CAA1 - BI ArmA addons in ArmA II

[.kju 3244]

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Project description

Make BI ArmA addons available in ArmA II.

Project goals

• Only port needed models, textures, sound files.
  
• Single addon releases and simple allInOne installer pack.
  
• Replicate PBO structure of islands and their base files.
  
• Split units to single addons; for units not available in ArmA II.
  
• An ArmA campaign conversion is not planned for now.
  
• ArmA to ArmA II config conversion is done by the OAC project.
  

How to contribute

Everyone is welcome to join the project. Foremost rvmat, texture formats conversion

is needed. Testers are not needed at this point.

Create a task and attach your public SSH key as well as your Skype ID.

List of project members.

For more info read:

CAA1 at DevHeaven

Edited June 28, 2009 by kju

[Sennacherib 0]

great idea: 2 games in 1 :)

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Thank god you're not going to port the campaign. That is clearly one case where "less is more."

Good luck.

[stun 5]

Cool! I can't wait to see how some of my favourite Arma missions play with A2 AI. Best of luck to the team.

Edited June 17, 2009 by stun

[Flock 10]

Thank god you're not going to port the campaign. That is clearly one case where "less is more."

Good luck.

Maybe an idea for a later project might be to go through and try to "fix up" the campaign. For example add a few more SF to your team in all the lone rambo missions and add some missions to the end so it actually makes sense.

Might be fun to play for people who more care about the current mission than the overall story.

The addons project sounds good though, hope it goes well and lots of people contribute.

[.kju 3244]

Personally I dont think the quality of the campaign is worth it.

The QG campaign might be an idea though.

[[GLT] Legislator 66]

It's very good to hear that BI ArmA 1 content will be back in ArmA II someday :) That way I can reuse and update up to 70 missions for ArmA II yeehaaa :D

[.kju 3244]

Some news. :bounce3:

Object pack release should work out tomorrow. For details read on.

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Release:

* BI A1 addons only without config.bin - Permission by ARMA_SampleModels.

** Desert

** CutsceneAnims

** Hotfix

** IntroAnims

** Roads

** Rocks

** Signs

* BI A1 addons compatible with A2 - Permission by ARMA_SampleModels.

** caa1_p_buildings

** caa1_p_plants

** caa1_p_misc

* Custom A2 addon to make the the islands selectable.

** caa1_c_enableRahmadi

** caa1_c_enableSara

** caa1_c_enableSaraLite

** caa1_c_enablePorto

* OFP and A1 to A2 class mapping addon.

** oac_ofp_a1_to_a2_class_mapping

No initial release:

* Outstanding permission by BI (BI A1 addons)

** Saralite

** Sara

* Outstanding permission by BI (BI A1 QG addons)

** Desert2

** Dbe1

** Models_DBE1

** Sara_DBE1

You can convert these PBOs easily yourself for now:

1. Unpack each PBO with CPBO.

2. Delete each config.bin within the unpacked folder.

3. Pack each folder with CPBO back to a PBO.

4. Move to .\arma2\x\caa1\addons afterwards.

5. Start A2 with -mod=x\caa1;

[Defunkt 431]

Good job, looking forward to it.

For Buildings/Plants/Misc am I right in assuming that only those classes not already represented in A2 have been included?

Can you say if, where there are class name collisions, the A2 content always provide the same or a basically similar object?

[karoshi 10]

What about writing a small .NET utility to read from the registry the install path of a1 & a2 and do the pbo dance automatically with kegetys tools?

No permission from BI for that, I assume.

[.kju 3244]

Yes, CAA1 contains only files that are NOT present in A2 files.

A simple tool to replace the island for now is doable. Feel free to. :)

There will be ~5 bullet point guide how to do it yourself.

In the long run the full files need to be available in order to sign them to make them

usable for MP. So the local build is only a temporary solution.

A few more screen for your enjoyment. :)

You can view all here:

http://caa1.arma-creations.com/images/preview02/

800x600 make em look rather crappy. :(

PS: The brown/black are textures not yet loaded.

It shows that Sahrani can look way better with a different atmosphere!

Edited June 23, 2009 by kju

[.kju 3244]

[.kju 3244]

[nikita320106 0]

looking great)

[Defunkt 431]

Any ETA?

[.kju 3244]

Hopefully tomorrow.

[.kju 3244]

Interested beta testers please send me a PM.

You must be prepared to use Yoma Addon Sync, to read a guide on how to install and to

convert A1 islands yourself (for that there is currently no permission by BI for these).

[Marccom 0]

simply great! nice work

[icebreakr 3157]

Kju: I'll need your help in a day or two, I'm releasing my island to A1. All I'm using are:

buildings, misc, plants, roads & rocks. Other stuff (like clutter) is custom.

[horror1 10]

im using already lots of arma1 islands in arma2 but in some islands i have missing buildings and other missing things.

nothing serious, but is ur addon capable for a complete port of everything present on the islands?

[Balgorg 10]

I just dragged and dropped Sahrani, with its relevant pbo's into a new mod folder, works but with a few missing textures. I am no modder, so I will await a proper effort. Still for the mean time, its fun to play Sahrani with better AI. Look forward to this on a server, to play Evolution Blue with AI that dont just stand there.

[.kju 3244]

The plan is to support any A1 islands using BI A1 addons out of the box.

So no additional modification needed for A1 community islands to work in A2.

Well just add the dependency to your config to CAA1 (and improve your config

at the same time as most A1 community island configs are very crappy :p).

PS: Possible needed modifications for your RVMAT and textures are a different matter.

[Balgorg 10]

I been flipping backwards and forwards from arma 1 Sahrani, and Arma 2 Sahrani, and even with all the settings up in Arma 1, it dont compare. Even though its just a port over into Arma 2. The new engine just seems to add loads more vibrancy, and combined with the improved sound effects, and detailed models - its fantastic. (I am really not keen on Chernarus, which looks dull and morbid.)

Finnaly i am able to appreciate how good the Arma 2 engine is, if you look at some of my posts i have been most miffed. Roll on a proper version of Sara mod.

[sanders54 10]

Looking forward to this.

[Balgorg 10]

The textures in the near distance on maps like Sahrani ported over are low detail, not at your feet but at 30-40 yards. Any solutions to this? Its the same with other maps ported over as well.