#arma3_model | ARMA | Page 148

stuck oyster May 4, 2020, 11:46 PM

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or 50 meter diameter?

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anyhow too big objects cant be made as roadway stops working at certain point

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so big moving walkable ships are impossible

waxen quiver May 4, 2020, 11:56 PM

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Hey, quick question. I am trying to port in a ship. The thing keeps rolling over as soon as it hits the water. I made sure to balance all the wait but it keeps doing it. Anyone have a clue as to why?

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 12:01 AM

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hopefully its a legit model and not taken from some other game. to your problem it sounds like you have not set up the geometry and boyancy correctly

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Arma and big drivable ships is not great combination

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 12:33 AM

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hmm..;fishy

past canopy May 5, 2020, 4:55 AM

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Anyone know how to fix this shadow issue in Objectbuilder? The base FBX model import is fine, the rail is fine without any materials applied. As soon as we apply materials the rail gets these black shadows that change depending on the angle

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497919208466939914/707079904226836596/unknown.png

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/121339541897478144/707086919183630387/unknown.png

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/121339541897478144/707087196439576616/unknown.png

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here is the rail without any materials

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/121339541897478144/707080812662751313/unknown.png

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 4:56 AM

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bad bake? what type of rvmat shader? does it have multiple uvsets?

past canopy May 5, 2020, 4:56 AM

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bake is fine

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not sure about the rvmat shader? and I only have one UV set and we checked after and it seems like the UVs are totally fine

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I feel like something is flipped backwards

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is it possible for UVs to be upsidedown lmao

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 4:57 AM

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not really no

past canopy May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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"Super" RVmat shader

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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full 7 stages?

past canopy May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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yes

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and we removed them all

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one at a time etc

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and the issue persisted

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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that just breaks the shader

past canopy May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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oh

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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it needs all stages

past canopy May 5, 2020, 4:58 AM

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alright well it has all stages and we removed maps and the full 9 yards

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:00 AM

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if you apply default_super.rvmat from a3\data_f\ on the model what does that look like?

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:01 AM

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one sec

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@hardy oar

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it looks fine

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we are going to copy that and add our normals and see what happens

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:03 AM

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👍

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:04 AM

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if this works I will owe you a nice little kiss

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:04 AM

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due to the social distancing stuff I can take cash.

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😄

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:05 AM

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damn same issue

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really makes no sense

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I imported the FBX to marmo and checked the normals there

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:06 AM

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if you apply the normalmap texture on the texture slot what does it look like?

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:06 AM

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wait one

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

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looks fine

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:10 AM

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could try recalculating normals (select all + hit F5)

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:10 AM

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we will try that

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we did attempt that earlier and it made no difference but maybe we didnt do it right

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need to select all face right

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or verts

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or does it not matter

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:11 AM

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all verticles that are recalculated need to be selected

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📎 unknown.png

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:11 AM

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okay we maybe did faces

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we will try that

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:11 AM

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also fireframe pic with vertex normals could be useful to see

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:12 AM

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wireframe with vertex normals

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alright how do I turn on the vertex normals

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:12 AM

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📎 unknown.png

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:14 AM

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do you mind if I actually just PM you the model

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 5:15 AM

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I suppose I can take a quick peek

past canopy May 5, 2020, 5:16 AM

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appreciate it

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sent a friend request

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https://i.imgur.com/bp6Y0Oy.png

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here is the vertex normal in the mean time

hardy oar May 5, 2020, 5:19 AM

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https://gyazo.com/768627da4ecd60e2f5f21f0667725b8e

marsh canyon May 5, 2020, 6:59 AM

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One quick question: Is it possible to show texts/values from class MFD to Resolution LOD (outside of the vehicle) not View (inside of the vehicle)?

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 7:19 AM

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afaik no

marsh canyon May 5, 2020, 7:21 AM

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Mmm, okay

bold flare May 5, 2020, 8:03 AM

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Due to performance considerations I'd say MFD's are only processed when inside the vec

marsh canyon May 5, 2020, 8:04 AM

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Hmm. I just thought it's awesome if it's possible to show configurable (colors, fonts, etc) text to 3D space

bold flare May 5, 2020, 8:06 AM

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Thought the same a couple days ago

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the license plate system for vehicles is already kinda-neat

marsh canyon May 5, 2020, 8:07 AM

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I thought the same but I need to make multiple vehicles to configure colors, fonts and such

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Which I don't honestly want to take the way

oak lintel May 5, 2020, 8:28 AM

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Hey @quick terrace i Trying a separate modelCube with Geo-, shadow- and ResoLOD. The same thing. The flashlight isn’t correct. But I do on model a rvmat with supershader and now worked. The trees in tanoa (vanilla) have the same issue 🤷🏽‍♂️ dynamic lights in ARMA isn’t good...

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 8:52 AM

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@oak lintel weren’t you using supershader anyways? or multimat?

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dynamic lights in a3 is a joke

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because lights should also have shadows :))

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anyways

jaunty apex May 5, 2020, 10:44 AM

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I guess it's the right place to ask -
What does boundingCenter SQF command return? This doesn't tell me much
Returns the position of original (loaded) center of object in model coordinates.
I thought that [0,0,0] was object origin?

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 11:01 AM

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bounding center should be, in theory, the center mass of the box that encompasses the model

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for most models, the center of this box is above the 0.0.0 model (OB) origin

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@jaunty apex

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or in any case, above the XZ (where Y is up) plane

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since i haven't tested it, it's simply an assumption

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you can test it out by creating a 1/1/1m box object in OB

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above the XZ plane, but centered on the Y axis

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the boundingCenter command should return, in theory 0 | 0 | 0.5

jaunty apex May 5, 2020, 11:07 AM

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For "Box_Syndicate_Ammo_F" it returns [-0.0276257,0.0176367,0.221747]

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so yes I think you are right

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/684459680810270750/707186328558764063/unknown.png

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 11:35 AM

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👍

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 1:57 PM

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@bold flare license plate stuff is neat, but it does not follow animations. notlikemeow

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Hey guys a quick question if i want to put a floor inside a buliding i need to use roadway LOD

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?

bold flare May 5, 2020, 4:19 PM

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yes

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:21 PM

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yes
@bold flare
Thank you!!!

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@bold flare
one more question if you can help me - what is the different between View Geometry and Geometry

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?

bold flare May 5, 2020, 4:24 PM

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if you have no view geo, the geometry will be used instead

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it defines which parts of the object can be seen through, mainly for AI I think

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whereas geometry is only collision

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:25 PM

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oh and i also need to apply geometry lod with the roadway lod

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?

bold flare May 5, 2020, 4:25 PM

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don't understand the question

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:28 PM

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i mean when i asked you if i need to put a roadway lod if i want to put a floor inside a house, so my question is if i need to combine the roadway lod with the geometry lod beacuse i dont want that the player will fall from the roof 😆

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@bold flare

bold flare May 5, 2020, 4:29 PM

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usually there is geometry below roadway

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but roadway lod is different than geometry, as in you shouldn't just copy the geo

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:30 PM

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ok so i will just leave it like i was

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before

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but i am stuck with the interior can i use view cargo lod for house interior?
@bold flare

bold flare May 5, 2020, 4:31 PM

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view cargo is for vehicles

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:31 PM

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so what i need to use for house interior

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?

bold flare May 5, 2020, 4:31 PM

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the normal res/geometry

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or you leave interior out, and place it later in 3den or terrain

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 4:32 PM

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ok no problem

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thank you

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 4:50 PM

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@ivory scaffold for the nth ducking time dude

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you are asking for the 5th time the same damn question

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you doing it on purpose

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its freaking annoying to get out of my way to explain it like for a 5 yo

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the 2 days in the row see that you are asking

white jay May 5, 2020, 4:53 PM

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Hello I'm new here I would like to ask something about vehicle skin in arma III, am I in the good channel ? 🙂

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 4:53 PM

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do yourself a favour, and actually have a look over the damn samples BI provides

white jay May 5, 2020, 4:53 PM

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Or i should go in texture maker ?

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 4:53 PM

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@white jay if by skin you mean re-texture

white jay May 5, 2020, 4:54 PM

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yes

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 4:54 PM

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yes, texture maker is the place to ask @white jay

white jay May 5, 2020, 4:54 PM

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Thanks ^^

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 5:07 PM

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@quick terrace
hhhhh first i am not 5 yo i am 17.5 yo and second i have always problem with this

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hh

oak lintel May 5, 2020, 5:08 PM

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@oak lintel weren’t you using supershader anyways? or multimat?
@quick terrace supershader (=

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 5:10 PM

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@ivory scaffold i said like for a 5 yo. also when you share your age, make sure to count the months and days as well.
you always had a problem with what? understanding things after being told 4 times, because the 5th time is that magic number?

woeful viper May 5, 2020, 5:14 PM

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pufu, whack him on the head with this if he asks again: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/LOD

bold flare May 5, 2020, 5:16 PM

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bigoof

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 5:18 PM

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i have sent him that link

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what frustrates me is the lack of actual interest. i mean really, this is the 3rd day, and the 5th time i see the same question, from the same guy

ivory scaffold May 5, 2020, 5:38 PM

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hhhhhhhhhhh

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lol

vagrant monolith May 5, 2020, 6:43 PM

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whats your opinion, is it worth it to model individual pals webbings for vest or should I just use texture for them?

fleet spire May 5, 2020, 8:12 PM

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Hello,
I am trying to port an Arma 2 backpack into Arma 3 and I am running into some issues. The backpack I am trying to port is the backpack_us. I’ve got it showing up in-game and also rigged it to the spine through the model.cfg so that it stays attached whilst walking.

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In my cfgVehicles I am defining it with this code:

{
  class PB_Rucksack
  {
    author = "CapryCorn";
    units[] = {"M90_PB_Camelpack"};
    weapons[] = {};
    requiredVersion = 1.72;
    requiredAddons[] = {};
  };
};

class CfgVehicles
{
    class Bag_Base;
///////////////////////////////////////////////////    A2 US Camelpack     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
    
    class PB_Camelpack: Bag_Base
    {
        displayName="Camelpack";
        model = "PB_Rucksack\data\backpack_us.p3d";
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[]=
        {
            "PB_Rucksack\data\backpack_us_co.paa"
        };
        maximumLoad=340;
        mass=70;
    };
    
    class M90_PB_Camelpack: Bag_Base
    {
        author="CapryCorn";
        scope=2;
        displayName="[M90] Camelpack";
        model = "PB_Rucksack\data\backpack_us.p3d";
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[]=
        {
            "PB_Rucksack\data\M90_PB_backpack_us.paa"
        };
        maximumLoad=340;
        mass=70;
    };    
};

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In the .p3d I have it defined the "All textures and materials" with pb_rucksack\data\backpack_us_co.paa

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The issue I am running into is, that if I now define a new version of the backpack (M90 Camouflage), then it doesn’t camo it in-game. It always diverts back to the original .paa defined in .p3d

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Messing around with this the whole day, I belive it has to do with the p3d

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 8:22 PM

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do you have the hiddenselection selections defined?

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in config and in the model.cfg section list and in the model

fleet spire May 5, 2020, 8:23 PM

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do you have the hiddenselection selections defined?

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yes

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I've tryed with and without

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both with
hiddenSelections[] = {"camo"};
or
hiddenSelections[] = {"camo1"};

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in config and in the model.cfg section list and in the model
@stuck oyster I am not sure about what you mean with hiddenslections in model.cfg and in the model

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where would those be defined?

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Do you define it in sections[] = {};?

{
    class Default
    {
        sectionsInherit="";
        sections[] = {};
        skeletonName = "";
    };```

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Aww maaan, I got it!
I was missing the camo in the .p3d.

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Thank you for pushing me in the right direction!

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 8:46 PM

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it should also be in the sections[] array of the cfgModels class of your model

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compare to the steam Arma 3 sample model package

fleet spire May 5, 2020, 8:53 PM

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Yes, I am goint off that: sections[] = { "osobnost","Head_Injury","Body_Injury","l_leg_injury","l_arm_injury","r_arm_injury","r_leg_injury", "injury_body", "injury_legs", "injury_hands", "clan","clan_sign","Camo","CamoB","Camo1","Camo2","personality","hl", "injury_head", "insignia", "ghillie_hide" };

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so camo is also included in that

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 8:56 PM

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a backpack would only require the camo

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the rest are not needed

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and you should not include extras in there

fleet spire May 5, 2020, 9:05 PM

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makes sense

vagrant monolith May 5, 2020, 11:04 PM

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Can anyone give me some advice on how to weight my plate carrier so that it does not stretch when soldier wears it 😄

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 11:13 PM

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https://www.google.com/search?q=weight+vertices+arma3&rlz=1CDGOYI_enRO590RO590&oq=weight+vertices+arma3&aqs=chrome..69i57.10341j0j4&hl=en-GB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

stuck oyster May 5, 2020, 11:23 PM

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@vagrant monolith smoothly between tge diffeternt selections

quick terrace May 5, 2020, 11:45 PM

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max 3 bones per vertices

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anyways, there is one tut in the results for ob, one for blender

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arma related, for proper tools like max, blender, maya, modo etc

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there are quite a few tuts online

glad crystal May 6, 2020, 3:27 AM

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Newb, trying to teach himself some modding/modeling. Using Blender w/ Arma Toolbox.
Ran across something I can’t find an answer for - is there a way to specify points within a model for future reference - say a very long model that you want explosions to originate from multiple points within; or physical points on the exterior where it might “attach” to another item? In another program, I might call this a locus.
Or is that completely specified in the code / config.cpp, using a coordinate system?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 3:41 AM

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named memorypoints in memory lod can act as such references for code/script driven effect

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large scale complex things can be tricky to make however so if you want to elaborate on what your goal/vision is, I might be able to guide you in right track early on.

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Arma has quite a number of limitations on what sized things work correctly

glad crystal May 6, 2020, 4:26 AM

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@stuck oyster Basically, I'm trying to reskin a m112 or a satchel charge into a bangalore torpedo. There are a few tricky bits that I want to address while I'm modelling, so that I've set up a structure to use while I'm scripting:

1> Distributing the explosion effect along the 5' length, instead of a point source. I figure having 3 point sources to simulate an oblong explosion is easier than trying to model an asymmetrical explosion (if Arma can even do that ...)
2> Setting up the infrastructure to allow the bangalore torpedoes to attach end-to-end (via Ace Interact, most likely), creating a long explosive. The hard way is to allow this to be open ended, and script the interaction. The easy but limited way (which I'll probably take, as a newb) is to make 3 different versions: 1, 2, and 3-unit torpedoes in both model and config, and set 3x units as the maximum allowed. So "attaching" an additional torpedo just swaps the model/config for a longer/boom-ier object.
3> Utilizing Ace to "push" (much like some of the zodiac boats) along the long axis ... which might be easily solved by having a locus at either end?

It sounds like I can set memory points for the explosion source, and if I go with the easier version of modularity, just having a memorypoint at either end to determine the push direction may work. (Haven't dug into the push system yet - still in my research / planning phase, and there's a big learning curve.)

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:34 AM

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ah so long object in arm length scale 😄

glad crystal May 6, 2020, 4:35 AM

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yeah.... maybe not totally necessary to space out explosions. but over 15' it would be noticeable if it came from a single point. (edit: so 1 every 5' seems doable.)

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(since the point of a bangalor is partly to distribute force along its entire length)

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:50 AM

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I think for that you would need to create a more scripted approach

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 7:46 AM

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Hey guys, i need help how can i add glass to my house model?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 7:57 AM

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you need to create mesh planes for the glass and assign semi transparent texture with _ca suffix on them along with glass rvmat. default glass rvmat should work from a3\data_f\

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 7:59 AM

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thank you

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:27 PM

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I realise this isnt the best place but not sure whre to ask about the toolbox for blender.
I'm getting the pictured error when trying to export my res and pilot lod. all other objects/lods like geo and shadow all export without error.
not sure what the cause is or where I can look up the toolbox's errors

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https://gyazo.com/40cfea3924d3e1d902f08e8c6ebd75bd

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any help appretiated

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:28 PM

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possibly bad letters in vertex group names

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do you have the latest version of the tools?

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:30 PM

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ooo good question

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all selecion groups are lowercase letters and underscores only

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toolbox version 3.0.4

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:32 PM

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do you export with the "only selected" option

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:33 PM

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yeah always

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i have 22 named selections at the minute, and see the error mentions that

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is 22, too many for the export?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:34 PM

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should not be an issue

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(backups first)
If you delete the vertex groups what does it say then

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:35 PM

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done, same error with a different number ><

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:35 PM

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arma properties is enabled?

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:36 PM

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yes, as custom lod

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:36 PM

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path to O2Script is set up in the addon menu?

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:37 PM

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yeah, to o2script.exe

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just tried removing assigned textures as their paths is a new thing i did, no change, still the same error

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:40 PM

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if you clear the mesh and insert just a simple cube into the object and export that what happens

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:40 PM

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okedoke

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it exported fine, no errors

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:41 PM

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then its possibly something wrong with the mesh itself

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is it triangulated?

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:42 PM

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it is, and checked

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will go through removing bits to see if any one fixes/breaks

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:42 PM

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yeah that was my next idea too

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👍

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odd sounding issue

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:42 PM

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thanks for the help tho hg

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:42 PM

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np

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 4:44 PM

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well that was quick, no idea what about that little bit of mesh was causing problems but getting rid fixed and rest exported fine

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 4:50 PM

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Hey guys i have builed a simple house model in blender but after i export it and open it in the object builder 80% of the model is not show up

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can someone help me?

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this is how it looks on blender

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http://prntscr.com/sc2d1g

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and this is how it looks in object builder

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http://prntscr.com/sc2dgc

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 4:58 PM

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you must join all parts into single object before export

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1 object only can represent 1 Arma Lod

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 4:58 PM

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oh ok

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thankes

vagrant monolith May 6, 2020, 5:25 PM

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my vest is now a bit out of the soldiers torso, which weight node do I need to adjust? is it the right or left shoulder or the spine123?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 5:32 PM

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bit hard to say.

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I would suggest you use Macsers Armarig to see how your weights play out on it while you work it

astral lantern May 6, 2020, 5:58 PM

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ffv positions can fire through my vehicle is that an engine limitation or are the "obsolete" view cargo fire geometries the fix?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 6:06 PM

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From my experience if a geometry lod is not specifically defined it defaults to the main geometry lod

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so I would say it likely is just a limitation

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as it is same with all BI vehicles

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you could limit the view angles to keep it in reasonable aiming window

vagrant monolith May 6, 2020, 6:07 PM

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I would suggest you use Macsers Armarig to see how your weights play out on it while you work it
@stuck oyster It seems autocenter either does not work in my model or I have moved the mesh 0.06 clicks too much, I moved it back and now it appears correctly on the soldier 😅

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 6:08 PM

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you probably have not centered it right in Blender.

vagrant monolith May 6, 2020, 6:08 PM

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bakana! its modeled right on top of the example character

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 6:09 PM

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but where is the object origin?

vagrant monolith May 6, 2020, 6:09 PM

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i guess its 0? as in where it is originally placed in the example

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 6:09 PM

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make sure

vagrant monolith May 6, 2020, 6:10 PM

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will do

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 6:10 PM

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thats the only thing that affects possible export offset

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 8:25 PM

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Hey guys quick question arma is straching my model texture what can i do?

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http://prntscr.com/sc6a4y

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here is a picture that shows the strach texture

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 8:31 PM

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likely its unwrapped wrongly

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 8:32 PM

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someone told me that i need to cut the model in the middle?

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h

noble hatch May 6, 2020, 8:35 PM

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in blender when UV unwrapping, make sure you have view stretch enabled in the UV options tab, it'll light up the UV yellow when its overly stretched

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https://i.imgur.com/sag1Mai.png

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will show if uv bad like so

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https://i.imgur.com/gtSl4Tf.png

ivory scaffold May 6, 2020, 8:40 PM

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Ok, Thank you very much

foggy finch May 6, 2020, 9:30 PM

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you can also apply a checkermap to your model, so you can see any skewing in the viewport, thats why they exist - alongside densities.

winter cove May 6, 2020, 10:58 PM

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hello is their a sample head model from arma 3 that I can use as a reference for the art of war contest?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 10:59 PM

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in the steam samples yes

winter cove May 6, 2020, 11:00 PM

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how do I find that?

stuck oyster May 6, 2020, 11:00 PM

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the what?

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samples?

winter cove May 6, 2020, 11:00 PM

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yes

steel vector May 6, 2020, 11:01 PM

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or check the forums: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/229119-art-of-war-model-templates/ 😉

winter cove May 6, 2020, 11:01 PM

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thank you!

vagrant monolith May 7, 2020, 9:04 PM

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how can I retain vest weightpoints made in blender when importing to object builder they are wiped out 😩

stuck oyster May 7, 2020, 9:06 PM

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export as p3d

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with ArmaToolbox

vagrant monolith May 7, 2020, 9:07 PM

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when I export as p3d the model appears on object builder as the size of a mountain 😅

stuck oyster May 7, 2020, 9:10 PM

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you have not applied your object scale and rotation before expoting

vagrant monolith May 7, 2020, 9:10 PM

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yeah I found out 😄

stuck oyster May 7, 2020, 9:11 PM

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objects scale must be 1,1,1 rotation 0,0,0 and its origin must be in the 0,0,0 coordinates

vagrant monolith May 7, 2020, 9:12 PM

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this has been a very teaching journey into arma modeling

stuck oyster May 8, 2020, 7:54 AM

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So last night after fighting with snap points in Terrain Builder I ended up thinking about the new BI competition thing and thought a great idea for it.

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Unfortunately I did not really read the categories very carefully

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but this lil fella was born

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📎 Doggo_01_WIPsmall.gif

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Now if I slap a camera on its back I can call it an accessory right?

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📎 unknown.png

wind crow May 8, 2020, 7:58 AM

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wow nice

scenic copper May 8, 2020, 10:40 AM

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Very nice work :D

bold flare May 8, 2020, 12:01 PM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/228774-how-would-you-config-a-hovercraft/?do=findComment&comment=3406550
I dug up some info on hovercraftx simulation type. Please make something fancy out of that meowtrash

Bohemia Interactive Forums

How would you config a Hovercraft?

I have found relatively good reference pics of a Murena Class Hovercraft and Im thinking about modelling it and add it to the game. But.... I remember the old LCAC mod and I just dont want to code it as a boat. Anyone knows alternatives, specially if they dont rely on scripts?...

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I haven't checked if hovercraft is actually really enabled, but the guy in the forum post said so.

bold flare May 8, 2020, 2:34 PM

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Okey I checked, its enabled.
But whether it works properly.. noone tested it so..

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:10 PM

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Hi all, I want to put a multimaterial on my building and it's work fine in bulldozer but in game it's the same texture all over, Can someone help me ?

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:25 PM

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@copper axle can you pastebin your rvmat?

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can you also show your mask?

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:31 PM

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@quick terrace https://pastebin.com/XpaaZ7kG and the mask https://prnt.sc/sdaqdx

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:34 PM

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can you also show an ingame image? are textures overlaped on just one single texture over everything? for multimats, you only need to assign the rvmat to the mesh, and leave the texture slot empty for co texture

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btw, my alternate layout is way way easier to read
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multimaterial#Alternate_layout

Multimaterial

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not that it matters

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since the rvmat seems fine

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does the mesh has 2 uv sets?

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:41 PM

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object builder : https://prnt.sc/sdatls buldozer : https://prnt.sc/sdavur In Game : https://prnt.sc/sdawlo

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:50 PM

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@copper axle what do you pack it with?

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addon builder or mikero

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?

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:50 PM

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mikero

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:51 PM

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there is an exception list of what to pack, by default it includes sort of all you need

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see if you can reset that to default

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i honestlt have no idea, all seems fine

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maybe @sturdy parcel has some idea

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:52 PM

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I can try to pack with addons builder

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:54 PM

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you can, but i wouldn't hold my breath

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:54 PM

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😂

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oh

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i've pack with pbo manager and it work

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:55 PM

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lol

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weird, because i heard the other way around

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that packing with addon builder has a higher chance of ignoring the rvmat

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:56 PM

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not addon builder I've use pbo manager

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:56 PM

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recent example:
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/229065-texture-problems/

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Texture problems

*Resolved by using Mikeros Tools in lieu of ARMA 3 Addon Builder - Thanks PuFu! Hello all, Ive been pulling my hair out for about a day and a half trying to get my intended textures working in ARMA. Im able to see the effects of my Normals map, etc. in substance painter, but I...

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:56 PM

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so it's not bin

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i try to reset to default pbo project

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:57 PM

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yeah might wanna do that

copper axle May 8, 2020, 4:58 PM

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no same problem

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maybe the compress ?

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 4:59 PM

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unlikely

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compressing .paas a second time (addon builder does that)

copper axle May 8, 2020, 5:00 PM

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yeah

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my params https://prnt.sc/sdb9cc

elder heath May 8, 2020, 5:03 PM

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so I'm working on a model and whenever i pack it with mikeros tools it gives me this error message:
17:57:06: Too detailed shadow lod in 2mercs_structures\data\memorial.p3d (0:1.000000 : 2936) - shadows disabled
I'm just wondering what the 2936 refers to? is it the vert numbers? as thats an incorrect number for the shadow lods which have 843 verts, or is it the number of edges? as thats not displayed anywhere?

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I'm aware that the shadow lod should be under 1000 just trying to work out where i need to make savings

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 5:09 PM

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1500 verts afaik

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DX works with triangles and vertices, so the basic components

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why would edges be of any relevance?

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actually the vert and tris (irc) are displayed in the bottom left cornert 9efault layout) in ob

elder heath May 8, 2020, 5:12 PM

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yeah, I was just trying to work out what the number was in reference to and wasn't sure if it meant the number of edges but thanks!

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 5:13 PM

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vertices and normal vertices indexes are important

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 5:46 PM

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Hey guys a litlle problem with my model
this is how it looks in game
http://prntscr.com/sdbyct

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and this is how it looks in blender

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http://prntscr.com/sdbyxw

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i dont know what i did wrong

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 5:52 PM

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flipped face normals most likely

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also, a face can only have one direction, the back of it is backfaced culled.

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 5:57 PM

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OK.. Last question what Custom Lod Distance is used for?

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@quick terrace

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http://prntscr.com/sdc4tp

woeful viper May 8, 2020, 5:58 PM

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doubt it works as desired. LOD switching is automatic depending on several parameters

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 5:58 PM

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yeah, sorry, have no clue about @shrewd jay's Blender Toolbox, i am not a blender user

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there is no such custom named properties i am aware of for OB / Arma

woeful viper May 8, 2020, 5:59 PM

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im not aware of a method to specify switching distance in OB - so unless blender toolbox can pull magic tricks its not going to work

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:00 PM

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@ivory scaffold Have you merged the LODs before export?

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:00 PM

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what do you mean?

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:00 PM

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it doesn't, example, if you have lod0 density lower than lod1 density, will use lod1 first anyways

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:00 PM

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All of LOD 1 must be a single object

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LOD 2 , single object

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etc

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:00 PM

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oh yes

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i merged

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into single object

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:01 PM

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Because in your picture it looks like there are more than one object

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🤔

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Have you checked how it looks in ObjectBuilder?

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:02 PM

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yes

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it looks good

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http://prntscr.com/sdc7c6

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but look in the picture when i go away from the object it looks like there is no walls

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Set up the path to O2Script correctly?

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:02 PM

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in Blender?

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Yes

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:03 PM

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i think so

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where it need's to be?

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the folder

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:03 PM

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📎 unknown.png

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:03 PM

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oh you think its beacuse that?

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:03 PM

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It looks like the normals are wrong in your model

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So it is very likely that, yeah

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:04 PM

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Ok thank you i will check it

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:04 PM

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👍🏽

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If you keep having problems, tag me here, otherwise I might overlook it.

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:05 PM

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No problem Thank you bro

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http://prntscr.com/sdcasi

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it Looks like is the same problem in the OB

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@shrewd jay

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:08 PM

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Try pressing F5

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:08 PM

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http://prntscr.com/sdcbep

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SAME

shrewd jay May 8, 2020, 6:09 PM

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🤔

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That is weird... can you send me that .blend file?

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 6:09 PM

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Sure

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:23 PM

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it's me again with a new next level issue from 4th dimension !

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HELlllLlLloOOo

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Rifle, setup as usual, scope as atachement with 2d scope

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litterally based on the MX thanks to AZURE converter

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bullets go 20cm above aimpoint and scope is rotated 90°

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doesnt happen if scope is applied to the MC

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so it comes from the rifle

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@bright echo did all the investigation after I ran short of ideas but we have no luck

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:31 PM

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@vernal lynx proxy rotated

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poor mem points?

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:33 PM

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Memory point were extensively reviewed and we have no discrepencie with MX

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appart if a memory point can be rotated

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:34 PM

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did you try

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:34 PM

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just to be clear, the scope attachement appears fine

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:34 PM

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setting that proxy scope accesory

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ok...

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but?

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:34 PM

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it's just the 2D scope that turns 90° when you go ADS

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:35 PM

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ahhh

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:35 PM

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yeah sorry

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:35 PM

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the 2d scope

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is plane with a texture, yeah?

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:35 PM

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yes

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actually 2 layers but they work fine in other weapons and this very one works fine if the attachement + optics is linked to MX

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so it's really coming the gun itself

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:36 PM

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define "linked to MX"

bright echo May 8, 2020, 6:37 PM

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do note the test i did with the mx was i swapped the model= with the mx one, config is the same

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:37 PM

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does the scope attachment work just fine with any other gun

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but the one in question?

bright echo May 8, 2020, 6:37 PM

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it worked fine when I changed the guns model to the MX

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I didnt try it with other guns, I'd assume it'd work

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other 2d scopes are also broken when used on said gun

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:38 PM

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is the 2d scope an attachments (via proxy system)

bright echo May 8, 2020, 6:38 PM

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I added the SOS/MOS to it and it would shoot high and to the left 100% of the time

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yeah

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:38 PM

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ok

woeful viper May 8, 2020, 6:39 PM

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maybe an animated selection that moves the memorypoint unintentionally ?

bright echo May 8, 2020, 6:39 PM

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and by high I mean, if zeroed for 100m it will hit a target at 500m

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also the gun has no such issue if its just using its iron sights with no attachment

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:41 PM

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can you post a few pics with mem lod (and the weapon res lod as contour)

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for the 3 .p3ds

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rifle

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scope

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and 2d scope view

bright echo May 8, 2020, 6:43 PM

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I thought the animation might be responsible too but didn't see any rogue selection of the memorypoint etc. will do with pic

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:44 PM

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i don't remember to be honest what was the direction that the 2d viewfinder thingy needs to be oriented towards, haven't ever checked to rotate these plane 90 degrees and see what's what

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 6:48 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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vanilla scope VS our scope

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📎 unknown.png

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blue is eye

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📎 unknown.png

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memory point is scope's eye lowered to try to fix it in the first place

bright echo May 8, 2020, 6:51 PM

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yeah this is the version I have where I made it more like a3 2d scopes with the memorypoint, even changed it from eye to opticView and change the config accordingly

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https://imgur.com/PBYyUDy

Imgur

clever ibex May 8, 2020, 6:52 PM

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hey all so is there a way to get rid of the black area and make that transparent on a surface decal p3d? The actual texture is transparent and in buldozer it is also but when in game the black areas show up like this:

https://imgur.com/fNQyZwM

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 6:58 PM

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@vernal lynx have you tried rotating the 2d scope planes 90 degrees ? not sure if all images were taken from the same angle

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but seems that 2 (scope and gun) are facing one direction (whatever axis is that in OB - X most liely)

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the scope is facing Z

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or allinged towards Z

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you get the drift

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@clever ibex is there a proper suffix (_ca). what is the texture resolution of that .paa file

vernal lynx May 8, 2020, 7:01 PM

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will try

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 7:01 PM

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i have no idea why the weapon via scope is shooting that high up, but it seems like a config issue rather than a model one tbh

bright echo May 8, 2020, 7:04 PM

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well thats what I thought till I changed model and it worked fine

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same config, different model= and there was no issue

quick terrace May 8, 2020, 7:07 PM

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@bright echo true

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@opal arrow wrong channel dude

copper axle May 8, 2020, 7:20 PM

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@quick terrace thanks for ur help https://prnt.sc/sddiku

wind crow May 8, 2020, 9:52 PM

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How to fix the dimming of the model (I do not know what it's called). Here is a screenshot
https://prnt.sc/sdfto4

ivory scaffold May 8, 2020, 10:48 PM

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Hey guys what kind of lod i need to use for stairs

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?

clever ibex May 8, 2020, 10:51 PM

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@quick terrace yes every texture i have has _co at the end and normal maps _nohq with smdi's as well _smdi

sturdy parcel May 8, 2020, 11:14 PM

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someone pinged me in here, but i can't find the message

stuck oyster May 8, 2020, 11:33 PM

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@ivory scaffold check the house example model in Steam Arma 3 Samples. Its combination of many lods

copper axle May 8, 2020, 11:35 PM

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@sturdy parcel it's for me

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I've this problem : object builder : https://prnt.sc/sdatls buldozer : https://prnt.sc/sdavur In Game : https://prnt.sc/sdawlo

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I think it's the same problem
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/189550-odd-error-with-multimaterial-shader/#comment-3002768

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:10 AM

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perhaprs wrong format/resolution/suffix textures are used

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or wrong kind of combination of _CO _NOHQ and SMDI

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or wrong UV sets are used for different stages

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:11 AM

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i mean i think i have that part set up right _co _nohq _smdi i removed all the extra uv sets im using just one and im only using one lod

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view lod

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:12 AM

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was referring to the multimaterial problem there soz

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:13 AM

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but its only black when i pack it with the "on surface" property ticked off

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oh ok

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:13 AM

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your problem perhaps is that its not right type of texture

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do you convert it from _CO or _CA suffix image?

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:14 AM

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no i made them all from scratch

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didnt convert them from anything just a blank sheet to that

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:14 AM

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eh? I dont understand

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you said you have transparent texture?

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:15 AM

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yea the black area is supposed to be transparent

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and it shows up transparent in buldozer

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:15 AM

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yes so you save your image in what file format?

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and with what suffix?

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:15 AM

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_co.paa

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:15 AM

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alright.

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what rvmat shader are you using?

copper axle May 9, 2020, 12:16 AM

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You Say something for multimaterial ?

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:16 AM

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rvmats im using some default option i looked up cuz i dont really know how to adjust those or i havent really looked into them yet

copper axle May 9, 2020, 12:16 AM

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*said

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 12:16 AM

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@copper axle this part is for you yes

📎 unknown.png

clever ibex May 9, 2020, 12:17 AM

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on every texture

copper axle May 9, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Ok thanks i will see tomorrow @stuck oyster

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 8:23 AM

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I'm kicking myself cos I know I've seen and solved this problem before, but I cant remember or find out how. Any help appretiated.

So my model.cfg anims works beautifully in blender but when in game, all the rotation type anims act like they have weird axis'.
I've checked the named selections in model are correct to the model.cfg entries.

vagrant monolith May 9, 2020, 8:25 AM

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I would like to make multiple vest configs from one vest model for different units having different pouch configurations. How do I achieve that and is there any tutorials out there?

quick terrace May 9, 2020, 8:47 AM

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you make multiple vests basically

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hiddenselections works to some extent, but the pieces are actually present in the mesh, just not visible

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performance wise, not the best solution

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 9:03 AM

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so performance-wise, multiple models making a bigger size of pbo is better than smaller pbo with more complex model and hiding etc?

rough idol May 9, 2020, 9:14 AM

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@bright echo did you changed optic or weapon to get it "fixed"?

bright echo May 9, 2020, 9:20 AM

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weapon

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optic on mx works fine, optic on mx(only model) using the fg42 config works fine

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soon as I change it back to the original model it breaks again

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its also broken when using other scopes

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@rough idol

rough idol May 9, 2020, 9:23 AM

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I just had that issue when usti hlavne and konec hlavne were wrongly defined

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can you check where bullets are going on fg42?

quick terrace May 9, 2020, 9:25 AM

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@noble hatch size of a pbo doesn’t really matter. what matters are draw calls, and tri number.

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example - you have a vest model that is 10k tris for all versions. the average visible is 5k, but actually the engine reads all 10k, even if displays just 5k for you

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say you have 5 variations and all these are on screen at the same time

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that is 50k

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say you spread iy across multiple p3ds

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that’s 25k

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i over simplified it anyways

rough idol May 9, 2020, 9:28 AM

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another issue is with shadows - it's impossible to use hiddenSelectionMaterials with such selections

quick terrace May 9, 2020, 9:28 AM

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so it either has all

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or none?

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for the parts?

bright echo May 9, 2020, 9:29 AM

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everything looked normal with shots diag

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and when I checked the memory points it was correct

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one thing you can sort of notice is if you aim at a distance target with the scope and then stop aiming and look at the crosshair, the crosshair is visibly way over the target

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this only happens with the original weapon model, and happens with both a vanilla and the custom scope

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ill double check the memory points again when i finish eating dinner as i might have glossed over it last night

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 9:41 AM

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I'm kicking myself cos I know I've seen and solved this problem before, but I cant remember or find out how. Any help appretiated.

So my model.cfg anims works beautifully in blender but when in game, all the rotation type animation classes act like they have weird axis'.
I've checked the named selections in model are correct to the model.cfg entries.

rough idol May 9, 2020, 9:45 AM

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any example?

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how do you test model.cfg in blender? Didn't knew there is buldozer for it

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 9:49 AM

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sorry, misstyped - meant buldozer not blender. God that'd be a dream

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will get pictures

bright echo May 9, 2020, 9:52 AM

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https://imgur.com/UyZoRUC Usti hlavne

Imgur

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and Konec is in the action as expected

rough idol May 9, 2020, 10:16 AM

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could you try to strip model only to proxy and memory lod and share it with us?@bright echo

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 10:21 AM

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@rough idol https://imgur.com/a/WvnCsqn

bright echo May 9, 2020, 10:21 AM

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yeah 1 sec

rough idol May 9, 2020, 10:22 AM

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@noble hatch how is model.cfg looking like? Do you have some errors in packing log?

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 10:23 AM

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i had a few missed ; and an extra , that i fixed.
packed with addon builder/breaker no problems

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PBOproject throws an error related to a missing texture that is present in the folder it is looking for. hence why i am using addon breaker.
PBO proj throws no problems in its model.cfg build

rough idol May 9, 2020, 10:26 AM

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can you share it?

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 10:27 AM

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https://imgur.com/q91kgcL

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will pastebin

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https://pastebin.com/efBATvY5

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Thanks for your help reyhard

rough idol May 9, 2020, 10:36 AM

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are you sure your bones are assigned to just 1 selection?

noble hatch May 9, 2020, 10:46 AM

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I’m not sure I understand. I.e the verts in each selection named by a bone are only in that one named bone?

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The bones are seperating perfectly, just moving about the wrong axis. Origin rather than defined

bright echo May 9, 2020, 10:47 AM

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hmm I noticed when i was cleaning up the model that

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the proxy ID is set to 0 for TOP

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i had change it to 1 but I missed the shadowLods, should that matter at all @rough idol ?

rough idol May 9, 2020, 10:49 AM

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hm, not sure

bright echo May 9, 2020, 10:50 AM

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they were originally all 0 and it was still doing it to clarify

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trying it ill post the empty p3d if no luck

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nope still shooting high

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/423013172769849348/708632348538699776/WW2_FG42_test.zip @rough idol

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:00 AM

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high but straight?

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:02 AM

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the scope? yeah

woeful viper May 9, 2020, 11:03 AM

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your proxies muzzleflash and TOP are slightly slanted

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look at it from the top or front view and zoom in

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:04 AM

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hah

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so they are

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that's likely the culprit

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:11 AM

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indeed, thats the culprit

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btw: remove accessories proxies from shadow lod - they would be drawn twice otherwise

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:12 AM

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rgr

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yep that did it

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still shooting a little bit to the left though, does MemoryPointCamera effect windage at all? like if I moved it over to the left a little bit to correct the point of impact will it just make it worse?

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:29 AM

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your usti/konec hlavne mem points where not in line too

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they should line up after that

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:30 AM

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thats weird they look lined up to me? and the coordinates say they are

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:31 AM

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📎 unknown.png

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:32 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/423013172769849348/708642557562847262/unknown.png

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and i just opened it from the zip file and it wasnt like in your screenshots

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:33 AM

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you have to zoom in 😛

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:35 AM

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ahh I see

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weird that its not showing in the coordinates i guess its rounding up

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:36 AM

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yup

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:42 AM

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hmm

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it probably made it worse honestly

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still shooting very much to the left

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like this is two shots, aiming center of mass 500m away https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/423013172769849348/708645683472891914/unknown.png

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same position cept now with irons https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/423013172769849348/708646271031705692/unknown.png

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:47 AM

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I would adjust reticle a little bit then

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so it compensate for that misalignment

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:48 AM

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moving the camera memory point no go then?

woeful viper May 9, 2020, 11:48 AM

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it wont affect angle

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only offset

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:48 AM

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depends - it will change where zoom in anim happens

woeful viper May 9, 2020, 11:49 AM

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that its moving left is just a clear indication that your proxies and or memorypoints are not properly line up.
Throw all of them out and redo them

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(only the ones related to shooting...)

bright echo May 9, 2020, 11:50 AM

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well I was more wondering if the camera memorypoint being off could be causing this

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if so yeah ill regen it

woeful viper May 9, 2020, 11:54 AM

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that gives me an idea... for "junk weapon" that are in disrepair, scavenged etc - they could all have random center-line deviation, if objRandom source works for weapons -> could use a random rotate for determining angle and a random translate for determining "severity".

rough idol May 9, 2020, 11:54 AM

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bugemia mod 😄

woeful viper May 9, 2020, 11:57 AM

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though could be frustrating for players (the concept of imperfect sight alignment was never touched upon, so nobody would expect it), if the weapon just wont hit what they are aiming at

bright echo May 9, 2020, 12:05 PM

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yeah im surprised it matters this much, can let you do all sorts of 'balancing' with looted optics not being zeroed right for the gun you put it on 😛

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well the offset happens with vanilla scopes too it seems

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actually i think i found the problem proxy is still broke redoing them

bright echo May 9, 2020, 12:33 PM

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yep was still a bit of a slant on the proxy I just deleted em and redid it and we're gold

copper axle May 9, 2020, 12:56 PM

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What does that mean? : Stage 1 has no texture to retrieve format from

bold flare May 9, 2020, 12:56 PM

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Check Stage1 in your rvmat

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what did you set there

copper axle May 9, 2020, 12:59 PM

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this class Stage11 {texture="elf_gendarmerie\textures\data\cream_nohq.paa"; texGen="0";};

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oh no stage 11

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class Stage1 {texture="elf_gendarmerie\textures\parquet_co.paa"; texGen="1";};

bold flare May 9, 2020, 1:14 PM

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does that texture file exist? I'd assume so. 🤔

copper axle May 9, 2020, 1:14 PM

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yeah the file exist

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it's possible it's my problem with multimat ?

copper axle May 9, 2020, 1:45 PM

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there is a resolution for mask and texture in multimaterial ?

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my mask is 512*512

copper axle May 9, 2020, 2:00 PM

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the multimat work with arma rvmat but when I put my mask it breaks everything

copper axle May 9, 2020, 2:30 PM

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I'm going to burn my pc, it's going to solve this problem

brazen prism May 9, 2020, 2:36 PM

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whats the best modeling software to use? 3ds max student edition or blender?

marsh canyon May 9, 2020, 2:38 PM

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~~Object Builder~~ Whatever you can use and you feel best

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 2:38 PM

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👆 the one you invest time to learn to use

brazen prism May 9, 2020, 2:39 PM

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so there are no advantages or disadvantages between the 2 for arma?

stuck oyster May 9, 2020, 2:41 PM

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well regarding Arma, Blender has slightly more straihgtforward way to get model into p3d

copper axle May 9, 2020, 3:59 PM

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can someone help me with my multimaterial? I can pay

copper axle May 9, 2020, 5:18 PM

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i've this in my log Cannot read registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software\BIStudio\BinMake

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@sturdy parcel

sturdy parcel May 9, 2020, 7:42 PM

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ignore it. pboProject doesn't need it

blissful spire May 10, 2020, 3:18 AM

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So, my tank turret will rotate just fine, however it wont a full 360 around. it stops at like +/-270 degrees. then jumps to the other side. what i mean is, the turret will go to +270, then jump to -270 as i rotate it

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it rotates fine in obj builder, and my config has for both min/maxTurn as 360

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 3:21 AM

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does the model.cfg animation have 360 turning

blissful spire May 10, 2020, 3:22 AM

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yup

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            class MainTurret 
            {
                type="rotationY";
                source="mainTurret";
                selection="gun_turret_y";
                axis="gun_turret_axis_y";
                animPeriod=0;
                minValue="-8";
                maxValue="8";
                angle0="rad -360";
                angle1="rad +360";
                memory = 1;
            };

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        // Turret servos
        minElev=-5;
        maxElev=+30;
        initElev=10;
        minTurn = -360;
        maxTurn = 360;
        soundServo[]= {"A3\Sounds_F\vehicles\armor\noises\servo_best", db-40, 1.0,50};

thats the section in the config

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huh. apparently changing the min/maxValue to rad+360/-360 made it work

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 3:37 AM

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indeed

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rad 360 is different than 360

blissful spire May 10, 2020, 3:40 AM

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ah sorry. i changed the
minValue="-8";
maxValue="8";
in the model.cfg to
minValue="rad -360";
maxValue="rad +360";

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 4:24 AM

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U or I was perhaps the shortcut

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but its also in one of the toolbar menus

blissful spire May 10, 2020, 6:57 AM

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curiously, my camera isnt following with my turret now. granted it wasnt before. but im not sure what im doing wrong with it.

sturdy parcel May 10, 2020, 10:51 AM

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one radian is 57.3 degrees therefore rad 360 == 360/57.3 that's the value that's actually written into minmax and angle

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the reason why there's a -360 is simply to tell the engine it can turn both ways.

brazen prism May 10, 2020, 1:39 PM

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any idea where i can get free vector drawings for assault rifles?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 1:47 PM

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interwebs is full of reference images

white jay May 10, 2020, 3:35 PM

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In the editor, what lod defines the clickable geometry? From what ive been experimenting with it seems like it's fire geometry, but I don't want fire geometry on this specific model and I have to click and drag using the objects icon

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Is there a rvmat for fire geometry that has no ballistics or impact effects I could use?

marsh canyon May 10, 2020, 3:41 PM

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Here's not a place to request, or you can do it yourself

vagrant monolith May 10, 2020, 3:43 PM

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my uniform models shadow is partially stretched, is this shadow lod issue or incorrect rvmat, also I have gloves for my uniform in the mesh but they are not applied over the default hands.

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Shadowlod should not have any texture or rvmat

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partially stretched could indicate its not weighted right or its topology is such that it can t bend the same way the actual mesh does.

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the glovers probably are not weighted either

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you should not have hand mesh under them to minimize clipping

vagrant monolith May 10, 2020, 4:19 PM

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alright will do some adjustments 🙂

white jay May 10, 2020, 5:26 PM

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any idea why I'm seeing this weird grass and trees shadow through my model?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 5:30 PM

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you have lot of alpha transparency in your model

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so the engine puts your model into transparent draw pass

white jay May 10, 2020, 5:52 PM

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I had a feeling that was it so I removed the alpha channel and set the parts that don't need transparency as non transparent textures, the parts that do have transparency are entirely separate paa's, but the whole model seems to be effected by this

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 5:58 PM

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indeed whole model is considered a single thing when it comes to the graphics drawing

white jay May 10, 2020, 5:58 PM

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ah

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so one transparent texture effects everything

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 5:59 PM

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and yes all parts that are not transparent should have _CO suffixed texture that has not alpha channel at all

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and transparent parts should be either _CO with alpha channel (hard on/off transparency) or _CA (smooth alpha transparency)

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geometry lod named parameter. forcenoalpha 1 could help, but it can have other negative effects

white jay May 10, 2020, 6:01 PM

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I noticed my transparency had hard edges, so _CA should solve that?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 6:01 PM

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possibly

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depends what kind of look you are after

white jay May 10, 2020, 6:03 PM

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I guess not transitioning from full opaque to full transparent

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but a gradual falloff

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tried renaming the files to end with _CO and _CA but to no affect

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 6:10 PM

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renaming does not work

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the name of the original file must be correct

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so that correct conversion to .paa is done

white jay May 10, 2020, 6:10 PM

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so the png that I load into texview?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 6:11 PM

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if that is the original file that you convert, then yes

white jay May 10, 2020, 6:11 PM

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alright

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do I leave the _CO and _CA in the name once it's a paa?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 6:21 PM

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yes

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when in doubt, compare to how the unpacked Arma files are set up on your P drive

white jay May 10, 2020, 6:26 PM

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unfortunately it still doesn't seem to do anything

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not very noticeable so I can live with it

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 6:33 PM

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could be an issue with the source file too.

frail plover May 10, 2020, 8:44 PM

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Working on trying to import a purchased boat model into the game, having all sorts of issues with buoyancy and stuff. Current it just sinks like a rock, any potential fixes or even a faster way to debug this? https://i.imgur.com/p3f2603.jpg

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 8:50 PM

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well the boyancy is combination of geometry, physx and boyancy lods If I recall right

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and possibly some config stuff

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compare to the sample boat is pretty much the only way to get started with it

frail plover May 10, 2020, 9:18 PM

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it states this on the wiki "Regarding the GEO LOD, it is very important that the autocenter=1 property is set in the properties tab of the GEO LOD. Otherwise the ship will inmediately sink." Am I being an idiot, how do I bring up the properties tab for an lod? how is this supposed to look

woeful viper May 10, 2020, 9:19 PM

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in window tab you can enable it

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 9:19 PM

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There is a named properties dialog that can be toggled from that

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👆

frail plover May 10, 2020, 9:20 PM

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Thanks, got it

frail plover May 10, 2020, 11:38 PM

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if the boat is too heavy, it's literally sinking flat. What needs to be adjusted to fix that? The weight %'s?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 11:38 PM

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geometry class mass dictates its weight

frail plover May 10, 2020, 11:39 PM

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

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These 5 points?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 11:41 PM

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what a weird weight setup

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those and whatever you have set to the rest of the geomety components

frail plover May 10, 2020, 11:43 PM

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So these weight % are what dictates it https://i.imgur.com/WZbwzgF.png

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everything else is set to 100%

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The one outside the boat is to counteract the cabin, that works fine - it sinks straight down

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 11:46 PM

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not weight

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mass

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weigthting is related to animation movement strenght

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mass is different dialog

frail plover May 10, 2020, 11:48 PM

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Object builder is nuts, I'm working with another guy and he done most of this. I'm usually the one scripting. How would I open the mass dialog?

stuck oyster May 10, 2020, 11:51 PM

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its a small dialog by default in the lower left of the UI

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toggle is found in the window menu on the top toolbar

frail plover May 10, 2020, 11:53 PM

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got it, lets hope this stops it sinking

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thank you for the help

pale zealot May 11, 2020, 12:59 AM

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Can anyone here give me a hand with making some uniform models for my unit, including vests, backpacks, etc? We have specific mods for our unit, but the man who made them and such decided to leave the unit and take all the file info with them, so they are hopelessly unupdated and seem to crash our new server

quick terrace May 11, 2020, 1:08 AM

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@pale zealot #creators_recruiting

pale zealot May 11, 2020, 1:08 AM

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Thank you

wind crow May 11, 2020, 6:10 AM

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who can help me with adding a car to the new mod?

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I can't figure out how to make friends with config and lods

stuck oyster May 11, 2020, 7:50 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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herding sheep?

wind crow May 11, 2020, 9:39 AM

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xD

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@stuck oyster can you write in pm?

stuck oyster May 11, 2020, 9:41 AM

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soz Im busy atm. And I dont have time for requests at this time.

quick terrace May 11, 2020, 10:12 AM

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@wind crow dude, the point of these channels is to get help by asking specific questions here, not PMing various people

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you can ask whatever lods related questions you have here, config related questions in #arma3_config

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i'll ask one for you? what car, who made the car, you?

vagrant monolith May 11, 2020, 8:42 PM

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can I use two texturesources in my model? I have one texture for the vest base and othere for pouches and accessories, but ingame I see only the vest texture painted on top of the pouches and accessories even though I applied them in object builder

ionic brook May 12, 2020, 9:53 AM

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Alright lads, having a bit of an issue with Arma 3 Toolbox and wonder if anyone else has this issue. Had a search online but couldn't find anything specific. I've installed the toolbox according to the instructions but in the user preferences within blender it's telling me to update to 2.8x. I'm already running 2.82, has anyone else had this issue?

Kinda wish I hadn't updated to be honest.

vagrant monolith May 12, 2020, 11:01 AM

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anyone had same issue when blender does not actually want to paint weights onto your model?

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okay I think I found out the culprit, vertex groups were corrupted somehow, data transfering new ones fixed it.

quick terrace May 12, 2020, 11:50 AM

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@ionic brook contact @shrewd jay

shrewd jay May 12, 2020, 11:51 AM

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@ionic brook IIRC the Toolbox has a minimum required version of 2.80. Did you get the right one? Where did you download it from?

ionic brook May 12, 2020, 12:42 PM

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Hey, got version 1.5.7 from the friedenhq website. Thought I'd get it from the source website to make sure it's upto date but can't tick the box as it tells me to update. I'll try reinstalling blender see what happens.

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The blender version was the main version on their site too, not the test builds.

quick terrace May 12, 2020, 12:45 PM

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https://github.com/AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

GitHub

AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

Arma Toolbox for Blender. Contribute to AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

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afaik github is where you should download from

shrewd jay May 12, 2020, 1:07 PM

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I updated the fhq web site to point to the Github page

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For 2.8x you will want this one https://github.com/AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox/releases/tag/v3.0.4-alpha

GitHub

AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

Arma Toolbox for Blender. Contribute to AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@ionic brook

ionic brook May 12, 2020, 3:57 PM

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Thanks lads I'll give it go tonight.

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 5:37 PM

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is there a way to change the path for a model to a different model.cfg?

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 5:43 PM

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path to a model?

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model.cfg connection betweehn p3ds is the name of the cfgModels class

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nameof.p3d => cfgModels{ calss nameof{}; };

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and the stuff is baked into the model/p3d on binarization

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 5:47 PM

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what i mean is, if use a model from a mod, can i change the model.cfg thats baked into the model without having to redo anything model wise

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 5:48 PM

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no

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 5:48 PM

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damn

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 5:48 PM

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and you cant access that model in any way to edit it either

quick terrace May 12, 2020, 6:10 PM

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@blissful spire why would you wanna edits that model.cfg? maybe it can be done differently?

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 7:31 PM

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@quick terrace, original model is VTOL setup. So the wings/landing struts are tied to the landing Gear button. I've been able to get it to use the helicopter flight model/controls, but i need to add in the option to raise the struts and wings

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Ive already found the animationsource for what triggers the animations for the wings/struts. But im unsure if i can reuse that anim.source

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 7:34 PM

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fundamental simulation type changes would better be done with source material at hand

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 7:35 PM

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So theres no way to just have a scroll wheel option to trigger that animation?

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Or rather, is it possible to reuse the same anim.source name for having a scroll wheel option

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 7:36 PM

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I guess only way to know is to try

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engine sources might not work with user actions

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 7:36 PM

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Okay, i know what the source name is for the wings/struts. Ill have to see if i can

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 7:38 PM

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why do you need to turn a plane into a helicopter anyway?

blissful spire May 12, 2020, 7:45 PM

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Dont like VTOLs. Prefer helis. Its less a plane more a helicopter anyway

urban dirge May 12, 2020, 7:51 PM

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~

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 7:53 PM

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#arma3_config would be the place since you are not making models.

urban dirge May 12, 2020, 7:53 PM

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Thanks, sorry for the interruption 🙂

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 7:53 PM

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np

noble hatch May 12, 2020, 8:22 PM

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Getting this error when packing my model

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vertex: 1072, sum of weights is 200, should be 100

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in PBOprojects binlog, its for the visual lods

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being a solid object its not got skeleton weights or anything

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it's not causing any problems as far as i'm aware but any help appretiated

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 9:11 PM

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that means its part of 2 animated selections with full 100 weight on both

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dunno what else to tell you

high stag May 12, 2020, 9:27 PM

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anyone know if theres a limit to how many turrets we can have on a boat?

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Are we able to have like 6 turrets on one boat?

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 10:28 PM

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sure

white jay May 12, 2020, 11:25 PM

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Hello

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It might be a little bit stupid question but are there any tutorials/manuals/instructions how to create from scratch and later import to arma models?

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I'm a beginner

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 11:29 PM

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for creating stuff there are plenty of tutorials for most popular 3D programs

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for creating specifically Arma stuff there are a lot less

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but you dont need to learn how to model for Arma

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you just need to learn how to model

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then the Arma specifics will be simple to implement

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you will need to take the learning process in manageable chunks

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so first learn how to model, then how to texture, then perhaps look into how to model game graphics (like highpoly to lowpoly workflow)

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when that is handled you can look into the Arma part

white jay May 12, 2020, 11:42 PM

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honestly the first thing I would like to have are clear steps what should I do

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to make model ready from for example blender

wispy sage May 12, 2020, 11:44 PM

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Are you already comfortable making the model SpitFire, or are you still learning blender?

white jay May 12, 2020, 11:45 PM

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50/50 I manage to follow guide to make pistol

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 11:45 PM

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when you are 100% ready with that stuff then you are ready to figure out how to put that into Arma

white jay May 12, 2020, 11:46 PM

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I mean, I would like to known when I'm 100% ready

wispy sage May 12, 2020, 11:46 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJhOk5DGGK4

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If you need touch up with blender then:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgEq0u2MzVgAaHEBt--xLB6U

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 11:48 PM

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what does your model look like now then? Are you happy with it?

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you are yourself pretty much the judge on the visual look and if that is ready

white jay May 12, 2020, 11:49 PM

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Yea, firstly I wanted to make something really primitive to see If I'm going into right way

stuck oyster May 12, 2020, 11:57 PM

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so its all ready now with textures and all?

civic stratus May 12, 2020, 11:58 PM

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is there a trick for getting the steering wheel memory points right for vehicles? I centered the cursor on the model for the first point, but getting the second position right for the visual effect to not be wonky is always a struggle

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 12:04 AM

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make the points in proper modeling software?

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or if your steering wheel is made smart way you might be able to use copy if its points to get the center

quick terrace May 13, 2020, 12:14 AM

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game asset creation is pretty much the same no matter of the engine used

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there are like infinite amount of resources these days to teach you how to make anything in any software

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:43 AM

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trying to make turrets in game

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theyre seperated by bones yet somehow they're moving the same time in-game

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:44 AM

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they each need their own animationSources

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:44 AM

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they have their own animation sources

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:44 AM

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you set them up in each turret class?

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:44 AM

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yes

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:45 AM

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are each turret configured on the same level

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:45 AM

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im using the newturret inheritance

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:45 AM

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or are they configured inside each other

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:45 AM

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theyre configured inside the turret class and each turret has its own class

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:46 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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zo like this?

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:46 AM

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the left

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:46 AM

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👍

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so how are you testing them?

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:46 AM

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they work fine in buldozer

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in terms of animations

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they all move properly

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but once u put them in game

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for one, the gunner proxy for the second turret is in the same location as the first turret

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:52 AM

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have you changed the proxy index of each turret?

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:55 AM

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no

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i have not

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how do u do that

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:55 AM

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there is a config parameter for that

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if I remember it right its "proxyIndex"

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and it corresponds to the gunner proxy number

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:55 AM

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gotcha

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il do that now

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any other config parameters i should know about

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:57 AM

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off the top of my head cant remember

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but if theres a problem ask and maybe they come back

high stag May 13, 2020, 1:58 AM

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thanks man

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 1:58 AM

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theres probably many depending on how you want them to behave 😄

blissful spire May 13, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Yeah, its the proxyIndex

high stag May 13, 2020, 2:04 AM

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yu

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yup it was

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but now, when im shooting from the second turret

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the bullets are coming out from the first

blissful spire May 13, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Although im not that good with turrets lol. I cant get the actual reticule to follow my turret movements

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 2:12 AM

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each turret also has their own muzzle positions that has to be defined both in the config and in the models memorylod

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and set up to move with the turret parts

high stag May 13, 2020, 2:26 AM

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alright so i got the turrets set up

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it almost works except when i fire with the turret

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the animation of the second turret works simutaneously with the first

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 2:33 AM

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how have you set up the firing effect animations?

high stag May 13, 2020, 2:40 AM

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how would you define the part of the turret where the gun smoke is coming out?

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i got the muzzles figured out

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 2:49 AM

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that I believe is defined in the weapon.

high stag May 13, 2020, 2:49 AM

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ah i see

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so id probably have to find the config for the minigun then

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 2:50 AM

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which is a bit backwards way of doing it and does not support multiple turrets with same weapon

high stag May 13, 2020, 2:50 AM

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oh

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so you cant have two turrets with the same weapon?

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 2:50 AM

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you can

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but I if I recall right the effects might not work

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might depend on weapon type

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or you can make derivative weapon classes to be used on different turrets

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Thats what I've done for my many turret using things

high stag May 13, 2020, 2:53 AM

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can u provide me with an example

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never done that before

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 2:58 AM

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inherit weapon class to class weapon_turret01 : original_weapon, weapon_turret02: original_weapon etc etc

high stag May 13, 2020, 3:04 AM

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ah gotcha

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can we put the cfgweapons in the same cfg as the boat cfg?

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 3:10 AM

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sure

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I do personally keep my weapon configs in separate pbo so that its easier to use them in multiple vehicles

high stag May 13, 2020, 3:13 AM

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in that case, we wouldnt use the mainturret inheritance?

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or we would define the weapon then use the weapon with the main turret

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so create a weapon called mark_minigun then do mark_minigun:MainTurret

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ok nvm

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i just stared it

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we would use the weapon config paramter inside the turret class

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 3:24 AM

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noo noo

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it does not affect your turret config at all

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except what each turret uses as a weapon

high stag May 13, 2020, 3:25 AM

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what class would the minigun use?

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u know for pistol it would be pistol_f

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 3:28 AM

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you would use the minigun you are using now as a base

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its all very logical, dont overthink it

high stag May 13, 2020, 3:37 AM

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where would i find the config

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for LMG_Minigun

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 3:37 AM

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in the unpacked arma 3 files on your P drive

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or you can get yourself one of those latest all-in-one config dump files

blissful spire May 13, 2020, 3:40 AM

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Those AiOs hurt my soul trying to read through

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 3:41 AM

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they are very useful when you know a keyword you want to look up for

high stag May 13, 2020, 3:52 AM

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class CfgWeapons
{
    class MGunCore;
    class MGun: MGunCore{};
    class LMG_Minigun: MGun
    {
        displayName="$STR_A3_LMG_Minigun0";
        magazineReloadTime=15;
        ballisticsComputer=2;
        aiDispersionCoefY=0.5;
        aiDispersionCoefX=0.5;
        class gunParticles
        {
            class effect1
            {
                positionName="machinegun_eject_pos";
                directionName="machinegun_eject_dir";
                effectName="MachineGunCartridge1";
            };
            class effect2
            {
                positionName="machinegun_end";
                directionName="machinegun_beg";
                effectName="MachineGun1";
            };
        };
    };
};

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like this @stuck oyster ?

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 4:01 AM

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along those lines yes

strange bluff May 13, 2020, 4:17 AM

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Anybody available for hire to model a few buildings for me?

blissful spire May 13, 2020, 4:22 AM

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#creators_recruiting @strange bluff

waxen moon May 13, 2020, 10:14 AM

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I was sure i posted in this thread but i cant find my post to see if anyone has replied.Is there a way i can find my post/s?

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Thanks

bold flare May 13, 2020, 10:25 AM

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Discord search. from:

waxen moon May 13, 2020, 10:27 AM

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thnx

quick terrace May 13, 2020, 3:45 PM

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@proven wyvern #creators_recruiting

proven wyvern May 13, 2020, 3:45 PM

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k

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 5:59 PM

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Hey guys, trying to get started in vehicle making here. In object builder, how do you import the proxy driver model so you can see where the seating positions are, check scale, etc? The tutorial i've been following skips right over it.

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 6:00 PM

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there is a create proxy tool in the top toolbar menus

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in that you pic a path to a proxy p3d that looks like the animation the passenger will be using

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 6:00 PM

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ok, i see that

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 6:00 PM

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note that the proxy only dictates the position of the proxy

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 6:00 PM

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where would I find the proxy names?

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 6:01 PM

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the config calue of passenger action will dictate what it looks like

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in the unpacked A3 data on your P drive

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cant remember the exact path but there is a folder full of all the proxies for the vanilla animations

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if you need custom animation you will need to make a custom proxy too

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 6:01 PM

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one of the anims_ folder?

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 6:02 PM

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my advice is do a folder search for "proxy" in P:\A3\

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Probably don't need a custom animation, just trying to bring in a truck right now as my first test, just need to get a couple guys seated on the bench

vagrant monolith May 13, 2020, 6:14 PM

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my backpack model has inverted shadows, ie dark in direct light and lighter on the shadow side, what should I do to fix it?

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 6:14 PM

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how on earth did you manage that?

vagrant monolith May 13, 2020, 6:14 PM

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no idea 😄

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might be rvmat issue actually

quick terrace May 13, 2020, 6:49 PM

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can you give a screenshot?

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@vagrant monolith

vagrant monolith May 13, 2020, 6:50 PM

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gimme a sec

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM

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Is there a shortcut to move objects in object builder with the mouse? I'm trying the standard alt click ctrl click but it's not working.

stuck oyster May 13, 2020, 7:15 PM

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right mouse down and drag

sullen scaffold May 13, 2020, 7:21 PM

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got it, thank you

vernal lynx May 13, 2020, 11:49 PM

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Hey there ! Any good pratice trick to quickly export a mask from blender ? (multimat setup)

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Currently I use baketool to make the mask. It's ok, but not very smooth

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 12:17 AM

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depends how you are doing the bake, I've got pretty good solid color results out of it with appropriately set up node material.

vernal lynx May 14, 2020, 2:26 AM

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Yeah I managed to set an emit and bake the emit directly from blender on UV2

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looks the most decent way to do

polar bone May 14, 2020, 4:41 PM

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Why would my graffiti decal texture be upside & mirrored?

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https://imgur.com/a/fgcQdPp pic related

woeful viper May 14, 2020, 4:46 PM

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uv

polar bone May 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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When I go into UVEditor it looks normal, the texture is oriented as it should be. What should I do?

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 4:51 PM

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flip the uv

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or the mesh

polar bone May 14, 2020, 4:55 PM

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Thanks goat 🙂

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 6:07 PM

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Do you have to use addon builder to pack a vehicle, or can I just compile it into a pbo with pbo manager?

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 6:09 PM

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use pboProject

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and never pboManager

tulip beacon May 14, 2020, 6:09 PM

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and even more never addon builder

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 6:39 PM

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for the model directory in the config file, it's pbo name/folder name/model name - correct?

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:03 PM

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i'm getting a "Expected ]={" error when packing

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for line 70, which is

class TransportItems /// some first aid kits in trunk according to safety regulations
{
item_xx(FirstAidKit,4);
};

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straight from the sample file, haven't even touched it

marble ravine May 14, 2020, 7:04 PM

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"//" instead of "///"

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:04 PM

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all of the notes in the sample files are ///

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i deleted the whole notation and still getting the error

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line 70 specifically is - item_xx(FirstAidKit,4);

marble ravine May 14, 2020, 7:07 PM

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Have you defined the macro item_xx?

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:07 PM

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no, i don't know what that is, it was just in the sample config

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i'm just trying to get the car in game to start with

marble ravine May 14, 2020, 7:08 PM

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Refer to the TransportItems:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Characters_And_Gear_Encoding_Guide

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:10 PM

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oh i see, its referenced in the basicdefines file

marble ravine May 14, 2020, 7:12 PM

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Make sure you include that file then.

For an explanation about macro's and #include
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/PreProcessor_Commands

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:18 PM

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ok, fixed that error, got a new one now

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I don't seem to understand how to reference the model path properly

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I assumed it was the name of the pbo, then the folder, and then the p3d within the folder

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but that's not working

quick terrace May 14, 2020, 7:23 PM

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whos p3ds and who’s rvmats

marble ravine May 14, 2020, 7:27 PM

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@sullen scaffold you need the full path from the topmost folder in the P: drive to your model.

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:27 PM

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Ah ok

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I get it, so it really has nothing to do with how the PBO is packed, all about the path when the model is made

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 7:29 PM

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@lapis pecan you can't.

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@sullen scaffold no its the path the P3d is in P drive

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As P drive represents the game engines internal filestructure

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:30 PM

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so in my P drive I have folder ArmyTruck then a Data folder, and then M35.p3d in the data folder

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so it's ArmyTruck/Data/M35

blissful spire May 14, 2020, 7:31 PM

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You have a folder that ArmyTruck is in?

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:31 PM

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no, it's P:/armytruck

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Well sure

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It's not exactly good naming convention but it should work

blissful spire May 14, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Then yeah.
"armytruck/data/m35.p3d" should work

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:32 PM

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yeah i get the naming sucks, just trying to get my first model in game at this point

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 7:32 PM

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Starting from good naming saves you headache later

quick terrace May 14, 2020, 7:32 PM

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always use a custom tag

blissful spire May 14, 2020, 7:32 PM

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^that too.

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:33 PM

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fml, now i've got more errors

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12:29:34: armytruck\data\m35.p3d:geometryView: Bad proxy object definition proxy:\a3\data_f\proxies\passenger_low01\cargo01.001
12:29:34: armytruck\data\m35.p3d:geometryView: Bad proxy object definition proxy:\a3\data_f\proxies\driver_offroad\driver.001
12:29:34: armytruck\data\m35.p3d:geometryView: Bad proxy object definition proxy:\a3\data_f\proxies\passenger_low01\cargo01.001
12:29:34: armytruck\data\m35.p3d:geometryView: Bad proxy object definition proxy:\a3\data_f\proxies\driver_offroad\driver.001
12:29:34: Too detailed shadow lod in armytruck\data\m35.p3d (0:0.000000 : 16669) - shadows disabled

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So I think I fixed the shadow lod, I didn't have one.

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I don't know why its griping about the driver proxy though

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You can't edit other people's models.

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You have to make your own

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Unless you get them to give you the unbinarized p3d file

blissful spire May 14, 2020, 7:45 PM

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Rvmats are different though. You should be able to use the hiddenselectionsmaterial i think is the config line

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:47 PM

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Alright I fixed the proxy issue, I had to redefine them. And fixed the shadow LOD. It still won't pack though. Saying error code 31 and this is all I get from the log:

stripping ""p:\temp\ArmyTruck.bin.log""
12:46:20: No speaker configuration found.
12:46:20: PhysX3 SDK Init started ...
12:46:20: PhysX3 SDK Init ended.
12:46:20: Convert model ArmyTruck\data\M35.p3d -> p:\temp\ArmyTruck\data\M35.p3d

12:46:20: <model = "ArmyTruck\data\M35.p3d">

12:46:21: </model>

12:46:21: Extensions:

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 7:48 PM

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noisy output on?

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:48 PM

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turn it on?

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 7:48 PM

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if its not, yes

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:49 PM

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ok trying again

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ok, there's a lot here, what am I looking for?

quick terrace May 14, 2020, 7:51 PM

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the reason is not packing

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pastebin it

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 7:53 PM

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https://pastebin.com/JAKtMp2X

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only thing I can see is:

Missing File Summary
M35.p3d : \p:\a3\data_f\proxies\driver_high01\driver.p3d
M35.p3d : \p:\a3\data_f\proxies\passenger_apc_generic01\cargo.p3d

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but i'm not sure why they would be missing

quick terrace May 14, 2020, 8:05 PM

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do tou have unpacked a3 data on p drive?

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you*^

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 8:05 PM

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yes

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when i mounted the P drive I extracted game data and installed buldozer

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https://imgur.com/a/9N3BorO

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 8:12 PM

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your proxy path has P: in it?

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ah

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you used the arma laucher to extract

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and mount

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that does not work right

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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arma3 tools

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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PMCwiki has steps to set up the tools and P drive with mikeros tools

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yea the tools method does not seem to work right

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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great

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can I change the proxy path without going through all this again?

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ok so when I reimport the proxy I deleted the P: infront of the path

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the model still appeared, i'll replace them and try it again

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do I need to redefine these after I place them?

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 8:39 PM

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i replaced the proxies, it packed successfully, but doesn't show up in the editor

quick terrace May 14, 2020, 9:32 PM

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does it appear if you spawn it by script?

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scope = in config?

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 9:44 PM

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in the editor?

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it doesn't give me the option to preview the class

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through the config

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 10:24 PM

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@stuck oyster or @quick terrace would you be willing to look at this for me if I sent it to you? I'm at a loss as to what i'm doing wrong here

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 10:30 PM

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sorry I cant really spare time for such. I dont think you have your tools and drive set up right though

blissful spire May 14, 2020, 10:31 PM

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@sullen scaffold, by show up, do the proxies not show up, or does the whole model not show up

sullen scaffold May 14, 2020, 10:33 PM

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the whole model

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It's not a selectable item in the editor

stuck oyster May 14, 2020, 10:34 PM

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that would be a config issue. missing scope = 2; and/or scopeCurator = 2;