enfusion_model

[brisk grotto]

BSP and box volumes are shown on the wiki for FBX import. Think theres also a video someone did on them

[fickle vigil]

Both the wiki and the videos I’ve found are perfect squares and only like 2 rooms max. I’m working on 20+ story buildings with varying room shapes and sizes. I’m just having trouble visualizing what BSP should look like for those buildings

[brisk grotto]

BSP principal remains the same, simple geometry that boxes off your walls, floors, roofs etc that you want to contain light, sound etc in. Use cutters for doorways,
Windows etc you will portal layer.‘I’m fairly sure there’s a couple multi-story base game buildings with BSP

[fickle vigil]

Do you know if the entire bsp need to be one connected, continuous mesh? Can there be boxes which are not connected to any other bsp boxes? The wiki only shows a single story bsp so I’m not sure if each level is separate

Only way I know to view bsp geo on assets in game is via diag menu but it’s nearly impossible to see it well

[brisk grotto]

Naming is BSP_xxx where xxx is some convenience name, there can be many of these as separate geometry which will be merged together

This is on the wiki

they can be seperate geo but the engine will merge them together

[distant urchin]

hey im currently working on gettings a 3d model to be driveable i have been watching argh's videos about it but im really struggling on the bone section in blender i have the AR vechiles addon installed in blender but what i tried before messed my model so bad the workbench kept spamming error popups any chance anyone can walk me through the bone/armature part?(yes im very inexperienced with blender/arma modding especially blender)

[remote palm]

There are samples on github, and also a car. You can download those samples and import them to blender. That will probably help you the most 🙂

[eager ruin]

100% the way I've learned everything in the Enfusion pipeline. Have a concept, see a few things that are similar or at least use a translatable thing, disassemble, reassemble, attempt to assemble mine.

This is how I made my Huey bomb racks, they're underpinned by WCS_Armaments, but I looked at their Fab bomb, saw how that worked, then looked at their rocket pods and saw how those worked, then I combined the two with my rack of mini bombs(mortar shells) and now I have a Huey that can carpet bomb.

[fickle vigil]

thank you for taking the time to help me on this btw. Really appreciate it

[sage lance]

How do you all properly address poor shading/reflections that occur when using the decimate modifier to create LODS? I’ve always had this issue, which I thought I recently resolved by using shade auto smooth to 180 and smooth angle to 30. Turns out that, while it resolved it, it was resulting in terrible vertex/face counts. So now I’m trying to figure out the proper way to go about this

[raw tundra]

I only run into issues when I'm decimating too aggressively or when my topology is a bit of a mess to begin with. Here's an example of one of my models, although not a great example because it's already fairly low poly. Each LOD, beyond LOD0, has a decimate modifier using edge collapse where the ratio is reduced by almost exactly half each time (LOD1 = ratio .5, LOD2 = ratio .25, LOD3 = ratio .125, LOD4 = .0887).
I would try to stick to reducing face count by only about half with each decimation, and if it's still too aggressive you should evaluate if it'd be more appropriate to bake your high poly mesh to a low poly mesh before creating your LODs, or even clean up the base mesh's topology a bit.

[remote palm]

I dont decimate. I have my LP quad model and remove edges manually. That way you have full control.
Helmet is purple since i dont have the assigned textures on my MBP

I could go even lower with the first LODs, but its close enough to vanilla.

[sage lance]

See, the issue w/ me is that my models tend to be large vehicles, trailers, and train cars, so the messed up reflections/shading is much more noticeable when switching from LOD0 to LOD1

[sage lance]

I will have to look into the viability of this for my models. This may be possible for some of the ones with few parts, but I’m assuming this would be hell to implement on most of them considering that they possess hundreds (sometimes over a thousand) loose parts

[raw tundra]

Yeah, since LOD0, LOD1 and maybe LOD2 will be the most used LODs and your object has fairly complex topology, you should be more gentle on those LODs and save the aggressive face count reduction for the later LODs. Unfortunately, as you probably already know, there's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to complex objects and some of the ugliness is unavoidable.
Honestly, if the main area of concern is the ugliness from LOD0 to LOD1 you should try to add more LODs and be very gentle in that transition.
Hopefully some of what I said helps 🥲

[sage lance]

That was actually one of things that I was initially doing. I would not decimate any flat walls/panels or smooth body sections for the first few LODs, and just focus on the small parts. Problem was that it didn’t always result in the vertex reduction in LOD1/2 that I had hoped, but maybe that’s not a big problem

[raw tundra]

Yeah it's not as big of an issue as you think, as those kicks in when you're fairly close; I want to say within ~30meters. For context, the UAZ452 Ambulance starts off at 191,475 faces and is only at 5764 on LOD4, so if you can manage similar numbers while maintaining your personal preference for visuals, then there isn't anything for anyone to complain about.

With vehicles it's easy enough to destroy all of the internal faces when creating later LODs, because they will never be seen by the onlookers anyway so if you did want to manually reduce face count, that'd be a good place to start.

[austere jewel]

Guys quick Question:

• Whats the recommended poly limit that you should not go over (for a single model)
• And how many LOD's should i make for big static Models like an Aircraft carrier?

[brisk grotto]

It depends on the type of object, alwys best to view an equivalent base game xob to see the LODs and poly count

[wicked dirge]

you should manually go over it and reapply appropriate hard edges

[shell hedge]

Well, there are a lot of different LOD tools, if there is a lot of points in very close vicinity then C4D's reduction algorithm is great, but at some point the process goes manual for me almost every time

[compact scarab]

Aircraft carrier depends on the complexity but you could prob go up to like 400k. And i'd do 5+ lod's prob for something that size.

[fallow pond]

a large ship can easily be a million faces

thats not unreasonable for dx12 game

[austere jewel]

Im slicing the model in multiple parts anyway

[fallow pond]

why?

[faint viper]

i had some of my models for some big spaceships, and they go around 300/400k easly without any issues on performances, i always think about whats the player impact on that, is it something from distance? something that people can walk in, that helps a little bit to know how much do you wanna give it and as last probably you will just keep 1 of this, i doubt you will have 10 aircraft carriers

[glossy prairie]

Hello. I'm making a Grenade Launcher, and I also made my own grenade for the weapon, but when the weapon fires, it doesn't explode and doesn't deal damage. Why might that be?

[raw tundra]

How did you go about creating the grenade entity? Did you inherit from an existing one?

[glossy prairie]

Yes. I got the Grenade Launcher in Arma Reforger.

[sly bridge]

xbox s might wanna have a word with you on that matter....

[raw tundra]

Can you maybe post an image of the grenade and launcher's object properties/component list? Kinda like this. If you didn't inherit directly from something that already exists in the engine, then you may be missing a component, and if you did it may be that the components just aren't configured properly. Either way, a picture would help me help you

[glossy prairie]

There are no SCRs. We're adding these to the launcher, not the ammo, right?

[raw tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/photo-camera-man-taking-picture-gif-12506814772408339608

[glossy prairie]

This magazine

And ammo

[raw tundra]

Okay, and it's firing successfully, it just doesn't actually explode?

[glossy prairie]

Yes

[glossy prairie]

The weapon fires, but the explosion effect and NPC damage are not working

[raw tundra]

What are you using as a warhead in the CollisionTriggerComponent?

[faint viper]

Questions for mods/BI, how much is gore allowed into the game? I want to create a set of dead characters with missing parts and stuffs is it ok or nah? Thanks

[glossy prairie]

M433 effect

[raw tundra]

It's this one?

[sly bridge]

@delicate condor

[faint viper]

Thanks, wasn’t sure about tagging

[delicate condor]

no gore. The dead bodies in the game are as far as you can go

[faint viper]

Ok thanks. So just lot of blood but no mutilations

[delicate condor]

not that much blood

[faint viper]

[delicate condor]

please dont try to test the limits

[faint viper]

I see, so wondering since we already are talking about this, if it’s a creature that misses like an arm, but I don’t texture it gore hard oriented is it fine? At least I know to not create something like that in the future, because I had a model with a missing arm and an other that crawls without legs but with texture I can make it ok and not too gore.

[delicate condor]

Horror elements are difficult ratings wise and not especially intended in the game so you can DM me pictures of those

[faint viper]

Okk thanks, once I’m done with them and home I’ll send pics

[fickle vigil]

I have a GM placeable model thats 1 million vertices/ 1.3 million faces. I can slap it down in a congested area of players without issue lol. You just need to figure out what poly count is worth the fps drop. I usually try to make 6 LODs but some models become ~100 poly before LOD5 so I might stop there unless its something that will exist in large quantities

[austere jewel]

oh interesting! good to know^^

[compact scarab]

Can we push the limits of the engine?

[delicate condor]

well if you end up breaking stuff that wont be good either. But I was talking about the limits of the rules.

[compact scarab]

Haha cool yeah i know. I should have put a wink emoji. I'm definitely gonna push the physics to its limit, though.

[glossy prairie]

Why can't I put the weapon in the slot? Where should I check?

[topaz willow]

check the WeaponComponent and which slot it's set to: primary, secondary, or grenade

[glossy prairie]

It doesn't work when I select the Weapons tab either.

[topaz willow]

not that, there's a specific slot for setting which quickslot it goes into

I'd show but game is updating at the moment

[glossy prairie]

I'd appreciate it if you could help me when it's updated

[topaz willow]

weapon slot type

[glossy prairie]

Thank you so much, I've been looking for this for hours.

[glossy prairie]

Thank you very much

[topaz willow]

if all else fails, can always copy from a vanilla weapon and work backwards

[raw tundra]

The scroll on that decal is just a touch off center, don’t ya think?

[brisk grotto]

Nice, if I can make a suggestion I’d advise making the patch an actual mesh in it, it looks too flat

[remote palm]

True. Watch the patch guide from RHS it was i think. They did a great one

[surreal ore]

Completely uncalled for. No need for an extra mesh when a good normal map will suffice.

[brisk grotto]

It may be personal preference but I just think even with a normal map it will look too flat, and a mesh for a patch wouldn't be very significant verts wise

[surreal ore]

But there is no need. No one is gonna be close enough for that to even matter.

Normals exist to keep from having 3d geometry when it's unnecessary.

[fallow pond]

even in A3 the patches were meshes / decals

[tepid cloak]

I started a healthy discussion lol I have made a separate version, uv on hat VS separate model

[fallow pond]

better to have as a separate model since its more flexible. having it part of the texture is like old school stalker half life 1 style.

[raw tundra]

The first one looks much better 🫡 (IMO)

[fading cloak]

you doing these ones for me hahahaha and no not a joke

one of my friends asked you for these 🙂

[chrome crater]

Working on some boots. Im totally new to enfusion modding.

At the moment im stuck at the Configs stuff... i dont get it why i cant put my US entitycatalog into my Campaignfactionmanager... So im not able to put the boots in the arsenal -.-

[fading cloak]

as someone that plays recon in milsims love these

[tepid cloak]

maybe I am 🙂

[tepid cloak]

tidy shit

[chrome crater]

May i have a little Problem. i dont know why, bit in my selfmade szenario i can the boots. but as soon as i Hosta private or go via Arma as GM in game i cant find them in the arsenal. Any hint what i do wrong?

[pine cosmos]

Do you use other mods for the arsenal or other stuff? Like wcs that overwrites the arsenal config?

You might have to add your boots to the factions arsenal

Its a script portion

[chrome crater]

No but i already solved my Problem. i just duplicated the entidyconfigs. i didnt set the to override. Now its override and u can use it in the arsenal. i already published the Mod to the workshop! 😄

[tepid cloak]

https://streamable.com/nens70

ended up redoing it nb for a 200kb model 🙂

[hoary gazelle]

Im just trying something, but wondering if and how, when you scale a prefab in enfusion it dosnt keep the scaled version when you attach it in the slot component? https://i.imgur.com/nVYUBiL.jpeg

[sage lance]

There is no way to keep the scale when using the slot manager. If you need to attach it to a model and keep the scale, use “Add Child Prefab”

[hoary gazelle]

Thanks!

[hoary gazelle]

i didnt think this would work. But if you change the size of the wheel to scale 2.0 and add it to the slot, it will default back to 1.0. So i had an idea now to make a new genereic enity. Change the size to what i want, add the prefab as a child to the new genereic entity, then attach the new entity to the slo and it kept the size 🤣 And the collision does scale. So just gotta change the raidus in the wheelsim too https://i.imgur.com/9ZlR2F0.png

[supple gulch]

is it possible to create halo style damage states in arma reforger?

[brisk grotto]

Would be more of a #enfusion_scripting question

[shell peak]

Regarding this.

When adding a child entity, it seems not to be moving with the vehicle?

I've tried quite a few things and getting lost on why the slot component object isn't moving?

[hoary gazelle]

it moves fine for me

[shell peak]

Was that with adding a new component to the slot manager or something else, sorry if I'm confused, just trying to confirm as nothing exactly documented well

[hoary gazelle]

nope havent added anything. Just as mentioned, made a new generic entity put the wheel as a child and scaled it there, then just replaced the wheels

[shell peak]

Gotcha thanks for clarifying, just trying to figure this out

[shell trail]

Hi all, I'm new to modding, and I'm trying to do what I thought would be a simple modification, to give the BRDM a variable zoom scope for the main cannon/MG gun in the turret. I created a project and copied the stock turret as an override into my project and modded the bits I thought needed updated, relating to the min/max zoom and reticle, but although I have managed to change the starting zoom level, and reticle size/colour, I can't get the zoom function to work. The scope is stuck stubbornly at 1.0 (My lowest setting).

As far as I can tell I updated the correct prefab parts, specifically the SCR_2DSightsComponent entries for min/max zoom and reticle base zoom, but it's still not working. I obviously missed something obvious, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance

[fickle vigil]

Can anyone help me decipher whats wrong with the prtvols? I made sockets and portals for each bsp separately then generated prtvols separately for each room

Would there need to be a "closed" or individual collider for each room or is a utm collider spanning across all rooms fine?

[hoary gazelle]

my approach to adding the wheels as a child to a new entity does not translate well with damage, and adding it to the slot component. So ive edited the wheelinfo in the slotcomponent to so you can change scale(even vanilla wheels)
Just dupliacte the wheelinfo with the same name and restart workshop

https://i.imgur.com/yjZRV1c.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/2U4GLfu.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/bDAFwpD.png

[shell hedge]

Big wheels looks pretty funny

[urban needle]

Does anyone know how clothing creation works? I have the object imported into Enfusion and textured, but I don't know what else to do.

[stray bridge]

first step: dont use trademarked stuff you dont have the rights to

i made a short text tutorial for clothing in the past, might not be up to date:

short text tutorial on how to import custom clothing, maybe it helps someone out:

**Setup in Blender: **
Rigged Basebody of Arma reforger + your clothing mesh (you can get the basebody by the samples (eg. vest sample) from the ArmaReforger official GIT)

• make the clothing fit the character (proportional editing, sculpting mode)

• select AR-Body and then select you Clothing-Mesh

• go into weight paint mode

• transfer weights from AR-Body to Clothing-Mesh

• nor all weights are needed for all clothing eg backpacks only need spine5 most of the time

bottom left of ur screen when after clicked transfer weight's:

• put "source layers se..." to "By Name" (vertex groups should pop up on the mesh)

• make sure armature modifier is on the Clothing-Mesh and the armature is selected

• export the Clothing-Mesh + the Armature (and the Ik-targets, as well as the EntitiyPosition)

• in tools, tick the export skinning box and reimport it

weight paint:

• find the probably right vertex group to modify
• blue = less influenced by the movement of the player
• red = more influenced

[short harness]

Anyone to help me make memory points for a AR platform gun in Arma Reforger?

[delicate condor]

if you can explain a bit more what part you are stuck with that can be useful. Also have you studied the sample gun for reference?

[short harness]

I'm currently creating the bones for the gun

[short harness]

Yes, i've used It to scale the IA2 model in the correct Reforger scale

[delicate condor]

did you look at how the bones are set up for the sample gun?

[short harness]

I didn't so far

I can take a look

I've downloaded the Bohemia sample files

[flint cypress]

how to put physics into an object.et?

[short harness]

woodycracudo is a diabolical name bro lmao

[lethal frigate]

whats the difference between these 2 and normal concrete? i mean i see one is 100mm but other has "Min" what does that mean?

[sly bridge]

622K vertices for a pair of branded (unadvisable) sneakers needs to be the the best thing i've seen this year

[sonic tree]

minimum, i guess 100mm=<

[brisk grotto]

I think it’s how much resource/complexity the engine puts into figuring out pen etc. though I could never find any official info on the wiki. I think min is the version that is more simplistic

[lethal frigate]

im not sure witch one should i use for buildings , ive been using normal concrete but i dont know if 50cal or bigger can go trought it

im looking for universal good mateiral that can be used both in floors and walls

[brisk grotto]

It depends on the style of stuff you’re making I guess, if the walls thick enough probably easiest to just use the non-pen concrete material

[urban needle]

in dont see this xDDD

[fierce kraken]

Is there a way to assign more than 4 vertex groups in Blender? I am trying to make a dog tag but for some reason I can only assign 4 bones, or at least that's all that registers in Enfusion when Imported.

[calm rune]

Should probably teach him that 600+ verts, 14 meshes and 3 textures for a pair of sneakers is a huge No no before teaching him the set up/injections steps.

[remote palm]

I can do more then 4 - so it should be possible?
Show your issue with a screenshot 👍🏻

[stray bridge]

probably but he asked for it and I wrote this before so why not post it 😉

[stray bridge]

holy I just checked, your right hahah thats crazy

[steel hare]

Hej guys, I am about to finish the gas coolers for my coke plant. I followed a modular approach again but run into some problem. Somehow the ground is never straight, so when I assembled my prefabs they always have some slight rotation and height differences. Do you have a trick for me where I can find a really flat area where I can assemble my prefabs?

[calm rune]

Xbox S starts smoking and the owner has no idea why 🤣

[faint viper]

What I used to to for big structures is simply build a plane model and use it as terrain material as base with collider.Atm I’m not home and I can’t show you, in case you don’t manage just let me know and when I’m home I’ll send you the example.

[steel hare]

Thank you for your response! So you model a large plane, make a collider for it and that's it? Like placing my prefabs on this plane then? 🙂

I ran into another issue now, never happened to me before. But some of the faces of my model are not visible. The faces I recalculated outside in Blender aswel lalready. In Substance painter everything looks fine

in Blender everything looks fine aswell

[remote palm]

Would recommend you go into the root folder via Windows where you have the .fbx, .xob and other file, and delete them manually. Then reimport. Mby Workbench had a hickup

[steel hare]

LOL, it worked! Thank you so much! So deleting it in Workbench and reimporting did not do the job. But deleting in Windows Explorer and then reimporting does the trick. How comes?

[remote palm]

Hickup, like i said. He still somehow gets some data from the old file. Glad it worked 😉

[delicate condor]

A mod containing such trademarked brand items was just removed from the workshop. so creation starts from not scanned real world items like this

[remote palm]

And if you have no idea on how to make basic models, clothing should not be your first start imo. Learn the basics of Blender and try yourself on small objects first

[urban needle]

Okay, thanks for the information

[urban needle]

I tried it with the buildings and it worked, and I felt like continuing with the clothes, but I'll move on to something else xD

[remote palm]

I have about 11 monts of blender "experience" and have just now really "tried" myself on my first "real" model with good topology and baking.

[urban needle]

Can it be seen?

You've left me intrigued.

[remote palm]

My try for an M42 helmet. I also tried making an Opel Blitz, but i am hard stuck on the cabin.

[urban needle]

Wow, that's great, sir.

[faint viper]

Yep, have you managed to?

Check this out for how it works in the engine

[bitter grove]

I’m trying to import a blender model I made but it keep getting to error for my collider that it’s non-orthogonal… so it doesn’t register and import. What does that mean? I know it’s something to do with the shape but I’m not sure how to fix it

[wind storm]

Hi, I'm totally new to modeling Arma assets. I have some basic questions:
Does enfusion automatically change the topology to triangles?
Im about to modeling a hospital with three floors. Should the whole building be in one joined mesh, or can for example the walls of a room be four separate objects?
And lamps in the ceiling, should they be part of the building mesh, or separate mesh/object?
Thanks in advance. 🙂

[brisk grotto]

It will triangulate your mesh, so generally best to do it yourself before import in blender to avoid it doing anything weird.

Lamps and any repeating objects I’d advise adding separately so you can add them in the prefab, always. Always the best approach for reusing props.

Personally I keep the building all under one mesh for export just for ease of use. And if your doing PBR multi it’s less messy with AO etc

[hybrid mountain]

@shell hedge weren't you looking for this, feels dumb to ask because I feel like you already tried to use this? Sorry for the ping if so.

[shell hedge]

The what now

[hybrid mountain]

Terrain blending shader stuff, unless you were looking for something with more control - like channels

[shell hedge]

What I would love for that shader is the ability to alpha mask it relative to intersection with terrain

Known in all other game engines as mesh terrain blending

Without it all objects like rocks and even buildings look quite artificial in enfusion

[wind storm]

Thank you!

[supple gulch]

before i break my pc, is this too complex for coiliders?

[compact scarab]

Do yourself a favor and use this. Far better than ebt one https://github.com/Weisl/simple_collider

[supple gulch]

ight based

[odd rampart]

not sure if this is the correct channel but im trying to get a custom car working. following the tutorial when he opens the door it works, but for me it sits me on the ground as if i am in a seat and does nothing to the door.

[sonic tree]

i could help u

[odd rampart]

That would be great

[stray bridge]

can be multiple reasons it doesnt work, hard to guess but probably missing armature, missing weight and vertex group on the door.
Seating pos is defined by one of the emptys in blender called smth like pilot_idle (just on my phone sawy).
Move it around and youll figure out the pos

[odd rampart]

what i dont get is why is it sitting me down im just trying to open the door not get in

and its not the pos of pilot idle cause no matter where i trigger it i am still sat where every i may be

facing what ever dirction i trigger it in

could be weight and vertex group

doubt i did thoes correct

[stray bridge]

puh sounds and looks like theres alot not correct, luckily napi also offered help he might figure it out with you

thats smth thats hard to figure by just guessing in a dc channel

[odd rampart]

ye ty for the suggestions hopefully napi can help more in depth

[lavish sparrow]

Why is my texture getting super streched at this edge?

[fallow pond]

stretched uv

[lavish sparrow]

Sorry new to creating models. I want to use the base games terrain mat({E0078B932EB17D27}Common/Materials/default_MatTerrainObj.emat), if I'm using an existing game material. How can i go about fixing this?

[remote palm]

You have to properly UV unwrap your item

[lavish sparrow]

I did unwrap it, how is it not proper? I followed some simple blender tutorials that show unwrapping.

[remote palm]

Because there is still stretching. How does the BCR look of the emat you want to use?

[fierce kraken]

I have a wedding ring model in game and rigged but sometimes its floating away from the correct position. Is it too small of an object to rig correctly or is it something else?

[worn plover]

is it weighted to something besides the ring finger?

[fierce kraken]

Just checked the blender save. I weighted it to the whole hand.

Goober intensifies

[worn plover]

make sure u set all transforms also

[lavish sparrow]

You can't view the BCR on the MatTerrain class

[worn plover]

switch it to a matPBRbasic and check a .edds BCR that isnt parametric

it could just be the terrain mat

[fierce kraken]

Redid the painting.

[worn plover]

ye that should work

[fierce kraken]

It worked a treat. It no longer floats away during animations.

[fickle vigil]

Wondering how I go about this. Very tall building, 99% of triangles are in the top 3 floors. I was wanting to only have most of those triangles render when you are near the top but right now, LOD0 still renders at ground floor. The top 3 floors are a separate mesh/prefab. Whats the best method to acheive this? Nothing on the building is accessible until you are in or on top of the top 3 floors. Is it showing LOD0 from ground floor because the top mesh is so many triangles? Top part is around 1 million at LOD0

[sonic tree]

first of all reduce mesh, then u can try to work around with lods u might try to separate inside and change lods settings if u want to achive this render

[onyx sonnet]

anyone know if it is allow if i wanted to edit the base game character model?

or is that against licensing?

[hoary gazelle]

@supple gulch just a little self plug but ive made this including collision generator for reforger https://youtu.be/m3qkYLVp60Y?si=tadeAT1_xtHQSHQ9

[chrome crater]

It finally works. Im still learning but step by step it works and looks better. Next project is a pair of gloves. After that im going to start with the fullghillie🤯🥳

[steel hare]

maybe make the seating elements, sun umbrellas, the lower balcony railing into single objects and prefabs. The ladder into the pool aswell. This way you can have LOD0 for these small objects only rendered when the user approaches it. I had a similar problem with large structure am working on so I make them modular from the beginning on and assemble them in Enfusion workbench into one big prefab.

[brisk grotto]

@fickle vigil id also suggest some LOD0 optimisation. Can’t see any good reason why that should be 1m

[fickle vigil]

Thank you for taking the time to write out a thoughtful answer instead of just replying with “make it less poly”. I’ll try to break it down like you said, appreciate it🤘

[fickle vigil]

It has a lot of detail and artwork at the top. LOD0 optimization in this case is implied. My question was about controlling when LODs pop in👍

[brisk grotto]

Even with artwork, details etc 1m is way too fucking high for any reforger building honestly. Most I've ever pushed it to is about 500k and even that really should have been better optimised. 1m is going to fry console players especially.

Base game buildings average 30-50k, with some occasioanlyl being 100-150k for more complex stuff.

Sure you could do it, but why? Better to take time to actually optimise things. Either someones used a lot of subvidision modifiers or it's got a load of assets designed for UE5

[fickle vigil]

For the second time, your reply has absolutely nothing to do with my question and I already said I plan on optimizing LOD0.

[brisk grotto]

You literally didn’t say that anywhere in your message but ok

[fickle vigil]

I said "LOD0 optimization in this case is implied" but prob not the best way to say it. By the time I'm done with optimization it will only be a couple 100k and once I get the LOD distance thing locked in, when you are at the top and rendering it at LOD0, since its so high everything else will be rendering at LOD4/5 so it should run fine. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to make sure LOD0/1 wont render when someone is on the ground looking up at it

[brisk grotto]

Not sure if the engine does take vertical height into consideration for LODs, especially if there isn't a lot of other stuff around it. I think there is a debug tool that shows LOD stages in-engine so you can figure out when it's changing

[fickle vigil]

Engine does not seem to understand height of the object. Will def need to find a way to tell engine mesh is elevated.

[compact scarab]

bounds?

[fickle vigil]

Bounds as in?

[hybrid mountain]

for LODs they tend to use pixel size scale

[compact scarab]

Bounding Box on meshobject component was my thought

[hybrid mountain]

so basically how much space the bounding box is taking up on the players screen, below a set amount of pixels drops it, in scale, default settings usually means LOD0 is only rendered very close or inside of an object

and consoles are far more aggressive when skipping, iirc they either skip LOD0 or they skip mipmap level 0 (drop to next texture resolution)

can't remember which, but you can also manage import settings based on platform as well

[fickle vigil]

Thank you for the knowledge, that helps a ton. Neither bounding box size/scale and pixel size filter seem to fix the LOD0 issue. No matter what I set in LOD factors or pixel size filter, the mesh still renders LOD0 when a player is at the bottom of the building, depsite all mesh being 150m above.

[mint summit]

How can i make this to where i can wear these shoes? They are lower than the ankle how can i just have the feet show with the shoes, instead of having to try to add the feet in.

[mint summit]

i got er figured out.

[bitter grove]

why is this not working as a collider? i really dont understand whats causing that error

[compact scarab]

It needs better topology

[bitter grove]

i feel thats clean tho for 150 tris?

[compact scarab]

https://download.autodesk.com/us/fbx/2013/3ds_Max_FBX_Plug-in_Help/index.html?url=files/GUID-EA0C4854-BAFD-44D8-8D3C-EBE944ADB037.htm,topicNumber=d30e8684

[compact scarab]

Ya maybe not that. Idk but this gives some info

[bitter grove]

YEAH. I just needed to apply all transforms it seems. that helped

[onyx sonnet]

@wet iron

[compact scarab]

Not in a way that requires you to rip it.

[onyx sonnet]

Ty

[crystal kestrel]

hi i'm new to moding enfusion and working on a helmet which I'd like to not clip my camera or scope and ironsight views in first person. is there a component i can add that will turn off its visibility for only the player when in first person or when aiming a weapon? i have screenshots of third vs first person views

[crystal kestrel]

okay i figured it out. just hadd to add the default head_cipping.edds and apply user alpha bias + disable alpha shadow settings in the emats. super easy fix!

[amber oyster]

Anyone know where I can get a model for some huge radar domes?

These

[fallow pond]

in blender

[brisk grotto]

For the record it just needs user alpha bias disabled, not specifically yhe head clipping if it's just normal headgear. The clipping is for more complex stuff like ghillies etc

[surreal ore]

Except all vanilla helmets use the head clipping...

It's there to provide a transition between visible and not visible. As opposed to just popping in and out of visibility.

[hoary gazelle]

Just wondering, whats the point of adding wheel collision to the body mesh? the wheel placed on them has a collider that will be sloted on later. On the bodies i see in vanilla, some has and some dont have like this btr has, but LAV dosnt have https://i.imgur.com/DUE3udx.png

[fallow pond]

to trigger mines if I remember correctly

[hoary gazelle]

ah ye they are called minetriggers indeed those collisions. But just odd that then the LAV25 dont have that, maybe its old stuff?

[bitter grove]

this is really blowing me out. why is the game not reading the UV map? using the defaultterrrain.emat

[brisk grotto]

Hard to say without some details but it looks like those sides of the trenches aren’t actually unwrapped just the rest is

And that’s a guess based on the smart UV project

[bitter grove]

yeah i started over just doing a test and i feel any way i mark this and unwrap it the side are strecthed

[calm rune]

Apply all transforms before unwrapping

In object mode click on the model then Shift + A

[bitter grove]

I thought I had done this but I’ll try again tomorrow and see what the result is

[fallow pond]

generally if you dont know what your doing with unwrapping your uv islands should be the same size

[bitter grove]

Yeah I know they should all be same sized squares more or less, that’s why was confused with how my map was or why it was like that

[young shard]

Better advice than pointing him to someplace to download models.

[shell hedge]

Try make the slope in the trench walls larger, close to 90 degrees = bad

There is some funny stretching on slopes, it might be exclusive to your shape which is not convex I guess???

Texture is fine on the bevel but not on the "wall" of the trench

I wonder if the shader is just mapping it from 6 directions

From outside the bounding box or something

Idk

[calm rune]

When I first started modelling I had the same issue. Apply all transforms before unwrapping solved the issues every single time.

[fickle vigil]

Does anyone know the reasoning behind this collider overlap rule? Wondering if they say not to overlap because it will cause performance issue or if its because colliders may not work properly if overlapping? Working on a big model and want to know how detailed I need to be on the overlapping rule. Thanks

[sonic tree]

may not work properly, and underperform

for example some collider overlaped by mistake in my model

and vehicle started flying around map

[surreal ore]

You don't want 2 colliders to actively be colliding with one another and that's what happens with overlapping colliders.

[fickle vigil]

If its all merged into 1 Tri-Mesh, does it matter? Would overlapping or interior faces of one tri-mesh count as overlapping ?

[surreal ore]

I would guess it matters if the developers of the game told you not to do it. They don't tell you not to do things for no reason.

[fickle vigil]

It says "overlap of more Objects...". I was asking if multiple objects merged into one object, would count as "more objects" or if maybe they are saying dont overlap a tri-mesh with a box collider since those would be two separate objects in enfusion

[surreal ore]

UTM_Weapon supplied by B.I. in https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/blob/main/SampleMod_NewWeapon/Assets/Weapons/Rifles/SampleWeapon_01/SampleWeapon_01.fbx

At least in this reguard it seems fine.

Would need clarification on if the import setting "Merge Tri Meshes" yields the same result.

[small heath]

When im modeling my magazine, do I need to model the bullets? Also, should I model it with the spring up or down?

[sly bridge]

@ember eaglewrong channel

[steel hare]

How did it work out for you to break it down? It can turn out to be more work of course but in the end it should increase performance and gives you way more flexibility

[remote palm]

Not really, you just need a “full” mag and one empty. You will assign both in the mag prefab and it will switch depending on if it is “full” or empty.

[fickle vigil]

Got it down to 300k. Runs extremely well. Will get it down more when I have the time but going to work on bsp and lighting next

[fickle vigil]

I get the same/more fps from up there than I do in vanilla areas but when someone is on the ground, it renders at LOD0 even when it’s about 150m above them and not in their fov. Would really like to figure out what I’m doing wrong there. LODs act as if you are point blank with the objects if you are near the bottom of tower

[bitter grove]

What would be the best way to add a field like this? So I could paint it like the wheat fields and grass

[ember eagle]

Can I just answer the question I know I’m at the wrong channel too say that in here. I’m just saying if he is working on his mod.

[brisk grotto]

Look at the setup of the games existing grass etc, I suspect it’s probably planed overlayed like they do with bushes as trees, you’d have to replicate that with your desired textures

[sly bridge]

you weren’t answering you were asking. not sure why is it this hard to ask/answer in multiple threads that have that particular purpose

[ember eagle]

Listen here I’m asking him about the mod if he working on it still that I was saying but you guys take down my message.

[wary inlet]

Totally doable, enfusion merges grass type with ground texture, so you can duplicate existing dirt material and assign a new grass material to it, then you will need your own texture

[small heath]

So, model one with bullets and one without?

[bitter grove]

You think that’s making a model in blender and texturing it then adding it or would it be just a texture? I need to look deeper into how they did the grasses/crop fields

[remote palm]

Yes, otherwise look at vanilla magazines

[small heath]

Kk

[tepid cloak]

anyone got any idea why spawned items (scripted) would just disappear on certain angles of a objet?

[ancient walrus]

Bounding box probably due to model size or shape changing with animations in my experience . Normally happens in SP spawn for me too with GM .

IIRC I made sure geometry was as large as furthest animated part or something similar or a plain axis was

[burnt surge]

Nice with this crate in the background , any tips how you did this or how to do that? Would be cool

[tepid cloak]

will check this out man

[tepid cloak]

Hey Sentry, this is how my floating/spinning crate works so far:

The spawner creates the crate entity and passes runtime config into the crate component.
The crate runs a server tick every m_fUpdateIntervalSeconds.
Float/bob uses a sine wave:
y = baseY + sin(elapsed * frequencyHz * TAU) * amplitude
Spin uses elapsed time:
yaw = baseYaw + elapsed * rotateSpeedDegPerSec
Pickup still runs in the same tick (vehicle proximity check), so movement + gameplay are one loop.
Current implementation is in:

ARGH_WeaponCrateSpawnerComponent.c (line 2153)
ARGH_WeaponCrateSpawnerComponent.c (line 2180)

very much wip

class Sentry_FloatingCrateComponentClass : ScriptComponentClass
{
}

class Sentry_FloatingCrateComponent : ScriptComponent
{
    protected static const float TAU = 6.2831853;

    [Attribute(defvalue: "0.25", uiwidget: UIWidgets.EditBox, desc: "Vertical bob amplitude in meters")]
    float m_fFloatAmplitude;

    [Attribute(defvalue: "0.75", uiwidget: UIWidgets.EditBox, desc: "Bob frequency in Hz")]
    float m_fFloatFrequencyHz;

    [Attribute(defvalue: "65", uiwidget: UIWidgets.EditBox, desc: "Yaw spin speed in deg/sec")]
    float m_fRotateSpeedDegPerSec;

    [Attribute(defvalue: "0.05", uiwidget: UIWidgets.EditBox, desc: "Server tick interval in seconds")]
    float m_fUpdateIntervalSeconds;

    protected float m_fElapsedSeconds;
    protected int m_iTickIntervalMs;
    protected vector m_vBaseOrigin;
    protected vector m_vBaseAngles;

    override void OnPostInit(IEntity owner)
    {
        super.OnPostInit(owner);

        m_vBaseOrigin = owner.GetOrigin();
        m_vBaseAngles = owner.GetAngles();
        m_fElapsedSeconds = 0.0;

        if (!Replication.IsServer() || !GetGame())
            return;

        m_iTickIntervalMs = m_fUpdateIntervalSeconds * 1000.0;
        if (m_iTickIntervalMs < 20)
            m_iTickIntervalMs = 20;

        GetGame().GetCallqueue().CallLater(Sentry_ServerTick, m_iTickIntervalMs, true, m_iTickIntervalMs);
    }

    protected override void OnDelete(IEntity owner)
    {
        super.OnDelete(owner);

        if (GetGame())
            GetGame().GetCallqueue().Remove(Sentry_ServerTick);
    }

    protected void Sentry_ServerTick(int intervalMs)
    {
        if (!Replication.IsServer())
            return;

        IEntity owner = GetOwner();
        if (!owner)
        {
            if (GetGame())
                GetGame().GetCallqueue().Remove(Sentry_ServerTick);
            return;
        }

        float dt = intervalMs * 0.001;
        m_fElapsedSeconds = m_fElapsedSeconds + dt;

        if (m_fFloatAmplitude > 0.0 && m_fFloatFrequencyHz > 0.0)
        {
            vector pos = m_vBaseOrigin;
            pos[1] = m_vBaseOrigin[1] + Math.Sin(m_fElapsedSeconds * m_fFloatFrequencyHz * TAU) * m_fFloatAmplitude;
            owner.SetOrigin(pos);
        }

        if (m_fRotateSpeedDegPerSec != 0.0)
        {
            vector angles = m_vBaseAngles;
            angles[1] = m_vBaseAngles[1] + (m_fElapsedSeconds * m_fRotateSpeedDegPerSec);
            owner.SetAngles(angles);
        }
    }
}

[burnt surge]

Wow cool thank you so much very appreciated! ❤️

[tepid cloak]

Use wisely I see cool uses for like floating rocks u can climb to places or platform style gaming with this

When models meets #enfusion_scripting

[steel hare]

maybe you can try to split the building just below the inner area in the top starts? That you have the foundation levels as an own object containing a large occluder inside and on top of it arrange the roof top as an own object aswell. Then assemble them together in Enfusion to one big prefab

[delicate condor]

if mesh is part of the building the building is what dictates the lod use I believe.

the other objects would have to be separate entitites for them to have their own independent lodding

[fickle vigil]

Ah ok. I’ll just split them all up into separate ents. Ty!

[delicate condor]

I would maybe split tall building like this into 3 parts even

maybe depending on the polycount and interior details

[fickle vigil]

Its around ~300k polycount spread across 16,800m^2 with 95% of polycount in those top 3 floors, below that its empty inside and very low poly. Just to confirm, you are saying split it up into multiple separate entities that are not parented to each other? Currently, its a "building" with poly split up into 6 mesh across 6 "buildings" that are children of main mesh/building

[delicate condor]

child prefabs can have separate lod handling values if I remember right, but essentially yes if you want it to lod at distance on the top that part needs to be separate entity

but lod switch is not just distance based

[fickle vigil]

Ive tried every combination of pixel size filter and lod factors and it still renders at LOD0 from ground level as if you are at that top level. If camera is at roof height and I start backing off, LODs kick in quicker than being at ground level. Going to split it up into separate ents like you said and hopefully that gets the job done. Thanks for the info👍

[delicate condor]

lod level draw for the whole building is expected to behave like that since its single object

[fickle vigil]

Copy🫡

[fickle vigil]

Is there anyway I could link the entities like parent/child does so that it can be placed down in one prefab but still be considered separate ents? I'm not sure if a comp would be the way to go for a static building of this size? Its a mall made up of 6 separate meshes

[leaden trench]

You can get away with high poly count for ship; out in ocean there is nothing else for the game to render but water. The way I would do it is have one model for the hull/walls, and then decorate it with props. Do it like buildings are done.

[supple gulch]

Make sure that once the model is ready you check :

The normals of the model, you can do this by selecting the entire model, going to the mesh tab and recalculating 'outside' this makes sure the players can see the model

Make sure that any floors, walls etc are 3 dimensional if they can be viewed from multiple sides, if they are not it'll allow people to see through the ship in places

triangulate the faces (you can do this by right clicking and selecting the triangulate faces option), if you don't do this the mesh may behave weirdly in the Arma, have its poly count sky rocket to a ridiculous level or simply have the game unable to actually process what you have imported.

You should be good just doing one set of lods but you could save on performance if you make the interior areas aggressively reduce in quality when compared to the exterior

Oh and the biggest thing I can think of is, if you are going to decorate the rooms from the start do the absolute bare minimum.

A sick bay doesn't need a dozen beds, IVs everywhere and loads of grebles to get the point across that it's a medical room, a few beds, some pretty simple medical equipment and people will get the point without dying from potentially performance issues

[compact scarab]

It's probably not this easy but you could try unchecking merge meshes on the import settings of the model. Probably still just counts it as one entity though.

You could child them in the hierarchy manually, but not as a prefab also and see results.

If it doesn't have to be spawned

Or you could just use a world layer maybe

Like its a prefab kindve, to group them into one thing. Not an entity, but maybe could find an angle.

[bitter grove]

Yeah this worked making it not 90. Is there a fix in the works or anything so you can make it 90? That’s kind of frustrating but I understand if the engine has its limits

[brisk grotto]

Not an engine issue, apply all transforms see if it then behaves when you unwrap it again

[calm rune]

Did you do what I told you to? That will fix it for 90..

[calm rune]

I told him to do that a couple days ago. Seems like he didn’t try it or ignored it lol. Now it’s an “engine issue” lol

[bitter grove]

No I did do what you told me to do, sorry for not replying.

It worked for unwrapping in blender, the UV map looked great with the checkered squares. However, it still stretched on the sides when imported into the engine

[compact scarab]

There's a shader feature that deals with that but idk if reforger has that feature. Like trilinear or something.

[calm rune]

I need to test this out myself bcz something doesn’t seem rights

[compact scarab]

TriPlanar UV was what I used in unity from Microsplat for that

no idea if reforger has an equivalent

[bitter grove]

For examaple, this just took 10 mintutes to create and import. applied all trans before unwrapping, UV grid looks great and then there is still stretch on the 90s

i could still be doing something wrong, but my other models i made yesterday looked fine when i made the angles not 90

[brisk grotto]

Are you exporting with the blender plugin or a standard fbx?

[bitter grove]

standarded FBX, i can try the blender pluggin real quick

[brisk grotto]

you'd need to update your blender for that

you should be on the 4.5 LTS

[bitter grove]

I still have it at 4.2.9

[brisk grotto]

dunno if the latest plugin works for that, they always suggest the current LTS

if you want ping me the fbx or blend I can test it my end on LTS see what it does via plugin

[bitter grove]

yeah i do need to update that's prolly why there is no selection for the collider materiel , it still exported it though but it didnt help the 90s

[calm rune]

Triplaner looks horrible. Way too tiled.

[compact scarab]

Yeah. He has stochastic clustering which is amazing for anti tiling (better than his anti tiling module lol). Not sure if it works with the triplanar module

[surreal ore]

That's exactly what vanilla buildings do. What are you confused about?

Make parent prefab, make child prefabs. Open parent prefabs and add child prefabs to them. Look at any of the buildings that already exist. They all have child doors, windows and furniture.

[calm rune]

Works fine for me

[calm rune]

Yep, works as I expected lol. No stretching lol

Wait are you using the paint tool to paint it as terrain?

[brisk grotto]

There’s some difference between your mesh as his, it’s not flat down he’s got a bit of a smooth edge between so wondering if that’s somehow the cause

You’ve also got a custom material and texture not the terrain?

[calm rune]

Pretty sure the issue is that he is using the paint tool to texture it. That I can not help with. Never stepped into the terrain tools.

[brisk grotto]

No he’s not texturing it at all he’s applying the game material that makes it use the terrains texture

[calm rune]

I looked. Couldnt find that specfic game material

[calm rune]

This one uses BI game mats and still not stretching

[fickle vigil]

I was having an issue where the mesh in child prefabs were scaling LODs relative to parent prefab mesh. A mesh that would be at LOD5 if placed on its own, would instead be at LOD0 or LOD1 at same distance if its a child prefab. Goat suggested making all prefabs separate entities which does resolve the issue but the model is a large building so I was looking for a way to place it down as one prefab so that all mesh dont need lined up manually. Basically a way to group them into one ent like parent child relationship does, but without actually having that relationship so I can have LODs scale independently

[brisk grotto]

default_MatTerrainObj.emat

He sent me his mesh and it works fine with other textures, it's only the matterrain that doesn't like the trench edges

[surreal ore]

What specifically is the problem though, If parent is at LOD0 the child should be at LOD0 as well. Example, If a building is large enough on my screen to be at LOD0, then the signs, doors, windows and such on it should be at LOD0 as well. What children are you having problems with? Give me a specific example and maybe we can figure something out.

[bitter grove]

Yeah the UVs are fine, like Casey was saying the terrain tool painting over it doesn’t like the 90 degree edges. I could texture them in SP and use custom textures but I want them to blend with the terrain better

[mortal marsh]

Evening all 🙂 Im trying to attach a patch prefab to a hat using slots in BaseLoadoutClothComponent

Its working as expected on the object, but when worn it returns to the model origin

I've seen BI and other modders use this system to attach pouches etc. so I dont think it needs to be rigged in order to be attached wherever you want - Any ideas what I could be missing?

[tepid cloak]

How the f did I end up here 🤣

[brisk grotto]

I think the copyright police will be on the way shortly

[calm rune]

https://tenor.com/view/jail-right-to-jail-right-away-parks-and-recreation-parks-and-rec-gif-16177531

[tepid cloak]

soo I am never publishing it 😄 I am using it for research for a tool I am creating that generates Kart Style race tracks as OBJ's 🙂

[surreal ore]

Choose the head bone as the slots PivotID

[mortal marsh]

I'll give that a go, cheers Zelik

[surreal ore]

Oh, for those to actually be shown in the drop down the MeshObject is required to have the "worn" item, because those PivotIDs are populated from the MeshObject for some reason.

[surreal ore]

Apparently, from what I've read that "doesn't matter"

[tepid cloak]

i was told its not allowed to be published dont want to ruffle feathers 🙂

[tepid cloak]

if anyone wants to give this a go 🙂 https://github.com/josharghhh/KARTMAKER-ARGH

[tepid cloak]

proof of concept usign above

took about 30 mins to bring my generated model into blender figure out first time setting up from my tool and get in game

[leaden trench]

Reminds me of an article I read the other day: https://sandboxspirit.com/blog/art-of-roads-in-games/ Maybe you could ask your bot to try some of the ideas in there like clothoids

[tepid cloak]

I like this shit fuck yeah

i am usign bezier splines for road gen 😛

would love to see others creations this one took me 5 mins now i know what im doing obv not uv'd yet etc will work on that if i can man procedural

then the real test is if i can make it work in engine as a plugin

[tepid cloak]

so quick math read up this doesnt seem hard too hard to implement tbh

currentlyI use smooth Beziers but don’t enforce curvature ramping the sharp-turn cleanup happens now (sanitizeRoadSamples), so clothoids can replace that corner-fillet logic directly for my web app , thank you 🙂

https://medium.com/@gombau/the-clothoid-geometry-that-unites-mathematics-engineering-and-design-6323de37e979

[hexed sandal]

I need to do something like this for my map of Seattle... I have an idea of how to do the first photo with about five lanes, but the other image with the T-junction and the bike lane, including the crosswalk and sidewalks, has me stumped!

[tepid cloak]

seems clothoids is answer my dude

see maths in article above

  function buildUnitBiClothoid(theta, steps = 18) {
    const th = clamp(Math.abs(theta), 1e-4, Math.PI - 1e-4);
    const segs = clamp(Math.round(steps), 8, 96);
    const ds = 2 / segs;
    let phi = 0;
    let x = 0;
    let y = 0;
    const points = [{ x: 0, y: 0, t: 0 }];
    for (let i = 0; i < segs; i++) {
      const sm = (i + 0.5) * ds;
      const k = sm <= 1 ? (th * sm) : (th * (2 - sm));
      const phiMid = phi + 0.5 * k * ds;
      x += Math.cos(phiMid) * ds;
      y += Math.sin(phiMid) * ds;
      phi += k * ds;
      points.push({ x, y, t: (i + 1) / segs });
    }
    const sinTh = Math.sin(th);
    if (!Number.isFinite(sinTh) || Math.abs(sinTh) < 1e-6) return null;
    const cutY = y / sinTh;
    const denX = 1 + Math.cos(th);
    let cut = cutY;
    if (Math.abs(denX) > 1e-6) {
      const cutX = x / denX;
      if (Number.isFinite(cutX)) cut = (cutY + cutX) * 0.5;
    }
    if (!Number.isFinite(cut) || cut <= 1e-4) return null;
    return { points, cutScale: cut };
  }

  function tryInsertClothoidCorner(out, P, C, N, cfg) {
    const {
      dedupEps = 1e-3,
      minSeg = 0.05,
      width = 4,
      hard = 0,
      ang = 0,
      lin = 0,
      lout = 0,
      din = v3(1, 0, 0),
      dout = v3(1, 0, 0),
    } = cfg || {};
    if (!Number.isFinite(ang) || ang <= 1e-3) return false;
    const turnSign = (din.x * dout.z - din.z * dout.x) >= 0 ? 1 : -1;
    const steps = clamp(Math.round(8 + hard * 12 + ang * 8), 8, 48);
    const unit = buildUnitBiClothoid(ang, steps);
    if (!unit) return false;

    const targetRadius = width * (0.58 + 0.34 * hard);
    const desiredL = Math.max(minSeg * 0.7, targetRadius * ang);
    const maxCutIn = lin * 0.48;
    const maxCutOut = lout * 0.48;
    const maxL = Math.min(maxCutIn, maxCutOut) / Math.max(unit.cutScale, 1e-6);
    const minL = minSeg * 0.7;
    if (!Number.isFinite(maxL) || maxL <= minL) return false;
    const L = clamp(desiredL, minL, maxL);
    const cut = unit.cutScale * L;
    if (!Number.isFinite(cut) || cut <= minSeg * 0.5 || cut >= lin || cut >= lout) return false;

    const tIn = clamp(cut / lin, 0.04, 0.48);
    const tOut = clamp(cut / lout, 0.04, 0.48);
    const A = lerpSampleNode(C, P, tIn);
    const B = lerpSampleNode(C, N, tOut);
    const left = v3(-din.z, 0, din.x);
    const inward = turnSign >= 0 ? left : mul(left, -1);

    pushSampleUnique(out, A, dedupEps);
    const den = Math.max(1, unit.points.length - 1);
    for (let i = 1; i < unit.points.length - 1; i++) {
      const lp = unit.points[i];
      const ux = lp.x * L;
      const uz = lp.y * L;
      const t = i / den;
      const pXZ = add(add(v3(A.pos.x, 0, A.pos.z), mul(din, ux)), mul(inward, uz));
      pushSampleUnique(out, {
        pos: v3(pXZ.x, (1 - t) * A.pos.y + t * B.pos.y, pXZ.z),
        bank: (1 - t) * Number(A.bank || 0) + t * Number(B.bank || 0),
        u: (1 - t) * Number(A.u || 0) + t * Number(B.u || 0),
      }, dedupEps);
    }
    pushSampleUnique(out, B, dedupEps);
    return true;
  }

  function sanitizeRoadSamples(samples, opts = {}) {
    const pass = Math.max(0, Math.min(4, Number(opts._pass || 0)));
    const useClothoid = opts.useClothoid !== false;
    const minSeg = Math.max(0.04, width * 0.035);
      const hard = clamp((ang - maxTurn) / Math.max(1e-6, Math.PI - maxTurn), 0, 1);
      if (useClothoid && tryInsertClothoidCorner(out, P, C, N, {
        dedupEps,
        minSeg,
        width,
        hard,
        ang,
        lin,
        lout,
        din,
        dout,
      })) {
        continue;
      }

[hexed sandal]

I am an artist, not a programmer. Neo, i only see 1 & 0. 🐇

[tepid cloak]

i kinda do both 🙂

i use your TOH skins for alot ❤️

dm we should chat 🙂

[hexed sandal]

Whenever you want! I'm a busy but attentive old man. 🤝

[tepid cloak]

as am I

[tepid cloak]

this is pre clothoid testing

which judging my by CPU lack of fan sounds i can test now

[hexed sandal]

Fascinating...
I'm facing a street challenge... it's a 61x61km map with lots of residential areas!

[tepid cloak]

above math has already helped

[hexed sandal]

You should start a thread about this in #1049297536617291827 and even post a mod with some examples... it's really exciting!

[tepid cloak]

I might do this Ive kinda had a ARGHIO Kart Idea since i started with the karts /cars

[hexed sandal]

Imagine that I am adding Seattle's road intersections to 3D models.

This would be as simple as adding clothoids at different levels.

[tepid cloak]

maybe we need a highway generator

/road

[hexed sandal]

There is so much to learn about what Enfusion does, and we still don't even have any ideas... ENFUSION NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE!

[tepid cloak]

im very keen to try your map eventually 🙂

many systems ive made may help you 🙂

[hexed sandal]

Not only useful... they will save me hours and days of work!

[tepid cloak]

this is why I did this. look tbh bringing a mario kart map into enfusion is fun to test but i was using their track to analyze curve structure and break down racing tracks into key groups etc. I like learning the theory sometimes cause it makes the physical seem more fun

working on implementing full road system.. some good articles

*with auto support meshing etc

3d prints do support structures well enough for good papers to feed to bots 😛

## Goal
Move from spline-only track editing to a graph-based road system that can scale from city streets to highway interchanges, including elevated roads with automatic structural supports.

## Baseline Requirements
1. Network graph, not single ribbon:
- Nodes: intersections, merges/diverges, roundabouts, ramp terminals, grade-separated crossings.
- Edges: directed road segments with lane metadata and design class.

2. Road hierarchy (SimCity-style, but engineering-backed):
- `local` (access priority)
- `collector`
- `arterial`
- `freeway`

3. Junction strategy:
- Use an Intersection Control Evaluation-style approach to pick control type by demand/speeds/space.
- Supported controls: stop/signal, roundabout, RCUT/MUT/DLT, DDI/ramp terminal variants.

4. Geometry rules:
- Horizontal continuity via clothoid transitions.
- Vertical alignment with grade + vertical curves (crest/sag behavior).
- Class-based limits for min radius, max grade, lane count and lane width targets.

5. Grade separation:
- Overpasses/bridges with explicit deck clearance targets.
- Automatic substructure generation (piers/caps) when deck-to-ground gap exceeds threshold.

6. Lane connectivity:
- Explicit incoming-lane -> outgoing-lane mapping at each node.
- Turn restrictions and lane use control (through-only, left-only, right-only, ramp-only).

## Data Model (Target)

RoadNetwork
  nodes: Node[]
  edges: Edge[]
  junctions: Junction[]

Node
  id, pos3
  type: normal|merge|diverge|roundabout|interchange

Edge
  id, fromNode, toNode
  class: local|collector|arterial|freeway|ramp
  centerline: parametric alignment
  profile: vertical profile
  lanesForward, lanesReverse
  speedTarget

Junction
  id, nodeIds
  controlType: stop|signal|roundabout|rcut|mut|dlt|ddi
  laneConnections: [fromLane -> toLane]
  conflictZones


## Generation Pipeline
1. Topology pass:
- Build/validate graph, detect disconnected components, ensure lane continuity.

2. Geometric pass:
- Solve centerlines with clothoids and vertical curves.
- Resolve junction throat geometry and lane tapers.

3. Surface pass:
- Build road/shoulder/curb meshes per edge and per junction patch.

4. Structure pass:
- Build supports for elevated sections against terrain and underpasses.

5. Traffic metadata pass:
- Create turn restrictions, priorities, and lane-level routing graph.

## Implementation Stages
1. Stage A (current focus):
- Keep existing UI/tools.
- Treat main spline + branch sections as a network.
- Generate all theme meshes per branch + main.
- Add automatic support mesh generation from terrain gap.

2. Stage B:
- Introduce road classes and per-class defaults.
- Add lane count + directionality per edge.
- Add lane connection model at Y-splits/roundabouts.

3. Stage C:
- Add interchange node templates (diamond, partial cloverleaf, trumpet, stack-lite).
- Add ICE-style junction chooser helper.

4. Stage D:
- Add routing/traffic simulation hooks.

## Standards Anchors Used
- FHWA roundabouts: speed reduction + yield-controlled circular flow + safety/conflict reduction.
- FHWA intersection control evaluation and innovative intersection families (RCUT, MUT, DLT, DDI).
- TxDOT roadway design criteria for hierarchy concepts and vertical clearance targets.
- SUMO network model concepts (nodes/edges/lanes/connections/roundabout declarations) for lane-connectivity structure.```

@leaden trench heaps smoother thanks 😄

now with supports maths

clothoid @leaden trench YOu have OPENED MY F***&%&%^ eyes with this maths dude wtf

fuck go karts we makign ARMA COSTER TYCOON BOYS lol

i am going to need so much more rum to finish this shit...

Current Implementation Snapshot

• Stage A complete in this repo: network theme continuity + automatic supports for elevated segments.
• Stage B partial in this repo: road class/lane/direction defaults, per-branch edge overrides, and class-aware edge width scaling.

[hexed sandal]

@tepid cloak, really... so this doesn't get lost... create a thread in #1049297536617291827 ❤️

[tepid cloak]

done

[burnt surge]

Rainbow Track when? (N64 Rainbow)

[tepid cloak]

Soon

[fickle vigil]

Building is 150m tall. 280,000 out of 300,000 faces are above the red line. At ground level, it all renders at LOD0. Just trying to find the best way to not render LOD0 from ground level. The engine doesnt seem to take height into account so for example if you are 200 meters away on x axis but at ground level (150m away on z axis/height), LODs scale the same when 200m away on x axis but same height as top floor. Separating the bottom of the tower into its own entity does not change anything. I was thinking about separating every objecting into its own mesh but im not sure that would change anything. I was thinking about using occluders placed under the top section but they dont seem to work reliably enough to be viable in this case

Now im wondering if changing the origin in blender would make a difference. Currently for the top part of building, enfusion origin is at ground level with mesh at correct height. Maybe ill snap it to ground in blender then move it upwards in enfusion

[surreal ore]

I'm not 100% on how these work but, Lod factors, Pixel Size Scale, Pixel Size Filter, and Inherit Visibility are all values that you should me doing some testing on.

[fickle vigil]

I tried every combo possible and it doesnt make a difference for the ground level issue):

From what I understand it just lets you set a bonus amount of time for how long a specific LOD stays active. Could make LOD1 last longer than normal basically

pixel size scale does nothing in this instance either

Im thinking its caused by the top part being at that height in blender before export so enfusion thinks in face to face with it when on the ground, or it just doesnt take height into account. Ill try snapping it to ground in blender soon

[surreal ore]

Altering those values should have some effect, otherwise they wouldn't be there. Inherit Visibility should theoretically inherit parent lod for the child. I.E. If parent is at lod 0, child would be too.

I do know that origin could have something to do with it as well though.

I can't remember what I was doing but, I know there is some correlation to rendering in that regard. Had an issue with items culling if they were so small and their origin wasn't in the viewport.

I'm assuming that model has full interior?

[lethal frigate]

As far as i tried , lod facors determines hof far away each lod loads and for me i used
1: 1.0
2: 0.8
3: 0.6
4: 0.5
5: 0.2
But the number of them depends on how many lods you made , and with these values it looks okay , at about 1km it loads last lod

If you put last lod at 0.5 it will load at like 500m i guess

But depends on object type

[fickle vigil]

They work, I was saying they didnt make a difference for the ground level issue

[surreal ore]

LOD 0 = 2.0 //LOD 0 will remain active longer before switching to LOD 1.
LOD 1 = 0.5 //LOD 1 will switch to LOD 2 sooner.
LOD 2 = 1.0 //Function Normally
LOD 3 = 1.0 //Function Normally
From what I've seen this is just a multiplier. That determines "how fast" the transition should be.

Not sure what it's getting multiplied to, probably a calculated "complexity" of the model.

[compact scarab]

Yes it's a multiplier, and it uses the mesh scale or the actual mesh to make the auto lod distance calculation.

[lethal frigate]

well yea that makes more sense 😄

[surreal ore]

It also calculates based off the complexity of the mesh.

Same Lod factors for all of these prefabs, each Lod has it's own material. The small ones are 1m, the big are 2 m. The set of big and small on the right have more verts. In case anyone is curious.

[compact scarab]

Any insight to what's the differences between using different lod's of textures on materials for different lod models, and just letting it generate mip maps or use existing mipmaps

[surreal ore]

oof, You're meaning specifically setting the mip of each texture on each material for the different lods?
Or maybe you're meaning importing your own textures each at a different quality?

[surreal ore]

In any case though, anything that can be shared should be shared. It's less expensive, take up less space on the hd etc.

[compact scarab]

Yes thats what I was meaning.

[surreal ore]

which part? lol

[compact scarab]

Setting the specific texture on each material and different material on each l o d model

[surreal ore]

That would be then causing the textures to pop in and out of vram when the lod switches.

[compact scarab]

And having actual different textures files for each lod

[surreal ore]

If one texture is used across all lods then that's one texture that has to be in vram.

If LOD 0 has TexureA, LOD 1 has TextureB ect.

When the lods got from 0 to 1, then TextureA would "pop" out of vram and then TextureB would be loaded.

Or they could all be loaded into vram when the model is rendered. Not sure how Enfusion handles it tbh.

Enfusion may or may not "pop" them in and out, they may all just be there if the models is rendered. Would have to do some digging for that I guess.

[shell hedge]

lod factors are multipliers of enfusion, not mesh scale or complexity

some vanilla assets use a shared material for the final lod which is using the same texture (color palette) but has uv coordinates offset

in that case it makes sense since that texture pretty much always is loaded, with how many assets are using it

[young linden]

how do lod factors work, and what is the best configuration?

[shell hedge]

They are "complexity multipliers" in the sense that everything at 1 means default engine switching and lower and higher is "multiply the default by this value"

Also, I don't know if this is intended, but those factors only work when the next LOD factor is smaller or equal to the previous one

[fossil crater]

I believe the formula to make sense of LOD Factors was shared somewhere iirc

[burnt surge]

Wouldnt it be better if the engine choose itself when the next LOD is getting to be used? I mean a own calculation dependent of how much stuff is already shown in the area to improve the FPS.. so modder / developer only needs to add ResoLODs and engine does the rest

[fossil crater]

This is what happens

And what that formula does based on those factors

You get these factors so that you can influence how the engine does that to your model

If you do not care, then just leave the defaults

[burnt surge]

Okey nice would there be also a default option so you dont need to edit it?

Okey answered

[fallow pond]

nah sometimes you want small objects to be displayed for longer with greater detail

and the inverse for larger objects maybe

[signal gull]

I've created a model with land contacts setup. They're properly recognized in the enfusion viewer, but when I then use wall generator, they do not snap to the ground properly. Is there anything additional to be configured?

[signal gull]

Figured it out - my prefab had GenericEntity class which I changed into StaticModelEntity and then in the Transform I was able to select Placement as slopelandcontact

[balmy coyote]

hello i got a custom weapon model , everything works as it should but for some reason my custom magazine when its dropped from inventory its floating in the air compared to the official mags - as what i can see i got everything setup and did various things like various geometry models and no luck - so if anybody got an idea whats wrong then please let me know

[fallow pond]

could be the weight. if it has no weight it would float if I remember right

maybe the transform is not set correctly

[balmy coyote]

you mean in the prefab of it?

[fallow pond]

yes

[balmy coyote]

in the item phys atributes i got the mag weight set to 0.120

[karmic adder]

Shouldn't the collider type be ItemFireView, not Weapon? No idea whether this could cause such an issue though

[balmy coyote]

ye already got that in the workbench , only blender it shows that

i got an idea - could it be because its magazine is set too low in height in blender?

[brisk grotto]

Show us the position in blender, and did you apply transforms?

[balmy coyote]

like this ? i did apply transforms but no change

[brisk grotto]

Where exactly is your snap_weapon? I assume it uses that or the origin to offset the ground mag in the game.

I'd say compare it to their sample wepaon mag fbx for placement

[sacred kindle]

they define at what distance the LOD changes.

plop your asset in the middle of an empty map or in the ocean facing away from the map, set every LOD Factor at 1

hold windows+alt and right arrow into statstics, meshobjectstats set at verts

then play with your LOD0 number and you can see it adjusts when it flips to the next LOD

I tend to go through, get to the range I want LOD0 to go to LOD1, then I play with the 0 factor value until it flips, then move on to the next distance I want LOD1 to go to 2 and repeat.

[compact scarab]

Show the rigid body settings

Probably set to inactive or no gravity

[balmy coyote]

i got gravity on and its set to inactive just like the sample is

[burnt surge]

Little question, im adding my Berets with and without Radio, gave fabric material to the regular Beret and fabric & metal to the one with Radio. I did the collision as UCX (figured out with UCX (item) it will stay on surface when you did a heady and with UTM it doesnt even if you gave ItemFireView).. is it possible UCX doesnt like 2 materials or 3 collision meshes in it? When i delete the Radio parts (Collisions) then it works

[balmy coyote]

update on the mag - when i moved it more to the center and little higher , it magically fixed that issue 🤔

[calm rune]

It’s just a ground model to interact with. Use a simple UBX around the whole thing and call it a day

[burnt surge]

I just wanted to go into more details like if you shoot at it while its on surface you can hit fabric or metal (Radio variant).. with UCX both variants work with a simple convex mesh of the Beret itself thats not a problem.. just wanted to know if that feature doesnt like 2 materials or more component parts (beret (fabric mat) and 2x earprotectors (metal mat))

[balmy coyote]

now that the mag is fixed , i would like to know how to make the magazine looking empty when its empty like hidding those bullets but i dont know how to do it

[brisk grotto]

Use two fbx, one for full one for empty

[balmy coyote]

is that a only way to do it? if so then where i do put that in the prefab?

[brisk grotto]

Look at the base game or sample ones that’s how they do it

[balmy coyote]

i know that but nowhere its shown how to do it even the sample

[brisk grotto]

It’s the same mesh essentially they just import a version of the FBX with no bullets, then define that in their prefabs

[balmy coyote]

not saying its hard to do but where in the prefab that does that? thats what i am asking 😄

[compact scarab]

Muzzlecomponent I think

Or the parent weaponcomponent whatever it's called

[burnt surge]

Its good you go trough this cause i got to do this also in some days for my weapons so i can take a look already.. and yes you're right its a bit hard with lack of infos.. maybe you can find a YT tutorial or someone can explain it in a more detailed way

[compact scarab]

I have this one.It's fairly old and I don't think I do the empty magazine set up on it. But it would just be in the same place that I set up the regular magazine. You may just put the empty one in the template slot.

I think the template slot might be the right approach. Something to try anyway

https://youtu.be/PGJ6sPAyLoQ

[burnt surge]

Thanks for such videos. Sometimes its way easier to learn when you can see it how its done instead of just read how its done

[compact scarab]

Yes I prefer that way also.

[sage lance]

Very stumped on this. I've imported in the windows of a car model from Blender and was attaching them to the prefab. However, I noticed that a section of the rear left door's window is missing/invisible, yet the section doesn't correspond to the geometry of the mesh's faces. Subsequently, it can't be an inverted normal or geometry issue that occurred when exporting from Blender. I've also tried adjusting the .emat's "Alpha Test" and "Alpha Mul" modifiers to see if that would fix it, but it did not work. Does anyone know what the source of the issue could be?

[boreal skiff]

has anyone before had a issue where 1 meter in blender equals 2 in enfusion

[surreal ore]

Apply your scale in blender.

[steel hare]

that's how Tiny Wars was made I guess 😛 https://reforger.armaplatform.com/news/tiny-wars-update-april-1-2024

[stray bridge]

triangulate in blender to then import it, since sometimes the automatic triangulation on import, fucks it up sometimes.
Unless you already tried that

[hoary gazelle]

Hello, i see you're using my tools on the side bar, happy to see. But ive done some major rework so they are a bit outdated now 😄 https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/1472408285192650834

[balmy coyote]

great , thanks for the tools , they are very helpful 👍

[primal zealot]

What are the requirements for collision to work in Blender Material setup?
Some assets are working great, the UTM colliders box is Purple but some models are just white and dont have colliders like this one.

• Material Default
• Layer Prop

[ancient walrus]

You need the right prefix for the shape of the model selection it’s on the wiki UBX,UCX UTM etc

UTM is usually for fire geo for accurate decals on model

Simple for collision

[boreal skiff]

Does anyone know how I change this to where the scale and dimensions are 1:1

[delicate condor]

they are 1:1 now

scale is 1

and model is 2 meters in size

[delicate condor]

what is it you try to do?

[primal zealot]

Got it, didn't know about different prefixes. Only knew about UTM from a tutorial, that's what i've been using always and it worked for almost every asset.

So which prefix would you use for this asset?

[ancient walrus]

for you would make simple convex shapes for the collision ubx ucx etc and a very low poly triangled lod for the fire geo utm

if its not right when you import it will say in the console error shape doesnt match the prefix ( not in that exact manner )

[ancient walrus]

scale it 0.5 (press S) then press ctrl + a and click scale it will be all 1:1 at 1m

[brisk grotto]

@primal zealot https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#Collider_shape

[boreal skiff]

I built a whole ship and everything was double lol

[delicate condor]

Double?

[hoary gazelle]

I'm working on rigging a leaf spring suspension running into issues with the weight painting/bone deformation. I just dont understand how this is setup on the mesh, its very nice and smooth on the example here BDRM2 but i cant seem to mange to mimic it. This is just a test suspension setup, i can share it

[ancient walrus]

looks like the axle is everything apart from the end loops of the leaf spring in the vertex assignment group ?

[ancient walrus]

@hoary gazelle maybe it helps maybe i didnt undersand

[fallow pond]

weight painting

more red on the center and less as it goes towards the ends and its parented to the rear axel

[ancient walrus]

As always I forgot to show add modifier to mesh deform and link to armature 🙂

[surreal ore]

Weight paint with a gradient.

The mesh consists of more than 3 sets of verts that need to be weighted. Manually doing that would take entirely too long and the end results wouln'd look that great.

[hoary gazelle]

Thank you for taking the time to make a video 😄 , so its acutally a noob issue, when i tested this now i see where it might go wrong. I created this H shape from one cube mesh and it works fine as you showed. But if i make the same shape with 3 cubes, then Ctrl+j and then do the setup they are not "connected". So when i took the model previously and jonined them, its not really joined it seems when using this and pose mode(im kinda new to rigging with pose 😅 )

[hoary gazelle]

i think thats my issue here, would you mind showing that? 😄

or is it the boolean modifyer with union you did?

[ancient walrus]

I am at pc tomorrow no problem
Add modifier to any object and then Deform -armature Then in the modifier aka spanne icon click the object tab and link to armature

I’ll make video tomorrow no problem I always forget to show it lol

[fierce kraken]

Should I be making colliders for every LOD or is it fine to do it for only LOD0?

[brisk grotto]

Collider isn’t per LOD it’s per object/fbx. just one is fine

[hoary gazelle]

ok i thought you did some vodoomagic but i finally see the difference, i thought you had one continusly long mesh here the "leaf spring" but i see now that you have vertices in the middle there breaking it up. And when i tried this on my own at my model i just didnt fully understand how weight painting work and just got pissy at it 🤣 But i think i got the hang of it now though and more understanding of it and pose mode with weight paint https://i.imgur.com/emfr1sQ.png

[fallow pond]

cant bend a box with only 8 verts

[fierce kraken]

How many LOD's is the "rule of thumb" as it were? I usually do LOD0-4 using the decimate modifier in blender.

[hoary gazelle]

my confusion stems from not having to use pose mode a lot with weight painting. For once i thought that merging the meshes ctrl J made it a true solid, but it dosnt, You gotta do boolean merge or remesh it.

[hoary gazelle]

but also ive made a little blender tool here if youd like to check it out since i see you dont have it can for example do what you showcased just a little faster by one button click connecting a bone with vertex group on selected https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/1472408285192650834

[hoary gazelle]

ive made a weight plugin and its out now, small showcase here

[surreal ore]

It's almost like I was right the whole time huh? lol

[ancient walrus]

Brilliant pal that will be very useful 🙂

[thick cloak]

When you release this

[ancient walrus]

It’s in the plugin channel he linked it above

[hoary gazelle]

Its out now

[storm ermine]

I'm giving away this model if anyone has ideas for it's usage. Made with blender, textured with substance painter, rigged.

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/bofors-40mm-stationary-cannon-ac-130-variant-b1d95402d63a49a5956e7c5580fe6980

[sly bridge]

is it a model you made?

[storm ermine]

yes

[storm ermine]

Also have a 105mm howitzer (also stationary for AC-130) but that one is not textured and not rigged, only prepared for texturing (high poly already modeled) if you're interested

[sly bridge]

not directly interested, just making sure you are giving a way a model you have full rights over. Thanks for clarifying

[hoary gazelle]

not sure how i missed your message but i did, yes you wore correct indeed

[surreal ore]

I think you guys were just too involved to even realize anyone else even existed lol

Just so you know, spring suspension should be weighted the same way, except with a vertical gradient.

[hoary gazelle]

in the latest version there is an option to change the axis

[surreal ore]

Nice!

[hoary gazelle]

Any feedback greatly appreciated if you ever have the time to try them out 😄 https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/1472408285192650834

[ancient walrus]

works nice pal cheers , i wasnt gonna reweight the arms but its easier now 😉

[hoary gazelle]

niceee

also new update is out more options

[ancient walrus]

yeah i see the post i will check it out time for a break im all vehicled out LuL

[inner torrent]

The work may not be complete but just to give you an idea, could this suspension system without weight painting could it work by setting the correct name of the guidelines of the vehicle parts_?

[surreal ore]

What?

Not sure exactly what you're asking, but for anything to be animated it needs to weighted to some bone.

[faint turtle]

Learning assets with a Balaclava. How to go about making the inside layer transparent? Done through texturing or a visibility setting within a workshop component?

[tender oracle]

Check the alpha masking from other helmet models

[faint turtle]

Ended up being a solidifier mod from blender. thanks though

[inner torrent]

Ok thanks, I apologize sometimes I write with google translation to be quick and it is never precise with what I want to say

[balmy coyote]

about the mag again - where should i put the empty magazine xob model? because i dont see any reference to it anywhere

[ancient walrus]

I would look at s105 it uses the animgraph linked to procedural rather than older uaz set up (unless it’s updated lately ) or similar . Rotator is the lead iirc but looking at the xob and s105 .aw in the anim editor use vehicle .agr in the list this will give you good nomenclature and weight ideas when ref skeleton

If you look just above you can see some video that example how to see in game editor and test before even config

What ya need to remember is that all vehicles may use different Skelton names so make sure you have started from fresh or followed the names in the skeleton on the vehicle you will duplicate or base yours on

This is not a tutorial but hope it gives some insight

https://youtu.be/FgKmh6Wo0C0?si=PBrBjGflkG8ZRAWl

[inner torrent]

thanks mate i will do it, i m learning and try to get more info as possible and obtain a work as realistic as possible, and this is also thanks to you as community

[tender oracle]

Best video i ever seen

[fickle vigil]

Making a GM placeable that will have a river. Is this possible and what is required so that water, bsp and boxvol move with the placeable if moved after placing? Would I just need an armature with river, bsp and boxvol parented to? Thanks in advance

[woven thistle]

can anyone give me pointers why this model imports with the aqua and cyan color but in blnder i dont see anything wrong all the faces are blue so i dont understadn why its like this

[surreal ore]

Vertex painting

[woven thistle]

thank you i have been stuck on that for a while lol

[last hill]

I had no idea that a video, on why you do what you do, could make me cackle like I did when you got to the car audio voice recording tweaking..

[ancient walrus]

The camera rolled the idiot danced lol 🙂

[fierce kraken]

Is there some kind of trick to assigning bones to an object for clothes? I can only ever get 4 bones assigned.

Edit: I got 8 bones to assign now, but 2 just won't, they are inside the weighted area they just wont assign.

Edit2: Is it a solidfy issue?

Edit3: Now the mesh is shrinking when the character moves.

[brisk grotto]

Best approach is to use the character reference template and transfer weights. It’s never perfect but gets you close to the right positions to tweak the weights

[ancient walrus]

Not done a lot of uniforms etc but make sure the modifier is attached to the mesh ie the spanner icon is in the mix and reset scale transform with ctrl +a

[storm ermine]

Looks like the origin is way below the actual model

[woven thistle]

in blender its center of the truck

[surreal ore]

Edit: Not sure the issue, Edit2: You should not be solidifying clothing, Edit3: This happens when you have more than one bone effecting a vert/verts.

[worn plover]

i have reimported like several times now. what am i missing. i had fixed this yesterday but now my ucl is flipped again all my transforms are applied in blender. ive closed and reopend workbench ive completly deleted all files from workbench and reimported.

nvm for some reason this time when i applied rotation it didnt want to accept it. so i just decided to NOT apply rotation and that fixed it i guess.

[tepid cloak]

ish shy

[shell hedge]

Show wireframe

[tepid cloak]

just some geo nodes instanced as mesh could be alot less but this looked pretty good and wasnt cause any issues so far

[chrome crater]

Finally its done and works well. Just one tiny problem🥲 the boots are nearly black in white phosphore nightvision. I dunno how to fix that🥴

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/687D0ACCB444EE69-Wookie_Ghillieboots

[tepid cloak]

sick love to see how youve done this if not similar to above lol

[upper idol]

Can someone help me out with the opacity map in enfusion. For some reason the opacity isnt taking from substance painter. Thanks in advance!

[sly bridge]

what do you mean it is not taking from substance?

[upper idol]

ill add pics

[brisk grotto]

Which export template are you using? The default ones dont export transparency

[upper idol]

so i used opacity to make the net for this

pbr metal with roughness

[brisk grotto]

no which export template

[brisk grotto]

YEah dont export them like that

its not how game expects it

[sly bridge]

not how the maps are used for the textures

[upper idol]

yea cant find info for it glad you can help

[sly bridge]

there is an export profile pinned into #enfusion_texture channel

[brisk grotto]

Or the ones in git here https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Misc/tree/main/Art/Substance Export Profiles

[sly bridge]

i also suggest you have a look over how each map is used in the texture RGBA channels

[sly bridge]

afaik this link is also pinned there

[brisk grotto]

These are some additional ones I made that are on that git as pull requests. (A) is just alpha mask, BCA is BCR but alpha mask in it

[upper idol]

ok so opacity or opague is used as alpha 0 or 1?

[brisk grotto]

just put opacity so it's correct in substance, then use those export presets I sent, they will export it greyscale correctly for you

[sly bridge]

no it it has 255 greyscale values

[brisk grotto]

I'd suggest do your BCR as normal (with their main export templates) then export a _A with mine

I've found _BCA a bit fiddly sometimes

[sly bridge]

actually ideally there should be a single export profile that would also include emission as well which i have someplace

[upper idol]

lol

[brisk grotto]

I made one for myself but I always have to untick the ones I dont want so it's a bit messy for noobs

[sly bridge]

yeah have one myself no worries

[brisk grotto]

in about 20 years maybe someone in BI will notice the push request on the misc git I put in to add more

[upper idol]

@pufu the reforger bcr nmo a em is all i need right?

[brisk grotto]

you only need _EM if you have an emissive you want

[sly bridge]

yes

even if you don’t have emissions set it will export black

[upper idol]

thank you guys! i am new to enfusion so its alot to get used too

[brisk grotto]

As standard practice always go for _BCR and _NMO, if you want transparency add a _A, if you need emmisive add an _EM

Once you export your _A you will need to add the mask to your material for it to work

and change the alpha mode

[upper idol]

add user alpha?

[brisk grotto]

The opacity mask bit there

Add the _A to that

And in general further down change blend mode

to alphablend

if you dont it wont check for the alpha mask

[upper idol]

thank you man

@brisk grotto is there a way to turn it up to see the material better

its like transparent

[brisk grotto]

dont think so, as long as it looks fine in substance and you use the export templates you should be fine once you get to workbench

[upper idol]

so here look

looks good here but in my map this is what it looks like

[brisk grotto]

So play with the alpha settings, the multi slider above, or change the culling type etc

it's a bit of a messy thing sometimes

[upper idol]

YUP THAT WAS IT

ALPHA MULTIPLIER

[brisk grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/pout-kiss-blowing-a-kiss-suspense-christian-bale-gif-16931550113965916217

[upper idol]

thanks buddy saved me tons of time and aggrevation !

[brisk grotto]

I've been there so happy to help lol

[upper idol]

@brisk grotto hey what makes structures enterable in reforger

[brisk grotto]

WDYM? If you just mean if you can walk into it or not its colliders

[upper idol]

for example it you put a collider on it the building will become a box that you cant eneter?

[brisk grotto]

The collider stops people/vehicles/bullets so yeah whatever shape you makes it will block

[upper idol]

roger that thanks again

[brisk grotto]

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

[mortal abyss]

Hi! Is it possible to create a new mesh out of two already existing ones? If I have two "generic entities" with meshobjects, it is possible to merge those into a single new one? (Sorry if wrong channel)

[steel hare]

You mean you got two xob / fbx files which you combine into one in the World Editor?

[mortal abyss]

Yeah something like that if it's a thing! Basically imagine a bunch of demo charges glued together, currently using slots but if I could just have a single mesh then I'd guess less to go wrong?

[formal parcel]

When modelling a vehicle the polygon count is significantly greater than the minimum for implementing how do I adjust

[sly bridge]

why is the polycount higher? just optimize your it down (generally rounded / spherical parts take more polycount)

[formal parcel]

It’s a high render of a leo chassis

[sly bridge]

render?

[formal parcel]

When I try to optimize it it messes up the grenade launchers get messed up

[sly bridge]

When modeling a whatever from scratch, you are the only one in control of the polycount, and you can adjust these as you deem necesary

[sly bridge]

how so?

[formal parcel]

They become cones

[sly bridge]

are you working on your own model or are you trying to optimize/ decimate an existing model made by someone else

[formal parcel]

originally it was an stl file made by someone else

[sly bridge]

so not yours, and most likely triangulated....

[formal parcel]

Yes

[sly bridge]

anyways, there are a huge number of ways to go about reducing polycounts, depending on the software use and method chosen (automated / semi-automated and/or manual).
I would suggest having a looky over tutorials for your prefered software to understand what can/needs to be done

When modelling a vehicle the polygon count is significantly greater
This is what got me confused, because you weren't actually modelling a vehicle yourself

[formal parcel]

Gotcha

[formal parcel]

What do you do to reduce poly?

[sly bridge]

i model my game assets with a budget in mind

[formal parcel]

thanks

[topaz smelt]

What’s the best way to fit clothing onto the sample model? Surely sculpting isn’t my best option? Any addons I should be using?

[compact scarab]

Shrinkwrap modifier is one technique

[storm ermine]

I haven't dont any cloth modeling but this seems like a good way to start https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28tYKUH66KA

[sly bridge]

made from scratch or acquired/purchased?

[topaz smelt]

Either or. I haven't tried creating clothes via sewing but more than likely purchased ones I want to use.

[sly bridge]

i have never done it with other’s people models, in general from scratch you model on top of an existing geometry (the character’s sample).
However, depending on the software use, there are different tools to do that. Most are called conform / wrap / skinwrap etc. It is a mix of automated and manual work

example for the software i use - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgKhMXJbn4E

[topaz smelt]

Yeah i'm using blender. Used skrink wrap before just found it a bit funky doesn't fit the character properly then using the scuplt mode just doesn't look right after some edits

[compact scarab]

Also seen people use inflate and then shrinkwrap after I think

combining techniques

[topaz smelt]

Noted, will definitely give it a try

Thx

[feral jolt]

Hello, I see it was not shared in this channel yet so here it is: a wiki article regarding model performance
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Model_Performance

[wicked dirge]

Would be good if you add values for different type of vehicles as well (helicopter, armored etc.)

[feral jolt]

ah yes, I wanted to add helicopters and BTR

[feral jolt]

added!

[graceful frigate]

I've bones in my model when i export the FBX it doesnt show the bones in enfusion

[sly bridge]

open importer window, make sure bones are ticked and reimport asset

[graceful frigate]

thanks your a legend

[untold glacier]

Not sure if it’s the most efficient way but I will get the torso lined up, go into sculpt, box select mask the torso so it isn’t effected by the sculpting, then I will use a mixture of elastic grab and pose tools to get the arms where I want them, I use pose for moving the arms then elastic grab for micro adjustments

[mellow urchin]

Question... Whats the amount of faces on a pastg vest model in vanilla arma? Anyone know?

[stray bridge]

you can check, just check out lod0

• https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Model_Performance

[eternal jewel]

Trying to make a custom armor vest with vanilla PASGT as a base, however the armor value does not seem to work.

I used the same firegeo as vanilla PASGT. However, characters wearing it gets incapacitated from just 2 shots of 9mm. It also shows blood particles even if the shot is on the vest.

2 shots of 9mm mirrors characters without vests so its obvious the vest isnt working properly.

[main shoal]

Does anyone know how I can weight paint a plate carrier to be like completely rigid like the RHS vests?

[stray bridge]

i dont know the rhs stuff and obv i dont know what ur model looks like but you might get away with just fully set paint on spine5

[rare rover]

Does anyone know what is a good way to start making modded gear? As I probably don’t have time to really learn blender too much but would love to create some gear and stuff for both factions

[main shoal]

My model is just like a generic MBAV vest. I tried that earlier but it makes my vest off set by quite a bit, do I need to have all the vertex groups because I deleted every single one except spine 5

[untold glacier]

The collider materials and the armor damage manager in the prefab are what set this iirc

[eternal jewel]

in the image you replied to, you can see that the collider is aramid 6.5mm. This is the same that is used in the vanilla PASGT.

I have not changed anything from the SCR_ArmorDamageManagerComponent of the prefab as well, it is still the same as vanilla except the adding my own colliders to it in the Additional Hitzones section

[untold glacier]

Maybe you got super beretta.

[eternal jewel]

I'm sorry

?

[ancient walrus]

Probably weight it to a central part of the torso like spine 2 or 3 ?

[fierce kraken]

Is this collider registering as Invalid because they are not connected? Edit: I separated them and reimported and they registered, so I do believe that was the case.

[patent flower]

Anyone here use 3dsMax to make their models? im looking for some help how to do the layer presets via the parameter editor. any help much appricated

[sly bridge]

shoot

[patent flower]

Hi PuFu, Iv got to this stage ^^ what ever iv tried dosent seem to work, how do i need to set this up to transfer properly

[sly bridge]

on phone so please explain what you wanna achieve

transfer to enfusion?

[patent flower]

yeah i want to be able to add the layer presets to the coliders like its documented for blender

[brisk grotto]

Did you import it as a UTM before you separated?

[fierce kraken]

No, I imported as a UCL_ because they were cylinders.

[brisk grotto]

You can only do UCL, UBX etc if it’s a single cylinder or cube. It can’t contain multiple

So you either make it UTM or you separate them each cylinder so it treated them as two

[sly bridge]

never done it that way will test later on today

[sly bridge]

basically -> Object's base level -> Parameter Tupe : String / Name of Parameter : usage (CA def version number auto-update and Add Presets Options unticked)

or whatever other parameter you want from this page
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Collision_Layer

Important, the name of the parameter needs to be usage

[patent flower]

Thanks PuFu much appreciated, will try it out tonight when I’m back from work!

[sly bridge]

no worries, took more time because usage was eluding in terms of mandatory thing

[sly bridge]

- it is a string parameter
- its name is "usage" and in value are/will be all defined usages like this: "FireGeo" (only for detection of bullet impacts in this case) and possible others
- if a collider shape has no usage parameter, then it collides (simulates) in every layer and warning message will appear in console log
- for creating custom attributes in 3ds Max, use only the Parameter editor in Animation menu, otherwise the properties in exported FBX can't be edited in Maya. So doing it with Object Properties/User defined is FORBIDDEN```

@fossil crater / @feral jolt is it possible to detail how can (for colliders) set game materials for instance. I would assume it is also some string parameter

[compact scarab]

Use enfusuon blender tools plugin. Select your colliders and open the materials section in the enfusion tab, and click colliders. Make sure workbench is open.

The colliders button will only be ungosted if the colliders have the correct prefixes

[sly bridge]

i don't wanna use blender, which is the point of the above question

[compact scarab]

Lol my bad

[shell hedge]

All you need to do is use the GUID of the material as the material name of the collider, as seen in sample models

Either GUID or ResourceName dont remember

[sonic tree]

guid

[sly bridge]

you sure ?

nvm it is ResourceName indeed @sonic tree

tnx

[sonic tree]

i thought it was guid mb

[formal parcel]

Hey, I have a tank that I want to model into reforger. it has a high triangle count at the moment and I have some gaps in the track system and the chasis. I am curious if when I start to set it up in enfusion that it wont just blunder its self and I need to keep going.

[mighty bronze]

How high of a polycount we talking
and where did ya get it

[formal parcel]

300k and it originally was an stl file

It used to be 4m

I put on my own set of tracks so I could animate it

[mighty bronze]

Hmm

[mighty bronze]

I know stl files tend not be optimized for video game use at all
And id verify the license wirh that model to be something like royalty free or Commons attribution.
Got a link?

[formal parcel]

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/bergepanzer-3-buffel

[mighty bronze]

Oh man that's a bad, I hope you havent poured hours into this yet

[formal parcel]

Elaborate

[mighty bronze]

CULTS - PU private use license

"This license does not include permissions: for selling, distribution, sharing, donation, exchanging, copying, modifying or adapting the 3d model"

Now
Im not a lawyer
But this sounds like a stricter version of editorial use

And AFAIK, using models in a mod that gets distributed isn't private use

[formal parcel]

Damn

I have other ones that are non licensed that I can use this was just the most detailed

[mighty bronze]

Non licensed?

[formal parcel]

Free hand stuff from friends

Same design not from that site

[mighty bronze]

k that's probably better, would still see how to best make sure you get written agreement for the use of thise models

[obsidian grail]

first time 3d scanning shoes
600 vertices
gonna import them soon 🙃

[twin kraken]

what did you use to 3d scan?

[main shoal]

Shi I gotta port my Air Force’s

[broken topaz]

I have a Machine gun that has been setup using the M16 prefab (as it needed a suppressor and I couldn't get it working with the M60 prefab), I can confirm everything works fine with the M60 prefab but when I have copied everything over to a M16 prefab the mounted position of the weapon seems off, see image, how do I change the offset on where the model gets mounted. The pivot point seems to be under the center of the gun causing it to sit next to the players head. Is there a way to move the pivot point and make the weapon sit further forward? Someone else suggested AimingModifierAttributes but I havent been able to get this working

[last hill]

There are prefab settings for position of pivot etc. Off the top of my head I can't recall where but somewhere inside the aimingmodifier is a deployed pivot position pointinfo section you need to configure.

[warm oak]

How many uv sets can the engine handle per model like max limit?

[merry rivet]

Question:
bevel edges for 3D environment assets:
Only keeping them in the Highpoly and baking them into the LOD0 or giving the assets an existing bevel edge in LOD0?

[haughty knoll]

Have a look at similar vanilla assets in workbench. The houses have beveled edges at every window- and doorframe hole for example.

[hazy path]

i believe its only 2

[warm oak]

Ah OK that sucks to be honest but I can see If it works

[hazy path]

you can use multimat if you need to have multiple materials on one object

[warm oak]

To be honest I have no idea what that is I'm trying to figure this out so my devs don't make mistakes

[merry rivet]

Yeah.. good idea.. I'll have a look...

[obsidian grail]

this 🙃

[merry rivet]

Okay, yeah, they use bevel edges on most environment items

[mighty bronze]

I could buy an M2 Carl gustsf for the price of that thing

[topaz willow]

I was thinking surely it couldn't be that expensive

$2,699.00

[white garden]

Is it possible to make a LOD setup to where the closer you get to something it disappears? I want to make a city landscape that disappears as you get closer to the city to make it look bigger.

[noble ravine]

maybe make the lod with no mesh?

[twin kraken]

How much was that John

[main shoal]

can someone help me out? im trying to make a belt where the actual belt is just fully rigid but this dangling bungee cord follows the leg

[obsidian grail]

2.5k

my first ever 3d scan not played with any settings or software stuff so it's not the best but it looks okay for first time ig

[normal field]

hi, can someone explain to me how to add an helmet inventory ? like to add stuff to the helmet itself like a cover or smth ?

I'm new to reforger modding

[formal parcel]

@mighty bronze

Can I get your help

[mighty bronze]

with?

[formal parcel]

That model

I got permission from the creator

How do I get the tracks to not be transparent on the vehicle

[mighty bronze]

sorry I'm really tired rn
maybe check to make sure they're MatPBRBasic in the materials?
Also in blender check for inverted normals/faces

[formal parcel]

Thanks

[mighty bronze]

if you're not sure where face orientation option is

and proper _BCR and _NMO for their respective textures
Uh
unless you are using transparency... which I've only messed with glass for transparency

[urban needle]

Hey everyone, any ideas for making this revolving door work? Maybe it doesn't need to be opened manually, but just kept rotating continuously.

[brisk grotto]

Is Henry planning drone strikes? Weird ass crossover to see you here 💀

[brisk grotto]

You'd likely have to look at procedural animations. You can set them up to rotate/translate off specific bones then define a trigger (e.g a button for a roller door) or time or whatever

[merry rivet]

I'm working on an Arma mod as a hobby 😄

[main shoal]

Are there programs that can just create a folded item variant for my clothes?

[brisk grotto]

Not really no, especially since the folded model will be different depending on the type of worn clothing model in question.

There’s some tricks to make them quickly though like simulation in blender, or you re-use generic drop models

[main shoal]

Where could I start with that

The simulation

[odd goblet]

just look up "blender cloth sim" there's a bunch of tutorials. if you do end up trying that, i'd recommend scaling your item up a bit before running the sim. the default cloth settings can make normal sized objects behave weird in my experience

if you want to save a ton of hassle though, just take a vanilla item model and swap the material to something close to your clothes. people don't really look closely at dropped clothing items on the ground

[main scaffold]

Hi. Could you tell me if there are any more detailed guides for creating BSP? I've encountered an uneven roof. However, the vanilla models (example: Barn_E_01) solved my problem. The guides on the bistudio website don't cover BSP in detail, and the example provided is very basic, without player access to the roof.

[signal gull]

How should I approach crating a model with texture variations? For my map I want to create a bus stop with 3 different sets of ads placed on the sides. My first idea was to have the bus stop reference two materials - one for the bus stop itself and one for the ads where I would put all variations on one texture and create three models with different uv mapping. But this seems too unoptimised as it requires three different models to be created. Is there a better solution?

[urban needle]

Ok, thank you very much

[brisk grotto]

Personally I'd do one model, two materials. Stick your ads on the second material (all of them), on the material variants for your ads you can go to this section and add a UV offset in-engine to push it along to your next set of ads, you'd just have to play about with a texture layout that makes sense with that.

Then just overwrite the ad material for each prefab variant

If you do the bus stop material right you can also add colour variants of the bus stop itself as you go

[signal gull]

Oh, perfect! This is literally perfect for my purpose. Thanks!

[drowsy mason]

Hey - made a mod and put it in workshop... when I play with friends multiplayer PVE, the items show up for me but not for them... I'm guessing there is a component that activates them in multiplayer??

[calm isle]

What is the max distance I can extend a model's lods out until it disappears? I've got some models that will just be completely gone after 25 meters or so

[calm isle]

Like this is how far away I am before it disappears entirely

[worn plover]

Post a screenshot of an item show the components list also try to explain what you mean by they show up for you but not for them.

[worn plover]

How many lods does it have?

If it's really tiny it might be a pixel size thing. But don't quote me I'm not sure.

Try looking at a similar size object and see how the lods etc are set up

[mortal abyss]

Any resources on how to import textures/materials from blender? Got a model in but so lost with getting the rest in!!

[calm isle]

I've tried using one LOD that holds over as well as up to 11 LODs. It's about the size of a hand so the size could be an issue

[worn plover]

how are grenades set up? or ap mines? they are about the same size

[calm isle]

That's a good point, I'll take another look at those today but I also feel like it's equally likely it's some setting I'm missing somewhere

[worn plover]

i dont remember if you have to do something with mipmaps either

ill have to look again

[final vector]

Can anyone provide input on creating _Delated models for jackets?

[worn plover]

Deflated* models are usually just compressed around the waste and or chest area so when they go under a vest or pants are put on or sometimes a backpack they don't clip. What program are you using? I used marvelous for clothing and did by a mixture of stretch weft and/or that pressure mechanic they have. If your doing it in blender I'm not quite positive on the best way.

[final vector]

Blender

I figured that was the case I’m curious if I can get that same effect just molding the models closer to the body?

[worn plover]

Might be able to get cheeky with a targeted light shrinkwrap I dunno.

[final vector]

Hmm I’m getting closer I used a cloth filer and went into the negatives under inflate. It’s pretty finicky

[worn plover]

Yea you for sure could mold them closer. I'm no artist so I try to stick to the least manual way possible

[final vector]

I feel ya on that.

It’s a lot of work to get everything done how BI does but I really want the best for this mod

It would be hella easier if I had the vanilla assets in blender to sculpt around

[worn plover]

take a look at the animation model.

i stole the boot shape off of that and used it as a prop when i was doing pants.

[inner torrent]

Hi everyone,
I’m having an issue when exporting a model from Blender to the tool
In Blender I positioned the steering system correctly using an armature (bones). Everything looks correct in Blender: the steering wheel and linkage are in the right position.
However, when I export the model as FBX and import it into the tool, the steering parts are no longer in the position I set. It looks like enfusion is ignoring the pose and importing the mesh in a different position .
What I need is for the steering to stay exactly in the posed position I set in Blender.
Does anyone know the correct workflow for exporting posed models from Blender to the tool?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[worn plover]

are you applying transforms?

[sonic tree]

apply transforms

[plush torrent]

apply transforms to the model in blender

[worn plover]

Maybe he didn't hear us. HEY DID YOU APPLY TRANSFORMS?

[inner torrent]

Good morning guys, I have already applied the transformation (ctrl+a ->> apply all tranform) but now the vehicle in the blender viewport is in its right place and on enfusion the vehicle is at a height and distance that does not correspond to the v_root

[brisk grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/shades-on-muringa-twocolors-follow-you-looking-cool-gif-14119413928006074327

[worn plover]

I had this issue with colliders on wheels I ended up not applying rotation. And it seemed to fix it. But the issue might be because transforms is applied to the model and the armature? And the bones in the armature are very sensitive to location and rotation. I could be completely wrong here. I would check the sample vehicle mod we've been provided against yours to spot the difference.

[wide yew]

Would it be possible to add custom a custom apartment building and its own destruction variant or is the destruction thing always the same

[brisk grotto]

You can add custom destruction models and stages to your prefabs same way as base game buildings you’d just need the differed FBX for each stage you want to show

#creators_recruiting

[urban needle]

ty

[sly bridge]

@urban needle wrong channel

[patent flower]

Hi all got another question, what would cause part of my model to import with darker colour

should be all white like the suspension

when i apply materials its making them darker

[fluid dragon]

check if the vertex are painted somehow in blender thats a problem that i had once

[sly bridge]

vertices paints /vertex colors

[sly bridge]

he isn’t using blender, however the issue is most likely the same

[fluid dragon]

yeah, was just thinking that i had that problem in my blender file so i said it that way ^^

[patent flower]

That did the trick thanks for the help

[snow pasture]

anyone know whats causing this

nvm it was my response index

[little trail]

how do i edit texures for existing mods for example im dutch and i want to make dutch skins for vehicles

[snow pasture]

You have to get access from those mod creators

[little trail]

is that the reason i cant get the pgn?

[sly bridge]

can you be more specific about what you want to do?

[little trail]

like putting dutch flags on this model

[sly bridge]

in general mods are all copyrighted material with an author. depending on the license file associated you can / cannot edit the files. However all files published are locked, you will not be able to extract any of it

[little trail]

and i need this pgn

[little trail]

ahh okay

[white plover]

anyone know to fix this issue

[calm rune]

100% weights on Spine5 and no other vertex group

Assuming that is a plate carrier.

[safe oxide]

does anyone have a good tutorial on adding bones & collider for cars ?

[cold rune]

Click through the vertex's on the right arm and see if any spine bones are assigned to it and remove it.

[calm rune]

Delete them all except Spine5 and make the entire thing red

[white plover]

Legand iv been fkin about with this for hours did not think it would be as simple at that

[tough junco]

Don't if it's the right place for that, but i'm trying to make the Coalition VON Radios into RHS Gadget Slot. Seem like in the good slot so far but it is offset, any ideas ?

[mortal abyss]

Why can't I download the Arma Reforger Substance Painter Export Profiles via Github?

[brisk grotto]

You should be able to, whats happening when you try?

[mortal abyss]

I can't open the files within github to access the download option! I guess it's an issue their end?

[brisk grotto]

Try this one? Download button top right

https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Misc/blob/main/Art/Substance Export Profiles/Arma Reforger PBR (BCR%2BNMO).spexp

[blazing zenith]

Any ideas how to get rid of these placeholder textures? I've remapped the original textures of this model to be PNGs when the ones it came with were Bitmaps, i thought this would fix the problem but no.

I can see the actual material under this bright colours, so not sure why its still got the bright colours on the imported FBX

[sonic tree]

color attributes in data

[blazing zenith]

Vertex painting in Blender was the problem

[sonic tree]

or that yep

[blazing zenith]

Sorted now

[gloomy rose]

Ar you dutch me asswel!

Coolests

[little trail]

Lekkerman im still in the beginner phase but maybe we can make mods in the future

[gloomy rose]

Trouwens doe ik ook voor arma 3 en miss arma 4 overwrite ik gewoon die shit en plants ik me liverys er op

Als je die guy denk ik gewoon tagged voor de originele mod hoort er geen probleem te zijn denk ik

[nova sequoia]

can someone import some of my assets for me

[mortal abyss]

Creating BCR'S and NMO's using Substance painter - Why do the edges of surfaces "bleed" onto others? Or you get edges between different materials showing no colour?

I am pretty new to modelling side so I could be missing something, but I am making sure all faces have a material assigned to then etc. But then am getting a load of nasty looking edges once applied to the .emat/.xob

[remote palm]

Show a picture please. Might be vertex coloring

[mortal abyss]

I'll send some over when I'm back from work - So what is vertex colouring? For my learning lol

[mortal abyss]

Here are some examples of what I mean

[remote palm]

That’s just bad baking / possible missing UVs

[mortal abyss]

Missing UV's?

This is after changing to 2048x2048 and changing "UV Padding" to UV Space Neighbour

[sly bridge]

do you have UV splits there?

[remote palm]

The inside of the tubes look like they are not UV unwrapped to my eye.
But thats looking better already?
Mby also show the model in blender with the seams and the UV island?

[mortal abyss]

I'm sorry. What's a UV split? Google brings up a bunch of weather things

[mortal abyss]

Ya definitely getting there anyway - Here's a blender screenshot - AFAIK all faces (verticies?) have been unwrapped, I have heard that having too much space around the islands is bad practice though?

[remote palm]

Screenshot of your model in edit mode?

[sly bridge]

where there is a hard edge you are suppose to have a UV split (not just for baking purpose). Seems you have, you could also weld some of these UV islands into fewer (for everything that is cylinder)

[mortal abyss]

By welding do you mean just moving those islands together, or is this some specific feature/tool to use? 🙂

[sly bridge]

i mean actually welding the vertices. i am not a blender user, so i am uncertain what tools you need to use.

[sly bridge]

how does your HP looks like?

[mortal abyss]

What's an HP? I am a three-day blender user, so I too am uncertain on tools to use 😄 Will do some digging

[sly bridge]

this looks like baking artefacts. substance is expecting you to also have a HP model for baking normal's map

[mortal abyss]

OHH as in high poly for the normal, low(er) for the texture itself? Thanks for the pointers

[sly bridge]

low poly is usually the game mesh. High poly is the mesh you bake normals from and other details directly into the textures

[sly bridge]

quick and dirty - LP, HP and UVs

packing is a mess, but you get the gist

[mortal abyss]

Thanks 🙂

[sly bridge]

no worries. Also as a general rule, get the geometry reduced the smaller it is. The external cylinder of the body can have higher counts, the ones inside can have lower counts. in my example - external is 64 faces, internals are 16 each, if i were to make that would most likely go down to 12 (get cylinders to subdive to 4 btw)

[brisk grotto]

People are unlikely to do it for you, they can help answer questions to get yours in yourself but won’t do it all for you

[nova sequoia]

ok

[worn plover]

Depends on what they are

[sly bridge]

helping yes. doing it, nope.

[olive fern]

Hi, not sure if its the right channel but I have questions/ need help with my collider on my asset.
I made this room and the roof/ceiling is still wallbang-/penetrable by bullets and grenade explosions. I decided to put another angled square with concrete 100mm properties between ceiling and the upper floor but that didnt fix it neither.
Putting an actual concrete slab down in the engine works but it seems like an ugly work around.

[last hill]

Likely wrong collider type, check what colliders are present in the concrete slab xob file in workbench then compare your collider type and settings

[worn plover]

i mean if he made and has full rights to the assets and he wants to give them to me to upload im pretty sure thats fine. although i do feel the need to make a character statement here now and say that my intention is altruistic and not malign.

[nova sequoia]

Just a table tool cubbies set

[worn plover]

just a prop? or are you trying to do something with it?

[nova sequoia]

Armory

Idk how to set up colliders or set up the bar maps metalness or hm with easy channel packing to

But everything is there for it just forgot how to import things

[worn plover]

what i mean is the asset simply meant to be a world prop?

like a table or chair or mailbox etc. props..

[nova sequoia]

No there going to be used to make a new arsenal prefab

[worn plover]

ahh

[nova sequoia]

Ik how to do that I just forgot how to import things

[worn plover]

post a pic of the model with the scene collection shown in blender so i know where to start.

[nova sequoia]

Hold on

I’m at work I’ll be home in 1 hr

[worn plover]

if you haven't made colliders its just a collection of meshes in the shape of your model given a prefix_name. This is what the vanilla arsenal uses. even though they tell us trimesh colliders are expensive they use them everywhere. but if can make your colliders with just a few simple shapes you should.

ill just post a quick and dirty rundown then

[nova sequoia]

I’ll be home at 3:20 I’ll send you what I mean then

[worn plover]

if you have the EnfusionBlenderTools plugin go to Add-> EBTobjects-> Colliders to see all the available options and to have it auto prefix. then in the plugin under material tools click colliders setup for the selected collider.

then just export to your workbench addon assets folder.

and set it up like you said you know how too

[mortal abyss]

How do you export VFX etc? Another newbie painter for Substance Painter 🙁

[worn plover]

this should be in the texture channel prolly but. you could try using basecolor instead of diffuse. but if you specifically need the diffuse. then u prolly need to tell substance to calculate it.

also do you have the reforger substance export templates or did you create your own?

[burnt surge]

Little question. Do gloves hide hands or do the gloves need to be done a bit bigger as mesh?

[topaz willow]

I believe they hide the hand meshes, set to do so within it's BaseLoadoutClothComponent under Override Meshes To Hide

[burnt surge]

Thank you

[calm rune]

Either or. Unfortunately BI had the cut off point to hide the mesh so far up the wrist that you basically need to just oversized them because most gloves do not cover the little gap left over from the mesh being hidden.

Basically any winter gloves you can hide the mesh but when it comes to normal military style ones like Mechanix, Oakley, etc then no. You have to put it over the mesh and keep the mesh there.

[burnt surge]

So these might work i think

[calm rune]

They look like they should

[brisk grotto]

Worst case size the gloves to fit over the hands mesh

[fallow pond]

should just make the gloves a few percent larger than the hands even with hiding body parts. it would look dumb if the gloves where 75% smaller than normal hands.

not to mention things like winter gloves should be made smaller than they normally are. since they still need to look decent while interacting with all the character animations

[white plover]

any1 know how head gear works to make it invisable in first person

[fervent knoll]

Someone one know where are the settings for FWD, RWD o AWD vehicles?

[brisk grotto]

On the material tick the enable user alpha bias