VILAS addons release thread

[flv*venom* 83]

When Topas is involved you know it's quality stuff!

Vilas, you what, you should make a completly civilian addon pack, with vehicles and firefighters/ambulances that kind of stuff!

[evil_brownie 17]

(...)

So far I have made Grazdanska Militsya skins for Chernarus; (Opel Vivaro, Fiat Ducato, Kia Ceed SW) and invented a Chernarussian beer brand ;)

Holy hell that beer van looks amazing :0

[Maciek95PL 10]

I also would like to ask for older cars, so they fit Chernorus. Different GASes, Ladas, Warszawas, Syrenkas, Polonezes (I do realise how it sounds- "Polonezes..."- but I guess it's the proper form. :D

[vilas 477]

Polonezes (I do realise how it sounds- "Polonezes..."

? ;) http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/880/nowy1a.jpg ;)

Syrena, Warszawa - for P85 i hope :) Lada 2101 is in P85 but need quality upgrade cause it is not too good

[krycek 349]

Any chance to see Skoda Octavia 2011-2012 or Skoda Superb??Chernarus dignitaries don't like the Chevy SUV anymore and would welcome something more european.:p

[bospor 0]

I am so glad to see civilian cars theme here! Thank you so much!

[icebreakr 3157]

Krycek: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=14320

[vilas 477]

2 pics of upcoming update of Polish army/police/other services addon:

- except new vehicles (Daewoo-FSO Caro, VW Transporter T4, Kia Cee'd SW, Fiat Ducato, Opel Vivaro) there will be fixes to old units:

- config fixes (several bugs were fixed),

- changed interiors, dashboards of some cars (van, car),

- i hope to finally have police lightbars working,

- i hope to find time to do wiki for addon,

[kremator 1065]

Nice work vilas !

[Double Doppler 10]

@Vilas, what modelling software do you use to make these excellent, low poly vehicles?

[vilas 477]

Oxygen from BIS is enough for games poly needs (plus knowledge about normal mapping to avoid making high poly just to generate NOHQ):

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6029/nowy3b.jpg

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8383/nowy2r.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/880/nowy1a.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9677/nowy4y.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8494/nowy6b.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5886/nowy1o.jpg

[Gerwazy 10]

i've been waiting for some cars with mounted mg's. great work vilas. these honkers looks great.

[marseille77 53]

Oxygen from BIS is enough for games poly needs (plus knowledge about normal mapping to avoid making high poly just to generate NOHQ):

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6029/nowy3b.jpg

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8383/nowy2r.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/880/nowy1a.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9677/nowy4y.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8494/nowy6b.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5886/nowy1o.jpg

Thats great vilas! I love to see that you also built older Unimog versions of the 1960/70's. Are that unimogs vehicles for the Bundeswehr units of the P85 Mod?

[vilas 477]

in some days there will be update of P85:

- new vehicles : Unimog 1300L, Unimog 416

- old poor quality civilian cars replaced with new models, new textures, some preview of new Fiat, Polonez, Nysa, Zuk:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1071/nowy6f.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1330/nowy74.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9711/nowy81.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1033/nowy4m.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6029/nowy3b.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3995/nowy2u.jpg

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/76/nowy1f.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3096/nowy1d.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8788/nowy1as.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5255/nowy1g.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1576/nowy6w.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1200/nowy4z.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4193/nowy3d.jpg

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5223/nowy2c.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5643/nowy1sw.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/2539/nowy4j.jpg

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/4064/nowy6.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7437/nowy1iz.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7959/nowy9n.jpg

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/515/nowy1y.jpg

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something modern, for those who want more civilian vehicles:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3082/nowy1b.jpg

[SuicideCommando 333]

Great work as usual Vilas. Love the Unimogs.

[sv5000 127]

Looking Great Vilas!

[Vilman 10]

Hi Vilas,

just a small question.

Can i add custom loadout for the P'85 T-62 ? I need the APFSDS round from the P'85 T-55 (looks not the same at impact) .

Could you show me how to add it in the initialization line ?

For example : _tank addMagazineTurret ["p85_T55mag_AP", [0,0]]

Is this o.k ? How to add the quantity ?

[xeno426 10]

The problem you're going to face is that the weapon config must explicitly state what magazines it can use. Unless Vilas--for some reason--has the T-62's 2A20 cannon using D-10T rounds, simply giving the T-55 rounds to the T-62 will do nothing. It's like giving a character AK-74 rounds when he has an M4; he'll have those magazines, but he won't be able to use them.

[Vilman 10]

Thanx Xeno. What if i add the D10 cannon to the T-62 in the config ? Is that possible ? Only by permission from master Vilas, of course. :)

[xeno426 10]

You could, but you'd run into problems depending on how you did it. If you did it through scripts, you could have the weapon swapped out as part of the mission (which doesn't require any kind of author permission any more than swapping the weapons out on a soldier). The problem with the script approach is that animations like gun recoil are linked to a specific weapon in the vehicle's config file; you'd have the new weapon, but none of the proper animations would play. The big advantage of this setup, though, is that the change is held in the mission file, so it's easy to disperse to all players connecting to your server and there are no extra mod files anyone needs to download..

The other option would be to write your own mod that has Vilas' mod as a requirement, and have your new sub-mod change the required code lines. This has different issues from the one above. First, distribution is more a problem, since ArmA doesn't have any kind of auto-download system for mods, and making sure everyone using your mission has the mod means encoding the mod requirement into the mission file. Second, you can't use this mod on servers that require signed mod files unless that server has explicitly allowed your mod, which requires you to create a custom bikey for it and compile the mod to produce an associated bisign file. Finally, you will likely have to get the original modder's permission to make such a mod; personally, I don't see a problem with it because you are still requiring the author's original mod files to work, but people get uptight about those kinds of things.

[vilas 477]

i am working on P85 update at the moment , so i can fix mistakes in weapons too, but also i don't have anything against people doing their own configs to any of my addons , so if anyone wants other config for P85 with other weapons values - no problem, configs are in CPP, they are not binarised, go ahead doing other versions of configs,

but in P85 there is Sabot in T62 and T55, T62 is 115 mm and T55 is 100 mm, so in P85 T55 is weaker and T62 stronger in hit,

upcming P85 screens (damage wheel effect visible, new civil cars visible too)

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7143/nowy1qz.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/342/nowy2l.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7600/nowy3q.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7782/nowy4u.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3770/nowy5.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9313/nowy7f.jpg

[gossamersolid 155]

Are you going to update the tanks so that their cannons recoil when firing?

If you want some assistance with that task, I'd be more than happy to help you with it.

[vilas 477]

i need help, specially in full test, to test every single vehicle : it's dammage, it's driving, how lights work during night

[gossamersolid 155]

i need help, specially in full test, to test every single vehicle : it's dammage, it's driving, how lights work during night

Well I'd be more than happy to help you in any which way in order to see P85 made even better. Just PM me.

[Vilman 10]

Allright, i wont force the T-55/T-62 gun changing 'cause i do not have enough experience to do it. But i want to ask you Vilas, about the Sabots. When firing a Sabot by the T-55, and the target is a M1A1 (for example) , there is no explosion when the it impacts in the side of the turret. But the Sabot fired from the T-62 is exploding at the same target's same impact point. Same target, same distance. What is the difference between the two Sabots ? Can we make the T-62's Sabot not to explode ?