nephilim has posted several WIP pictures of her AK74M assault rifle on the BI forums. She's also working on other variants of the assault rifle & some other modern Russian weapons too. See the forum thread for more information!
HDlaeppli has released some more information about the version 1.23 of the Switzerland Mod in the BI Forums. This new version will mainly fix bugs.
The whole mod is with the new BIS-tools revised, binarized, signed. (version 1.22 was still 90% without official BIS tools.)
- better performance - Practically no errors in the Arma.rpt (arma.rpt with v1.22 ca 4Mb, now some kb.) - weapons reworked (invisible Weapons in vehicles fixt) - some reworked character models (functioning Wounds for hidden characters i used; Oberst, Korpskmdt, Bodyguards, Reporter, civ.Pilot....(only Mary`s wounds dont work, becouse the are not defined in Amra, but i will make a full working female character for v.1.3) - many little bugfixes in all configs, models, sounds (V8 motor loop fixt), textures ect. - updated Camofacepack
New in this version: - new custom menue, loading screens, intro anims. - new Ghillie Sniper models.
Warrior X™ has send us two more promo screenshots of the Unsung Mod. The team is also looking for talented animators so if you are interested you can contact them through their forum. For more information on the mod head over to our Unsung Mod Forum Topic.
Again the weaponry is still Vila´s. All rest is Unsung´s stuff. Right, common people focus here and not on pics!
The Unsung MOD has a recruitment going on currently. Although all other fields of expertise are pretty much covered, we lack manpower in the Animators squad. We have lots of projects to do, but have shortage on staff in that field. Do you feel like you got the right stuff to make it in the jungle´s of South-East Asia as a Animator, then contact us on this (click here) forum thread. Present us a piece of your work. You must be skilled already as we do not have the time to teach people!
raphael informed us that ssviator is working on a new female soldier model. He posted some very interesting screenshots on the Armaholic.com forums.
I was kind of disappointed that there were no female soldiers in ARMA so I made my own based on the legendary Red alert heroine Tanya.
Ingame description: "Tanya is a freelancing Special Ops operator currently unbound to any contractor. In the Sahrani conflict she fought on the northern side as a military advisor, hired by Moscow using the conflict as a proxywar. Tanya has earlier participated in a number of conflicts some including the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya. She is specialized in guerrilla- and unconventional warfare were she prefers using her own equipment and uniform often giving her more precise concealment then standard issue camouflage."
DMarwick updated his JTD Smoke Effects MP to beta 5.21 and released it on the BIS Forums.
This beta includes:
DMSmokeEffects, thick billowing smoke for helicopters & fuel trucks, and thick black smoke for tanks etc. After about a twenty minutes (default timing, can be affected by multiplier in ArmA\dta\DMSmokeEffects_Config.hpp file) the smoke changes to smoldering smoke. After another twenty minutes the smoldering smoke peters out. If it rains, the smoldering smoke will steadily get lighter in colour and will extinguish quicker, depending on how fast it's raining. After about three-quarters of an hour the average battlefield will be clear of smoke generally, but there's randomness coded in.
Fixes in Beta 5.21 : - Multiplayer fix for Smoke Grenade VB (hopefully :)) plus some minor config corrections for all 3 addons.
RockofSL has released a beta version of the Mi-24 Hind modeled by EricM on the BI Forums.
CONDITIONS OF RELEASE: By downloading this addon you accept ALL the following terms and conditions: - EricM and RKSL grant to you a personal, non-exclusive license to use this addon. - This addons is NOT FREEWARE and it does not contain any BIS copyrighted materials. - You may NOT alter or reskin this release. (A template and paint kit will be released as part of the FULL release.) - This addon, model, textures or config may not be commercially exploited in any way. This includes “pay to download” or “burn to disk” services and or Military training purposes. - This addon is designed for use only in BIS’ Armed Assault PC game. You may not port or convert any of its content for use in any other game or platform - You may NOT use this in VBS2. - You may freely distribute these addons only in its original package.
FEATURES: - Carries 1 pilot, 1 Gunner and 6 passengers - Animated “cargo” doors - Animated sensor doors - Working Landing gear including Dampers - Working lights - Working Instruments - Texture Normal mapping - Damage Textures - NO SCRIPTS REPORTING BUGS: We want to give you the best addon we can but we can only do that if you help us. Please report any bug or issues you have here:
http://bugtracker.rkslstudios.info
NOTES: 1 – This addon is unsigned at this time future releases will be signed to ensure proper MP compatibility. 2 - This pack only contains a sample of two versions. The MI-24D and the MI-24P with fixed Twin 30mm cannon 3 – This version contains ONLY the SLA (Opfor) skins subsequent packs will contain several preset versions 4 – As per EricM’s wishes. The FULL release will include all the MLODS and source files to allow you to create your own versions 5 - The Archive is passworded to ensure you actually read the readme and agree to the Terms and Conditions. The password is at the end of the readme
The newly joined addon maker stubblehopper has just sent us two work-in-progress pictures of his WWII fallschirmsjägers, the models are still early work in progress, but a few finishing touches and a talented skinner, should make up for it. The addon is a part of the Brothers in Arms mods aim to recreate the WWII battles in Western Europe. We keep an eye on this mods greatly efforts to bring Arma back to WWII.
Bart van Paassen of BI Studio has updated their Developers Blog with a new article about the open source Warfare project.
The blog post talks about how the Warefare map has been made to allow community members to edit it and personalize it to how they wish. It also contains information on how to modify Warfare to your own needs (with links to the BI Wiki).
SmartDrv from the FDF Mod has informed us that they updated their website with several new screenshots and information about these upcoming weapons: M80 pistol, 12.7mm ITKK, 112 RsKes Apilas and TRG-42 (8.6 kiv 2000)!
Sorry for the lack of updates but I've been working hard at my job, trying to get a big project finished during the summer.
Here are couple of shots from last summer's refresher course for you military enthusiasts, first of which shows beret-wearing reservist taking potshots with a "trusty" old M80 pistol. The latter one is a picture of 12.7mm ITKK equipped with optical anti-aircraft sight.
The heavy tube being wielded in the third shot by some AT guy is the infamous 112 RsKes Apilas, bringing memories from those long marches years ago when I had to haul two of them, one on each shoulder. At the refresher exercise I got to shoot with TRG-42 (8.6 kiv 2000) and kick was heavier than old TKKIV 85 but the ballistics is way better, extending range 100s of meters further than that of the old rifle.
Benamaina from the GIR Clan has started addonmaking and retextured SLA vehicles to Iraqi insurgents variants, terrorist soldiers on the pictures are from the FFAA mod.
OFman has posted some new screenshots of his up-coming Uhao island over at the BI Forums. As well as this he has announced that the release is planned for July.
Sumrak has released a few screenshots about his Nightstalkers Mod on our forums. NS I is modification for OFP, NS II (Shadow of Namalsk) is modification for Armed Assault. He also released a Youtube video. For further information visit his website!
Very atmospheric campaign (EN and CZ language) - Mutants (zombies, snorks, bloodsuckers and mutated animals) - 6 unique fractions (for example - Russian army with Mi-28 havoc chopper) - more than 20 full atmosphere missions - player's PDA, anomalies and radiation detectors HD island Namalsk - Included more than 350 objects from me (Sumrak) or Pikus - Some models from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game - detailed locations based on real locations - Absolute S.T.A.L.K.E.R. atmosphere - changed Arma ambient sounds, sky and lights - Underground laboratories MP missions - Coop, CTI or deathmatches on Namalsk. Fight in towns, villages or zone Nature.
Our old friend zip has sent us new screenshots and a video of JOHNsArT's work on German WWII King Tiger tank. Unfortunately interiors are still to be done.
Frandsen has sent us two screenshots of this Mercedes WereWolf which is a fictive vehicle based on mercedes variants from Germany, Holland, Denmark, America and with inspiration of WMIK (Weapons Mounted Installation Kit).
Stubblehopper has informed us that he's currently working on Vilas WW2 mod, and shown us several work-in-progress screenshots.
The Russians are now fully loaded out as are the Wehrmacht. Still have a few things to tidy up, such as chin straps, gasmask straps, boots and a few other minor points. Shouls be working on a T34 and a Panzer iv with Vilas when he gets a bit of spare time, just need the textures sorted and they'll be in game and ready for download. I'll put up a link for the re-moded infantry shortly.