#arma3_texture | ARMA | Page 43

lethal condor Aug 28, 2020, 8:22 AM

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Also, any error logs?

weary spoke Aug 28, 2020, 8:22 AM

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no just "Failed to convert"

lethal condor Aug 28, 2020, 8:22 AM

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Which way you took?

weary spoke Aug 28, 2020, 8:22 AM

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i can send you the files

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but they are 4 png files
all 1024x1024

lethal condor Aug 28, 2020, 8:22 AM

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Which way you took I said?

weary spoke Aug 28, 2020, 8:22 AM

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oh imagetopaa

lethal condor Aug 28, 2020, 8:23 AM

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Can you open your png in TexView2?

weary spoke Aug 28, 2020, 8:23 AM

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armatools

lethal condor Aug 28, 2020, 8:23 AM

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?

weary spoke Aug 28, 2020, 8:23 AM

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huh, no i can't

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So found out substance painter 2020 can only export texture at 8bit/16bit (afaik) thus should be converted to 24bit with like paint.net or photoshop

full quarry Aug 28, 2020, 9:18 AM

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wut

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you dont need to convert anything to 32bit

pale bough Aug 28, 2020, 9:24 AM

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shouldn't pngs be simply 8 bit?

full quarry Aug 28, 2020, 9:25 AM

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yes

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the tools cant handle 32bit pngs

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@weary spoke

lethal condor Aug 28, 2020, 9:28 AM

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...Just realized what you said. I've tested with his texture, and re-save it to 24bit and works. He typo'd

nocturne lake Aug 28, 2020, 9:38 AM

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The .png 8/16 is per channel. i.e. the 8-bit .png is 8*4 = 32-bit. Which is the max that BI tools support for conversion, rather than 64-bit images

fading canyon Aug 29, 2020, 9:05 AM

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I need some help with creating my own (skin) mod for Sab Secret Weapons: I have created additional config and packaged the skins. Now when I go to editor and change skin (right click vehicle and select change vehicle setup) I can select new skin and it is visible in preview. But as soon as I click “OK” it reverts back to default skin. I first thought it was the skin itself, but if I replace the default skin with my own it works just fine. I see no errors in log beside some “bad scalar” reports. Anyone know why this could happen?

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:20 AM

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You probs could ask from the maker of the mod how it's set up

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Or you have a config error

fading canyon Aug 29, 2020, 11:28 AM

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I copied the config from Sab Liveries, which is another skin mod. Just changed the paths and names to my own skins. That’s the weird thing. The only difference is the size of my .paa files: mine are 1,5mb, the originals are 350kb. But when I replace files my skins work just fine.. 😶

frank lagoon Aug 29, 2020, 5:41 PM

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how do i apply the texture to my custom obj file

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 5:57 PM

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in OB? select mesh, press E, profit

dull rampart Aug 29, 2020, 8:36 PM

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Does anyone have a good Tutorial for Mulit Materials other than the one from Mondkalb ?

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 8:42 PM

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thats pretty much it.

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what part have you problem with?

dull rampart Aug 29, 2020, 8:44 PM

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i just wanted to know if there are any else since Mondkalbs is pretty old xD just getting started with it thats all ^^ thx anywas

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 8:50 PM

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the tech has not changed since

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 9:26 PM

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@dull rampart you can drop questions here. a few of us know a bit of multimats, and it aint all that hard

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i suggest you have a look over the alterante way of displaying that rvmat

silver gull Aug 29, 2020, 9:39 PM

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what kind of approach do you guys use for the blue channel in _ADS maps for buildings? I'm a bit confused what it should actually look like, the vanilla ADS are all over the place it looks like...

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 9:58 PM

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this is the newest approach, frees MC map for MC business
https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105781923573456896/747807733792899102

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full black / full whitte

silver gull Aug 29, 2020, 10:05 PM

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hmm... and what about ADSHQ ? The carrier interior ADSHQ for example has G=regular AO, B= darkened AO, and alpha is same as B , which seems kinda redundant?

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airport terminal adshq has alpha + G as normal AO (identical values) and B black and white

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:10 PM

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ADSHQ has finer compression

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so less artifacts on gradient

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dont think Alpha matters in it

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could be just an oversight

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Texture_Map_Types#LightMaps

Texture Map Types

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at least alpha has no documented use

silver gull Aug 29, 2020, 10:13 PM

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i know that page, the description is near useless xD
found some post from tom but thats about it https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/143930-general-discussion-dev-branch/?page=844&tab=comments#comment-3108981

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alpha is utilized, if that is correct, but the description is contradicting itself too

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:15 PM

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indeed it seems so

inland stirrup Aug 29, 2020, 10:30 PM

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anyone know how i can get the contact dlc textures? i saw alot of mods of retextures but bohemia aint unlocked it yet

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:38 PM

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you can draw a texture without the original too

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or you can project it on screen with script commands, make a capture and use that as a base

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and some of them might be released separately on the forums or in the sample models

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 10:42 PM

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@silver gull i was meant to do some tests, but didn't get the time

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alpha is redundant afaik

silver gull Aug 29, 2020, 10:43 PM

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aha good to know... i mean, its quite a bit of extra data "just for no effect"

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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i would think it is the same as no and nohq

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different compression

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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I checked A3 ADSHQs and they do seem to have alpha in use

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but would have to test that on my own textures too

silver gull Aug 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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they use it but the question is what it does. Why double data in G and alpha

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

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hmmm...so...then the adshq is suppose to be 32 bit

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and yes, then why use both 2 channels for the same thing

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seems the sources are suppose to be the same - ie 24bit png/TGA

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weird sheet

silver gull Aug 29, 2020, 10:46 PM

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nice safe

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welp, only graspable explanation to me seems that they use alpha, because compression in that channel is lower... and G is used for... backwards compatibility? who knows

frank lagoon Aug 29, 2020, 10:53 PM

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@frozen blade i have applied the texture but it doesnt show up on the model

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also do i have to choose a material

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 10:53 PM

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i am not sure what you trying to do

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or don't remember anyways

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doesn't show on model where? in OB, ingame, in bulldozer

frank lagoon Aug 29, 2020, 10:57 PM

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ob

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:58 PM

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have you turned texture viewing on?

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and is your texture .tga?

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only .tga shows in OB viewport

frank lagoon Aug 29, 2020, 10:59 PM

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tga

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how to turn on texture viewing

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 10:59 PM

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they are in the toolbar

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cant remember exactly where off the top of my head

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and have custom layout anyway

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the buldozer viewer is what can also use

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 11:00 PM

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i think it is the button next to the DX logo thingy, should look like a checkerboard of sorts

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 11:00 PM

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sound about right ye

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standard new program use though is to explore what different buttons do.

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free pro tip on how I proceed with new programs

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 11:25 PM

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except for any blender prior to 2.8x :))

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 11:25 PM

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😛

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worked fine there too

frozen blade Aug 29, 2020, 11:26 PM

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not for me it didnt

frank lagoon Aug 29, 2020, 11:36 PM

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i am unable to click show textures

full quarry Aug 29, 2020, 11:40 PM

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you may need to click one of the others first

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show faces or somesuch

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cant show textures on a wireframe

frank lagoon Aug 29, 2020, 11:43 PM

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ye its showing now

silver gull Aug 30, 2020, 11:43 AM

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regarding ADSHQ - i tried with black G channel - doesnt work. So it definitely has a purpose
Tried with white alpha - couldnt see a difference to one with alpha (copy of G channel)

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also tried B channel - and just black and white is ugly - maybe someone took a shortcut for some buildings...
Especially if you have a longer overhang leading to the interior, you need to have a transition or it looks bad

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so i just use max Lighttracer AO bake for that, it has large (non adjustable) radius per default

cunning obsidian Aug 30, 2020, 11:51 AM

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Hi folks, apologies if this has been asked a million times. I was looking at retexturing some civilian models. Has anybody got templates they're willing to share? If not no bother, just thought I'd ask and see if it would save me a wee bit of time.

silver gull Aug 30, 2020, 12:03 PM

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ok, it looks indeed like ADSHG alpha channel is obsolete. I put a black white checker pattern in it, its impossible to see any of it in any way
both on Shadows=Ultra and Shadows=disabled

frozen blade Aug 30, 2020, 3:52 PM

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you sure it doesn’t convert that on its own?

silver gull Aug 30, 2020, 5:13 PM

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ah, yeah you are correct. input is enough without the alpha (which is good to know too)

white cargo Aug 31, 2020, 12:50 AM

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so when making adshq it's virtually the same as ads?

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why does some enoch assets still use ads when they could use adshq?

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and as for that matter

silver gull Aug 31, 2020, 8:30 PM

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if there is one guideline to arma assets its... "never assume consistency"

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and yeah, it looks like exactly the same input, except you put HQ at the end and imagepaa sprinkles some other kind of magic on it

frozen blade Sep 1, 2020, 9:02 AM

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while i was doing assets for tanoa, i was doing 2 ao bakes, one softer and one darker for shadows - the ads was added later, and it seems that stuff that was updated with ads is using a different way of doing things

silver gull Sep 1, 2020, 4:55 PM

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I will do B channel AO with such radius that any face interior without immediate vicinity to doors or windows is black. Then it still looks good on near transitions and interior will be consistent too
(i think 2 AO, one "light" and one slightly darker is bad for the simple reason that the daker one is like a mask to the first one, so if the mask is inconsistent across the room, it will would be exponential blackness in the corners and little/no blackness in middle of the wall

silver gull Sep 1, 2020, 7:46 PM

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PSA - remember that there it is only a short time before its impossible to get a perpetual substance license. Just cancelled my subscription and got a perpetual

edgy palm Sep 4, 2020, 12:33 PM

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I want to replace the texture on one of these "TripodScreen_CTRG_large_02" and need an example to edit. I found this path in the config: a3\missions_f_exp\data\img\lobby\ui_campaign_lobby_background2_co.paa but i can't find the PBO. Any trick to it?

lethal condor Sep 4, 2020, 12:36 PM

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missions_f_exp is in the Expansion folder

edgy palm Sep 4, 2020, 12:37 PM

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thx!

dense peak Sep 5, 2020, 8:51 PM

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When making LODs do I need to make seperate low res textures or will arma automatically drop texture res over distance?

grand warren Sep 5, 2020, 9:00 PM

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iirc arma / tools creates the mipmap by itself

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no need for extra low res textures

severe rune Sep 5, 2020, 9:21 PM

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yes auto

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but for very low lods, you might wanna use no texture at all

silver gull Sep 6, 2020, 2:19 AM

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if your model has many sections then you should eliminate them on low LOD / use low res texture if necessary

dense peak Sep 6, 2020, 3:05 AM

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Any idea why my normal map appears inverted? It works fine in blender
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/495808732446457877/752000764943138970/20200905225836_1.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/511405848086446092/751963076516905020/tinypebblesNORM.PNG

full quarry Sep 6, 2020, 5:08 AM

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Because Arma uses inverted y axis (normalmap green color channel)

novel silo Sep 8, 2020, 1:47 PM

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Is there a way to apply multiple emissive colors to a single object using a single rvmat?

nocturne lake Sep 8, 2020, 1:52 PM

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SuperExt shader and an emissive map

novel silo Sep 8, 2020, 1:58 PM

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I use this rvmat https://pastebin.pl/view/248d7a40
and this emissive map https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/320896410876772352/752890593654341732/vending_em.paa
are they correct to do that?

frozen blade Sep 9, 2020, 9:47 PM

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no

dense peak Sep 9, 2020, 10:54 PM

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Hi gents, I wanted to ask if there's a way to remove the gloves on a uniform?

versed nacelle Sep 9, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Change the configs if it support separate textures for the gloves, or modify the model to remove the gloves.
The first option is easy IF supported and IF allowed.
The second option is easy IF you own the model, otherwise not possible

dense peak Sep 9, 2020, 11:01 PM

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right, I used the base vanilla texture to start with

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so I should be able to do the config right?

versed nacelle Sep 9, 2020, 11:02 PM

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if the model has the selections for it

dense peak Sep 9, 2020, 11:02 PM

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right... I'm afraid I wouldn't know what to look for

frozen blade Sep 9, 2020, 11:21 PM

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@dense peak can you be more precise about what uniform you are talking about

dense peak Sep 9, 2020, 11:23 PM

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yes, the ig_guerilla4_1

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it's the short sleeve shirt with the fingerless gloves and the trousers

frozen blade Sep 9, 2020, 11:38 PM

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you can try and check first if it has HiddenSelections

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_obj setObjectTexture [0, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,0,0,1)"];
_obj setObjectTexture [1, "#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,0,0,1)"];
etc should work, if it changes, you can change that texture

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 1:07 AM

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alright, thank you I will try this tomorrow as it is 02:00 👍

vocal copper Sep 10, 2020, 3:50 AM

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i will try it now, because i am curious :>

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just have to find the uniform..

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it's part of the clothes

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no chance of removing that via setobjecttexture

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 11:18 AM

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suppose I don't need an _mc for certain multimat rvmats, what would be smartest, remove the stage with the mc, or just point the path to a really small empty dummy mc texture?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 11:57 AM

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use procedural neutral MC value

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removing stages from rvmats will break them

nocturne lake Sep 10, 2020, 11:58 AM

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texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,MC)";

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:02 PM

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oh right

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though I have made rvmats where I've removed stages and they still worked

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does that work for other texture too I just replace the suffix name? eg. texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,ads)"; ?

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or does that need different values?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 12:05 PM

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some do yes

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:05 PM

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is there a list of these so I don't have to dig through rvmats?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 12:05 PM

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the defualt rvmats in a3\data_f\ have good examples I think

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I've used those

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:05 PM

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alright

nocturne lake Sep 10, 2020, 12:06 PM

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Might be on the biki actually. I think someone wrote example values

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:06 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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this rvmat still works though

nocturne lake Sep 10, 2020, 12:08 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Super_shader gives "blank" procedurals for each stage

Super shader

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:09 PM

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so for _adshq I can use same values as _ads?

nocturne lake Sep 10, 2020, 12:10 PM

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If it's got 1 as the alpha value, I imagine so

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IIRC that's the difference between _as and _ads/_adshq, that the alpha channel contains shading info?

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:12 PM

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I'm not sure if it's supposed to, there was some discussion regarding it some time back and I think the conclusion was that the alpha channel was obsolete

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that biki link doesn't have a procedural value for smdi

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suppose I'll have to dig through some rvmats to find one

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what would I use for a _co?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 12:32 PM

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is there any mask color that uses the that _co stage?

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some neutral value or black would probably be best

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in case mask mipmapping brings it up or something like that

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as procedural color that is

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:35 PM

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is there any mask color that uses the that _co stage?
no, I have a model that's only using two mask colors (black and red) so I'm trying to fill in the blue and green with procedural

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 12:36 PM

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#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1.0,CO)

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:36 PM

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👍

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 12:36 PM

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mid grey should work

white cargo Sep 10, 2020, 12:39 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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this looks about right?

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well, everything loads fine in buldozer, so I'm gonna assume there's no errors here

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 12:48 PM

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yeah if it works in BZ it should be fine in game

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:25 PM

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hi i wan to create a rvmat file which loads a texture can someone help me i have tried this but it dosent work:
Ambient[]={neon.paa};
Diffuse[]={0.5,0.5,0.5,1};
ForcedDiffuse {0.5,0.5,0.5,0}

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:26 PM

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what you have is all wrong

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there are exmaple rvmats in the a3\data_f\

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:26 PM

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oh

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:26 PM

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and wiki page about rvmats

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and you can also compared to other ready made rvmats from the excracted game data

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that should get you started

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:28 PM

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ok thanks

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:28 PM

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also if you are after neon effects thats not quite as easy as slapping a texture on a surface

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:28 PM

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it is just called so its just a test file

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:28 PM

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and surfaces do not emmit light

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alrighto

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also you will want to look into texture naming rules

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there is a wiki page about that too

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:29 PM

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Can someone tell me what I did wrong here to get the texture to turn completely black in the shadows? https://gyazo.com/09adb03b4fc5dab98a9269ee8db9c7e0

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:29 PM

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wrong rvmat setup

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you seem to have some uv distortions happening there too

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is this just baked on the vanilla character?

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:30 PM

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Hmm? The armor is not no.

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Undersuit might aswell be for how thin it is.

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:31 PM

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oh. the leg looks like its same as on the naked man

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also looks like your shadowlod is bugged

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:32 PM

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We need to fix the shadow?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:32 PM

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is this a self made model?

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:32 PM

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Mhm

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Where'd you see the UV error so i can get it fixed?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:33 PM

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well your texture ther got all kinds of weird distortions

versed nacelle Sep 10, 2020, 2:34 PM

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like some random shoes sticking out of the armor

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:34 PM

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I think its the ankles sticking out of the shoes

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I dunno

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:36 PM

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So i need to redo the model?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:36 PM

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I dunno, depends if you are happy with it

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:37 PM

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I want it to be good. I'm happy with the design, but i don't want their to be gameplay breaking problems with it like the shadow

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:37 PM

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well the shadow yeah is not good at all. it does not fit the shoes

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:37 PM

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If the ankle things is also a problem I'll have to probably re do it a bit since it comes about in arma from what i can tell.

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:38 PM

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joints dont like hard weighting

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thats something that need to be taken into consideration when modeling rigid armor pieces

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imo the ankle looks too thin but thats more a design choice

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:40 PM

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Yeah i've heard that a few times tbh. I'll look into fixing that and maybe thickening up the fore arm guards since they are a little thin

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:42 PM

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In the end it is up to you how you want it to look like. I personally like the more realistic dimensions but going the other way is just as fine if you like it

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:42 PM

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Is the color a problem in ARMA as well? I like the Pine green but i've heard darker colors in Arma can be a problem

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:42 PM

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absolute 0,0,0 black should be avoided

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at least on large surfaces

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:43 PM

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Hmm? The more realistic proportion we have currently?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:43 PM

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no I mean if it was thicker

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:43 PM

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So you're suggesting we make the ankles thicker got it.

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:43 PM

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as for me it looks like its just ankle thats painted

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all I know it could be robotic though

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so up to you

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:44 PM

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Would it be better if we put the shin guards and ankles in with the uniform do you think?

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:45 PM

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in Arma gear yeah that would problaby be better idea

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:45 PM

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what is the right path in a rvmat file to load a texture from the mission file

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:45 PM

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assuming they are like vest or something at the moment

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why is everyone putting textures and materials in their mission files

balmy solstice Sep 10, 2020, 2:46 PM

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Yeah only the feet are part of the uniform we can thicken the ankles and attach them to the uniform sounds good. Thanks for the help

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:46 PM

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because it is for a server where no mods needed

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:47 PM

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meh. its silly. its still modded stuff.. But anyway the mission folder starts the path folder structure

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:48 PM

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https://prnt.sc/uezrna

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the file is in the main folder of the mission folder but it tells me that it isnt there

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:50 PM

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dunno, maybe rvmats dont work out of mission folders

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Im pretty sure they are not meant to be loaded from missions in masses

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its silly to say "non modded server" but then have all the modded content in it

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:52 PM

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mhm so i have to create a mod

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:52 PM

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possibly

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 2:53 PM

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😦

full quarry Sep 10, 2020, 2:54 PM

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I dont get why you folks are against mods when you clearly dont play vanilla Arma

versed nacelle Sep 10, 2020, 3:06 PM

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because L*fe gave them lemons

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 5:41 PM

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can i add textures in a server sided mod?

pale bough Sep 10, 2020, 5:43 PM

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nope

dense peak Sep 10, 2020, 5:47 PM

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but how can i then add textures from a server sided file in a rvmat file

pale bough Sep 10, 2020, 5:53 PM

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you don't

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textures need to be on the client to work

misty sphinx Sep 11, 2020, 4:52 PM

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Hey all, I am not really experienced in texturing. I am currently reskinning the CTRG British Rolled Uniform, I noticed they are mirrored. Anyone got any idea if there is a way to prevent that as I want to put something on the other arm patch

lethal condor Sep 11, 2020, 4:53 PM

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If they're mirrored, they're mirrored. Period, there's nothing you can do

misty sphinx Sep 11, 2020, 4:54 PM

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Dam, thanks for the response mate

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 5:57 PM

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seems like my textures get significantly brighter and more saturated when i put them in game, and the only way ive worked around it is just doing trial and error with darkening and desaturating my texture enough so it looks normal once its in game. is there something im supposed to be doing before putting my texture in game to fix this or is this just an arma problem?

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 5:58 PM

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make the textures in correct shade to begin with

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what are you comparing to?/ where are you making your textures?

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9.9/10 the program you make textures with uses different kind of rendering environment

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so things do not look the same between the 2 programs

deft lantern Sep 11, 2020, 6:21 PM

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I've seen a few people suggesting using a grayscale'd _nohq layer as the mask for uniform re-textures, to preserve the original pocket lines and so forth. Is there a more detailed run-down of how to do this floating about?

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:25 PM

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what part is mysterious about that?

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I dont think it can get more detailed except by showing each click in a specific program

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:26 PM

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i use gimp to make/edit textures, and im comparing the color to what i see in gimp

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:27 PM

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well yes the game does not render the same way you see the image in Gimp

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:27 PM

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any way around that?

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:27 PM

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use correct color shades

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:27 PM

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how do you mean

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:27 PM

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if you now use too bright colors

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dont use so bright colors

warm nexus Sep 11, 2020, 6:28 PM

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Depending on what you're doing you can also make a mission folder, put the texture in it and keep using setobjecttexture to check it on the fly

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:29 PM

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well i dont think using colors that are too bright is the issue, especially when i need to darken and desaturate my textures significantly to make them look even close to what ends up in game

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:29 PM

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it does not change the fact that colors need to be made right in order for them to look nice in game

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am I to assume you are making retextures?

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:29 PM

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yeah, i do

deft lantern Sep 11, 2020, 6:29 PM

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What's running up the issue is how to work with the _nohq post-grayscaling. Overlay, cut-out, etcetera.

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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there isnt really any that detailed tutorial as far as I know

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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how should i work with the nohq @deft lantern

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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its not for you

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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ah mb

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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he has his own problem.

deft lantern Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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I am a problem.

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:30 PM

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but usually programs have their own "how to use this tool" tutorials

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:31 PM

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it seems arma 3 is a little sparse on those

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:31 PM

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ok so

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it is impossible to make all covering tutorials for all possible programs

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:31 PM

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yeah

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:32 PM

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when modding it is expected for modders to be able to figure out the programs on their own with the program specific generic "how to use this" tutorials

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:32 PM

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uh, yeah?

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:32 PM

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it is not always clear.

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:33 PM

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i was just making a comment, not complaining

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:33 PM

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was not pointed at you, just general observation.

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for your problem, I was about to ask, do you use correct texture name suffixes when you convert your textures form png/tga to .paa?

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and how are you testing your textures?

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are you packing them up into pbo?

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:35 PM

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i make the png into a paa through tex2veiw and then i replace the original texture with my own

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then i pack everything back up

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:35 PM

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and @deft lantern you are not a problem, just need to get yourself started with generic tutorials on how to use whatever program you are using

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noo

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wrong way

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no

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you do not pack someone elses work

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:36 PM

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this is all for personal use i must add

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:36 PM

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that is stealing

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does not matter to me

deft lantern Sep 11, 2020, 6:36 PM

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I was cracking a joke. 😛 I'm actually fairly confident with texturing as it goes, it's just this specific method that I'm curious about.

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More for ease of use - i.e. working with say, RHS' M10s or M93s(?) which don't typically have pre-existing templates floating about.

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:37 PM

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well how do you figure thats stealing? i just dont want to spend time doing cfgs yet

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and nothing is being published as my own work either

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:37 PM

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well you do as you like. Im out.

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:37 PM

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okay

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:37 PM

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I dont condone those methdos, you do it right or dont do it

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:38 PM

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how do you suggest i go about it then

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:38 PM

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the proper way of hiddenselection configs

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:38 PM

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im here for suggestions

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:38 PM

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and if the thing is not made with those then it can not be retextured

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:39 PM

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so i do have to write a config for it to work correctly

deft lantern Sep 11, 2020, 6:39 PM

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^ or if the author has stated they aren't to be re-textured.

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:39 PM

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while more rare that too is a limiting factor

deft lantern Sep 11, 2020, 6:39 PM

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i.e. Delta with DHI, USP with USP, etc.

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:39 PM

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im aware @deft lantern

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i learned the hard way not to use stolen content/ripped mods from other authors

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what im currently working on has the permission from the original authors to edit, which is why i was here for help

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:41 PM

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do those happen to be life assets?

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:42 PM

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no

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im not messing with life assets

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you ever heard of the Bundeswehr Kleiderkammer mod?

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:43 PM

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nope

wanton lake Sep 11, 2020, 6:44 PM

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im retexturing their bundeswehr gear for a middle east faction mod

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they've stopped work on the mod completely and they state that 'you are free to change it according to the CC-license at the bottom.'

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the cc-license which i havent violated

full quarry Sep 11, 2020, 6:46 PM

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Always messy that imo. but sure. Seems like they have given quite free hands on the stuff

grand warren Sep 11, 2020, 6:46 PM

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just a reminder: don't retexture dead mods

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it will break eventually

misty sphinx Sep 12, 2020, 10:38 PM

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Hey all, hoping someone could help me, I am trying to find the Shirt with Camo bottoms but I cant find it

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Can someone point me in the right direction cause I cant find the directory

pale bough Sep 12, 2020, 10:54 PM

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Is it one of the Contact DLC ones?

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if so, you won't find the directory since the Contact DLC files are all still encrypted

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unless you mean the filepath?

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:13 AM

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@pale bough It's the main one, the skin tight one with camouflage trousers on the Blufor Machine Gunner for example

pale bough Sep 13, 2020, 12:15 AM

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ah

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well the pants are the same texture as the regular full uniform

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though not at my PC right now so unfortunately I can't help you find the shirt texture

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:17 AM

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are you trying to find the file?

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@misty sphinx

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@worn turret DayZ questions best pointed to DayZ or DayZ modding discords

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well the DayZ knowledge is concetrated to those discords.

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this is for Arma stuff.

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But to make an educated guess, the reason to use multimaterial is the same as to use it on buildings

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combine different surface materials on same surface mesh

grand warren Sep 13, 2020, 12:21 AM

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DayZ uses enfusion shader afaik

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:22 AM

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that could very well be.

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which is why DayZ questions should go to the right discord

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:23 AM

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@misty sphinx
@full quarry yes, I've searched through the configs and all but cant seem to find the texture. I may just being dumb but I cant seem to find it anywhere

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:23 AM

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you can check characters textures with the getObjectTexture commands

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live in game

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or look up the characters config in config viewer

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and see the hiddenselection array

pale bough Sep 13, 2020, 12:26 AM

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might be it has no hiddenselection set up

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try looking at for example the pacific version

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or ctrg camo version

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if the first one doesn't have it

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:28 AM

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afaik all vanilla characters have them

pale bough Sep 13, 2020, 12:31 AM

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iirc the older style ghillies (pre-marksman) don't all have hiddenselections set up for the actual ghillie bit

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at least, config wise

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:32 AM

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exceptions verify the rule.

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📎 unknown.png

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@misty sphinx this you looking for?

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📎 unknown.png

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📎 unknown.png

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:35 AM

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Ye that is whst I'm looking for, I've looked for it and used it. I'm trying to find the texture as I wanna change the shirt

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:35 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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though looks like only the pants are configured to be changed

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you cant change the shirt

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at least not with this character as base

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you will need to find one that has the shirt too as hiddenselection

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:38 AM

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I'm not currently at my PC but I'm looking for a texture which represents like a PT or some sort of army physical.training uniform

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:39 AM

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@worn turret DZ stuff is different in many ways so the best place to ask is where the people modding DZ gather

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:39 AM

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I was considering like the civil polo tactical asf I know lol. But I ain't sure which one to look at to do so

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:39 AM

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as you wont have same example on Arma

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@misty sphinx Im not following at all.

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:41 AM

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No problem I'm going to take a look again at all the Arma 3 textures see if there is something that meets what I need. What was the command to see what is changeable texture wise?

full quarry Sep 13, 2020, 12:42 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3

Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3

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what I was saying is that there might not be a character that accepts that kind of textures swap

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so before you look for a texture, find a character that has the parts you can change

misty sphinx Sep 13, 2020, 12:50 AM

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Okay mate thanks for the help

severe urchin Sep 13, 2020, 2:29 AM

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Pictures on signs have a blue tint on them

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Any ideas what is causing it and how I can have my image on the sign with its actual colour?

lethal condor Sep 13, 2020, 3:57 AM

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Check:

Picture size must be 2^n (512x1024, 2048x2048, such)
Picture name suffix (_ca.paa or _co.paa will do)
@severe urchin

severe urchin Sep 13, 2020, 9:17 PM

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Worked btw @lethal condor Thanks for the reminder on the requirements, always been aware of them but never remembered the specifics. Anything else that's important to remember?

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:23 AM

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ok so i have recently run into something and was redirected here for information
i created a unit on the bohemia website for my arma group and of course i put in an emblem
now the issue i am facing is that the emblem looks really fake on uniforms for the most part
so i wanted to know if anyone has some really simple tips to make it look more realistic

frozen blade Sep 14, 2020, 8:27 AM

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without having a look at the fake looking one, nope

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:27 AM

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would post it here but dont have perms
want me to dm it?

frozen blade Sep 14, 2020, 8:27 AM

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imgur it

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:28 AM

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ok one sec

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https://imgur.com/a/xCjXrcQ

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should work

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thats both the raw image and how it looks ingame

lethal condor Sep 14, 2020, 8:35 AM

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4316x4332 res smh

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https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/105781923573456896/754551416818892851

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Also 4k texture for an insignia is too op

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:36 AM

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i sized it down obviously
but i dont think i have the downsized version anymore

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lemme see

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https://imgur.com/KonKyRf found it and uploaded it
i think this was the downsized version i used

lethal condor Sep 14, 2020, 8:38 AM

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Still illegal texture

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:39 AM

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illegal texture?

lethal condor Sep 14, 2020, 8:39 AM

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Check what I linked

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IDK about Arma 3 Units so probably don't need to think about naming rules, maybe do. IDK

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:41 AM

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so what you are saying is it has to be smaller right?

lethal condor Sep 14, 2020, 8:42 AM

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Did you read what I wrote?

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The resolution has to be power of 2

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So 512x512 or 256x256 or whatever

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:43 AM

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yes i did but i am afraid i have quite the limited experience with this shit

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but now i know what you want so i am gonna do that

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the question remains tho
will this help with my original problem?

lethal condor Sep 14, 2020, 8:45 AM

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Wrong resolution must mess everything

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 8:45 AM

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ah ok

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ok so i did that
res is now 512x512

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not to be a pesky dick but that didnt change anything

versed nacelle Sep 14, 2020, 9:23 AM

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a couple of things I did to make insignias look better (should apply to unit patch as well);

don't make it full size (so if image is 512x512, make actual image only 450x450, the rest transparent)
tone down the colours; bright colours look terrible, so add a chroma filter or something
less is more; especially in details. A simple logo/abbreviation works better than some complex image or long text.

frozen blade Sep 14, 2020, 9:28 AM

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a. do not go with that logo border to border
b. follow the 2^n texture resolution
c. edit that image so it is looks like either

PVD patch cutout
embroider patch

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you can do that in either photoshop or substance. for substance painter, there is a nice generator plugin
https://gumroad.com/l/LiHGJ

Gumroad

Patches Generator

Inspired by Eddy Khaou amazing work: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/x5xPOMy Work:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1nLPDGhttps://youtu.be/4etvAog1o-IUse with Substance painterhttps://youtu.be/xxc6_BpGwb4ContentsPatches Generator.zip containing:Patches Generator.SBSAR 6 pr...

tepid mango Sep 14, 2020, 9:40 AM

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ah thank you very much @frozen blade @versed nacelle
thats exactly the kinda stuff i was looking for

frozen blade Sep 14, 2020, 10:09 AM

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you do not need to use substance, you also don't need to make it look like a embroider one. you just need to understand how both PVD and embroider ones are made, and edit that image of yours accordingly

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google helps out obviously

versed nacelle Sep 14, 2020, 10:42 AM

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Here are some (simple) examples of insignias I made for my unit made with GIMP (since I don't have Photoshop money): https://imgur.com/a/3Xjm8Sx
In short; I took a free texture as a background (fabric and PVC), placed the stuff on it I wanted and added a overlay with the correct colours.
They're far from perfect, but do their job perfectly fine without being too obvious.

tepid mango Sep 15, 2020, 11:05 AM

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@versed nacelle those look really sick, definitely able to pull that off
tyvm

tepid mango Sep 15, 2020, 4:46 PM

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https://imgur.com/ddg60Gp this is prolly what i am gonna end up using for a while

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https://imgur.com/aYKDHnY looks like this ingame

true marten Sep 18, 2020, 11:44 AM

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https://graphicriver.net/item/realistic-embroidery-photoshop-actions/6913493

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stuff I did with it (probably not totally properly) https://imgur.com/a/3xaOmoE

dense flint Sep 18, 2020, 4:06 PM

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Does anyone have a template for the kajman?

dull rampart Sep 19, 2020, 10:52 PM

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I have a Question regarding mulit Materials i have the Masks done and everything buuut i dont really know what to do with the Mask know well I know what its supposed to do but i dont know how to proceed ^^

full quarry Sep 19, 2020, 11:18 PM

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mask is used in the multimaterial rvmat

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then the colors on the masks connect to other textures defined in the multimaterial rvmat

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 4:49 AM

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So, quick question about RVMATs: is there any particular format or encoding that they have to be saved as? I've tried saving as the .rvmat format (which notepad++ shows as a "regular text file") but when I load the textured asset in the game there is no material effect.

visual agate Sep 20, 2020, 5:16 AM

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@cinder perch, is it actually saving it as .rvmat or .txt

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 5:18 AM

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Well, it's saving as the .rvmat file from what I can see.

visual agate Sep 20, 2020, 5:18 AM

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icon will still show as a "notepad" but will actually show as file type of .rvmat

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only other thing i could think of would be if your actually telling the config to load that specific rvmat

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 5:19 AM

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Both the "type" column show and file properties show this as an .rvmat, and file pathing in the config.cpp is correct.

visual agate Sep 20, 2020, 5:19 AM

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how you calling the rvmat?

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 5:20 AM

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hiddenSelectionsMaterials[] = {"SSG_G3\Data\G3.RVMAT"};

visual agate Sep 20, 2020, 5:20 AM

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you have the hiddenSelections[] as well?

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 5:20 AM

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It's a reskin of the vanilla NATO uniform with a modified appearance and materials file to alter some of the uniform's detailing, like the section around the kneepads, removed elbow pads, and adjusted velcro.

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I do.

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hiddenSelections[] = {"Camo","Insignia"};
hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\SSG_G3\Data\G3P_SPW_SPW.paa"};
hiddenSelectionsMaterials[] = {"SSG_G3\Data\G3.RVMAT"};

visual agate Sep 20, 2020, 5:21 AM

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hm. thats about the extent of my knowledge on this one

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variant texture shows though?

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 5:22 AM

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It does. But the adjusted parts still show the vanilla materials, if that makes sense.

visual agate Sep 20, 2020, 5:23 AM

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it does

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although idk what all else to tell you here unfortunatly

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 5:23 AM

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I've checked the pathing with both the leading \ in the path and without, both in the configs and the rvmat for the normals and all that.

cinder perch Sep 20, 2020, 7:56 AM

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Figured it out. It was a file location and addon builder setting that I needed to tweak.

steel harbor Sep 20, 2020, 9:08 AM

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Hi i got a problem. Black stripes appear on the texture directly during the check in the game. I can throw a screenshot in a personal

lean hawk Sep 22, 2020, 4:39 PM

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is there a way to have a normal map detail texture?

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also is there a way to change what distance a detail texture appears at?

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I'm trying to use it on a weapon so it looks better in first person but now the detail texture only appears when I zoom in

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in regular view it's just not visible at all

full quarry Sep 22, 2020, 4:46 PM

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perhaps you did not apply it on both lods

lean hawk Sep 22, 2020, 4:46 PM

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I only have one LOD for now

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like when I go into ironsights, it isn't normally visible, but as I zoom in it fades in

full quarry Sep 22, 2020, 4:47 PM

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odd. I think it should show up

silver gull Sep 22, 2020, 4:50 PM

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is your geo lod proper? maybe it thinks its 0mm big

trim vale Sep 23, 2020, 12:51 AM

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Would anyone know if theres a way to rip the Map screen from a created map to have it blown up and made into a print?

versed nacelle Sep 23, 2020, 1:16 AM

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I guess the word "rip" is already a no-go, especially when it's not your map.
And yes there is a method to get an image of the map from within Arma, but before printing it (even for personal use) I would contact the map creator for permission, and if possible high resolution images of the map (instead of relatively low-res for large printing).

trim vale Sep 23, 2020, 1:45 AM

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Pull/rip its the same thing. Pretty much pull that ingame M button map to a image

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I have no interest in making a profit from it just to use for a wargame map

warm nexus Sep 23, 2020, 1:51 AM

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No you’ve said RIP and Profit, you won’t find help here with that

frigid escarp Sep 23, 2020, 2:31 AM

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@trim vale check https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Cheats#TOPOGRAPHY

ArmA: Cheats

trim vale Sep 23, 2020, 2:41 AM

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@frigid escarp You rock thanks

severe rune Sep 23, 2020, 9:24 AM

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Pull/rip its the same thing.
its not.
I have interest in making a profit from it
quite sure that's a typo

trim vale Sep 23, 2020, 2:43 PM

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You are correct it was I have NO interested in making a profit from it

past storm Sep 23, 2020, 3:38 PM

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Hello, I’ve been looking into starting to do textures for Arma, but I really have no clue where to start. Any suggestions or tips will be much appreciated

trim vale Sep 23, 2020, 3:41 PM

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@frigid escarp Didn't work for me sadly I'll keep looking into it

full quarry Sep 23, 2020, 3:49 PM

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@past storm there is character encoding guide on BI wiki and topics on retexturing with hidden selections on BI forums

frigid escarp Sep 23, 2020, 4:01 PM

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@trim vale search on google with arma TOPOGRAPHY

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there is some issues/things to consider when doing it

trim vale Sep 23, 2020, 4:32 PM

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I did but it didn’t work

full quarry Sep 23, 2020, 4:38 PM

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arma needs to run as admin so it can write to C:

trim vale Sep 24, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Nah you have to use the old editor for it to work

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I figured it out Yesterday

spring crescent Sep 24, 2020, 3:44 PM

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i need some help

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im trying to make a custom beret for my unit by using the Beret colonel model, ive made the texture and converted it into a .paa file and made a pbo file but it wont show when i load it as a local mod

full quarry Sep 24, 2020, 4:18 PM

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@trim vale worked fine in normal game and running as admin

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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did you make a config for it @spring crescent

spring crescent Sep 24, 2020, 4:29 PM

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i copy pasted the config in the original pbo folder where the beret is found

brisk trellis Sep 24, 2020, 4:29 PM

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Do paa files for object builder have to be square and follow the power of 2 rule?

nocturne lake Sep 24, 2020, 4:31 PM

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They don't have to be square, they must have a 2^n dimension in both U and V directions though

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1x1, 2x1, 1x2, 1x4 etc. aspects are all valid

full quarry Sep 24, 2020, 4:34 PM

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@spring crescent that is the wrong way to make retextures. Create a proper new config that uses the hiddenselections for of the original class of that object

spring crescent Sep 24, 2020, 4:48 PM

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damn then i need to learn programming

full quarry Sep 24, 2020, 4:53 PM

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its not really programming

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dont over think it

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there are character encoding guide page on BI wiki and retexturing threads on BI forums

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and also samples to study on Steam

spring crescent Sep 24, 2020, 4:56 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_3_Replacement_Config_Tutorial

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reading this now and not sure what they mean with the
^(?!.*?(^\tclass|parameterA|parameterB|etc)).*\r\n

full quarry Sep 24, 2020, 4:58 PM

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that is a regex command that does what the point 6. tells you

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its not a mandatory step

spring crescent Sep 24, 2020, 4:59 PM

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nice

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ill ask more in #arma3_config

full quarry Sep 24, 2020, 4:59 PM

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👍 be sure to check you the BI forum editing section too

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:16 AM

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where are all the textures.pbo for vehicles etc located?

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:18 AM

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vanilla vehicles?

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:18 AM

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yeah

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like the ghosthawk/hunter/mxc you know

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all the default arma stuff

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.
additionally dlc equipment

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:20 AM

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easiest way to find them:
download the All In One config dump, look up the class name (ctrl+f) and follow the path that's in "model = ... "
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/191737-updated-all-in-one-config-dumps/?do=findComment&comment=3408530

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Updated All in One Config Dumps

Vanilla 1.80 https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvjxol572cca1pd/AiO.1.80.143869.cpp?dl=0

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:22 AM

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that has a list of all pbo files?

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:23 AM

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no that's a complete config dump. all configs of arma 3 in one file
there you find the configs for all vehicles and their texture / model paths

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look for the vehicle and either follow the model paths, or the texture path

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:24 AM

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and where do i find class names for vehicles?

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_CfgVehicles_WEST i would presume it is these pages but if i control+f 'B_Heli_Transport_01_F' it doesnt jump to anything on the doc

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:29 AM

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well, i found it

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line 472950

lethal condor Sep 25, 2020, 6:30 AM

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getArray (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> classname >> "hiddenSelectionsTextures")```

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:30 AM

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polpox to the rescue 😂

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:34 AM

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on that wiki post which link did you follow?

lethal condor Sep 25, 2020, 6:34 AM

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?

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It's something to run in-game

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:35 AM

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naw for this:https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/191737-updated-all-in-one-config-dumps/?do=findComment&comment=3408530

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tho i will try that

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where do I run it?

lethal condor Sep 25, 2020, 6:36 AM

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???

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:37 AM

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you click the link, download
AiO.1.99.146398_CUP.cpp
open it in a texteditor (n++ or sublime)
wait for it to load in the editor (HUUUUGE)
ctrl+f
enter class name

lethal condor Sep 25, 2020, 6:38 AM

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Or run the code I posted, use either

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:38 AM

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or do what polpox posted

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blobdoggoninja

lethal condor Sep 25, 2020, 6:39 AM

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u see my grand-grand pa was a ninja

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:42 AM

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roight

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I am fully lost so perhaps I shall mess around with eliteness then come back later

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:46 AM

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how can you be lost?
it's loading a config file in a text editor and doing a search...

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:46 AM

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you underestimate how new i am to this

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:47 AM

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it's nothing different than loading a text document in word

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basically

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what editor do you use?

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notepad++, sublime?

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:47 AM

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notepad++ yes

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only becauses thats what i had on hand though

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:48 AM

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that's fine

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load the config in n++

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:49 AM

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and what exactly is the config :p

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:49 AM

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you downloaded the rar file, right?

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unpack it

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you'll see AiO.1.99.146398_CUP.cpp

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cpp files are config files

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load that on in n++

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:51 AM

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the link you sent is to a forums* page with about 10 different links for various things, presumably all of them downloads

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which is it?

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:52 AM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/191737-updated-all-in-one-config-dumps/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-3408530
last post by chairborne

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Updated All in One Config Dumps

Vanilla 1.80 https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvjxol572cca1pd/AiO.1.80.143869.cpp?dl=0

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:53 AM

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aight and that leads to two different .cpp folders:
AiO.1.99.146398_CUP.cpp
and
AiO.1.99.146398_CUP_ACE.cpp

keep in mind i use neither ace nor cup rn

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do i need both of those or chosse between the two

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:54 AM

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AiO.1.99.146398_CUP.cpp
you just need that one. it's the latest config dump that happens to also have CUP in it. no issue

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:54 AM

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sweet, downloading

lethal condor Sep 25, 2020, 6:54 AM

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It doesn't matter. Both won't change the texture you're looking for

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:56 AM

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so I unzip the rar, open the .cpp file using notepad++ and ctrl+F class name for vehicle/weapon/whatever correct?

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 6:56 AM

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correct

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📎 n_search.PNG

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then follow the hiddenSelectionsTextures[] path to the textures

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📎 n_search2.PNG

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in the case of the ghosthawk, the textures are located in A3\Air_F_Beta\Heli_Transport_01\Data\...

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 6:59 AM

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this?: "\A3\Air_F_Beta\Heli_Transport_01\Data\Heli_Transport_01_ext01_CO.paa"

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or this: , "\A3\Air_F_Beta\Heli_Transport_01\Data\Heli_Transport_01_ext02_CO.paa"

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or are those for the black and green varient

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:00 AM

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both. this heli has two textures on one model applied. the model might have a body and a tail texture. can't remember

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:01 AM

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i see

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:02 AM

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B_Heli_Transport_01_camo_F is most likely the green one then

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:02 AM

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oh yea i see it

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so , "\A3\Air_F_Beta\Heli_Transport_01\Data\Heli_Transport_01_ext01_CO.paa", "\A3\Air_F_Beta\Heli_Transport_01\Data\Heli_Transport_01_ext02_CO.paa" are just file explorer paths respectively?

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:04 AM

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not quite. if you have arma 3 unpacked on your p drive, it is the exact path.
if not, you have to unpack the pbo in your game installation folder first

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:05 AM

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alright, i have to unpack

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:05 AM

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hold on

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do you have a p drive set up?

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:06 AM

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nah just main c drive hdd and portable d drive hdd

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:07 AM

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ok... so since you are new to this, better learn it the proper way.
P Drive is a virtual drive, created from your work folder.
mikero's tools and also BI tools rely on it.
don't use BI tools tho, mikero's tools have way superior error checking

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links incoming...

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:08 AM

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👍

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:08 AM

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follow steps 1, 2 and 3 from the "getting started" section
https://armadocs.gitlab.io/terrain/01starting/

Getting Started :: Terrain Documentation

Arma Terrain Documentation

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:28 AM

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i already have a folder called arma 3 projects in documents folder full of random stuff, can i rename it or is my only option to put in somewhere else in my pc?

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:29 AM

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full of random stuff
and that would be?

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:31 AM

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a3
bin
core
dll
nztest.Cache
nztest.Layers
nztest.Shapes

etc etc etc

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i would send a screenshot but it doesnt let me do that in this server

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:32 AM

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looking almost good.
use the path to that project folder in the mapdisk.bat
empty that folder
run mapdisk.bat to mount your p drive
run arma3p

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i'm off to bed now. i'm sure there are others that can assist you with setting up your work environment

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:34 AM

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yeah, cheers mate

grand warren Sep 25, 2020, 7:34 AM

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o7
🤘

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 7:43 AM

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steps 1,2,3, done, for anyone still following

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 8:14 AM

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not quite. if you have arma 3 unpacked on your p drive, it is the exact path.
if not, you have to unpack the pbo in your game installation folder first
I believe I have to do this now, how would I go about doing it? I couldnt find anything on the web that related to it but I probably missed something

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 8:15 AM

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the ArmaDocs link above has all of that

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 8:15 AM

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oh I am a fool

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ty

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 8:15 AM

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whilel the site is terrain focused, the basic setup is the same for all modding

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 8:15 AM

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ah

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ok all that is running now

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then when it has all unpacked i just follow the path from the config dump for whichever vehicle i presume

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 10:06 AM

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do my finished .paa textures need to be anywhere specific?
right now am applying the textures with:
this setObjectTexture [0,"ausBHbody.paa"]; this setObjectTexture [1,"ausBHtail.paa"]

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and is invisible

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I have now put it in the mission folder and the texture is a bright white

nocturne lake Sep 25, 2020, 11:22 AM

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well for a start you should be using correct _co suffixes before you convert to .paa

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 11:26 AM

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convert to .paa? the original textures are .paa

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fyi i have been following this guide in regards to applying textures in-game

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=238437456

copper bane Sep 25, 2020, 11:33 AM

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hey would an experienced retexturer please message me regarding a private use retexture I would like to work on

fervent raven Sep 25, 2020, 11:44 AM

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#creators_recruiting

copper bane Sep 25, 2020, 11:46 AM

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cheers mate, its just regarding some knowledge and information about how to apply it to the game itself as an addon, I will be producing the textures myself 🙂

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 12:45 PM

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this channel is for asking that kind of questions

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Also something worth mentioning is that only things that have hidden selection set up and configured can be retextured

nocturne lake Sep 25, 2020, 12:51 PM

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@honest laurel yeah but you're converting them to another format before editing them. They still need to be correctly named with proper suffixes any time you are saving as .paa format because the tools use that information to format the file

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 7:48 PM

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@spring crescent wrong channel mate.

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 10:17 PM

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right, so what ive done now is taken the original.paa, edited, then saved two copies, one of which i change the file type back to .paa after flattening the layers

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will that not work?

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 10:27 PM

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how did you change the file type?

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 10:29 PM

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just renaming it in file explorer

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 10:35 PM

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that wont work

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 10:36 PM

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ah

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so how should i go about converting it back?

full quarry Sep 25, 2020, 10:39 PM

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with image2Paa or TexView from armatools

honest laurel Sep 25, 2020, 10:43 PM

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okay

ember abyss Sep 26, 2020, 1:22 AM

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hi all, coming to you guys for some help .. does anyone has ever used the Quixel Mixer tool to create and export the textures for any 3d model?

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if so .. does anyone knows which of the 9 possible export options on this tool (Albedo, Difuse, Specular, Gloss, Roughness, Normal, Displacement, AO, Metalness) are supposed to go on the .rvmat file of a gun mod?

full quarry Sep 26, 2020, 1:25 AM

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BI wiki has page for RVMAT that might give insight on how it works. Also it is shader type dependant (supershader type being the most commonly used)

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basically Arma uses older specular/Gloss/diffuse shading

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but likely the quixel rendering wont match Arma rendering without some manual tweaking

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:13 AM

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so how can I use texview to convert my png to a .paa properly?

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is it really as simple as just saving as .paa?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:15 AM

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Yes

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:15 AM

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crazy stuff huh

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also the massive dump of original textures takes a bunch of space, can i move it to another hardrive without messing anything up?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:23 AM

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If you don't use it in actual product, won't do anything

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:35 AM

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right, so the individual ones still need to be in the mission folder

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on that subject i still have invisible textures even tho i appear to have a real .paa file set up

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file is in my mission file and this code is what i use to apply it:
this setObjectTextureGlobal [0, "Heli_Transport_01_ext01_CO.paa"];

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code in Init of object

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:37 AM

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Check path

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:40 AM

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what path? dont you just put the .paa in mission folder?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:40 AM

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If it's invisible, it must be wrong path aka file doesn't exist

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:43 AM

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hum

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it does as far as i can tell

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does it not support underscores or something?

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:44 AM

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Supports

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:44 AM

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hum

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:44 AM

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Where did you put into?

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:44 AM

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just the mission folder

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:44 AM

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Where?

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Something.Altis or something?

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:45 AM

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same place where mission.sqm is

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yeah

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:46 AM

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Something.Altis
├mission.sqm
└Heli_Transport_01_ext01_CO.paa```Is this your folder structure?

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:47 AM

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yup

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 4:47 AM

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Can you check your paa on TexView2?

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 4:47 AM

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naw i just found the issue, there was an underscore that i thought i already removed x)

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cheers anyway

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 6:00 AM

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ive updated texture and put it in the mission file but the old texture is still loading

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ive tried rebooting the mission

lethal condor Sep 26, 2020, 6:11 AM

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The texture you loaded is stored to your RAM or VRAM or whatever. You'll need to reboot the game or rename texture and try

honest laurel Sep 26, 2020, 6:12 AM

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ah

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that seems very clunky

ember abyss Sep 26, 2020, 12:37 PM

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but likely the quixel rendering wont match Arma rendering without some manual tweaking
@full quarry

Hey thanks for the advice man... So whenever u say "manual tweaking" u mean after exporting the files I need to do more updates on them?... Also.. Which sw would you say is more compatible with A3 needs?

frozen blade Sep 26, 2020, 1:17 PM

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@ember abyss please keep the discussion to a single channel, ideally this one

honest laurel Sep 27, 2020, 6:00 AM

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how do i find the turrets for the marshall etc?

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ive got the config test doc etc

full quarry Sep 27, 2020, 9:49 AM

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What do you men find the turrets? @honest laurel

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From where? For what purpose?

honest laurel Sep 27, 2020, 9:59 AM

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sorry, the textures for the turret, so far i've only found textures for the base

full quarry Sep 27, 2020, 10:05 AM

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If its possible to change it, then it's listed as hidden selection in the vehicles config

honest laurel Sep 27, 2020, 10:07 AM

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aight, thanks

coarse scaffold Sep 27, 2020, 11:55 AM

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Sooo I made transparent texture, it has _ca suffix, is applied to selection on model but ingame, transparent parts show as white, what could be issue?

lethal condor Sep 27, 2020, 11:58 AM

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What model?

coarse scaffold Sep 27, 2020, 12:00 PM

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My own, custom

lethal condor Sep 27, 2020, 12:02 PM

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Does the model itself have a texture?

coarse scaffold Sep 27, 2020, 12:39 PM

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Nvm, it suddenly started to work just fine

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:38 AM

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i am missing A3_Characters_F_Enoch in my config, which i believe in the woodland nato and ldf clothing items, anywhere i can download?

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along with all the other _enoch stuff like armour and air

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:41 AM

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Are binarized

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:41 AM

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how do i get past that

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:42 AM

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You would be arrested if you through it

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:42 AM

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oh

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so there is no way to get contact assets in .paa form?

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:42 AM

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Basically no

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:42 AM

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unfortunate

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and i presume no-one has done it thus far

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:44 AM

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Some of them did already

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:44 AM

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ah

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so theoretically could i download those? just out of curiosity of course

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:45 AM

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Maybe maybe not

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:45 AM

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right

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:46 AM

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Do you need them in P am I right?

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:47 AM

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.paa

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yea

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although i guess .png would work cuz i have to convert them to .pdn to use layers

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:50 AM

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You don't need actual file to make pboProject works, just make placeholder files

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:51 AM

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you mean make from scratch? sure but I've only had experience with editing in-game ones

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:51 AM

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I said placeholder. 0 KB files are fine

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:52 AM

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idk what those are unfortunately

lethal condor Sep 28, 2020, 10:53 AM

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0 KB files, placeholder. You should get it, if you don't, Google it

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:54 AM

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all right

nocturne lake Sep 28, 2020, 11:35 AM

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There are .psd files for some Enoch content in the Arma 3 samples

crimson token Sep 28, 2020, 7:24 PM

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hey guys i need help im retexturing helm for my unit but idk the scripts i have it done and in a paa file but no configuration

honest laurel Sep 28, 2020, 10:54 PM

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am I correct in assuming you cant retexture vests and helmets with setObjectTextureGlobal?

full quarry Sep 29, 2020, 4:31 AM

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Yes

honest laurel Sep 29, 2020, 4:34 AM

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right

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so you need to make actual new items

serene palm Sep 29, 2020, 8:58 PM

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most people who are looking for textures take the images and have them display on screen via the path using scripts and screenshot the image

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only to stitch the pictures together in photoshop or a similar program

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though I'm unsure as to how gray that is

frozen blade Sep 30, 2020, 7:54 AM

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lol what?

full quarry Sep 30, 2020, 8:07 AM

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any texture in the game files can be loaded on screen live in game as a dialog

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then screenshotted and use as a template

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this is how textures in ebos can be accessed

honest laurel Sep 30, 2020, 8:10 AM

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as a dialog?

full quarry Sep 30, 2020, 8:10 AM

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UI thingy

olive pawn Sep 30, 2020, 6:37 PM

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Anybody got a good guide to rvmat?

full quarry Sep 30, 2020, 7:17 PM

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there are couple of Wiki pages about them and different shaders

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but what about them do you have trouble with?

olive pawn Sep 30, 2020, 7:55 PM

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normal maps

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they just wont apply

serene palm Sep 30, 2020, 11:35 PM

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is this for a custom model or for a retexture?

olive pawn Oct 1, 2020, 12:36 AM

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For the User Texture prop

frozen blade Oct 1, 2020, 8:11 AM

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what’s a user texture prop?

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

Super shader

olive pawn Oct 1, 2020, 1:06 PM

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Alright thank you this is a good starting point.

olive pawn Oct 1, 2020, 8:13 PM

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Yeah nadda, idk I tried just normal map pixel and vertex and it doesn't look like it works

nocturne lake Oct 1, 2020, 8:42 PM

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Possibly the object has no .rvmat in the model so material can't be changed?

olive pawn Oct 1, 2020, 8:43 PM

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maybe did not consider that

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This may be the limit that user textures have

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also btw I'm referring to "User Texture (1m)" in eden PuFu

olive pawn Oct 1, 2020, 10:01 PM

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So after more testing, the rvmats that come with arma work fine, but my custom one doesn't.

slim elbow Oct 2, 2020, 4:06 PM

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Does anyone if there is a way to upload a new pbo without closing arma? just takes so long when working on textures to keep closing arma and reopening it (For a local mod)

nocturne lake Oct 2, 2020, 4:26 PM

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No, you run it with the .pbo unpacked and -FilePatching startup parameter

slim elbow Oct 2, 2020, 5:23 PM

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ill give it a shot thanks!

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Figured it out

west solar Oct 3, 2020, 6:56 PM

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Hey there, I have a problem with .PAA pictures
All the png I converted into paa for my mission's images were working great, but the last two I made have inverted colors for reasons
Can anyone help me with this ? I have absolutely no clue what causes it

full quarry Oct 3, 2020, 7:28 PM

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probably wrong resolution

west solar Oct 3, 2020, 7:47 PM

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resolution is 1024x512. the previous pictures are the same

heavy apex Oct 4, 2020, 3:15 PM

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Anyone have success exporting FBX files from 3d Studio Max with TGA applied. When I import, only one of the pieces keeps the file location so that I do not have to reapply textures every time when changes are made.

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nevermind, you have to drag the TGA directly into max and not use the lookup function

deft lantern Oct 4, 2020, 4:02 PM

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Out of curiosity, does anyone happen to have any decent quality French CEU or French Lizard camouflage they'd be willing to share?

dense peak Oct 4, 2020, 6:37 PM

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Quick question, idk if is it really related to modeling or texturing, but i made custom face textures and id like to share them on workshop

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So Am i able to share them like how I would if i uploaded addon on workshop or i cant upload those textures on steam workshop?

full quarry Oct 4, 2020, 8:54 PM

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you should be able to upload them yes but likely they would need to be packed into a .pbo so that they can actually be used. Probably best would be if they come with a config that sets them up as custom identitties

dense peak Oct 4, 2020, 9:31 PM

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Is there any tool i could use to make that?

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Like software

versed nacelle Oct 4, 2020, 9:32 PM

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if you make it a mod you can use the publisher (part of Arma Tools) to put it on the Workshop

dense peak Oct 4, 2020, 9:34 PM

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Ok

dim karma Oct 5, 2020, 7:54 PM

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Why is the texviewer turning the textures blue if i put the textures in as a yellow, black, white , ect

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Almost like inverted

nocturne lake Oct 5, 2020, 8:16 PM

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Because you're not using valid texture dimensions usually

dim karma Oct 5, 2020, 8:17 PM

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So resolution size

nocturne lake Oct 5, 2020, 8:17 PM

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has to be 2^n

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32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 etc.

dim karma Oct 5, 2020, 8:22 PM

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He is saying it is 2048x2048

silver gull Oct 5, 2020, 9:10 PM

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remote support costs extra

full quarry Oct 5, 2020, 9:20 PM

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Maybe wrong bit depth or image format.

frozen blade Oct 6, 2020, 7:30 AM

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what did you convert the file to paa from?

olive pawn Oct 6, 2020, 9:51 PM

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Is it an engine limitation that alpha textures with a solid color are still see through?

nocturne lake Oct 6, 2020, 9:53 PM

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Pretty much. Should only use alpha textures on faces that you actually want transparency on

olive pawn Oct 6, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Darn, this makes my quest even more confusing. rvmats only want to render normal map In some cases on props that support translucency.

full quarry Oct 6, 2020, 11:57 PM

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That does not sound right at all

olive pawn Oct 7, 2020, 12:17 AM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/762152031615320086/763152472465735720/arma3_x64_foVjweJLSi.png

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Although correct me if I'm wrong is the normal map being overblown visually by the texture being rendered transparent by the model? That may be the steam of my confusion as other methods I tried gave no visual cue besides the texture getting darker a bit.

full quarry Oct 7, 2020, 6:07 AM

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What shader type is used there?

ember abyss Oct 7, 2020, 3:17 PM

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hi Everyone !

qq for the experts here ... im trying to generate a custom magazine model but id like it to be "transparent" so .. does anyone knows about any wiki or tuto or could share some tips to get that result?

nocturne lake Oct 7, 2020, 3:21 PM

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Just a matter of understanding how an alpha channel works on textures, and make sure you only map the parts you want to be transparent, to the texture with an alpha channel

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Parts you want to be opaque should have a separate texture to the transparent parts

ember abyss Oct 7, 2020, 3:23 PM

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ohh .. so basically i need to create an "alpha channel" say on blender or 3ds .. and map the transparent parts to that channel?

nocturne lake Oct 7, 2020, 3:34 PM

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You make an alpha channel in photoshop or whatever you are texturing in usually

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It's a channel in your _co/_ca diffuse texture map

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Red, Green, Blue, Alpha

ember abyss Oct 7, 2020, 3:55 PM

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got it ... thanks @nocturne lake ... ill take a look at that info

olive pawn Oct 7, 2020, 9:33 PM

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@full quarry Its using Super, I tested Normal Pixel and Vertex and still see the same results.

broken sun Oct 8, 2020, 3:46 PM

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Hey guys,
So I have made some retextures.

Now I'm looking for a way to take a picture of the item for Arsenal Images and Inventory Images. I know there's a method with the ALiVE mod but I would prefer not using it.

Can anyone help me out?

please tag me in your responses or I will not see them

versed nacelle Oct 8, 2020, 3:48 PM

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BIS_fnc_exportEditorPreviews

broken sun Oct 8, 2020, 4:03 PM

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:0

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thank you

pale bough Oct 8, 2020, 5:55 PM

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that AFAIK doesn't work with uniforms which is a bummer

versed nacelle Oct 8, 2020, 5:59 PM

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It works for units/vehicles and props.
Uniforms can simply display the unit.

Problem is gear (vests, backpacks, helmets, etc), those don't work

broken sun Oct 8, 2020, 7:12 PM

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hmm I have an idea now

inland flume Oct 9, 2020, 8:15 AM

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Any1 here make Emergency vehicle skins?

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I have had an issue where I change a texture, then when i replace it some colors change? Like what was blue in the texture becomes red ingame??

full quarry Oct 9, 2020, 8:44 AM

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Only if texture is made wrong.

inland flume Oct 9, 2020, 8:48 AM

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Well i had 1 texture, everything worked. I opened it, exported as png, changed added a word on the sode. Imported to tex view, exported as PAA and replaced previous paa

full quarry Oct 9, 2020, 8:49 AM

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That's not how retexturing works

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You do not replace things

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And repack

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You use hiddenselection configs and make a new class that uses the same model but your new textures

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And if the thing is not set up for hiddenselections then you do not retexture it.

celest obsidian Oct 9, 2020, 5:41 PM

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textures need specific resolutions to work properly (power of two). Check the BI wiki for more info.

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There are exemples/topics on the forums too.

wide shadow Oct 10, 2020, 12:37 AM

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so you couldn't have a 1024x2048 texture for something?

silver gull Oct 10, 2020, 12:37 AM

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you can...

pale bough Oct 10, 2020, 12:40 AM

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could even do something silly like 4096x32

wide shadow Oct 10, 2020, 12:41 AM

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ah, just so long as each of the dimensions is a power of 2?

pale bough Oct 10, 2020, 12:41 AM

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exactly

wide shadow Oct 10, 2020, 12:41 AM

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cool

pale bough Oct 10, 2020, 12:41 AM

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word of advice though, don't use something higher than 2048

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arma doesn't handle 4096x4096 textures well

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not that it crashes or anything, but unless the textures are set to the absolute highest quality setting, the game won't render the full texture anymore once it's dropped down in mipmaps

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so you basically end up with a 2048x2048 texture but with a larger filesize and maybe a bit blurrier than one that actually is 2048x2048

wide shadow Oct 10, 2020, 12:44 AM

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noted, thanks

pale bough Oct 10, 2020, 12:44 AM

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blobcatthumbsup

frozen blade Oct 10, 2020, 9:38 AM

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word of advice though, don't use something higher than 2048
@pale bough unless you actually need that...some 4k tex issues have been sort of solved

novel silo Oct 11, 2020, 10:03 AM

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Hi, I made a multi material rvmat but it didn't work correctly. What I should fix?
Rvmat source is here →https://pastebin.com/sKtv79Lp
_mask is like this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/320896410876772352/764789862900957184/371.png
and it have to work like this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/320896410876772352/764789838167277588/372.png
preview in eden
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/320896410876772352/764789680360128532/107410_20201011185938_1.png?width=1216&height=684

novel silo Oct 11, 2020, 11:01 PM

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I found that UV may be the cause but it still confusing me

full quarry Oct 11, 2020, 11:17 PM

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multimaterial typically uses 2 uvsets

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1 for the tilling textrures so that they can be aligned nicely and 1 for the mask and other "baked" textures

novel silo Oct 12, 2020, 4:05 AM

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I know, so UVset0 was used for Materials, and set1 was used like screen shot

white cargo Oct 12, 2020, 4:11 AM

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all UVs for the second UV set must be in the first UV tile

novel silo Oct 12, 2020, 4:26 AM

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where is the first UV tile?
how I can find it?

white cargo Oct 12, 2020, 5:17 AM

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well I guess that depends on what modelling program you use, the only way I can think of to find it in OB would be to create a face and see where in the UV space the designated UVs for that face is placed

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📎 unknown.png

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like so, I create a plane and the UVs for that plane is set in the first UV tile

novel silo Oct 12, 2020, 5:40 AM

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I got it, thanks

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 10:54 AM

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Well any uv tile will do as long as only 1 tile is used

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As 1 tile equals the space of texture you use

white cargo Oct 12, 2020, 11:28 AM

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oh yeah

wicked crane Oct 12, 2020, 3:57 PM

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Can someone give a quick rundown how to create images that are transparent on some parts? Got Photoshop which I've been using to save the images to 32-bit TGA, then to TexView2 to convert the pictures to PAA-files (RGBA+DXT5) and still the parts I want to have transparent are opaque in-game (Arma 3)

versed nacelle Oct 12, 2020, 4:17 PM

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I usually save as 8bit PNG with RGBA which works perfectly fine to create transparency in PAA

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 4:29 PM

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need to have correct _suffix for all thextures so that they convert correctly to .paa

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also you cant apply transparent texture on a model that does not natively have transparency

wicked crane Oct 12, 2020, 4:42 PM

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Thanks Grezvany and HorribleGoat. I tried 8bit PNG (with RGBA in TexView2), no dice with the transparency. Then I've been playing with _ca and _co suffixes but I seem to be unable to combo those and everything else that involves to get an image that would be transparent in-game how I'd like it to be: no "luck" there either

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 4:44 PM

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so can you explain exactly what are you trying to do

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and what models are involved

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new model/retexture/etc

wicked crane Oct 12, 2020, 4:45 PM

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No models in this case (am I in the wrong section btw). Just looking to create a texture (read: image) with transparent parts for a GUI I'm currently building

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 4:47 PM

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alright so _ca suffixed texture should work for that as far as I know

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yourtag_youtexture_ca.png (has alpha channel) saved as yt_ytn_ca.paa should work

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you could verify though by trying that ui element with some vanilla _ca texture

novel silo Oct 12, 2020, 5:02 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/320896410876772352/765257872082206750/107410_20201013020022_1.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/320896410876772352/765257876339818516/107410_20201013020101_1.png
😭

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 5:06 PM

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some part is not done right

novel silo Oct 12, 2020, 5:06 PM

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yes

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I made main structure for the first and I faced this problem

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I'm not going to get anywhere with this and I have no idea what caused this and what the solution is, so I'm going to stop producing once and make something else😑

dense peak Oct 12, 2020, 5:18 PM

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Hello is there anyone who plays arma 3 role players server who can texture cloths and cars and building because I have a server and it needs a texture developer

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 5:19 PM

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you can try #creators_recruiting

dense peak Oct 12, 2020, 10:11 PM

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Is there any Texture devs here

full quarry Oct 12, 2020, 10:21 PM

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probably many. but the RP scene has pretty bad rep and most of the experienced makers are not really interested in it

celest obsidian Oct 13, 2020, 2:32 AM

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Yes, there are textures artsists but most of us are already working on one or multiple projects so it might be a bit harder to find someone. It also depends on your needs and the seriousness of the project.

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Following Lou Montana's template available in #creators_recruiting might help to find people more easily.

spark shore Oct 13, 2020, 7:04 AM

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not sure if I should ask here or #arma3_model
but what vertex and pixel shaders should I use for a completely metallic object?

spark shore Oct 13, 2020, 7:20 AM

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I've noticed people often use Super and Super for both of them but on the biki I don't see that there is a super pixel shader

frozen blade Oct 13, 2020, 7:34 AM

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super & super is correct

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biki is maintained by community members btw

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

Super shader

spark shore Oct 13, 2020, 7:37 AM

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got it

open juniper Oct 13, 2020, 9:39 AM

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Hello,i am looking for rhs retexture templates in gimp,if anyone has anything and would be willing to share it,it would ne a big help !!!!!

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I have a few myself if anyone wants something

ebon bramble Oct 14, 2020, 12:10 PM

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Hey guys , So i want to retexutre 556 silencers , but I get this feeling that I will have to make a new model to do this, am I correct or is there a way to retexture them

full quarry Oct 14, 2020, 12:20 PM

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Check if they have hiddenselection config in the items. If they do they you make new item class that uses new texture like before

mortal cloud Oct 14, 2020, 12:23 PM

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Does anyone know how the unit emblems from Arma 3 Units are put on the in-game player uniforms?

full quarry Oct 14, 2020, 12:24 PM

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There is a selection/section that gets replaced by it

mortal cloud Oct 14, 2020, 12:37 PM

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Ok, but how exactly does it work? E.g. how would I go about placing the squad leader's (player's) unit emblem on all the subordinates (NPCs)?

versed nacelle Oct 14, 2020, 12:40 PM

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are you talking about the unit emblem (the same for all members of the unit), or the insignia (can be changed per unit)?

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PS. unit emblems only work for real players, not for AI

sour bluff Oct 14, 2020, 9:46 PM

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How can I browse all .paa files?

full quarry Oct 14, 2020, 10:20 PM

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you cant

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or well. possibly by doing a search on your unpacked P drive for *.paa

sour bluff Oct 15, 2020, 5:38 AM

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I kind of figured out a way

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though it sucks

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and yes it doesn't do what I want but "works less sucky enough"

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ie Download Arma 3 Tools, extract with BankRev starting from the main directory, use Tex2view to browse

full quarry Oct 15, 2020, 9:35 AM

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At that point you might as well setup the mod developing environment properly... 🙈

mellow frigate Oct 16, 2020, 8:41 AM

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Hey, does anyone know why changing the normal map causes a weird shadow issue? Im trying to make CTRG uniforms look more like G3 uniforms and I'm using a copy of the vanilla rvmat with just the normal texture path changed

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This is what the issue looks like https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/228954747074379788/766338435631546378/unknown.png?width=1204&height=677

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 8:54 AM

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the uniform is probably not compatible with whatever texture you are trying to use on it

mellow frigate Oct 16, 2020, 8:59 AM

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Ive seen others use custom normals on vanilla uniforms

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my normal is just an edit of the vanilla normal where i adjusted the kneepads

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 10:24 AM

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and how did you assign that custom nohq texture to it?

mellow frigate Oct 16, 2020, 11:11 AM

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@frozen blade copied the rvmat, changed the texture path and used that rvmat with hiddenSelectionMaterials

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 11:26 AM

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@mellow frigate so you changed the path of both the rvmat for hiddenselectionmaterials and the path in the copied rvmat

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a note hiddeselectionmaterials used to have issues

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in any case pastebin both rvmat and config

mellow frigate Oct 16, 2020, 11:47 AM

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@frozen blade yeahm just like i said

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https://pastebin.com/vS8YFBTb

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I put both the rvmat and the class from cfgVehicles in there

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 12:46 PM

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@mellow frigate the path is the same in the rvmat

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for stage1 = nohq

mellow frigate Oct 16, 2020, 1:23 PM

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@frozen blade I forgot that after i had the issue i changed the path to the original to see if the issue is with the nohq or the rvmat itself

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so i pasted the wrong rvmat

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this is what it looks like with the issue class Stage1 { texture = "\ctrg9\uniform\textures\uniform_nohq.paa"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; };

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 2:25 PM

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Anyone knows why my HiddenSelection is pitch black and only seeable in nightvision?
its also thermal shielded
https://imgur.com/a/QzbjHv6
could it be because it has no RVMAT?

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the texture has the _CA suffix if you were wondering

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 2:48 PM

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Yes it needs rvmat

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Everything should have rvmat

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At least a very basic one

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 2:49 PM

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yeah that was my doubt, how would an rvmat look if made for a texture I'll never see

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 2:50 PM

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Eh?

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 2:50 PM

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guess a basic one wouldn't need anything fancy

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 2:51 PM

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There are examples in data_f

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But why is there a surface that you never see?

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 2:53 PM

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sorry I'm bad at explaining
by never see I mean I'll never make
since its an hiddenselection I'll have to make an rvmat that fits whatever they put in it

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 2:55 PM

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If it uses hiddenselection you should have the whatever you put on it by default on there

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 2:57 PM

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should I build from something like default_alpha.rvmat?

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 2:57 PM

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I'm not sure this is the correct channel to ask this as it's more general mod making but I'd see it being used most for texture swapping etc. So...
Does anyone know if file patching works properly with Mikeros pboProject?
I've set things up in a way that when the game loads, it's clearly using my development files not the .pbo but I don't seem to be able to get any further refreshes / updates while the game is running. E.g. mission re-starts doesn't seem to reflect the changes made in my dev directory.

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 2:59 PM

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Pbo packing tool does not matter in filepatching @proper pivot

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What kind of changes are you talking about

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@spark shore what texture and material is your thing using on the hiddenselections config? Use those

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 3:01 PM

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OK - thanks - the original note I found was on ACE3's Wiki 'Note that this only works with PBOs created using MakePBO'
Ideally it would be things like changing values in RVMATs but I've even tried swapping a texture colour completely and dont't see any updates on mission restart etc.

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:01 PM

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Texture file and rvmat changes should show up instantly. Your setup is likely faulty some other way.

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:02 PM

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well I can't use the same texture as the object since its a separate UV from the stone piece

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as for the material I tried but it was still black

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:02 PM

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Wut

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:03 PM

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its a 2D plane near the object not part of the object

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:03 PM

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Just type in what is it you are really trying to achieve xP

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 3:04 PM

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OK - thanks. Seems very odd that if I restart the game, everything updates (without re-packing the .pbo) as expected. I just can't get any updates in game.
There's not some additional script you need to run in the console or something is there?

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:04 PM

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its a simple hiddenelection that contains writing in alpha on a piece of stone
you modify the hiddenselection to change the writing

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like the USS Liberty name in the back

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:05 PM

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So you don't change the rvmat on it?

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Just the text

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:05 PM

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correct

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:06 PM

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I mean the face is then always visible

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:07 PM

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https://imgur.com/a/Vri9rt9

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:07 PM

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Even if it has texture that has full transparency

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:07 PM

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so the hiddenelection is not directly tied to the rest of the object, so if it was just missing the object wouldnt have an hole in it

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:07 PM

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Try which of the default rvmats fits it best

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Wut

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That square plane has mesh behind it yes?

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:09 PM

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yes

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:09 PM

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And that mesh is not part of the hiddenselection right?

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:09 PM

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correct

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:09 PM

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I think you have waaay overthinked this

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:09 PM

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I know I could have made it part of the mesh

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:10 PM

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It would not make this any easier

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:10 PM

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I consider the current method more comfortable

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:10 PM

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And is you want to use alpha texture no you could not have

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:11 PM

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yeah

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:11 PM

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But the alpha texture plane does not make the whole object see through if you give it an alpha texture

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:11 PM

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I'm simply trying to add alphaed text to the square but it keeps going black as if it was a _CO or something

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:12 PM

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But it will initially need an alpha texture so that you can apply alpha texture on it in hiddenselections

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Initially in the P3d that is

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:12 PM

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oh
you're saying I should add an empty texture as base?

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:12 PM

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If you use an empty texture as base in the hiddenselections yes

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If you have some other default texture then you use that

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As in whatever is the default you want it to have

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:13 PM

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oh in that case we're back to square one
because I am using an alpha text as default

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:14 PM

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I don't understand the problem anymore? Do you have that alpha text texture set on it in the p3d

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:15 PM

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yeah and it goes black

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I'm bad at explaining a very simple thing

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to reiterate
https://imgur.com/a/Vri9rt9
pic 1
model with no texture assigned to the HS
pic2
I insert the path of the HS alpha text paa that is in the pbo
pic3
the mesh goes black and the image is only readable in nvgs

in this setup there is no RVMAT but i've tried with a basic version of the one from the stone piece and a few from the data_f and they all had the same problem

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:27 PM

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Yes what texture does it have in the P3d by default

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P3d always needs default textures

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And they need to have alpha if the surface will use alpha texture in HS

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:28 PM

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this one has none
I tried to use this same texture in another test as default texture and it still had the black square

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I'll try with a fully empty _CA

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:31 PM

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the hidden selection needs to have texture assigned to it

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also, i guess for optimization purposes

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the .p3d file needs to have an alpha texture assigned to it

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:32 PM

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Doesn't it default to whatever Is on P3d if none are assigned on the config?

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:32 PM

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in order to get the alpha to work further down the road using hiddenselections

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so yes indeed, sticking a fully transparent texture would be the way to go

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:33 PM

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thats bizzarre but I'll try

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:33 PM

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what is bizzare

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:34 PM

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having to make a transparent texture just so I could stick another on top of it
I don't doubt its how it works, just find it weird

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:34 PM

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you do not stick one on top of it

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you replace it

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:34 PM

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yeah you swap it

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even more weird

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:34 PM

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engine needs to know that the p3d has an alpha texture

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:34 PM

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yup it worked

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Thanks a lot I wouldn't have guessed it in a million years

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:35 PM

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if it finds no alpha texture assigned on binarization, will not "flag" it as an alpha "ready" .p3d

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:35 PM

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oh I see

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 3:35 PM

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Sorry quick one on file patching again - is it only Dev Branch that allows live changes?

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 3:36 PM

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yes ^

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 3:36 PM

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Ah - that will be my problem then 🤦‍♂️
Many thanks

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 3:53 PM

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@spark shore you could have just used one of your existing textures

spark shore Oct 16, 2020, 3:54 PM

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instead of the blank one?
didn't seem to work

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 5:49 PM

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Just spent a couple of hours sorting an installation of the Dev Build and I've got exactly the same behaviour.
On game boot, ARMA is clearly using the un-packed files NOT the .pbo.
I then change a sight .p3d to save it with a different texture and restart the mission in game and still no change.
Restart the game, and there is a change.
Any thoughts would be most appreciated. As far as I can tell, I've got things set up exactly as specified on https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CMA:DevelopmentSetup#Develop_with_unpacked_data

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:01 PM

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aaa you edit then p3d

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that does not update on the fly

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I though you edit the texture

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you got to be precise when you explain what you are doing

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Sorry - the online info is suggesting you can change EVERYTHING on the fly except config.cpp

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:02 PM

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diag_resetshapes or whatsitcalled could help before restarting

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p3d updates when its loaded again

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but a sight p3d is likely loaded once

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like if you place one unit down, then edit p3d you need to place down another to see the change

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:03 PM

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Oh 😦

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:04 PM

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and the first one wont change

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so if you want to easily test different textures I think you need to edit the actual texture and resave it to see fast changes

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:05 PM

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Would you expect things like specular values in .RVMATs not to update?

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:06 PM

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no rvmat should be instant when you tab back to arma

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:07 PM

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OK - I definitely don't get that

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:07 PM

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also regarding the diag exe and dev branch, I run diag exe on stable just fine with filepathcing

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:07 PM

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and you're right that sights don't update with diag_resetshapes

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:08 PM

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diag is the only thing I have downloaded from dev branch

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id wager sights are handled differently

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:13 PM

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Thanks for your help even though it's bad news!
Still not quite sure why rvmats don't update...
Do all the files the RVMAT reference have to be .tga or can they be .paa?

full quarry Oct 16, 2020, 6:21 PM

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ive used both. in rvmat. the actual file needs to be properly converted .paa

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:24 PM

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All my stuff is already in properly converted .paa. But I was kind of clutching at straws as to why rvmat might not work. Again, it all works from the non-pbo data on a game restart. I just can't get anything to update in game....

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 6:27 PM

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even on mission restart?

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:27 PM

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Correct

frozen blade Oct 16, 2020, 6:27 PM

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i have been tweaking.paa files using file patching for a fee years now

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same for rvmats

proper pivot Oct 16, 2020, 6:28 PM

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I thought I should finally try it given how much time i lose re-packing just for .rvmat tweaks

dense peak Oct 16, 2020, 9:43 PM

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Apologies if I'm in the wrong channel. Would anyone know where I could find the texture for the Altis map poster object:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/File:Land_Map_altis_F.jpg ?
Looking through its config entry, I couldn't find a reference to the texture, and it has no hidden selections..

dense peak Oct 16, 2020, 10:10 PM

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Found it. For those in the future who find this monologue using the Discord search function, it's in:
Addons\structures_f_epb.pbo > Items > Documents > Data

willow gyro Oct 17, 2020, 8:54 AM

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Is it possible to have emissive parts on a model that is controlled by the diffuse's alpha or any additional map? the object will have no translucent parts.
Right now the object is just using the default.rvmat, which i have as a base at the moment.

silver gull Oct 17, 2020, 9:49 AM

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yes, look at the textures of "cockpit" of cars like the Mraps.

willow gyro Oct 17, 2020, 10:03 AM

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as far as I know the vehicles instruments are just some extra layered 3d plane they applied over them.

looking at the materials and textures it looks like it is using the alpha in the emit texture as transparency.

silver gull Oct 17, 2020, 10:49 AM

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the whole texture emits - you just make the parts you dont want to emit transparent (therefore you have to put it as extra plane on top of original material)

willow gyro Oct 17, 2020, 11:12 AM

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okay. guess arma has no support for alpha mapped em textures. fair enough

full quarry Oct 17, 2020, 11:40 AM

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there is a thing for that but its not very easy to use and is not really documented