McAber
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ARMA 3 Addon Request Thread
McAber replied to max power's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: DISCUSSION
I'm sure there is one somewhere. CAF Aggressors may be the one you're after. Also, regards your signature, I hope that's OPSEC proofed, ;) -
Additionally, additionally: - The Essex Regiment, from the BD pictured, served primarily in NW Europe during the Second World War, with some elements going to Italy & the FE. Unless the chap pictured is one of the Essex Regiment chaps sent to Italy, your webbing should be blanco'd KG3. - I've just realized that's actually a 1949 Pattern BD blouse you've modeled, so is horrendously wrong for this time period.
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You try doing that under simulated mortar fire while being rushed by T34s, then we'll talk. I couldn't manage it, and I had no threat of being killed. The chaps in the front line CERTAINLY would not have managed it considering the relatively short training periods. Anyone who has actually used a Mauser wearing full infantry kit under such conditions, such as myself on a History Channel documentary on WW2 Infantry Weapons where I was a paid adviser so I'm not talking out of my arse ;), will tell you it's not possible. As such, as the chap in that video is in light clothing, standing up and is obviously not taking return fire, his fire rate is irrelevant. German infantrymen in WW2 are wearing serge uniforms, with lots of equipment, are more often than not firing from the prone position, and are under mortar/artillery/tank fire, not to mention small arms. Not standing up in a back yard somewherewith no risk of death. As such, your argument is invalid. Additionally, your 40 pattern 'commando' battledress pictured above is not worn open with tie until well AFTER the end of the Second World War. Troops going into action in WW2, unless they are officers, wear their BD buttoned to the top with clips fastened. Any open wearing with ties is done by Officer or ORs OFF DUTY in walking out rig, but not until well after Sept 1944. Although a modern image, the one below demonstrates the correct and regulation way to wear 1940 Pattern Battledress. Please, if you are going to do this, do it accurately. Don't cut corners and don't skimp on your research. Otherwise this mod will be inaccurate and farby as balls. Thanks
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Hopefully you will need to remove the Kar from the shoulder to bolt it. Having fired a number of Mauser action weapons, you cannot rebolt the weapon in the shoulder without smacking yourself in the face. They cannot easily be reloaded whilst aiming, and if the mod makes it so you can, this would be wrong. Just saying. ;)
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War Chronicles: The Forgotten War
McAber replied to Rabbit35's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: DISCUSSION
Well I did say we believe - there was always a chance I could be wrong in that belief :P- 301 replies
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War Chronicles WW2 Modification
McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
From the ashes, a Phoenix doth rise. https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/189739-war-chronicles-the-forgotten-war/- 594 replies
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Mediterranean uniform?
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If that is the case, you need to have at least 3 British web sets of the basic battle order only, let alone the Supplementary Pouches, Cart carriers, officer's BD, etc. These colours are KG3, scrubbed and Jungle Green. And possibly Pea Green if you do early early war.
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Where have you got this information from? It's plain wrong. Webbing comes out of the factory that light sandy colour, and was then blanco'd by the troops to adjust it to their environment. Anyone going into action in Normandy with webbing that colour either has a death-wish or a pathological liking for field punishment, as their WO would be beside himself with rage as they have failed to follow the most basic of standing orders. http://www.blancoandbull.com/blanco-history/kg3/ KG3 was THE approved colour of webbing, with standing orders to darken webbing for European Service. The only people exempt from this were servicemen in Italy where webbing was left unblanco'd or scrubbed clean from the Desert, or in the Far East, where webbing was batch dyed. I do hope you chaps are going to be accurate, as there is no point otherwise. You have an offer on the table from a published historian of the period. I suggest you use it.
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Just a quick pointer to start, your webbing needs blancoing. Unblanco'd webbing like your British troop models have was only used in North Africa and part of Italy, not North West Europe. If you are putting together British infantry for WW2, you will need to blanco the webbing in order to make it accurate. A set of 1937 Pattern Webbing blanco'd KG3.
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War Chronicles WW2 Modification
McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
Unfortunately, as the PR chap, I have to confirm this mod team is now dead and no longer developing - I'm not even going to dress up the reasons why. Several members have decided to go off to other projects, all at once, and have in the process killed one of the most promising mods I have ever had the pleasure to work on out of spite. With less than half of us remaining (some of us like myself who are only there to advise and assist and can't do the technical stuff), it has been be grudgingly decided not to continue. We are sorry to disppoint y'all, but this is well out of our hands. I'm now going to go to the pub, where I shall remain until the end of time. -
If you need an advisor, I'm always game to assist.
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War Chronicles WW2 Modification
McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
Apologies for the lack of updates on the official blog over the last couple of weeks - I've just completed the final stages of a 200 mile move, so needless to say I have not had time to update anything PR wise. As Tommy mentioned, we're always on the lookout for new people. Ping him an email or direct message on here and he'll get back to you.- 594 replies
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
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War Chronicles WW2 Modification
McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
To clear this up, we're going to get a release of all sides Infantry weapons and equipment nailed down (US, GER, BRIT) and then look at vehicles and the like. Arma is a combined arms sandbox and it works best with all elements working together, but we're foolish to imagine that warfare in Arma would work at all without infantry units being the main focus. At the end of the day, firefights are won by the infantryman with his rifle and by the gunner with his Bren/MG34/BAR. That being said, there is plenty of scope in the engine for armoured and tank warfare, and the infantry need a means of transportation to move from one area to another. All of these elements will be included eventually, and our Trello board has everything from the Tiger 1 to a static Vickers MG, from the Pak.36 Infantry howitzer to the mighty 25 Pounder Artillery piece. If someone was widely used in the European theatre by any of the 3 major powers, we're hoping to get it in game :D- 594 replies
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
It's a Panzer 4, although some of you get points for incorrectly identifying it as a lot of British and American troops commonly did :P -
War Chronicles WW2 Modification
McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
No need to hope! I'm a published historian on Britain in WW2 and at least 2 of the other researchers really know their shit as far as getting things right goes. This is why it's taking so long to get things out. We want it to be right as well as top quality :D -
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
What he said - Lodu made his own from scratch so the suggestion we'd lifted something from Iron Front isn't a nice one to be throwing around :( The guys have put a lot of work into the mod, and we haven't put anything in there we haven't made ourselves. We're going to stick to that promise, you can count on it. The goal is to produce a WW2 mod you don't have to pay to access, you don't have to possess an MIT diploma or arse about with game files to install, and that anyone can access and play.- 594 replies
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
Exactamundo. I'm as disappointed as the rest of you, but I know the talent we have to call on in the team, and I am more than confident this will not damage us or delay us too much in our next update.- 594 replies
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
Not to my knowledge. Unfortunately not. We will be releasing our own uniforms within the pack of a similar quality, it's just going to take us slightly longer. This isn't a big deal guys, we'll work through it :D- 594 replies
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
Just a super quick Dev Blog for y'all to update you on what's been going on with us. https://warchroniclesblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/dev-blog-no-10-a-dunkirk-moment/ -
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McAber replied to n_icomach's topic in ARMA 3 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE
As Nico said, we're focusing purely on boggo standard infanteers for our first full and substantive release. No Paras, no Commandos, no Fallscrimjager, no Rangers. Just Tommy, Fritz and Hank, in their basic infantry kit, as hundreds of thousands of them wore for the day to day waging of the Normandy Campaign. The vehicle list we have has everything from static machine guns up to heavy tanks on it, but we're only working on the infantry's vehicles for the initial release. This means trucks and APCs, Jeeps and Kubelwagens. You may even get a few tow-able anti-tank guns thrown in at some point. Instead of speculating, stay tuned to this thread. We'll keep you updated! Thanks Matt