WW4 Modpack 1

[sanctuary 19]

No idea, i am doing many other things out of WW4 2.0, so work on it is very slow.

[Fennar 10]

I'm making a mission but I have a concern, are people going to be irritated by other add-ons such as islands (not included in BIS) and other things? My thinking is, would people be put off by having to download multiple files to play a mission.

[tiket 0]

No idea, i am doing many other things out of WW4 2.0, so work on it is very slow.

at least you can set a deadline for release man.

[sanctuary 19]

No deadline, learn the signification of patience, all will come when it will be ready, not sooner.

Meanwhile just enjoy the various beta i released and play something else if the current ww4 is not enough for you.

I'm making a mission but I have a concern, are people going to be irritated by other add-ons such as islands (not included in BIS) and other things? My thinking is, would people be put off by having to download multiple files to play a mission.

I don't understand the problem, if you are making a mission for the mod, unless you are adding addons to the mission, all the people will need to play your mission is the mod.

[chops 111]

at least you can set a deadline for release man.

"Be the change you want to see in the world" M.Gandhi

If Gandi wanted people to be ungrateful, selfish and demanding, you are a true disciple tiket, an inspiration to all other whinging sooks on Earth.

Until such time as the update you demand is made, I suggest you wrap yourself in a cotton rag and STFU.

[kosta87 0]

If Gandi wanted people to be ungrateful, selfish and demanding, you are a true disciple tiket, an inspiration to all other whinging sooks on Earth.

Until such time as the update you demand is made, I suggest you wrap yourself in a cotton rag and STFU.

Careful man, you dont want to be banned for a few weeks with that language. Let it go and let him yap his mouth some more k

[rellikki 7]

Please, no need for such language, Chops. Although there's a point - You should be more patient, tiket. We do not tolerate constant begging for news.

[BronzeEagle 2]

sanc would you consider packing with the ww4 mod a shortcut file with the proper alterations already done in its properties?

peace to rellikki the town sheriff.

truly yours,

marty mcfly

Edited March 21, 2010 by BronzeEagle

[sanctuary 19]

Chops has been hired as my new public relation now, thanks for the support mate ;)

sanc would you consider packing with the ww4 mod a shortcut file with the proper alterations already done in its properties?

Main problem with that is that not everyone may have installed OFP in the same default directory as me.

Providing a shortcut that would then point to the wrong path would certainly confuse more than help.

If shortcuts modification is too hard for some users, i recommend trying to use Kegetys' OFP Launcher that can be found there :

http://www.kegetys.net/ofp/index.php?p=others

[riffleman 20]

If Gandi wanted people to be ungrateful, selfish and demanding.

.spell correctly. his name is Gandhi not gandi.in india language gandi is aabuse.if you don't know anything about Gandhi than don't talk.

[rellikki 7]

.spell correctly. his name is Gandhi not gandi.in india language gandi is aabuse.if you don't know anything about Gandhi than don't talk.

If you haven't got anything useful to say, then don't post at all. It's not like you don't make any spelling mistakes yourself... Now enough off-topic already.

Edited March 21, 2010 by Rellikki

[BronzeEagle 2]

look at us fighting like brothers, ill bet you if we got together using this ww4 mod we could host some badass coops all of us.

[zulu1 145]

look at us fighting like brothers, ill bet you if we got together using this ww4 mod we could host some badass coops all of us.

I'm for that :bounce3:

Sometime ago I was talking with -=URR=-Martin about a WW4 server. He was waiting for the new version to come out. Maybe someday it will become a reality. Would love to play WW4 coop.

[sanctuary 19]

new everon recon corps with camo obviously very inspired from DPCU and DPDU :

Currently working on the new everon antiterror teams (the one that will use cadpat for woodland that was posted several pages ago and not yet decided for desert) and their base ump45 weapon.

Then once they are done, will finalize the desert island with dma lybia vegetation, the ecp and wgl config versions and 2.0 should be finally out.

I hope it will not take as long anymore, can't believe it is more than 2 years i am working on this.

after release plan :

A little expansion pack with winter soldiers and winter islands will come.

Then way later (will be an awfull lot of work), another expansion pack with more vehicles.

Hopefully i will get some time to build some missions after 2.0 release.

[ddeo 10]

Looks great, I think I have to prepare my ofp cd to install it soon... :)

[miho 10]

I noticed that all four individuals shall have the same bullet-proof vests, for everon Milicia can give them a tactical vest. individuals present themselves perfectly :)

[Drongo69 117]

wgl config versions

Could you please explain exactly what this means? The WW4 units with WGL scripts etc?

The Everon Recon units look great BTW.

[sanctuary 19]

I mean WGL with the model replacement system they have in place, so every WGL unit will use a WW4 model.

And hopefully the animations too.

[rellikki 7]

Sounds good, Sanctuary. Looking forward to it. :)

A small issue with the BTR's: When driving in water, the vehicle almost sinks. Right now only the turret is visible, while I think it should be something like this. The AAVP's seem fine however. Nothing serious, but I'd say it's worth fixing.

[sanctuary 19]

It was something i had on my todo list long time ago and completely forgot about. Thanks for reminding me this should then be fixed for 2.0.

[sanctuary 19]

I wanted to get a steyr AUG A3

Because it features a nice rail on top of it that makes the modularity of the weapons fitting what i had done for other ww4 ones .

So using Blender as both a learning session and a working one, i modelled a test version that while not really looking like the real thing, is reminding enough of it, using the very interesting Blender functions lacking from O2 and simplifying my life.

Once i will be done with this, i should then import the finished model and its lods that Blender is helping me to do (the Blender polycount reducer script is really great, as it keep the UV) in O2 to get the weapon OFP ready.

[krzychuzokecia 719]

OMG! Even now it's looking better than BIS Aug! :D What version of Blender are you using?

[ProfTournesol 956]

Mmmm yes, very nice work. How do you import Blender (.obj ?) files into O2 ? I only managed to get .3ds ones, or using some tools to convert obj files into 3ds. Do you use some materials OFP effect to get a metal shine look ingame (cfgtexturetomaterial and cfgmaterial + binarization) ?

[stgn 39]

Looks nice though the amount of faces seems to be unnecessary high for such a simple model. That blender program looks nice I am gonna try it, do you can you model to realistic scale??

STGN

[sanctuary 19]

What version of Blender are you using?

The latest stable 2.49b

I am not a fan of the 2.5x , being an alpha it lacks many functions of 2.49b yet and the completely redesigned 2.5x interface is more obstructive than actually helping me, the simpler one from 2.49 works a lot better for my needs.

Mmmm yes, very nice work. How do you import Blender (.obj ?) files into O2 ? I only managed to get .3ds ones, or using some tools to convert obj files into 3ds. Do you use some materials OFP effect to get a metal shine look ingame (cfgtexturetomaterial and cfgmaterial + binarization) ?

No such effect are used, that's just the Blender renderer that looks nice i think.

I do it the old way getting the OBJ in anim8or for the dummy KDATA and export in 3DS O2 importable, i write the step by step so it can certainly help some people with it :

-Export your model from Blender (already UV mapped for this example, but should work even if you have not mapped it) as a .OBJ

-Open Anim8or and wait until the real menu appear

-Click on Object -> Import, file type-> Wavefront (*.obj) and import the .OBJ model

-Once done, select the whole model (edit-> select All or CTRL+A)

-click on Options -> Materials and double click on the empty "New" part

-In the window coming, click on Textures, click the "..." button next to "Diffuse"

-click on Load Texture, select your texture (if i remember well, anim8or don't support TGA, so better use a JPG by example), Open.

-the texture name should be added to the list (by default there is "none" and "checks"), select it then click OK 3 times until you come back to the anim8or interface.

-Now the empty part that had "New" wrote on it will have a preview of your texture mapped to a sphere.

-Click Apply and the texture will then appear on your model as you have mapped it in Blender.

-Now click on Options->Debug and click on Add Dummy 3DS Kdata.

-Click now on Object->Export and save your modified 3DS file

-Load O2 and import the 3DS

-Once done, just change the texture path to point to your PAA or PAC, and it will work nice :

Or you can use the arma beta O2 executable that featured the import OBJ function and the Export "old P3D format" one to get the object OFP workable, it has been reported to be working.

Or hope as i do that one of the genius behind it will complete the Blender P3D tool that has been reported to be in the work, would be even better than all these import/export stunts in anim8or

(Or wait until hopefully someone manage to finalize the Blender p3d support)

Looks nice though the amount of faces seems to be unnecessary high for such a simple model.

Don't worry too much about the face count, as i said that's a learning session too, i made some bad choices when using extrude, creating tons of unecessary face (i could have made it better).

I never release anything that i have not optimised and reducing the faces manually in Blender is fortunately easy, by example after a few time :

before

after

And i am not finished with it, what's great is that it is very easy to correct the UV mapping in Blender when removing unecessary faces.

The UV mapping adjustements in Blender works a bit like the Unwrap tool that Fab. released several month ago, with many more functions too.

That blender program looks nice I am gonna try it, do you can you model to realistic scale??

Blender allow you to load a picture in the background (View -> Background Image) so you can use the picture as a blueprint and guidance , respecting the correct scale, by example :

Edited March 28, 2010 by Sanctuary