arma3_model

[turbid pollen]

but this one seems to be rotated everywhere

[stuck oyster]

does the smdi match with the color texture?

what resolution are the textures?

[turbid pollen]

oh wtf

the smdi texture seems 'squeezed'

which isn't the case with the .png of it I made the PAA from

in fact, the metallic png isn't also fully red either

as soon as i open it in texview2, it's squashed

[stuck oyster]

looks like its pooped then

dunno why

bought files are really hit and miss if they are good to work with

if you got that amount of 4K textures that is indeed crazy

you would fit that whole weapon on a single 4K uvmap

[turbid pollen]

they're not all 4k

[stuck oyster]

Id try to resave that as tga maybe

maybe the png is in wrong bit depth

also all textures need to have correct _suffix before converting to paa

[hearty root]

i've created a custom object, but i can't seem to get holdActionAdd to work on it, and i can walk straight through it.

i think i'm missing some sort of prerequisite for collision and general interaction? if so, could anyone lead me in the right direction in implementing it for my p3ds

[stuck oyster]

pinned messages have list of geometry requirements

[hearty root]

🫡

[real crow]

Hey peeps, i'm stuck in a strange issue: despite my static rocket proxy has camo selection and zbytek correctly configured in model cfg and config, no changes happen to the texture, be it damage or simple camo changes from the garage. Am i missing something?

[stuck oyster]

rocket proxy?

[real crow]

Yes

[stuck oyster]

proxies dont get hiddenselections

if you need it to change and its ammo

you would need to make it a pylon

so different ammo can be loaded in

[real crow]

Damn, and if i set it to pylon, texture changes will be possible? Ammo it's always the same

[stuck oyster]

can you explain a bit more what exactly you want to do here 😅

[real crow]

Sorry, i will re elaborate again: I made a SAM system mounted on a vehicle which uses 1 rocket at time. In order to achieve this i basically created two different p3ds of the rocket: one static and one in flight,the first is a modelspecial proxy, the latter is a maverick simulation weapon, and the static is a proxy that will disappear when firing. I would like to change the camo on the rockets, so that it matches the vehicle on which they sit, and make the rocket texture subject to visual damage through the zbytek selection.

[stuck oyster]

if you want to change the texture of the missile and make it damageable youll need to make it part of the vehicle instead of proxy

if you make it a pylon you could have multiple missile classes for different camos that you can swap as ammo as you like

but that wont support damage

wreck could incorporate fully burned looking missile husk

but that would show up also when its empty

so simplest would be empty wreck

[real crow]

Got it, i will make it part of the vehicle then.

[stuck oyster]

dont know if you can setobject texture on the flying rocket live though

maybe?

[charred bolt]

doubt it

but who's gonna see it anyway lol

[grizzled halo]

oh whoops, found the issue. The path was miss spelt for my generalized rvmat folder LOL

[grizzled halo]

uh, fellas, by any chance, attachments rvmats require any special considerations?
I just noticed none of them have maps beside _co

[marsh canyon]

As in weapon accessories?

And no, RVMATs don't have CO

[grizzled halo]

that is correct, my weapons accesories rvmats are not being applied

[marsh canyon]

How do you apply that?

[grizzled halo]

like any other rvmat, I assign it by adding it to object builder material for selections

I use a "template" file to inherit from it and just replace the textures for each item by themselves

it works on everything besides attachments

[marsh canyon]

So do you mean hiddenSelections?

[grizzled halo]

I wonder if there is some sort of character restriction for names/relative paths

[grizzled halo]

no, for accesories im not using hidden selections

heres a sample of how i do it, nothing special

#include "\KMP_Essentials\Textures\RVMats_Base\metal_blackNitride.hpp"

class Stage1 : Stage1_base
{
    texture="KMP_Essentials\Models\Optics\OKP-7\Textures\scopeBody_nohq.paa";
};

class Stage4 : Stage4_base
{
    texture="KMP_Essentials\Models\Optics\OKP-7\Textures\scopeBody_as.paa";
};

class Stage5 : Stage5_base
{
    texture="KMP_Essentials\Models\Optics\OKP-7\Textures\scopeBody_smdi.paa";
};

class Stage7 : Stage7_base
{
    texture="KMP_Essentials\Models\Optics\OKP-7\Textures\scopeBody_co.paa";
};

[marsh canyon]

Besides accessories don't accept hiddenSelections (I mean I know this is not your case now) but texs/mats don't do anything special for very specific accessory

[grizzled halo]

this is the rvmat i inherit from for this one

class StageTI
{
    texture="a3\data_f\default_vehicle_ti_ca.paa";
};

ambient[]={1,1,1,1};
diffuse[]={1,1,1,1};
forcedDiffuse[]={0,0,0,1};
emmisive[]={0,0,0,0};
specular[]={1,1,1,1};
specularPower=30;
PixelShaderID="Super";
VertexShaderID="Super";

class Stage1_base
{
    texture=""; //Nohq.paa
    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,0};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };
};

class Stage2
{
    texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.5,DT)";
    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,0};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };
};

class Stage3
{
    texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,MC)";
    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,0};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };
};

class Stage4_base
{
    texture=""; //as.paa
    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,1};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };
};

class Stage5_base
{
    texture=""; //smdi.paa
    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,0};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };
};

class Stage6
{
    texture="#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(0.4,0.2)";
    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,0};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };
};

class Stage7 
{
    texture = "a3\data_f\env_land_ca.paa";
    useWorldEnvMap = "true";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform {
        aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
        up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
        dir[] = { 0, 0, 1 };
        pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
    };
};

[marsh canyon]

Also again, CO shouldn't belong to a RVMAT

[grizzled halo]

yeah, im already removing them from all my mats.
However that is not the reason for this fail, I've had the rest of my maps show correctly on guns for example even while using the co in stage 7

[marsh canyon]

Does your last code represent the hpp you include?

[grizzled halo]

yes

here

the gun is actually using the same rvmat structure

yet the scope nor the can show materials

[marsh canyon]

Not quite sure your RVMAT is actually define things well

[grizzled halo]

hence why* I was wondering if accesories had more requirements

[marsh canyon]

Because if what you say and my understanding is correct, the RVMAT will simply throw an error

[grizzled halo]

the only difference is that most of the rvmats no longer use stage 7

hmm

I wonder

if the materials are failing silently because of that

since only accesories still have the stage 7 reference

[marsh canyon]

Or wait, sorry I think I misread the config a bit

Yeah guess at least an error wouldn't happen. But are you sure in your PBO, your RVMAT config is written as you expect?

[grizzled halo]

yeah, guns work as expected

have +20 models using the same format

[marsh canyon]

Do you binarize your files?

[grizzled halo]

yep

[marsh canyon]

Just in case what if you don't use include but just write as a plain text?

[grizzled halo]

Ill try and let you know if something changes

[grizzled halo]

yeah, writing as plain text work. Gonna purge the rest of the failing rvmats and make sure only the stages I require are used.
Didnt know rvmats failed silently, I could have sworn at some point they mentioned missing textures/references

[marsh canyon]

Which software you use to pack, then?

[grizzled halo]

addon builder

[marsh canyon]

I suspect your RVMATs are not properly binarized by AB

[grizzled halo]

I could check with mikero's later

[marsh canyon]

Or you probably can check your RVMATs by unpack youe PBO

[finite stump]

What value is needed to make a fence fall over if hit by vehicle?

[white oak]

damage named property
Think it was wall but doesn't hurt to check the docs

[real crow]

Then i might make different p3ds of the rocket in flight for each camo variant 🤯

[neat iris]

Id guess this is some kind of model.cfg issue, but when using proxy mags and reloading, the mag doesnt move at all?

[tribal timber]

Hi, how can I reduce the detail of the model without using blender decimate?

[marsh canyon]

This makes n-gons that is not supported

[tribal timber]

Are there any alternatives?

[marsh canyon]

Collapse instead

Also, you better to use ArmaToolbox for Blender to export P3D

[tribal timber]

I use it 🙂

[marsh canyon]

Then why you are trying to import OBJ file into OB?

[tribal timber]

After unsuccessful attempts to export p3d

[marsh canyon]

It is because the same reason with this

[stuck oyster]

Triangulate your mesh before export..

[tribal timber]

Can I have a little more detail?

[marsh canyon]

You seem you just don't know what is N-gons?

[tribal timber]

I'm just getting used to it.

I used to work with models for another game

[marsh canyon]

Answer in yes or no can help it to answer your question more precisely, though
https://resources.turbosquid.com/training/modeling/tris-quads-n-gons/

[tribal timber]

Thanks

[neat iris]

how do i make eye pos for optics? and how does hasoptics actually work? cause i cant get it to work at all

[stuck oyster]

Should be just a memorypoint in the optics model

[neat iris]

ah, i dont mean for optic model, but like so that the dude actually looks through the optic when its on

[stuck oyster]

Yeah each optic has its own point

[neat iris]

okay, so how i fix that its not aiming through any optics on my gun?

[stuck oyster]

Attached optic or build in optic/ironsight

[neat iris]

attached

[stuck oyster]

Vanilla or custom?

[neat iris]

both

[stuck oyster]

does any aiming work?

[neat iris]

i fixed problem, was just my messed up viewpilot

[stuck oyster]

👍

[neat iris]

only hasoptics and rail visibility remains

[stuck oyster]

first thing to make sure is that the animation works in buldozer

[neat iris]

well, doesnt seem to be working, damn

[stuck oyster]

well thats a good lead since then it means you got some mistake in your modelc.cfg

[neat iris]

yeah i did! wrong class name for model

[neat iris]

is viewmodelfov based on handanim or just weapon placement in the 3d space?

[stuck oyster]

how its in the model

if you got pin sight irons they dont really work right in arma since the eyes/view is just simple camera

[neat iris]

thought so

[finite stump]

How do you get bullet holes to appear on a building texture like vanilla buildings?

[strong plaza]

anyone have any recommended settings for rendering AO maps on buildings with interiors with xNormal?

[charred bolt]

If it's the same as vehicles, make your Fire Geometry mesh closely match the building wall positions in the first res LOD and use isDiscrete = 1; in model.cfg.

[pale valley]

having another small problem, what causes this "white out" when viewing through glass?
glass uses standard arma glass & glass_in .RVMATs

it is also a problem viewing items inside, or though the vehicle from the exterior

[stuck oyster]

this is typically issue of alpha sorting

but also you can try using supershader type rvmat

[pale valley]

i will give supershading a look, is there any other way to change the alpha sorting? it's not something I'm familar with

[charred bolt]

Object Builder,
Select glass faces
Faces > Move Top

[pale valley]

ah, thank you both, I will give them both a look

[neat iris]

what will i need to fix, if when using iron sights my bullets just cover targets?

ie they dont got straight, so to say

[stuck oyster]

your gunBeg gunEnd points might not be straight

[inland pawn]

Konec and usti need to be lined up exact

[rapid tree]

does someone have an tutorial on how to set O2 to Arma 3 stratis lighting in Bulldozer viewer ?

[stuck oyster]

pinned messages

[quiet citrus]

can someone teach me how to make custom helmets and such plz .

[stuck oyster]

there is a headgear sample in arma 3 samples that you can use as reference

also the technical requirements are listed in pins

[quiet citrus]

how to i make the file into something i can put in unity

[stuck oyster]

you cant

[quiet citrus]

oh

[stuck oyster]

arma stuff is not free to use

and we have zero tolerance for ripping

[quiet citrus]

no i get that

i just am a newbie for this stuff

[stuck oyster]

unity is in no way related to Arma either

[quiet citrus]

ahhh i see

[cloud zealot]

What is the maximum bone count i can have in a skeleton in CfgSkeleton ?

[stuck oyster]

254

but it seems other things add up to that too than just plain bones in skeleton

[cloud zealot]

thank you very much 🙂

[vivid valve]

Hello everyone, does anyone need a 3D designer for a server in Arma 3?

[vast nimbus]

May I suggest advertising in creators offers

[valid widget]

what can i do to fix these shadows?

[stuck oyster]

where at?

[valid widget]

the ones on the hands

idk if its shadows or if thats something else

[stuck oyster]

could be your shadow lod bleeding through yes

It is recommended to copy the hand mesh and shadows for hands from the sample model

so they match

[valid widget]

when i redid the model the only thing i changed was the shoes, so if i copy paste the hands you reckon that may work?

[stuck oyster]

redid the model?

[valid widget]

poor wording, but ill see if i can fix from what you said

[neat iris]

what does this error mean, i dont get it?
google isnt helpful either

[marsh canyon]

You have end parameter there but no begin I guess

[neat iris]

i dont

[marsh canyon]

Then that's the issue

...Wait, you don't have end then?

[neat iris]

no

i dont have an end

[marsh canyon]

Then how is your model.cfg?

[neat iris]

you do want me to paste the whole thing?

[marsh canyon]

Only related part is necessary of course

[neat iris]

            class ammo_belt
            {
                type="translation";
                source="reload.0";
                selection="ammo_belt";
                sourceAddress="clamp";
                minPhase=0.3;
                maxPhase=1;
                minValue=0.3;
                maxValue=1;
                memory=0;
                offset0=0.184;
                offset1=0;
            };```
this is the relevant part, i guess

[marsh canyon]

You have no axis

[neat iris]

hmm interesting, cause the one i copied this from to use as learning and base doesnt have it neither, but i will try to work it out

[charred bolt]

It would be typical to place an axis memory point at the start point and one at the end point of the translation, then set offset0 = 1 and offset1 = 0. You can get rid of the min/maxPhase and memory entries. Even sourceAddress = "clamp" can be removed as it is the default value.

[real crow]

https://imgur.com/a/MCIiSJs What would be the reason why the fly model get spawned in this way? If i understood correctly, it is related to the missile move mem points, which i assigned in the mem points of the "static launcher". In addition to that, i can't see why the static rockets won't hide despite testing the assignement of the hide animation of the rocket tying it to revolving, reload and reloadmagazine sources. Ofc i did reported the hide animation in the config "animation sources" class.

[neat iris]

another dumb question, but how do i change which way a part of model rotates? (I.E. down instead of left)

[real crow]

rotationx/y/z

[neat iris]

ah of course, thank you!

[stuck oyster]

@neat iris best to use type "rotation" and axis memorypoints imo

[charred bolt]

It rotates around the axis memory points

[stuck oyster]

rotationX/Y/Z forces it to model space axis

it can be used of course if certain axis is desired

[neat iris]

im even more confused now lmao

[stuck oyster]

looks like the weapons pointing direction is to the side

theres 4 different rotation types

[neat iris]

im just trying to get weapon bipod to rotate down instead of just in its axis

[stuck oyster]

you need to define axis memorypoint pair to get it to rotate around a specific axis

and your memory= parameter needs to be 1

[real crow]

All the memory points are on the same vertical axis 🤔

[neat iris]

i have an axis memorypoint tho

[stuck oyster]

memory=0 to memory=1

[charred bolt]

2 points make an axis

[real crow]

I’m testing the swapping of the spice/konec rakety tied to the missile pos/pos end points

[neat iris]

member already defined is the error

nvm

im an idiot

[neat iris]

reading is not one of my strong points, it seems

[charred bolt]

You can get rid of the min/maxPhase and memory entries
#arma3_model message

[neat iris]

im still doing something wrong cause it still rotating wrong direction even with memory=1 in bipod parts

[charred bolt]

Flip the two axis memory points.

[neat iris]

in which way?

[real crow]

Try to get a 2 point axis perpendicular to the bipod, then the rotation animation will take place on that axis. If you already did this, i can send you the model cfg i have for my rifle bipod

[neat iris]

yeah cant get it to work

[real crow]

Nothing 🤷‍♂️

[stuck oyster]

the order of point selection defines its direciton

but you can also just change the angle1 value

to negative to what it is now

as in 90 to -90 and so on

[real crow]

What controls the pointing?

[charred bolt]

In the p3d all weapons must point to the left

[real crow]

mmm, in this case is the fly model that should point to the left. Ok, will check it quickly

On top view looks like it is pointing south yep

[charred bolt]

In the left view, it should point left

[real crow]

Oh, and it does yes

[stuck oyster]

is there a class turret where the weapons?

[real crow]

yes, it is the main turret class.

And the initial elevation is set to 0

[stuck oyster]

is there gunbeg, gunend points?

even if it does not have gun/cannon type weapon

[real crow]

Mm i think so, let me check

Nope

absent

Gonna slap them in the weapon config then. I can create their selection out of existing mem points, like the spice and konec rakety isn't it?

[real crow]

Wait, it has missileBeg and missileEnd

class MainTurret: MainTurret { minElev = -15;//-10//0 maxElev = 45;//90 initElev = 0; minTurn = -360; maxTurn = 360; initTurn = 0; maxHorizontalRotSpeed = 0.6; maxVerticalRotSpeed = 0.55; soundServo[] = {"",1.4125376,1,40}; hasGunner = 1; gunnerName = "$STR_A3_Mk21_operator_displayName";//change? primary = 1; primaryGunner = 1; startEngine = 0; enableManualFire = 1; turretinfotype = "RscOptics_APC_Tracked_01_gunner";//change? forceHideGunner = 1; gunnerforceoptics = 1; gunnerOutForceOptics = 1; viewgunnerinExternal = 0; outGunnerMayFire = 1; inGunnerMayFire = 1; castGunnerShadow = 0; showAllTargets = 2; body = "";//MainTurret gun = "";//MainGun animationSourceBody = "";//MainTurret animationSourceGun = "";//MainGun uavCameraGunnerPos = "pos_gunner_view"; uavCameraGunnerDir = "pos_gunner_view_dir"; memoryPointGunnerOptics = "pos_gunner_view"; selectionFireAnim = "zasleh"; missileBeg = "pos_missile"; missileEnd = "pos_missile_end"; gunnerlefthandanimname = ""; gunnerrighthandanimname = ""; weapons[] = {"TNO_Wasserfall_Launcher"}; magazines[] = {"TNO_1Rnd_Wasserfall"}; optics = 1; gunnerOpticsModel = "\A3\weapons_f\reticle\Optics_Gunner_AAA_01_w_F";

[stuck oyster]

so it has no moving parts either

Id add the gunBeg gunEnd points into config and model to give the weapon a direction

[real crow]

No it has no moving parts, correct

Could be a "thrust" and weight issue?

[stuck oyster]

try the gunBeg/End points first

[real crow]

Oke

No changes

[wise stone]

hey guys im trying to import a weapon to arma 3, but when i try to pack it with mikeros tools with pboProject v3.89 im getting the same error, even though the root that im trying to pack is correct,
My folder structure is

DCA
|
L weapons
     |
     L data
     |   |
     |  models
     |   |
     |   L ringo.p3d
     |
   config.cpp

this is the error that im getting

creating joblist...
Processing \DCA\weapons...
verifying model.cfgs(if any)...
testing chain for \DCA\weapons\models\model.cfg
        verifying \DCA\weapons\models\model.cfg
<scanning files to pack (and verifying mlods if any)>
M.M...</end scan>
<using bis\binarize_x64.exe" for wrp, p3d or rtms>
<copying/crunching to temp>

**********missing file(s)***************
\DCA\weapons\config.cpp circa Line 27: data\models\ringo.p3d
**********missing file(s)***************

\DCA\weapons\config.cpp Rapify:**********missing file(s)***************
raperr7
failed
failed

my config.cpp

class CfgPatches
{
    class dca_weapons
    {
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {"dca_ringo"};
        requiredVersion = 1.00;
        requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Weapons_F_Launchers"};
    };
};

class CfgWeapons
{
    class Launcher;
    class Launcher_Base_F : Launcher
    {
        class WeaponSlotsInfo;
        class Eventhandlers;
    };

    class dca_ringo : Launcher_Base_F
    {
        author = "Liron Kruchinin";
        _generalMacro = "dca_ringo";
        scope = 2; // 2 is for public
        displayName = "Ringo grenade launcher";
        model = "data\models\ringo.p3d";                        
        picture = "\A3\weapons_f\data\UI\icon_regular_CA.paa";  
        UiPicture = "\A3\weapons_f\data\UI\icon_regular_CA.paa";
        magazineReloadTime = 0;                                 
        reloadMagazineSound[] = {"", 1, 1, 10}; 
        weaponType = "Launcher"; 
        canLock = 0;            
        reloadAction = "GestureReloadKatibaUGL";
        recoil = "recoil_gm6";

        opticsZoomMin = 0.275;
        opticsZoomMax = 1.1;
        opticsZoomInit = 0.75;
        distanceZoomMin = 50;
        distanceZoomMax = 375;
    };
};

class CfgMagazines
{
    class RocketBase; // Base class for launcher ammunition

    class Your_Grenade_Ammo_Type : RocketBase
    {
        author = "Liron Kruchinin";
        _generalMacro = "Your_Grenade_Ammo_Type";
        displayName = "Your Ammo Type Display Name";
        ammo = "Your_Ammo_Class_Name";
        count = 1;      // Number of rounds in one magazine
        initSpeed = 75; // Muzzle velocity
        picture = "";   //\path\to\your\ammo\icon_name.paa
        descriptionShort = "Your Ammo Description";
        model = ""; //\path\to\your\ammo\model_name.p3d
        // Additional magazine parameters here
    };
};

[stuck oyster]

your path to the model is missing thses

[wise stone]

im packing the weapons
so the root folder itself should be weapons

when packing with mikeros tools the mod path that im getting is @DCA->addons->weapons(pbo)

[wise stone]

should i try to pack with the path of DCA\weapons\data\models\ringo.p3d?

[plucky depot]

it does not matter which folder you try to pack, the Virtual Filesystem Path is starting from P:/

or is overriden by $PBOPREFIX$ if you're using one.

[wise stone]

i dont have $PBOPREFIX$,
and the dev path that im working on is with P:/

starting with P:/*

[plucky depot]

then you path is \DCA\weapons\data\models\ringo.p3d

[wise stone]

same error, i tried different paths, and no luck

creating joblist...
Processing \DCA\weapons...
verifying model.cfgs(if any)...
testing chain for \DCA\weapons\models\model.cfg
        verifying \DCA\weapons\models\model.cfg
<scanning files to pack (and verifying mlods if any)>
M.M...</end scan>
<using bis\binarize_x64.exe" for wrp, p3d or rtms>
<copying/crunching to temp>

**********missing file(s)***************
\DCA\weapons\config.cpp circa Line 27: \DCA\weapons\data\models\ringo.p3d
**********missing file(s)***************

\DCA\weapons\config.cpp Rapify:**********missing file(s)***************
raperr7
failed
failed

[plucky depot]

try without leading slash, idk if model path need them

[wise stone]

but with manual packing it works, im just annoyed with the thing with mikeros tools 😦

should i abandon working with pbopacker?

[stuck oyster]

no

you have issues with your setup

dont abandon the tool that complaints about your mistakes

fix the mistakes

[wise stone]

yeah? can you send a screenshot for your setup?

[stuck oyster]

no

it does not help you

[plucky depot]

or switch to HEMTT

can you open terminal in P:/DCA/ and run tree | clip and copy paste the file struture here

[wise stone]

will try

P:.
+---weapons
+---data
ª +---textures
+---models

this is inside DCA

[stuck oyster]

can you spot the mistake

[wise stone]

yup

just dyslexic with the ui of VScode

Thx

[real crow]

HG, as model you intended the p3d right? Or the model cfg?

[stuck oyster]

p3d

[real crow]

Ok, then i'm out of possibilities. I managed to reduce that effect by tweaking a bit of thrust/friction and init speed. But i cannot understand what's going on with it.

One last thing, is the source "Reload" the right one to use even in the cases of missile firing? I need to hide the rocket selection on the pod when the launcher fires, but despite using the following code in the model cfg it won't hide

class CfgModels
{
class Default
{
sections[] = {};
sectionsInherit="";
skeletonName = "";
};
class TNO_Wasserfall:Default
{
skeletonName="TNO_Wasserfall_SK";
sections[]=
{
"camo_0"
};
class Animations
{

        class magazine_hide
        {
            type="hide";
            source="reload";
            selection="rocket";
            sourceAddress = clamp;
            minValue = 0.0;//rad 0.0
            maxValue = 0.5;//rad 28.64789
            hideValue = 0.56;

// unHideValue = -1.0;//(default)
animPeriod = 0.0;
initPhase = 0.0;
};
};
};

(ofc the relevant selection is a bone in the skeleton)

Even by using this within the config, it still doesn't hide:

class Magazine_hide
{
source = "reload";
weapon = "TNO_Wasserfall_Launcher";
};

[bright echo]

it depends, how many missiles are in the magazine? reload doesn't play on the last shot of a magazine

revolving or ammo might work better

[stuck oyster]

use the ammo source

[inland pawn]

If you use reload, it'll do it after every shot except on the last one

Which, another source is needed, reloadMagazine

So, just go with what goat said

[real crow]

Alright guys, i’ll check it out, thanks. It’s a 1 rnd system

[final kayak]

My shiny silver boy #arma3_texture message has a problem with the mesh being distorted.
I've made sure to triangulate the mesh which from memory solved a similar problem I had in the past.
Does a solution for this problem jump to the front of mind for anyone?

Ahaha yes. Something is more wrong than I thought. It goes a bit wonky when I add a weapon to the hands.

[still trail]

in OB, is it possible to intersect 2 boxes to create a single box?

[marsh canyon]

Make sure all proxies are there

Especially weapon ones

[hollow fulcrum]

haha, i can honestly say i have no clue.

[stuck oyster]

and that the weights are there

[last spindle]

https://github.com/p1nga/RV4-Calibration

For those Quixel Suite 2.0 Junkies...........

[cedar coral]

@last spindle This is great, thank you.

[real crow]

It's incredible. It still won't hide jeez. In buldozer it works fine, but not in game. I suspect this line in the config might be the culprit maybe?(missileFireAnim = "rocket_fire_hide";//CULPRIT? )

[stuck oyster]

no

[marsh canyon]

Technically ui2Tex can do it I guess

[stuck oyster]

set object material can change what TI texture is used on TI stage

but cant make tank look like a jeep

in TI when they are hot, they are both hot

not really difference there

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleTIPars

there is also this

[inland pawn]

Yooooooo! Silver Surfer

[glass pine]

I might be exceedingly dense here but I'm having some trouble getting the sample optic working. I'm using the Test_scope3D_01 in the Arma 3 samples, I've binarized it, added the compatibleItems[] = {"Test_scope3D_01"}; to the weapon config, and while the model shows up on the gun and gives no errors, right clicking to aim down the scope doesn't actually do anything. Did I forget to add something?

[inland pawn]

The samples are only to be followed. They don’t work

[glass pine]

I was just about to say

I am indeed quite dense, the modelOptics field being empty was the problem.

[final kayak]

Took me a while to track down what the problem was. Turns out there was some bad skin weighting on some of the vertices.

[marsh canyon]

Ah... Sample's Bust somehow has bad weight

[final kayak]

I took that head mesh from the ArmaRig model that was made for blender. Which appears to have been a mistake. The A3_character_example.FBX which comes with the samples is all good.

[stuck oyster]

Well maybe with changing to different material with different TI texture, it would not really look like a car from all angles though. The example images are bit cheesy. It is an advertisement after all.

And in game players would expect it

Likely it would not be very useful after a while.

[celest arch]

Amazing!

[neat iris]

Well first things first is to learn to 3d model the tank in blender

https://youtu.be/03xvuAWFcvw?si=S7OVwHAAlE8YbQ5n

This series might help

[stuck oyster]

Config understanding can be difficult at first but it can be learned. Main thing is to not try to know everything at once. It's a process that is easier to handle in chunks

[charred bolt]

Wheels are animated to rotate around their individual axis.
Translation animations are a thing too, but for the specific case of tank tracks, those are handled differently...the mesh doesn't rotate, but the UV of the track texture is animated to give the impression of movement.

[charred bolt]

It's usual practise to split the tracks into sections with a "join" being underneath each wheel centre, so that when the tank goes over bumps the dampers move the wheels up and down, and the track is then able to follow that translation.
The same can be applied to the top of the tracks to either simulate tight or slack return.

[neat iris]

might be? who knows

do it for your own enjoyment

[neat iris]

is there a tutorial for backpacks somewhere?
cant figure out at all how to get it to not to spawn at feet

[mossy mulch]

requires autocenter = 0 in geo lod

and to be weighted to proper bone too iirc

[neat iris]

ive tried that, and it should be weighed properly, how do i double check that?

[mossy mulch]

check res vertex group is assigned to like spine2 or something

[neat iris]

it is

[mossy mulch]

have you spelt autocenter properly

er not re

[neat iris]

yes

[mossy mulch]

check the vertex group is properly assigned and its properly possitioned on armaman

[neat iris]

it is

[neat iris]

wdym with a huge gotcha

not sure about weird origin points

but generally things that are in czech need to be in czech

[wide tapir]

if it's at feet it's either a model.cfg issue, autocenter issue, or transforms werent applied (if you are using blender)

for vests and backpacks, I usually make it 50/50 on spine2 and spine2

[neat iris]

ah yeah it was missing spine selections in model.cfg

[charred bolt]

No, very few hard coded czech words, however as you'll be mostly inheriting parameters, it's usually easier to stick with the czech in many cases rather than redefining them.

Vehicles need to point to the left in the isometric side view. As do their weapons, regardless of where they might end up pointing afterwards through animations.

[quick terrace]

@still trail - you mean booleans ? most likely no

@strong plaza - AO maps for buildings are a bit more complicated. It requires a 2 step process and manual compositing of the 2

@last spindle nice!!!

[inland pawn]

What do I need to do to get my vehicles lights being "on" when L is pressed instead of flares?

[tacit karma]

@quick terrace care to explain more? would be interested in knowing how to do that

[quick terrace]

what?

[tacit karma]

how to make AO for buildings

[quick terrace]

i'll eventually make a tut

since it simply cannot be explained without images

[final kayak]

I fixed the issues and made a release. Here it is if anyone's keen to take a look.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156991415

[woeful viper]

https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/152504-oxygen-2-ambient-occlusion-map-and-rvmats/

[granite berry]

What kind of problems can happen with objects larger than 50x50x50?

Heard thats some kind of upper limit.

[woeful viper]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/LOD#Geometry

[mossy mulch]

gonna use that for extraterrestrial stuff probably, pretty sweet looking 🙂

[quick terrace]

@white jay https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/185296-multimaterial/

[granite berry]

Ok ty X3KJ

[pastel heath]

For my DND campain that i did in arma i was looking for something like this and i found it 😄 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2359395889

[real crow]

What would be the reason behind the fact that my commander can't access its vehicle's position, despite having correctly setup the pos_commander and dir mem points? Only way i can access to the commander seat is by switching seats inside the vehicle. And when exiting the vehicle, or ai accessing the commander seats from the outside, the point where the ejection/entrance takes place is high above the tank, almost like it's something not defined.

[stuck oyster]

missing getin/out actions

[real crow]

gunnerGetInAction = "GetInLow";
gunnerGetOutAction = "GetOutLow";

They are there. Maybe something is conflicting?

[stuck oyster]

perhaps

[woeful viper]

we need to train a model maker bot that answers the questions that constantly pop up xD

[sour bough]

Is it more performant in Arma to have 2 (or 3) 2k textures than to have one 4k texture?

[rapid tree]

Commander get in in memory points maybe ?

[sour bough]

(I ask because Arma is old and sometimes the current conventional wisdom doesn't apply)

[rapid tree]

SOG uses a lot of 4K Textures

[sour bough]

But Is It Better

[rapid tree]

I would say 2K, because even if you convert to 4K it takes longer in texiew2

[sour bough]

In modern engines it's the other way around, hence the ask

Since it's fewer draw calls

[stuck oyster]

1 4k would be less drawcalls

so better in that regard

but 4K would only show best quality at ultra texture settings

and might mipmap more aggressively on lower end machines

sogpf 4k textures are not made to reduce drawcalls though

they aim for texture quality (at ultra settings)

[rapid tree]

So performance wise 2K Textures and Quality Wise 4K

[stuck oyster]

no

multiple 2k ones are less performant

[sour bough]

Yay

4k textures here I come

[stuck oyster]

but the effect of that is likely marginal in this scale

as in overthinking this leads to hairloss

[rapid tree]

Lets say my Mod has a lot of Assets, so its better to use 4K for all ?

[stuck oyster]

no

if they are already made into 2k textures having any benefit from 4k would would be complete remake of uvmapping and all the textures

which is silly

[sour bough]

I'm the sort of person to spend an hour saving 0.003ms on a script execution time

[stuck oyster]

yes that leads to hairloss

[sour bough]

I'm insane, yes

[mossy mulch]

she drives me insane with it

[sour bough]

Omg what if we start using 2048 x 4096

[stuck oyster]

well section count between that and 2x 2048x2048 is less so better in that regard.

one thing to keep in mind thouhg is retexturing

if parts are separated into different sections like pants and shirt

or turret and hull

that already splits it

[sour bough]

We do it all in house and separate by rvmat for sheets, so we can set it up for whatever retexturing we want

[stuck oyster]

unless you have 1 big section that covers the whole combined texture

[sour bough]

Yeah that'd be it

[mossy mulch]

we have 3 guns, a scope and a pistol on the same texture sheet 🙂

[stuck oyster]

but those are not in same model?

[mossy mulch]

correct

[stuck oyster]

I dont think that saves you anything 🤔

[sour bough]

It saves us texture space kind of

[mossy mulch]

almost certainly not but its cool anyway

[sour bough]

It's also cool

[stuck oyster]

might actually be worse for perfomance

[mossy mulch]

45px/cm^2 texel density too

[stuck oyster]

but effects may be marginal again

there arent really any metrics done for that as far as I know

in Arma

[rapid tree]

Does it make a difference if a weapon have like multiple textures(reciever, stock, barrel etc) or just one ?

[stuck oyster]

at least not public ones. BI might have run tests

[stuck oyster]

yes, multiple textures/materials are a drawcall/section each

on a single model

[sour bough]

I bet you could do a thing where you spawn 300 of them as simple objects and stare at them while monitoring fps

[mossy mulch]

probably

[sour bough]

Then do one sheet and do the same

[stuck oyster]

one could sure. Personally I dont bother xD

[sour bough]

I should do that

It's perfectly jennaCore

[stuck oyster]

👆

[sour bough]

(insane)

[rapid tree]

Alright but is it a big impact of performance ?

[stuck oyster]

it stacks

[sour bough]

Omg what if I re-optimized my medical scripts for the second time

[stuck oyster]

remember, third time is the charm

[mossy mulch]

no

please

no

[dense quest]

i need mod on the normal jet sound RHS!

[charred bolt]

I did those tests a long time ago. Also measured fps v poly count.
Pretty much meaningless results now though many years later with modern computers

[mossy mulch]

did you test hiddenselections perchance

[rapid tree]

Alright thank you, now i have to comission a new gun 😂

[sour bough]

Wanna go halfsies

[charred bolt]

I may have done as at the time I was experimenting with using hiddenSelections to hide stuff. Now know of course that it's a bad idea and should use hide animations.

[stuck oyster]

😅

[mossy mulch]

me trying to do hide anims on a facewear

[stuck oyster]

wont work 😅

[sour bough]

me doing hide animations on a uniform

[mossy mulch]

jenna made me import so many things i was able to make my first model today with only minor pathing errors as the only problems in it

[stuck oyster]

wont work either

[mossy mulch]

i actually used 5 32 side cylinders for something that was an inch across or so

[charred bolt]

Far more important to fps are particle effects and AI.

[sour bough]

actually could you hide, like, Head, if you added it? Uniforms are vehicles

[stuck oyster]

but the kind of gear model cosmetics is not meant to be done in Arma

[stuck oyster]

no the model.cfg procedural animationd dont seem to work

at least last time I tried them

[mossy mulch]

bye bye head :/

[sour bough]

nooooo my headless horseless horseman mod

[stuck oyster]

empty head exists

[mossy mulch]

you can do with identity

[stuck oyster]

or have no head proxy in uniform

[real crow]

I tried playing with multiple tokens like hasGunner, isPersonTurret , outGunnerMayFire and defining proxyType = CPCommander. It still doesn't work. And yep, memoryPointsGetInCommander and CommanderDir are set up in the config. I guess this is config makers issue then, i will post my disgraces on this up there from now on

[lofty comet]

Helmet is made out of 5 parts. What is best way I can make so later in object editor would be easy to select part by part and add them rvmts and texures?

[stuck oyster]

there is no need to combine it at all if you dont want to.
but such a small object would typically have just single texture

[charred bolt]

Check for typo's between the config entries and the memory points.
Check you've got only 1 turret using each of the points.
Check these parameters are in the correct turret sub class.

memoryPointsGetInGunnerDir = "pos_commander_dir";

[lofty comet]

okay, but how I can make it work with 5 parts, the problem is when I come to obj editor I dont know how to select all 5 parts

[stuck oyster]

you can assign the material in blender

and do the uvmapping and just about everything else in there too

how many triangles is that?

is that a highpoly model?

[stuck oyster]

it is quite high for a helmet

[lofty comet]

is that problem?

[stuck oyster]

well its not optimal

if you do good distance lods for it, it will not be as big issue

but basically a unifrom might have that amount of tris

or even a small car

[lofty comet]

okay, its has already uv maps, can you give any guide what it needs in blender?

[charred bolt]

Helmets would typically be around 3-4k tri's in first resolution LOD iirc. Maybe rising to 8k for complex helmet.

[stuck oyster]

does it have uv mapping matching texture?

[stuck oyster]

this sounds decent amount yeah

[lofty comet]

yes it got uv mapping matching textures, in all needed formats for arma and all rvmts

[stuck oyster]

textures? 😅

like I said this should have single texture

are they baked textures?

[lofty comet]

yes

[stuck oyster]

is there any chance you would fix them to be on single texture instead?

if you have the original model they are baked from it should not be a big thing to do

[real crow]

Roger that

[lofty comet]

but I dont know how to do uv map

yes I have original model

[stuck oyster]

I suppose this is a chance to learn that part too

[lofty comet]

I done everything already just need way how to select which rvmts goes where

[stuck oyster]

do you know how to assign materials in blender?

[lofty comet]

yes but in model there is already something done

[stuck oyster]

am I correct to assume you did not make the model?

[lofty comet]

yes I got it to put in arma

[stuck oyster]

as you dont seem to know much abou this stuff

are you being paid to do so?

[lofty comet]

no, that ILLEGAL

[stuck oyster]

well what you have there is not suitable for Arma

arma does not use that kind of shader so you need to learn to convert the textures in what works in arma

[lofty comet]

the textures are not there

[lofty comet]

I got it like that without textures

I made my textures using Substance painter

[stuck oyster]

that is a bit weird

why didnt you get the textures if you bought the model?

[lofty comet]

I didnt but it was gived to me, I wanted new textures so I made new one

[lofty comet]

anyway how to add my texture to it (in blender)?

[stuck oyster]

sure there should be plenty of blender guides you can check out to learn how to use it

[lofty comet]

I know how to add them, but dont know what to do with old textures(in shading) do Idelete them?

[stuck oyster]

sure

[lofty comet]

I done it but lines from uv map are showing

[stuck oyster]

yeahh looks like it may need some fixing

Id remake the uvs, those look weird

I dont specically like to spend time figuring you how to fix someone elses models

[lofty comet]

uv looks like this

is that bad?

[stuck oyster]

not great

looks just automated uv mapping and packing

[lofty comet]

so if it is in arma, you would see lines from uv?

[stuck oyster]

maybe. depends how good the textures are

[lofty comet]

okay, what is consider good texture?

[stuck oyster]

something that looks good

[charred bolt]

https://youtu.be/XeBUfMKKZDo?si=NpFDym66xCFFJ-bN

[lofty comet]

okay, what I need to do next, texture are added true blender

[stuck oyster]

I cant really advice on that so indepth

takes too much time

[charred bolt]

The tutorial goes over the importance of seams and where they are placed.

[stuck oyster]

yeah that can be good starting point

[charred bolt]

If you don't make a good UV, your textures won't look great either.

[stuck oyster]

hes not the original modeler so basically to get it good youll need to learn modeling basics

[lofty comet]

okay, thanks for help, I found solutions I would use just 2 parts of 5, these parts can be easy selected in obj builder

and second will ask him if he can make it into one part

[glass pine]

Here's a question, so I'm working on a custom gun model with a custom scope to go along with it. The issue is that the scope for my gun sits too high - if I shoot exactly at the center of my optics reticle the bullet goes way too high basically. How do most people adjust for this sort of thing? It's a sci-fi gun model I've been working on, and the optic is supposed to sit high (so I don't want to bring the scope further down on the model itself).

[lofty comet]

the texture comes great but I messed up something, any help?

[glass pine]

Do you have your helmet defined in a model.cfg? You probably want to set the autocenter 0 property on it as well.

[grizzled halo]

see pinned messages

[final kayak]

In case someone searches for this.
bysta is the proxy for the head
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/177554-invisible-head-for-full-face-helmets/

if you don't want the game to display a head, helmet, glasses, vest or backpack on your character, then simply erase those appropriate proxies in all LODs. Note: a head proxy is called \A3\characters_f\Heads\bysta

[glass pine]

Well I might be dumb. This entire time I've been trying to make it as a 3D scope, but apparently I can just use modelOptics to point to a 2D overlay instead which looks much better. I think this way I can lower it down to shoot where I want without having to actually edit my scope's model.

[dim mica]

Im trying to create house destruction with a3 sample house and every time ill try to start my addon it gives error regarding smoke1 destruction effect. Any idea why?

[agile osprey]

give the exact error

[dim mica]

bin\config.bin/cfgbehicles/house_small_f/destructioneffects/smoke1 cannot find base class smoke1

http://pastebin.com/atFtn6rN cpp

[mossy mulch]

what is it that usually causes a pistol's muzzle flash to not hide when not firing? cannot remember aside from probably a model.cfg issue

[stuck oyster]

Muzzle flash selection defined in the weapon config, muzzle flash model part with same selection and possibly same selection defined as section in model.Cfg

[mossy mulch]

hmmm

ill double check my weapon config

i copy pasted it all from another one of our pistols including the config etc so i have no idea why its not working

ah i had it as class pistol when it was not pistol.p3d

next question, is there a reload anim example anywhere in the samples for model.cfg? cant figure it out

[charred bolt]

Reload animations for weapons are handled in .rtm files.
The Samples Test_Weapon_01 has
reloadAction = "GestureReloadMX";
which can be found in:
class CfgGesturesMale > class States
and references this file:
file = "a3\anims_f\data\anim\sdr\gst\gesturereloadmx.rtm";

[mossy mulch]

i mean for the magazine movement with said anim 😅

[charred bolt]

In that case, what you need is in the model.cfg of the Samples Test_Weapon.
magazine_hide, reload_ammobelt_hide, ammobelt_hide, no_magazine etc

[mossy mulch]

yeah i have the hide anims etc i just need to sort the magazine moving into the gun during the anim

which i cant seem to find

[charred bolt]

{
    type = "translation";
    source = "reloadMagazine";
    selection = "magazine";
    axis = "magazine_axis";
    minValue = 0.145;
    maxValue = 0.170;
    offset0 = 0.0;
    offset1 = 0.5;
};
class magazine_reload_move_2: magazine_reload_move_1
{
    minValue = 0.573;
    maxValue = 0.602;
    offset0 = 0.0;
    offset1 = -0.5;
};

[mossy mulch]

ah i see it now thanks 😅

[charred bolt]

line 299 of model.cfg

That's a simple linear translation for the magazine, sliding it out, hiding it, then unhiding and sliding a new one in.

Generally the only weird thing to get your head around is that many of the animSources for reload run from 1 to 0.

[mossy mulch]

where 0.5 would be how far out the magazine goes right?

or is that minvalue and maxvalue

or heaven forbid is it the length of the axis

[bright echo]

it is

1 being the entire length etc

[mossy mulch]

i hate that

[mossy mulch]

having some difficulty understanding the magazine_hide... what's the difference between the min/max values and the hide/unhide values?

i.e diff between min and hide

[stuck oyster]

You would want mun and max as 0 and 1, that's what the reload source plays between. And then the hide u hide are like percentage between the min and max value

If I remember right

[tribal rain]

not sure if this is the righ channel to ask or not but has anyone got a good RVMAT for a uniform mine is a bit fucky wucky

[stuck oyster]

This works for asking. However good is a bit relative here as each rvmat play together with the technical textures assigned on its stages.

But if you explain what you like and don't maybe guidance can be give to what you could tweak

[tribal rain]

ok what if i specified a bit more basically i dont want him to look like hes covered head to toe in baby oil

its too shiny atm

which im guessing is an issue with the SMDI? also the weird shadowing is that an AS issue?

[stuck oyster]

Smdi texture/stage modulates the specularity and specular power parameters

So yes tweaking that can already help

What shader type are you using?

The shadows at the back look like shadow lod peeking through

[tribal rain]

yes

I have no idea XD

i basically ran an rvmat generator and went huh thatll do, im useless when it comes to textures i have a rough idea if what to adjust values etc etc

Also this has no shadow LOD, deleted it. thought dont need it just takes up performance.

ill post up the RVMAT for the one im using now see if that can give any indication of whats going on

ambient[] = {1,1,1,1};
diffuse[] = {1,1,1,1};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0,0,0,0};
emmisive[] = {0,0,0,1};
specular[] = {0.5,0.5,0.5,0};
specularPower = 150;
PixelShaderID = "Super";
VertexShaderID = "Super";
class Stage1
{
    texture = "TestHead\Uniform\Data\RogueUni_NOHQ.paa";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1,0,0};
        up[] = {0,1,0};
        dir[] = {0,0,0};
        pos[] = {0,0,0};
    };
};
class Stage2
{
    texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,DT)";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1,0,0};
        up[] = {0,1,0};
        dir[] = {0,0,0};
        pos[] = {0,0,0};
    };
};
class Stage3
{
    texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,MC)";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1,0,0};
        up[] = {0,1,0};
        dir[] = {0,0,0};
        pos[] = {0,0,0};
    };
};
class Stage4
{
    texture = "TestHead\Uniform\Data\RogueUni_AS.paa";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1,0,0};
        up[] = {0,1,0};
        dir[] = {0,0,0};
        pos[] = {0,0,0};
    };
};
class Stage5
{
    texture = "TestHead\Uniform\Data\RogueUni_SMDI.paa";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1,0,0};
        up[] = {0,1,0};
        dir[] = {0,0,0};
        pos[] = {0,0,0};
    };
};
class Stage6
{
    texture = "#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(1,0.7)";
    uvSource = "none";
};
class Stage7
{
    texture = "a3\data_f\env_co.paa";
    useWorldEnvMap = "true";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1,0,0};
        up[] = {0,1,0};
        dir[] = {0,0,0};
        pos[] = {0,0,0};
    };
};
//};

[tribal rain]

oh according the RVMAT the shader type is "Super"

[stuck oyster]

Indeed

Your specular power is very high

[tribal rain]

which one is that and what do i need to edit to make him less oily

[stuck oyster]

For no shadow you need to use named properties that disable it. You won't really gain much with that though

[tribal rain]

ah fair

[stuck oyster]

Specularpower

At the near top

[tribal rain]

thanks amigo!

[stuck oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-batgoat-goat-tribe-ada-goats-goat-gif-24400260

[quaint pawn]

Hello, I recently wanted to learn how to create my own skeleton for arma 3. After testing different skeletons for a long time I had a lot of problems, sometimes the skeleton didn't apply, sometimes the animations would drop in game and such. I was wondering if there are any instructions on how to import a skeleton with an animation package into arma 3? I'm currently learning how to do all this using the free model and animations from the mixamo website, in the future after learning I plan to use my own model, skeleton and animations.

[rapid tree]

missing muzzleFlash selection in the p3d or missing selectionFireAnim

[mossy mulch]

already sorted

[inland pawn]

No. There isn’t. Theres a reason that there’s so few mods that work with skeletons

[stuck oyster]

How I learned it was I first learned "basic modding" and normal unit, vehicle and building creation

how to write and read/understand configs

then I applied that to learning how different parts of animation config connects with other parts

and slowly I began to understand how it plays together

there is also the non arma component of "how to make animations"

in whatever program(s) you want to use

I would not try to start learning from mixamo

it does things in very different way and with its own rig systems

[heady terrace]

Hi, i was trying to create a fridge mod that gives food with using addaction, first i started modeling and imported to object builder. then i add lods but i can walk through inside object. can anyone help me maybe i can miss anything in object builder

and i applied these before exporting from blender

[marsh canyon]

Geomery that controls collision and such requires some weight

[heady terrace]

i already added and check corners

gave 100 mass

in geometry lod

i you want i can send p3d file

[marsh canyon]

How do you spawn ingame?

[heady terrace]

i create temp mission and add this object and one character

[marsh canyon]

Well it was more of a question how/what config defines that fridge

[charred bolt]

You need to have the ComponentNN selection names in the Geometry LOD, not the LOD 1.
Make sure Geometry is closed and convex.

[marsh canyon]

Oh that too

That config doesn't seem too bad ASAP as well

[heady terrace]

now i'm gonna duplicate geometry and make it geometry phys and phys old

3 of them is same

[charred bolt]

Just the Geometry LOD will be enough for collisions with people for testing purposes.

[heady terrace]

same :(

[marsh canyon]

How do you run/pack PBO/test?

[marsh canyon]

And you restart your game everytime you do?

[heady terrace]

ye

i don't know maybe there is short way bu idk

i'm doing this every time

[marsh canyon]

One thing I can suggest is you really shouldn't use PBO Manager to pack one

[heady terrace]

purpose of using this time saving

easier for me

do you have advise for pbo converting

[marsh canyon]

Well sort of... there is a better way but I actually just realized it doesn't make a big difference terms of binarizing/validating

You sure your Geometry is Convex, closed as Apollo suggests?

[heady terrace]

i can share my screen if you available for this

or i can record my screen and post here

[marsh canyon]

No need to. Screenshot is better for logging purpose

[heady terrace]

while everything is selected (in lod 1)

[marsh canyon]

LOD1?

I thought we are talking about Geometry

[heady terrace]

its same

i just duplicated it to geometry

[marsh canyon]

So do you mean you duped LOD1, and if you do find non-closed/non-convex, everything turns red?

[heady terrace]

all red edges turned to black

oh

in lod, if i do find non convex it turns this

[marsh canyon]

This means the game is going to fail to detect a proper collision

[heady terrace]

so these things under convexity can fix that?

[marsh canyon]

Sort of. But try not to expect a perfect solution

Easiest and reliable solution is, make your geom LOD by hand

[charred bolt]

Make your Geometry mesh out of ONE rectangular box. 6 faces only.

[marsh canyon]

That

There is no reason to have overcomplex collision shape

[charred bolt]

Give it mass 100. Check it is closed and convex (should be if you make one box).
Give it selection name Component01.
Build and test in game = collision works

[heady terrace]

the lod 1 is fridge and geometry lod is rectangle box

i'm gonna put them inside

[marsh canyon]

It should work if you configure it

[heady terrace]

testing...

ohh that works

thanks you so much for your helps

[stuck oyster]

geometry lod descriptions and requirements also in the pinned messages

[pallid cape]

My turret has a sight that has a _ca tga with alpha for the glass component. When I pack and binarize using AddonBuilder, it becomes opaque. Anyone have any guesses?

[stuck oyster]

does it have rvmat?

have you done alpha sorting for it?

[pallid cape]

no rvmat

[stuck oyster]

put on rvmat

have you applied alpha sorting on top on the faces?

[pallid cape]

Is it faces > move top or faces > sort alpha?

[stuck oyster]

move top should work

if that is the issue you have at least

[pallid cape]

no dice

[pallid cape]

added rvmat, move to next alpha, sort alpha move top, all didn't work

[pale valley]

I'm starting to learn to play with animations, and I want to tie 'Light_L' & 'Light_R' to an 2nd animation (beyond 'hide'), but those hide animations are inherited and therefore not included in all the Arma 3 samples, is it possible to be cheeky and ask for a sample of the light hide animation config for the model.cfg?

I also notice that Light_L, Light_R & 'zadni svetlo' dont seem to be tied by a selection in my model, yet they all work as they should, are all three tied in the config (which I dont have a sample of)?

[charred bolt]

Change the texture and rvmat for these, to check whether it's the packing process causing the issue:
\a3\data_f\Vehicles\armored_glass_ca.paa
\a3\data_f\glass_veh.rvmat

[charred bolt]

There will be an inherited parameter in the config.cpp
selectionBackLights = "zadni svetlo";
and probably also some inherited class Reflectors for the headlights with Light_L and Light_R.

[pale valley]

so, in theory, would I be able to tie an animation to whatever the selection would be for turning the headlights on without having to mess with Light_L & Light_R?

[charred bolt]

So you want an animation to play (such as a headlight cover to raise up) when the player switches on the headlights?

[pale valley]

exactly that

[charred bolt]

Hmm, I can't immediately think of a way. Perhaps there's an eventhandler for lights?

[pale valley]

possibly, selections can be added to animations in the model config, right?
my thinking is, if I tie everything to a new selection in oxygen, then write a bit of config to say, this selection moves when "mysteryselection" is pressed, it should work, i would have thought?

or "mystery source" i should say..

[charred bolt]

You can certainly add a user AnimationSource to move or hide selections, triggered by a userAction, but that would be a manual process separate from switching the lights on using the hard-coded "L" or mouse option which come from the class Reflectors in the root config.

[pale valley]

what im thinking is, I can probably make it work, even if it is hard coded..

If there was a :

source = DayLights;

I could just use that.. as it's the source, I dont think it would break anything

it's just, I don't know if it is
source = DayLights;, or it is source = HeadLights; , or it is source =svetlomety;... or so on

[charred bolt]

class Reflectors {} do not have animationSources to switch them on and off.
If they're in the root of the vehicle the game puts a userAction "lights on", or if they're in a turret it gives a "searchlight on" option. There are no "hide" animations in model.cfg for them.

[pale valley]

oh, damn.
that's a shame... I'm not overly bothered but the option would have been nice 😅

[charred bolt]

You can still do it manually but possibly not automatically

[pale valley]

I might do that anyway, I do need to get experience with the animations, shame I cant have it "just so"
thanks for the help though!

actually.. sorry to relight this, "zadni svetlo" - the rear lights, come on when the headlights are turned on, but there is no mention of that in the reflectors section..

[bright echo]

hard coded engine behaviour

think you can change the selection name in config somewhere, maybe

there's another for dash backlighting too

and yeah I don't think there's an easy way to animate lights, rather annoying. ran into something similar when setting up the P-47 for spearhead, ended up just tieing the animation to the gear (it's a landing light anyway, so it made sense)

a model source and/or an eventhandler would be nice

[pale valley]

hmm, so it seems that, "selectionBackLights" is tied to the reflectors, but it is a selection.. so I tried this

class popups_rot: rotation
{
source="selectionBackLights";
selection="popups";
axis="popupaxis";
memory=1;
maxValue=38.900002;
angle1="rad -265";
};

but it doesnt seem to pick up the animation at all in bulldozer

OMG, lads...

think I've done it

[charred bolt]

As noted here:
#arma3_model message

[charred bolt]

Planes have a parameter lightOnGear = 1; which switches them on and off automatically with gear up/down.

[pale valley]

So, it is there as an animation in bulldozer, but it seems to not trigger in-game.
Now, selectionBackLights is obviously triggered by pressing L in-game, but in turn does not trigger this animation... is this just another limitation of the game engine or is it more likely I've messed up the syntax somewhere?

[bright echo]

Yea that's what I used

[bright echo]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Model_Config this lists the model animation sources, selectionBackLights is not an animation source

you can define your own but this is for scripted etc

[bright echo]

whoops missed that

[pale valley]

Understood. The only thing i'm getting hung up on is that in the main config there is the line 'selectionBackLights = "zadni svetlo";'
there is no mention of it in the 'Reflectors' class, and no other connection to the model itself, so how does the game know when to hide the rear lights? (to confirm, not the brake lights)

[charred bolt]

Your experiment with source = "selectionBackLights" worked in buldozer, because it just pulls any animation source it sees in model.cfg and assumes that it's real. It doesn't look at all at config.cpp to check whether it's valid or not (which it isn't). Hence why it didn't work in game.

Backlights are, iirc, switched on with the vehicle engine.
So in other words, the game engine monitors the vehicle engine state, and when it is switched on it looks for the config entry selectionBackLights and unhides that particular selection (which usually consists of emissives).

The word "back" I don't think means "rear" in this case, but perhaps more refers to background lighting, such as you might see on the dashboard on instrument dials.

[pale valley]

if this is true then my model doesn't do this, the rear lights turn on and off with the headlights (by a press of L) but everything I said it still true - there seems to be no connection to reflectors

and "zadni svetlo", in my model, is only connected to the rear lights, not any other lights or the instrument panel (though the instrument panel does indeed work correctly)

i started building this model based off of the samples bohemia gave, so in theory everything -should- be correct, otherwise

[charred bolt]

selectionDashboard = "podsvit pristroju";

There are several ways to set up vehicles, and a number of hard coded effects based on the selections in the "selection..." parameters

As mentioned, selectionBackLights are hard coded, and as you say you have checked and they come on when you turn on the lights, then that's what they do.

[pale valley]

Understood. that's a shame, but thank you for your help

[trim isle]

Hello I have an issue like on screen below. I want to make SPAAG/SPAD vehicle based on vanilla MBT Kuma and the turret of vanilla Cheetah, which would look similar to real Leopard 2 Marksman so it's not possible to do this without breaking the Arma EULA rights, even if I want this only for me and don't have any profit from this?

[stuck oyster]

not possible

can be done only when BI releases Arma3 datapacks and if those models are there available for editing

[trim isle]

So in this case I have to find for example Leopard 2A7 model (I think I saw it on workshop) which is most similar to vanilla Kuma looks, get permissions from this mod/model author and make turret by myself?

[trim isle]

In near future BI plans to release this datapacks or no-one knows when it might happen?

[stuck oyster]

it has been soon™️ for few years now I think. so time is unknown

[stuck oyster]

that is one way yes. or you can make the chassis model yourself too

[stuck oyster]

or you can check if there is any that fit your purposes in the Arma2 released datapacks

[trim isle]

Oh that can be a great idea! Thank you very much for answers 😄

[white oak]

Goat, I got some objects with less than 1000 faces
can I be lazy and not make distance lods?

[stuck oyster]

no

😈

[white oak]

[wide tapir]

If you don't make distance LoDs please reconsider your life choices

[white oak]

I know they're bad, I make stuff for arma don't I?

[stuck oyster]

no no, you have chosen to challenge yourself, thats worth something

[white jay]

Are you Turkish

[woeful viper]

incorrect or incomplete inheritance?

class dust has no parents and is incomplete

[wide tapir]

Uhhh no?

Why

[pallid cape]

Unfortunately did not work. Entire vehicle tinted darker and the glass is still opaque.

[charred bolt]

When you say it's a "turret sight", is this glass on the outside of the vehicle in the first resolution LOD?

[pallid cape]

Yes

[charred bolt]

You could post some screenshots of the faces in Object Builder and what it looks like in Buldozer and in game?

[pallid cape]

with the a3 glass texture and rvmat or the one I am using?

[charred bolt]

As it didn't work, go back to your original

Check what named selections you have on the glass

nothing silly like camo, camo1

[visual thicket]

Made myself a wallpaper xD https://i.imgur.com/mMouK25.jpg

I know nothing too special

Just wanted somethign simple.

[woeful viper]

doesnt have cannons... meh .
1 out of 4 dakka

[charred bolt]

1. Copy and paste the glass faces into a brand new LOD, show what named selections are present
2. Select the glass faces, press E for face properties, screenshot with the texture and material showing
3. Show your rvmat code for the glass
4. What transparency level do you have on the glass _ca?

[waxen moon]

Quick question. I am making a concrete pavement piece.If i use class road in properties the piece reflects light correctly when baked into terrain.But i dont want to use class road.Without class road the headlight lights of vehixles passing over it is ugly and distorted.What do i have to do to get the light on surface correct without the class road property? I have had a dig around in A2 samples and did some googling but cant seem to find a solution.

[white oak]

It might not be possible tbh
If this is related to the thing you asked about runways a while back, one thing you can attempt is to have a seperate rvmat for your distance lods thats configured to reflect more aggressively

[stuck oyster]

Class road should not have anything to with it

What rvmat type do you use for it?

Which Shaders

[waxen moon]

PixelShaderID="NormalMapDetailSpecularMap";
VertexShaderID="NormalMap";

If i bake into terrain with class road the lighting is perfect.But iam not using the class roas anymore preferably.

The rvmat is actually the rvmat for the A3 runway piece.

ambient[]={1,1,1,1}; diffuse[]={1,1,1,1}; forcedDiffuse[]={0,0,0,0}; emmisive[]={0,0,0,1}; specular[]={0.1,0.1,0.1,1}; specularPower=50; PixelShaderID="NormalMapDetailSpecularMap"; VertexShaderID="NormalMap"; class Stage1 { texture="a3\roads_f\runway\data\asphalt_runway_nohq.paa"; uvSource="tex"; class uvTransform { aside[]={1,0,0}; up[]={0,1,0}; dir[]={0,0,0}; pos[]={0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage2 { texture="a3\data_f\detailmaps\asphalt_dt.paa"; uvSource="tex"; class uvTransform { aside[]={10,0,0}; up[]={0,10,0}; dir[]={0,0,0}; pos[]={0,0,0}; }; }; class Stage3 { texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(1.0,0.03,1.0,1.0,SM)"; uvSource="tex"; class uvTransform { aside[]={1,0,0}; up[]={0,1,0}; dir[]={0,0,0}; pos[]={0,0,0}; }; };

[stuck oyster]

Im not quite following whats the problem?

it works? but?

[waxen moon]

Its sorta related.Iam tryin to make my own pieces now

Iam not usin class road in the properties and cos of that the vehicle headlights on object is faulty.Was wondering what the object is missing

and what i need to add to make the lighting correct

[stuck oyster]

is it still a decal object?

[waxen moon]

no. they are not.

ive tried class land_decal but same issue

its based from the A2 ep1 runway piece

i shine my headlights on all objects and they are good and they are not class road objects.

[stuck oyster]

does the lights bug on editor placed object or on terrain baked object or both?

[waxen moon]

if i remove class road both.

[stuck oyster]

can you place a working thing and broken thing next to each other and show screenshot of light behavior

[waxen moon]

yep. wait 1

[stuck oyster]

if its not a decal then its just a flat plane yes?

it does not follow the ground

[waxen moon]

broken

good/class road

default A2 setup

bi use class road to bake the objects and use lighting from terrain i think

brb, kettle boiled

[stuck oyster]

bi road like parts in A3 are class land_decal as far as I can remember

[waxen moon]

not sure. didnt know they were unbined

[stuck oyster]

they are not

[waxen moon]

ive used that class but still the issue remains.:(

[stuck oyster]

class land decal is one way to make them follow the ground

[waxen moon]

oh.ok.ill remember that

thnx

[stuck oyster]

other way from before is to make the mesh itself have vertex property to follow ground

[waxen moon]

k.thnx:)

[stuck oyster]

I've posted about that somehwere recently

class road might do something similar, dont recall using it before on anything

[waxen moon]

i cant remember if i tried class house

[stuck oyster]

when you changed the class in p3d

[waxen moon]

1st LoD

[stuck oyster]

did you re pbo the map when you changed the class?

[waxen moon]

no iam just repboing the roads pbo.iam testing with takistan CUP

i might quickly try class land_house

no, no good

if it was a building and the lights shining on it were buggy like the pic,what would be the issue then.Without class road property it is prolly being treated like a building

[stuck oyster]

if you dont remake the map the object type is not updated on the map

that could be a reason too

[waxen moon]

its coded in the map to be class road ,in the wrp?

[stuck oyster]

I believe that info is saved there yes

[waxen moon]

its for this project.This is why its improtant to get the runways visible

[stuck oyster]

you would want to use the old method of vertex property surface draw

land_decal is tied to road render distance

which is rather limited

[waxen moon]

ok thnx

iam tyrn to avoid clas road..:(

in the pic above the runways sow at object view distance

*show

this vertex property surface is lighting related?

[stuck oyster]

this is one of the long distance drawing cliff decals in sogpf

geometry lod

roadway lod for clutter cutting

on all mesh it has the [ on surface ] vertex property

and because its "class house" it draws with the object view distance

instead of the shorter road view distance

[waxen moon]

Ok, cool Thank you !!

[stuck oyster]

but with the vertex property it hugs the ground like a decal

[waxen moon]

Np, thnx.

Havnt had that issue yet.Just the lighting issue.Tought theremight have been some file i was missing that houses have that the road stuff doesnt.

[stuck oyster]

ambient[] = {1,1,1,1.0};
diffuse[] = {1,1,1,1.0};
forcedDiffuse[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0};
emmisive[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0};
specular[] = {0.02,0.02,0.02,0.01};
specularPower = 100;
PixelShaderID = "NormalMapDetailSpecularMap";
VertexShaderID = "NormalMap";

renderFlags[] = {"NoZWrite"};

class Stage1
{
    texture = "vn\env_assets_f_vietnam\rocks\decal\data\vn_cliff_decal_01_nohq.tga";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1.0,0.0,0.0};
        up[] = {0.0,1.0,0.0};
        dir[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
        pos[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
    };
};
class Stage2
{
    texture = "a3\rocks_f\data\decal_rock_dark_dt.paa";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {3.0,0.0,0.0};
        up[] = {0.0,3.0,0.0};
        dir[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
        pos[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
    };
};
class Stage3
{
    //texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1.0,0.0,1.0,1.0,SM)";
    texture = "vn\env_assets_f_vietnam\rocks\decal\data\vn_cliff_decal_01_sm.tga";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1.0,0.0,0.0};
        up[] = {0.0,1.0,0.0};
        dir[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
        pos[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
    };
};```

rvmat looks like this

[stuck oyster]

my guess would be its related to not remaking the map but changing the p3d class types

[waxen moon]

Hmm, si it might work.I just need to make a test map/edit my old wrp file.Its an old format snakeman did in A1 when it was proted from Ofp.

*ported

Ok, Thank you again for your time and expertise.:)I'll let that sink in and plan my next move.:)

👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻

just thinkn, if i put a house on the map in 3den the lights shine on it correct.So why doesnt it work for this object?

[stuck oyster]

try making a decal object like mine

see if that works

[waxen moon]

k, will do.:)

[waxen moon]

Ok, i copied the above example.The lighting is still distorted..:( for headlights going over them at night.

heres the p3d if ya hve the time to load it up

https://www.mediafire.com/file/owkhly26ad3meu4/runway_beton_ep_1.7z/file

the houses i place in edn work.If this is class house now the lighting should be ok too..?There must be something iam missing...hmmm

[stuck oyster]

by the way if your runway is properly drawn on the satmap it should blend between the object and satmap almost seamlessly

[waxen moon]

its alot of work to get it right and still doesnt look right.It dissovles way too early.

Bi just put our graphics options up so much its crazy but the runways still dissovle too early even for Arma 1 standards.hasnt changed.We should be able to improve that a bit more by now. 2024..:(

[stuck oyster]

yes but the game is 10 years old 😄

[waxen moon]

yup..:)

...but...40klm view distance but no improvement at all for runways..:(

well.. a lil improvement..if you turn upto 40klm view distnace the runways are visible for another 150m...lol

[stuck oyster]

yes well

at 10km the runway is just a small line on yout screen anyway

[waxen moon]

the white lines blur at approx 2klm

[stuck oyster]

Id be fine with that 😅

[waxen moon]

me too.atm i think the runways dissovle at about 700m?

[stuck oyster]

I tested that object of yours and my cliff decals

and it turns out the cliff decals also suffer from that same lighting issue

[waxen moon]

wow

[stuck oyster]

I'll have to look into that

[waxen moon]

np cool.

confession - i dont know what iam doing with models and tex.just started learning..:)Was expecting you to say i butchered the hell out of it..:)

[stuck oyster]

it has come up with before, just dont remember exactly what the reason was

[waxen moon]

gonna do some more googleing in the morning

[stuck oyster]

looks like its is an issue with the shader type in the rvmat

im testing a bit more but using default supershader rvmat from a3\data_f\ worked

[stuck oyster]

with the rvmat pasted above and the shaders in it the lights dont quite work right

with super shader they do

also the bumps from the normalmap stand out properly

but did super shader cause some other issue with these 🤔

[stuck oyster]

ah yes

the super shader did not like overlapping objects

might try some of the other shaders to see if any fit this purpose better

[stuck oyster]

supershader could work for your use @waxen moon since you dont have overlapping decals like my cliffs are

[peak isle]

hello gamers so making a boat i added proxies and in obj builder they are sitting how i want but in game some are sitting right others are sitting wrong i have set the cargo action https://i.imgur.com/LEdltc1.png

set transport solider to 8

[charred bolt]

In what way are they not sitting right in game? pic?

[peak isle]

they are a dif sitting position like they are sitting like they are in a car seat

ill get pic 1 sec

https://i.imgur.com/NdMTDcN.png

this is how another is sittting https://i.imgur.com/To8ETil.png

neither are cross legged but i would be fine with second one

[charred bolt]

How many cargo proxies are in the p3d? Are they all the same type of proxy? What are their numbers?
Do you have any class turrets in the vehicle?

[peak isle]

7, yes except 1, cargo.002-007, no im not sure what that is

[charred bolt]

Your cargo proxies are named 002 to 007... so that's 5?

[peak isle]

001.002,003,004,005,006,007

001 is a dif proxy

by design

but 2 -7 are same

[charred bolt]

What kind of proxy? Not cargo?

[peak isle]

a3\data_f\proxies\passenger_flatground_crosslegs

[stuck oyster]

the shape of the proxy does not matter, it needs to be called cargo

[peak isle]

yeah its cargo.001/2/3 etc

[charred bolt]

You can use any proxy you like as long as it is a cargo one.
The actual animation used is set in the config.
So make all your cargo proxies the same, start them numbered at 001 to 007.
Change transportSoldier to 7.
Remove one of the animations from the array (as you have 8)

cargoProxyIndexes[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7};```

[peak isle]

yeah its doing similar thing

could it be a issue with this?

https://i.imgur.com/FSgAr5A.png

[charred bolt]

Are you just changing the config or did you make and can edit the model too?

[peak isle]

edited the model as well

[stuck oyster]

did you change the proxies in all lods?

[charred bolt]

Might be worth seeing a screenshot of the model LOD 0 in Object Builder, with the proxy names visible.

[peak isle]

yeah i did, is the proxy the only thing that determines the way they look in the seat?

[charred bolt]

That question has already been answered twice

The proxy must be called Cargo. Other than that it doesn't matter which one you use, as the animation of the character in the seat is set by the config.

[peak isle]

yeah sorry bit slow

im just confused why its not working

[charred bolt]

We're trying to help...what was the last question I asked you?

[peak isle]

i dont have a lod 0 just 1 and 2

[charred bolt]

ok LOD 1...they can start at any number, so just the first resolution LOD which is the one that you see in game in 3rd person

[peak isle]

https://i.imgur.com/xRETguM.png

this what you want?

\a3\data_f\proxies\passenger_flatground_crosslegs\cargo this the file path of them

[warped raven]

how can i fix that bug

[stuck oyster]

How did you make it?

[warped raven]

retexture

just tshirt

[woeful viper]

how do you rotate the light in 3DO 2.0 ? I can turn it along the a horizontal axis via strg+left drag , but not a vertical axis

[stuck oyster]

but you change the model?

wheres the model from?

its not retexture if you change the model

[woeful viper]

in fact the controlls for camera and light seem utterly confusing... when i enable light turn, view panning doesnt seem to work anymore. When i disable it, viewpanning and rotating works ok, modifying light doesnt work at all however

when using my pen tablet the interface for the painting stuff doesnt properly work... sigh why did they need to make their own interface for brush and tools -.- Its not like we are using photoshop or anything...

[terse elm]

hold alt

[stuck oyster]

these channels are not for advertising

you can use #creators_offers

also do remember that you can only offer model creation for money, not mod making

[neon harness]

Let's say I am making a rocket model. How many faces should I aim for? Is 1k before triangulation too much? (I want 3 versions. 1 to be proxied on a launcher model and 2 to be used as the actual ammo, so they will automatically get set to the lowest resolution lod)

[marsh canyon]

Rocket as in?

[marsh canyon]

So... is this a pylon-mounted aircraft launched rocket pod?

[neon harness]

No, a Type 63 107mm rocket copy.

So it will be fired from a vehicle.

[marsh canyon]

Well my intention of the question is, who is going to see the mesh, and how? I was about to ask if it was a handheld weapon or vehicles

[neon harness]

Just vehicle based. It will be inside a tube.

But it will also be fired you know.

[stuck oyster]

Can it be seen?

Cannon shells are rarely visible in tanks

Will there be a vehicle where the shells can be seen in

[woeful viper]

i did that

[neon harness]

Yes. Theoretically, if you look down the barrels of the launcher or at the back of it, it should be visible.

However, I have 2 use cases here.

One being in the launcher and one just being a projectile like for example the 230mm? missiles from the base game.

[marsh canyon]

Thing is, you want to consider how you can see it, in very normal playthrough. In normal game speed, normal FPS, normal perspective. If you can see it very carefully, you want more, if you can't, less

[neon harness]

So essentially less.

8 vertex cylinders it is.

[charred bolt]

I'd suggest something like that could be around 300 tri's.
More complex missiles (with rotating fins etc) can be 1500 tri's.
Of course, in flight they're not generally seen in the first res LOD, so will often be in a much lower res LOD with far fewer polys, but it's nice to have a good first res LOD for those freeze-frame close-ups that cinematographers might aim for.

[neon harness]

I usually made the 1st LOD of these at around 2250 tri's. 💀

[uneven ginkgo]

Hi there

[stuck oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/general-kenobi-general-tredlobi-gif-19328460

[jolly ermine]

Bro it's wild that there's not a single quality cv90 of any kind in a3

[stuck oyster]

ah you are so gracious to volunteer to make one

excellent news indeed

we eagerly wait for your progress on it

👏 👏 👏 👏

[real obsidian]

hello

im new, i've just started learning clothing in arma, does anyone have any tips

[stuck oyster]

do you know anything about 3d modeling?

[stuck oyster]

as in trying to establish a baseline on what kind of tips might be useful

also dont dual account here

[real obsidian]

aplogeis my brother was helping me type i have dyslexia

[real obsidian]

ive been using blender fore a year now i think yeah

[stuck oyster]

well then clothing for Arma has only few specifics. There is the sample man model you can use as reference, all uniforms must match its size and joint areas always need extra care in desing so they work with animations properly (sample man joints are good reference)

weights can be transferred from the sample too

beyond that you can use any techniques you like

[waxen moon]

Wow, thanks for sharing and helping!! Runway/taxiway pieces will prolly overlap at some point.So iam still keen to hear of any developments.If i come across anything I'll let yeaa know.Also, i did try using the shaders that are for terrain and it CTD's ...Hard..lol.I'll keep dropping in here.Thanks again!!

[stuck oyster]

yeah terrain shaders dont work for objects

[wispy orchid]

Is there a way to merge selections from one model to another? Background is: TheSn4k3 re-textured the Mk29 sea sparrow launcher from the Nimitz mod, and sent me an obj file. I imported it into blender and none of the peripheral lods or original selections are there. Can I somehow merge that stuff from the original p3d file with the new exported from blender?

[still hatch]

hi guys, 11k tris for arma 3 is it ok or too much? its a detailed drone

[grizzled halo]

no, its not too much. Really depends what for and for what lod I guess

[charred bolt]

It's probably fine, but you should also make distance resolution LOD's (2,3,4 etc) which half that number each time.
So 11k, 6k, 3k down to 1.5k.

[stuck oyster]

?

[trim isle]

Hello, anybody can relate a video tutorial with blender to 3d modelling some military vehicles like tanks etc.?

[stuck oyster]

while you wait if anyone has any recommendations you can check out what google has to offer in that regard

but in general there is little or no difference in modeling things, the tools are all the same

so you can benefit from following any tutorial and practicing different techniques that you can then apply to create anything you want

[trim isle]

Sorry, I wanted to ask that someone can relate a tutorial, which was used by him/her and was favorable for him/her 😊