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Worked to improve the Nogovan soldiers' skins for a future release Further to Jahve's suggestion did the MOLLE loops in one color only. Clic here for screenshot Also added a crewman. (maybe will add some vehicles if I have time). Clic here for screenshot and did some cammo trials in Northern Sahrani (woodland area) Screenshots: here and here

Might be, regarding women as well by the way (somewhere in the addons request section), but with different people

Yup, I also agree, we don't want to have a Columbine style nut saying he did a carnage at school cause he thought we was just playing a FPS. I’m not saying ArmA players are not reasonable and responsible adults, but you never know. I don’t think BIS would be willing to take the (commercial and legal) risk to release a game where you can freely shoot at children….Even if it’s virtual shooting. Women in ArmA: OK (as civilians, pilots, medics, etc...), And of course Angelina Jolie Children: no way.

I see your point. And fully agree (thanks for the info btw). But I'm not sure Skaven intended to do modern mercs (maybe his mind is not set yet). Modern mercs (ooops sorry "contractors") look different, a bit like this guy for example. And I'm sure you would agree with me that L1A1 and L42 would be perfect to do a "Wild Geese" mod.

Oh, I see now, thanks . Would make them look more realistic. Will modify the vest accordingly in a future release. Just have these guys taking a trip to Northern Sahrani to check it out Yup, exactly, just as the NATO forces did in Kosovo for example, or the French/Italian UN forces in Lebanon last year. Actually, peace keeping-forces seems to arrive most of the time once the conflict is (supposed to be) ended.

Nice:)

That would be great (no need to rush, take your time). Thanks. Could you redo the scope as well. Maybe it's realistic, I don't know (never used a Steyr) but it's very clumsy to use. Here is a good photo of the Austeyr. L1A1 is no longer in use with the NZ Army. I think the Kiwis use the the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare as a sniper rifle. They also use L7A2 FN MAG Medium machine gun, M203 grenade launcher (underslug on their Steyr) and SIG P226 9 mm pistol, and C9 Minimi (which is already available in Arma: M249) ANZAC stands for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps". It was the name of the joint Australian-New Zealand Corps which landed in Galipoli during WWI. By extention it now designates Australian and New Zealand troops in general.

Wow! Tiger stripes! Awesome! Btw (just a suggestion) if one day you plan to do the entire Steyr AUG / Austeyr F88 family including Austeyr F88, Austeyr F88-S (with picatinny rail), Austeyr F88 GLA (M-203), Austeyr F88-c (short barrel), and Austeyr F88 A4 (latest version of the rifle) with grey textures (instead of the brown one’s) you would do the people retexturing ANZAC troops an absolutely great favour

They look good. Nice woodland cammo The idea to include new (“old styleâ€) weapons is nice as well. Btw if you cannot use CS ones', Vilas has already done a large complement of weapons you could use to equip your mercs, including the L1A (FAL) the M14 and an awesome L42 sniper rifle.

Thanks for your nice feedbacks Here are additional screenshots of the Nogovan troops in the streets of Rahmadi. screenshot No.1 screenshot No.2 screenshot No.3 screenshot No.4 screenshot No.5

none taken Well, you know, those Nogovan guys are not forced to stay in their island forever Especially if their governement follows the current trend among former Warsaw Pact / new NATO countries to send troops abroad to fight alonside their American allies. Nogovan infantrymen could be deployed as members of a NATO peace-keeping force sent to Sahrani. Btw if you take a close look you’ll notice a NATO patch on the right shoulder of the Nogovan soldiers.

Well, in the beginning I actually considered doing a Russian like cammo for Nogova's Army, but as Russian-Nogovan relationships are not supposed to be that good I figured the Nogovan Government and armed forces would be unwilling to adopt Russian cammo patterns (even if some of them are quite good). Not to mention digital/pixelized patterns are quite fashionable (and apparently efficient as well).

Or just try to do some kind of "patchwork" with the one you already have, mixing small bits of patterns with others taken from a different part/area of the swatch.

Thanks very much The NogPat is a fictional cammo pattern. However I do not deserve all the credit. My main source of inspiration for the NogPat is the work of Brad Turner, a camouflage designer who actually proposed his design to the Australian Army (who rejected it). This part of the background was not fictional. I was also influenced by the Flecktarn and Multicam camouflage patterns. Actually the idea behind the project was to find a nice Western style cammo suitable for the Sahrani/Rahmadi environment (or at least better suited than the current ArmA’s US ACU) Multiplayers feedbacks are welcome on this matter. @ Vilas. The troops portrayed are modern (today’s) Nogova soldiers. Like the other former Warsaw Pact countries we can suppose Nogova got a fair share of US help/funding to revamp it’s armed forces and to bring them to NATO standards (including uniform design, which btw can be considered as an off the shelf purchase as NogPat was inspired by a commercially available pattern). As for addon retexturing I think I will make a short pause...to concentrate on improving my "Typhoon over Rahmadi" SP mission.

Cute. One thing (just a suggestion) : I've noticed (by experience) that repeating the same patern on the uniform too often (like on the sleaves of the 1st screenshot for example) doesn't produce a realistic effect. Patterns are not repeated that often on real uniforms. Somehow you'll have to "disrupt/break" this repeated pattern.

Would be nice

Not to mention it would be more logical to have Marines riding UH-1-N and UH-1-Y rather than Blackhawks.

Sorry, I'm not sure I understood the question but here is some kind of reply: There a no proper ArmA 3D modelling tools released by BIS yet (you know the tune) so cannot create a different mesh for every pouch and link each one to a specific different texture. So yes the ammo pouches/pockets all end up with the same cammo pattern. It’s a bit odd but there nothing I could do about it.

New Zealand SAS Since a lot of talented folks are already working on the Australian troops I figured I could do some texturing on other guys down-under. Here are some screenshots of the Ngati Tumatauenga / New Zealand Army troops in Desert DPM. Beta version of the regular units and SAS.

The New Zealand Troops addon has been released. Check the ArmA - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE section of the forum for details/download. Click here for direct link

Hopefully this week (all going well) These troops will require Tiger's Steyr AUG addon available at http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=811

I’ve noticed a small glitch, It's only remotely related to the topic, but it's still a shadow issue : It seems there is a problem with the US team leader shadows. Under bright sun conditions (try with Rahmani at 08:30 hrs) a strange shadow running from the lips to the left foot appears. It is only visible when the team leader faces the sun. See the herebelow screen shot :

Thanks for your comments. I’m pleased you enjoyed the mission. [spoiler: ] Your stealth strategy is indeed the good one. I tried (it’s not perfect however) to have the AI reacting logically. You can of course shoot a few guys without attracting too much attention, but as the other guards are supposed to be all equipped with tactical radios they will eventually realise their comrades are not answering and will investigate. So you’ll have to be both stealthy and quick. And of course (big spoiler warning) destroying the radars will put a lot of people on your tracks, so their destruction must by carefully timed if you want to get out alive. Will fix the problem with evac boat destruction in a future (version 1.3) release. Thanks your patience. To do list : - MG placement - Howitzer cutscene to be deleted - Fix the evac boat destruction

Will modify the pads. Meanwhile some other screenshots. Have lowered the saturation by 10% What do you think?

Thanks for these info