Military SciFi Projects Thread

[nodunit 397]

3ds as in 3dmax? If so I'll happily send some helpful tutorials your way, you won't prefer O2 for modelling for very long I can garuntee you that. ;)

[b00ce 160]

Yes, that 3ds. :p Is 2013 any different in terms of functionality than older versions?

Any help would be appreciated. :)

[max power 21]

Not enough to really warrant any kind of alarm.

[liquidpinky 11]

Are there any A2 based tutorials for Max, showing perhaps the full process from starting to having a working item in game.

Just to get back on topic: I have had the notion to put one of these in A2 to see how they really would fare within a proper combat environment.

I have the concept on how to make the control side of things work as they are actually broken down into three separate control systems with individual cameras for each which for fans of the MGS4 game can clearly see in game if they hang around long enough without getting stood on.

The legs are independent and will be the driver, the main turret has its own system and camera that would be the gunner, and there is the main system with the 360 degree top mounted cam that would in turn become the commander part, maybe with an additional controllable weapon.

My biggest concern is how to combine the working legs, which I would assume I would have to create as a soldier unit, and then having the armour pieces attached.

The concept is there, as it is basically a tank with legs on, pretty much how it looks in fact.

But is it feasible or should I just assign it to the trashcan before giving myself shitloads of grief?

[b00ce 160]

Why not make Metal Gear Rex? I think that would be the most badass one to do. ;)

Nuclear Rail-gun.

Vs.

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

:rolleyes:

[max power 21]

b00ce

Why not use the Addon Request Thread or a PM? I think it would be more appropriate.

Proper Request

Vs.

"SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM"

[b00ce 160]

Fair enough. :)

Anyway, I made a slight concession for the sake of utility with the Morita, I added a groove on the carry handle for sights. I want to keep it as true to the original concept as possible, but I also want it to be useful.

Compared to the original in the movie.

Thoughts? Should I keep the groove for the sake of making it useful? Or stick with continuity, user friendliness be damned?

[liquidpinky 11]

Thoughts? Should I keep the groove for the sake of making it useful? Or stick with continuity, user friendliness be damned?

Stay true, and to hell with the consequences.

I can't remember if anyone ever went ADS in the film at all and they were just a bunch of hip firing bullet spammers.

Maybe Rasczak when he TKs the grunt carried away with the bug as a mercy killing, but I think that was a sniper rifle he used.

Stay true, the real fans won't complain.

[b00ce 160]

When Rico shot Rasczak after his legs were chewed off, he was "aiming down the sights". lol

I'm still torn, though. I might make both. Who knows.

[goose4291 11]

Maybe the one with the groove could be the marksmans version? :D

[b00ce 160]

The marksman rifle was just a Morita with a huge ass scope riveted to it, no grove.

[BasileyOne 10]

Do Warhammer40k units !! ;)

Space marines, Tyrnides/Zergs, Eldars/Protoss and etc ;)

do Cobra/Destro/GI story/units ! :)

Do James Bond units !! ;-)

and of course - Starship Troopers units with jumpsuits, Heavy Chivalry heavy mechs and rest stuff ;-)

[PuFu 4600]

Do Warhammer40k units !! ;)

Space marines, Tyrnides/Zergs, Eldars/Protoss and etc ;)

do Cobra/Destro/GI story/units ! :)

Do James Bond units !! ;-)

and of course - Starship Troopers units with jumpsuits, Heavy Chivalry heavy mechs and rest stuff ;-)

this is not a request thread laddie...

[goose4291 11]

Do Warhammer40k units !! ;)

Space marines, Tyrnides/Zergs, Eldars/Protoss and etc ;)

do Cobra/Destro/GI story/units ! :)

Do James Bond units !! ;-)

and of course - Starship Troopers units with jumpsuits, Heavy Chivalry heavy mechs and rest stuff ;-)

Go look in the OFP forums.. all these things were done there, and done fairly well (Admitadely the Starship Troopers mod did have some flaws but later releases fixed them)

Also b00ce, with the Colonial Marine stuff, are we going to see a Motion Tracker?

[b00ce 160]

Also b00ce, with the Colonial Marine stuff, are we going to see a Motion Tracker?

Hopefully. I have yet to model it, but I do have some reference images for it. The main hurtle is the scripting.

[Sabot And Heat 10]

@ b00ce,

First, nice to meet other Aliens fans!

Also, nice to see such appreciation of Aliens being worked into ARMA 2. Great job.

[b00ce 160]

Slight update. Haven't really worked on anything lately (Dawnguard got me back into Skyrim :p), but I did manage to start UV mapping and made the receiver for the Morita today.

[AmericanFAC 1]

Picture A (129 kB)

/Picture B (135 kB)

I have some stuff I am working on. Pretty difficult considering all of the available tutorials are 2-3 years old and weren't written with Arma in mind. Using placeholders from Google Sketchup and tutorials found on the bistudio wiki, and unpboing mods that I have, I've managed to get a working battle rifle and proto-ODST. The problem, right now I am working on a prototype pelican. I figured it would be simple, make a plane like the Lesson 6 tutorial said, add in the "vtol=1" found in my AV8B mods and it would work. Instead I have a plane that goes 100, and when I flick on the auto-hover it slows to a stop and falls to the ground.

Anyone have any resources that actually explain how to create a vehicle for arma 2 that isn't on a website that hasn't been updated since 2006 nor is hoping you figure it out from unzipping 100 pbo's?

Edited August 10, 2012 by AmericanFAC

[max power 21]

Well, the websites that were relevant in 2006 are still largely relevant today. For more resources on configs and scripting, try here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?130062-The-Configs-amp-Scripting-Info-Thread-(WIP)

[AmericanFAC 1]

Managed to get it in game, flies pretty fast, can hover and do what I Want it to do. Set up the landing gear exactly as the tutorial says, no dice. Same with the proxies for the player, I set it to jeepdriver and jeepcodriver and I spawn as a magical camera right outside of the cargo bay.... Hopefully I'll figure it out tommorow.

[BasileyOne 10]

wtf was THAT !! :P

BSG thingy ? :P

[b00ce 160]

Nice pelican! Looks pretty accurate. :)

[AmericanFAC 1]

Okay, this is weird. I have 2 proxies for the driver. With them placed where the seats are, when I am in the vehicle I spawn as this weird thing that has a camera angle in the back of the cargo while flying, I am unable to move the camera and look around. So I tried moving them. Moved them forward as seen, but now I am kinda right outside of the cockpit. Is there more specific names or do I need to call the name in the config?

[b00ce 160]

Do you have seating proxies placed?

[AmericanFAC 1]

That is what the picture is of. The tutorial told me to place proxies and name them in the main model (not memory), I did, and I don't show up nor appear where the proxy is placed. With it moved far ahead like picture above I get somewhere behind the chairs in the cockpit. Its truly strange. I am downloading some template models for Arma 1 from armaholic as there aren't any for A2 there, hopefully this will tell me what I need to know.

Edit: Opened up a BI A10 template, had a proxy named "\Ca\temp\proxies\A10\Pilot", going to try that, I had "AV8B2_Pilot" and "jeepdriver" as the names before that.

Edit 2: Okay, I am spawning in the seat now "with feet dangling outside of the cockpit, which is great. But I still don't see from first person even when I am in first person, still from behind really close but not as far as Third person.

Edit 3: The above proxy worked, now I need to find one for cargo and find out how to get that landing gear to work. http://i47.tinypic.com/2v8k9xj.jpg (126 kB)

Edited August 10, 2012 by AmericanFAC