USS Nimitz CSG Template

A template for JDog's awesome USS Nimitz addon.

Basically I wanted to create some missions with JDog's Nimitz but the immersion wasn't that great when you and your aircraft were the only two things on the whole ship.

I looked around for a template for the carrier but didn't find one so I made one myself. Might as well release so others can use it.

Instead of just having the Nimitz with planes, deck crew and objects I added the rest of its group: Carrier Strike Group 11 which is lying off of Utes with one Los Angeles Class Sub screening the group, two Ticonderoga Class Cruisers at the front of the formation, two Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers at the sides, two Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates at the rear and one Supply Class fast combat support ship next to the Nimitz for food, fuel and ammunition supply.

Although some of these are available as addons I used substitutes as necessary. This was to reduce the number of required addons while making it easy for the user to add in the extra things. A text document in the archive will give you links to these addons. There's also a folder containing information on the CSG and its units as well as pictures to aid in mission making.

Changes since 1.0:

----Changelog----

- Used setPosASL and getPosASL

- Reduced addons required

- Added F/A-18 and US Navy Work Uniform

- Updated CVW-11 information and ORBAT to reflect current organisation

- Some small changes

ReadMe

Required Addons

JDog's USS Nimitz:

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=13540

F/A-18 Super Hornet:

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=18278

US Navy Work Uniform:

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=10261

Download Links

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Screenshots

Ooo tasty thanks for the work.

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lol this is awesome. I had the same idea, used the same picture as a reference, and even used the same addons...except your Nimitz has way more stuff on it. Very nice!

Looks good, I myself added some Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers around the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), and added some NWU sailors in and on the carrier in the editor for personal use, but this one looks even more amazing.

I suggest you also use this in your template: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=98106

Thanks... ill give it a go, about time a template was made for this, awesome job :)

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 11 Template v1.0



USS Nimitz

Frigates, Weapons and Waves

Submarine Pack

WWII warships

Mando Missile ArmA for ArmA2

Thank you for the mirror Foxhound. And thanks for the comments lads. :)

lol this is awesome. I had the same idea, used the same picture as a reference, and even used the same addons...except your Nimitz has way more stuff on it. Very nice!

Haha, that is indeed awesome. :cool:

Looks good, I myself added some Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers around the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), and added some NWU sailors in and on the carrier in the editor for personal use, but this one looks even more amazing.

I suggest you also use this in your template: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=98106

Ah, I thought there was a USN sailor addon. Will use for the update, cheers.

Now, if only there was another carrier force that could take on CSG 11. Then we could have some nice carrier battle.

Like a russian carrier?...

:)

There's a Kuznetsov class carrier of the RF VMF on Armaholic. Also the sub pack has RF Subs and I think the Frigate pack has some RF ships too.

Yay more motivation to work on the Nimitz this summer now that school's out! Will definitely have to get some crew on there for you guys to use too, just reskin the LHD crew as I did for the shooter.

Anyway great job!

Wouldn't the F-14 that's available fit better as a stand-in for the F/A-18?

when start in editing crash the game! why??

Like a russian carrier?...

:)

There's a Kuznetsov class carrier of the RF VMF on Armaholic. Also the sub pack has RF Subs and I think the Frigate pack has some RF ships too.

;)

Here's what VFA-14 photographed later on.

She's escorted by 3 'Krivak' Class Frigates and one 'Akula' Class Submarine.

It's a carrier group I just put together. The Russians class the Kuznetsov as an aircraft carrying cruiser due to its organic fire power so they don't seem to have a carrier doctrine at all. At least that's what I got from the really limited info out there.

Yay more motivation to work on the Nimitz this summer now that school's out! Will definitely have to get some crew on there for you guys to use too, just reskin the LHD crew as I did for the shooter.

Anyway great job!

That would be a nice touch having proper crew. Oh and those deck crew anims are bloody brilliant. Looking forward to further updates.

Wouldn't the F-14 that's available fit better as a stand-in for the F/A-18?

I guess I could change it if you guys want.

when start in editing crash the game! why??

No idea. You got all of the addons? You bot Combined Ops or just Arma 2/Arrowhead? You running the latest Patch?

Anybody else get that problem?

F/A-18 Super Hornet is now released, so could you update the template, Snafu?

This is a good template. Crew animations don't seem to work however.

This is a good template. Crew animations don't seem to work however.

hes working on the animations but he stated he had problems with it to get it right as said on the first page ;)

kind regards

There will be an update soon that includes the F18 and the new Nimitz crew. Would have replied earlier but my internet was down for some time and I didn't notice this topic had been posted in.

Plus, now that the USS Nimitz and Mando missiles work together smoothly the ships will now be able to fire missiles and the like. The only problem is finding out how much missiles and what type of missiles are carried by Ticonderoga and Arleigh Burke Class ships in CSG 11.

Hi Snafu, in vacation now and without access to A2, but in one week or two I'll send you a setup to create MMA rearming points for the Nimitz as well as configurations for automatic (or human driven) ASROC launchers for the destroyers. You might add also one LRR system for players assigned to a Ticonderoga to simulate an AEGIS system controlling the SAMs of several ships, including radar display, IFF and anti-missile capability. This ship would become a main target for enemy SEAD missions. You can add an MCC for TLAMs for players too, this would create the perfect counterpart for OPFOR SCUDs.

Thanks Mandoble, that would be a great addition to the template. :)

Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Some much needed TLC on the way for this template. I lost a nice WIP version along with a lot of unfinished missions when I stupidly, accidentally, deleted my profile. I lost all motivation to bother with it until today - for some reason.

I grabbed a copy of the old one to work from and in the process decided to go for a lightweight version. This means it requires less addons but the template can be easily modified in the mission editor for those who want proper ships and MMA functionality. A text document will be provided with links to those addons. The template itself is done although there can always be improvements to the layout of the things on the carrier but what is there will do for now. All I need to do is update the information, pictures and readme. The following addons will be the only ones required for the new version:

Updated, see first post.

Great template. This saves a TON of work setting all this up and I love the ambiance.

New version frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group 11 Template v2.00



USS Nimitz

F/A 18 Super Hornet

US Navy Work Uniform