enfusion_model

[delicate condor]

it would not work anyway

since you would break all teh texturing when splitting it up and rearraging the pieces

modeling does not work the way you imagined

[patent wren]

Alright, thanks for answers. Looks like the best way to do the thing will be to buy model (that have proper license) or make it myself and configure it.

[delicate condor]

welllll

buying a model is a gamble

you might get a model that you need to touch up just a a bit to get it working in game, or you might need to clean it up more than making a new one takes time

there is a lot of stuff that a game model needs that dont exist in bought models.

so depending on how your skills are with 3D modeling, buying might be a hindrance in the learning process

[patent wren]

I work with cad software, but not blender, i am not artist. So the modelling could be an issue, I wanted the model to have the same quality as vanilla asset, that is why i wanted to reuse the asset.

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/pkp-pecheneg-machine-gun-735680

I was thinking about using this model?

[delicate condor]

Youll still need to learn blender quite a bit to get all the techical stuff and distance lods done

the weapon is also quite polygon heavy so it might need cleaning up substantially

I would perhaps recommend starting from something simpler to get the workflow down.

[fluid fern]

hey, i have still this error

[stray bridge]

how about you send in a screenshot of your setup or the file itself to have a look at it, most likely peeps wont find the error by just this error msg otherwise they would have replied

[stray bridge]

for peeps who doesnt wanna download it but might be able to

since they changed how this sound muffling thing works inside buildings I never got back into it

[fluid fern]

I've already done 2 buildings, with the same rigor as this one, but I can't explain why it doesn't work.

[stray bridge]

looked at the wiki quickly, looks alright to me

[fluid fern]

Yes ^^ it's not my first try ^^ but I don't understand, when I import it I check the right parameters.

[latent moon]

How does one rig colliders? It seems that the armature modifier does not work for them when I inspect the model in WB.

[fierce pawn]

this works

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/scene_layout/object/editing/parent.html#bone-parent

not sure why the armature doesnt want to work a lot of the time even though its mentioned in the wiki

[midnight path]

im having same issue

wtf does that mean

@last parcel if its not too much trouble could we get a screenshot of how you set up your portals?

[last parcel]

exactly like they do on the wiki

[midnight path]

dang, thats what we are doing and its giving us trouble

[last parcel]

if you search for template BSP, there is a quick shitty template that i made for blender.

[fluid fern]

I redid it by hand and it worked fine. I left the sockets but redid the prt_ by hand.

[fluid fern]

But the sounds are not changed in the house, while the portal and bsp are imported.

[lunar mulch]

Please, Help!
How can i fix that:

[wicked dirge]

you need to assign a pivot bone for the holster

[lunar mulch]

Thank you for your answer, but I don't know how to do it.

[wicked dirge]

There is Pivot ID parameter in the slot configuration. But it might be that you need to add it through text editor if you cant select a bone

[lunar mulch]

There ?

[wicked dirge]

in the .et file

[lunar mulch]

Like that?

[wicked dirge]

I think "Spine1" with quotations

[lunar mulch]

Than you !! I try.

[wicked dirge]

yeah just checked its with quotes and you need to see what bone exactly

I would assign same bone that you weighed the belt to

[lunar mulch]

It's done, but it still doesn't work. I have to go to work, I'll see about it this evening.
There is no tutorial for this?

[lunar mulch]

It actually works, thank you very much.
You had to restart the game for this to take effect.

[wicked dirge]

ah yes, or reimport the prefab

[torn token]

Hey people! I'm new to reforger well I've played Arma 3 a lot in the past. I'm getting into car creation and I can't figure out how to convert my xob model file to .et

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Car_Creation you can take a look at this tutorial

there is also one bit more complete from community

[torn token]

I've looked at the car creation tutorial but don't believe there was anything on how to convert to ET, you know where I could find the community's?

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Car_Creation/Prefab_Configuration its there

et = prefab

[torn token]

Thank you!

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Prefabs_Basics

[torn token]

One more thing why does my bump maps are yellow? I got them in RGB Format

!verify

[wet sky]

Check your messages!

[torn token]

Oh wait Im stupid those are my normals lol, I need to create bump maps xd

[sly bridge]

NMO = normals (RG channels) + metalness(B channel) + AO (Alpha channel)

[torn token]

Okay, thanks man! 🙂

[sly bridge]

for more info see the pins in #enfusion_texture

[outer hull]

So question...
I have a model that has several parts, made sure its rigged correctly, but then parts of the mesh just disappears when importing, and then if I joint all the mesh together, it just disappears entirely

[torn token]

How do you merge models into the .et file?

Only time when I had mesh disappear is because it had to many vertices but it may not be related to your situation

[delicate condor]

Are all separate parts same scale?

[outer hull]

yeah, they;re all the same scale, and I applied all transform too

[torn token]

I figured out the .ET situation, looked online to learn how to do it. Now whenever I add scripts to my vehicle some scripts make my car disappear

[torn token]

Why are my script showing 0's next to them?

Idk what I'm doing wrong

[tidal latch]

those are components. 0 means they are not inherited

you should inherit as it was mentioned in tutorial

[torn token]

I'll look over that part again, and thanks again.

@tidal latch thanks man, I got the hang of it now.

[torn token]

is there a list out there with the parts name for the car models? Like etc UTM_FG_Body_01, UCX_FG_LIGHT_FL and etc

[calm isle]

I'm really struggling with getting this optic set up, I tried my best to copy the PSO-1 and follow the wiki, but I feel like I've hit a wall

[steel hare]

you mean collider setup?

[tidal latch]

wrong uvs most likely. You can check sample on github how its setup

[patent wren]

Hello guys, would you please happen to know how are the suppressors achieved on guns? im looking at wiki and i havent found a mention there

[stray bridge]

have a look at bacons Suppressors mod. Supressors are a modded thing and not base game

[patent wren]

Ah, that explains it. Is there a guide on how to make my gun accept the bacons suppressor or i have to reverse engineer it somehow? Im pretty new to this

[stray bridge]

I would have to look into the mod but usually this works with components you can add. If you wanna add ur own supressors as a mod you have to look at it, cant tell out of my head. Make sure to not violate any license

[patent wren]

Im making sure to no violate any license, i purchased the model on fab. ^^ I dont want to make my own suppressor, just want to make sure that i can attach suppressor. So i can subscribe to the https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/5AB301290317994A and then open it to learn how to make the changes needed?

[tidal latch]

suppressors are 1.2.1 experimental. Better to wait for new patch

[stray bridge]

true ^

[shell hedge]

there are very little changes required to port from the mod to vanilla, but yeah I know you guys dont like the mod

[shell hedge]

yes there is a sample there no problem

[patent wren]

The man himself, thanks!

[patent wren]

Do we know an estimate for the 1.2.1 release? ^^

[sly bridge]

no

but i doubt there is edit valid edit reason not to wait on vanilla implementation rather than use another mod for it

you can always use experimental branch to set it up, and then move that to stable

if you don't wanna wait

[shell hedge]

there is one, wanting a working suppressor in current main branch

[sly bridge]

sure. with the extra work required to move from one to another\ ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[shell hedge]

yeah, you'd have to waste a whopping 2 minutes

just because you disagree does not make a reason invalid for someone, the dude can make his choice on his own

[sly bridge]

i edited my initial message from no reason to valid reason. of course he can make the choice on his own

[shell hedge]

if I dont agree its invalid

[sly bridge]

for bacon's sake -> if you want suppressors in the main branch right now, bacon's mod is the only already existing option as dependency, or make your own implementation if you so choose to. The choice is obviously yours, validity of such endeavor is a personal choice

happy? @shell hedge

[shell hedge]

wrong, my mod is not the only option

[sly bridge]

rly? what's the other option(s)?

[shell hedge]

you could make your own mod

[sly bridge]

nitpicking much? edited just for you

[shell hedge]

now it says it like my mod is the only option as dependency, so you cant use your own mod as a dependency?

[sly bridge]

already existing option as dependency

[shell hedge]

also you spelled endeavour wrong

[calm isle]

Should I be looking at the PiP lens model UV specifically?

[distant cape]

just unwrap your pip mesh, this is just a circle, right click-->unwrap

[torn token]

Having issues with the reforger tools not picking up my bones and sockets

[deft owl]

make sure "export skinning" is selected in import settings of xob inside workbench

[torn token]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, am I missing something? Whenever I right click on actionmanagercomponent it doesn't give the option to select them

I'll check

Where do I find that option at? Right clicking the xob file?

[fierce pawn]

Double click it and there is a import settings button

[torn token]

Found it and thank you!

[gloomy fable]

I assume they didn't give us the vanilla .xob files of the vehicles, right?

[torn token]

They didn't that I know of

They give you a sample car to mess around with it and learn from

Also tutorials online on car modding and car creation 🙂

[gloomy fable]

I really want to get to know the guy who made all the vehicle models, creating 50 different materials for 10 different cars and mixing them up, so it will be impossible to balance them in any ballistic sense.

[calm isle]

thanks, I was using that as a reference but you were right, the UV was off

on mine, to be clear

[torn token]

I can't edit any of the vehicle's horsepower, torque, or set any vehicle configs in the world editor

I even tried modifying an arma reforger one and nothing shows up. Guess ill go back to the tutorials again see what I missed

Nothing, im guessing its a bug with the software 😦

[patent wren]

Im gonna see what is faster, there is no chance of me making mod that involves coding 😄

But another question is, should i try to model guns strap?

[fierce pawn]

What are you trying to edit exactly because editing horsepower and such is for sure possible

[patent wren]

Did any of you tried to make a sling for a gun in reforger?

[torn token]

I'm creating a new vehicle, and the option isn't showing up for some reason.

[tidal latch]

how is it not showing up?

[tidal latch]

expand object properties

might be easier if world editor is in full screen

[torn token]

herp a derp, thanks man lol

[shell hedge]

I have two ultrawides and it's still not enough send help

[tidal latch]

i'm pretty sure it will work fine after you will add third ultra wide screen

otherwise, try 360 screen

[torn token]

@tidal latch another question, why can't I enter my new vehicle?

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Car_Creation/Prefab_Configuration#Compartments_setup probably missing setup

[torn token]

Okay and thanks for helping me 🙂

I found the missing setup, actionsmanagercomponent, I thought for sure I set it up already but now having an issue with the actions not being able to add @tidal latch

[tidal latch]

describe your problem please

[torn token]

Whenever I try to create, and select the bones it doesnt show up in the list

It shows the drivergetin and driveridle, and etc etc but doesnt show up in the action contexts

@tidal latch

I figured it out, looked at the tutorial and sorry for bugging you!

[sullen sable]

Anyone know how to fix this mag? its fixed after a reload but upon pulling the gun out of arsenal, the magazine is in the trigger guard. Ive tried clicking on the offset under magazine position and dragging it which helped put it in the right place AFTER the reload but not from the get go...

[torn token]

Can anybody tell me why it says obstructed when there isnt any doors?

[fierce pawn]

its referencering the doors defined in the basecomparement manager

you define the doors used to get in at the top there and then each comparment has a doorinfo list with the doors used to access that comparment

if a compartment has a empty door info list or all doors to that comparment are blocked it says obstructed

i bet its jsut the doorinfo list of the driver comparement is empty

[torn token]

Thats what I got

@fierce pawn

[fierce pawn]

oh yea you need to fil in the door info list at the top too

[torn token]

What do I put in there?

[torn token]

It doesn't show that

[fierce pawn]

for sure the entry and exit positions

[torn token]

That probably my problem

[fierce pawn]

click the small +

[torn token]

Thats what I get

[fierce pawn]

compartmentdoorinfo

[torn token]

This llook right?

[fierce pawn]

the comparmentdoor reference is for when a part of vehicle refercenes a door somewhere else. like a btr70s turret using the btrs doors

[fierce pawn]

yea should be good just fill in the entry and exit positions

[torn token]

Okay, and thank you toni 🙂

[fierce pawn]

if you vehicle has no doors you can tick the fake door too

and it will skip the door animations

[torn token]

What do I put for the entry and exit positions?

PointInfo?

[fierce pawn]

yea

[torn token]

Okay

[fierce pawn]

i always just put a vannila uaz next to it and check what that has 😂

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Car_Creation/Prefab_Configuration

just realized its here too Configuring compartments

[torn token]

This game has a lot more to it compared to 4x4 Evo 2, thats where I'm coming from. 4x4 Evo 2 is more simple lol.

I've learned a lot though so far, probably take me 100 hours or so just to learn this all.

@fierce pawn What script defines the extra parts that they put on the stock uaz? I'm trying to merge my model over to the stock UAZ see what that does

[fierce pawn]

all in slotmanager

[torn token]

Thanks

[patent wren]

Guys, chatgpt tells me i can remove the magazine from my bullpup pkp and use vanilla model in workbench? Is that correct?

Also, would it be considered blasphemy if my bullpup pkp would not be reloaded with feed tray opened, but with belt just stick through?

[outer hull]

You’ll need the custom animations because of how it’s positioned

Like the one in game would stick out because I tried using that route, but in the end using a custom animation for the mag model would be the way to go

[patent wren]

Wait what? Is there already a mod of it?

Yeah i kind of knew i will have to do custom animation, just wanted to know if i can remove the box mag from my model, and use vanilla in workbench

[patent wren]

How long are you working on this?

[outer hull]

No to the model and mod, since I just started working on the gun this morning, and I got most of the stuff done for it, so probably thjs weekend I’ll be fully done

[patent wren]

Thats weird, i wrote about me working on the same thing few days ago, did you got inspired by me? 😄

[outer hull]

Nah, I was looking at FAB last night

Also the UV for that gun was kinda meh, so I re-UVed the entire model

[patent wren]

I made Naugad uplad it to fab so i can get it and make the mod 😄

[outer hull]

Oh nice

[patent wren]

Nice, but since you are apparently way faster and better at this, now my effort is futile T_T

Do you plan bipod? @outer hull

Also by the looks of it, its a bit too small on the picture

[outer hull]

I mean you could still probably continue it, since it would be a good learning experience

[outer hull]

Bipod would probably be in the second variant, so two variants of it would be the move

[patent wren]

I just wanted the gun to be on the servers i play on... Well i wanted to convince someone to make it, but now i spent whole week spending money for various models and working on it 😄 im sad

[torn token]

Anybody have any idea why I can't enter into my newly created vehicle? I get option in get in as driver but it does nothing except make my character stuck for about a minute.

@fierce pawn

[patent wren]

Doesnt make sense to have version without bipod imho, also did you shortened the stock, the og have to much of a long lenght of pull.

[patent wren]

And for the love of god please dont make the guy hold it by a gas block, i noticed that on vanilla pkm and that is the last place you want to hold a gun 😄

[fierce pawn]

usually this is something with how the compartments are setup and then animation graphs in the vehicleanimationcomponent

you can just toggle teleport in and out for now though and it should work for a start

[tardy cargo]

The vehicle can smell you aren't wearing pit vipers and drinking white claws

So it doesn't let you in. You aren't fit for the pit

More than likely you don't have your entry point setup correctly in the actions manager and linked correctly in the compartments.

If you inherited it should be as simple as moving the actions in actions manager. If you started a prefab from scratch I pray for your sanity

[vestal turret]

Made a South African M63 Staaldak helmet. Now just need to get it working with the character.

[vestal turret]

Whoops! Gotta figure out what is going on there but nice to see it somewhat on a head now.

[surreal ore]

Dude, read the wiki. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#Import_Process_in_the_Workbench

[vestal turret]

Will do

[calm karma]

Does anyone know what is linked to the "Collision" bone on the base character body?

[steep willow]

I tried this with a vest, didn't work at all

And yes, I did read the page about vests

[surreal ore]

Then you're clearly doing something wrong.

[steep willow]

I know, the problem is I don't know what

[steep willow]

Hmmm...

[torn token]

Thanks 🙂

[steep willow]

Okay, it seems I DID do the procedures right, but used the wrong skeleton due to some confusion with the wiki

[torn token]

Driver_Idle is the postion right in the driver's seat, and driver get in is outside the door is this configed right?

[stray bridge]

armature probably missing / not connected in blender

[fierce pawn]

Should be fine .

[torn token]

Character is doing this now and I am like I got this far why now!!!

I got all the bones and sockets in the right spots

I put them right on the steering wheel, pedals, shifters

Like he acts like he's going in the right position and all when hes fully in he does this!

[fierce pawn]

Usually it should play the default driver animation hmmm

[torn token]

I watched him get in from the side view he was lined up and everything

Once the animation was over he does that

[fierce pawn]

It’s something with the basecompartment manager I bet

Maybe seat type or something

[torn token]

Ill try it and thank you 🙂

That didnt work, I tried a different seat type. Same result

[tardy cargo]

Did you start this prefab from scratch?

https://tenor.com/view/skeptical-futurama-fry-hmmm-i-got-my-eyes-on-you-gif-17101711

[torn token]

No, I used a default vehicle_base

[tardy cargo]

You're doomed.

[torn token]

vehicle_wheeled_base thingy it said to do on the tutorial

Inherited one

[tardy cargo]

Your animation issues are related to an lack of setup or incorrect setup of the animation stuff.
If this is your first time doing a vehicle you'll find it easier and more fruitful to inherit a UAZ or Jeep willies (Jeep Willies for a 2 seater) and edit/change. This will get you driving faster and help you learn what's going on inside the prefab.

I would reccomend doing that and keeping your current prefab and fiddling with both. You'll learn alot from inheriting a jeep willies and changing everything inside you can transfer over to your fresh prefabbed vehicle.

And if at the end you decide you want to persue your original prefab you can enter it with more knowledge and comfort on vehicles.

[torn token]

Okay, and thank you for the advice! 🙂 I'll definitely try that.

[torn token]

Vehicle i'm making is based exactly off the UAZ 469 in game, well it's a different model of course as you can't rip arma reforger's models.

It is also my very first vehicle I'm making to 🙂 and any help I get I greatly appreciate

[fierce pawn]

you can also start by duplicating uaz469_base. that way it will still inherit from wheeled_base but starts out with being the same as the uaz

[sullen sable]

anyone know why I can't change the starting position of this magazine? Once I hit the reload its fine but starting position won't budge...Am I not supposed to add collider's to my lower or what? I try adjusting my offset but it won't budge.

[torn token]

@fierce pawn idk if you're around but need your assistance 🙂

[fierce pawn]

Yes

[torn token]

What would cause my car to sink under the map?

I set up the collisions and all, and my wheels don't spin either when I start the car up.

[fierce pawn]

If it has a vehiclesimple collider then it should be impossible to fall below the map

[torn token]

vehiclesimplecollider? is it a script?

[fierce pawn]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import

[fierce pawn]

No it’s part of the model

[torn token]

It has colliders, and I put in cylinders for the wheels, box for collisions

[fierce pawn]

Oh they aren’t correction configured that’s why there is that yellow question mark next to them

[torn token]

ahh okay

I was wondering what that meant

[fierce pawn]

You should either change the layer preset in the import settings or you can do it with the engision blender tools

[torn token]

I got the blender enfusion tools, I'll try to set it up with that

@fierce pawn Thanks Toni 🙂 for being there

[hazy vault]

My hat is being applied backwards and off put in the world space but looks fine on bones

https://gyazo.com/4bf7734a48dcbd5bd992641fe45726bf

The one I have selected is head, the others are face

https://gyazo.com/8d0ee64dfdc2d9a66958cf98e0101608

[deft owl]

do you have the vertices weight painted to a bone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCWZr-It1bE

[fierce pawn]

Oh and btw the colliders for the wheels are mostly only there to trigger mines and such . All the physics driving simulaton is separate in wheeledvehixlesimularionCompontne

[torn token]

Okay, and I have the colliders properly configured all to vehiclesimple and the darn thing still goes under the map. It bounces, the wheels sink half way first and then it eventually goes under the map

@fierce pawn

Maybe I got something mis configed in the slotmanager for my wheels?

[fierce pawn]

The vehicle should be able to drive with just a collider and wheelsimualtion even if there are not whel models attached

Screenshot the collider window again

It would be best to just give it one vehiclesimple collider like a box or something and put the rest to firegeomerty or don’t export them at all yet

[hazy vault]

I believe so https://gyazo.com/48c9424f75961232677fa48eb262741a

[fierce pawn]

Make sure the UTM one doesn’t have vehiclesimple . Really you should only have one sort of box for it

If you compare it to the ones on the uaz for exemplar

[torn token]

Okay, I'll cross reference with the UAZ and do my best to copy the settings off the UAZ

[fierce pawn]

your model also has no bones too. so the wheel positions will be totally wrong probably insdie the vehicle

they are definied here

if you have the colliders and that set up it should be able to drive even if the wheels wont visually move

[torn token]

I have bones on the model, I used the ones from the sample car, I ripped them off that.

I also inherited the uaz_wheeled_base.et and replaced all the models with mine. I had to modify it some because it crashed my enfusion tools

I wish I could rip the armatures, bones, and sockets off the UAZ

[fierce pawn]

Oh ok I just saw that here that there were no bones

[torn token]

Sorry lol I forgot to check the show bones option xD

[fierce pawn]

It should always display on the right side there though . Did you import skinning on that new model ?

[torn token]

Let me check, I may have not

Do I have to re-make a .et file everytime I update the model files?

[fierce pawn]

No

Just if you totally delete a model mesh for example it deletes the import settings and you need to check export skinning again for exemplar

[torn token]

Yeah, they should set it to where you dont have to do that every time

[fierce pawn]

If you just put in the new fbx and it also keeps the import settings

Basiclly just don’t delete the xobs . Just update the fbx and reimport

[torn token]

Im not giving up on this until I have it working in game and everything is perfect even though I've spent nearly 100 hours so far on this

🙂

Once I learn how to do this all it wont take me that long for the next one hehe

@fierce pawn is it okay that i add you as a friend?

[fierce pawn]

Yes

[warm hawk]

How to find face by id/number in blender 3.6? Scene shows only the count, not the selected.

[wicked jasper]

Thats the only way I know to see the face id. Im using 4.2, maybe in 3.6 the indices option is the viewport overlays menu

[warm hawk]

thanks ✅

[wicked jasper]

🫡

[stiff reef]

Anyone was able to figure out how the sound reverb inside buildings is configured? I can't make it work even using a vanilla house and adding all the components...

[wicked dirge]

it would seem to me that this is not the right channel for this question, try configuration or audio_makers

[last parcel]

it is accutaly the correct one, you wíll need an BSP and Light portals to make sound in buildings to work

[stiff reef]

Thanks! But when I import the model in Workbench I need to setup something else? Because no matter what I try the sound remains the same as outside... Everything else works fine and I have no errors in Logs

[last parcel]

you need to import with that turned on in the XOB, also the prefab needs to scr_destructiviblebuildingentity with relativ Y and is building Checked

[vestal turret]

Same issue with my helmet. Did all the steps twice but same result. Not sure exactly what the cause is, followed wiki as well but it doesn't tell me where I went wrong. Unless it is the bone amount which says it should have (1+163) bones in total. Mine says (3+153) and that is what the problem might be.

[wicked dirge]

its totally what your problem is

[hazy vault]

I would reimport the skelton and re-center it

for my hat I just painted head and neck I believe

[vestal turret]

I used this skeleton which is from the samplehelmet.

[wicked dirge]

you are probably exporting it wrong

[vestal turret]

One thing I did notice was the wiki didn't show so many vertex groups on their end.

But if you say it is probably the export I'll try export with different settings, I did make sure to disable add leaf bones and enable custom properties which AFAIK are the two most important.

[hazy vault]

Texture painting also fixed mine

[vestal turret]

Do you mean weight painting?

I did weight paint two of the vertex groups, the head for the hard part of the helmet itself and the strap for the jaw

Spine5, Neck1, Neck3, RightShoulder and LeftShoulder vertex groups are unpainted completely blue so they don't affect the helmet.

[hazy vault]

yea weight painting my bad

I am also new so my way might not be the best way but I only had the four required elements on mine

[wicked dirge]

its not your weight painting. The bone count in export is wrong

if the bone count is not right, the object does not work

[hazy vault]

Which skeleton export did you use ?

[vestal turret]

I used the helmet sample skeleton

[hazy vault]

Earlier mine had too few bones, I went back to the original file and reimported and it fixed it

Must have deleted something that counted as bone

Just fresh download it, throw the current helmet on the fresh Skelton and rexport- and import

[vestal turret]

I will try that

Thanks for the help Blake will let you know if it works

[lunar mulch]

You need to uncheck Add Leaf Bones.

[vestal turret]

I made sure I unchecked that during export 🫡 but it looks like Blake and Assassin are right it is the number of bones causing it

[hazy vault]

Did using a fresh Skeleton fix it ?

[wicked dirge]

Be aware that the skeletons in current reforger stable and experimental 1.2.1 are different. If you make a helmet based on 1.2.0 skeleton it will stop working when 1.2.1 becomes stable. If you use the 1.2.1 skeleton now, it will not work outside of experimental tools

[vestal turret]

Oh geez thanks for the heads up Soul. I'll perhaps wait then for 1.2.1 to reach stable and then do it with that skeleton.

[wicked dirge]

You can already do it with exp tools and game to be ahead of the game

[sullen sable]

Does anyone know a good tutorial for adding bones to a gun model in blender? or would anyone be willing to teach me?

[deep trout]

I have my model with textures applied using Multimat, and it also has its colliders. What step should I follow next to ensure my model casts shadows and doesn't look too bright inside?

[tidal latch]

most likely you are missing empty objects

see picture from dob.FR for export settings and verify that you have those bones in Workbench

[stiff reef]

I'm still having issues with my building and portals... If I import it in Workbench and check "Generate BSP" I get this error: "RESOURCES (W): UpdateAreaPortals(): Orphaned AreaPortal 'PRT_01' (0) inside area 0! Check the model, it's leaking."

I've remade all the portals, moved and scaled them around, checked the BSP geometry, all with no luck

[faint scarab]

This is the hook I've been waiting for. Stupid question: to update my mod to the next version do I have to create a new mod in experimental mode or just upload my main mod?

[patent wren]

Guys, i am remodeling a weapon and i dont know if i should make details like radiuses in geometry or make all edges sharp (90°) and make it look round with normal map or displacements?

How detailed should the models be

[sly bridge]

have a look over vanilla weapons

available PBR shaders that are used for weapons in reforger do take advantage of baked normal maps, however these do not use displacement maps

[patent wren]

Is there a way to display the mesh in workbench? I havent play too much around the workbench, only used it to compare my model with vanilla 😄

[sly bridge]

it is yes, open the xob, from left corner you can toggle the wireframe overlay

[patent wren]

Thanks a lot!

Btw, how well do you think BI modeled the guns? I am using their gun as a reference, instead of picture?

[sly bridge]

how are you using their models as reference? what do you mean by that

what i said is to have a look over the amount of details they have so you have a general idea about how to make your own, especially in regards to meah details such as chamfers

[patent wren]

I look at theirs and look at mine then decide what needs to be changed, something is too wide or too narrow, some rivets are on wrong position 😄 I am not unpacking their models or anything like that.

[sly bridge]

you are way better off looking at proper refs for most stuff, because every single 3d model has things that are artistic interpretations

[deep trout]

Hello, does anyone have any idea how to do it?

[patent wren]

i hope my model is not too detailed, but looking at the game model, i think its on par? What do you think?

https://ibb.co/ZcXxYLJ
https://ibb.co/tX53rMM

[topaz willow]

What’s the poly counts and how do they compare? That’s basically what you need to look at

[patent wren]

I dont know how to display polycount in workbench, but my polycount is 374k.

209k after tris to quads

[sly bridge]

that is quite a lot

there is a ton of very small geometry where you could get away with a single bevel, and even more where all these bevels and chamfers are not needed whatsoever

and you could just bake that down

[patent wren]

That is the plan, thanks, i found somewhere i should get to 20-25k faces?

For LOD0

[sly bridge]

it depends on a lot of things, you can actually check the polycount for all meshes in workbench, including the vanilla pkm

[patent wren]

Could you please reveal to me how?

[nova granite]

Go to the reforger assets folder in workbench and open up the .xob file for the pkm/object you want to check then click on the “LODs” tab on the right side of the window, will show polycount and material count for each LOD

[patent wren]

Thank you very much, that was helpful, now i know it have 35k faces in LOD0

[fluid fern]

Hi, I have a problem with my slidingdoorcomponent, it only gouges in the X axis when I want it to gouge in the Z axis. What can I do?
Has anyone seen this problem before?

[sand pagoda]

this looks like triangulated SUBD0 mesh

[calm rune]

All of this geo on the forgrip can be baked.

[last parcel]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import Read about probe and Portals.

[cerulean patio]

how i fix this mask?

[tidal latch]

what we are seeing here?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation/Headgear/Asset_Preparation#Material_preparation is this a headgear?

[shy nexus]

so im making a heli and the rotor wont change to the blured model idk if i borked the colliders or something

[patent wren]

Oh yeah, this is the first model where i see knurling modeled. Im getting rid of this pistol grip anyways, but yes, all these tiny details will be baked in ^^

[patent wren]

I just found out that this exist:
https://www.cadsketcher.com/

And im like wow, thats what i needed

[cerulean patio]

TMC HAHO mask

[cerulean patio]

thankss

[cerulean patio]

Is there any sample model for gloves??

[outer hull]

if you already have the models for the gloves or planning to make gloves, you can use the sample character as the refrence

[cerulean patio]

is that the model of my glove is straight, it doesn't have curves in the fingers, in this case it would be the 3D base

[outer hull]

match the gloves as close to the hands as possible, and the go to sculpt tool to try and position the fingers

[cerulean patio]

ok ok

[calm rune]

Apply the texture as you are doing it to try and see how bad you are stretching the UV.

I know it’s hard to folks who do not have the knowledge yet but that is why it is best to make your own models from scratch. If you are taking something that was not made specifically for the reforger base body then you run the risk of stretching the UV when you start pushing and pulling to make the model fit reforger a base body.

Then your textures look all wonky

[cerulean patio]

rog

[torn token]

Anybody got any ideas why its not giving me the option to enter my vehicle? I set the bone up to it and also driver_getin and I aint getting nothing on my screen. I duplicated Uaz469.et and modified that one. I resetted the actions and added the actions that comes with my model and everytime I reset the actions from the UAZ469 and add mine it breaks the option to enter the vehicle.

[fluid fern]

Have you find a solution?

Because i have same errors, its first time when i saw that

[flint swift]

can anyone help me and explain how to get multiple colliders on 1 building if thats even possible?

Building : Shop
Colliders are: Metal , wood , brick (shop)
they take different parts of the building

[fluid fern]

Uncheck "Mege tri meshes" when your reimport xob file

[flint swift]

oh wow thanks

[fluid fern]

RESOURCES (W): UpdateAreaPortals(): Orphaned AreaPortal 'PRT_02' (1) inside area 0! Check the model, it's leaking. RESOURCES (W): UpdateAreaPortals(): Orphaned AreaPortal 'PRT_01' (0) inside area 0! Check the model, it's leaking.
I have this error when i reimport my .xob file, I've redone my portals and I'm still getting it wrong.
I've checked my BSP and I don't have any errors, did you or did you already have this?

[flint swift]

No i don't. it worked for me

[stiff reef]

I've checked again the model and there was some issue in the topology, once I remade it the error is gone.

I'm not sure if it was related to the BSP volume or LOD0

[fluid fern]

Topology?

[stiff reef]

I think that the floor or the roof in my building was not properly set, so the rooms aren't sealed and the engine can't create BSP volume properly... But that's just my guess...

[fluid fern]

Yes, but if that had been the case, I would have had an error with the bsp import, wouldn't I?

[sullen sable]

@tidal latch any idea what I'm doing wrong here? I'm trying to make an Aimpoint T2 optic on a riser mount but I keep getting this error message and there is no collimator displayed inside my optic.

I've tried making duplicates of the AP2K as well as the RHS T2. Nothing seems to work however. I've set my optic bones in blender to match as well.

[stiff reef]

If the model isn't correct you get the error once you import it in Workbench and check "Generate BSP"... If it's not selected the model is imported without errors

[fluid fern]

Yep, i’m going to rebuild bsp

[tacit eagle]

Do we have humvee sample?

[sly bridge]

no

[tacit eagle]

If i want to add extra parts to the existing humvee, how can i know the sizes? of current humvee

[sly bridge]

trial and error + using the ingame measuring tool

[wicked dirge]

you can also create slots in the prefab and add your additions to the slots. The slot position would then be the origin of your additions

[tranquil bronze]

Hello, I just started into modding of arma, I did everything according to the wiki and other youtube tutorials but I cant seem to find solution for this problem. The helmet is offset, I have tried vurious bone models with some being 163 in total and some more. I took bone models from vurious sites. Please someone help me out.

[wicked dirge]

in exp it should be 230

[tranquil bronze]

do you know where I could find the bone model?

I would appreciate very much

[wicked dirge]

in stable bone count is 163

you have to follow this totorial to the letter

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation/Headgear/Asset_Preparation

it has the template file in the text

[tranquil bronze]

yea but it says it has to be 163 bones it total

[wicked dirge]

This is the new skeleton for version 1.2.1

Just wait til this Thursday and it will work

[tranquil bronze]

Which one should I use?? I already used like 3 of different ones

Oh alright

[wicked dirge]

On Thursday 1.2.1 is released and from that point the 230 bone skeletons will be required

For stable

If you download experimental game and experimental tools and load your mod in exp workbench it should work already

Also all mod that have not updated to 230 skeleton will stop working

[hazy vault]

Is the new Skelton out yet ? On the git?

[sly bridge]

yes, it has been for about a month or more

[leaden trench]

I keep following these AI mesh generation papers that come out. Latest one is really impressive. https://trellis3d.github.io/ A couple more years and AI will do useful subdivision modelling

[shell hedge]

https://meshy.ai still has some problems but it'll get there

[patent wren]

Oh my, can it use batch of images of the same item from multiple angle for better accuracy?

[shell hedge]

no idea

I think I saw a model on huggingface that generates a short video of the "asset" spinning and then extracts it to a model

it should be in trending somewhere

[nocturne quartz]

I just want an AI that can do retopo 😦

[stiff reef]

When I validate my model (LOD0) I get a lot of "Non-convex edges". Is that a problem or I can ignore them as long as they are not on the collider geometry? Thanks!

[white garden]

Anyone got a tutorial on how to generate colliders for imported objects?

[stray bridge]

You create colliders in blender based on your model

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import

[patent wren]

#enfusion_model message

@delicate condor

https://ibb.co/dJjZHFn

The progress so far ^^

[delicate condor]

What a big box you have

👍

[patent wren]

Yeah, the box is subject to replacement, but this one have texture, so im using this one for pictures.
Its from lower poly model. Also the body only have placeholder textures, i want to make it crisp so im focusing on geometry now, then im slowly learning quixel mixer.

[delicate condor]

👍

It's a process.

[patent wren]

Just realized the handguard rail doesnt have the circular pattern of holes on that side yet, making it feel very flat in that spot.

https://ibb.co/b2hp31k

[tacit eagle]

Where i can fined the animated doors in the prefab im trying to attach stuff on the doors

[shell hedge]

they will be in slot manager component, try searching door in resource browser in the hummvee folder

[zenith quartz]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1246926012759932980/1316460039476871259/image.png?ex=675b2074&is=6759cef4&hm=1f7a2922e0a0cafa7ea2195c51e95dfc93cef6073a07b3b1abfd0d9fb85caf4a&

[unkempt harness]

Is it good idea/possible method to do model in Fusion 360 and then import to Blender and export as FBX?

or it is not recommended way to do solid modeling for game models

I've found answere here #enfusion_texture message

[sly bridge]

it is yes

[patent wren]

Im wondering if all those geometry is hard surfaced? Even the radiuses on edges? I am trying to mimick the level of quality, but it sounds counter intuitive. could you please reveal the secrets? 😄

[patent wren]

And what shading settings do you use to take this screenshot please?

[zenith quartz]

Blender remesh workflow, I'd check out Chamferzone's flashbang or revolver tutorials for more information.

[last parcel]

Yea thats a Great workflow

Love me the remesher

[zenith quartz]

I'd only recommend it if you've got a good amount of RAM.

I have 64 gb.

Otherwise it can freeze your PC up.

[last parcel]

Indeed, its slow workflow with loading Times

[patent wren]

Amazing, thanks! i only got 32GB but at 6000Mhz, maybe that will help 😄

[last parcel]

No, load Times will still be slow unfortunaly

[silent scroll]

what is causing this? all I did was put the clothing on new armature using the same vertex groups from last armature

[stray bridge]

whats that lol, probably weights are not correct. You got 230 bones total?

[silent scroll]

I figured it out

some reason new character weight template faced the wrong direction then the armature did was wierd

[cerulean patio]

mine has 225 bones, I think I got the wrong model (I got the one from github) lol

[stray bridge]

the new character is on the git for 2 month now

[wicked dirge]

you are probably exporting it to fbx wrong

read the instructions carefully

[tropic flicker]

link please

[tropic flicker]

oh i find, this skeleton works! https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/blob/main/SampleMod_NewCharacter/Assets/Characters/SampleCharacter/Character_Weights_Template.blend

[calm isle]

as of the new update I can't hide this helmet in first person, it's seemingly only this helmet

the material is plugged into the right model, any other edit changes in the world

seemingly half my headwear materials now just don't hide in first person when they did previously

[paper summit]

came wondering the same thing lol

[calm isle]

yeah I still can't figure it out, even duplicating existing materials doesn't really work

[edgy ginkgo]

using the skeleton updater I get this....

doing it on a *.blend file

I'm missing a step and not sure what I need to do with the batch file updater

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\4.2\scripts\addons\EnfusionBlenderTools\txa\batch

is where I found it in my system which is where the documentation says to get it

[tidal latch]

#enfusion_blender_tools

[glossy pond]

Because it might be helpful to people here:

https://discord.gg/SFWT7va9?event=1317181891165683742

[torn token]

Any clues why my vehicle aint showing up in the spawn menu? I have both config files the PlaceableEntities > Vehicles > vehicle.conf and EntityCatalog > CIV > vehicle_entityCatalog_CIV.conf

I even set the editablevehiclecomponent script to and it still doesn't show up I'm very confused and don't know what files or scripts to look through to fix it

[rancid glade]

hello, i need to update my mod because my hats are not anchored anymore to the head. bones are still here, i read above there is a new character model. I guess it's that one i need to use to export again from blender ?

[fossil crater]

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/news/modding-update-october-15-2024

[stray bridge]

new skeleton has 230 bones in total btw

[rancid glade]

got 240 bones and still not working....

[shell hedge]

how much is 1 + 240

[surreal ore]

No 230

Not*

[shell hedge]

damn

[sand pagoda]

more is not always better

[rancid glade]

i dont know how to count
i would say 26 ?

[shell hedge]

dont give up

[rancid glade]

yeah i have 230 bones in my blender when exporting, i select only armature.001 + the targets + my 4LOD
but still get 374 BONES once imported in enfusion workbench
there is a high probability that im dumb, but i don't see where i fail here

[wicked dirge]

rename armature.001 to Armature and when exporting deselect "leaf bones"

[rancid glade]

problem solved, leaf bones was unchecked but somehow still checked, had to restart blender and reimport

[hushed shoal]

Could anyone help me with the new skeleton setup, haven't used blender much and no matter what i try the item that I am trying to setup is still set to the right of the characters neck...

[fluid fern]

Hello hello, I have the impression that the BSPs no longer work since the update, do you have the same thing?

[last parcel]

you will need to add worldsubscene componet onto the prefab, for some reason BI changed that without telling anyone

[vestal turret]

Has anyone run into the massive helmet problem? It is caused by the armature modifier in blender. If I delete the armature modifier and import again into Reforger it will return to its correct size but floats on the head and slightly to the side. I am using the character weight template skeleton.

exporting without modifier, helmet correct size but because it has no armature modifier it will not sit correctly on the head.

[sharp remnant]

Looking for some one who can make models, also someone who knows scripting and Animation.

Rigging and weight too

[last hill]

If clothing it must have the armature for the player character in the samples.

[tidal latch]

apply transform to helmet

[plucky salmon]

Hello !

Did someone know why my characters (even ia), looks like that when i load my world ?

[sharp remnant]

So got an issue.

Sorting armour and it refuses to conform to the body and just floats, all IK points, all bones are set it just floats ingame.

Can i get some help.

Dm me please.

[honest pine]

worked with a vehicle, we'll try on the helemt thanks Reyhard

[sweet mist]

Hello everyone!

Has anyone ever had this problem with helicopters?
In fact when I start the helicopter after a few seconds the dashboard disappears.
No matter how much I search, I can't figure out what could be causing this :/

However, I seem to have everything configured. The bones and colliders of the dashboard are done !

If someone can help me and know where this problem come ? :/

[shell hedge]

hahaha what

Register Damage? does cockpit have a healthbar? maybe its being destroyed?

maybe you could try with this

[sweet mist]

Ok i'll try this 🙂

nop ahah not working ^^
i'll try another thing

[shell hedge]

I have honestly never seen this

[sweet mist]

Ahah yes me neither!
All the time when there is weird stuff it's for me 😄

[last hill]

Test using the default helicopter cockpit panels?

[sweet mist]

Yes it's doing the same thing with the default one O.o

[last hill]

I am not too sure. Have you tried pausing in GM and searching around in the ground/air for it? Could be warping for some reason or another? I haven't personally had this issue in any of my helo work

[sweet mist]

Yes I looked everywhere around and above and below but I don't see it.. It's like it disappears :/
But when I don't check merge physics on the slotmanagercomponent the dashboard stays in place

So i think maybe a problem with the dashboard physics but it's the same with the default one so i don't understand ahah

[last hill]

There could be a collider present in the vanilla bird that is behaving differently to your bird, resulting in issues with merging physics. Usually if you enable merge physics you will get a warning in the log console tab. Good luck figuring it out, I've gotta head to bed.

[sweet mist]

Ok i'll try to check that 🙂 Thx 🙂 good night ! 🙂

[night sleet]

Is there a new tutorial for hat/helmet models?

A sample blender file will also be useful to me.

[stray bridge]

there is a sample in their git

https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/tree/main/SampleMod_NewCharacter/Assets/Characters/Headgear/Helmet_Sample

[night sleet]

thank you it worked for me 👍

[vestal turret]

Fixed... found out the issue, my parent type was set to bone instead of object. Only took almost a month to figure out and by accident 😭

For those of you that may encounter the same issue. Make sure your parent type is set to object not bone in relations section.

[sacred vessel]

not sure why my mobile command trucks arent deployable anymore.

[honest pine]

When putting the modded dashboard on a vanilla UH-1 it doesn't depop and play dashboard animation, does it help getting an idea ?

[sweet mist]

I find the solution ! That was so simple ahah ! i just delete all the slot in SlotManagerComponent and put it again and it's working ^^

[hazy vault]

For clothing, has everyone found it easier to use the plugin or manually redo the clothing

[sacred vessel]

plugin?

[livid hull]

The plugin has a one button solution, that is way easier than manually redoing everything

[misty solstice]

Kinda happy the GF mod is inspiring more sci fi mods for reforger

[night sleet]

Yes, I had a lot of fun playing such modes in Squad and Arma 3. So I said to myself, "Hey, why don't I create one myself?"

[misty solstice]

Exactly what the galactic forces mod did

[night sleet]

Yes, I really support what you do. I like to create and play missions for myself in single-player mode with GF.

[plush torrent]

@summer sierra

[summer sierra]

its the point that the mag is in, point info or whatever

theres more to it as well, if its the stock mag he used for the model and if thats a different mag as well

[plush torrent]

i think he alr fixed it lol you just wanted the link

[plush torrent]

wahts server is this?

[sacred vessel]

tbn road to saigon vc pve

ive made my own scenarios and they work very stable. i dont almost no memory loss. and am starting to bring in assets to improve the quality of things.

running about 7.5gbs memory with 800 hardcore AI

[patent wren]

So, if i make a modded weapon, get it to workshop and test it in game and it all works fine, can i just use it even tho my poly count is slightly bigger than the vanilla weapon?

[stray bridge]

Yes, just takes more performance. Make sure to do lods

[patent wren]

Thanks, yeah i was thinking, only the person in 1st p. view will see the LOD0 right? Even in third person it loads LOD1?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Level_Of_Detail

I read this, but there is no guides on what is the limit to ensure smooth performance

I opened the pkm in vanilla and found out it have 35k faces, but is this the limit or i can have lets say 50k (random number, not my polycount)

[stray bridge]

you can

[patent wren]

Does this page still apply even for reforger?

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

[wicked dirge]

specifics no, but in general of course more materials and more textures will always be less performant.

but in enfusion instancing works different than in previous engine so its less of a concern than it was before

[turbid moss]

Oh yeah, rk95

[fringe elbow]

Hi everyone I had a quick question I'm messing around with making Building Props like skyscrapers and when I was testing with AI Troops they could stand on the top and walk around it was solid but when I tried any kind of Helicopter or Vehicle it just passed right through. What am I missing?

[stray bridge]

Did you use buildingfireview as a layer for the colliders?

[light vault]

@stiff reef @fluid fern Did you get a resolution on your BSP issues? I'm getting this error, which was similar to yours: "RESOURCES (W): ExtractConvexEnvelope(): AreaPortal 'PRT_19' (18) doesn't have vertices assigned! Check the model, it's leaking" ...I have about 20 portals and getting this error on 2...can't see why, everything looks good in Blender

[late spear]

Not sure if this has been asked but I am having an issue that I can't edit my own model prefabs after I closed them. this is only happening with my newer models that I have added. It acts the same as a locked asset. Anyone have an idea why this would happen?

[late spear]

What class is the building and do you have the colliders setup properly? Make sure you have buildingfireview set as well

[light vault]

OK. I THINK I worked this out...
So there are 2 variables at play here: 1) direction of the portal normal and 2) alignment of the portal mesh to the "inside" or "outside" of the opening that it's covering. I found that if I had the portal mesh normal facing 1 specific direction AND alignment on 1 specific side of the opening it worked fine

[faint wyvern]

hi. can anyone link me a video of someone importing models into blender an setting it up for workbench

[silk glen]

what you guys think? I'm learning character modelling

[fluid fern]

Yep i rebuild bsp and its good

[cerulean patio]

Can someone help me? I made a vest preset using the RHS as a base, I positioned the pockets, but when I put it on the vest, it goes back to the original, does anyone know what it could be?

[vital swallow]

Is it somehow possible to import a .fbx without the vertex color. When I use one with vertex color, the color is overlayed the texture and visible at play time. Maybe it is also possible to just disable this behavior.

[sly bridge]

clear the vertex color before importing the fbx

[vital swallow]

Well, I thought there might be a way without the need to do this.

[wicked dirge]

@roze_princess did you follow the instructions?

[cerulean patio]

yes yes, I read the page and managed to solve it, I was doing it wrong

[remote canopy]

i think this i the right channel to ask this but can you extract the character models with eqiupment from the game?

like i want the model to wear specific equipment

[nova granite]

no, you cannot extract any models from the game

[remote canopy]

now i am confused how do you mod equipment into the game?

[nova granite]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation

[remote canopy]

thank you

[mortal mortar]

Hey guys, I'm having an issue in which in engine shading goes to shit even if in blender looks okay. For example...

Do I need to manually clean topology for that?

[topaz willow]

I wonder why you wouldn't bake those details in with a normal map, or for the case of the firemode selector, why not overlay a cylindrical mesh on top of the flat plane? 🤔

if it's your model, that is

[mortal mortar]

it's not my model. I have all the baked textures already.

if it was my model then yeah I would probably do it like that (the con is that selector wouldn't be animated but no one notices that anyhow lol)

I'm still curious about why the engine has shading issues with an apparently clean topology

[topaz willow]

ah, unfortunate, are those shading issues apparent in the normal map?

[shell hedge]

could also look at where your edge breaks are

[mortal mortar]

This is a closeup of the lower receiver selector area topology

all I can think of is adding some supporting edges and see how it goes

[sly bridge]

adding a loop around the holes could fix this

in any case, enfusion has issues with very thin (small) triangles

[mortal mortar]

ah that might be it then I guess

it made it worse lol...

guess I'll just have to manually try stuff

Okay... so Enfusion loves N-Gons.

[sly bridge]

nope, it is triangulated, pretty sure you cancheck the wireframe

[topaz willow]

hey if it works, it works, sometimes you dont question it 😄

[mortal mortar]

so it re-triangulates them on import?

[mortal mortar]

but yeah that's what it seems like... good old airforce humor..

"Evidence of shading problem detected"
"Evidence removed"

Problem solved (?)

[woven meadow]

Does anybody know how to get roughness and metallic textures on a helmet?

As PBR basic doesn't have them

[frail wyvern]

anyone know how to do a bug report for the experimental?

[last ingot]

Hey @frail wyvern, you can create an account, and make an item on the BIS Feedback Tracker @ https://feedback.bistudio.com/

[last parcel]

not the best texturing work but its something 🙂

[sacred vessel]

looking for someone who can help me learn the gear rigging, i have the skelton plugin and the head template, the character animations plugin

all blender plugins, ive scaled my project to the character but having a hard time with learning by reading as i learn better hands out and visually . anyone got time to watch a stream and give a hand once i do one im confident i will have no issues, unless something changes

[last parcel]

played around with the metal textures abit and i am finnaly happy with it, also added that shoulderpad that is on the buttstock.

[sand pagoda]

slap some AO, curvature, a bit of noisy dust and call it a day

[shell hedge]

I recognize that grunge texture

[topaz willow]

If they used Substance Painter, I think it’s one of the defaults available in it

[nocturne quartz]

nice but why didnt you just make real geo for the holes in the hand guard?

the new "next gen" this gen has such features, gas tube and all already in place just like how BI has the kalashingcough and the em16ers

[tacit eagle]

I imported my saxophone in the workbench, is animation next for the object? It looks strange on the soldier (it's floating in the air above him).

[idle hinge]

Someone correct me if I am wrong but basically every mesh is always purely triangles. N-gons, quads and the likes are just ways that 3d modelling software tries to make it easier for the artist to work with a given geometry.

[mortal mortar]

Yeah, basically. But it was funny to me to discover that enfusion basically doesn't care about your own clean topology as "it will interpret it in its own way", while fucking up things in the process.

I'm pretty new to this stuff but clearly when it comed to enfusion, being ocd with topology doesn't render the expected results (no pun intended) lol

[lavish sparrow]

Can we not change Basebody_Male_01? Why can't we copy it and modify it?

[sly bridge]

?

[lavish sparrow]

NVM i just needed to copy the CharacterBasebody. I was trying to duplicate the model

[patent wren]

Texturing and optimizing in process

[vagrant plaza]

I saw there was a head model somewhere that one could download so you could scale helmets correctly and avoid clipping. Is there a similar model for the entire body + head?

[stray bridge]

yes on the github

[vagrant plaza]

nice thanks!

[lofty wolf]

If you want it to look exactly as it does in ur modelling software, triangulate ur mesh before export. I haven't actually used enfusion tools so maybe im mistaken but alot of software i use interprets quads and ngons differently so its a step i do before export i assume thats the same here.

[mortal mortar]

I mean this was triangulated

[lofty wolf]

oh wow and it still reworks it?

[mortal mortar]

It just fucked up the shading for some reason

Even if it looked perfect with a matcap on blender

I solved it getting rid of a bunch of edges and letting enfusion rework it lol

[lofty wolf]

Great that worked for you, not so great that it does that in first place lol

[faint wyvern]

can someone show me the basic sctructure of armature on a tank in blender before importing to workbench

[mortal mortar]

Yeah no idea..

[honest pine]

check existing tanks mods xob ?

[vagrant plaza]

can custom vests include arms and legs?

[shell hedge]

yes

[vagrant plaza]

im thinking specifically like the parts outlined in red.

they are fit very snuggly to the body/jumpsuit

[shell hedge]

any clothing item in the game can include any clothing on the character

[vagrant plaza]

ok, but i mean if i want those arm things over the clothes of the character, surely they would need to deform the clothes to fit??

i guess im asking if i can make the stuff i outlined in red part of the vest like in the picture I sent or if the vest should be its own item and the jumpsuit including the parts outlined in red should be another?

[shell hedge]

I dont know how you would make them "deform the clothes to fit"

[vagrant plaza]

hmm, i could have sworn that there was a vest in reforger that deformed the clothes underneath in order to prevent clipping

ok there is definitely deformation when certain vests are equipped to certain clothes

[rocky sedge]

Most jackets in refroger have a deformed version alongside the default, you select it in the prefab

[vagrant plaza]

ok thanks nice! im pretty sure that confirms that i will also need to make the arm armor and the leg armor part of the jumpsuit in that case. im guessing the deformed version is just a single deformer version for all armors and not for specific armors.

[steep marsh]

Is there a tutorial how i can animate bullets from a magazine and the feeding belt?

[vagrant plaza]

cloth looks awful because im new to marvelous designer. armor fits nicely though!

[shell hedge]

Right, there is a "normal" and "deflated" version

[full canopy]

Hey it's been a minute since i've done clothes in Reforger, I have the new bone count figured out but I completely forgot how I fixed this in the past.

Yes only 3 bones are rigged to one vert.

[stray bridge]

transfer weights from the lod0 to your model

lod0 is given with the new skeleton on the git

(same blend file) or was it fbx cant remember lol

[full canopy]

Yeah that's how I rigged it, it's using the body weights from reforger

Looks like only verts that are rigged to Hips are having the unrigged issue

[stray bridge]

how many bones you got in total?
check the vertex groups if smth is off, maybe try to delete all and transfer them again just to make sure

[full canopy]

The bone count is correct, or else they wouldn't animate at all, it's 230 in total.

[full canopy]

I'll try that just to be sure

[stray bridge]

hard to tell whats exactly wrong by just this screenshot xd

[full canopy]

It's very clear lmao

The verts aren't rigged/animating like the rest of the clothes are. If it was a miscounted bone issue nothing would be animated.

[stray bridge]

you mentioned it already

[full canopy]

Great, so i've already explained the issue.

Here I got a video if you need

I've had this issue in the past months and months ago, like January/December

But it never popped up again and I don't remember what the fix was.

The BI wiki documentation is out of date and doesn't seem to have a clear place for common issues such as these.

[stray bridge]

I can offer you to send me the fbx / blend file and I try it myself to fix it, but I cannot tell you whats exactly wrong I would have to test it out myself.
Maybe someone else knows it tho and will read this later

[full canopy]

Go for it.

[calm rune]

zero weights on that piece that still floats so it stretches.

[full canopy]

well, if it's zero weights than why does it work in belnder

[full canopy]

Huh, weird

What prefab did you use as a base?

I used the FIA jacket

[stray bridge]

ill send you the fbx back

[stray bridge]

my own custom one, off my diving mod. Just relaced the xob

[calm rune]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95zijAgj2E @full canopy

[full canopy]

Weird, import settings?

[stray bridge]

just ticked the export skining box

and rotated it 180 because my blend setup is ass xd

[full canopy]

Huh, I tried both with and without hierarchy, let me try unticking hierarchy again

I appreciate it homie.

[stray bridge]

np

maybe some weights are off in certain angles / positions. Was just a quick job

[full canopy]

Yeah huh, you just use the regular blender FBX export right?

[stray bridge]

I use the reforger tool addon for blender

[full canopy]

Fair enough I kinda forget that existed lmao

[calm rune]

This is why I stopped helping people in this community. Learn to read(wiki) and whatch that video. It will solve all your issues. Or just come here, wine and moan until someone does the work for you like is happening. Have a great day.

[full canopy]

Even exporting with that didn't seem to do it, I am exporting at .01 scale, should I scale down in blender itself?

[stray bridge]

vergy def. is not terrible for this community lol

[calm rune]

Me? the guy who makes free sh*t for everyone to use and doesn't start drama but will respond to it when disrespect is thrown at me. Please, use the 'leave server' option. Bye.

[stray bridge]

thats my setup in blender, export it all, tick the skinning box in tools, done

[calm rune]

Thanks Ben but judging by the horse reaction its the RHS tag in front of my name thats an issue.

[stray bridge]

tbh rhs is overhated I feel like

but all that sh*t is none of my business, I do my mods and help peeps out if possible. Leave me alone with all the other stuff lol

[full canopy]

Alrighty, well I'll keep trying, I appreciate what you've done.

[inland sentinel]

RHS does great work. Vergy does great work. I have no understanding why this guy started this stuff but I will say that not everybody is like that and for the most part the Arma community is pretty good. Comparing to DayZ where it was littered with pretentiousness. It's a big difference

RHS quite literally held Reforger alive pre 1.0 there would be no community at all if it wasn't for RHS, darkgru and eventually WCS

[last parcel]

slight changes to the model to fix some stuff, also redid the UV to make it look a bit better.

[slim hornet]

Hi there, hopefully this questions shouldn’t be in another thread.

I am very much an amateur in Blender, but I have a model of a watchtower that I want to import into Reforger. I have the model made, but I still have no idea how LODs work…collision… all the stuff that makes it work… I was hoping to get a willing individual to send me some good resources. I have read a lot of BI’s resources, and I have a general idea what it means but I don’t know how to put it in practice. Any help would be appreciated!

[stray bridge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Collision_Layer

lods = instalod tool (search on google)

colliders = collisions (UTM_xy)
-> collision mesh of your watchtower (create custom one or lazy way, copy paste ur mesh)
&& (collider creating plugin for blender, forgot the name)
name the newly created mesh to UTM_xy

blender addon (plugin from bi) comes with tools, set collision (UTM_xy) to layers: buildingfireview and eg wood

inside tools, create a prefab -> drag and drop the .xob (mesh) which you imported to tools, into the world, add rigid body component to it, tick boxes „model geometry“ and „static“, drag an drop this from the list on the left into a mod folder eg called prefabs. Boom prefab created, with a collision.

missed some stuff here but these are the basics

you will encounter errors but guys here will help you out ^^

[slim hornet]

Much appreciated man!

[slim hornet]

Thanks for the advice! This might be a stupid question, but I've done the LODs at this point and it dawned on me... should it already be textured before doing LODs? Gotta play around with colliders next!

[neat canopy]

Yep, first texture and then do the Lods 😄.

[slim hornet]

shoot... well at least I thought of it myself lol!

Thanks man!

[vagrant plaza]

im going to try to retopologize this. is there anything i should keep in mind that is specific to the enfusion engine? i feel like i remember seeing someone talk about the triangulation being weird when their model was imported into the engine??

[shell hedge]

that user seemed to at least partially fix the issue by letting enfusion triangulate it for itself

[vagrant plaza]

hmm guess ill just see what happens then

[sand pagoda]

not really anything special in enfusion, besides it doesnt really like tiny faces, but other than that, just follow standart procedures

[shell hedge]

why cant every renderer render triangles the same way

[minor night]

My dream is a T-55 AM mod, I just put it there, if a talented pal see that and fall in love with the T-55AM 👀

[faint scarab]

I have the same problem, I see that on spine 1 and 2 the weight is very low, but this doesn't happen on all the shirts I have, so I can't understand the logic with which the problem occurs since I always use the same model! Anyway, one problem at the time, i'll try togive some weight to that bones and i
will see what happen!

[vagrant plaza]

groza

[gusty needle]

Hi,
i have a question regarding verticies. Currently I'm working on a large city with multiple buildings.
I "finished" one building and got a verticie count of 340k and 187k Faces. Is this a lot or okay for a quiet large building? (It has 18 rooms which are normal sized and a lot of details inside)
(I didn't optimize for verticies and probably will add multiple lods for the building)

Don't wonder about how it looks, Most of the building is inside a mountain.

[gusty needle]

Also, here’s another building:
This one has a vertex count of 211k and 124k faces.

Both buildings are still work-in-progress: entities are yet to be added, doors are missing (I’m making them separately for animations, etc.), lamps/lights are not added yet, and both buildings will eventually include elevators.

[fringe elbow]

Hi guys quick question I'm trying to make an arm shield, I'm using Zeliks Heads to make it as an extra piece of armor I've tried duplicating the mesh to make that a collider, Followed by the steps of making body armor and implementing those same steps but every time I get it on my character's wrist my rifle is pinning and saying the material of the shield isn't the armor_20mm I put it as but still Flesh.

[tacit eagle]

Aneyone has aney idea how to rig a humvee roof?
Trying to get the gunner work.

[honest pine]

make your turret having the vehicle skeleton, vertex group moving part

[tacit eagle]

How do i do that?

[honest pine]

is this a custom turret ?

[mint summit]

Any one happening to be working on Quonset Huts? Trying to figure out how hard it would be to port this from A2.

[vagrant plaza]

Can you share a picture of what it looks like? The one from A2 that is. If its a simple model I could probably make one for you.

[mint summit]

@vagrant plaza Id think they could be ported from A2 or even dayZ its in there as well and probably a better textured model.

[vagrant plaza]

I think I can just model this for you. I'm not sure what BIs policy is around porting stuff from other games, even if it is their own.

[raven rock]

can someone help me?
I created a helmet, made the bones, but when i put it in the game it looks like this]

[inland sentinel]

Can't import models from dayz. A2 has assets they released to the public that can be used

[raven rock]

its arma reforger

from what i realized i was using the old bones model

but even with the new, the error still persists

i have 1+223 bones now

[hidden storm]

It will be nice, if someone can created some defibrillator

[gusty needle]

Just get some from turbosquid and just import it into Arma

[last parcel]

My buildingpack already has that building in it.

[tidal latch]

you are using wrong export settings in blender

don't forget to export empty objects too

since you have 224 bones in WB, and there are 6 empty objects. I can pretty sure say that is the issue. Here you have some pics with correct export settings https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#FBX_Export

[mint summit]

That would be awesome and I’m not familiar either with the policy but a port would be simple I’d think and the quickest, let me know how it goes though I’ll keep an out for it! If you could a tan variant would be perfect for my Camp Talega Map, once I get it working of course these past couple days have proved troubling for me.

[mint summit]

You have a tan variant??

[mint summit]

What’s the name of your mod pack?

[last parcel]

Wolfsbuildingpack and i don't have a tan version in their but its quite simple to make it tan just duplicate the material, and make a new prefab with that material on it.

[mint summit]

how do i access the building pack and edit on the engine?

uninstalled and reinstalled and the AMD error is gone

but still crashing

[raven rock]

I'm exporting this

[tidal latch]

have you checked the page?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#/media/File:armareforger-new-weapon-export-blender2.png

[thick crescent]

im trying to learn how to rig armor to models but i cant find anything to use as a base in blender

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation/Vest have you read that?

You could always use sample itself

[stray bridge]

you can find samples on the github

[merry rivet]

Whait is the reason for door frames to be like this, and not to be realistic like this: https://cache.willhaben.at/mmo/5/817/291/395_1528360682.jpg

[muted hollow]

Hey, I know I asked this in another channel, but does anyone have a recording of this stream they did for modeling?
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkxdr5PYlujEmjbP4aBnumY-9pUWXac53z4

[idle hinge]

My guess would be that the doors are being used in multiple different buildings and some have thinner walls where it might look off if the door frame is wider.

Havent checked though

[wicked dirge]

You do know there are more than 1 type of door frame in the world right?

[shell hedge]

No every door frame in the world is the same

[merry rivet]

No, I wasn't aware of that. But what Drakenberger said sound plausible.

[wicked dirge]

not even all the frames in my apartment are the same

[merry rivet]

I want to know, because I want to make my own buildings and doors, and if I should do the doors the same way, or the other way. I think I want to try the other way

[wicked dirge]

thats completely up to you

[merry rivet]

Yeah... I just thought I might stumble upon an unknown problem... maybe with colliders, or with shadows in the rooms or something like that. That's why I wanted to know why the doors are made like that. But if it's just because of different wall widths, then I'll do it differently.

[tall skiff]

Is there a measure tool for the enfusion editor. As in I wish to measure aspects of a window.

[hexed sandal]

Working on a new head... 🧟‍♂️

[ancient walrus]

There’s one in world editor looks like a comb in the tabs not sure what it’s capable of but it measures

[quaint nacelle]

Hey, do you know what type of collider handles collisions between a vehicle and the terrain?

[quaint nacelle]

?

[ancient walrus]

isnt the cylinder of the wheels ?

[faint wyvern]

UBX_, UCX_, USP_, UCS_, UCL_, UTM_ prefixes are used to mark Colliders (Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Capsule, Cylinder, and Trimesh respectively)

[quaint nacelle]

I was talking more about the layers of these colliders

[faint wyvern]

what are you tyring to do i dont get what you mean

[ancient walrus]

the wheels ahve a radius setting if you mean the wheels are falling through ?

[honest pine]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Collision_Layer

[lost quartz]

I have a model that is used as a character gadget. it consists of two meshes that use two different materials. when it's held in hand, one of the meshes randomly disappears depending on camera position (or rather, only sometimes randomly appears). it seems to be dependent on the camera position and/or angle. otherwise it looks fine in workbench resource browser, inventory grid preview, render targets and when dropped as item in-world.
I have no experience with modeling whatsoever, so I suspect this is something trivial - but I have no clue where to begin looking at. could it be that the disappearing mesh gets culled, because some of its faces overlap/are contained inside the other mesh? there's no anim, rig, occluders or anything else - just two static meshes.

[shell hedge]

Is it very small? Is its origin close to origin of parent?

Or rather maybe scene root not origin

Vaguely remember there being an issue where something was culled when the scene root was outside the camera frustum, even if it still overlapped the bounding box

[lost quartz]

size of a smartphone, the disappearing mesh is the device screen. so yeah, both are relatively small and close to each other

[shell hedge]

Does adjusting pixel size scale for the screen prefab make any difference?

[next crown]

How does one import from unreal to enfusion

[lost quartz]

@shell hedge where is that defined? I think I have never touched that

[shell hedge]

Meshobject component in the prefab

[lost quartz]

let me see

[shell hedge]

Just max it out lol

Also make sure your screen has the same amount of LODs as the body, as it might be switching LOD and since your screen doesn't have some N level it culls it

[lost quartz]

yeah, both are LOD0 only

[shell hedge]

Shouldnt matter then

Pixel size scale might

Could also try adding more triangles to the screen

[lost quartz]

no luck with pixel size scale

[shell hedge]

was worth a shot

[lost quartz]

I may eventually resort to merging them into a single mesh with single material, but that's not ideal. and of course it'd be nice to understand why is this happening

[shell hedge]

I wonder if it still happens if you make it comically big

That would mean it's something to do with triangle count

If it's just two triangles it might be the case, but I honestly dont know

[lost quartz]

big as in scaling factor, or big as in mesh complexity?

[shell hedge]

If it still gets culled then maybe not enough triangles, if it doesnt then its bounding box/size

[ancient walrus]

is it a texture dissapearing or model face ? in texture i noticed a setting would affect draw distance

[lost quartz]

screen is made of 10 faces, they pop in/out all at once. it somehow depends on both angle and distance to camera; it can disappear both at 20m and 20cm

the only consistent behavior is that it never appears when viewed as gadget from character point of view, i.e. as the player will see it 🤣

[ancient walrus]

i havent had it with model yet but textures i had it tho

well i mean i only fixed it by adjusting texture off course

[lost quartz]

it seems to be happening only with widget render texture. I just swapped it for some random vanilla material and it's fine 😐

[mint summit]

Anyone here able to get models from google earth? I know there’s a way to do it but I can’t get it to work.

I need some models for the Marine Corps Base Hawaii I’m working on, I’m tired of piecing together the in game models to match the footprints of the real work counterpart.

[ancient walrus]

check the settings in the material i messed with mine and draw distance went up significantly especially if it has alphas

[lost quartz]

nah no alphas involved in my case, but I'll try to poke around. at least now it's narrowed down to material/render target being the problem

[lost quartz]

changing "cull" from "ccw" to "none" in material options seems to sort the problem. yet I'm wondering why, and why with render target texture only, as afaik it's related to triangles winding order, so the way the model itself is constructed

[ancient walrus]

I changed the ones below that tab I think from opaque to translucent or decal and had similar results it may be of no significance but I also added an heiirachy component as seen in the graffiti et I have bonjnfo but presume it’s to z fighting or something might be culling not sure at all tho but it helped my graffiti

[polar vault]

Could anyone give me a tldr why this happens when I've added this backpack model to a Props_Base.et, also tried adding the .xob to a duplicated Alice backpack. Is the error in Blender and not Workshop? Don't mind the textures, they're just placeholders.

..bedtime, hopefully one of you champs know the answer by looking at these pics

nvm, figured it out seconds after comparing Alice backpack with my own. It was literally just the wrong .xob in Worn Model. ggs.

https://tenor.com/view/highf-fve-30rock-tina-fey-self-high-five-gif-3551518

[verbal rampart]

First timer here. I imported a model into my project from Sketchfab, but the size was pretty small. So I edited my prefab scale to 6.615. It looks good when it's first placed in the World Editor, but when I picked it up, then drop it from inventory, it goes back to the original size. How do I make the scale permanent?

[stray bridge]

rescale in blender

[verbal rampart]

Was worried someone would say that but it wasn't too bad. Thanks

[mint summit]

Who has the best tutorial for uniform creation I need something that goes from model to engine. I have a purchased model I need to texture and get into the engine

[stray bridge]

I dont think theres a full tutorial for enfusion available.
Thats a lot of steps.

the wiki is your best friend to learn the basics

[faint wyvern]

arma just released a good tut on a creating an importing on there youtube

[nocturne quartz]

nice trader's wooden backpack from kenshi

[polar vault]

Looks a bit better now with the proper texture, still a bit low poly, but I don't mind it atm

[tacit bloom]

Can someone please tell me how to get the colliders working on this? When he lays down, it stays up, and it appears the rounds go straight through the collider. I used the same "game material" in blender that I used with the helmet, but the helmet seems to work fine with the material used and the settings within Enfusion. Any help would be appreciated. This is the last step before I push this mod out

[summer sierra]

the colliders have to be weight painted, and also animated in the prefab or assett, cant remember exactly where

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation/Vest/Asset_Preparation#Creating_colliders

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation/Vest/Prefab_Configuration#Creating_equipment_part also make sure prefab is configured correctly

[twin kraken]

Did I do the LODs right for a 3D model.

Am I supposed to separate and LOD parts of my model that move?

[cerulean patio]

I made a jacket, then when I put it on it works ok, but when I put on any vest it goes back to the original prefab

[hybrid pond]

Is there a measure tool in workbench?

[hybrid pond]

I was looking for one to use on objects

[calm isle]

I'm trying to rig a wristwatch as a worn piece of clothing, I used LeftHand but that's proven problematic since the wrist moves quite a bit and the watch is relatively static, anyone know what other bones I should rig it to or if there's a mod that has a .xob I can look at?

[thin lagoon]

The base game has three watches, RHS has one

unless you mean not as a gadget

[calm isle]

correct, I mean as a wearable item on your wrist

[thin lagoon]

RHS's Garmin then
I didn't realise the base game watches didn't appear on the wrist, didn't pay much attention to that

[calm isle]

RHS's garmin doesn't work the same way, it uses a series of animations rather than rigging the model to the wrist, at least from what I looked at

[thin lagoon]

Those animations will still have the rigging no?

[calm isle]

No

It doesn't work the same way and works for their use case, but it would be overcomplicating it considerably to do it the same way

[sand pagoda]

we literally attach it to one of character bones

animations are used only for inspection

[calm isle]

I'm a little confused then because when I looked at the xob it didn't have any bones, and there was no "wear" model, at least not one that was labeled "watch" or "garmin"

[sand pagoda]

yep, there is no bones in XOB

iirc we just modded basebody to allow attaching

or something like that

[calm isle]

I see, well I appreciate the clarification on that

[grizzled spoke]

ing

[median current]

Hello, excuse me for disturbing you Do you know what the dimension of a door is on the game I am modeling a building

[tacit bloom]

Hello gents, I am attempting to make this suit explosive resistant to a significant degree, certain areas kinetic resistant against bullets, and slightly fire and incendiary resistant. I had colliders at first but then I used the entire helmet and suit and added the InventoryItemComponent to both the helmet and the suit, and added all of the protected hit zones against kinetic, frag, explosive, etc. in the variables described above. However, after testing in the test world one 40mm grenade absolutely wrecks the character. We used 10mm armor, cranked up the protected hit zone protection levels to class 4, and he still dies to 40mm. Keep in mind we removed the colliders to test this setting out, but we used this other method to use the entire suit using multiple Protected Hit zones through custom attributes to separate the protection ratings for each damage type. Nothing seems to be working. The goal is to make an EOD suit, where the plates on the front of my model protect from kinetic (bullet damage?), the helmet kinetic as well, and the rest of the suit is explosive and fragmentation resistant to a significant degree and should absolutely be able to take a 40mm round and some larger explosives, where pretty large explosives would not kill but would knock out and injure the player, cause bleeds, etc. Obviously massive explosions within close range should kill him, but not a 40mm at or near the feet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[calm rune]

Real life dimensions

[median current]

I am remaking a map of an RP game. I am trying to do my best with the dimensions when I walk around the game map.

[sly bridge]

it’s bit bigger tbh. You ca measure things in the workbench (there is a tools for it that has a measure tape icon)

[stray bridge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Environment_Metrics

[sweet mist]

Good morning ! Sorry but I was wondering if anyone knows the solution to my problem. since the last update of the game and enfusion tools the windows of my vehicles are overexposed even though I have not modified the parameters of my emat and it did not do that before the update

[stray bridge]

just play with roughness and the basecolor of the glass material, should be "fixable"

[sweet mist]

Ok i tried it but maybe i just didn’t modify enough ^^
I’ll try again later ! Thx 🙂

[last parcel]

you could also just use the glass from the reforgers vehicles.

[stray bridge]

thats what im doing ^ using glass textures from the base game and playing around with the sliders (glass texture -> opacity not base color 😉 )

[sweet mist]

Yes i think i tried that too but i had the same problem ^^ that’s weird ahah

[tidal latch]

I think only one item in config will be used

You have two entries - for kinetic and then explosive separately. That is not going to work

Also, materiał in this component is only used for particle effects.

[tacit bloom]

I was honestly kind of afraid of that, so I went the opposite way and worked backwards. It ended up working!

[sweet mist]

I tried with the game glass and it does the same thing.

The only thing that works is when I lighten the interior texture of the vehicle

But that makes my interior not great :/

[sage zodiac]

There is a page on the wiki that has a bunch of suggested dimensions for doors and windows but idt they are accurate. Might be best to plop a building down in workbench and try to measure it with the tool

[stray bridge]

but the glass and the interior material are different materials right, how does this even effect the glass.. hm I cant tell you a 100% fix I would need to play around with it aswell

[sweet mist]

Yes it's two different material ^^
But it's weird cause i did the update of my VAB and in game we don't have the overexposed ahah it's just in the workbench 🤷🏻‍♂️

[patent flower]

Anyone know why my helmet is showing in red in the iventory? it also shows in red on last lod when looking at model in workbench

and is this anything to do with it?

[tacit bloom]

Thanks for all your advice, I ended up finishing the mod. Thank you again so much!

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/64521BDFB4718ECD-EOD-9BombSuit

[wicked dirge]

your last LOD is probably not assigned the same emat as the other LODs, or also possible that you have some werd UV layout on last LOD. You can check both in the xob. The collider is unrelated but also broken, you should check the xob import settings for the collider and select the right layer preset (check a working helmet) and also the armor material

[patent flower]

Thanks

[cyan girder]

So when I add both the mount and the optic, it get stuck to the default ironsights eye point and I can't switch to the aimpoint's. But if I remove the mount I can switch between the irons point and the optics point. And if I do that and then re-add the mount it works fine. What could be causing the regular optic being forced?

[tidal latch]

do you have attachment obstructs enabled on AttachmentSlotComponent perhaps?

[cyan girder]

Yes, which my understanding means it should skip over the mount attachment and show the optic one.

[tidal latch]

on which attachment slot do you have it?

also, do you have Sights Switch Skip enabled on optic?

[cyan girder]

I don't have enfusion open right now but its like this:

• The mount (obstructs enabled)
  • The optic slot as a child of the mount (obstructs disabled).

[tidal latch]

afair this property is confusing and I would try disabling obstruction on the mount

IIRC, the function checks for obstructions at each level of the entity hierarchy. When the mount has obstruction enabled, the function will return false, preventing the optic slot from being used, even if the optic slot itself has obstruction disabled.

I still don't understand the logic of it or how it could be used but it is what it is

[cyan girder]

For now I'm just exporting the mount to the reciever model so its always there. Its something I can always work out later. I haven't seen any other mod* do it.

I did try asking ChatGPT and Claude for a script that would dynamically hide the rail like you could in Arma 3 but that isn't an option because enable field isn't accessible from scripting.

[tidal latch]

By hidden you mean hiding visual mesh?

or removing/adding component

[cyan girder]

Hiding a visual mesh

Based on whether or not it's child component has an optic attached.

[tidal latch]

then there are many options for it

from like changing transparency of that mesh (like helmets for instance are doing in 1st person view) to changing visiblity flag or just removing that attachment when something else is attached

[median current]

Hello, I have a little question, do you know how we can create personalized windows and if it works with a transparent material

[broken mauve]

Hey guys, just a question from a modding perspective.
How detailed are Arma Reforger models compared with Arma 3? In terms of polycount for clothing, armor and helmet.
Are they significantly more detailed compared to Arma 3? Or roughly similar in terms of polygon numbers?
I am currently modelling some 40k armors, and hope to make it future-compatible with Arma 4/reforger in terms of model quality. So would sincerely appreciate if anyone can help out with my questions!

[nova latch]

Vertice count generally you want under 5k if possible alongside being able to set up LODs so not everything renders in for everyone even if you're not near it

[stray bridge]

in blender, change the material in tools to glass and use glass textures from base game

[wicked dirge]

@broken mauve this 5k statement is incorrect. Reforger models are substantially higher polycount-wise. Best thing to do is open Workbench and browse through the game xobs to see how they are setup in terms of number of polies, number and size of textures and LODs

this will give you a good idea how to be consistent.

[last parcel]

the vests in Reforger varies in their polycount from 3.4 to around 10k

the russian 6b vest sits around 4.5 k if i remember correctly while the pilots vest sits at around 10k

[cyan girder]

Is this on the wiki or do you know how to do it quickly? If so that would also help me do a special reload animation where they are holding two magazines at once.

[tidal latch]

You can search here a little bit - especially in #enfusion_scripting

[tacit eagle]

@raw shell why did you block me did i commit any offence?

[broken mauve]

Thank you, really appreciate this!

[broken mauve]

How many polys and vertices are there in a standard BDU by the way? I’m thinking of just basing my models off this. I don’t have reforgers yet so cannot check haha 😢

[sly bridge]

you can check it yourself in workbench…nevermind….

[last parcel]

if you are talking about the body armour it's 4.6k, and if you are talking about the pants and jacket they are 8.4k for jacket and 5.5k for the pants,

[broken mauve]

Thanks this is exactly what I need, really appreciate it! 👍

[broken mauve]

How many poly are there for boots, just curious

[last parcel]

3.1k

[broken mauve]

Cheers mate!

[outer rover]

I’m trying to get into the modeling and modding for arma reforger any tips on how to make models?

[stray bridge]

in blender, on youtube there are hundreds of tutorials

[void field]

Does collision still need to be defined for walkable surfaces for buildings and such? I'm coming from a totally different engine but I do recall when I made some buildings or A3 I have to separately model the floors so the player could walk on them. Hopefully I'm asking in the right channel 🙏

[steel hare]

how can one use the glass texture from the base game in Blender?

[stray bridge]

why would you wanna use it in blender, you want the model in reforger no?
If you try to "force" it, you cant export the texture but you could screenshot it (lol) and add an image texture in "shading" to the material and do all the other steps to achieve glass in blender.

[steel hare]

I read your last message like that one can use the base game textures in Blender. But I guess you were only referencing to the material settings from the Blender tools or?

[stray bridge]

"change the material in tools to glass and use glass textures from base game"

idk where you read that but still why would you wanna use base game textures in blender, makes no sense to me

[stray bridge]

No I didnt reference to any material settings in my sentence, I was telling him where to do this and what he might wanna use from the base game once the model is imported

and with "tools" I mean Arma Reforger Tools

[hybrid pond]

Is there a tutorial/guide on making building prefabs?

[patent wren]

Does the game inherits everything to other lods or i have to make new bones and skinning for that please?

[patent flower]

Im trying to set up some eyewear that apprears when placed in headgear inventory, now my glasses show in inventory view in gamebut in normal view they are on the florr. anyone know why?

2nd question, when i remove the glasses from the headgear inventory and then put it back in they do not show...

[nocturne quartz]

yessing

[wary inlet]

Looking good now to animate it unfolding from backpack

[shell hedge]

I tried implementing such animation but scale of joints is not supported for some reason

[tidal latch]

In RV such anim was done without scale although quality of that was not the greatest

in any case, you could also use mesh morphing in this case

or some tools which are transforming mesh morph to skeletal animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8JAZ0gkOhs seems someone already tried using shape keys

[wicked dirge]

Morphs would be logical to me too, and you can control it via script

[shell hedge]

Arent morphs inflating mesh size? Anyway not having scale support for joints is super weird, but work in progress engine I guess

I did end up using morphs for my parachute but I didnt spend time making it look good because using joints will look better every time, so I'd rather wait for scale support

[wicked dirge]

a morph between shapes can be from any one shape to any other shape

[shell hedge]

What was the reason they chose joints for facial animations instead of morphs?

[ancient walrus]

I think I would use blender to create a few models using cloth physics and swap them out myself I tried that key frame and geometry to shape and or point stuff and I had a break down lol

[tidal latch]

morphs you have to do per animation. There is no way right now to attach morph to mesh. With head that is a no go since you want to create as many anims as you want without having to update head model. If there would be a tech to attach morphs to head, then probably animators would be bit more happy about such solution (easier to do - also from community POV - current implementation is translating morphs to skeletal animation under the hood and that is also the reason why there is no Blender solution atm)

[shell hedge]

Ah OK I thought it was something about performance

[wicked dirge]

morphs could potentially be a solution to something like fitting chinstraps of helmets to chin