sinking the tent down slightly. That's what I do.

In the tent's Init line type this:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">this setpos [getpos this select 0, getpos this select 1, (getpos this select 2) -0.5];

with variations on the amount you take away from the height.

[andersson 285]

Good idea! But the best would be to fix the models.

[bk1276 0]

basic nets updated page one

on rapidshare

bk1276

[LordNeuro*Serbia* 0]

Looks like the file is not aveilbol to donwload from the rapid share. Cann u make sam adder links for donwload v 2 of cam nets.

[dmarkwick 261]

Just snagged 'em. Thanks for the extra work BK, I'm sure they're going to be great

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The Armaholic.com download page for the Camo Netting US RC02 can be found here:

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=1256

The Armaholic.com download page for the Camo Netting UK RC02 can be found here:

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=1264

Thanks for informing us bk1276

[KeyCat 131]

basic nets updated page one

Thanks for the update bk1276! Would be nice if you could add some view geometry LOD in future version so the AI can't see clearly thru the cammo nets.

And kudos to RKSL for making the OFP versions and also allowing you to convert them to ArmA!

/KC

[bk1276 0]

KeyCat

thank you for pointing out geometry LOD to me just figured it out and hopefull another update soon

El nino Foxhound

thank you for provideing a great service

bk1276

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Awesome. I'm glad you're still working on these, I had a hell of a time with them in OFP. Keep them updates coming!

[dmarkwick 261]

KeyCat

thank you for pointing out geometry LOD to me just figured it out and hopefull another update soon

bk1276

LOL, it was me adding a VB object over the nets that kicked this thread off again

It works great with VB applied BK, did you see the vid? The VB object was just a simple cube that almost covers the tent.

In fact I was looking into VB LODs (which sadly I don't think is possible) so that from a great distance soldiers immediately surrounding them should be occluded, but closer (say <500m) then the smaller VB LOD kicks in and any enemy roving patrol would see items outside the tent. I think this would have been a realistic use of camouflage with TrueRangeAI applied.