U.S. Military Tractor Trailers

[soldier2390 0]

hey everyone..while trying to take a break from my snow mod..i was thinking what is missing from arma..hmmm then i thought about how much time i spend around big rigs in real life..and thought about how useful they are not only in real life but for arma aswell..so i desided to make a arma tractor trailer! and with help of my bud raptor 6 actual..we made this...its a us military tractor trailer..made from a m235 cab(5ton) with a flatbed. i came up with the idea of useing the 5ton as the cap because in mine and raptor 6's experance in the military..we have seen these in real life..and me knowing alot about tractor trailers and working with them all day..i know abit about how they work, what they look like and all that good stuff! so from pics we found on the internet, we started to make the modified m235 cab(which in real life..and like mine are just the frame of a m235(5ton) put on a standard peterbuilt(or other type of civy truck) drivetrain...or what ever that stuff is called! so last nite we spent the time by modeling these to the best we could here is what we have so far(pic below)!

Pics:

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/161b04c4edd95b40b5a481fd5e8c8731e1b67612.png

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/da995f9fdca1d448652d6b743ba4a445df66553a.png

current status:

its ingame..but with no aniamations(no turning or wheel movements)

we plan to make many versions..the first 2 being a flatbed and boxbed trucks..but armed and uparmored versions will follow..including different types of trailer...in camos and greens..and maby for a few different countrys

things needed done:

.we need someone to animate it and make it turn where the trailor and cab connect! @Gnat this is all you buddy..only your alsome skills can save this!

.some new textures are needed for the flatbed, and boxbed trailors(needs re-uvmaped...to make the trailor have its own textures, but i cant uvmap yet)

.need help with making newer and different types of trailer...like the newer type of "lowboy" trailers.

.needs scripts to hold cargo..like tanks and so on!

.and much more to come as this progresses

now i can do most of this but with low standards as im still not that good yet! but anyone willing to help please contact one of us asap. i hope to make this into something the whole comunity will enjoy

[joske 10]

great to see someone is still working on Arma 1.

and if you can continue this addon succesfully it could become a pretty nice . also i want to ask how the ai drives these vechicles particulary in cities because i can see them gettin stuck everytime they take a turn.

[soldier2390 0]

great to see someone is still working on Arma 1.

and if you can continue this addon succesfully it could become a pretty nice . also i want to ask how the ai drives these vechicles particulary in cities because i can see them gettin stuck everytime they take a turn.

thanks..and this will be for arma2 aswell! and i dont know how it handles, it is not animated..so it dont turn yet, but ppl are working on that! but the A1 did drive it like a hugh tank..infact execpt in turning(as its not done yet) there driving it very well, and even follow in convoys good!

[Stewy 1]

Great idea for a projexct mate - good luck with it!

Stew

[soldier2390 0]

thanks man..will try

[soldier2390 0]

If anyone I sent a copy to still have a working copy of this addon could you please send them to me? Its been awhile since I have been around but I am back and would like to start reteaching myself some modeling skills again as its been awhile, and I am trying to get back into this addon as there is none out or in the making as I know of. And Arma3 is around the corner and I would like to get this ready for that!

I do have a very rough copy of only the models, so if anyone would like to get that into the works with me please PM me! I could use alot of help on Models/Textures/and Scripts.

Dave,

[soldier2390 0]

Hello community,

I was able to get a hold of an older version of the Tractor-Trailers, since my working version was lost in a computer crash some time ago!

It needs tons of work before its even close to release point. But I do have it In-game and sort of working. I will list as many of the Problems/Bugs as I can think of, or atleast the main ones needing addressed at that point in time!

At the bottom of this Post are some Screenshots of what I have done so far.

Progress:

I> About 70% of the model needs to be UV-Mapped and Retextured (since for most of it I used other parts of the ArmA1 5Ton Model, and edited it to be what I needed it to be.)

I> About 95% of it needs to be Scripted and Animated (I already have most of the scripts to make it drive and act as a Tractor-Trailer should thanks to Deanosbean, however there are problems with the scripts and some things are not Finished/Working correctly.)

I> About 35% of the 5 or so versions are done, including: Tractor-Trailer (Flatbed), Tractor-Trailer (Boxbed aka Van), Tractor-Trailer (Lowboy), Tractor-Trailer (Tanker), Tractor (by its self), And Trailers of each by them selves as well.

I> Both Military and Civilian Versions

Known Issues/Bugs:

I> Some of the shadows on the Trailer need to be fixed as it casts weird shadows that go down into the ground and to a point?

I> When using the Script Deanosbeano made for the back wheels, the piece that is "Bolted" onto the underneath of the Trailer to hold the wheels on, dips way out of place when turning the engine on and driving?

I> Many things need to be Modeled to make its acurate and realistic.

I> Many more things need to be UV-Mapped and Textured(Altho I can make the Textures with no problem it I can get things UV-Mapped.)

WIP Pictures:

http://s829.beta.photobucket.com/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true#/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/buldozer2012-10-2314-59-28-38_zpsb3bd3289.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true&_suid=135102109834706637849632727722

http://s829.beta.photobucket.com/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true#/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/buldozer2012-10-2314-59-44-41_zps9f12f3a2.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true&_suid=135102109834706637849632727722

http://s829.beta.photobucket.com/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true#/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/buldozer2012-10-2315-00-34-87_zps2c6a42f7.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true&_suid=135102109834706637849632727722

http://s829.beta.photobucket.com/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&o=0#/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&o=0&_suid=1351020995962005012527091038976

http://s829.beta.photobucket.com/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true#/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-56-36-90_zps6cffa026.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true&_suid=135102109834706637849632727722

http://s829.beta.photobucket.com/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-54-14-71_zps0193457c.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true#/user/Soldier2390/media/DK_M931_Trucks/arma2oa2012-10-2314-55-05-90_zps7139d56e.png.html?sort=3&postlogin=true&_suid=135102109834706637849632727722

P.S. I suck very badly at making addons but I am trying tho!

Dave,

[R0adki11 3945]

@soldier2390 this the Arma1 area, from the screenshots it looks like you making the addons for Arma2. You might want to make a thread over there if you want help etc :)

[soldier2390 0]

Oh damn didn't realize that thanks

Link to new thread:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?141910-U-S-Military-Tractor-Trailer-Addons-(WIP)&p=2244607#post2244607

Dave,

Edited October 24, 2012 by soldier2390

[Guest]

Thread is locked since you are probably not working on Armed Assault addons anymore anyway and all Arma 2 discussion belongs in the new thread you started.