#arma3_texture | ARMA | Page 5

lethal condor Aug 24, 2023, 2:01 PM

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Low pixel density like what?

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Let's say, you want to make Steve from Minecraft, without a blur?

steel geyser Aug 24, 2023, 2:49 PM

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nooo kinda like if the material is to high would there be an issue loading a low poly count model but high quailty picture

full quarry Aug 24, 2023, 6:53 PM

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nothing else but higher memory imprint

steel geyser Aug 26, 2023, 10:17 AM

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@full quarry so it could cause a server over load if there’s multiple uses of object?

full quarry Aug 26, 2023, 11:53 AM

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Would have to be a lot but sure

balmy palm Aug 27, 2023, 4:14 PM

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I'm having a slight struggle with, I presume, my SMDI texture..
1 - I want my cars body to be glossier
2 - I want my tyres to be completely matt
3 - there is a part I want to be chrome (but I believe this may be done by changing material in the object builder)
From my understanding, blue channel being lighter in places means more gloss, green channel lighter being more metallic - I've been playing for a while but I can't seem to get a desirable result.. is there something I'm missing, or even better, a way to cheat?

mild olive Aug 28, 2023, 7:26 AM

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balmy palm I'm having a slight struggle with, I presume, my SMDI texture.. 1 - I want my ca...

From what I have found, you cant really get as dynamic of a range in the material that you are looking for.

I'd create a separate RVMAT and selection for the tyres with less gloss. And potentially a separate RVMAT and selection for chrome trims.

balmy palm Aug 28, 2023, 6:30 PM

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more to do with RVMATs then, 'fraid you'd say that.. I'll have a play, thanks!

wispy vigil Aug 29, 2023, 8:00 AM

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Question, why doesn't this work?

lethal condor Aug 29, 2023, 8:09 AM

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It is very hard to answer anything only with this picture. Which software you use to pack those PBOs?

wispy vigil Aug 29, 2023, 10:17 AM

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lethal condor It is very hard to answer anything only with this picture. Which software you us...

no clue, it's a mod from the workshop

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at this point I should just ask for the source code

lethal condor Aug 29, 2023, 10:18 AM

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I have zero idea why you have to do this when is a somebody's work

subtle minnow Aug 30, 2023, 4:56 AM

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Does anyone have the Rhino texture template? (B_AFV_Wheeled_01_cannon_F)

low helm Nov 13, 2015, 10:35 AM

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Thank you!

full quarry Sep 1, 2023, 2:32 PM

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wispy vigil no clue, it's a mod from the workshop

you dont need to touch anything inside some mod

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you make your own stuff as separate mod that loads on top of the other one

queen cobalt Sep 2, 2023, 1:46 AM

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Just curious I was messing with some road textures and noticed this little gap: https://i.imgur.com/cfcxm6U.jpeg is this just because the road wasint scooted all the way up in photoshop? Also on the right side of the road the edges seemed to be very defined could that just use some some "shading"? I cannot think of the right word aha

Imgur

full quarry Sep 2, 2023, 7:50 AM

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Looks like the texture is not made repeating

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Or it's repeating but you have a Same parts and one is flipped

rigid grove Sep 3, 2023, 11:27 AM

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so...did someone have the guide the Fresnel? I want to make my rail has the same to sp render,it seems like I just need to set Fresnel value

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on the rvmat

stable swallow Sep 3, 2023, 9:38 PM

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You need to adjust Specular Power in the Rvmat along with fresnel

full quarry Sep 3, 2023, 9:56 PM

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rigid grove so...did someone have the guide the Fresnel? I want to make my rail has the same...

there is no 1 value that makes it look same as in SP

dawn jay Sep 4, 2023, 12:25 AM

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Just want to ask if this is the right config for a retexture

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I can't seem to get this texture working in game overriding the original mtp uniform

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Made sure my prefix was right and had hidden selections

full quarry Sep 4, 2023, 12:33 AM

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dawn jay Just want to ask if this is the right config for a retexture

Does it match with the original conifg for that uniform?

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as in is the hiddenselection "camo" same as in the original

dawn jay Sep 4, 2023, 12:35 AM

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full quarry Does it match with the original conifg for that uniform?

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Oh! Never mind, I got it working

full quarry Sep 4, 2023, 12:49 AM

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dawn jay Oh! Never mind, I got it working

do you intend on changing the original uniform or creating new one?

dawn jay Sep 4, 2023, 12:50 AM

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I was retexturing the original mtp uniform from arma 3

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Not a new one

full quarry Sep 4, 2023, 1:05 AM

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👍

rigid grove Sep 4, 2023, 5:43 AM

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stable swallow You need to adjust Specular Power in the Rvmat along with fresnel

gocha

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specular power 255,fresnel 1.3,6

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pretty close the render auslt

stable swallow Sep 4, 2023, 6:05 AM

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Nice Stuff!

rigid grove Sep 4, 2023, 6:11 AM

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but still had some iusse for that

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too shine for arma3 don't you think?

lethal condor Sep 4, 2023, 6:16 AM

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I'd suggest two:

adjust specular and speculaPower
don't use VR to test lighting

rigid grove Sep 4, 2023, 6:16 AM

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yeah i k

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it seems like I put specular RGB value too Orange or brown

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em....

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yeah....too freaking shine

lethal condor Sep 4, 2023, 6:23 AM

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This is why I suggest 2

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Unless the VR has modded lighting, that lighting is very dark than regula lightings. You better to use Stratis, unless the weaopon is meant to be used in vanilla VR

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Or... you can check my Mod to replace VR lighting. Too lazy to link it rn

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One thing to add: better to use diag exe to adjust rvmat on the fly

rigid grove Sep 4, 2023, 6:50 AM

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ok thx,I'll try

full quarry Sep 4, 2023, 11:03 AM

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Specular of 255 is very very high powered. I suspect you don't have correct kind of smdi texture that fits Arma.

rigid grove Sep 4, 2023, 11:13 AM

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yeah,I'm trying to use met and rough in smdi's G&B channel

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but I still don't understand how to conform the speculor and speculor value in rvmat

full quarry Sep 4, 2023, 11:21 AM

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metal and roughness dont directly translate to SMDI

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so youll need to adjust it both in texture and with the specular settings

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the specular[] array and specular power determine the maximum of what the rvmat outputs and then the texture modulates that

rigid grove Sep 4, 2023, 12:00 PM

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so the rvmat setting higher than texture map or?

full quarry Sep 4, 2023, 12:11 PM

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rvmat sets maximum. texture alters it

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black on texture should still be 0

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and white would be what the max is set as

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if I recall right

mint hare Sep 4, 2023, 12:53 PM

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if that's the math used in the shader https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/HQ_Normal_Maps#Specular_map - i can't possibly bend my brain around it notlikemeow

severe rune Sep 4, 2023, 1:57 PM

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My brain is already melting from trying to read that text

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"In order that shaders were simpler (faster), then inside them is inconsiderable multiplication of specular component with coefficient, which is derived in detail analysis"
Excuse me wha

mint hare Sep 4, 2023, 1:58 PM

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85 rounds of bootleg machine translation 🙃

mint hare Sep 4, 2023, 2:21 PM

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like, that's equvalent to k = 1 / (sp + 1); y = green p * (blue p * (1 - k) + k);. Or even y = green p * lerp (blue p, 1, k); And max difference between specularPower of 70 and 7000 would be like 3/255 (if the color has 8 bits per channel). notlikemeowcry

stable swallow Sep 4, 2023, 2:30 PM

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rigid grove specular power 255,fresnel 1.3,6

i see 3DMA Stuff here nice

mint hare Sep 4, 2023, 2:31 PM

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or, if i read from another angle, the point of omitting the red/diffuse channel is: red/diffuse + green/specular should always be 1... and the point of blue/power channel is to make that sum not 1 effectively. Yaay, my head hurts 🤣

mint hare Sep 4, 2023, 2:46 PM

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https://www.math3d.org/rnGgfwgM4 yaay for graphing calculators

spark shore Sep 4, 2023, 4:45 PM

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I'm confused are you calculating how directX works?

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or are you trying to export spec gloss in one single texture normal map included?

mint hare Sep 4, 2023, 5:12 PM

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i'm trying to understand what specularPower in rvmat means and what are the sane values for that

zenith mulch Sep 4, 2023, 5:54 PM

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mint hare i'm trying to understand what `specularPower` in rvmat means and what are the sa...

you have look at the basics right?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/RVMAT_basics

RVMAT basics

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specularPower is mainly just glossiness

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not directx but close enough http://learnwebgl.brown37.net/09_lights/lights_specular.html

neat cape Sep 5, 2023, 8:50 AM

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mint hare i'm trying to understand what `specularPower` in rvmat means and what are the sa...

You can also edit rvmat files with texteditor so you see some values and you can easy try out some stuff with it.

I did experiments with it very often and with the OB Bulldozer viewer i was able to see what i did after each rvmat save. SpecularPower defines how much gloss the env_map reflects

Less power it makes the gloss matt, more power it makes the gloss very glossy

Best is you try and learning by doing

Also fresnel can do a lot of differences to the whole rvmat

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Also if you set specular as example instead of 1,1,1,1 to 1.5,1,1,1 you got a red shine gloss effect, you can play around with these values, some stuff gets cool effects

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Such stuff ive tested around with specular and specular power as example

rigid grove Sep 5, 2023, 9:52 AM

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neat cape

wow,r u paint in the PBR perset?

tulip oyster Sep 5, 2023, 8:22 PM

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Hi, anyone have Livonian beret texture?

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Or know where to find it?

stable swallow Sep 5, 2023, 9:46 PM

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You can find it in the enoch pbo

odd herald Sep 5, 2023, 10:49 PM

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Why is it giving me this? I have the .jpeg in the mission folder like it needs.

full quarry Sep 5, 2023, 11:00 PM

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maybe jpg

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tho neither is really valid texture file

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should be filename_suffix.paa

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:35 PM

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Guys is this right place for flags and insignias?

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:36 PM

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rancid obsidian Guys is this right place for flags and insignias?

depends what about them

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:36 PM

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full quarry depends what about them

I created a custom faction but I need a flag

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Custom flag

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Idk how to add it

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And insignia

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:38 PM

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well you would start from making those textures I suppose

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if you made a faction you probably are a bit familiar with configs

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so then you would make new configs for those

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:40 PM

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full quarry so then you would make new configs for those

What configs?

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:41 PM

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insignia and flag if those are what you want to make

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:42 PM

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I created faction with that orbat alive thing

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:42 PM

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for reference you can get the all in one config dump or use the ingame config viewer (or one of them advanced config viewer mods that have better search)

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:42 PM

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rancid obsidian I created faction with that orbat alive thing

ah thats something quite different then

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thats just for use with Alive if I recall right

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:44 PM

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full quarry thats just for use with Alive if I recall right

Tutorials it's in pins?

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:45 PM

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well there are no tutorials for flags or insignias exactly

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you would proably have to make it a separate mod

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I dont remember how the Alive stuff worked exactly but if I recall right its not separate mod that you build with the stuff you make

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:47 PM

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full quarry I dont remember how the Alive stuff worked exactly but if I recall right its not...

It's a module in editor

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:47 PM

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yeh that wont be able to make new flags or insignias

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its more a mission making tool

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:48 PM

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full quarry yeh that wont be able to make new flags or insignias

I didn't said how to create flags with orbat

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:48 PM

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that is true

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was just making an observation

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youll need to learn how to set up a proper mod addon and config and how to pack that into a pbo

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:49 PM

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full quarry youll need to learn how to set up a proper mod addon and config and how to pack ...

I did

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Created an custom faction and packed it for test

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:50 PM

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then you can use the all in one config or in game config viewer to find examples of insignia and flag configs

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:52 PM

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full quarry then you can use the all in one config or in game config viewer to find examples...

Also do u know white or black textures for vehicles?

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That workshop it's big idk what should I search

full quarry Sep 7, 2023, 4:53 PM

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dont know.

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maybe look for black retexture or white retexture

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could be hard to find like youve noticed

rancid obsidian Sep 7, 2023, 4:58 PM

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full quarry could be hard to find like youve noticed

Thanks anyway

rigid grove Sep 8, 2023, 5:09 AM

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trying to made a perfct m110a1 reciver color

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any idea?

full quarry Sep 8, 2023, 9:50 AM

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rigid grove any idea?

Can't do much but to look at it in game (or buldozer viewer with real lighting set up (pins) and tweak colors until it's good.)

rigid grove Sep 8, 2023, 10:02 AM

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oh god pls no blobcloseenjoy

lethal condor Sep 8, 2023, 10:02 AM

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This is why I mentioned about diag exe

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It is very easy to check in-game and its lighting

full quarry Sep 8, 2023, 10:04 AM

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Diag exe and filepatching is very fast yeah

floral fiber Sep 8, 2023, 1:49 PM

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rigid grove trying to made a perfct m110a1 reciver color

isnt that RAL8000? #89683C if so

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though as goat and polpox mentioned it'll be a good idea to do diag exe + filepatching

rigid grove Sep 8, 2023, 6:02 PM

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u guys mean the DX diag.exe or?

severe rune Sep 8, 2023, 6:03 PM

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Arma 3 has development branch which has a diagnostic game binary

floral fiber Sep 8, 2023, 6:06 PM

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which branch is it again i forgot the link to all the places

severe rune Sep 8, 2023, 6:06 PM

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development branch :U

floral fiber Sep 8, 2023, 6:07 PM

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oh, not possible to have diag and profiling then?

severe rune Sep 8, 2023, 6:07 PM

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you could manually copy the exe out of it and into the other

floral fiber Sep 8, 2023, 6:07 PM

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or is it just diag is included in dev branch

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ah epics i shall do that later

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thats for the reload config stuff isnt it?

severe rune Sep 8, 2023, 6:46 PM

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ye

rigid grove Sep 8, 2023, 7:08 PM

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ok thx，I 'll do it later

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just copy the exe and rename to diag？

rare dove Sep 8, 2023, 7:46 PM

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I would love to update the old SU35 model, and see that the left side MFD is looking awkward. There are artifacts all over the place, probably due to z-fighting? Not sure about it though. On the right is the same MFD with AO disabled

rare dove Sep 8, 2023, 8:22 PM

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the base texture is _ca

crisp jewel Sep 9, 2023, 3:01 AM

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Hello, I’m just writing this absurdly long text wall as to a few questions I had regarding the texture files of certain items in Arma.

First of all, I’ll make it clear that I do not have much experience with such stuff, and some of the following questions may be completely irrelevant, as I don’t know what is and what isn’t when it comes to such files. So:

(1.) Is there a whole long process to retrieving texture files for Arma and the process of making/replacing them? Or is it pretty straightforward and direct?
(2.) Do you need any special applications or programs to edit/manipulate texture files from Arma?
(3.) If I am able to do this all, does it take up a lot of space on a drive or not? Would I need a separate drive to put them on?

If anyone is willing to give me a detailed, but simple step by step guide (preferably with images as I’m mostly visual in learning such stuff/directions (sorry…)) to learning how to edit textures for certain things in Arma 3, it’d be heavily appreciated. Feel free to PM me and give me the instructions and rundown on how to get myself set up, and how to begin with this all. (Basically what I said above-…) I really would like to try my hand at a seemingly interesting… Creation of new ideas-?

Thanks. Sorry again for the inconvenience…

lethal condor Sep 9, 2023, 3:07 AM

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from PBO, extract a PAA, edit, pack it into another PBO, with proper config
Arma 3 Tools' TexView to export/import
P Drive helps anything about Modding in A3 indeed

rigid grove Sep 9, 2023, 8:10 AM

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why the diag.exe doesn't lunched the mod?

lethal condor Sep 9, 2023, 8:15 AM

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Reasons or somehow. I rename diag exe arma3.exe so you can run as "32 bit"

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Of course itself is 64 bit but this way you can easily switch the exe

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:25 AM

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Why I can't convert my pngs to paa?

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They are 128×128

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And png

lethal condor Sep 9, 2023, 8:31 AM

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Check bit depth

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:33 AM

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lethal condor Check bit depth

Change that to what?

lethal condor Sep 9, 2023, 8:34 AM

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I don't recall, IIRC it accepts only certain depth(s). You can search this channel

rigid grove Sep 9, 2023, 9:55 AM

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looks like the end_land_optic_co.paa had a good sepculor effect

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 5:35 PM

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Someone? Anyone?

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 5:58 PM

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rancid obsidian Someone? Anyone?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/TexView_2_Manual

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 7:46 PM

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stray relic https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/TexView_2_Manual

My icon is 128×128
And png and it has alpha channel

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 8:14 PM

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rancid obsidian My icon is 128×128 And png and it has alpha channel

You haven't said how you are converting it or what the error message is? Hard to give better advice without some basic info.

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:15 PM

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stray relic You haven't said how you are converting it or what the error message is? Hard to...

It just said fail

full quarry Sep 9, 2023, 8:15 PM

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Where did you make the png? what bit depth did you save it in?

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 8:16 PM

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That's sort of half the info required

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:16 PM

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I didn't changed bit depth I just changed the format

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:22 PM

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rancid obsidian I didn't changed bit depth I just changed the format

@full quarry

full quarry Sep 9, 2023, 8:23 PM

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rancid obsidian <@150949769953411072>

You have not answered either of my questions blobcatsweats

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what progrma didd you use? what bit depth is it saved as

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:23 PM

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full quarry You have not answered either of my questions <:blobcatsweats:728343057354850325>

I used gimp

full quarry Sep 9, 2023, 8:25 PM

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and the bit depth?

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:27 PM

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full quarry and the bit depth?

Idk

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I think it was 8 bit?

full quarry Sep 9, 2023, 8:30 PM

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youll have to check then

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:31 PM

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full quarry youll have to check then

I think it's 8

full quarry Sep 9, 2023, 8:32 PM

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is it greyscale or rbg?

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 8:32 PM

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Rgb I think

full quarry Sep 9, 2023, 8:32 PM

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then I got nothing more if you are correct those should work

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 8:44 PM

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He still hasn't said how he tried to convert it or a better description (like a screenshot) of the error message. Doesn't seem to want to help himself, low effort.

stable swallow Sep 9, 2023, 9:40 PM

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rancid obsidian Change that to what?

8 bit

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 9:56 PM

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stray relic He still hasn't said how he tried to convert it or a better description (like a ...

I'm in game

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After the game I tell u

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 10:48 PM

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stray relic He still hasn't said how he tried to convert it or a better description (like a ...

It's a png
And 128×128
In file properties its bit depth 32
In gimp at top of the screen it says RGB color 8-bit

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@stray relic

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 11:13 PM

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medic_icon_co.png if it is not transparent, medic_icon_ca.png if it is

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 11:14 PM

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Should I add that co or ca?

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 11:14 PM

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yes

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 11:15 PM

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I turned off the pc

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It's 2:45 AM

stray relic Sep 9, 2023, 11:16 PM

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From the original web page I linked previously

rancid obsidian Sep 9, 2023, 11:18 PM

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stray relic From the original web page I linked previously

It has alpha channel

rancid obsidian Sep 10, 2023, 8:10 AM

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Still can't convert

floral fiber Sep 11, 2023, 3:42 PM

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isnt there a list of useful base game icon paths? looking for a magnifying glass icon at the moment

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ah yeah 3den enhanced had it

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just need to find that lmao

sullen vapor Sep 11, 2023, 5:55 PM

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floral fiber isnt there a list of useful base game icon paths? looking for a magnifying glass...

there is a wiki page that has a lot of them listed

floral fiber Sep 11, 2023, 5:55 PM

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ive been looking for it for ages but can never ifnd it

sullen vapor Sep 11, 2023, 5:55 PM

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lemme try

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_CfgMarkers

Arma 3: CfgMarkers

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theres that one

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hmm maybe I'm confusing that one with the one you need

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I found this though kekw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFDw6dw2VTo

YouTube

HallyG

Arma 3 Icon viewer

Icon viewer UI for ArmA 3 to find any image in any pbo.

▶ Play video

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code is at: https://gist.github.com/HallyG/fa7a6cda10abcb630b1dc325f0523553

floral fiber Sep 11, 2023, 5:59 PM

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yeah 3den enhanced's is just in tools part

mossy estuary Sep 12, 2023, 5:37 PM

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Are there any good places to find arma 3 retexture templates. Specifically looking for the beret and the Bonnie hat.

stable swallow Sep 12, 2023, 6:57 PM

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rancid obsidian Still can't convert

bit depth is too high or you first have to convert it to tga. i always save copy as tga then convert it to paa

rancid obsidian Sep 12, 2023, 7:35 PM

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stable swallow bit depth is too high or you first have to convert it to tga. i always save copy...

Finally someone answered

rancid obsidian Sep 12, 2023, 7:36 PM

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stable swallow bit depth is too high or you first have to convert it to tga. i always save copy...

What about flags?

stable swallow Sep 12, 2023, 8:43 PM

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rancid obsidian What about flags?

never did flags

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 11:59 AM

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Anyone here?

full quarry Sep 13, 2023, 12:03 PM

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negative 😄

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but do leave a message after the boop

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https://tenor.com/view/doggo-boop-gif-22290017

Tenor

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:04 PM

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full quarry negative 😄

I figured how to make custom insignias

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Also when I'm trying to run game it gives an error

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The bad thing is connection it's bullsht here I can't send image

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:05 PM

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You can write down what exactly is the error

drowsy stream Sep 13, 2023, 12:06 PM

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full quarry https://tenor.com/view/doggo-boop-gif-22290017

Posting dog GIFs is my job here 😢
Making me unemployed

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rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:08 PM

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lethal condor You can write down what exactly is the error

It says line 28: /CFGUnitInsignia/: 'i' encountered instead of '{'

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:08 PM

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Then it is a config error, not texture error

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:08 PM

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There is no i there

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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There is no what?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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"i"

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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Post around Line 28

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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Line 28 it's empty

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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I said around

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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I looked

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:09 PM

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I said post

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:10 PM

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lethal condor I said post

Wdym?

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:10 PM

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Post around Line 28

full quarry Sep 13, 2023, 12:10 PM

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post the whole config

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the error is somewhere around line 28 but due to how config is processed it dont reportt the exact place

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you are missing an { though

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:16 PM

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full quarry you are missing an { though

I don't see any problem

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:16 PM

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But since the game says so, there is

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The game will not care if you do or not

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:17 PM

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lethal condor But since the game says so, there is

Yeah but I don't see missing "{" all of them is there

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:17 PM

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Once again, post the config

full quarry Sep 13, 2023, 12:17 PM

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post the config already

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:17 PM

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As I said, and HG said, multiple times, there is an issue

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:18 PM

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📎 Config.cpp

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:19 PM

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lethal condor As I said, and HG said, multiple times, there is an issue

Of course there is an issue

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:19 PM

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Are you sure this is your latest config? Did you made it into the Mod?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:21 PM

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lethal condor Are you sure this is your latest config? Did you made it into the Mod?

Yes

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And it's an .pbo

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:21 PM

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Are you 100% sure your Mod has been updated and loaded properly into the game?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:22 PM

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lethal condor Are you 100% sure your Mod has been updated and loaded properly into the game?

I didn't published it but it loaded in mod list

full quarry Sep 13, 2023, 12:22 PM

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how do you pack the pbo?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:22 PM

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full quarry how do you pack the pbo?

Arma 3 tools?

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Addon builder?

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:23 PM

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And just in case, what throws the error?

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The game? Or AB?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:23 PM

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lethal condor The game? Or AB?

When loading the game
When it says initializing addons

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This error comes

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Also can u reply on my message or ping me ?

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:30 PM

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Well, it looks like an AB's issue? Or, maybe due to you lack requiredAddons[]?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:30 PM

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lethal condor Well, it looks like an AB's issue? Or, maybe due to you lack `requiredAddons[]`?

AB?

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Ah addon builder

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:31 PM

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lethal condor Well, it looks like an AB's issue? Or, maybe due to you lack `requiredAddons[]`?

U asking me?

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:31 PM

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What?

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Who else?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:34 PM

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lethal condor Well, it looks like an AB's issue? Or, maybe due to you lack `requiredAddons[]`?

I don't think so

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:34 PM

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Again, the game will not care if you think so

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:35 PM

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lethal condor Again, the game will not care if you think so

How should I know my required addons?

lethal condor Sep 13, 2023, 12:35 PM

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#arma3_config message

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 12:36 PM

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I just added some pngs

mossy estuary Sep 13, 2023, 1:09 PM

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mossy estuary Are there any good places to find arma 3 retexture templates. Specifically looki...

Anyone able to answer this?

full quarry Sep 13, 2023, 1:45 PM

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mossy estuary Anyone able to answer this?

BI forums has a thread where templates were collected once

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other than that there isnt any centralized repository

mossy estuary Sep 13, 2023, 2:04 PM

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Sounds good thanks

stable swallow Sep 13, 2023, 5:13 PM

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rancid obsidian Of course there is an issue

bist du deutsch ?

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:24 PM

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stable swallow bist du deutsch ?

No

stable swallow Sep 13, 2023, 5:26 PM

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rancid obsidian No

ok was wondering because the link to the author url ends with _de

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:26 PM

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stable swallow ok was wondering because the link to the author url ends with _de

Yes

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:26 PM

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stable swallow ok was wondering because the link to the author url ends with _de

So did u see that config?

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I think I sent the wrong 1

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:28 PM

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stable swallow ok was wondering because the link to the author url ends with _de

But I have some german friends

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:31 PM

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stable swallow ok was wondering because the link to the author url ends with _de

Do u have any idea about my config problem?

stable swallow Sep 13, 2023, 5:35 PM

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rancid obsidian Do u have any idea about my config problem?

cant see something wrong there, might be the wrong config you attached

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:36 PM

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stable swallow cant see something wrong there, might be the wrong config you attached

I sent a wrong cfg

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The difference is I added 4 lines there cuz I have 5 icons

stable swallow Sep 13, 2023, 5:38 PM

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explanation unclear, ended up throwing my cat in the microwave

rancid obsidian Sep 13, 2023, 5:39 PM

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stable swallow explanation unclear, ended up throwing my cat in the microwave

I sent wrong cfg anyway

snow kelp Sep 15, 2023, 5:25 PM

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Do the cargo buildings have hidden selections?

full quarry Sep 15, 2023, 6:11 PM

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snow kelp Do the cargo buildings have hidden selections?

buildings rarely have hiddenselections as they dont work on terrain objects

snow kelp Sep 15, 2023, 6:16 PM

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So that’s a no to being able to retexture them?

full quarry Sep 15, 2023, 6:16 PM

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snow kelp So that’s a no to being able to retexture them?

usually yeah they are not set up for that

snow kelp Sep 15, 2023, 6:17 PM

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Bugger

rough nacelle Sep 16, 2023, 5:13 PM

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Hello, how do I add icons to these?

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I did put this here but

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that just added an arsenal icon

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lethal condor Sep 16, 2023, 5:17 PM

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Put \ before HAMS_Armor

rough nacelle Sep 16, 2023, 5:17 PM

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Hoooo, thank you

rancid obsidian Sep 17, 2023, 9:06 AM

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Hey guys

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How to make a tiny flags icon?

rancid obsidian Sep 17, 2023, 5:18 PM

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@full quarry can I ask u something?

full quarry Sep 17, 2023, 7:14 PM

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rancid obsidian <@150949769953411072> can I ask u something?

sure, though the channel works the way that people can just ask their questions

rancid obsidian Sep 17, 2023, 7:37 PM

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full quarry sure, though the channel works the way that people can just ask their questions

It's about modding

floral fiber Sep 17, 2023, 7:53 PM

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thats not a question

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ask the question

rancid obsidian Sep 17, 2023, 8:02 PM

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floral fiber ask the question

I asked

floral fiber Sep 17, 2023, 8:03 PM

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no you didnt you asked to ask

rancid obsidian Sep 17, 2023, 8:07 PM

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floral fiber no you didnt you asked to ask

Idk that works for multiplayer

floral fiber Sep 17, 2023, 8:07 PM

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what

rancid obsidian Sep 17, 2023, 8:08 PM

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floral fiber what

#arma3_questions

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:52 AM

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Anyone here?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:53 AM

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Then ask your question first

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:53 AM

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lethal condor Then ask your question first

Do u know those banners in rectangle form?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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What banner?

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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In arma

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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Okay, which?

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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lethal condor What banner?

Those banners without flagpole

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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In-game prop you mean?

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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Yes

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Signs

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Flags

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:54 AM

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And?

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:55 AM

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I created a banner mod but it won't show my flag texture on it it just shows the white flag texture

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:55 AM

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Okay

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Then show us what you've done

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:56 AM

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lethal condor Then show us what you've done

I can't upload cpp cuz of shitty net

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:57 AM

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Why? It is not a image but text

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:57 AM

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lethal condor Why? It is not a image but text

Ask from our government

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:58 AM

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That's not a question. Since you can read my message it won't be a concern to upload a few KB of text

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:58 AM

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lethal condor That's not a question. Since you can read my message it won't be a concern to up...

U mean I type those codes?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:58 AM

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You can of course

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:59 AM

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lethal condor You can of course

It's 30 lines

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 9:59 AM

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Then?

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You can use pastebin too if you need

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 9:59 AM

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lethal condor You can use pastebin too if you need

Idk how to work with that

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:00 AM

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Not hard. Let's not waste our time for nothing, please do so I can point what's wrong

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:00 AM

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Can I upload images with pastebin?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:00 AM

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What why?

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:01 AM

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To show the results in game

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:01 AM

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I thought I've asked for the config and you said you can't upload images

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:01 AM

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I can't upload in discord

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:02 AM

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That's not even related with how weak your internet is

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You may simply have no perm to upload here

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:02 AM

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I can't upload in any discord servers

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Or DMs

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:03 AM

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Okay whatever

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Config please

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:06 AM

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lethal condor Config please

It says "u are not allowed to paste"

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📎 Config.cpp

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@lethal condor it worked

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:13 AM

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A banner does not use setFlagTexture

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:13 AM

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lethal condor A banner does not use `setFlagTexture `

💀

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Ah yes

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I forgot to change that

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:14 AM

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lethal condor A banner does not use `setFlagTexture `

So the other things is fine?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:14 AM

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In what sense?

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:15 AM

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lethal condor In what sense?

Nothing

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:15 AM

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It is 100% not recommended to have requiredAddons[] empty though

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:16 AM

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lethal condor It is 100% not recommended to have `requiredAddons[]` empty though

So I can delete that or I Need to fill it?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:17 AM

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Fill it. I thought I've ever taught you that what is the recommended string to put

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:18 AM

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lethal condor Fill it. I thought I've ever taught you that what is the recommended string to p...

That flag mod I made yesterday that requiredaddons was empty and worked

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And insignias worked too

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:18 AM

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Yes, it will work. Because it only adds. But it is a good habit always to fill it

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:19 AM

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lethal condor A banner does not use `setFlagTexture `

So what should I do with this?
Change flag to banner?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:19 AM

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hiddenSelectionsTextures[]

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:21 AM

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lethal condor `hiddenSelectionsTextures[]`

Give my texture address to this?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:22 AM

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Yes

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:27 AM

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lethal condor Yes

Also where should I type that?

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With line

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:27 AM

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class Blackwood_Banner_01: Banner_01_F
{
    author = "Punisher";
    editorPreview = "\Blackwood Banner\data\Blackwood_banner.jpg";
    scope = 2;
    scopeCurator = 2;
    accuracy = 1000;
    displayName = "Blackwood Banner";
    hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\Blackwood Banner\data\Blackwood_banner_co.paa"};
};```

rancid obsidian Sep 18, 2023, 10:36 AM

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lethal condor ```cpp class Blackwood_Banner_01: Banner_01_F { author = "Punisher"; edi...

Thanks. also can u tell me the best size for that banner?

lethal condor Sep 18, 2023, 10:37 AM

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Anything 2:1 ratio

halcyon wren Nov 15, 2015, 10:54 AM

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Hi, I was told to come here for a issue I was having with RVMATS.
This is the issue: http://i.imgur.com/eHZjRHg.png
This is the RVMAT: http://pastebin.com/UhaYrgzG
These are the textures: (Diffuse: http://i.imgur.com/lv07kKQ.jpg) (Specular: http://i.imgur.com/qpdYMeg.jpg) (Normal: http://i.imgur.com/tXeut0I.jpg)
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

silver adder Nov 15, 2015, 11:21 AM

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Specular should not be a b/w image, check BI textures SMDI is Spec in Green, Gloss in Blue.......should result in a red/pink/yellow texture

frozen blade Nov 15, 2015, 11:21 AM

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Specular is a black and white image

livid knot Sep 20, 2023, 5:39 PM

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Is it impossible to have a mesh inside another mesh? The mesh inside is using a standard rvmat, and the one around it is using one with transparency, however the one on the inside doesnt render through it. Is there a workaround for this?

frozen blade Nov 15, 2015, 11:22 AM

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SMDI is spec+gloss, which means the end result is a redish/yellowish map texture

full quarry Sep 20, 2023, 5:45 PM

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livid knot Is it impossible to have a mesh inside another mesh? The mesh inside is using a ...

correcting the alpha sorting so the transparent surface renders on top

livid knot Sep 20, 2023, 5:45 PM

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full quarry correcting the alpha sorting so the transparent surface renders on top

Could you give a bried explanation on how to do that?

full quarry Sep 20, 2023, 5:46 PM

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in OB select the transparent mesh, go to faces menu on top and hit "move to top"

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in Blender there is also a dialog to set face sorting order

frozen blade Nov 15, 2015, 11:22 AM

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;)

silver adder Nov 15, 2015, 11:22 AM

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+1 ;P

livid knot Sep 20, 2023, 5:48 PM

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That worked perfectly! Thankyou

stray relic Sep 20, 2023, 5:49 PM

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Bear in mind you'll need to keep doing it periodically if you copy and paste new mesh into OB.

frozen blade Nov 15, 2015, 11:23 AM

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i stil hope enfusion will allow color spec and color gloss maps though

silver adder Nov 15, 2015, 11:24 AM

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spec gloss pbr

frozen blade Nov 15, 2015, 11:25 AM

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or metalness ggx, PBR

silver adder Nov 15, 2015, 11:26 AM

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too serious, Spec Gloss would be fine for a start .....

halcyon wren Nov 15, 2015, 11:36 AM

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How would I go about creating a specular map like that?

silver adder Nov 15, 2015, 11:37 AM

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photoshop, manually or simplest / worst / fastest way is to use the specular map filter in texview2

halcyon wren Nov 15, 2015, 12:01 PM

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Thanks, one more question though, the model is a little bit dark, what should I adjust to make it brighter?

silver gull Nov 15, 2015, 12:11 PM

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first make sure textures are all proper. This looks like the Ambient occlusion, OR the shadow LOD is not proper

halcyon wren Nov 15, 2015, 12:17 PM

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If you're talking about the numbers at the top of the RVMAT, I have no idea what they all mean or do

dense peak Nov 15, 2015, 12:26 PM

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has anyone a workflow from substance painter to arma 3?

waxen shoal Sep 21, 2023, 2:58 PM

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Does anyone know if theres a way to "sharpen" my texture around these curved edges in the UV here? the unpainted portions are intended to have a different base material as a lens, and im not too keen on this random spillover of paint application

livid knot Sep 21, 2023, 3:12 PM

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waxen shoal Does anyone know if theres a way to "sharpen" my texture around these curved edg...

How did you apply the black color?

waxen shoal Sep 21, 2023, 3:16 PM

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VIA polygon fill

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disregard

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im a numpty that forgot to bake his mesh maps

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looks fine now

floral fiber Sep 21, 2023, 8:32 PM

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isnt there a lighting preset or smth for arma for substance

sullen vapor Sep 21, 2023, 9:36 PM

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floral fiber isnt there a lighting preset or smth for arma for substance

there is a shader but its outdated

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 4:44 AM

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Hi, so I'm trying to retexture a MV-22 from the workshop that is a Arma 2 port but with modifications to model (such as nose and belly mounted miniguns and a pylon rack). Typically I understand it's as simple as going to the hiddenselections and just changing the texture from there, but when looking withing the config file, there is no option for hiddenselections, but when looking at the config viewer within Arma 3 on the vehicle itself, it shows that there's not only texture sources but also a hiddenselections with textures in them. I've added hiddenselections to the config file which hasn't worked, and I've tried using the setObjectTexture within the attributes of the vehicle but that hasn't worked either, even though these are the texture files for the MV-22 Arma 2 port. I can send both the modified and unmodified configs if needed.

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 4:57 AM

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First thing first, a config does not necessary config every part of a config entry (this case an MV-22 from whichever the Mod is) but multiple config can involve into one entry. This could be why you can't find hiddenSelectionsTextures in config.cpp you found

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On the other words: If you want to have a modded hiddenSelectionsTextures, you can define that and nothing else in your config (of course some basic header and inheritance is still needed)

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 5:03 AM

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So theoretically I could just make a new config file within it's own mod that adds hiddenSelectionsTextures and effects the respective mod. And not inherently need to modify the config from the parent mod itself.

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 5:05 AM

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Inherit is still needed, but guess the you got the idea

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 5:06 AM

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Right, thank you, but I'm still confused on why even using the setObjectTexture method isn't working with the mod.

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 5:26 AM

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You simply may done a easy mistake, but in order to check you want to post the cfg

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 5:34 AM

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📎 config.cpp

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I assume by cfg you mean config.

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 5:52 AM

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*update: I tried using this and it did not work

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 5:58 AM

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Gimm bit, will check

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:27 AM

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celest anvil *update: I tried using this and it did not work

Okay checked the config.
I'd like to ask:

is requiredAddons[] correct?
What exactly do you mean by not work?
Any errors you got?
Those file path are correct for sure?
_coVMM.paa is not a preferred suffix but _VMM_co.paa

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 6:34 AM

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and

units[] doesn't look correct as well :3

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:36 AM

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Oh true

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 6:44 AM

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lethal condor Okay checked the config. I'd like to ask: - is `requiredAddons[]` correct? - Wha...

requiredAddons[] I have just as a place holder because I'm loading it with just parent mod but it should be "EX3B_V22"
Textures do not apply to the aircraft at all, and hold their default USMC gray textures
No errors that I've gotten in the editor, when launching, nor when actually spawning in and playing as the unit
100% confident that the file path is correct, I can move it to the same drive Arma 3.exe is on but when doing this with other units it doesn't seem to affect it negatively
I can change that and report back a change

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:45 AM

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Can you check EX3B_T_MV22_Inf_F 's hiddenSelections[] ?

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 6:48 AM

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lethal condor Can you check `EX3B_T_MV22_Inf_F` 's `hiddenSelections[]` ?

when checking the file out of game, there is no hiddenSelections[], but when I check in the ingame config viewer, this is what I find: hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\A3\Air_F_Exp\VTOL_01\Data\VTOL_01_EXT01_olive_CO.paa","\A3\Air_F_Exp\VTOL_01\Data\VTOL_01_EXT02_olive_CO.paa","\A3\Air_F_Exp\VTOL_01\Data\VTOL_01_EXT03_olive_CO.paa","\A3\Air_F_Exp\VTOL_01\Data\VTOL_01_EXT04_olive_CO.paa","\A3\Air_F_Exp\VTOL_01\Data\VTOL_01_signs_CA.paa"};

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:49 AM

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It would mean your base MV22 has no hiddenSelections

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 6:49 AM

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🍿

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check for hiddenSelection[] (sic) in-game, though

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or spawn it in editor, look at it and run selectionNames cursorObject in the debug console 🤷‍♂️

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:50 AM

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Yeah, please make sure they have one

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 6:52 AM

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mint hare check for `hiddenSelection[]` (sic) in-game, though

I found this when looking for hiddenSelection[]

hiddenSelections[] = {"Camo_1","Camo_2","Camo_3","Camo_4","Camo_5"};

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 6:53 AM

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oops, sorry

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typo with (sic), shaking my head

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 6:53 AM

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mint hare or spawn it in editor, look at it and run `selectionNames cursorObject` in the d...

and when running that in the debug console I don't actually get anything in return but I'm confident I'm just running that command incorrectly

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So does this mean my base MV22 does have hiddenSelections or?

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:58 AM

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It does have, if I believe your report

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 6:59 AM

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(or it inherits the config from vanilla and doesn't) notlikemeow

lethal condor Sep 22, 2023, 6:59 AM

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Maybe 🤔

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:01 AM

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747026822 this mod?

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:01 AM

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mint hare <https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747026822> this mod?

marinethumb

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:06 AM

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~~the model isn't set up with hidden selections and config is just inherited~~

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or wait

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for Mikero's sake. Try and add hiddenSelections[] = {"camo1","camo2"}; to your config before the hiddenSelectionsTextures[] line

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:08 AM

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Mikero? Uhh alright just give me a sec

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alrightly, changed what was suggested

📎 config.cpp

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New textures still didn't apply

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:15 AM

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notlikemeow

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:16 AM

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KaguyaSweatingLie

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I've been in this endless cycle for 2 days now

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:16 AM

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nah, the selections don't seem to be applied in model

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:18 AM

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Is there a way to apply them...?

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:18 AM

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without editing the p3d model - no

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:20 AM

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dead

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wait

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so not even if I have the model.cfg?

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:21 AM

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and unbinarized model? Then that's the question of licenses and ethics, i'm no expert in those

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:22 AM

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an unbinarized model, yeah i don't have that. Hopefully the author will make his mod open source

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though even id I did have the p3d, modelling is wayy out of my expertise

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:23 AM

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if you did have the p3d it's be "Open - select the faces that need to be retexturable - assign to a new (or existing) selection (aka vertex group) - save - pack"

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like... 8 clicks per LOD for total of ~50-ish

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:26 AM

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hmmmmm

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rwrthonk

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but how would the animations be applied to the p3d?

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:29 AM

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oops, i've forgot the model.cfg edits notlikemeow

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:32 AM

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mitadeath

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I literally just want to slap an anime girl on this aircraft why must it be so difficult

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:33 AM

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inb4 "find flat enough section on the fuselage or wings and attachTo a user texture object there" 🤣

celest anvil Sep 22, 2023, 7:35 AM

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JavSigh

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All I can do is pray that the author makes it open source one day

mint hare Sep 22, 2023, 7:38 AM

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or just fix their stuff themselves

nocturne scroll Sep 22, 2023, 7:54 PM

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Hopefully this is the right place - does anyone have civilian/construction textures for the IFV-6C/CRV-6E? Kinda like a yellow/black CAT aesthetic.

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 7:51 PM

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Does anyone know why textures wouldn't be showing up when I have randomization turned off and the filepath specified?

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class CfgPatches
{
    class MS_Retextures_Config
    {
        units[] = {"Mako_Retextures"};
        weapons[] = {};
        requiredversion = 0.1;
        requiredAddons[] = {rhsusf_hmmwv};
    };
};

//**************************************************************************************
//********* Factions *******************************************************************
//**************************************************************************************
class cfgFactionClasses
{
    class Mako_Retextures
    {
        displayName = "Mako Retextures";
        priority = 3;
        side = 2;
    };
};

class cfgVehicles
{

//**************************************************************************************
//********* Vehicles *******************************************************************
//**************************************************************************************
    class LandVehicle;
    class rhsusf_m1025_d;
    class m1205_m: rhsusf_m1025_d
    {
        crew = "C_Man_casual_1_F_afro";
        side = 2;
        faction = "Mako_Retextures";
        displayName = "M1025 (Unarmed) [Mako Blue]";
        hiddenSelections[] = {"exterior","interior","A2","wheels","mainbody","hood gratting","camo1","camo2"};
        hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m998_exterior_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m998_interior_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\A2_parts_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\wheel_wranglermt_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m998_mainbody_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\gratting_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\tile_exmetal_m_co.paa", "data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m1025_m_co.paa"};
        class EventHandlers
        {
            init = "(_this select 0) setVariable [""BIS_Enablerandomization"", false];";
            
            };
        };

    };

full quarry Sep 23, 2023, 8:00 PM

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agile surge Does anyone know why textures wouldn't be showing up when I have randomization t...

maybe path in config and path in pbo dont match

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:01 PM

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full quarry maybe path in config and path in pbo dont match

That's what I thought, the .pbo is called Mako Retextures. m998_exterior_m_co.paa is in Mako Retextures>Data>rhsusf_hmmwv>Textures>m998_exterior_m_co.paa

full quarry Sep 23, 2023, 8:01 PM

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yeh does not look like your config path matches that structure

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also dont use spaces in your folder names

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use _

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:02 PM

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Oh what did I miss?

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:02 PM

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full quarry yeh does not look like your config path matches that structure

Sorry I've been having issues, what did I miss?

full quarry Sep 23, 2023, 8:02 PM

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agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:03 PM

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Mako Retextures is the name of the pbo

full quarry Sep 23, 2023, 8:03 PM

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so

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that means nothing 😅

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:03 PM

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pbo prefix strikes again blobcloseenjoy

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:03 PM

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Oh do I need to add it lol

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My stupid ass

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:04 PM

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full quarry that means nothing 😅

*except when no pbo prefix is set and engine automatically uses pbo file name as a prefix when loading. Yaaay for consistency

full quarry Sep 23, 2023, 8:04 PM

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well as you can see it dont do that

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:04 PM

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nonono

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:05 PM

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Gotcha, so in $PBOPREFIX$ I would put the name of the pbo?

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or just x\myMod\MyAddon?

(in this instance, x@MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures)

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:05 PM

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full quarry well as you can see it dont do that

it'd be "Mako Retextures\data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m998_exterior_m_co.paa", though

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:07 PM

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agile surge or just x\myMod\MyAddon? (in this instance, x\@MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextu...

you can make $PBOPREFIX$ with x\MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures contents and change the texture paths to look like "x\MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures\data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m998_exterior_m_co.paa"

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:07 PM

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mint hare you can make $PBOPREFIX$ with `x\MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures` contents a...

Perfect, thank you

full quarry Sep 23, 2023, 8:08 PM

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you dont need the x there though

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why do people use the x\

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:08 PM

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mint hare you can make $PBOPREFIX$ with `x\MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures` contents a...

would it need to be @nimble latchSecurityFactions or just MakoSecurityFactions

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:09 PM

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pboprefix and texture paths in config need to match each other

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well, initial parts (prefixes) of texure paths

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:10 PM

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mint hare pboprefix and texture paths in config need to match each other

Yeah that's why I'm asking, as the game adds the @ automatically when it's installed

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:10 PM

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whatever is happening outside of PBO doesn't matter if pboprefix is set up

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files would always be accessible at <pboprefix>\<path_inside_the_pbo>

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:11 PM

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gotcha

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Trying it with the new paths

mint hare Sep 23, 2023, 8:12 PM

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mint hare you can make $PBOPREFIX$ with `x\MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures` contents a...

x\MakoSecurityFactions\MakoRetextures BOLD BACKSLASH data\rhsusf_hmmwv\textures\m998_exterior_m_co.paa :3 in example here

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:14 PM

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I ran it with the new file prefix and it's not going, holdon

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nvm

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I see my mistake

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I am a GENIUS

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/j

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IMPROVEMENT!

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The first texture path worked, the rest didn't

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I'll take a closer look

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Went from this to this

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Thank you all so much

rancid obsidian Sep 23, 2023, 8:41 PM

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agile surge Thank you all so much

I like this color especially for the offroads

agile surge Sep 23, 2023, 8:42 PM

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rancid obsidian I like this color especially for the offroads

I'm going to make an entire retexture mod which has them in solid black and a ton of different camo patterns

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(With credit to rhs obviously)

rancid obsidian Sep 23, 2023, 8:46 PM

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agile surge I'm going to make an entire retexture mod which has them in solid black and a to...

I kinda have a faction with this dark blue color

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For uniforms and vehicles (actually not vehicles)

tranquil mason Sep 24, 2023, 3:16 PM

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What resolution should insignias be?

rancid obsidian Sep 24, 2023, 5:14 PM

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tranquil mason What resolution should insignias be?

Mine is 1024×1024

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And it's fine

mossy estuary Sep 25, 2023, 3:55 AM

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Some uniform textures of ICP assets.

olive pawn Sep 26, 2023, 6:10 AM

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Is it possible to layer a transparent texture that's emissive over the model's base texture. Aka make parts of the texture "glow" without whole things glowing. There some config magic or something?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 6:10 AM

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No. A whole rvmat can only glow

olive pawn Sep 26, 2023, 6:12 AM

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So pretty much impossible unless a model is made for that in mind?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 6:13 AM

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Basically

olive pawn Sep 26, 2023, 6:13 AM

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Darn

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 6:13 AM

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Blame 15 yo rvmat system

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Where PBR was not a thing yet

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I actually wanted to have such too, but not even sure if Arma 3 can get a shader update

full quarry Sep 26, 2023, 11:22 AM

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SuperExt shader from tokh has masked emissivity buuut it might not work always

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 11:23 AM

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Uh, never heard of thaat

full quarry Sep 26, 2023, 11:33 AM

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or was it called that? or was it MultiExt

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Ext it had at least in the name

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 1:55 PM

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SuperExt.
And afaik it should work just fine always?

full quarry Sep 26, 2023, 2:10 PM

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lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:18 PM

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Hmmmmm, just testing

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class Stage3
{
    texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0,EM)";
    uvSource = "tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[] = {1.0,0.0,0.0};
        up[] = {0.0,1.0,0.0};
        dir[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
        pos[] = {0.0,0.0,0.0};
    };
};```Using default_super as base and this is working it seems

mint hare Sep 26, 2023, 2:19 PM

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three axis vectors in uvTransform scare me

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:23 PM

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Wait I guess I was misunderstanding

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 2:26 PM

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Yeah the vectors in transform are wrong (many people copy paste that)
dir should be 0,0,1 to be valid

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:27 PM

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I actually found some SuperExt examples in TKOH buildings, but it has different format with regular Super

full quarry Sep 26, 2023, 2:27 PM

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severe rune Yeah the vectors in transform are wrong (many people copy paste that) dir should...

it does not seem to make any difference though

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 2:27 PM

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😠

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 2:27 PM

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lethal condor I actually found some SuperExt examples in TKOH buildings, but it has different ...

what is different? Using TexGen's?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:28 PM

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Indeed

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 2:28 PM

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That is because there is a max number of these uvSource/transform things

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:28 PM

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Am I okay just to copy n paste the rvmat?

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 2:28 PM

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texGen's is... I think the more modern way to do it, to be able to re-use them
Just, people tend to build their rvmat's by copy-pasting old ones before that was added

severe rune Sep 26, 2023, 2:29 PM

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lethal condor Am I okay just to copy n paste the rvmat?

you can also just drag the file in here, it should embed nicely
might need to name it .cpp for syntax highlighting

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:30 PM

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One of the example in TKOH

📎 1301_5th_ave.cpp

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Highlight doesn't work angery

mint hare Sep 26, 2023, 2:32 PM

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"many people copy paste that" meowsweats

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2318 files in the unpacked game data contain that meowsweats

full quarry Sep 26, 2023, 2:34 PM

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blobcatsweats

mint hare Sep 26, 2023, 2:35 PM

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on the positive note - that's probably super good enough to claim that's safe 🤣

lethal condor Sep 26, 2023, 2:46 PM

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Hmm managed to use (ported from TKOH) em paa, but not sure how to adjust the power

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 5:54 AM

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depends if you are painting in Spec/Gloss or Metalness, or something else

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I have a workflow, im at this very moment converting that workflow into a Substance Designer Node, with some exposed parameters to tweak it as you would in photoshop doing it manually, try to publish it tonight

mighty crest Nov 16, 2015, 6:31 AM

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@silver adder I would be interested in your substance designer workflow, if you are sharing for A3?

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 6:35 AM

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this ;) http://i.imgur.com/KLImOco.png

mighty crest Nov 16, 2015, 6:39 AM

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Very nice!

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 6:41 AM

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that then becomes a node like this http://i.imgur.com/eK3U9mi.png connect it up to your inputs and it should output AS, CO, NOHQ and SMDI

mighty crest Nov 16, 2015, 6:42 AM

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very cool indeed.

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 7:01 AM

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something like this is the end result, some issues with outputs coming back in the wrong size which is strange :s http://i.imgur.com/XbnffWD.jpg

mighty crest Nov 16, 2015, 7:12 AM

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humm, that is strange with respect to the wrong size.

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 7:44 AM

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it is since it is all the way though told to respect the input size

mighty crest Nov 16, 2015, 7:51 AM

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ah, that would cause it.

vocal copper Sep 29, 2023, 8:18 AM

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all i see is black :>

cedar lichen Sep 29, 2023, 8:35 AM

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man that'd make things a lot easier if the emission can be tweaked

vocal copper Sep 29, 2023, 9:03 AM

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shame this isn't a default thing in a3. imagine having houses at night with lights on

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but wait. isn't this possible via regular textures with emissions?

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like, making a glowing texture in itself is not a big deal. could just do them as overlays on the model

full quarry Sep 29, 2023, 9:09 AM

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yep thats possible

cedar lichen Sep 29, 2023, 9:20 AM

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Yeah it just means you have extra faces for it and then extra alpha sorting / possible z fighting etc

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would be a lot nicer to just do it via texture/rvmat

full quarry Sep 29, 2023, 9:40 AM

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multimaterialext with same emissive masking when? 😄

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giveMe

stray relic Sep 29, 2023, 11:30 AM

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vocal copper like, making a glowing texture in itself is not a big deal. could just do them a...

Standard practise for glowing cockpit instruments that come on at night. Duplicates mesh, needs careful face ordering and has undocumented effect on bone count, so would be nice to do it another way as Kerc says.

vocal copper Sep 29, 2023, 11:31 AM

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why would it affect bone count?

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you'd tie it to existing elements

stray relic Sep 29, 2023, 11:36 AM

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Something I found the other day in relation to animations breaking when close to the bone limit:
I suspect that a named selection which has mesh in two sections (texture / rvmat combo), even though it has only one bone entry in the skeleton, actually counts as 2 towards the 255 bone limit.

full quarry Sep 29, 2023, 12:07 PM

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we might have to try to reproduce that in simpler model to confirm how it works.

stray relic Sep 29, 2023, 12:20 PM

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I would if I had any confidence that BI would care about it, but past experience suggests I should not waste time on it.

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 9:27 AM

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if you have Substance Designer you can drag this SBSAR into a window, load up your textures and it should output ARMA ready textures https://www.dropbox.com/s/jl8mv58oqnl8994/PBR_to_Supershader.sbsar?dl=0

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it still needs work to make it more friendly, will keep working on it, and an accompanying wiki page

warped skiff Nov 16, 2015, 12:48 PM

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all hail P1NGA

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will try it out later today

abstract willow Oct 1, 2023, 11:52 AM

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I've ran into an issue, where the texture doesn't darken the same as other textures in shadow

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Normal map is plugged in and everythong

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pouches use specgloss workflow (Ambient occlusion and Normal Map overlaid at .8 opacity)

full quarry Oct 1, 2023, 12:02 PM

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normalmap done in right direction?

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ambient occlusion levels matching the originals?

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is it modifiend original normalmap that you know works or fully new one?

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compare original and new normalmaps together

abstract willow Oct 1, 2023, 12:04 PM

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I’ll check if the shade of the normal map is fine

abstract willow Oct 1, 2023, 12:13 PM

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full quarry normalmap done in right direction?

Think so

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It's a heavily edited photoscan that came out of substance painter

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it should be good to go on that front

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I don't think it's a lack of shadow LODs

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other pouches act fine

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that's how it looks with the arm occluding some light

near warren Oct 1, 2023, 2:56 PM

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am I allowed to use and modify existing arma textures?
I need a road decal, so I wanted to grab the texture from the game files and edit that. But I've just realized, Idk if that's actually allowed 😅

olive pawn Oct 1, 2023, 3:26 PM

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How does emmisive values work?
emmisive[] = {3000.0,500.0,10.0,0.0}; gives an orange tint and i dont why the first number is so high. (taken from a3 vr emissive rvmat)

lethal condor Oct 1, 2023, 3:37 PM

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0 = no emission
1 = slight
1000 = very
100000 = sun

floral fiber Oct 1, 2023, 3:47 PM

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near warren am I allowed to use and modify existing arma textures? I need a road decal, so I...

Generally allowed in the sense its not taken down usually but there's no explicit permission

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Tho if its in the A2 licensed data packs thats diff

near warren Oct 1, 2023, 4:19 PM

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ah ok. So I should probably be fine- although, I decided to do something else, but still, good to know ^^

dense peak Nov 16, 2015, 1:41 PM

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but that is not usable in substance designer if i understand that correctly

rare dove Oct 2, 2023, 6:51 AM

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I got an rvmat with a specularPower of 280. Wasn't there a sane upper limit like 60 or so that the RV engine can handle? Or no ill-effect ranking it up so high?

severe rune Oct 2, 2023, 8:58 AM

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specularPower is passed to shader as float. So.. not really a limit.
SuperShader sets a expected limit of 1000. You can go above and it'll clip it.. in some cases.
Skin shader seems to expect up to 500

cyan mason Oct 2, 2023, 8:37 PM

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more questions about rvmat files! I've been trying to get mine to load the textures but it doesn't matter what path I change it to, it can never find it. What am I doing wrong here? It's maybe noteworthy to say I use Hemtt to build the mod.

livid knot Oct 2, 2023, 8:46 PM

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cyan mason more questions about rvmat files! I've been trying to get mine to load the textu...

it looks like your files are in something called "main" and not "unif"

cyan mason Oct 2, 2023, 8:51 PM

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livid knot it looks like your files are in something called "main" and not "unif"

Still no luck. 😦

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Changed it to main\data\ui\camo1_nohq.paa this time

livid knot Oct 2, 2023, 8:52 PM

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do you have pbo manager?

cyan mason Oct 2, 2023, 8:52 PM

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I do, should have all the tools

livid knot Oct 2, 2023, 8:53 PM

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can you open the pbo and take a screenshot?

cyan mason Oct 2, 2023, 8:53 PM

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It's not a pbo, it's not build yet because it's in hemtt.

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So I can't open it 😛

livid knot Oct 2, 2023, 8:55 PM

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hm, could you try building it in conventional way?

cyan mason Oct 2, 2023, 9:05 PM

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I could, but I would have to transfer over my whole workflow. Might try it tomorrow

livid knot Oct 2, 2023, 9:10 PM

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you could just try packing the folder with pbo manager quickly to see if it gives the same error

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not binarizing anything

full quarry Oct 2, 2023, 10:24 PM

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cyan mason Changed it to main\data\ui\camo1_nohq.paa this time

since you dont use P drive your pboPrefix is likely not set up right so the paths go poop

silver adder Nov 16, 2015, 7:29 PM

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yes it is, drag and drop the PBR_to_Supershader.sbsar into a open Substance Designer Graph, and it will just appear, if you place the file in the correct place for SD to look it will also appear in the shelf

hallow jay Oct 4, 2023, 5:29 PM

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Guys, could someone perhaps help me? I am texturing a model I made, and I have issues getting a reflective glass of a scope to work properly. In SP everything is okay

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but in OB, it breaks

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I have tried both _co and _ca textures

full quarry Oct 4, 2023, 5:34 PM

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your rvmat for it is probably wrong

hallow jay Oct 4, 2023, 5:35 PM

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Hmm, is there something I need to keep in mind when it comes to the rvmat for reflective surfaces?

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because yes, I do not have a separate rvmat for it now

full quarry Oct 4, 2023, 5:39 PM

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youll likely need that so you can get different glass like values for it

hallow jay Oct 4, 2023, 5:40 PM

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I see, thanks, I will play around with it

mint hare Oct 4, 2023, 5:41 PM

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inb4 "at least one rvmat per material. Like bare metal, painted metal, chrome, glass, glossy plastic, matte plastic, bare wood, laquered wood..." :3

hallow jay Oct 4, 2023, 5:43 PM

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Ah, I see, thanks

mint hare Oct 4, 2023, 5:45 PM

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that was meant mostly as a joke in "give the wrong answer so people correct you" way, but if there are no complaints...

hallow jay Oct 4, 2023, 5:46 PM

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I wouldn´t know, for now I am content with having learned Blender and SP, I´ll save the quirks of Arma for another time Trollge

frosty pumice Oct 4, 2023, 10:35 PM

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what are the pros and cons for a vehicle having multiple texture files vs one texture file?

full quarry Oct 4, 2023, 10:43 PM

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frosty pumice what are the pros and cons for a vehicle having multiple texture files vs one te...

more pixels per surface (texel density)

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unless you mean more smaller resolution textures vs one bigger one

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where you have really no benefits

frosty pumice Oct 4, 2023, 10:44 PM

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is there a specific rule for tanks in which vehicle parts need to be its own texture

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from what ive seen it seems to be pretty random with the samples

full quarry Oct 4, 2023, 10:45 PM

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threads are their own

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and transparency should not be mixed with solid parts

frosty pumice Oct 4, 2023, 10:47 PM

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full quarry and transparency should not be mixed with solid parts

do you mean windows with this?

full quarry Oct 4, 2023, 10:49 PM

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for example ye

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but also anything with transparency

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nets

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wire mesh

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stuff like that

frosty pumice Oct 4, 2023, 10:49 PM

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alright, thanks

pastel hornet Oct 6, 2023, 3:36 PM

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How legal is it to rip models from Arma 3 to retexture them in Substance Painter?

lethal condor Oct 6, 2023, 3:39 PM

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Illegal.

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 2:28 PM

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Hello! can someone help me with making a custom flag and patches? I have followed youtube videos but it dosen't work.

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 2:53 PM

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What exactly you look for?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:10 PM

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lethal condor What exactly you look for?

making a custom flag and patches

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:11 PM

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Okay, please elaborate more

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What part you stuck?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:12 PM

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In the patches loading the mod into mods in Arma 3

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:12 PM

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ArmA? Not Arma 3?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Sorry

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I played ArmA Before

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Does not explain anything

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And uh...

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What exactly you got? Any errors?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:14 PM

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Loading the mod into this

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My mod from the arma 3 folder

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:16 PM

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And?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:16 PM

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I cant do it i need help

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:16 PM

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Can't how?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:17 PM

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Putting the mod into the mod thing in Arma 3

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:17 PM

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What exactly are you trying to putting into? A folder? Or a PBO?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:17 PM

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PBO

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:17 PM

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You cannot put a PBO there

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But a folder which has a folder addon with PBOs

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:18 PM

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A folder

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then

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:18 PM

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?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:18 PM

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How do i load a folder into arma 3

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:19 PM

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Make a folder
Make the addons folder in it
Put some PBOs in addons
Load in Launcher

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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But how do i load it into the launcher

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:21 PM

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Drag and drop

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The error literally said what I've said

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:23 PM

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i know

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lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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Excuse me, you name a folder pbo?

dense bramble Oct 8, 2023, 3:24 PM

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They said that in the video

lethal condor Oct 8, 2023, 3:25 PM

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I don't know what is the video but literally teaching false things

chrome void Oct 8, 2023, 9:31 PM

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Hey all. I'm looking at this mod, and when I tried it out, the Yellow and Green Lights are glowing correctly, but the Red Light gives off no light. Any idea what may be causing this? As a heads up all three colors are all on one single texture. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2444073983&searchtext=Traffic+Light

Steam Workshop::[SOURCE] Traffic Light

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Here's the texture called by the script for all 3 colors:

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And here's the lights appearance ingame; note the difference with the red:

full quarry Oct 8, 2023, 9:49 PM

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chrome void And here's the lights appearance ingame; note the difference with the red:

probably just wrong set up wiht rvmat

chrome void Oct 8, 2023, 9:52 PM

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I've never done any rvmats before; only reskins using the SetObjectTextureGlobal command. What file should I be looking for? I don't see any filenames that match the texture in question.

chrome void Oct 8, 2023, 10:12 PM

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Interesting... seems like Green and Yellow use a Chemlight, but Red uses a different source. This is based on the P3D files. Do you recognize the rvmat it's calling for?

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Nvm I don't even see the rvmat in either A3 or the mod itself; the drr is similar to the modname - drr_trfl. Easy fix; I'll try to text-edit to save time and to prevent damaging it.

chrome void Oct 9, 2023, 4:48 AM

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After checking with people in #ip_rights_violations, it looks like I can't use the source code since it lacks a license, unfortunately. I'm going to move over to #arma3_config to figure out how to create a patch that doesn't modify any of the creator's content as per the EULA.

severe rune Oct 9, 2023, 8:41 AM

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The filepaths in the p3d also seem messed up. s and lights prefix? 😕

mint hare Oct 9, 2023, 8:45 AM

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*ights

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 11:32 AM

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chrome void After checking with people in <#105792634995388416>, it looks like I can't use t...

At this stage it might be simpler to make your own thing from scratch.
The model itself is not super complex so could be easy enough "first model" if you are not familiar with model making yet.

chrome void Oct 9, 2023, 3:14 PM

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full quarry At this stage it might be simpler to make your own thing from scratch. The model...

Potentially. I've made models for Total Annihilation, and briefly dabbled in it in game dev school circa 2005, but as you can imagine going back that far, Poly counts are a lot higher today than they were back then. I can probably learn it including texture wrapping, but that's learning a whole new skill.

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 3:15 PM

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the kind of object you got there does not need super high resolution model

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simple one is more than enough

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if you have a bit of background it might not be a big thing at all once you get into it

chrome void Oct 9, 2023, 3:17 PM

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full quarry if you have a bit of background it might not be a big thing at all once you get ...

Fair enough. Do you have a quick list of video tutorials that you recommend? I know the website has a lot of information as well.

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 3:19 PM

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chrome void Fair enough. Do you have a quick list of video tutorials that you recommend? I k...

Im not really up to date on what tutorials are good sorry.

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typically the popular ones pop up at top of searches though and have been decent

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at least generic modeling tutorials

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Arma specific things there are less tutorials and not all of them are always on point

frosty pumice Oct 9, 2023, 5:31 PM

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is the CO texture supposed to be a blank slate for the normals, SMDI, etc. to be applied to, or is it where all the textures have been applied to?

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as in, do i need to photoshop the normals. smdi, etc. into the CO texture file?

mint hare Oct 9, 2023, 5:32 PM

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normals go into _no (most likel _nohq), smdi goes into _smdi...

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Texture_Map_Types related doc 🤷‍♂️

frosty pumice Oct 9, 2023, 5:32 PM

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i know, but in ARMA 3 files it seems the CO textures themselves have already had the other textures applied to them

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hence my question

mint hare Oct 9, 2023, 5:35 PM

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🤷‍♂️ whatever looks better. You may even try plain camo in _co and move all the panel lines etc into _dt

frosty pumice Oct 9, 2023, 5:37 PM

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what do people (and BI) use usually?

atomic kernel Oct 9, 2023, 5:46 PM

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Hello! Does Arma 3 supports ORM Textures?

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 6:36 PM

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atomic kernel Hello! Does Arma 3 supports ORM Textures?

no

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 6:37 PM

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frosty pumice what do people (and BI) use usually?

you can check out vanilla textures from unpacked arma 3 data

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sometimes some shading might be added to the CO texture but not much

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its usually just pretty plain color

frosty pumice Oct 9, 2023, 6:46 PM

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looks like the normals have been applied to the CO?

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 6:47 PM

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like I said some shading might be added

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thats not full strenght though

frosty pumice Oct 9, 2023, 6:53 PM

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alright no issue

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on another note

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i tried baking my AO in blender and it came out as this? i dont know what seems to be wrong because yesterday went perfectly fine

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 7:08 PM

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that looks wrong yah

frosty pumice Oct 9, 2023, 7:10 PM

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do you know why? i did correctly yesterday but didnt change anything and now its like this... i mustve missed something?

full quarry Oct 9, 2023, 7:11 PM

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not off the top of my head

atomic kernel Oct 10, 2023, 2:42 AM

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full quarry no

thanks

atomic kernel Oct 10, 2023, 2:47 AM

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frosty pumice i tried baking my AO in blender and it came out as this? i dont know what seems ...

Maybe you just need to change a little the baking config like extruccion and ray distance, or even samples and then return to your used values. Sometimes blender does the same for me but with changing configs for bake solves my problem.

And its always good to check and recheck if there's not any object overlaping

chrome void Oct 10, 2023, 5:02 AM

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To save faces and complexity on my 3D model, I'd like to use a square instead of a circle. If I did this can I use transparency around the parts not to be textured?

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Namely, I'm making a new 3d model to make a proper traffic light, using a model based on a Canadian style of traffic light. I hope to also make it have appearance states to switch between different global styles for the heads, and different kinds of heads as well. The square I was speaking of was for the light itself. Also, if the RVMAT makes it glow, will the transparency glow as well?

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There. I'll also probably need some help making the textures themselves, as I haven't done texture mapping in over 10 years.

upper thicket Oct 10, 2023, 6:29 AM

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What is the best way to make a ti texture? I kinda have been doing a naive way of taking the smdi and making it black/white. and I forget does the thermal heating look only at the red channel?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 10:50 AM

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upper thicket What is the best way to make a ti texture? I kinda have been doing a naive way o...

Manual painting unless you create some sort of 3d representation of heat you can use to bake/project it on the main model

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 11:59 AM

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I've got a question regarding multimaterials and optimalization in general.

Say I have 10 different assets and I want to apply 10 different seamless textures on them in various combinations. The seamless textures are wood, bricks, dirt, concrete and so on.

The question is: for better optimisation should I rather:

make 3 different multimats (3 different textures + dirt on black layer) and mix them over all those assets? The result would be 3 multimats, 10 different mask files, 10 textures, but some assets will use all 3 multimats at the same time.
make sure to optimise the assets so they don't utilize more than 3 different textures, then create separate multimaterial for each asset? The result would be 10 different multimaterials, 10 different masks, 10 textures, but at the same time no single asset would use more than one multimaterial.

On one hand we have less materials, on other we have less textures per asset. The second option also limits the choises sadly

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 12:39 PM

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leaden fox I've got a question regarding multimaterials and optimalization in general. Say...

Less used materials per asset cuts down section count per object so it might have bit better performance. But it might be pretty marginal difference.
How many of the objects would be in same scene at the same time? And how large structures we talk about? For a "Hero" asset like the Hanoi Train Station on Cam Lao Nam Ive used 3x multimaterials for interios (different floors with different surface types) and +1 multimaterial for exterior +1 supershader for shiny detail parts and +1 supershader for non shiny detail parts.

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I would maybe not do that for each individual building in the neighbourhood though. 😅

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 12:56 PM

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Yeah that makes sense. I'm thinking about any assets since well concrete or wood material can be used on quite much every asset

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I didn't think 5 multimats for hero asset though but I'm glad it's possible 😄

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What should I pay most attention to then for optimisation of static objects?

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texel density? polycount?

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texture size?

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Does 512x512 texture scaled up drain as much resources as 2k texture with the same texel density?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:00 PM

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leaden fox Does 512x512 texture scaled up drain as much resources as 2k texture with the sa...

512 texture would have smaller memory imprint but in todays "memory norms" 2k is more a standard

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depends a bit on what kind of potato you want to optimize for 😅

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material count is the main thing I think

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:00 PM

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whatever potato A3 is optimized for now 😄

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material count per asset or total? 😄

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:01 PM

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per asset

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:01 PM

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damn it

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:01 PM

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and after that in scene complexity

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in there total count matters too

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:02 PM

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polycount?

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for static object especially

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:02 PM

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less of an issue these days with GPUs having so much power. And good distance lodding keeps scene complexity down

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with polycount its more important to have very simple far distance lods so things can be drawn far without eating performance

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close up stuff can be more complex

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but within reason of course

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:04 PM

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Okay so as a rule of thumb I'll design small assets like fences/walls/defences to use single multimat but for buildings it can be 2 or 3 multimats depending on size and importance

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:04 PM

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yes thats pretty solid goal

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:04 PM

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Coolio

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:05 PM

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I've found things with just exterior quite often can be fitted into 1 multimat pretty well.

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"normal sized house" with interior works with 2multimats

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the fine line balance between realism and game design requirements is thin sometimes 😅

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:07 PM

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What set of materials then?

Roof
Walls
Details
Dirt

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I'm always one material short

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😄

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:08 PM

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details might be their own super shader for example

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:08 PM

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They can yeah

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:09 PM

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with dirt you mean some sort of surrounding ground/earth mound stuff?

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:09 PM

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Maybe I'm focusing too much on squeezing everything on multimats and multimat+supershader will be good enough (and I assume better for performance?)

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Dirt would be something to add on top yeah

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I was more thinking about making AO baked there and some bottom-top gradient to make the house look less copy-pasted

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:10 PM

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Dirt could be done on MC overlay

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and just painting some discoloration

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it does not necessarily need to have its own separate texture

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:11 PM

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Technically is MC something like 5th multimat material?

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I never understood the principle of it so my brain refused to consider it

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:12 PM

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its an texture overlaid on top of the tiling textures

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but in the same UV as the mask

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just tiling textures

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MC on top

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:13 PM

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Yoooo

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I was putting that on black layer of the multimat

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Also is that 4k resolution?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:14 PM

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yes

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:14 PM

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Yooooooooooo

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That's based

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The arches are trimsheet?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:15 PM

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leaden fox The arches are trimsheet?

yes

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I have not fixed the dozer lighting since I refreshed P drive but should be alrigh. so with MC

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:16 PM

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Good stuff

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Designing all that is quite damn satisfying

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:17 PM

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detail sheet has trims and smaller concrete chunks

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and the doors

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:17 PM

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Yeah that's how I also did that

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And that's probably part of the multimat, right?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:18 PM

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without MC

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:19 PM

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leaden fox And that's probably part of the multimat, right?

its used for both multimaterial and supershader

leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:19 PM

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because of shine?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:19 PM

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yes

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theres also second detail sheed with some alternate concrete parts and lamp and railing colors

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used again both in multimat and supershader

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leaden fox Oct 10, 2023, 1:22 PM

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yeah makes sense

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so also optimized because it's using less textures

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one might think that since it's a different material details used in multimaterial and in supershader could be split into different textures without impacting the performance

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 1:25 PM

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probably could be, but that would be double the files since I've multi used parts of many textures in many surfaces accorss different materials

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would be waste to split the texture

upbeat cradle Oct 10, 2023, 11:04 PM

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Quick question with a hopefully simple solution: My RVmat is making my texture darker than it should be, what do I need to edit in the RVmat to fix this ?

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 11:14 PM

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upbeat cradle Quick question with a hopefully simple solution: My RVmat is making my texture d...

depends what causes it

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best to just paste your whole rvmat here

upbeat cradle Oct 10, 2023, 11:15 PM

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full quarry best to just paste your whole rvmat here

ambient[] = { 1, 1, 1, 1 };
diffuse[] = { 1, 1, 1, 1 };
forcedDiffuse[] = { 0, 0, 0, 1 };
emmisive[] = { 0, 0, 0, 1 };
specular[] = { 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 1 };
specularPower = 2;
PixelShaderID = "Super";
VertexShaderID = "Super";
class Stage1 {
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,1,1,NOHQ)";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
};
};
class Stage2 {
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,dt)";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 1, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
};
};
class Stage3 {
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,mc)";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
};
};
class Stage4 {
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,AS)";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 1 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 1 };
};
};
class Stage5 {
texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,SMDI)";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
};
};
class Stage6 {
texture = "#(ai,64,64,1)fresnel(3.7,2.2)";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 1 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
};
};
class Stage7 {
texture = "a3\data_f\env_land_ca.paa";
useWorldEnvMap = "true";
uvSource = "tex";
class uvTransform {
aside[] = { 1, 0, 0 };
up[] = { 0, 1, 0 };
dir[] = { 0, 0, 1 };
pos[] = { 0, 0, 0 };
};
};
class StageTI {
texture = "a3\data_f\default_vehicle_ti_ca.paa";
};

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 11:16 PM

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could be your mc

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or lack of proper anything

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texture wise

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or DT I suppose since it too is at 0.5 grey

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you sure its the rvmat causing it?

upbeat cradle Oct 10, 2023, 11:19 PM

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full quarry or DT I suppose since it too is at 0.5 grey

texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,dt)"; so change that to:

texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,1,dt)"; ? And yeah, it only happened after I updated it (I had to update it so can't revert)

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 11:19 PM

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worth to try I suppose

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did you use the default_super.rvmat as base?

upbeat cradle Oct 10, 2023, 11:20 PM

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No, it was a generated one

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 11:20 PM

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ah

upbeat cradle Oct 10, 2023, 11:21 PM

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full quarry ah

The DT fixed it, thanks mystical goat man

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 11:22 PM

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upbeat cradle The DT fixed it, thanks mystical goat man

try this too. looks like "default" is like that

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but use whichever works best

full quarry Oct 10, 2023, 11:23 PM

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upbeat cradle The DT fixed it, thanks mystical goat man

https://tenor.com/view/sgs-goat-tribe-ada-cnft-gif-24974430

Tenor

upbeat cradle Oct 10, 2023, 11:25 PM

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full quarry try this too. looks like "default" is like that

Tried it and all 1s work best, thanks again

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 7:50 AM

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Mhm is it possible to open the a3 gdt files in gimp somehow? I am thinking about mixing two groundtextures together for dunes on the beach 🤔 gimp could combine two images to one image

mint hare Oct 11, 2023, 7:53 AM

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rvmats aren't images, they're text configs

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you ninja

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 7:54 AM

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Yeah paa files or that what you can see in the tex view 🤣

mint hare Oct 11, 2023, 7:56 AM

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quick google gives at least https://github.com/gruppe-adler/paa-gimp-plugin, but i haven't tested that myself. Or you can use "Save As" in TexViewer and enter .tga/.jpg/.png file extension, it converts to at least some of those.
But editing other people's files sounds dangerously close to being shouted at 🙃

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 7:59 AM

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Mhmmm they are just the basefiles

mint hare Oct 11, 2023, 8:07 AM

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@lethal condor sorry for ping, but i'm seeing you are active at the moment. Can you please provide a comment on editing/remixing files (textures in this case) from the base game?

lethal condor Oct 11, 2023, 8:07 AM

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In what kind of terms?

mint hare Oct 11, 2023, 8:08 AM

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"opening 2 a3 gdt paa textures and combining them into one image"

lethal condor Oct 11, 2023, 8:09 AM

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Nnnnot really sure what it does mean. Maybe I'm missing the context?

mint hare Oct 11, 2023, 8:20 AM

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disregard me, i'm most likely talking to voices inside my head and/or going way above my explaining skills. Sorry again.

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 8:27 AM

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lethal condor Nnnnot really sure what it does mean. Maybe I'm missing the context?

I want to mix grass green and beach textures to get a more suitable gdt for some beach dunes

lethal condor Oct 11, 2023, 8:27 AM

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I think I have never messed with terrain texture, so you guys probably confused someone with me

mint hare Oct 11, 2023, 8:29 AM

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sorry for the third time, i meant that not technicality of that, but legality/ethics/whatchamacallit of editing other people's (BI in this case) texture files versus creating totally from scratch

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 9:01 AM

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Mhm maybe there is a solution to it on placable objekts.. need yellowgreenbrown gras or short seagras. Will take a look today evening and dont edit the gdt 🤔

full quarry Oct 11, 2023, 10:19 AM

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mint hare sorry for the third time, i meant that not technicality of that, but legality/et...

BI has been fine with that when it's done in Arma mod context

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 10:36 AM

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full quarry BI has been fine with that when it's done in Arma mod context

It does, thats for sure...i want a smoother overlapping from beach texture to main grass texture

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Or dunes texture

full quarry Oct 11, 2023, 10:41 AM

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Just remember you'll need to also combine the nopx texture the same way

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To get that mix

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Beach/sand is typically one of the difficult ones to blend though and most of the time it's just left for clutter to handle

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It is also going to eat one material slot from tiles that have beach, so just bear that in mind when you plan the shape of your terrain and how you want the mask to go

empty nexus Oct 11, 2023, 1:03 PM

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full quarry Just remember you'll need to also combine the nopx texture the same way

I am hoping that gimp can do this...looks like some filters or masks. Dont know, i am going to finish sculping the beach first this week

full quarry Oct 11, 2023, 1:37 PM

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Yes it's possible to in Gimp for sure.

stable swallow Oct 11, 2023, 9:30 PM

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Does someone have very good experience with Substance Painter and managed to found a shader that is close to Arma ?

lethal condor Oct 11, 2023, 10:02 PM

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Check the pinned

floral fiber Oct 12, 2023, 12:01 PM

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those are export things not shaders

dense peak Nov 17, 2015, 3:56 PM

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And what if i only have SP an no SD? ^^

stable swallow Oct 12, 2023, 6:10 PM

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export things are fine, but is there an appropriate rvmat for the arma 3 export sets ?

full quarry Oct 12, 2023, 6:20 PM

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Rvmats are very use case specifc

hallow jay Oct 13, 2023, 11:52 PM

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Can someone perhaps help me? After importing stuff to Arma my model´s _co texture seems to have gained some strange additional scratchy detail:

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While in Substance the textures are smooth:

hallow jay Oct 13, 2023, 11:55 PM

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stable swallow export things are fine, but is there an appropriate rvmat for the arma 3 export ...

https://jdtools.dev/rvmat/index.html maybe this can help you? not exactly sure what you are looking for

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Generally importing anything from Substance into Arma makes it look like a regurgitated dog turd compared to what you see in Substance

full quarry Oct 14, 2023, 12:06 AM

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hallow jay Can someone perhaps help me? After importing stuff to Arma my model´s _co textur...

did you use some vanilla rvmat as base?

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the game adds nothing but what you feed it

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 12:09 AM

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full quarry did you use some vanilla rvmat as base?

Hmmm, would this be caused by a specific stage of the rvmat? Because all the textures I made in SP

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I used the rvmat generator to get the properties for rubber, glass, etc

full quarry Oct 14, 2023, 12:10 AM

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yes

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you will have to remember that substance painter uses PBR shader and Arma uses Specular Gloss shader

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so they dont work the same way

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 12:14 AM

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Hmmm. My assumption was that the export presets would handle it. I mean, in SP afaik you can also choose to work with a spec gloss shader, but I havent really tried that yet, question is how much would that help.

full quarry Oct 14, 2023, 12:16 AM

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if textures are right then the material values are not I suppose

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or the material generation you have used does not do it right

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I dont know how well that rvmat generator works

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heard some folks using it though

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 12:18 AM

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I'll play around with it tomorrow, thanks

full quarry Oct 14, 2023, 12:18 AM

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the scratches you see are likely caused by your normalmap

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and the different lighting in the editor does not show them

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and also your shinyness of the tube is very different

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so if you want that you will need to tweak it

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 12:20 AM

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I baked the normal map in Blender with bevel nodes, so the only details on that should be around the edges

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 12:22 AM

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full quarry and also your shinyness of the tube is very different

Yeah this is deffo an rvmat thing, shouldnt be too difficult

cedar lichen Oct 14, 2023, 2:57 AM

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some rvmats have a DT texture thats can cause stuff like that

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 8:58 AM

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yep, it was the DT, now it works fine, thanks!

lethal condor Oct 14, 2023, 9:00 AM

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For the future reference, a3\data_f\default_super.rvmat is an empty Super Shader material. You can use this as the base of your material

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 9:00 AM

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ah, okay, I´ll take a look, cheers

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I can´t even remember where did I get this DT from

upper thicket Oct 14, 2023, 9:18 AM

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hallow jay yep, it was the DT, now it works fine, thanks!

what did u change hte DT to? I get the same issue but my solution has been to just in subs painter

hallow jay Oct 14, 2023, 9:18 AM

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

full quarry Oct 14, 2023, 12:49 PM

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👍

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it is imperative to understand how the materials work even if generators are used to make the files

upper thicket Oct 14, 2023, 10:56 PM

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hallow jay class Stage2 { texture = "#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,dt)"; uvSourc...

huh so I have that already, and with that I have the following for substance vs arma
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221488699484012566/1162691863233429614/image.png?ex=653cdc2d&is=652a672d&hm=874227d53a9ec70f5910c71b353692d01f23598c6a9afe9a0ff5704ab3e9bcd8&
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221488699484012566/1162691454846636072/image.png?ex=653cdbcc&is=652a66cc&hm=6b0b3b4b25284cec6b7bd3674f068f8269700386e41816005e02507d94137638&

but its never exactly 100% so shrug

hallow jay Oct 15, 2023, 9:56 AM

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I am afraid it will never be 100percent, no matter what you do

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wait for Arma 4 and normal shaders is the usual reply I receive harold

runic basin Oct 15, 2023, 9:54 PM

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Good evening.
By Our last Operation i encountered a Bug. One of Our custom patches glitched and was displayed as a trouser of an uniform. Does anyone have an idea what the reason for this could be?

full quarry Oct 15, 2023, 11:17 PM

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broken mod somehow

runic basin Oct 16, 2023, 12:14 AM

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full quarry broken mod somehow

Is there a solution or reason for this?

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I mean how this error is triggered?

full quarry Oct 16, 2023, 12:15 AM

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runic basin I mean how this error is triggered?

the mod you got is not made right I suppose

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or you got mismatched versions withing the group maybe

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such behavior means model or modelcfg issue usually

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which is fixable only in the soure files

runic basin Oct 16, 2023, 12:17 AM

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Ok

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Means the uniform has an error? Or could there also be an relation with the Name and ending of the .paa file?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma:_Texture_Naming_Rules

Arma: Texture Naming Rules

full quarry Oct 16, 2023, 12:18 AM

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unlikely to be related to texture

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config breaking something is possible though

runic basin Oct 16, 2023, 12:20 AM

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full quarry config breaking something is possible though

Ok so the error is more likely to be caused by the uniform and not my custom Patch

full quarry Oct 16, 2023, 12:20 AM

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is it a custom uniform?

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how do you apply the patch?

runic basin Oct 16, 2023, 12:38 AM

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full quarry is it a custom uniform?

I use the unit insignia slot

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Unit_Insignia

Arma 3: Unit Insignia

runic basin Oct 16, 2023, 2:53 PM

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full quarry is it a custom uniform?

this is how the bug looks

livid knot Oct 16, 2023, 3:39 PM

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It looks like whoever made that uniform defined the insignia selection incorrectly, including the pants in the selection

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Try using one of the default ones from the Unit Insignia wiki page and see if it does the same (it should)

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 10:02 AM

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Good day people,
I have no experience in texturing whatsoever, but I do know some scripting.
I would like to create a custom livery/texture for the h-60 hatchet mod.
Where do I start? 😄

lethal condor Oct 17, 2023, 10:03 AM

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We would like to hear what is the goal. As a Mod? Or as a part of mission? Do you have a texture to put? Or you want to make one?

empty nexus Oct 17, 2023, 10:13 AM

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Mhm nice, do you have tipps for making a texture, too? Need some stone textures for my coast and would like to create them in gimp from scratch

lethal condor Oct 17, 2023, 10:16 AM

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Me? Unfortunately no. I only have some experience with existed texture template. I'd say if you want a tutorial to make a stone/rock texture, I think it is more of a generic question that can be asked on Google

soft silo Oct 17, 2023, 3:20 PM

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west ingot Good day people, I have no experience in texturing whatsoever, but I do know so...

Find the H-60 texture file
Import that to your photo editor and edit the texture
Implement it in game

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 3:33 PM

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lethal condor We would like to hear what is the goal. As a Mod? Or as a part of mission? Do yo...

oh i see, i want to make a custom little livery with the dutch flag, my unit already has a custom local mod, maybe i could add it to that, but if it is not much harder i might just upload it to the steam workshop.
I have never made a mod before, so no clue how this all works 🙂

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im just gonna try to find the default h-60 texture and try to edit that for the texture itself

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 3:36 PM

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soft silo 1. Find the H-60 texture file 2. Import that to your photo editor and edit the t...

i figured the first 2 steps yea, i just need some help on how to implement it ingame

short sorrel Oct 17, 2023, 4:00 PM

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How to make a glowing texture not-glowing, like a matte?

livid knot Oct 17, 2023, 4:26 PM

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west ingot i figured the first 2 steps yea, i just need some help on how to implement it in...

Tldr: you'll need to create a config that replaces the hiddenselectiontextures path with the file path to the new texture

livid knot Oct 17, 2023, 4:27 PM

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short sorrel How to make a glowing texture not-glowing, like a matte?

Edit the emissive or specular values in the rvmat

soft silo Oct 17, 2023, 4:30 PM

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west ingot i figured the first 2 steps yea, i just need some help on how to implement it in...

If you want to implement it as a mod, you’ll need to make a config file. You can probably see some of my posts on #arma3_config

If you want to implement it inside a mission, then you can script it in

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 4:36 PM

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hello texturererers if i have a _ca texture with bits completely transparent will it cause the rvmat to be applied to the transparent bit

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i do not know anything about rvmats im just asking for a frend

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 4:37 PM

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yes

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 4:39 PM

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so if i have emissive rvmat with transparent bits of texture transparent bits will still be emissive

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 4:43 PM

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I would say yes

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Is it emissive= property in rvmat, then yes.
Is it SuperExt with emissive texture, and the emissive texture part is transparent, no

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Though I'm not sure how the emissive property creates the end result color. If its additive or multiplicative. I would think additive

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 4:45 PM

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i have no idea im just asking for ir tabs

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idea being ca selection with bits showing instead of 4 selections on each arm hmmyes

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 4:47 PM

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soft silo If you want to implement it as a mod, you’ll need to make a config file. You can...

Is scripting it in any different then?

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 4:47 PM

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tabs? 😄
You probably want SuperExt then

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 4:48 PM

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im just the config guy that does the camo variations

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these shits

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glow in nv

soft silo Oct 17, 2023, 4:57 PM

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west ingot Is scripting it in any different then?

Yes

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Scripting you can just throw the the texture as a .paa inside the folder, write a “this setObjectTextureGlobal” command and done

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 5:37 PM

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ohhh, then all i have to do is bully the mission maker to add it

soft silo Oct 17, 2023, 5:41 PM

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Yes

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 6:31 PM

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soft silo Scripting you can just throw the the texture as a .paa inside the folder, write ...

soooo, there isnt a single texture for the entire thing, it is split up into multiple parts

full quarry Oct 17, 2023, 6:32 PM

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west ingot soooo, there isnt a single texture for the entire thing, it is split up into mul...

yes vehicles typically have 2-4 textures

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depending on size and complexity of the model

soft silo Oct 17, 2023, 6:35 PM

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west ingot soooo, there isnt a single texture for the entire thing, it is split up into mul...

So i have an easy solution for you

west ingot Oct 17, 2023, 6:36 PM

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oh lord

soft silo Oct 17, 2023, 6:36 PM

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You can either go into the config viewer and count which texture slot the actual texture is in

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Just count from 0

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Im not at my pc but theres also “getObjectTexture” or “getObjectTextureVehicle” or something like thT

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:04 PM

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floral fiber glow in nv

I did that glow in dark for Arm Patches. But you cannot choose only NV. Itll always glow

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:05 PM

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severe rune I did that glow in dark for Arm Patches. But you cannot choose only NV. Itll alw...

you can
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let me find one mo

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emissive = 7 in rvmat is what we think did it, i'll pm a pic as can't post here

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:06 PM

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mh nvm can't set material on patches. mustve been something else

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Well you can make it very dark, but itll still glow in pitch black

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Someone should do a NV-only glow rvmat property (no, I don't mean that, please don't)

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:08 PM

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i'll put a patch of your profile picture into usp if you do it

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:08 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/run-running-running-away-gif-26050950

Tenor

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:08 PM

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and itll glow in nv

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but just the eyes

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:10 PM

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severe rune mh nvm can't set material on patches. mustve been something else

im pretty sure i did this at one point though

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i remember my patch being way too bright and i changed something config side to make it dimmer

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and im like 90% sure i used an rvmat or something similar

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:11 PM

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Well I thought so too, but the patches config has no rvmat parameter 🤔

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Oh wait, We have two patches addons

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:12 PM

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can only make the entire thing glow in nv though so 🤷

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baer said emmisive[]={7,7,7,7}; was likely what caused it to glow in nv in the rvmat

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havent a clue what it means so

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:13 PM

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its just rgba color

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:14 PM

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oh, neat

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:14 PM

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Found it

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:14 PM

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_ir.paa map when hmmyes

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:14 PM

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actually you can set material.
And you can user SuperExt material to only have specific parts glow

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:14 PM

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oh wait what

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fr?

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:14 PM

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📎 mohawpi_patches.pbo

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:15 PM

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we learning rvmats now

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assuming SDMI is just the bit that glows?

severe rune Oct 17, 2023, 8:16 PM

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omfg these aren't even using SuperExt 😠

floral fiber Oct 17, 2023, 8:16 PM

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WHAT

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its been possible this whole time???