sokolonko

September 9, 2020

Finally, after 3 years of development, Northern Fronts 1.0.0 is released!
Old assets are replaced with new ones and plenty more are added, enjoy the changelog below while we are preparing the workshop upload:

Major additions:

- ADDED: Finnish Army 1939, 1941 and 1944 factions
- ADDED: Red Army 1939, 1941 and 1944 factions
- ADDED: More bugs aka features for players to enjoy

Weapons:

-    ADDED: [FIN] Kp/31 Suomi SJR
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/91 Tikka Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/91-24 Lotta Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/27 PH Sniper Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/28 Civil Guard Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/28-30 Civil Guard Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/30 Mosin Nagant Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/39 SOV Sniper Rifle
-    ADDED: [FIN] Panzerschreck (+3 color variants)
-    ADDED: [SOV] M/91-30 Mosin Nagant
-    ADDED: [SOV] M/91-30 Mosin Nagant (PEM)
-    ADDED: [SOV] M/91-30 Mosin Nagant (PU)
-    ADDED: [SOV] SVT-38
-    ADDED: [SOV] SVT-40
-    ADDED: [SOV] SVT-40 PU
-    ADDED: [SOV] PPD-34
-    ADDED: [SOV] PPD-34/38
-    ADDED: [SOV] PPD-40
-    ADDED: [SOV] PPSh-41
-    ADDED: [SOV] TT-33
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/91 Mosin Nagant
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/27 Pystykorva
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/39 Ukko-Pekka
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/39 PH Sniper Rifle
-    CHANGED: Most if not all of the weapon textures
-    CHANGED: Accuracy, recoil, ROF, mass, and AI behaviour tweaks
-    CHANGED: Zeroing for most weapons
-    CHANGED: Nagant reload animations & sounds
-    CHANGED: Most weapon reload animations

Explosives:
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/44 Sokaisupullo
-    ADDED: [SOV] RDG-1
-    ADDED: [SOV] RGD-33
-    ADDED: [SOV] RGD-42
-    ADDED: [SOV] F1
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] Molotov Cocktail
-    CHANGED: All textures of the Finnish grenades and explosives!

Static Weapons:
-    ADDED: 50mm RM-38
-    ADDED: 81 KrH 32
-    ADDED: 37 PstK 36
-    ADDED: 45mm AT-Gun Obr. 37
-    ADDED: 76mm Regimental Gun Obr. 27
-    ADDED: 76mm Divisional Gun Obr. 36
-    ADDED: 152mm Howitzer Obr. 38
-    ADDED: Raised variants of the Maxim M/09-21
-    FIXED: 76 K 02 related issues. Artillery computer works now (hopefully!)

Vehicles
-    ADDED: Vickers 6-ton
-    ADDED: T-26 obr. 1931
-    ADDED: T-26 obr. 1933
-    ADDED: T-26 obr. 1938
-    ADDED: T-26-K obr. 1933
-   ADDED: T-26E ”Vickers”
-    ADDED: KhT-130
-    ADDED: T-28 obr. 1938
-    ADDED: T-28-K obr.1938
-    ADDED: T-28E

Uniforms:
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/22-36 Greatcoats
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/27 Uniforms
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/27 Snowsuits
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/30 Greatcoats
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/36 Greatcoats
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/36 Leather Jackets
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 31 Polushubuks
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 32 Telogreikas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 35 Shinels
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 35 Gimnasterkas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 35-41 Shinels
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 35 Gimnasterkas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 37 Camouflage Uniforms
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/36 Summer Tunic
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/36 Uniform
-    FIXED: Shadow issues on Norwegian Civilian clothing

Headgear:
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/16 Helmets
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/18 Helmets
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/22 Field Caps
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/22 Fur Hats
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/22 Officer Caps
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/26 Helmets
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/27 Civil Guard Field Caps
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/27 Fur hats
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/36 Hats with piping
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/39 Officer Fur hats
-    ADDED: [FIN] M/39 Fur Hat opened variants
-    ADDED: [GER] M35 Helmets
-    ADDED: [GER] M40 Helmets
-    ADDED: [GER] M42 Helmets
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 27 Budenovkas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 31 Finkas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 35 Furazhkas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 35 Pilotkas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Obr. 40 Ushankas
-    ADDED: [SOV] SSh-36
-    ADDED: [SOV] SSh-38
-    ADDED: [SOV] SSh-40
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/17 Helmets
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/33 Helmets
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/34 Helmets
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/35 Helmets
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/36 Field Caps
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/37 Helmets
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/38 Helmets
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/39 Side Caps
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/39 Fur Hats
-    NEW MODEL: [FIN] M/40 Helmets

Cosmetics:
-    ADDED: [FIN] Balaclavas
-    ADDED: [FIN] Scarves
-    ADDED: [FIN] Glasses
-    ADDED: [FIN] Sunglasses
-    ADDED: [FIN] Medical armband
-    ADDED: [SOV] Balaclavas
-    ADDED: [SOV] Scarves
-    ADDED: [SOV] Glasses
-    ADDED: [SOV] Guards Badge
-    ADDED: Various types of gloves

Gear:
- ADDED: 49 Finnish gearing variants
- ADDED: 20 Soviet gearing variants
- ADDED: [FIN] Kyynel radio (TFAR-compatible)
- ADDED: [FIN] Molotov Bag
- ADDED: [FIN] Panzershreck Frame
- ADDED: [SOV] Gasmask Bag
- ADDED: [SOV] M35 Backpack
- ADDED: [SOV] M38 Backpack
- ADDED: [SOV] Meshok
- ADDED: [SOV] Shinel
- NEW MODEL: [FIN] Gasmask Bag
- NEW MODEL: [FIN] Breadbag
- CHANGED: All other Finnish backpacks textures updated

April 12, 2020

Thaks for the head up, the discord links were updated: https://discord.gg/2UeReb

December 1, 2018

To those of you who missed it - Northern Fronts got updated yesterday!
The Winter War started 79 years ago today on the 30th of November 1939 and because of this significant day in the history of the Finnish nation, the NF team and I are proud to bring you the Cavalry Update, featuring many hours of blood, sweat and tears as well as small elements of Sokolonko's sanity. This update took the team back to the days of Finnish cavalry and features all the content shown to you via our previous announcements as well as much more! From our ragtag family to yours, thank you for all the support and kind words, we hope to have more news and screenshots for you soon! For a full changelog check out our steam workshop site or BIforums page! 76k02.png?width=1202&height=677

September 13, 2018

Hey Cullin, I've double checked LS26 dimensions. The gun is about 2% percent smaller than it historically was :D. I'm not sure if that's the case, but for now we will keep the current size scince making it 2% bigger would also require us to do much animation work and would postpone implementation of any new assets, while the visual difference would be almost unnoticable :)
The magazine repack module has been disabled in latest fix, we've found some bugs not spotted earlier and will implement the module back when those are fixed. The lack of module should not cause already created missions to stop working though.

September 9, 2018

Mod description:

Northern Fronts devteam in cooperation with FWW2 is proud to announce development of Northern Fronts mod for Arma 3. The mod will add armies fighting in Scandinavia during World War two, including:

Finnish Army [1939 - 1945] - Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War,
Royal Norwegian Army and Navy [1940] - Invasion of Norway,
Norwegian Ressistance fighters [1940 - 1945] - Occupied Norway,
Red Army [1939 - 1940] - Winter War,
Danish Army [1940] - Invasion of Denmark,
Foreign volounteers - fighting in Finland and Norway

About: Mod is going to include realistic representations of weaponry, equipment and vehicles used by all the forces listed above, allowing the community to create great scenarios taking place in cold, northern countreis. The development started in November 2017 and with increasing support from community, FWW2 team and Finnish community modders it was possible to create huge variety of assets with custom models, textures, animations and sounds. After first succesfull beta-test we are happy to announce the mod to the public. It is important to note that Northern Fronts is aiming to be a standalone mod, it doesn't use any dependencies, although it includes ACE compatibility. We do realise that players will be using other mods just to have oposing faction for forces included in Northern Fronts, but we don't want to force usage of any mods. It is also worth noting that Northern Fronts team stands strongly against ripping the assets from other mods or games without their permission and will take seriously any violation of team's rights to the created content.

Development: Although our aim is to include all the listed factions in A3, we had to start somewhere and set up a list of priorities.The decision has been made to start with Finnish Army in Continuation/Lapland War and currently the mod includes most of infantry weaponry used by Finnish forces in that period. Further development will include both small and big updates:

Big updates will consist of bunch of fresh assets, altough won't be frequent. Those assets might be an introduction of new army, a pack of weapons an uniforms, or some vehicles.

Small updates will be thematical and limited to small ammount of assets, yet more frequent than the big ones: example can be a Sissi/Jaeger update which will include pieces of equipment unique for light infantry or scout units, such as long-range radio, explosives or bicycles. Those updates will always be focused around a theme, making each of them something unique and giving possibilities for new scenarios to be created.

Status and contact: Currently, mod is in v.0.2 - Cavalry Update! Here are the links:

Discord: https://discord.gg/2UeReb
Steam workshop link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1507586063
ACE compat: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1507963938&tscn=1536513102

To get in touch with us or take a closer look at development, feel invited to our Discord: https://discord.gg/2UeReb

Credits (by the date of joining the team):

- Sokolonko - head dev, hard surface 3D, soft surface 3D, animations, implementation, management, failing to understand github, poking people with a stick to do more work
- Caselius - soft surface 3D, textures, historical information, multiplying mod size by adding termendious ammounts of Variety™, insane ammount of unit configs

- Brave Sir Charge - props 3D, public relations, memes

- h- -all custom scripted features, sounds, FWW2 cooperation, breaking the mod one day before each update, fixing the mod 15 minutes before the update, re-scripting the whole engine
- Troska - hard surface 3D, ArmaFinland cooperation, being actually consistent with delivering assets
- Temppa - mass producting terrains, beer and sauna

Special thanks:

- Jellonavesa - for kp31, m39 and l35 models
- IFA3 team for helping me start with modding, thanks Kju, El Tyranos and GSTAVO,

- KJ, HorribleGoat, Rob (Eggbeast), X3KJ and many others for helping out with anny issues reported on ArmA 3 discord,
- Muzeum Uzbrojenia w Poznaniu - Polish museum that invited us to record their WW2 weapons with some top-noch equipment. Really huge respect for those guys,
- My friends that borrowed me their recording equipment for the recordings without asking for anything,
- Forgotten Fronts - for cooperation on overlaping assets and supplying our discord with memes,
- ArmaFinland - for helping us with beta-tests and providing both server and players,

- Saucco for ls26 sounds,
- CSA38 - for creating great source of refrence photos and helping out with configs,
- Yle Arkisto - Finnish weapons sound reffrences and samples,
- http://etulinja.net/ - for great support in historical information,

- Justin N. & Renner from FF for M35 helmet model and Panzerfaust decals,
- Michael Cecconet (RedRogueXIII) - plenty of high-poly weapon models donated to our devteam (that are yet to be revealed!),
- Steelexia from FWW2 - Maxim model,
- Basher - helping with unit configs,
- Tuntematon - For static weapon re-supply script and beta-testing.

- Ashton - Awesome 3D work: Krag, Madsens and more
- Anddy - support on the early stages of the project

Sound credits:
- soundslikewillem (freesound.org) - molotov && improvised kasapanos fuse sound. License CC BY-NC 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode), file name:Fuse.wav, edits: low-cut EQ - slight cuts - normalized to 98%

- 160033 (freesound.org) - Liquid In Square Glass Bottle.wav. Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ ) Edits: Cut to several parts, low-cut EQ
- plingativator (freesound.org) - munition_shells.wav. Licensed under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Edits: Cut to several parts, low-cut EQ
- OwlStorm (freesound.org) - blanket movement sounds. Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
- crescendo (freesound.org) - match.wav. Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
- brianhanson2nd (freesound.org) - loading clip. Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
- pugaeme (Freesound.org) - flamethrower.wav Licensed under: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Edits: cut to pieces + EQ

Most of all thanks to all men and women for the service in defence of their homeland during those dark times.

FAQ
Where do I report bugs or share my suggestions?

We use our discord server as main way of communication with the community: https://discord.gg/2UeReb

Will there be more terrain in the mod?

Temppa's terrains are amazing but they take ages to create, therefore it's not expected to see much more terrains any time soon. This does not mean that work on terrains is closed, it only means you need to be patient and keep your eyes open for progress updates from the team. You can also support Temppa by inventing a device that would fuse drinking beer and being in sauna directly into Arma 3 terrains.

I feel like this mod really needs a scenario, will you make one?

Yes! One day we will. For now look for community made scenarios on Steam Workshop.

I want to help with development, but I don't know anything about 3d modelling or texturing, how can I be of any use?

Easiest way: go to our discord and tell the developers what you think about the mod, give some feedback or just throw some nice words. Remember that each time you tell developer he is doing a great job, he works 0,005% faster.
The other way: learn modding, now it's best time to start. 3d modelling is suprisingly easy and with some tutoring you will have really nice results quickly. Your assets will be used in mod, with your name listed amongst the other devs (you can show it to your friends and family so they will ask you some uncomfortable questions). You can also try and make some weapon sounds, animations, textures, anything that you feel like doing, the community is full of people willing to share their knowledge, and Northern Fronts developers are more than happy to help you. Remember it has to be fun to you though, after all we make it for free and for our own satisfaction. Make sure to catch up with Sokolonko on our Discord if you feel like modding might be something fun for you, he will guide you through the grim and dangerous lands of Arma 3 modding.

Will the Norwegians get more assets?

Eventually, yes but it's not a high priority. Norwegians didn't use a lot of equipment during the war and it's really difficult to find refrence pictures of the assets that were used. Frankly speaking, most of the equipment used by Norwegians is already in the mod.

When will Swedes and Danes be added?

Eventually, yes but we are focusing more on Finnish and Soviet factions. Even though both Swedish and Danish forces (including Danish Ressistance!) are an exciting vision, we simply don't have enough manpower to focus on them. Finnish front is well docummented and due to the popularity a lot of 3D assets can be purchased online what makes the production much simpler. For less popular assets used by Swedes and Danes we have to work on everything from scratch, not only it's harder to find good refrence of the assets, but it's also much more time consuming. As an example: Bofors 37mm gun took about 40 hours only to create the model, in half of that time we were able to purchase, texture and implement 4 other static guns.

More assets when?

When ready! Implementation process for vehicles takes ages. Thankfully now after 1.0 we have a great base to build on so the progress should be a lot smoother.

I'm a single girl attracted to Arma 3 modders, can I invite any of you guys for coffe?
Jokes on you, we are all single girls!

Changelogs:
0.1 Release:

Spoiler

Uniforms:

ADDED: [FIN] M36 Uniform (Artillery, Infantry, Jaegers & Armored Division)

ADDED: [FIN] M36 Summer Tunic (Artillery, Infantry, Jaegers & Armored Division)

Weapons:

ADDED: [FIN] Kp/31 "Suomi"

ADDED: [FIN] Mosin M39 "Ukko-Pekka"

ADDED: [FIN] Mosin M91

ADDED: [FIN] Lahti Saloranta LS26

ADDED: [FIN] Lahti L35 ADDED: [FIN] Panzerfaust 30

ADDED: [FIN] Panzerfaust 30 Klein

Static weapons:

ADDED: [FIN] Lahti L39 20mm

ADDED: [FIN] Maxim M/09-21

Explosives:

ADDED: [FIN] Molotov Cocktail

ADDED: [FIN] Kasapanos 2kg

ADDED: [FIN] Kasapanos 3kg

ADDED: [FIN] Kasapanos 3,5kg (improvised)

ADDED: [FIN] Kasapanos 4kg

ADDED: [FIN] Kasapanos 6kg (improvised)

ADDED: [FIN] M32 Grenade

ADDED: [FIN] M32 Mortar Grenade

ADDED: [FIN] M43 Sirpalekranaatti

Backpacks:

ADDED: [FIN] Gasmask Bag

ADDED: [FIN] Breadbag

ADDED: [FIN] Map Bag

ADDED: [FIN] Sipulisäkki Backpack

Vests:

ADDED: [FIN] Rifleman Belt (3 variants)

ADDED: [FIN] SMG/Assault Belt (2 variants)

ADDED: [FIN] Officer Belt

ADDED: [FIN] M22 Belt

ADDED: [FIN] M30 Belt

Headgear:

ADDED: [FIN] Hungarian M38 Helmet

ADDED: [FIN] Austrian – German M16/17/18 Helmet

ADDED: [FIN] Finnish M40 / Swedish M37 Helmet

ADDED: [FIN] German M35 Helmet

ADDED: [FIN] Czech M34 Helmet

ADDED: [FIN] Italian M33 Helmet

ADDED: [FIN] Finnish M36 "Verikauha" Field Cap

ADDED: [FIN] Finnish M39 "Suikka"

ADDED: [FIN] Finnish M39 "Turkislakki" Fur Hat

Misc:

ADDED: Editor module: "World FX" -> Breath Fog

ADDED: Editor module: "World FX" -> Rain FX

ADDED: Editor module: "World FX" -> Insect Swarm

ADDED: Bolt Action & Casing Eject framework

ADDED: Magazine cross-pack (available if running ACE) - enables re-packing ammunition between different weapons using the same ammunition

ADDED: ~60 wartime unit insignias of Finnish units

ADDED: Custom animations for all new weapons

ADDED: Custom sounds for all new weapons (mixed with samples of WW2 equipment recorded by the devs in Muzeum Uzbrojenia w Poznaniu)

0.2 Cavalry update:

Spoiler

Uniforms:

ADDED: [FIN] M36 Cavalry Uniform
ADDED: [FIN] Cavalry officer uniform

Weapons:

ADDED: [FIN] M27
ADDED: [FIN] M27Rv
ADDED: [SOV] DP27
ADDED: [SOV] Nagan revolver

Static weapons:

ADDED: [FIN] 76/k02 howitzer

Headgear:

ADDED: [FIN] M36 Field Cap variants
ADDED: [FIN] M38 Helmet variants
ADDED: [FIN] M39 Sidecap variants

Misc:

ADDED: Static weapon UI icons
ADDED: Static weapons magazines for infantry system (soldiers can carry additional magazines to static weapons to resupply them)
FIXED: LS26 size
FIXED: All mosin variants now have visible clip on reload animation
FIXED: Uniform shadows missing heads
FIXED: Minor gearing and bag shadow issues
FIXED: Lahti L39 now prioritises vehicles over infantry when picking targets
FIXED: Various weapons deploypoints (limited sinking into ground when deploying weapon in prone position)(edited)
FIXED: Magazine crosspack
FIXED: Molotov compatibility with IFA3 vehicles
FIXED: NF units can be used in spawn module

ADDED: weapons and magazines as editor placeable pickable items.
FIXED: reported crosspack bug (visible scripting error and freezing repack dialog)
ADDED: mag crosspack is available in the plain action menu if ACE is not used
ADDED: Finnnns into the Spawn AI Eden modules.

FIXED: Manual bolting was not synced across network
FIXED: freelook key was blocked while bolting

ADDED: Scenario start module to create a unified style "fade into scenario" film effect
ADDED: Scenario end module, akin to above one with scenario end attributes (as in which ending to select etc).
ADDED: A typewriter style font (default used by the above modules)
ADDED: Modules for constant film effect (you know, for cutscenes etc), and for starting/ending the constant film effect (in case someone wants to do that)
ADDED: Module for adding the "film reel wiggling text" with extra functionality
ADDED: Serverside Settings module. Possibility to override the client settings available in the in-game pause menu -> options -> north options

FIXED: Insect swarms were not deleted when module was deleted(edited)
Molotov:
FIXED: the reported scripting error pop-up
FIXED: another possible scripting error pop-up (most likely shown up for people but gone unreported)
FIXED: IFA tanks were not being killed with fire
FIXED: getting into a burning tank did not kill you, only when exiting it..
FIXED: flames on vehicles and men would burn forever
FIXED: Player killed by molotov should no longer respawn in flames...
ADDED: burning men now lose all their inventory
ADDED: burning men can have their inventory cook-off when caught on fire, at 30% probability. Probability can be tweaked in mod settings
TWEAKED: molotoved vehicle may explode after being burned for a while.
TWEAKED: molotov flames now go out faster depending on rain
ADDED: if soldier moves through a molotov flame (on ground) depending on the speed of the movement the following will happen: move slow and you die into the flame, move faster and your feet will catch fire (and will get damaged ofc). In latter case if you stop you will be engulfed in flames after a few seconds (need feedback on this), if you keep running the flames will die out in some seconds, if you run into water they of course go out immediately.

1.0 Winter War