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Hi everyone! Update's out on the SW if anyone's still subscribed to that! If not, click here. Note: Due to the addition of the loadout system, we've removed the preset Light, Medium and Heavy AH-6 classes from the editor. So now there's only 1 main AH-6M class to pick from. You can then choose a loadout by either using the dynamic loadout presets(make sure to select whether a gun/rocket is operated by pilot or copilot) or coming up with your own combination. For now the previously used classes are just hidden to avoid breaking any missions that still use them. In a future update we will be remo + Added - Removed @ Fixed ^ Improved + Dynamic Loadout system(please provide feedback either here or on the BI forums about ideas for a better UI Layout for that thing) + Ability to have more than 1 type of rocket warhead in the rocket pods(This makes the UI clunky, so let me know if this is at all worth the clunkiness) + Flechette Hydra warhead(let me know if this sucks the performance out of servers) + Illuminating flare Hydra warhead + MPSM Hydra warhead + Recoil for Miniguns and GAU19 + Hydra rocket dispersion + Radar altimeter digital readout + Radar warning receiver + Editor preview images + Fire extinguisher + Wreck model + Tail number selection in attributes menu + Nose art is now selectable in the attributes menu + Interior/maint rotor/ammo box textures - Bobblehead from the action menu(You can add it via attributes menu) - "EXPERIMENTAL" decal. @ DAGRs and Hellfires should be working again(yay?) @ Countermeasures also work ^ Optimized textures and models ^ Crosshair on the attack bird is now "better" ^ Flight model

Do you have examples of how it performs in multiplayer? That's where you really see PiP performance drop(and the use case that @nodunit was referring to, i believe).

These were my first impressions on working with dynamic loadouts. Keep in mind i only spent a night checking it out, so i could be talking nonsense or there probably exists a solution for one or all of the comments already, but here it goes: 1. One thing that would probably prevent it from being used on aircraft that have copilots is the fact that the owner of a weapon is locked to the pylon set in the vehicle class. So you wouldn't be able to, on an Apahce for example, swap between rockets and hellfires because ideally those would be fired by different pilots. It would be cool if that property was set or tied to a weapon or a magazine instead of the pylon created in the "TransportPylonsComponent" class. That way it would be up to the player to decide via the loadout selection whether the pilot or copilot fires the weapon, regardless of pylon position. 2. On the magazine side of things, it would be nice to see the system expanded so that we could load different types of magazines into the same pylon(different rocket warheads loaded into the same rocket launcher). On a similar note, in real life, some rocket launchers are loaded onto missile racks(e.g. a hellfire launcher can launch a hellfire but it also can house a rocket launcher that fires its own rockets). I don't know exactly how this could be implemented. I think the problem here, if i'm not mistaken, is that the current system can only spawn in one parent for the selected magazine. Maybe it would work if "hardpoints" could spawn in an actual model(similar to pylon magazines, with the ability to have proxies). 3. One thing i noticed while testing is that the system doesn't account for space restriction. So on the Wipeout, for example, loading 3x missile next to 1x missile looks all right, but loading 3x next to another set of 3 makes them clip through each other. There would need to be a way to dynamically limit what you can load depending on what the neighboring pylons have on them(this reminds of the "dynamicViewLimits" in CargoTurrets). Also there are some missing sounds and particle effects when you use machineguns, but i assume that's all being worked on. Finally, i can't say how happy i am that we can have animations on proxies now. Really cool to be able to load different guns onto an aircraft and have them work properly. Hope this helps!

Thanks to everyone for using the mod and giving us precious feedback! We're working to release a new update soon. That's an awesome video! Thanks for sharing it! The two versions will be pretty much the same. We're working on both versions so there won't be a lot of differences among them. The standalone version will be the one with a more constant update schedule(not that there are that many updates needed for the future).

Thanks for the compliment. I really enjoyed that video :D P.S.: Thanks also to everyone who upvoted that copilot issue. It's been fixed in the dev-branch and should be fixed in the next main branch A3 update.

They were not MK Vs. Always remember that this is a hobby and unfortunately we as modders can't devote as much time as we'd like to work on these projects So don't give up on Hatchet just yet! :D

Hey guys, please vote this up so we can get BI's attention! http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=27345 Thanks!

jones140 said he'd work on compatibility if it was well executed. So, maybe?

Thanks for the feedback guys! If we figure out how to make both types of collision lights work then we will definitely use them. Hi, thanks for trying out the mod! Feel free to send me a PM with more details about how you intend to use the mod. Thanks again!

Someone sent in a bug report about the collision lights not showing up. We left this out of the changelog, so i should make this clear. For this version, we removed the standard collision lights in favor of IR position or formation lights. So you can only see them when using NVGs. We want some feedback to see if people prefer this to the standard ones as we have not yet found a way to have both be activated separately. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone for using the mod! And thanks to Foxhound and kecharles28 for the uploads. Soonâ„¢ Here you go. My bad, forgot to link it on the update post, that's been fixed. It's also on the first page. Thanks for trying out the mod!

V0.00003 Hotfix Click here to download! As always, use our feedback tracker to report any bugs/suggestions/etc. Fixed: - Sling loading works again! - Instrument gauge dials easier to see Tweaked: - Damage model - Hellfire damage radius - Helicopter sound - Various optimization tweaks - Easter egg now easier to activate(action menu) Removed: - TOW functionality from guided rockets since ACE3 lasers work again. So now even when using ACE you can lock onto laser, cycle to desired rocket, lock on and fire!

Ok, to make the bobblehead appear, do the following: hahahaha very nice!

We planned on adding the squad.xml flag to the nose of the chopper, where now in the attack birds you see the "six guns" decal. I can throw that into this hotfix as well.

Thanks for finding that one. It was also an issue before release, but i had fixed it. I most likely changed something after that and caused it to reappear( d'oh!). We're working on a hotfix that'll fix that, the hard to see instrument dials and a couple of other things. So keep an eye out for that! ... and sorry to modpack makers

To add a little bit of clarity to the PiP changes. The monitors now correctly show what the copilot is seeing and doing through the camera. So if the copilot zooms in/out or changes view modes, that's what you'll see in the screens. If the screen is grey, that probably means that your PiP settings are too low, raising that setting will increase PiP view distance(i think Ultra = 2000m view distance). Also, the shortcut to the monitor on/off is still "Landing Gear Up" in the HELICOPTER controls.

Thanks everyone for the support! That's a new one. Let us know if the issue persists. Our friend Jones said he might have something for you if ACE3 has a good fast rope system :D I see what you mean, that's something that we completely forgot to check out before release. That said, the issue has been fixed and won't be an issue for the next update. Let me know if you'd like to try out this fixed version :) Where's the fun in that? No miniguns :| The idea of that variant is to promote cooperative play and the importance of having a good 2-man team in the bird. Even if you were able to fire the guns as the pilot you would not be able to guide them, and at that point, you're better off flying one of the other variants which offer more firepower for the pilot. With the addition of the service menu, pilots will have a few "dumb" rocket variants to choose from as well, which might help in these situations :) Our bad, Diesel still has to change the first page :D I have added you to the credits on the Steam Workshop version of the mod though!

This is shaping up nicely! Splines can help you out a lot when making cables. Will save you a lot of time. Keep it up!

That looks more like a placeholder than anything else.. here's a shot of something closer to a final version.

Awesome! As much as i really dislike this helicopter, you're doing a great job at modeling it! I can't wait to see how it flies!

Yeah for some reason it's trying to call for a nonexistent entry in the BulletBase class. I think i fixed it by adding the following line to the jammer ammo class. effectsSmoke = "EmptyEffect"; Let me know if it works for you too!

Thanks everyone for the amazing feedback! A lot of stuff has been looked at and fixed or improved. The A3 update has brought some new bugs that we weren't aware of but, again, thanks to you guys we were able to find and fix those as well. About ejecting from the pilot/copilot seat. I'm hesitant to add another entry into the action menu, right now i'm working on the MFDs so that i can remove an addAction. But i'll throw the "eject" option in the next update and see what the reaction is. As Dslyecxi said, when we released the first public version of the mod, the miniguns were poorly configured. I'll add the GAU-19 to that list as well, it was too accurate and didn't fire fast enough. After many days of heated discussion between me, Diesel and a few other friends we reached a point where we felt comfortable sharing it with more people. We're still not 100% sure that this is the final version of these guns but we're always working to improve them. Please let us know if it's a mod conflict so we can test it and find a fix for it :D Our main focus now with regards to weapons is aiming. The grease pencil mark is a cool idea but it doesn't work too well, especially when flying around using head tracking. We're trying different things to improve this crucial component of the AH-6. You guys might see a small update next week to fix some of the bugs that showed up after the Arma 3 update. If we do it there will be some other fixes as well, like the completely broken FFV seats(thanks to Dslyecxi), tweaks to the AFM(thanks to swissMAG and nightsta1ker), some small sound fixes and i might throw these babies in:

Always good to hear that, thanks! Yeah, the TOW is a lot of fun.. If more people show interest in it we'll add it to the list. The Mk19 however will not be made :D Weird.. i just downloaded from Armaholic and didn't see anything wrong. Here's a google drive link to where i keep the public mod .rar file. Hope it works!