ACE CWC Island Pack - beta-4

[.kju 3245]

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Announcement</span>

The ACE Island Pack Team is proud to present A.C.E CWC Island Pack.

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Preface</span>

Why still beta?

The islands are still OFP WRP format for technical restrictions.

In addition we are still looking for your feedback what ground

texture you think suits best to each of the islands.

The beta 4 changes the default texture of all to a good looking

grass texture.

Finally you still want to get more updates before a final version.

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Summary</span>

<ul>[*]OFP:CWC and OFP:Resistance islands in ArmA:

<ul>[*]Everon

[*]Malden

[*]Kolgujev

[*]Nogova

[*]OFP World

[*]No dependencies. You can load them with any other addon or MOD.

[*]Tested in MP / dedicated server.

[*]VerifySignatures key and bisign files.

[*]Replaced all possible objects/buildings with an ArmA counterpart.

[*]Single ground texture technology - several to choose from via client side config.

You can assign each island a texture individually now.

[*]You can force the default texture by only allowing the

'ace_island_rvmat.pbo' on your server instead of the 'ace_island_rvmat_dta.pbo' (default).

[*]Replaced the vegetation with OFP:Resistance vegetation.

[*]SAT texture technology support.

[*]ArmA clutters (especially via PROPER World - see more info below).

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>PROPER World combination</span>

You are recommended to install the PROPER World project as well.

There are at least two good reasons for that:

1) You get clutter / grass for every ground texture.

2) With default settings you get the great island settings by Sgt. Ace.

Very nice unused semi transparent BI grass, grass is drawn way

larger and less compact as well as nice ground texture composition.

Deal eh - for sure.  

PROPER World BI forum topic

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Where is the link etc?</span>

You can find the install guide, change log, the download, credits etc

on the new ACE Island Pack BIKI page.

Spread the word and enjoy!

best regards

the-f

Q

[.kju 3245]

For reference: The first ACE CWC Island Pack thread in the BI forum.

DAC SectorFight by Mapfact

Here are some challenging simple mods of the great DAC SectorFight by Mapfact!

DAC_SectorFight_For_ACE_IslandPack.7z

Read more about DAC SectorFight

(full size)

RequiredAddons:

* Map Misc

* Map EU

* MAP Services

* Map Media

http://www.mapfact.net downloads

Some pictures to get the idea of the scale.

Especially here you can see the massive friendly forces going

for the sectors. Each marker is a separate group!

It just a massive fight with amazing DAC AI.

You have to play it on a dedicated server though.

PS: The markers are from SIX Pack1.

[lee_h._oswald 0]

Fantastic, can't wait to try!

Thanks!

MfG Lee

[ck-claw 1]

Nice one Q always been a fan of the Ofp ACE islands!

Tis like the best of both worlds!

[NoRailgunner 0]

Nice thanks. Did some test but didnt get the tall grass back at Rahmadi. Is there something mixed up because ace_island_rvmat_dta.pbo is in @ace_islands/addons and only ace_island_rvmat.pbo is outside ?

[.kju 3245]

@NoRailgunner

Do you have PROPER World installed?

[{USI}_Zombie 0]

absolutely beautiful work!  Still exploring, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary so far.

 Couldn't get custom textures to work though.  I followed these directions:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">HowTo get custom ground textures for each island (part 1)

1. Copy the userconfig folders from @ACE-Islands\Optional\dta into the .\ArmA\dta.

2. Copy the ace_island_rvmat_dta.pbo from @ACE-Islands\Optional to .\ArmA\@ACE-Islands\addons.

3. Go to .\ArmA\@ACE-Islands\addons.

4. Rename the ace_island_rvmat.pbo to ace_island_rvmat.pbobk

5. To revert to the preset textures simply revert the rename action.

[edit]HowTo switch ground textures (part 2)

1. Go to .\ArmA\Dta\userconfig.

2. Open the ace_island_select_texture.hpp file with a text editor.

You can chose the texture you want to test.

3. At the very end you have the list of available textures.

4. Replace the UPPERCASE string, like ARMA_BLATO, with a new one for the desired island

but get an error that the  ace_island_rvmat.pbo  couldn't be located.  Is there another file to be changed? I tried it on the ofp world map if that makes a difference

[ck-claw 1]

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

Copy that to the ace/addons folder.

I think-work for me!

[action man 0]

Good news however when i try to download the pack off the ace island bikki page i keep getting this "the conection with the sever was reset"

[{USI}_Zombie 0]

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

Copy that to the ace/addons folder.

I think-work for me!  

I did, but it still doesn't work, all textures are grass

[.kju 3245]

@custom textures

Sorry for the confusion!

The last minute change is responsible for the mess.  

In short if you unpack both the @ace_islands and the dta folder

in your .\ArmA folder, you only need to configure the different

textures.

So for custom textures:

* ace_island_rvmat.pbo must be in @ace_islands

* ace_island_rvmat_dta.pbo must be in @ace_islands\addons

(default setup)

More details how to change the ground textures can be found

on the update wiki site:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ACE:IslandPack#Installation

Also you will find an overview of the default setup there now.

Woods on the map now look like a grid of trees:

@action man

Did you try a download manager like free download manager?

[ck-claw 1]

Hmm trying the way u just posted Q gives me the same error as Zombie?

Could it be because i renamed the folder to:- @ACE2 ?

Also you say extract the dta folder to your arma folder?

arma folder or arma/dta folder?

Sorry for the noobness-am sober!

Never had any probs getting older versions to work!

[.kju 3245]

Can you please check if you have exactly this setup?

Different modfolder name should not matter.

Especially these two:

1. ace_island_rvmat.pbo in .\ArmA\@ace_islands

2. ace_island_rvmat_dta.pbo in .\ArmA\@ace_islands\addons

PS: Point 5 of the guide still had a naming issue. This is the

correct text:

Quote[/b] ]5. Move the ace_island_rvmat_dta.pbo and the ace_island_rvmat.pbo.ACEIslandPackXXX.bisign to .\ArmA\@ace_islands (one folder higher).

[.kju 3245]

Added the keys and bisign files to the BIKI page.

The complete download package will be updated tonight to include

them by default.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ACE:IslandPack#Server_key_file

PS: Tonight you can also download the package via the OAC

YomaTools server. Should make it even simpler.

[ck-claw 1]

Ah that sorted it mate!  

Like earlier versions i just had the dta stuff in the arma/dta folder.

Not inside the 'userconfig' folder within the arma/dta folder  

Btw there is a 'userconfig' folder with 'Proper_World' mod

How would i intergrate both?

Place both mods dta stuff in one 'userconfig' folder?

[vilas 477]

downloaded, i hope works

mega thnx for lovely OFP islands

[sobrek 0]

Could somebody who is using Vista (64bit) and Nvidia graphics card > 8000 series try flying 3-4000m above these islands with 10000m visibility range?

I get reproducible crashes if i start flying higher above these islands, but not with the original ones.

[.kju 3245]

Quote[/b] ]Place both mods dta stuff in one 'userconfig' folder?

Yes. Just copy both in there.

Quote[/b] ]Could somebody who is using Vista (64bit) and Nvidia

graphics card > 8000 series try flying 3-4000m above these

islands with 10000m visibility range?

I get reproducible crashes if i start flying higher above these

islands, but not with the original ones.

sobrek this should not be related to Vista or your computer at all.

Its due to the fact that these are based on OFP island format.

It seems ArmA doesn't like this format much.

Probably as terrain and object streaming isn't support well or at

all with it.

So high viewdistance + many objects on an island + especially

4x speed accel lead to crashes almost all the time.

Only way to solve is to get them to ArmA island format.

For that a converter is needed.

[sobrek 0]

I was thinking about something like you said Q.

Lee had tested on XP yesterday and could not reproduce it.

The bootmanager of my XP installation is damaged so I can't verify.

[NoRailgunner 0]

Sorry, I was low on caffeine only forgot to deactived

//#define PROPER_World_SgtAce_Setting true  

Sad that its not possible to change settings ingame or at least with a kind of quick preview screen. Now searching for nice water & weather colors. Great work!

[{USI}_Zombie 0]

thanks q, that was the ticket! I always loved winter Kolgujev, wish I could mod the whole island...or someone else would, but at least with the snow ground it's a start.

[.kju 3245]

Glad to hear that it works now for you guys.

@NoRailgunner

You could build yourself a minimal version of ArmA to reduce

the startup time. Weather and water can be seen in the main

menu anyway or a little bit modified island intro mission.

@{USI}_Zombie

Did you check the winter Cain of CWR?

[ck-claw 1]

thanks q, that was the ticket!  I always loved winter Kolgujev, wish I could mod the whole island...or someone else would, but at least with the snow ground it's a start.

There is a winter kolgujev that u can get with the CWR Beta mod!  

Here

EDIT:-

Damn Q didnt notice bottom of your post!

[.kju 3245]

1)

Updated the 2nd post with more information about the excellent

mission DAC SectorFight by Mapfact.

Check it out.

2)

Updated the link on the BIKI site to with a download of the

whole pack that now includes also the keys and sign files.

3)

If you already have beta 4, you don't need to download this

again. Instead the BIKI pages offers separate DL of the keys

and sign files.

4)

You can now download the ACE Island Pack via the OAC YomaTools server.

You only need to download the @ace_islands and the dta folder.

For more information check this YT guide:

I. Download and play

[{USI}_Zombie 0]

thanks for the links to winter Kol guy...will check it out. One of our favorite OFP missions was Christmas Gift