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Hi folks. First time opening a topic here. I successfully managed to import a helicopter with some help. Now my problem is the shadows casted when the rotor blur motion appears. It looks like the triangles from the proxies cast weird shadows alongside weird elongated ones. In the proxy models there are no shadow lods and i gave the lodnoshadow 1 property to the resolution lods of them. Even tried in thicking and unthicking the "enable shadows" property within the proxy models selecton in object builder, but no success is reached. Here is a pic of the issue https://imgur.com/a/zOJvtgl

I'm just about finish making a custom helmet, but I now ran across the issue of having the helmet in between legs. I've set both 'Head' verticies in blender, which is confirmed by ObjectBuilder, and set autocenter to 0 underneath the Geometry LOD. I've gone over the model.cfg and found nothing wrong with it from what I can see. What am I missing here, because a part of me is thinking that the p3d file name should be different, but idk. model.cfg Screenshots of both Blender and ObjectBuilder

Hi Spent a lot of time in attempt to give some details to the simple helmet. It looks okay in Object Builder: But absolutely flat after importing into the game engine: Spent too much time trying to figure out the issue and feeling like I am missing some small detail but can't really figure this out. Any clues please? rvmat if needed: https://pastebin.com/QQfqvkA1 Thanks!

Hey folks, I am currently developing a Coast Guard Addon for Arma 3. I already modded a Coast Guard Faction and Uniforms as well as Boats and a Helicopter, and now I want to add some special Objects. A rescue basket and a life raft. I am pretty good at making 3d Models of technical objects so that was no challenge. However I am not really good at scripting configs for Arma 3 and working with the Object Builder. So I could use your help. Here is a model of the rescue basket I made https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1862964052 I was able to implement it into Arma but I need to add some features and solve some problems with your help. Features I have to add: -basket floats on water (implemented) -basket can be slingloaded to a helicopter (implemented) -basket has 2 passenger "seats" one for the survivor sitting in the basket and one for the rescue swimmer hanging on the side of the basket (implemented) -basket has strobelights for night operation (not really implemented) -lights can be toggled Problems: -basket is static, it won't fall down if placed in the air (fixed) -i dont know how to get textures on the basket (worked around) -basket doesnt move if a vehicle crashed into it (fixed) -crew view position is not where its supposed to be -sling loading behaves odd -light sources don't relly emit light to the environment Basically I want the basket to be a Boat which can't be driven because it has no motor. This is the current config of the basket class cfgPatches { class Rescue_Basket { units[] = {"Rescue_Basket"}; weapons[] = {}; requiredVersion = 0.1 requiredAddons[] = {}; }; class Life_Raft_8 { units[] = {"Life_Raft_8"}; weapons[] = {}; requiredVersion = 0.1 requiredAddons[] = {}; }; }; class CfgVehicles { class Boat_F; class Rescue_Basket : Boat_F { side = 1; scope = 2; faction = "Coast Guard"; model = "\Coast-Guard-Objects\Basket.p3d"; slingLoadCargoMemoryPoints[] = {"SlingLoadCargo1","SlingLoadCargo2","SlingLoadCargo3","SlingLoadCargo4"}; displayName = "Rettungskorb"; }; class Life_Raft_8 : Boat_F { side = 1; scope = 2; faction = "Coast Guard"; model = "\Coast-Guard-Objects\LifeRaft8.p3d"; slingLoadCargoMemoryPoints[] = {"SlingLoadCargo1","SlingLoadCargo2","SlingLoadCargo3","SlingLoadCargo4"}; displayName = "Rettungsinsel (8 Personen)"; }; };

So I've been trying to search all over to see if there is any step by step tutorial for adding a complete new uniform to Arma 3 including processes that prep blender models to object builder, then from adding final touches in object builder to creating configs and lastly transferring the complete work to be packed into a .pbo. Im open to all suggestions. It also doesn't have to be in one video(or a video for that matter), but its hard to even find anything on the subject of making complete new uniforms from scratch. (For those who help, you will be listed under credits for the addon im making)

I'm having a bit of difficulty adding in the gloss effect to help create reflections on metal and visor in object builder. I also do have normal maps that I need to implement. Is there any simple methods and or videos on such topic? How would I go about the RVMAT for the models i have(its for a playermodel I plan on adding in as a mod). Any help with this and you will be credited for the help with every mod release. Thanks!

Hello, I have a problem with my animations which do not appear to rotate around the right axis, but only in game. Here are the rendered animations in O2 : In red you will see the axis, in green the rotating bones. Here in arma 3 : Looks like the rotation center is the center of the player. class CfgSkeletons { class MY_SPLENDID_WEAPON { pivotsModel=""; isDiscrete = 1; skeletonInherit = ""; skeletonBones[] = { "trigger", "", "bolt", "", "bolthandle", "bolt", "ejector", "bolt", "firepin", "bolt", "magazine", "", "bullets", "", "safety", "", "muzzleFlash", "", "foresight_unhide", "", "Sight", "foresight_unhide", "foresight_hide", "", "BackSight", "", "fireselector", "" }; }; }; class CfgModels { class MY_SPLENDID_WEAPON { htMin=0; htMax=0; afMax=0; mfMax=0; mFact=0; tBody=0; skeletonName = "MY_SPLENDID_WEAPON"; sectionsInherit = ""; sections[] = {"muzzleFlash"}; class Animations { /* class safety_mode_rot { type = "rotation"; source = "weaponMode"; selection = "safety"; axis = "safety_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0; maxValue = 0; angle0 = "rad 180"; angle1 = "rad 0"; }; */ class trigger { type = "rotation"; source = "reload"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; selection = "trigger"; axis = "trigger_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0; maxValue = 0.05; angle0 = "0"; angle1 = "rad 15"; }; class firepin { type = "translation"; source = "reload"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; selection = "firepin"; axis = "firepin_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0; maxValue = 0.06; minPhase = 0; maxPhase = 0.06; offset0 = -0.5; offset1 = 0; }; class bolt_reload_move_1 { type = "rotation"; source = "reload"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; selection = "bolt"; axis = "bolt_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0.2; maxValue = 0.3; angle0 = "rad 0"; angle1 = "rad 80"; }; class bolt_reload_move_2 { type = "translation"; source = "reload"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; axis = "bolt_axis"; selection = "bolt"; minValue = 0.30001; maxValue = 0.4; offset0 = 0; offset1 = -1; }; class bolt_reloadmagazine_move_1 { type = "rotation"; source = "reloadMagazine"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; selection = "bolt"; axis = "bolt_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0.05; maxValue = 0.1; angle0 = "rad 0"; angle1 = "rad 80"; }; class bolt_reloadmagazine_move_2 { type = "translation"; source = "reloadMagazine"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; axis = "bolt_axis"; selection = "bolt"; minValue = 0.10001; maxValue = 0.2; offset0 = 0; offset1 = -1; }; class magazine_unhide { type = "hide"; source = "reloadMagazine"; selection = "magazine"; minValue = 0; maxValue = 1; unhideValue = 0.55001; hideValue = 0.602; }; class magazine_hide: magazine_unhide { hideValue = 0; unhideValue = 0.550; }; class magazine_reload_move_1 { type = "translation"; source = "reloadMagazine"; selection = "magazine"; axis = "magazine_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0.55001; maxValue = 0.602; offset0 = 0; offset1 = -1; }; class bolt_reloadmagazine_move_3 { type = "translation"; source = "reloadMagazine"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; axis = "bolt_axis"; selection = "bolt"; minValue = 0.7; maxValue = 0.8; offset0 = 0; offset1 = 1; }; class bolt_reloadmagazine_move_4 { type = "rotation"; source = "reloadMagazine"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; selection = "bolt"; axis = "bolt_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0.80001; maxValue = 0.9; angle0 = "rad 0"; angle1 = "rad -80"; }; class bullets_hide: magazine_unhide { source = "isEmpty"; selection = "bullets"; hideValue = 1; unhideValue = 0; }; class raise_frontsight { type = "rotation"; source = "zeroing1"; selection = "foresight_unhide"; axis = "foresight_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0; maxValue = 0.2; angle0 = 0; angle1 = "rad -90"; }; class zeroing { type = "translation"; source = "zeroing1"; sourceAddress = "clamp"; selection = "Sight"; axis = "sight_axis"; memory = 1; minValue = 0.2; maxValue = 1; offset0 = 0; offset1 = 1; }; class muzzleFlashROT { type="rotationX"; source="ammoRandom"; sourceAddress="loop"; selection="muzzleFlash"; axis=""; memory = 0; centerFirstVertex=true; minValue=0; maxValue=4; angle0="rad 0"; angle1="rad 360"; }; class foresight_hide { type = "hide"; source = "hasOptics"; selection = "foresight_hide"; memory = 0; minValue = 0; maxValue = 1; hideValue = 0; unHideValue = 1; }; class foresight_unhide: foresight_hide { selection = "foresight_unhide"; hideValue = 0.9; unHideValue = 0; }; }; }; }; The animated bones are "foresight_unhide" and "bolt". The classnames of the animations are "raise_frontsight", "zeroing", "bolt_reload_move_1" and "bolt_reloadmagazine_move_1" / "bolt_reloadmagazine_move_4".