VILAS addons release thread

[xeno426 10]

They would be referring to the BIS beta patches.

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php

[konrad1 10]

can you make some new stuff and refresh some stuff for the polish army vilas ??

like Add armoured vehicles and remake some clothes?

[vilas 473]

i have no time for games at all , real life, job, need to repair sport(body) condition, need to rebuild relations with friends etc.

Polish pack is at the moment on stage when most of vehicles are OA FLIR ready, only 20% of soldiers are ready (but no time, lost MLODS in system crash)

clothes no need to be remade , camo is taken from real-life belt of fabric (z beli materiału)

so camo is 100% real

small tiny details like sewing etc. ... but i have no time and other people also have private life

maybe in next months/weeks

[vilas 473]

can you make some new stuff and refresh some stuff for the polish army vilas ??

like Add armoured vehicles and remake some clothes?

Konrad, there is a problem, now i have very very busy private life (no longer much free time, family, relatives, girl, friends, tourism) so i almost not touch PC (except job/work)

that's why i cannot promise any new addons and finishing this addon

under link in first post there is uploaded newest version of Polish pack

http://www.armaholic.eu/vilas/vilas_npl_a2.7z (link again)

what is new inside : fixed tiny bugs , OA-compatible vehicles (most of them), 10-20% OA compatible soldiers (i lost MLODs due to my mistake so i won't be doing them again to make selections on each of model unbinarised)

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5886/nowy1o.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2909/nodhdhwy1.jpg

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/729/ngggowy2.jpg

inside pack in new version you will find :

- high ranked staff officers (General, Colonel, commisary of Police) + some field officers (to cutscenes for example officer of Airforce, which can be used as airfield personnel - man in b.d.u. and pilot-cap on head with airforce eagle on it, officer/soldier of Mechanized troops - black beret )

- more Police (more camo, new type of uniform which now enters )

- Border Guards (multicam + regular camo)

so for the moment this pack is not FLIR-compatible

and i cant say if ever will be (cause i dont have time to fix lost MLODS by making selections to 3d mesh again)

this version was on my forum for some time , noone reported bugs, so "released" as it was

so for the moment treat this as left at the stage of half-OA ready (only vehicles)

i really would love to make more addons, cause it is my hobby and i love it, simply i must have real-life, so have fun Konrad with this version

[supergruntsb78 67]

the link give me a file exactly the same as the last version (no size change / no date change ) even the file name (when i download) is exactly the same (giving me vilas_npl_a2 (2).7z indicating that the file already is present on my hard drive

and when i unpack and install to Arma 2 it asks to overwrite the file but it has the exact same dates/ size / etc. etc.

so mybe a old file got stuck in the 7z file instead of the newer one ?

[vilas 473]

i use Filezilla FTP

and it shows me file bigger for 2-3 MB than older was

cause there are added 2-3 textures (Policeman in new "EU uniform" and no-mud clean uniform for guard/officers of Army)

hmmm.. strange, maybe you have Vista and it backups somehow ? Topas once upon a time had problem with Vista cause it was backuping somehow old files and using auto-backup option

i still use XP so i have no idea, but i heard about problems with auto-backup in Vista

strrraange :|

[supergruntsb78 67]

using win 7 and it dowloads the file but puts a (2) behind it meaning its the same file name but when unpack it seems to be exactly the same file as before but........

i will try to delete the old file and then redownload

ILL BE ......... it was the same problem as topas had, somehow it used the old file....... i hate modern windows, i am going to include bill gates to my signature for sure.

Edited October 22, 2010 by supergruntsb78
because i needed to edit

[vilas 473]

it seems that i won't uninstall XP ever

i heard they want to quit support and sales of XP, sad, XP really works great and not make "silent backup" while you want overwrite files

it is nice that finally you have working file :)

[vilas 473]

vilas if you can make a helicopter pro there is no ego here pzl w3 sokół http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_W-3_Sokół and whether the council would give do amz rounds and the like. Sorry for my english

year ago requested, but finally i found some time to sit in home by PC and start to make this

if i will have few free days (maybe next weekend) i will show more

yesterday's few hours work ;

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4455/w3wip.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4455/w3wip.jpg

W-3 Sokol started :] will be included in Polish army pack and released separately as Czech Airforce addon using OA Czech soldier or can be given for ACR mod makers if they will want

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Birma/Myanmar and German Police use W-3

if someone makes German Police i can make German Polizei reskin and release too (than please push photos )

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edit, new pictures :

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4455/w3wip.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4455/w3wip.jpg

Edited November 4, 2010 by vilas

[belgerot 33]

Very nice and clean model Vilas, looks great!

http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=24615.0

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Polizei/PZL-Swidnik-W-3A-Sokol/0759026/L/

http://www.jump-community.de/contents/2/4/5/6/3/0/0/0/0/0/picture/17481.jpg

[lao fei mao 21]

Master Vilas, when will you release the India Army mods? I remember you've ever mentioned it several months ago.

[dimitri_harkov 10]

If you mean the Indian Infantry models: These are already available: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=10354&highlight=WEAPON+HOLDERS+VILAS

D.

[vilas 473]

http://www.armaholic.eu/vilas/other/vil_char.7z

Indian soldiers in 3 types of camo ("jungle", "French", desert) + 2 types of INSAS rifle (Indian Army soldiers use weapons from both weapon packs , east: http://www.armaholic.eu/vilas/other/vilas_aks.7z and west : http://www.armaholic.eu/vilas/other/vilas_wwp.7z ) , not OA FLIR ready, but also contain Indian in desert camo

released few months ago : http://ofp.gamepark.cz/_hosted/vilas/screens/scwph1.jpg

few weeks ago there was "silent work in progress updated" containing desert India skin

previously released in April were only woodland camo

but i was not making news, cause i wanted make it OA compatible (FLIR, thermal maps)

as note i will say that i found that AK anim working good in Arma2 , do not work in OA :(

so east weapons pack need fix for OA (which i will do in "free time") or use weapons fix made by other people (feel free to edit config and release as separate file - in the same way as sound mods work )

cause only problem is in line with anim to AK (shown on screen above) in Operation Arrowhead

probably something is overwritten in OA comparing to vanila Arma2 when comes to hand anim

Edited November 3, 2010 by vilas

[marseille77 53]

if someone makes German Police i can make German Polizei reskin and release too (than please push photos )

This Heli would be good for my addons.

http://www.polizeihubschrauber.de/Fotos/w3a.JPG

http://www.helicopter-database.de/ADP/PZLSwidnik/W-3/W3_D-HSNB_6.jpg

http://www.helicopter-database.de/ADP/PZLSwidnik/W-3/W3_D-HSNB_5.jpg

The link to the full page

http://www.helicopter-database.de/photo_search.php?PageNum=231

The Helicopter is used by the Saxony Police in Germany with the ID D-HSNA and D-HSNB.

[guyfawkestom 60]

but i was not making news, cause i wanted make it OA compatible (FLIR, thermal maps)

If you find time for a small "how-to", i'd be very glad.

Btw, I'm working on your Cadillac, and it's a great model. Thx !

[vilas 473]

i am looking for someone interested in desert US (for OA) addon of M109 or Takistani 2S1, BMP1

i have those models in woodland reskin

if anyone of modders would be interested in it, please say

thermal map for M109 will be done, 2S1 and BMP1 thermal map is already done and working

your job would be desert US reskin of M109, Takistani Gvozdika, BMP1 and maybe CDF reskins :)

i don't have time to do all myself, thats why it would be better if someone would have time to make some desert/Takistani/CDF/Russian camo skins and we would release such OA addons (FLIR compatible) version of already existing packs (not OA compatible, containing only US/green) version

i have some multilayer textures that would help making desert skins, Takistani skins, Chernorussian skins (would be good to have BMP1, 2S1 also in CDF color scheme)

http://www.armaholic.eu/vilas/scr/12_2.jpg

if anyone has time, will to make some reskins , please give a sign

[vilas 473]

wip screens of upcoming W-3, model made in Oxygen (as other)

i also confirm that there will be Skoda Octavia

[guyfawkestom 60]

Yeah ! That's super !

Very nice choppers, and the models are incredible !

[vasmkd 12]

The Sokols look great Vilas, nice detail and textures:)

[BigMorgan 11]

Wow Vilas, you should make it for MS Flight Simulator X too. :P

[vilas 473]

i will do better normal map than visible on screen

screen shows map 2048*2048 pixels, it will have NOHQ 4096*4096

[flv*venom* 83]

G'day!

nice helo. it's always good to see the european arsenal becoming bigger :D

I have a question regarding the AK pack: some pages back it was mentioned that the handanimations are broken when used in OA, I ran into this problem yesterday after patching to the newest version of the game....does anybody have a solution or a maybe even a fix for that?

[vilas 473]

i know i must make update by deleting great and super anims which were made by Flashpoint.Ru friends :(

those anims not work in OA and since 1.08 :( but AK anim is great, shame that patch and OA broke it :/

probably "config update" with replacing custom anims by BIS anims is needed

in my addons there are some custom anims, now i must know is everything exept AK anim working, or other anims not work since OA too

i am replacing/overwriting file :

http://www.armaholic.eu/vilas/other/vilas_aks.7z

difference is in AK animation, it will be on FTP in 1 hour (7 PM CET)

edit - READY for download

removed custom rifle anims, only launcher anims left :|

when anims issue will be fixed they will be back , cause they were great

Edited November 13, 2010 by vilas

[Przemek_kondor 13]

(Didn't want to continue OT in CWR2 thread)

that some people should visit eye-doctor before posting about this or other mod and spread bullshit

1. You're used to post screenshots of your addons using low quality jpg and mid/low arma2 settings. So don't blame others that they think your textures are low-res (most often they compare screenshots).

2. texture resolution != number of texels per pixel. It means that sometimes higher res-texture can look worse than lower-res one

[topas 1]

2. texture resolution != number of texels per pixel. It means that sometimes higher res-texture can look worse than lower-res one

Can ogly second this

Both of the above paintings are 200x200px, and... ? Which one is better?

it's not as much a question of resolution, it's more about what you make of it and how do you use the space available.

I can make a 4096x4096 texture, but what's the use of it when I flood it with olive tan and few scratches? Someone can make something more interesting on a smaller one.

Think that the whole discussion started because of lack of knowledge and misleading habits - as many tend to think that cameras with more Mpx are better than the lower MPx ones. Ok, what's the use of 10Mpx when you got shitty and small lense.. But 'resolution' seems to be 'the' magical word

Off-topic mode off ;]

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What Laqueesha criticized/WazZzaaa! linked was done by RHS.

Don't want to sound silly with the logo below in my banner, but Shadow NX's webbing and RD backpack as shown on those screens can still easily outmatch some of the BIS stuff, even from A2

Edited November 15, 2010 by topas