#arma3_texture | ARMA | Page 45

severe rune Dec 31, 2020, 8:32 PM

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Something to fix then.
I know someone made a better preview screenshot script, but I dunno where

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 9:42 PM

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RPT logs show most of my textures dont have a UV source, how to fix?

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 9:46 PM

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you have rvmat?

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 9:51 PM

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I have my rvmats, but can you elaborate on that feature?

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 9:51 PM

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post the rvmat on pastebin or something similar

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 9:51 PM

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Alright, i have over 50, but most of them are the same just different paths

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some with NOHQ and some without

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 9:53 PM

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50... for one object?

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 9:54 PM

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Yes, there are a bunch of uv's, I can't stack them all together or it makes the FBX corrupt, so I can't use it in substance painter

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Lots of them are the same material, just different locations

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 9:54 PM

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if you have 50 rvmats for one object you are doing something very wrong

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 9:55 PM

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How should I go about it? I can try to reduce but it feels like I really can't, I can reduce the polys on my model and remap the UV's, see if i can get them less

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 9:57 PM

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well then first show and explain what your model is and how and why you need 50 textures + rvmats

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Okay, it is an F-117A High poly model, basically, if i try to smart UV project the materials for the faces that are all the same, it usually crashes my blender because it can't just squeeze that many faces onto 1 UV. So I branched 1 material out into 3, so they could map properly, here is an example of my code

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https://paste.ofcode.org/bSKVnaZBKWmLdK6nZjeErC

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it's for c++ and apparently paste bin is down or something right now

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had to used scuffed website lol

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https://gyazo.com/e5fa338eee213532d9d9cf68429bd60a most of my materials and the jet itself

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Im actually noticing something while i look at this.... my fresnel texture has a "none" uv map, and that goes for most of them

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I wonder if it's something to do with that

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:02 PM

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first of all, this doesnt look like a proper supershader rvmat. Supershader rvmats have 7 stages, you only have 5

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:02 PM

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oh.... so super shaders need all 7 stages to work?

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cause i know you can apply other shaders, i thought this was a universal one

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haha

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:03 PM

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you cant just willy nilly swap stages and what is in them

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each shader has specific stages

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Okay, so i would only use the super shaders for things that need high detail, because I believe I have all the right PAA's to make this work and exported them properly... now it's about actually utilizing the RVMATS

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here's some more code, I think I'm missing a MC texture, I didn't quite understand what it was or what it did, elaborate?

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https://paste.ofcode.org/M72sLgBDpEcCfDXtkuz3ba

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This is for the NOHQ maps

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:06 PM

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that one is wrong again. Stage 3 must be a MC map. You cant just delete that and rename the other stages to be one lower. Thats not how it works.

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if you dont have a specific map you want to input, then use a procedural map

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

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Okay! Because i don't think i NEED an MC map, thanks man!

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:08 PM

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texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0,0,0,0,MC)"; would be a procedural mc map

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and texture="#(argb,8,8,3)color(0.5,0.5,0.5,1,DT)"; a detail map

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and again, if you have 50 textures - you are clearly doing something very wrong. No high poly model or other stuff justifies that. Its a terrible setup and you should learn how to do it properly

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i dont quite know how you got to the conclusion that you need 50 maps

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:11 PM

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I will try to re UV map, I honestly, think it was because I was smart UV projecting instead of just flat out unwrapping

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It was more of a blender related issue

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A lot of the materials can be combined too

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Some of the polys in the model are separated by materials that should be linked together

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:12 PM

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what resolution are the invididual textures?

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:13 PM

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2048 for the main parts, 1024 for some of the smaller, but noticeable bits, and 512, 256, and 128 for smaller textures

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:14 PM

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thats all kinds of wrong. 512, 256, 128 are never to be used, if they are part of a bigger model.

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:15 PM

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Even with a smaller cockpit? I have some tiny details that I dont think I need 1024 maps for

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:15 PM

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i dont mean increasing the textures

severe rune Dec 31, 2020, 10:15 PM

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More efficient to put everything on a bug texture, than using many small ones

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:15 PM

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i mean aggregating them all into larger maps

full quarry Dec 31, 2020, 10:15 PM

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For a plane like this you should have max 2 exterior textures/materials and 1 interior one.

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For the final game ready model

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:16 PM

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Ohhhhh, Ya know , i really can do that. I can map more textures onto actual PNG's and make that 2048

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That's just me being lazy

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I have some, but most of them are for separate UV maps for the lettering and the gauges

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https://gyazo.com/1f5e13eb616c4fbf8c6f542226f5b68a like this?

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this is an example of one of my texture maps

full quarry Dec 31, 2020, 10:19 PM

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Well possibly the interior view lod can have some more detail ones.

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:20 PM

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yes the interior can have more detail, but you still should aggregate the textures. 512 is just totally inefficient. Instead of 16 512 textures you should use 1x 2k texture

full quarry Dec 31, 2020, 10:21 PM

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True

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:21 PM

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https://abload.de/img/thun83jac.png
ignore the light blue bits and window framing. Just the dials and cockpit elements. Guess how many textures i used.

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:22 PM

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uno

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because u can compile a bunch onto one UV surface

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I was just lazy and wanting to throw the raw model into game to see if it lagged, this ain't my final part, just learning along the way C:

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:25 PM

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1 for the metal panel backgrounds + writing - 4k
1 for all knobs, switches, and metal bits around the dials 1k
1 for dials backgrounds and indicator lamps backgrounds and the needles and 1 for illuminated version of it 2k

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if i would do it again, i would use tiling textures for the metal panels and have the names as alpha (instead of directly painted on) - which would save a lot of texture space, so i wouldnt need 4k

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with interior you can do a bit more / us a few more textures. But exterior needs to be very optimised. Because everyone will be forced to see it, if someone flies that thing.

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/LOD#.3Cresolution.3E
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Section_Count
i suggest you read this

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:38 PM

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Thank you ! will give this a read, thanks for your info and input!

silver gull Dec 31, 2020, 10:39 PM

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keeping it as it is, spawning one f117 with that kind of texture setup would be equivalent to spawning up to 40 different cars (depending on what size/type etc) ingame.- at least model wise

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every modern game engine works like that btw, not just arma. Optimizing amount of textures used / draw calls caused is a very important factor in game art

whole haven Dec 31, 2020, 10:53 PM

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I was more of a modeler at the time, i didn't really know the implications of the games engine. Thank you, I needed this conversation bad lol

spring crescent Jan 1, 2021, 3:29 PM

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not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is there a way to repair an .pbo file? i want to retexture some uniforms from Faces of War and it says "An error has occurred during the file loading"

opal vault Jan 1, 2021, 4:11 PM

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iirc this means it's been obfuscated, and basically shouldn't be unpacked.

full quarry Jan 1, 2021, 4:17 PM

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@spring crescent they don't want you to open them. Ask for texture files from the devs.

spring crescent Jan 1, 2021, 4:59 PM

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gotcha

random hemlock Jan 1, 2021, 8:32 PM

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Hey guys, having a small issue and would appreciate any help (cross-posting this from CUP discord since it's probably a more generic me vs arma issue) I'm trying to create a simple retexture of one of the pieces of headwear in the CUP mod (specifically the SLA Officer Cap). I've used CfgPatches to create retextures of vehicles and structures many times, but this is my first time doing headgear so it's probably just a mistake on my end.

The problem is that while the new hat appears in game, it still uses the default texture rather than the new one I am applying to it. Any idea what I've done wrong? My config.cpp is as follows:

{
    class PTF_Headgear
    {
        units[]={};
        weapons[]={};
        requiredVersion="1";
        requiredAddons[]=
        {
            "PTF_Main",
            "CUP_Creatures_Military_SLA"
        };
    };
};
class CfgWeapons
{
       class CUP_H_SLA_OfficerCap;
       class PTF_OfficerCap_Gen: CUP_H_SLA_OfficerCap
       {
       scope = 2;
       author = "CUP-Edited";
       displayName = "New Officer Cap";
       hiddenSelections[] = {"camo"};
       hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"PTF_Dress\data\np_officer_hat_co.paa"};
       }
};```
The PBO structure is very simple:
```\PTF_Dress\data\np_officer_hat_co.paa
\PTF_Dress\config.cpp```

severe rune Jan 1, 2021, 8:40 PM

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sippy

grand warren Jan 1, 2021, 9:00 PM

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Quote Dahlgren on the CUP discord:
CUP_H_SLA_OfficerCap does not have retexturing support via camo selection

random hemlock Jan 1, 2021, 9:01 PM

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Yup, looks like that's my issue. That sucks, the cap was perfect for what I had in mind!

grand warren Jan 1, 2021, 9:02 PM

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you can always open a ticket on our bugtracker. it might get changed at some point

random hemlock Jan 1, 2021, 9:02 PM

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Did a uniform retexture for USMC Class A Service dress

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/783116425853665300/794667259951317033/5a86b6ddfc8ed925f4c142a742f96017.png

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And just missing an appropriate service cap model.

candid plinth Jan 3, 2021, 9:15 PM

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@random hemlock I had the same problem something ago

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so I created my own Officer Cap

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link on your dms

slow crane Jan 4, 2021, 5:46 PM

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So lately I've been trying to figure out if it is possible to assign a thermal signature on a sight's recticle?

I was thinking it might be possible to do with some tinkering with the RVMAT's TI material, but I haven't had any luck, anyone else try this before?

full quarry Jan 4, 2021, 5:52 PM

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unlikely I think

slow crane Jan 4, 2021, 11:25 PM

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Unfortunate, is there another way to implement it that you can think of or am I just SOL

full quarry Jan 4, 2021, 11:43 PM

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this on a weapon or a vehicle?

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@slow crane

slow crane Jan 4, 2021, 11:44 PM

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This is on a weapon, and the sights are just a flat plane with a texture on it

full quarry Jan 4, 2021, 11:45 PM

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I guess you could make the crosshair mesh

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as the problem is that thermals dont see through surfaces

slow crane Jan 4, 2021, 11:46 PM

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ah

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So I would have to model the sight to actually be geometry attached to the model

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that would be kinda funky

full quarry Jan 4, 2021, 11:47 PM

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thermals dont work that way really

spring crescent Jan 4, 2021, 11:53 PM

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does the chest rig use the same texture as the Carrier rig and Carrier Lite?

slow crane Jan 4, 2021, 11:54 PM

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It was worth a shot asking about, I'll see about implementing the other way, thank you Goat!

full quarry Jan 4, 2021, 11:55 PM

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@spring crescent you may need to look into the configs to find out

spring crescent Jan 4, 2021, 11:56 PM

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alright

ocean river Jan 5, 2021, 11:08 AM

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hello everyone iam new here. me and my friends are making mods for private use and we are missing model of mig-21 airfighter. i looked all over the google and couldnt find it so for any help thanks in advance

lethal condor Jan 5, 2021, 11:08 AM

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And why it is in #arma3_texture ?

ocean river Jan 5, 2021, 11:08 AM

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where should i ask then?

lethal condor Jan 5, 2021, 11:09 AM

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#arma3_questions maybe? If you want to hire a modeller for it, #creators_recruiting with the template

ocean river Jan 5, 2021, 11:09 AM

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thanks for help sorry for wrong place

charred thicket Jan 5, 2021, 11:53 AM

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WTA anyone take a freelance job for texturing arma asset?

neat cape Jan 6, 2021, 7:30 AM

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@charred thicket #creators_recruiting is the place for such questions

whole haven Jan 6, 2021, 2:20 PM

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T H A N K G O D

https://gyazo.com/9c4b8b1c04e7cf8f74f1742e2b7f3b60

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https://gyazo.com/713f9a38febbaa7c0e716ebe03d1db3d

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literally instant spawn time too

full quarry Jan 6, 2021, 2:42 PM

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weee

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first spawn is always a bit slower as its loaded up to memory

whole haven Jan 6, 2021, 8:14 PM

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anyone know why this texture renders black?

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https://gyazo.com/447af49c8a3b72a24ffdf4adca7d1e67

full quarry Jan 6, 2021, 8:17 PM

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missing something in rvmat

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possibly

silver gull Jan 6, 2021, 8:17 PM

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or wrong input. e.g. if you make a procedural ads texture black

whole haven Jan 6, 2021, 8:18 PM

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Roger

whole haven Jan 6, 2021, 8:52 PM

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I think it's actually something to do with lighting... it sometimes barely shows some color under some light conditions

silver gull Jan 6, 2021, 9:00 PM

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recalculate normals (with F5) make all faces sharp (unsmoothed) and check again

whole haven Jan 6, 2021, 9:10 PM

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Actually, It could be the smoothing, I have all my normals facing the right way, but I think smoothing the normals could be on when i export FBX

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i will double check

whole haven Jan 7, 2021, 12:08 AM

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It turned out to be the AS maps, I guess they dont render correctly on that part of my jet

silver gull Jan 7, 2021, 12:09 AM

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"guess they dont render correctly" - err no, if the diffuse texture shows ok, then you messed something up in RVmat or the _as texture itself

whole haven Jan 7, 2021, 12:10 AM

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Probably the AS texture, i never baked the ambient occlusion and i left it to the input maps

silver gull Jan 7, 2021, 12:12 AM

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cant render something you dont have... If you want "no as map" then use procedural AS texture with everything white.

whole haven Jan 7, 2021, 12:40 AM

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Well I had an AS map all white before, I'm saying baking detailed ambient occlusion maps, substance painter gives the option for just input from the slider without baking and that's what i did

whole haven Jan 7, 2021, 9:42 AM

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Flickering shadows inside mesh, how to fix?

full quarry Jan 7, 2021, 1:53 PM

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Do you have a shadow lod?

whole haven Jan 7, 2021, 6:53 PM

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Yes, but it's a low poly one

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Maybe i should duplicate my OG one

full quarry Jan 7, 2021, 6:55 PM

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no

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its way too complex

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shadow lod has few requirements for it to work

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all mesh in it need to be closed

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and preferable the shadowmesh surfaces is slightly below the main mesh

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so that it does not clip t through

whole haven Jan 7, 2021, 6:57 PM

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roger, so closed mesh basically means no holes? i think i already kinda resemble that

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idk if you mean something else by that though

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Also, it's below on the z axis, should I move it to the right or left a tad too?

full quarry Jan 7, 2021, 7:03 PM

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yes no holes, no open edges

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well if all surfaces move below the originale they shrink from all sides

nocturne oxide Jan 8, 2021, 3:52 AM

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Was not sure if I should put this in here or Model makers but when I put a patch on my vest it is nearly invisible, I have the path and stuff properly defined on Object Builder

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/672101286513999882/796948663355048017/unknown.png

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You can slightly see the image but it is borderline invisible

full quarry Jan 8, 2021, 3:55 AM

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probably wrong _suffix on the name

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or somehow wrong fileformat to begin with

nocturne oxide Jan 8, 2021, 3:55 AM

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I had it as a PNG and went to PAA

full quarry Jan 8, 2021, 3:59 AM

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how about the name suffix?

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and you sure its not that transparent in the original?

nocturne oxide Jan 8, 2021, 4:02 AM

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How do I check name suffix?

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And https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/672101286513999882/796949573083201536/no.paa

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I am nearly positive

full quarry Jan 8, 2021, 4:22 AM

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yourmodtag_texturename_suffix.filetype

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there is a texture wiki page that explains the suffixes for different texture types

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the transparency looks ok

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but your texture resolution is not supported by the engine

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it needs to be power of 2

nocturne oxide Jan 8, 2021, 4:26 AM

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Got it, thanks man

full quarry Jan 8, 2021, 4:27 AM

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the texture wiki pages I think explains that too

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so Id advice taking a read through it

nocturne oxide Jan 8, 2021, 4:27 AM

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Gotcha, thanks

fossil zephyr Jan 8, 2021, 3:39 PM

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is it possible to have a texture on a terrain that emits light, or casts a shadow

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weird question i know

full quarry Jan 8, 2021, 5:31 PM

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No

nocturne lake Jan 8, 2021, 6:02 PM

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No illumination sources cast shadows except the sun and moon

frail crag Jan 8, 2021, 6:52 PM

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Pulling my hair out here. Doing a retexture of a vehicle, same as i've done before on a ton of other vehicles. Yet on this one persists to show the original texture and not my new one, despite that i've put my new texture directory in hiddenselections, and this vehicle has hiddenselections enabled. Any ideas on why this could be?

severe rune Jan 8, 2021, 7:03 PM

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"and this vehicle has hiddenselections enabled" u sure?

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checked ingame config viewer if your changes take effect?

frail crag Jan 8, 2021, 7:13 PM

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In the config for the original vehicle it has both hiddenselections and hiddenselectionstextures, i'll check config viewer for my reskin, one moment

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Yes, in the config viewer it shows my updated texture path and file, but it is not what is being displayed on the vehicle

severe rune Jan 8, 2021, 7:23 PM

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that the config has hiddenSelectionTextures doesn't mean that it works

frigid escarp Jan 9, 2021, 7:34 AM

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requiredAddons set correctly?

fiery crow Jan 9, 2021, 5:03 PM

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How do I convert PNG to PAA?

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it says that it has incorrect file size

full quarry Jan 9, 2021, 5:20 PM

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it may mean resolution

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what resolution is your image

grand warren Jan 9, 2021, 6:47 PM

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@fiery crow
source image must be power of 2 (n^2)
like 128x128 / 128x256 / 256x256 / 256x512 / 512x512
ect
ect
ect

fiery crow Jan 9, 2021, 6:54 PM

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dammit

grand warren Jan 9, 2021, 6:55 PM

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language...

full quarry Jan 9, 2021, 6:58 PM

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that is quite normal for games?

grand warren Jan 9, 2021, 7:01 PM

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full quarry that is quite normal for games?

n^2 format?

severe rune Jan 9, 2021, 7:03 PM

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Its DXT format limitations

grand warren Jan 9, 2021, 7:03 PM

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https://giphy.com/gifs/star-wars-181OUQHOCfde0

Giphy

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 9:58 AM

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fiery crow dammit

U can use GIMP to resize and also change the bit depth if needed then just use texview 2 to convert i find the ImagetoPAA does not work half the time even tho it should

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 2:21 PM

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Never had problem with imageToPaa when file format and resolutions are correct.

frigid escarp Jan 10, 2021, 3:49 PM

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few questions from a non art guy:

what kind of textures can you load in SP? i assume tga would be preferred
how much quality loss does paa->tga->paa result in
do you need a high poly for SP? or is it just to generate a new texture with more detail, but an existing texture the normal RV engine p3d model (low poly) is enough

celest obsidian Jan 10, 2021, 5:02 PM

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frigid escarp few questions from a non art guy: - what kind of textures can you load in SP? i ...

You can load TGA, JPEG/JPG, EXR, PNG, TIFF, BMP (and the list goes on). Painter can't load PAA.
I don't know much about quality loss (but I would avoid converting PAA to TGA to PAA again if you want the best quality)
You don't need HPs for Painter but if you want high quality assets, making a LP and baking using the HP is definitely better. It depends on your workflow. 🙂

silver gull Jan 10, 2021, 5:12 PM

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no HP -> no automatic edge details from filters etc possible. . Have to hand paint everything (except now in 3D thanks to SP).
You can paint normal map details on faces in SP, but edges i dont think you can smooth manually

frigid escarp Jan 10, 2021, 5:40 PM

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thanks both of you 🙇 its about old models done prior to modern artist workflow

celest obsidian Jan 10, 2021, 6:10 PM

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You can import you old textures and enhance them using painter. ^^

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Generators are super powerful.

frigid escarp Jan 10, 2021, 6:25 PM

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so applying some rust, dirt, wear, etc via generators?

silver gull Jan 10, 2021, 7:05 PM

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no, generators dont work well at all without HP detail (esp. not without baked smooth edges)

celest obsidian Jan 10, 2021, 7:07 PM

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They work fine if you use anchors but yes, of course, it might not work well with a very low poly model

silver gull Jan 10, 2021, 7:07 PM

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"use anchors" - only if you paint in normal map detail to begin with

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if you just apply generators to basic diffuse texture with only an AO map to drive the effects, you wont get very useful results.

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also something to consider - the normal maps from old A2 era objects are often terrible - just some sloppy Adobe normal map filter from the diffuse)

celest obsidian Jan 10, 2021, 7:14 PM

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Sure, it also requires some knowledge first, just like any software. To be honest, applying dirt and rust with a dirt or curvature generators is not a problem at all. You might need to tweak some parameters first, tho. I'm used to work with both low/high poly models and smart masks + generators work pretty well with low polys. Again, if it's just to highlight edges, add dirt or rust, it's ok. :)

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But yes, you're right, 512px normals might be a real problem haha

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 9:53 PM

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full quarry Never had problem with imageToPaa when file format and resolutions are correct.

I appear to have issues all the time with it not sure why even right now i have a PNG with proper bit depth and its 512x512 and it wont convert at all. this one is also not loading up in texview2 either not sure why

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 10:01 PM

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What's the bit depth?

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Where its made?

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Png has all kinds of possible settings and some may be incompatible

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Could also try non compressed tga

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 10:02 PM

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its bit dept 8

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and i use gimp to resize

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and change bit depth \

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 10:02 PM

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And the tool install itself might be broke

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 10:03 PM

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even if it works for jpg files?

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only png giving me issues

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 10:17 PM

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then its quite likely you do something odd with the png

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 10:18 PM

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just got a pic from google crop and resize. then add alpha channel so that it can be a transparent background. am i missing somthing or doing somthing worng?

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 10:19 PM

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doesnt really sound like it but maybe you do

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 10:19 PM

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ill try another random pic just to see

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 10:35 PM

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k well png not working not sure why but i did get tga to work at lest now so i can get the transparent background like i need thank you for your help

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 10:41 PM

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can you upload the png somewhere? Im curios to try it

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 11:25 PM

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full quarry can you upload the png somewhere? Im curios to try it

https://filebin.net/iy7xlbxyw2za2iio

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 11:27 PM

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it indeed does not convert

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so something wrong with how its processed

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also you should always use correct texture suffixes in the filename

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solved

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it has indexed palette

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that does not work with the tools

silver gull Jan 10, 2021, 11:29 PM

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prob used some web image as base?

full quarry Jan 10, 2021, 11:29 PM

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ye

crystal bramble Jan 10, 2021, 11:34 PM

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yea i am for now well i work on something as a replacement but needed somthing for testing

full quarry Jan 12, 2021, 6:17 PM

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you should be able to find those in the unpacked game data

silver gull Jan 12, 2021, 6:17 PM

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doubt it has actual textures.... most likely its just procedural texture

full quarry Jan 12, 2021, 6:20 PM

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it has rvmat at least

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likely textures too

versed nacelle Jan 12, 2021, 6:28 PM

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Question is; does it have a hiddenTextures entry in the config?

full quarry Jan 12, 2021, 6:36 PM

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ye I think so

past belfry Jan 13, 2021, 6:57 PM

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So I'm currently trying to make a stealth suit and in so I need to make the unit go invisible, so I'm currently trying to get a see through texture(Not fully see through but something slightly tinted) as that is what I thought was the right option. So I go to generate a texture using texView 2 as all I want is a slightly tinted texture but when I save it always saves it as DXT1 removing the alpha channel(making it solid), even though I have ARGB8888 or DX5 selected in the drop down menu. How do I solve this?

Managed to find a 512x512 see through image that was basically what I wanted from an old PMC tutorial from 2007(for presumably OFP) that when I opened in texView 2 was in DXT5 even after I saved it and reopened it. When trying to apply that image in the in-game editor using setObjectTextureGlobal it sets the texture but it isn't see through, it's solid. So is it even possible for me to give a unit with a solid texture a non-solid one? Do I need to make a custom rvmat? I've tried "A3\Structures_F\Data\Windows\window_set.rvmat" but it is real jank and not really what I want and doesn't solve the issue with the PMC tutorial texture either.

full quarry Jan 13, 2021, 6:58 PM

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not possible to give solid unit non solid texture

past belfry Jan 13, 2021, 6:58 PM

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gg

full quarry Jan 13, 2021, 6:58 PM

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you can check out "optical camouflage research" topic on BI forums

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/191975-optical-camouflage-material-research/

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Optical Camouflage material research

Hey folks! (long wall of text ahead)Some time ago there was a post by Kiory about a really cool accidental discovery he had with Arma materials:https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/175495-opticalactive-camo/And for some time Ive been working on reproducing the effect and wanted to share current prog...

past belfry Jan 13, 2021, 7:24 PM

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@full quarry Anyway to just hide the texture of an object then? I would prefer not to have to use hideObjectGlobal as that almost completely screws the enemy AI. I would prefer to use setUnitTrait to affect the enemy AI as it seems more controllable and seems to fit my use case better after some quick testing in the editor.

full quarry Jan 13, 2021, 7:29 PM

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have not had a chance to explore the method any further yet so dont have an answer at this time.

past belfry Jan 13, 2021, 7:30 PM

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Affirm

lethal condor Jan 15, 2021, 3:20 AM

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What issue?

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You can always get some samples by unpacking pbos

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Resolution doesn't matter

lean hawk Jan 15, 2021, 10:00 AM

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is that a fallout 4 model?

pale bough Jan 15, 2021, 10:55 AM

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yeah it is

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it's the combat armour https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/7/78/FO4-nate-combat.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/499?cb=20180908220440

full quarry Jan 15, 2021, 1:06 PM

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notlikemeow

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Ffs don't use ripped models

severe rune Jan 15, 2021, 1:14 PM

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!purgeban 697264937713664112 240d ripping Fallout 4 Models and asking for help with illegal content

bleak bearBOT Jan 15, 2021, 1:14 PM

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severe rune !purgeban 697264937713664112 240d ripping Fallout 4 Models and asking for help w...

*PewPewPew!!*
RIP @torpid rampart

whole haven Jan 15, 2021, 6:57 PM

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I have one texture that renders black, it has the file path correct, it has the rvmat correct, the uv's are fine, i'm confused why it's the only texture that doesn't work no matter how much i try to tweak it

full quarry Jan 15, 2021, 7:05 PM

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usually means one of the rvmat stages does not load right

whole haven Jan 15, 2021, 7:21 PM

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haha thanks, think you're right

tired lynx Jan 16, 2021, 2:03 PM

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So I’m making a texture pack. It works fine but every time I try lid in with it I get a warning saying it requires a dependency (which it has)

full quarry Jan 16, 2021, 2:04 PM

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what says that and where exactly?

grand warren Jan 16, 2021, 2:16 PM

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Screenshot of the message to imgur and then link her please

full quarry Jan 16, 2021, 2:21 PM

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freudian slip there @grand warren

grand warren Jan 16, 2021, 2:22 PM

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Huh?

full quarry Jan 16, 2021, 2:22 PM

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missing e

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nevarmind

tired lynx Jan 16, 2021, 2:34 PM

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Never used imgur sorry

full quarry Jan 16, 2021, 2:37 PM

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any other image host will do so you can link the picture

velvet snow Jan 16, 2021, 9:27 PM

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So, I'm looking to retexture the Contact radio backpacks. Anyone know how I can get to the data, since it's in EBO?

pale bough Jan 16, 2021, 9:28 PM

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if you get the arma 3 samples there's a template I'm pretty sure

versed nacelle Jan 16, 2021, 9:29 PM

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Contact assets are not available yet for the public, and I doubt the templates are released either

velvet snow Jan 16, 2021, 9:30 PM

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I've seen Contact retextures already- Specifically, LDF. Made me think something was available.

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Oh, the template was in samples after all.

pale bough Jan 16, 2021, 10:40 PM

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velvet snow I've seen Contact retextures already- Specifically, LDF. Made me think something...

yeah people have figured out a way to display textures on hud elements, then they just screenshot them and stitch them together in their image editor and use that to make templates

errant palm Jan 17, 2021, 8:42 PM

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anyone know whats the best way to manipulate reflectiveness/glossiness? specular in rvmat? doesn't specular just darken the texture when lowered?

silver gull Jan 17, 2021, 9:03 PM

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there is no "best way". Its down to experimentation what works for your thing or not

errant palm Jan 17, 2021, 9:03 PM

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smdi has a lot to play in it right?

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for example, house roof shingles

silver gull Jan 17, 2021, 9:05 PM

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make a gradient map in the 2 channels and test yourself

full quarry Jan 17, 2021, 9:12 PM

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specular array and specular power set the overall specularity of the model and SM/SMDI modulates that

whole haven Jan 19, 2021, 10:43 PM

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is there something wrong with my rvmat? this is what my texture looks like in game and this is the rvmat

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https://gyazo.com/003aa1e417611977b7e83a7776bc958a

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https://gyazo.com/0c4534cc3eb7c9e834fd1622c04b57d1

full quarry Jan 19, 2021, 11:05 PM

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Id strongly recommend using the supershader one

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and checking out the default rvmats in P:\a3\data_f

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yours is missing quite a bit

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you cant just leave stuff out

whole haven Jan 20, 2021, 12:51 AM

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I can use super shader, ill see how that works

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what exactly am i leaving out though? I know that there's enviroment stage and the fresnel stage but I didn't think I needed that for my shader I have

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most of my textures use the same format for the rvmat

nocturne lake Jan 20, 2021, 1:00 AM

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You need every stage for the shader you're using, and every stage needs to be the right map for that stage

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 1:20 AM

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everything that is in the examples needs to be in

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:26 PM

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Hi ! I'm new to arma 3 modding and stuff. I made an addon with the help of the people in #arma3_config, but now I have another problem. I can't see the texture of my vest. I have it in my inventory and all, but I only see what looks like a shadow, so I guess I did something wrong with my .paa but I'm not sure what

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https://zupimages.net/up/21/03/9v2i.png Here's what it looks like

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:29 PM

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id say its just not loaded

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:30 PM

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How can I load it ?

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:34 PM

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well for starters you could try unpacking the pbo to see if it is actually in it

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or what kind of folder sturcture is in there

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:37 PM

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the folder is called "Gilet_Staff", there's a "data" folder, and the "Staff.paa" is inside that folder. So I wrote hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"\Gilet_Staff\data\Staff.paa"};

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I think it might be the problem, or my .paa is maybe wrong ?

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:39 PM

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well all textures should use correct texture suffixes before conversion to paa

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and they should be in power of 2 resolution

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is the config.cpp in gilet_staff\ folder?

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:40 PM

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Yep, in the gilet_staff folder

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:40 PM

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and is that folder on P:?
p:\gilet_staff

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:40 PM

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Yep

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The picture is 2048x2048 with 32 bits of depth (and I guess 72 dpi)

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:42 PM

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simplest to use x

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xD

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:43 PM

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Yeah, I think it's better x)

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:43 PM

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start with having correct suffix for it

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in the original png/tga

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and then convert that to .paa

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:44 PM

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Okay

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I have the .png

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So, with the .png of the texture, I convert it to .paa with ImageToPAA ?

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:50 PM

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yes

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texture suffix rules can be found on BIwiki

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:54 PM

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Ok, I'll read it

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I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to name the file :/ I guess it should end with "_CO" but that's it

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 7:59 PM

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ye

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 7:59 PM

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Something like "StaffVest_PlateCarrier1_CO" ?

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:02 PM

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that should work yes

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:02 PM

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Okay, I'll try that

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:03 PM

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what are you packing the addon with now?

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:03 PM

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Addon Builder

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:04 PM

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then just about anything can go wrong since it does not really check what you pack

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Id recommend mikeros tools and using pboProject to get some debug help straight from the packing

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:04 PM

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I tried to install it but it didn't worked

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:05 PM

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didnt work how?

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:06 PM

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The installation worked but when I clicked on the icon I just got a error message

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Even when renaming the file it didn't worked

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:10 PM

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what error

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just means you did something wrong and did not yet manage to fix it

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:11 PM

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It says that depbo64.dll is missing

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:13 PM

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well install depbo

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along with the rest of the tools

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simplest that way

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:13 PM

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I have to install all the tools ?

full quarry Jan 20, 2021, 8:13 PM

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to be honset, no

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but I cant be arsed to try to remember which ones pboProject needs

sonic dagger Jan 20, 2021, 8:13 PM

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Okay ^^

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Honestly, it starts to really annoy me, I'm gonna stop here for now and start fresh tomorrow, thanks for the help ^^

wintry rapids Jan 20, 2021, 8:24 PM

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for pboproject you need at least depbo64, deogg, makepbo and rapify

errant palm Jan 21, 2021, 1:36 AM

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this seems outdated? used inside an rvmat applied to a house wall.

VertexShaderID="NormalMapAS";```

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only reference I can find on google is about adding damage to vehicles

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and a thread from 2008

edit: found some info, reading now

full quarry Jan 21, 2021, 1:48 AM

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older shader type yes

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for houses would suggest multimaterial

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usually gives better results

errant palm Jan 21, 2021, 1:49 AM

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it's just an old building not created by me so limited control unless I completely redo their UV's and such, trying to improve them as much as possible but without spending days on a single object

full quarry Jan 21, 2021, 1:50 AM

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eh dont think a lot can be done with that

errant palm Jan 21, 2021, 1:51 AM

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some are multi

full quarry Jan 21, 2021, 1:51 AM

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that particular shader Id wager does not allow much improvement unless you can increase the texture size

errant palm Jan 21, 2021, 1:53 AM

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if upscaling a texture, the normal doesn't necessarily need to be upscaled too if it's not too relevant? or does normal and _co need to be the same size? Is there any side effects of different sizes?

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just to keep file size down as there is like 30+ houses with interiors

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I've upscaled roof tiles and floors, things that will be seen a lot in first person

full quarry Jan 21, 2021, 1:54 AM

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yeah well just upscaling wont really help

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it does not add missing detail

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at best it smooths stuff a bit

errant palm Jan 21, 2021, 1:54 AM

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with AI program though

full quarry Jan 21, 2021, 1:54 AM

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ah well maybe with that

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it wont really bring the quality up a lot though

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and buildings like that will likely stand out next to multimaterial ones

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depends of course on the wanted results

errant palm Jan 21, 2021, 1:57 AM

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thanks 😵

full quarry Jan 21, 2021, 1:59 AM

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if possible I would compare them next to other buildings that use multimaterial and see if their quality is enough

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and then evaluate would spending the effort to turn them to multimaterial using be worth it

shell field Jan 22, 2021, 5:48 AM

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not sure if this is the right channel for this question but is there anyway to get access to the contact DLC faces id like to customize a Rabinowicz face if possible

full quarry Jan 22, 2021, 5:49 AM

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only if you draw the texture on screen and screenshot it

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that will likely mess with the quality though

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or ask BI directly via email

shell field Jan 22, 2021, 5:50 AM

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huh didnt know emailing them was a thing doubt ill get far but ill do it lol

full quarry Jan 22, 2021, 5:53 AM

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chances are not great but they are slimmer if not emailing them

dense peak Jan 22, 2021, 8:57 AM

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Hey can anyone make me a hummingbird skin I have the photo I want all over

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Just a pattern then a logo either side

lethal condor Jan 22, 2021, 9:04 AM

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“Just a pattern” is a hard part of retexturing. Also, #creators_recruiting

dense peak Jan 22, 2021, 9:05 AM

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Ah true cheers

frigid escarp Jan 22, 2021, 2:13 PM

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    uvSource="tex";
    class uvTransform
    {
        aside[]={1,0,0};
        up[]={0,1,0};
        dir[]={0,0,1};
        pos[]={0,0,0};
    };```
do these matter for supershader in every stage? (or only where you actually apply an actual texture)

lean hawk Jan 22, 2021, 2:35 PM

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if a stage doesn't have any kind of texture then uv transform is not gonna matter

severe rune Jan 22, 2021, 2:38 PM

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same for textures where every pixel is the same color

frigid escarp Jan 22, 2021, 2:59 PM

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procedural are not necessarily all the same, right?

severe rune Jan 22, 2021, 3:02 PM

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ye

silver gull Jan 22, 2021, 6:07 PM

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if by ""do these matter" you meant "do i have to specify them in every single stage", then the answer is no - unless you want to have something other than the default UV transform. at least for supershader, no idea if its different for others - but i would think not

frigid escarp Jan 22, 2021, 7:41 PM

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the initial reason why i became curious was as some have dir[]={0,0,1}; and some dir[]={0,0,0}; for example

severe rune Jan 22, 2021, 7:50 PM

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the last one is a bug

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and the Arma 3 samples do that wrongly for example

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I think it will detect that its invalid and auto fallback to defaults

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But just don't do it wrong and depend on automatic fallbacks. thanks

silver gull Jan 22, 2021, 7:53 PM

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do we have a description somewhere what the values do? I know pos and dir make sense, and i guess aside and up for scaling. But why an array of 3 values each? Its just 2D coordinates... or can it actually rotate the UV's in 3D ?

severe rune Jan 22, 2021, 7:54 PM

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because thats full matrix

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its a 4D matrix

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yes you can rotate in 3d

silver gull Jan 22, 2021, 7:54 PM

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ah ok

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so its UVW 🙃

west aspen Jan 23, 2021, 1:48 AM

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Dose anyone got a up to date YouTube video on 3D modeling?

full quarry Jan 23, 2021, 1:58 AM

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theres plenty on modeling in just about any program

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so start with just genertic modeling tutorials and how to use the program of your choosing

full quarry Jan 23, 2021, 3:39 AM

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The Arma part of modeling will come more apparent when you know how modeling and texturing is done

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:34 PM

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Longest 10 mins of my life wew

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Just wanted to ask, I think it's obvious but did a recent update completely shag all mods? I did a retexture of the Gendarmerie uniform and Beast bandana and they're all shagged-ass. Tried referring to BIStudio wiki but no way to find the paths and etc of relevant PBOs. Any help? Retexturing/cfg/etc I can pull off myself but would like a bit of guide as to how to find it.

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It's completely changed paths/etc since 4 years ago lmao

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Apparently it's under 'A3_Characters_F_Exp' but that's not the case anymore and was last updated (wiki) on Aug 2020..

versed nacelle Jan 23, 2021, 2:40 PM

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Which class did you reference in your retexture?
Because A3_Characters_F_Exp still has the Gendarmerie in there

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:42 PM

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Moment

versed nacelle Jan 23, 2021, 2:43 PM

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and I'm 100% sure that BI didn't change configs or files around since release

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:43 PM

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Erm, any way for me to decompile the addon? The one in my mod folder is outdated as crap. And I'm getting garbled stuff in the config.bin.

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Man how the hell did I do this years ago? I feel like an old fart now.

versed nacelle Jan 23, 2021, 2:44 PM

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Arma 3 Tools, Mikero's Arma3p

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so many methods 🙂

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:44 PM

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Right, that sounds familiar.

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Ugh, I feel like such an ass now, thought I had my stuff sorted out.

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JFC my .cpp files are so cringe

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Can I PM you the CPP to avoid spamming?

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'B_Soldier_base_F'

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Wait

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Sorry moment.

versed nacelle Jan 23, 2021, 2:47 PM

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dump on pastebin and send link here; and explain the problem you have 😉

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:48 PM

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https://pastebin.com/B8ej2GRr
woot

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The mod just refuses to load, show, etc.

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On the addons screen, loadouts, etc, was working, years ago, not anymore, can't be precise about what /I/ changed if anything at all.

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Just tried to redownload, couldn't look like my edgelord self anymore.

versed nacelle Jan 23, 2021, 2:53 PM

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add "A3_Characters_F_Exp" to the requiredAddons[] array; will most likely be enough

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:54 PM

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requiredAddons[] = {A3_Characters_F_Exp};

...like that?

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Again my code is usually copy pasta, thanks for putting up so far.

versed nacelle Jan 23, 2021, 2:54 PM

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requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_F_Exp"};

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other than that, nothing wrong with it; although possible that the textures don't work (depending on how you pack it up)

nocturne lake Jan 23, 2021, 2:55 PM

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Use requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Data_F_Oldman_Loadorder"};

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:55 PM

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^What's that?

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I mean I'm trying to also understand, not just be a parasite and take help and etc.

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Cause I had this working, I just want to know what kinda happened/etc.

nocturne lake Jan 23, 2021, 2:56 PM

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It ensures your stuff loads after all the latest A3 data

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:56 PM

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You wouldn't be that ancient legend from TWHL, sventh monkey or something would you by any chance..?

nocturne lake Jan 23, 2021, 2:57 PM

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A3_Characters_F_Exp etc. might be updated by configs in later expansions and DLCs, so it's best to just use the latest loadorder class for the game

proven canyon Jan 23, 2021, 2:57 PM

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Alright cool, thanks for that, never saw it in any of the ancient tutorials I followed back in the days, interesting to know.

nocturne lake Jan 23, 2021, 2:57 PM

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I don't even know what TWHL is

errant palm Jan 24, 2021, 12:25 AM

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someone please correct me if I'm wrong but an smdi for a matte object such as rocks/wallpaper, would be created with a greyscale _co, very dark dull grey shades inside the Green channel, Red channel completely white and the Blue channel would be an inverted version of the Green?

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white being where you want shine to show and black being matte? obv rvmat specular tweaks on top of it all

karmic lynx Jan 26, 2021, 4:25 AM

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does anyone know where I can find a tatoo template?

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https://gyazo.com/0f144990252b3d9e13eca9583403a21d this but blank???

low bronze Jan 27, 2021, 10:11 AM

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Hii, I want to ask about weapon retexturing.
Where I need to write hiddenSelections[]= ? is it on cfgVehicles or cfgWeapons?

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Where I can find hiddenSelections list?

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Camo, Camo1, ... any other?

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 2:11 PM

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@low bronze you can not add those to weapons that do not have them

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so best way to see what is required is to check the weapons original config

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and weapons do not have cfgWeaopons class

low bronze Jan 27, 2021, 3:07 PM

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In the original config, I can't find hiddenSelection array, But I can find the paa texture files on data folder.

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 3:12 PM

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then you need to look into its parent class

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but if you do smart config and inherit from the original class you dont need to declare them yourself anyway

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the correct ones will be inherited

spring crescent Jan 27, 2021, 9:12 PM

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anyone happens to have FoW textures?

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 9:44 PM

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fow?

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@spring crescent

severe rune Jan 27, 2021, 9:45 PM

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Faces of War

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WW2

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 9:49 PM

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those textures should be accessible through the mods files

spring crescent Jan 27, 2021, 9:51 PM

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Yea i joined their Discord and asked what their policy was on retexturing their assets, they didnt mind but the guy that has the texture disappeared and the .pbos are locked

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 10:05 PM

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then you may be out of luck

quaint spire Jan 27, 2021, 10:16 PM

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well iirc there as one janky af way, find the texture path through the config viewer, apply it to a square plane, and get a good picture of that

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at least i remember that some modder talked about using that to get textures for the ldf vest

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 10:24 PM

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yeh its possible to do that but its quite janky method and is likely to produce lower resolution image

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better than nothing I suppose

silver gull Jan 27, 2021, 10:25 PM

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many retextures dont come close to the original quality anyway, even with access to base texture

full quarry Jan 27, 2021, 10:30 PM

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if the makers can not at this time provide you with the textures then you can not make retextures for those assets.

spring crescent Jan 27, 2021, 10:31 PM

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Well then

severe rune Jan 27, 2021, 10:32 PM

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Be happy that I'm having a good day.
There is ZERO tolerance here for ripping and stealing other people's stuff and if you mention it again I'll have to remove you.
K thx bye

spring crescent Jan 27, 2021, 10:33 PM

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Aight

karmic lynx Jan 28, 2021, 12:52 AM

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how would i go about turning a PAA into a tga

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i wasn’t able to do it by using “save as” in ye view

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tex-view*

full quarry Jan 28, 2021, 2:22 AM

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It should save as filename.tga but you can also save as png

frigid escarp Jan 28, 2021, 3:12 AM

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FoW allows reskins

quaint spire Jan 28, 2021, 4:20 AM

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frigid escarp FoW allows reskins

Wasn't the concern, guy asked about an unsavoury program

lament fulcrum Jan 29, 2021, 5:16 AM

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Anyone able to help out with some guidance for me please? I've got a mission file I'm working on, but it's going to end up being a huge file for clients to download, so in order to keep it minimal, I'd like to offload the main contents (images, sounds) to game directory in the form of a .pbo file. My concern is that I can't seem to get images to load into the mission from game directory. Works fine with default arma assets where a3\xxx.pbo\assetname.paa would be the file location, but doesn't seem to work when attempting to direct to a steam workshop mod's contents. I hope I haven't over-engineered my explanation to the point of confusion 😆 Any help would be greatly appreciated, either I'm attempting the impossible or overlooking something very amateur.

full quarry Jan 29, 2021, 5:18 AM

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you are likely packing the pbo wrong

lament fulcrum Jan 29, 2021, 5:20 AM

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For now, I've linked it to existing .paa files in mods like ace just to test it before I go making my own files, but to no avail. Any idea what the example path link would look like?

full quarry Jan 29, 2021, 5:21 AM

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do you have the modding development environment set up? P:Drive/ arma 3 tools etc

lament fulcrum Jan 29, 2021, 5:21 AM

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No, P drive hasn't been mounted for about 5 years I'm shamed to admit lol.

full quarry Jan 29, 2021, 5:22 AM

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that would help you to produce a proper pbo

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do you happen to use pbomanager to make that pbo?

lament fulcrum Jan 29, 2021, 5:24 AM

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My logic was open up a default asset such as a whiteboard, copy the file path and make adjustments, for example; a3\structures_f\civ\infoboards\data\mapboard_altis_co.paa links to the whiteboard (map of altis) paa file. All I need to do is get that to point to my whiteboard and I'm golden, images are formatted correctly and using SetObjectTextureGlobal works a treat, but like I say, isn't practical for me to get 30 people to download 25+mb mission files

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I do use pbomanager yes.

full quarry Jan 29, 2021, 5:24 AM

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oh no no no

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this sounds like a real mess.

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unfortunately its too late a clock for untangle it

lament fulcrum Jan 29, 2021, 5:27 AM

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I guess that's what I get for attempting it before I went to sleep last night, I know I'm being a bit stupid but I've never dabbled in sharing mission load to game directory before so I'm in uncharted waters. Appreciate the response though mate.

low bronze Jan 30, 2021, 7:20 AM

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How I can find hiddenSelection from workshop public mod?

grand warren Jan 30, 2021, 7:27 AM

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ingame config viewer

spark shore Jan 30, 2021, 10:06 AM

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anyone has a template for the _EM map? can't find it in the samples

nocturne lake Jan 30, 2021, 11:02 AM

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There isn't one. No Arma assets are using it

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IIRC it's just a diffuse map with alpha

spark shore Jan 30, 2021, 11:09 AM

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I recall someone here said some of the Jets use it
I'm trying to have emissiveness not work on the entire polygon but on the _EM map

grand warren Jan 30, 2021, 11:29 AM

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iirc the CUP MV-22 and the harrier use _EM textures.

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the opscore helmets as well i think

lament fulcrum Jan 30, 2021, 11:55 AM

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Since there seems to be some activity here today, perhaps one of you fine folk can point me in the right direction? I'm trying to make textures for whiteboards, custom signs and various other things using SetObjectTextureGlobal. All is fine on that front, no issues getting my .paa in game, however I'd like to move the images from the mission file to a custom .pbo mod. In doing so, I'm not sure how to get the mission to read the right files since it's going to need to look in the game directory instead of the mission folder. Any advice, or links to articles that have already explained this? TIA

spark shore Jan 30, 2021, 11:59 AM

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you'd need to insert the correct path of the files inside the mod

low bronze Jan 30, 2021, 8:18 PM

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Can someone help me? I've got trouble when placing decals on RHS UH-1H, the decals have some white things near my text on decals

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In my decals files, there's no white, just black text.

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But when in game, it show some white around the text

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 8:21 PM

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you likely have smooth Alpha texture and have not used correct _suffix when converting your texture to .paa

low bronze Jan 30, 2021, 8:22 PM

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you mean the _co suffix?

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i mean _ca

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 8:23 PM

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depends what the original texture has.

low bronze Jan 30, 2021, 8:24 PM

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uh1h_un_decals_ca.paa
this is the original

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so i can use uh1h_customtexture_decals_ca.paa ?

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 8:25 PM

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that could work yes

low bronze Jan 30, 2021, 8:25 PM

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how about smooth alpha texture? how I can fix it on photoshop ?

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 8:27 PM

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make sharper alpha?

low bronze Jan 30, 2021, 8:37 PM

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doesnt work

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:31 PM

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I'm still having issues with my one texture, I shall send the rvmat, maybe u guys can spot something I can't?

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https://gyazo.com/48f7341b900879ac835fe9ef28a0a91a

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:34 PM

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this the whole rvmat?

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@whole haven

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:34 PM

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yes sir

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i changed it to a super shader tho

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just barely

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:35 PM

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eh?

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then this is not the shader you are using?

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:35 PM

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it was 30 seconds ago, i can send the new one

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:36 PM

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what did you use as base for it?

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did you look into the default rvnats in the P:\a3\data_f\

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:37 PM

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well i use that for my env texture, but nothing else really

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should I be using more default ones?

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Most of my textures work the way I did it

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:37 PM

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well would not hurt to use the default formatting

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:38 PM

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which stages should I use default ones?

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:38 PM

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just the whole formatting of the file

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also what does not work?

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what do you see?

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:39 PM

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here, give me 5 min, i need to boot up arma and show you

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it'll explain it better

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:39 PM

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alright

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next time lead with the pictures of the problem too

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makes things easier

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:43 PM

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sorry about that, here ya go

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https://gyazo.com/a470170a8e7843b121c429cf810fc2eb

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some of the lighting of the textures is bad for the white parts, but im mainly worried about the solid black

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:44 PM

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sthuff showing black usually means broken rvmat, missing texture or possbily broken uvmapping

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seems like its drawing something on there though so missing texture could be likely culprit

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or wrong setup in rvmat

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:45 PM

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i shall check my obj file, but last time i thought it said it wasn't missing

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is that the proper way to check?

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:46 PM

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the file might be there when you pack it but possibly it does not get packed in correct folder structure so the engine cant find it

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:46 PM

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that actually makes sense, how would i go about making sure it packs properly?

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:46 PM

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Id start with a default supershader rvmat from the arma3 data

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:46 PM

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alright!

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:46 PM

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or copy of it in your mod folder

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and then replace stages of it 1 by 1

whole haven Jan 30, 2021, 11:47 PM

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big brain idea, thank u 😄

full quarry Jan 30, 2021, 11:49 PM

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smarts

karmic lynx Jan 31, 2021, 10:54 AM

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how do I make SDMI or NOHQ?

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do i just do save as then type “.semi” at the end???

silver gull Jan 31, 2021, 11:33 AM

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_smdi

sullen viper Jan 31, 2021, 1:13 PM

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@karmic lynx have you seen this page? Was semi-helpful when I was figuring this stuff out
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Super_shader

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Still found SMDI pretty janky to work with though...

muted citrus Feb 1, 2021, 1:26 AM

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any idea why my texture gone blurry? it looks fine in substance painter. i am my texture reso is at 2048x2048. https://imgur.com/a/s3hd7da

full quarry Feb 1, 2021, 8:39 AM

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That model, how many triangles it got?

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And for the texture, you sure the resolution in the file is right?

true fossil Feb 2, 2021, 1:23 AM

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@karmic lynx This post on the forum is very helpful: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/187130-texture-map-help-co-smdi-as-nohq/

rotund canopy Feb 5, 2021, 3:18 PM

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Hey guys! Working on some glasses, some with transparent textures, but the transparent ones render completely black! If I'm not mistaken, I should have an image in like 512x512, saved in tga with alpha channel and rgba, then convert it as texturename_ca.paa and it should work right ?

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Because I did that and it still does not work, can the issue come from rvmat or something else ?

nocturne lake Feb 5, 2021, 3:56 PM

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The .rvmat and .paa files referenced by that .rvmat also need to be accessible from your P:\ drive. So need to have unpacked Arma 3 data

rotund canopy Feb 5, 2021, 3:58 PM

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If said files are in the files of the mod I'm making would it still work ? Every textures and rvmat used in the p3d are in the mod file I'm making. Thanks for the answer!

nocturne lake Feb 5, 2021, 4:02 PM

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If everything in the .rvmat is in your addon (including the env map etc) then yes it should work

rotund canopy Feb 5, 2021, 4:03 PM

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Saw that my model needs an alpha also, might be the issue ?

nocturne lake Feb 5, 2021, 4:04 PM

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Yes, it needs an alpha texture in the model to render alpha later. The polygons are flagged as having an alpha texture during binarisation

rotund canopy Feb 5, 2021, 4:05 PM

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Alright thanks man, to do that i just need to give the path to my _ca texture and it is flagged as alpha or is it an other manipulation in OB?

nocturne lake Feb 5, 2021, 4:07 PM

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Just assign the _ca to that part in the .p3d, yes

nova maple Feb 5, 2021, 11:53 PM

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Hey is this the right text channel to look for certain mods?

full quarry Feb 6, 2021, 12:03 AM

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no, this channel is about making mods, you can put general questions to #arma3_questions @nova maple

nova maple Feb 6, 2021, 12:39 AM

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alright thanks

cinder halo Feb 7, 2021, 8:59 PM

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How to tile a fabric1_256_DT on the entire _co texture ?

class Stage2 { texture="ca\data\detail_maps\fabric1_256_dt.paa"; uvSource = "tex"; class uvTransform { aside[] = {1,0,0}; up[] = {0,1,0}; dir[] = {0,0,0}; pos[] = {0,0,0}; }; };
this gives bad results as the small texture is stretched all over the _co, instead of keeping original size and tile all over it...

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not sure how uvTransform works, maybe its the solution?

full quarry Feb 7, 2021, 9:15 PM

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it would require the uv mapping to be suitable for such tiling texture overlay

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if its not, then you cant really apply it

cinder halo Feb 7, 2021, 9:29 PM

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aside[]={0,20,0}; up[]={-20,0,0};

done the job

mission complete. it was just a basic plane

tired lynx Feb 8, 2021, 12:17 PM

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Could someone explain PBRs and

Ambient Occlusion map
Specular Map
Roughness/Smoothness Map
Normal Maps

acoustic dove Feb 8, 2021, 12:26 PM

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https://conceptartempire.com/texture-maps/

Concept Art Empire

Texture Maps: The Ultimate Guide For 3D Artists

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btw arma 3 doesnt support PBR

tired lynx Feb 8, 2021, 12:30 PM

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What’s the closest thing to PBR then?

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 12:41 PM

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there is none

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its different

frozen blade Feb 8, 2021, 1:09 PM

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tired lynx Could someone explain PBRs and - Ambient Occlusion map - Specular Map - Roughnes...

google is your friend for all of the above

pseudo vessel Feb 8, 2021, 1:19 PM

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@tired lynx non PBR specular - glossy

violet flax Feb 8, 2021, 2:52 PM

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Hello guys, if I want to find the location of the .p3d for a piece of clothing that my character has on, what can I write in the debug console? "getModelInfo cursorObject" returns dummy.p3d if put on the floor.

severe rune Feb 8, 2021, 3:43 PM

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what kind of clothing? vest or uniform?

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what do you need the p3d for?

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:16 PM

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Hey there! my object is not getting textures in game

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The textures work in bulldozer, but upon packing them into a pbo and putting them into the game

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the object is untextured

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I have a feeling its to do with the path. As it works in bulldozer when the path is full. (C:\Users\louis\OneDrive\Desktop\Milsim items\Addons\BMSN_Intel\Textures\UsbTexture.paa)

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However, shortening it to the point of packing, it doesnt work in game OR buldozer (BMSN_Intel\Textures\UsbTexture.paa)

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 11:25 PM

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your development environment is not set up correctly at all

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its all poop

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Im fairly certain you have been here long enough to see P drive and tools setup mentioned

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:33 PM

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of course

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admittedly, a friend im working with this on wrote the config for me as i couldnt figure it out for the life of me

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so this for the moment, is just a file unzipped to my desktop

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Okay, ive gone back to my original file. This is on my mounted P drive

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so now the path for my texture is P:\Milsim items\Addons\BMSN_Intel\Textures\UsbTexture.paa

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 11:40 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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Id lose all of this

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or at least never use spaces in folder names in game engines

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and use pboProject to pack your stuff

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:41 PM

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I read something online about not using capitals too, is that of any importance?

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 11:41 PM

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there are few instances where capitals can be problem

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:43 PM

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so is it a case of 'better safe than sorry'?

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:47 PM

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full quarry

Within the folder 'Milsim Items', there is a mod.cpp file, is there a better place of putting it?

violet flax Feb 8, 2021, 11:49 PM

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How can I use "typeOf" in the debug console, so that it returns the class name of a piece of clothing the player is wearing

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when doing "typeOf player;" it returns the classname of the player and not the clothing

lethal condor Feb 8, 2021, 11:51 PM

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Not sure why this is in #arma3_texture but use uniform

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 11:52 PM

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@static goblet mod.cpp does not go into pbo at all

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it does not really belong to P drive

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:53 PM

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Ahhh okay, so everything from Intel onwards in P drive

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 11:53 PM

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its place is in the \yourAddonFolder when the addon is installed

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you can organize your project under a single folder to keep P drive tidy

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for example P\BMSN\BMSN_foldername

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like A3 files are under P:\A3

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smarts

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:56 PM

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Ahhh thank you for the advice haha, I was throwing things in there beforehand in a way that would make people like you vomit 😄

full quarry Feb 8, 2021, 11:57 PM

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yeh for some reason that is often the case. notlikemeow

static goblet Feb 8, 2021, 11:58 PM

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Noobs all act the same i suppose

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😂

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Another thing im doing that probably makes you cringe beyond belief. Im not aware of how to properly install the new mod, so i just drag it into my addons folder in arma 3...

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and worst part, i cant even use PBOProject, because even though ive installed, reinstalled and uninstalled then reinstalled rapify, it always says that its not recognised as a batch command

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 12:05 AM

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🤮

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https://tenor.com/view/jackie-chan-meme-what-confused-huh-gif-5480485

Tenor

jackie chan

▶ Play video

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 12:06 AM

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you know, i JUST noticed in the laucher, there is an option for localmods.

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🤦‍♂️

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 12:06 AM

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yeh..

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and you can make shortcuts that run set of mods

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 12:07 AM

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300 hours in game and never saw this...

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 12:07 AM

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👓

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 12:10 AM

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I do indeed need them 😂

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Guaranteed, im doing something stupid with pboproject too, but i dont know enough about everything to figure it out yet

velvet snow Feb 9, 2021, 8:08 AM

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Anyone have templates, or know the aspect ratios for the rugged dual screens? 1x1 seems to work best, but cuts off edges.

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 8:23 AM

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Unpacked A3 data on your P drive has those quite likely

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 10:59 PM

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the texture is now saved under \textures\usbtexture.paa
However in game, it says it still cant locate it, even though thats the exact route in the Pbo

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/783324536656363541/808832778912399410/unknown.png?width=1246&height=701

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If anyone wants to have a look at the folder that is packed into .pbo, its all here

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rUYqazIFT_TUE1bhkl5fQPpuF89ljVp1?usp=sharing

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 11:09 PM

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so you have folder P:\textures\ that has the usbtexture.paa?

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@static goblet

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where is the p3d?

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 11:10 PM

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Under Models

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 11:10 PM

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and where is the config.cpp

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 11:10 PM

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In the starting folder

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 11:10 PM

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what is the starting folder?

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 11:11 PM

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The one Ive linked above

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 11:11 PM

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textures?

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 11:11 PM

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the folder contains model, icon and texture.

full quarry Feb 9, 2021, 11:12 PM

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take screenshots of your folders

static goblet Feb 9, 2021, 11:21 PM

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This is the folder that will be packed into the pbo. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hz8E8VEdK_j4oxk9hmFK2PhP3s4ydFsw/view?usp=sharing
This is inside of the folder that will be packed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aw6CBwMrk_zyQSG0YmO4TE-tzFn_Bgtd/view?usp=sharing
This is inside of the folder 'Icons'. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aw6CBwMrk_zyQSG0YmO4TE-tzFn_Bgtd/view?usp=sharing
This is inside of the folder 'Models'. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcA1EYvrE8kmFUqHVsNO9ukz-Dk-ohIh/view?usp=sharing
This is inside of the folder 'Textures'. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uVwT8bikIUeX1ZUGx4mVfOVjoY8byfmy/view?usp=sharing
This is where I am getting my texture from in object builder. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-onWqsFxHizHTUKWrnHrBJXH6Q10P1Ei/view?usp=sharing

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Lots of screenshots, sorry

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:07 AM

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is bmsn_intel directly on P:\

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:07 AM

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as of now, yes

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:08 AM

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ok so I had hoped you had set up your stuff like they are in the P:\A3 since that would be simpler to explain

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but model.cfg needs to be next to your p3d

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currently you dont need it but for the future

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and as you say as fo now, please update all pictures

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as I suspect the paths are not right anymore in them

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since everything is in what I assuem to be P:\BMSN

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to help, I need to know the current real pathing

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:19 AM

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The pathing currently is P:\BMSN\BMSN_Intel

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should it just be P:\BMSN_Intel

grand warren Feb 10, 2021, 12:21 AM

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static goblet The pathing currently is ```P:\BMSN\BMSN_Intel```

in your config?

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:21 AM

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No for the overall folder. but yes, my config is in there

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Ive looked inside the a3 folder, it seems very confusing 😄
Do you mean to have the texture, model, icon and config in one folder?

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:29 AM

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no

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stop

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your BMSN is now equivalent to A3

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so it collects all your things

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and ALL your paths need to have it

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so all paths must be the same as they are in P:\Path\to\folders\and\files

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just without P:\ in front

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with that said, do you udnerstand the problem with your texture\file path?

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:45 AM

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Ohhhhhhhh. I cant JUST say the ending, it has to be the full path without P:\

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:46 AM

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yes

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:46 AM

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okay, its working in bulldozer 😄

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:46 AM

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also your texture still does not have _suffix on it

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which makes you a naughty boi

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:47 AM

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uh oh

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dumb it down for me?

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:47 AM

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:L

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there is wiki page for arma textures

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or you can even do search for "_suffix" on this chat or model makers

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but its getting pretty late a clock and I got tons to do still

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now it is time to be self reliant.

static goblet Feb 10, 2021, 12:48 AM

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The texture name should be simple ascii, containing only letters, digits and underscore (no letters with diacritics). Only one dot is allowed leading the extension.

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Thank you for pointing me in the right direction, good luck with your work 🙂

full quarry Feb 10, 2021, 12:49 AM

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good luck with your quest!

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📎 unknown.png

static goblet Feb 11, 2021, 5:18 PM

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I managed to pack the project, get it in game, and it works! However, i did have to fix the UV Map and now its not letting me pack it :/
Not sure where to ask about this, as i run pboproject, it freezes, then i check the log and it says

USB.p3d : \p:\bmsn\bmsn_intel\textures\usb_texture_cdt.paa

Which is very odd, as although they ARE new files, they have the same name as the previous ones.

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/609770110793547797/809473711731507210/unknown.png

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Okay, so it freezes for 20 seconds and then plays pachelbel's canon 😄

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Got it...
Youll never guess what...
I saved the texture under P:\ in object builder again 🤦‍♂️ 😑

full quarry Feb 11, 2021, 6:12 PM

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🙈

violet flax Feb 13, 2021, 2:55 PM

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When I am in the virtual arsenal and I need to get the model info of a hat item, can I equip it and type "getModelInfo hat;" in the debug console? Not suprisingly "getModelInfo player;" returns the uniform item path.

full quarry Feb 13, 2021, 2:57 PM

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no dont think you can do that

violet flax Feb 13, 2021, 2:58 PM

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Do you have any ideas of how I should go about then? x)

full quarry Feb 13, 2021, 2:59 PM

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why do you need it?

violet flax Feb 13, 2021, 2:59 PM

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Cause I can't find it

full quarry Feb 13, 2021, 2:59 PM

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why do you need to find it?

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you cant do anything with the model

violet flax Feb 13, 2021, 2:59 PM

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well I figured the model would be the same place as the .paa

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I want to texture it:)

full quarry Feb 13, 2021, 3:00 PM

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check its config then

violet flax Feb 13, 2021, 3:00 PM

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Well wouldn't that be the same place as the model and all that?

full quarry Feb 13, 2021, 3:00 PM

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in game config viewer

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in 3den

violet flax Feb 13, 2021, 3:01 PM

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I have 0 clue how to do that

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I am newbie

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I apologize x)

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:53 AM

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Hi, i'm pretty new to this and I was following a simple tutorial on re-skinning a uniform. I keep getting a missing file error for all of my .paa's and .p3d's, and i can't seem to figure out what's wrong

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{
    class KEIKA
    {
    logo = "ui\logos\logoover_co.paa";
    logoOver = "ui\logos\logo_co.paa";
    logoSmall = "ui\logos\logosmall_co.paa";
    dlcColor[] = {0,0,0,1};
    hideName = 0;
    hidePicture = 0;
    tooltipOwned = "K's R&D";
    name = "Kei's Research & Development Division";
    overview = "The main archive of custom or non-TOMEU assets";
    action = "";
    };
};```

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 9:54 AM

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How's your folder structure?

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:54 AM

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i followed the video almost to the letter, one sec

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 9:55 AM

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Video... think_turtle

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:55 AM

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yeahhh

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how should i go about showing my folder structure?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZoI7f0ApSI this is the video i watched btw

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 9:57 AM

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What a messy desktop 🙃

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:57 AM

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yeahh thankfully it's not mine lmao

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 9:57 AM

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A_Folder
  └ui
    └logos
  └whaterver_other_folder
```?

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:58 AM

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Mainfolder
└ui
└logos
└Data

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yes

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 9:58 AM

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You should have Mainfolder in the path

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:59 AM

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without the \ ?

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 9:59 AM

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Well... maybe maybe not. Sometimes Arma requires that, sometimes not

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But most of the time isn't a big matter for pathing

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 9:59 AM

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let me add it in both ways and i'll check back

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tried both \Mainfolder\ui and Mainfoler\ui, no change

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it's also not pathing into \A3\ for the p3d either

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is there a specific directory my main folder should be on?

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 10:03 AM

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What is the pbo name?

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 10:03 AM

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for which? my mod?

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 10:03 AM

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Yes

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 10:03 AM

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main folder is KEIKA_RND

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 10:03 AM

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Then KEIKA_RND

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KEIKA_RND\ui\logos\...

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 10:04 AM

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i just tried it like that

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rapWarning: missing file(s)*****
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 36: \KEIKA_RND\ui\logos\logo_co.paa
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 53: \KEIKA_RND\ui\logos\logoover_co.paa
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 54: \KEIKA_RND\ui\logos\logo_co.paa
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 55: \KEIKA_RND\ui\logos\logosmall_co.paa
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 90: \A3\characters_f_beta\INDEP\ia_solder_01.p3d
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 100: \KEIKA_RND\Data\Uniforms\KEIKA_RND_Uniform_co.paa
B:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\KEIKA_RND\config.cpp circa Line 156: \A3\characters_f_beta\INDEP\ia_soldier_01.p3d
rapWarning: missing file(s)*****
rapWarning: missing file(s)*****

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 10:04 AM

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Ah okay, yeah

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Didn't followed the 30min tutorial, so... You apparently missed P: structure

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ahem this is not what a professional would say, (I'm not saying I am!) I'd recommend to use Addon Builder from Arma 3 Tools, for a part-time modder

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 10:07 AM

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Oh, I see

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I tried using the Arma 3 tools first and iit gave me blank errors

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but it worked this time

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thats cool

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 10:08 AM

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tldr: P: is a basic structure for modding things. That will require some time to make and eats few gigs on your drive

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Probably can call it a SDK

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(Not really)

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 10:09 AM

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i see i see, I wasn't really looking in here and was moslty following written tutorials/etc so i definitely missed that

lethal condor Feb 16, 2021, 10:09 AM

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So, if you can you better to do that. But without that, you can make it happened. I'd say that is a recommended way to make your workflow advanced

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 10:09 AM

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i was curious about the "workDrive" thing on arma 3 tools but didn't really get what it was

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noted

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the addon builder successfully built it this time so it atleast worked for my "first" try lmao

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 12:37 PM

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Addon builder does not really check anything. It just packs what you feed it.

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 12:51 PM

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yeah,, that's why i want to switch over to PboProject or something similar since it tells me more accurately if there's something wrong in a config atleast, but I still can't get this damn thing to load, and i've gone and messed up my arma install rip

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wiped my hard arma 3 folder aside from my mod folder and gonna try again fresh tomorrow lmao

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 12:52 PM

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Pbo project requires P drive setup. You can check out Armadocs or PMCwiki tutorials on how to simply set that up

loud pilot Feb 16, 2021, 12:55 PM

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yeah i was trying to set up my p drive, the thing that got it all fucky is that when i first started i had clicked on the workdrive thing on arma 3 tools and did a bunch of stuff tl;dr curiosity killed the cat

spark shore Feb 16, 2021, 10:49 PM

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what are the MC and ADSHQ maps and how can I generate them?

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oh there is a biki page for that
still unsure how to create them

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 10:59 PM

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ADSHQ can be made from ambient occlusion bake

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and tweaking the blue and green channels to get good results

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MC is something you need to paint or create procedurally

spark shore Feb 16, 2021, 11:00 PM

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yeah was about to say it really just looks like a blueish AO map

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can I make the MC with a substance painter export preset?

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 11:01 PM

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I dunno

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I make mine in Blender

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basically it overlays the tiling textures to give them color variation

silver gull Feb 16, 2021, 11:43 PM

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dont need no preset... just any png or tga image with alpha will do

spark shore Feb 16, 2021, 11:44 PM

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so I can just take the CO map and rename it as MC?

silver gull Feb 16, 2021, 11:44 PM

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does your co map have alpha? i doubt so.

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 11:46 PM

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alpha is optional

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without it, the overlay might become too intensive though

spark shore Feb 16, 2021, 11:48 PM

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I have a CO for my tiled texture and a CO with the basic unwrap
neither have alpha

silver gull Feb 16, 2021, 11:49 PM

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🤷‍♂️ try whatever you like, it will just make you learn new things

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 11:50 PM

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there is no absolute right answer in this. it all depends what kind of visual you want to achieve

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baked CO can work but also you can do a lot more with MC than use just baked CO

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and as said, the alpha controls the blending intensity

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so you will want to experiment with that to see how it affects your model

spark shore Feb 16, 2021, 11:51 PM

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oh so its not something inerently wrong
just something that could look bad
I'll make more tests I guess

full quarry Feb 16, 2021, 11:51 PM

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MC is color texture with alpha transparency usually applied

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but for instace you can tint a grey tiled textures blue with MC

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its all about what you want to do with it

spark shore Feb 17, 2021, 3:12 AM

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there is something I really don't get from the tutorial
where am I supposed to write the mask path?

lethal condor Feb 17, 2021, 3:12 AM

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rvmat

spark shore Feb 17, 2021, 3:13 AM

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in stage 4?

lethal condor Feb 17, 2021, 3:13 AM

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Stage doesn't matter, AFAIK

spark shore Feb 17, 2021, 3:13 AM

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I don't see any _mask file in the sample
but I see a mask_CO

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is that it?

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 3:14 AM

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yes

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and stage does matter

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each stage has its own purpose

spark shore Feb 17, 2021, 3:15 AM

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is the mask_co thing an old system?

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 3:15 AM

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no just way to convert the original file to paa using CO rules

spark shore Feb 17, 2021, 3:15 AM

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oh got it

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 3:16 AM

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the engine does not read the suffix. but the suffix is needed for correct conversion to .paa

spark shore Feb 17, 2021, 3:16 AM

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yup that did it

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thanks

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 3:50 AM

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goal: add in a re-skin for a vanilla arma uniform (used by I_Soldier_Base_F) and add a little logo for my mod to show up in the main menu
current issue: neither model nor texture load when selected in arsenal
notes:

no errors or issues when exporting to Pbo via PboProject
uniform shows up in the list of uniforms in arsenal, just no model nor texture
PboProject states that it loads my .paa and _co.paa files, but doesn't seem to load them

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link to my project if it helps: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1pYCvbxqId1p8QmiYIrNCiMJ95A5vWFdu

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would appreciate some pointers bc I'm extremely new to this. There might be a bunch of needless/redundant classes or code because i tried a bunch of things to get it to load, with no luck.

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 4:15 AM

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if you have reduntant code, clean up everything first

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 4:20 AM

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I cleaned up as much as I could catch

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Again, real new to this and I haven't made done coding much so I don't have a strong basis for what would be redundant. I added and took out things that I thought might get my texture to load and it didn't work, so that's why I'm here.

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 4:52 AM

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have you followed the character encoding guide on the wiki?

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:09 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Characters_And_Gear_Encoding_Guide <-- this one right? I did my best on following it, and also referenced a couple different sample configs i found. I restarted from scratch a couple times with the same result

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at the very least I was sure that my mod logo would show up but not even that

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the only thing i get is a naked man in the arsenal lol

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:20 AM

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naked man indicates your pathing does not work right

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also cfgmods does not belong into the config.cpp

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I assume your folder is in P.\KEIKA?

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@loud pilot

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:24 AM

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yes

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:25 AM

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full quarry also cfgmods does not belong into the config.cpp

ah, i see. I saw it in one of the config samples which is why it ended up there but I guess it would be redudant if mod.ccp also exists

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didn't think about that

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:26 AM

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Not redundant, it's not read at all

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:26 AM

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oh, dang

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:28 AM

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but right now your config does not really work

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the inheritance is wrong and you have filled the vanilla classes with unnecessary things

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📎 unknown.png

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this is how you want to have it

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:29 AM

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I originally had it almost exactly like that at the beginning, still didn't work, but I will rebuild it starting from there

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:31 AM

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👍

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:31 AM

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another thing i didn't catch somehow is that I had two different classes cfgFactionsClasses {class KEIKA_RND_div}; and cfgWeapons {class KEIKA_RND_div};

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:31 AM

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You basically need only description and the hidden selection lines

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For retexturing and renaming the unit

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Mm and scope 2 and scope curator 2

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:34 AM

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sorry for talking about it here since I realize now that this is a config issue, but if I'm trying to add in a new unit in the editor/uniform in the editor, wouldn't I need to also do some of the other stuff? or are you talking just about the vanilla classes

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:35 AM

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Just what's minimum for retexturing a vanilla unit.

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But OK so. What you need to do forts is to just forget the retexture for now. And make up minimalistic working config to get a inherited soldier with custom name in game

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:38 AM

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can do, would you recommend just scratching my entire cfgVehicles then?

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 5:38 AM

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Yes

loud pilot Feb 17, 2021, 5:39 AM

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done, gonna reopen the encoding guide again lol

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just wondering, is the cfgWeapons okay or should i get rid of that too?

full quarry Feb 17, 2021, 6:16 AM

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if you want to make a uniform you can pic up you will need that too

dense peak Feb 17, 2021, 11:51 AM

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Anyone knows what might cause this normal map issue? https://i.imgur.com/uHmqzTH.png

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Artefacts on the blade, if i remove the normal map it goes away

frozen blade Feb 17, 2021, 3:52 PM

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what is the normal’s map file name

dense peak Feb 17, 2021, 4:40 PM

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Its my own baked, looks good to me

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knife_nohq.tga

muted citrus Feb 18, 2021, 4:06 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/DD6HW1z why is there a stripe on my texture?

frozen blade Feb 18, 2021, 10:26 AM

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dense peak Its my own baked, looks good to me

how did you convert that

frozen blade Feb 18, 2021, 10:26 AM

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muted citrus https://imgur.com/a/DD6HW1z why is there a stripe on my texture?

more info needed

dense peak Feb 18, 2021, 11:13 AM

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I solved it, there was a microscopic indentation from the substance material. I believe it enhanced while converting to .paa

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it was so small i did not see it in substance

muted citrus Feb 18, 2021, 2:50 PM

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frozen blade more info needed

i've made a texture for my speedometer. im not sure it has some sort stripy-parallax on top of it

full quarry Feb 18, 2021, 3:10 PM

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Is there another surface under it?

spark shore Feb 18, 2021, 3:24 PM

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anyone knows how to generate a DTSDMI texture?

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I'm using substance painter
I'd need to find a way to export the DT on the R channel of the SDMI
not sure how

muted citrus Feb 18, 2021, 3:51 PM

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full quarry Is there another surface under it?

under it? yes, but there's a gap

muted citrus Feb 18, 2021, 4:08 PM

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it is fixed now i increased the gap a lil bit more

full quarry Feb 18, 2021, 5:09 PM

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@spark shore can you not compile the different channels outside of SP?

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gimp/PS can do that

spark shore Feb 18, 2021, 5:11 PM

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oh
didn't know that I could
anyway I found out that I was always exporting dtsmdi instead of smdi

frozen blade Feb 18, 2021, 7:06 PM

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@spark shore - do have a look over substance documentation for exporter settings. you can set the files, textures, maps to export as you want to and make a custom template for that

spark shore Feb 18, 2021, 7:08 PM

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yeah its those, the template dedmen sent me had already been configured so that every SDMI had a DT on the R channel

faint spire Feb 19, 2021, 1:15 PM

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Hello, I am experimenting little bit, but I cannot find any sample of CSAT tropical camo pattern. Anybode wants to help me out please? If so, or you found some camo @ me. Thanks...

pale bough Feb 20, 2021, 12:14 PM

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faint spire Hello, I am experimenting little bit, but I cannot find any sample of CSAT tropi...

do you mean the vehicle camo or the uniform camo?

faint spire Feb 20, 2021, 12:36 PM

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pale bough do you mean the vehicle camo or the uniform camo?

Vehicle camo, maybe both would be good

pale bough Feb 20, 2021, 12:43 PM

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/378346813834657794/812665459824263188/CSAT_Tropical_Vehicle_Camo.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/378346813834657794/812665460105150484/CSAT_Hex_Pacific.png
@faint spire Here ya go

faint spire Feb 20, 2021, 12:45 PM

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@pale bough Thank you so much ;))

pale bough Feb 20, 2021, 12:45 PM

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np

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:24 AM

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where can I find the nato helicopter pilot helmet PBO to put a patch on it?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:34 AM

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you make a config addon that overwrites the hiddenselection with a texture with one that you pack into your own config patch addon

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the .paa you can use as a template can be found in the unpacked A3 data on you P drive when you set up the mod development environment correctly

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:35 AM

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I tried doing that but the P drive is empty

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:36 AM

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well it means you did it wrong. PMCwiki and Armadocs site have good simple steps to set it up

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:36 AM

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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Mikero's Arma3 to "Pdrive". Credit to: Lappihuan, Opteryx, Stack and Dahlgren
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
searching for mikero tools...
mikero tools is not set in registry
failed
Steam tools and Mikero tools WILL NOT WORK until you fix this error [K]?

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how do I "set it in registry"?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:37 AM

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have you installed the rest of the tools?

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:37 AM

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yes but some of the EXEs don't show up in the folder

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I ran the installers multiple times

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the official arma 3 tools mount p drive says "WorkDrive cannot start because the install seems corrupted. Do you want Steam to verify the integrity of Arma 3 Tools?"

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:39 AM

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you are not supposed to use both

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:39 AM

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and so I validate the files, it says one was not found and will be reaquired, and the problem doesn't go away

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:39 AM

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if mikero tools are not working theny that needs to be solved

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did you get the latest ones from bytex website?

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:40 AM

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this https://mikero.bytex.digital/Downloads

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so yes?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:41 AM

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yes that one

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do the installers say they fail?

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:41 AM

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no

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should I delete all the installers and things and just try again?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:42 AM

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could be worth a shot

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:44 AM

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do I need cupcore2p?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:44 AM

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if you want to use cup objects on a terrain

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:50 AM

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I got the same error

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:51 AM

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what is the error?

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mikero tools not set in registry?

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:51 AM

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mint rampart ``` /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Mikero's...

this

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 2:51 AM

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@tender fjord this the environmental path issue?

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 2:56 AM

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is it too unreasonable to do it manually?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 3:00 AM

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if tools dont work it is quite unlikley to build a successful addon

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you are likely to have more issues down to road

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so best to fix things from the beginning

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otherwise any further help with any problem is quite impossible as everything can be related to this issue

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 3:05 AM

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some of the arma tools also crash when I try to launch them

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 3:05 AM

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sounds like something is considerably wrong

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 3:06 AM

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object builder and terrain builder don't launch and I think some others didn't before but do now

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and I already tried a clean install of the tools

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 3:08 AM

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I dont recall anyone else having that serious issues with the toolset, Im afraid I dont have any more ideas on the matter. Mikero might have ideas when he happens to see this

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 3:09 AM

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well thanks for the help, ping me if there's a solution

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 3:33 AM

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https://pastebin.com/9zMgw4T5 arma 3 tools rpt file if it helps

tender fjord Feb 22, 2021, 4:54 AM

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@mint rampart I have not seen 'not set in registry' since forever. The installer that sets the registry is depbo64 . I have no idea what your problem could be there unless you are installing them as an admin user, and switching to a mere mortal when trying to use arma3p (or vice versa)

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my tools are intentionally designed to never, ever, work AsAdmin

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the other problem could be, you simply haven't installed ALL the tools.

grand warren Feb 22, 2021, 2:06 PM

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remove your post here and use the template pinned in #creators_recruiting

bitter harbor Feb 22, 2021, 2:06 PM

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missed that channel entirely, sorry XD

grand warren Feb 22, 2021, 2:06 PM

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np

violet flax Feb 22, 2021, 7:13 PM

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Does anyone here have experience doing textures with Substance Painter?

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 7:15 PM

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probably many

violet flax Feb 22, 2021, 7:48 PM

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Yeah I figured x)

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Does anyone have any good sources to start learning it?

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So far I have only used photoshop.

silver gull Feb 22, 2021, 7:48 PM

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youtube

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 8:06 PM

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tender fjord my tools are intentionally designed to never, ever, work AsAdmin

Does that mean click no for the allow program to make changes to your computer in the installation or just don't run as admin?

celest obsidian Feb 22, 2021, 8:42 PM

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violet flax Does anyone have any good sources to start learning it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGQl9kVB1M&list=PLB0wXHrWAmCwnqWfKdGEmbtSKN2EzvLrY

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 9:35 PM

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I got the P drive set up with the legacy p drive .exe, where do I find the nato heli pilot helmet?

grand warren Feb 22, 2021, 9:42 PM

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you setup your p drive with a small batch file and extract the game data with arma3p (mikero tools)
https://pmc.editing.wiki/doku.php?id=arma3:tools:setup-p-drive

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there are several ways to find the helmet. one would be, downloading the latest arma all-in-one config and use strg+f
another would be opening the in game config viewer. equip the helmet and use the viewer to find the texture paths

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@mint rampart

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 9:49 PM

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how do I use the config viewer? I got to it in the editor but what do I click?

grand warren Feb 22, 2021, 9:52 PM

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there's a +9min tut on YT by jester814

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how i did know that?

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well...

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google 😉

mint rampart Feb 22, 2021, 9:56 PM

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yeah I just did some googling and I got the all in one config thingy

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thanks for the info

violet flax Feb 22, 2021, 10:16 PM

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celest obsidian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGQl9kVB1M&list=PLB0wXHrWAmCwnqWfKdGEmbtSKN2Ezv...

What 3D file would I use for these endeavours, I am guessing a P3D wouldn't work x)

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 10:16 PM

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fbx

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you can likely find a tutorial for X 3Dmodeling to Substance painter guidance

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also looks like the project setup comes in the 01 part

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so watch it all first

celest obsidian Feb 22, 2021, 10:21 PM

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violet flax What 3D file would I use for these endeavours, I am guessing a P3D wouldn't work...

You will also find some answers here: https://docs.substance3d.com/spdoc/project-creation-28737541.html

You will not be able to import P3Ds or PAA.

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 10:33 PM

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fbx, tga are commonly used formats

violet flax Feb 22, 2021, 10:40 PM

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Would I use object builder or something like that to convert the .p3d's

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(which I am assuming is the source files, since they're the only 3d model references in the pbo's)

nocturne lake Feb 22, 2021, 10:48 PM

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Blender+Arma toolbox is better for doing conversion to .fbx than the Object Builder exporter I find

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But at any rate you wont be able to import data from ODOL (binarised) .p3ds from .pbo. Only MLOD type .p3d source files

full quarry Feb 22, 2021, 10:49 PM

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you dont edit objects from pbos

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and you cant use them for texturing either

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retexturing modded assets is done by editing the texture files and creating new classes that use your new textures on the models via hiddenselection overwrite

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assuming the model is made to support such

twilit hill Feb 22, 2021, 10:53 PM

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has anyone made a retexture of the CUP IDF backpack? IMO it looks fkin amazing but it's only available in green

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would like to see if there are black, brown, etc. versions available

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if not, i'll do it myself even though i have 0 experience lol

twilit hill Feb 22, 2021, 11:22 PM

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also not sure if there's a brown variant of the contact CBRN suits

nocturne oxide Feb 23, 2021, 1:27 AM

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In texview whenever I change ARGB8888 and set it to DXT1 it resets back to ARGB8888 when I save, any fixes?

full quarry Feb 23, 2021, 4:47 AM

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You don't change it

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The method of conversion is dictated by preset rules that depend on the name suffix of the texture file

nocturne oxide Feb 23, 2021, 5:11 AM

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Gotcha, how does one fix inverted colors for paas in that case?

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/788576915568197663/813580426169679892/unknown.png

lethal condor Feb 23, 2021, 5:13 AM

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You have incorrect resolution perhaps?

nocturne oxide Feb 23, 2021, 5:18 AM

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Could resolution have an affect on image coloring/color inverting?

white cargo Feb 23, 2021, 5:20 AM

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yeah, I think if it's not power of two dimensions you can get some funky colors

full quarry Feb 23, 2021, 6:20 AM

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Yes indeed. Incompatible resolution

serene agate Feb 23, 2021, 3:40 PM

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Does anyone have a retexture template of the vanilla guerilla uniform (The one with the sweater & AAF camo pants? (I wanna change the pants to a different color/pattern)

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 4:46 PM

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Hey Guys,
Is it possible to retexture uniforms which use a p3d data ?

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 5:04 PM

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you can retexture anything that has hiddenSelection
you don't need the p3d, you just need the texture files

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 5:07 PM

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My problem is when i retexture some skin it makes no trouble until i want to try it inside the arsenal

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 5:08 PM

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trouble?

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 5:08 PM

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game crash

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do you can find the problem with my rpt data ?

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 5:09 PM

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how did you apply the retexture?

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what where your steps?

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 5:10 PM

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1.) Convert the paa to png
2.) Edit it PS
3.) Convert png to paa
4.) Replaced the orginal paa with the new one
5.) Start game and game crash after select the uniform in arsenal

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 5:11 PM

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is your issue

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you modified game data which is a nogo

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you need to write a replacement config

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basically make a mod for the retexture

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 5:12 PM

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but only for uniforms ?

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vest work without it ?

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 5:14 PM

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no matter what you retexture, you need to make it a mod

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vest is not uniform

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those are different assets

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 5:15 PM

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ah okay

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 6:02 PM

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@grand warren Gamecrash: undefinded base class 'Uniform_Base'

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{ 
    class UniformItem;
    
class SWMCuni: Uniform_Base
    {
        author="Benchi";
        scope = public;
        displayName="SaintWarriors";
        picture="\BikerTest\uniform\ui\icon_u_ir_pilotcoveralls_ca.paa";
        model="\BikerTest\uniform\model\Biker.p3d";
        class ItemInfo: UniformItem
        {
            uniformModel="-";
            uniformClass="SWMCuni";
            containerClass="Supply80";
            mass=30;
            allowedSlots[]={"701","801","901"};
        };
    };
};```

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what did i wrong?

full quarry Feb 23, 2021, 6:05 PM

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where is the biker.p3d from?

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 6:06 PM

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idk its from the server where i am playing

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or what do you mean ?

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 6:07 PM

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class cfgWeapons
{
    class THE_UNIFORM_YOU_RETEXTURE;

    class SWMCuni: THE_UNIFORM_YOU_RETEXTURE
    {
        your foo
    };
};

grand warren Feb 23, 2021, 6:08 PM

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candid trout idk its from the server where i am playing

you need to know the exact mod and path

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 6:09 PM

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the source 3d is inside the pbo folder

full quarry Feb 23, 2021, 6:12 PM

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you are not trying to repack the p3d from some other mod?

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you need to use if from that particular mod

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what program are you packing with?

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 6:13 PM

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i am trying to repack to test the skin because when its done it get implemented inside the offical mod

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PBO Manager

full quarry Feb 23, 2021, 6:18 PM

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well that is all doing it wrong

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 6:20 PM

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whats wrong

full quarry Feb 23, 2021, 6:22 PM

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setup, packing the binarized p3d, pbomanager

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to begin with

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 6:35 PM

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What do you mean with Packing the p3d

frozen blade Feb 23, 2021, 8:25 PM

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pbo manager is what is wrong

candid trout Feb 23, 2021, 9:55 PM

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okay

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so what are my to do steps ?

rough cradle Feb 23, 2021, 9:56 PM

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A quicky, sorry for cutting in, using setObjectTexture to change some skins, should said skins use _co?