Modern Optics Pack

[plucky dagger]

Changelog:

• all reddots/holographic sights are now collimated
• removed dependency to Switchable Optics
• HAMR has now proper dual color scope
• moved mounting point to comply with different mods (like RHS, thanks @gleaming prism for point that to me)
• ACOG improved texturing, now looks like proper metal one
• fixed minor model issues on XPS3 with Magnifier
• ** faster rotation when using 1x mode dual function sights (sights with magnifiers & scopes with RMR)**
• fixed SpecterDR reticle Scale
• added new optic combination: SigSauer Romeo 8T with G-33 Magnifier

[earnest vigil]

😍 nice job

[viscid kindle]

Nice, shame arma has broken mod downloads again

[plucky dagger]

I was able to download it by stopping previous download and pressing download again

[keen belfry]

so I'm having trouble with the mod. more or less when you zoom in, you cant move at all. after you zoom out you can move again.

[fervent bronze]

Quit the game and go back in

[honest gyro]

An issue I’ve been having is when I put any of the magnifier sights on an m4 from bacons “M4a1 Block II and URG-1” mod. After toggling the magnifier it causes my character pov to go all over the place when aiming resulting in my characters body being all twisted up and having to move right to go forward and up and down to go side to side. I’m on Xbox if helps.

[west geode]

you are probably using the test eotech, there should be 2, don’t use the last one

[frigid rain]

Anyone else have a problem with the Spectre 1-4x with its illumination only works if I have the ADS glitch’s (Xbox Player)

[steel nymph]

hey @plucky dagger I'm admin and I play on server ita "operazioni arma Italia".I did tests on your optics, some have a perfect reticle for long distance shots, the reticle notches correspond to the distance, other optics are not right. can you fix?

@plucky dagger these are screenshots I took during the test (sorry if the annotations are written in Italian, they are screenshots to help our server guys) As you can see the reticles of Specter, Leopold and LPVO are not usable
The green optics are correct, with the default weapon settings the bullet runs and falls the corresponding distance indicated in the reticle. In red scopes the reticle does not match the travel and bullet drop at those ranges
Test with M16 and M4 Block modded

[gleaming prism]

damn you a scientist, can you test my barrett optic too? (on the barrett)

[pure oxide]

While we are at it. I believe the Carl Gustav optic is off zero. Been a few weeks since I’ve tested it.

[steel nymph]

I already did but we're not using it on the server... The barrett Need a Little fix

[steel nymph]

@gleaming prism As you can see (I added the blur to resize the file too big for discord... But in game it would be cool) the render distance on seriesX is 800mt
You see a jacket floating
However, at this distance leaving the weapon at default distance the shot lands roughly where the red arrow is If, on the other hand, you set the weapon at 800m the shot DOES NOT hit the center of the reticle But I can't express myself with certainty on this last point because there is the problem that the weapon oscillates a lot... Even when lying down and activating the bipod there is always oscillation In this situation it should be firmly on the ground without movement... If you can fix this then we can evaluate ballistics and optics 😉

[gleaming prism]

yeah when bipods work in the game we can test it again

when I was zeroing the scope I was using the 1800m shot as a benchmark and it was reasonably accurate

[steel nymph]

1800m on console you can't see the mountains... 😂

[gleaming prism]

I couldn't see my target as well, here's my test

it only works when both me and the target are relatively flat, or level

[steel nymph]

@plucky dagger @gleaming prism do you think it is possible to create a 14x tactical scope for the barrett like this real one? with integrated rangefinder where you can read the distance to the target.
In the Russian RHS mod there are rangefinder binoculars that write the distance on the screen... Maybe using the same method..... 🤞)

[gleaming prism]

yes, it is possible

[plucky dagger]

Thank you, I'll have a look into it

[midnight fulcrum]

@plucky dagger seems with your SPARC RED-DOT with & with-out 33X it sits on all guns off center. There’s also a reflection in the sight that can be very over powering most the time blocking your view. This “reflection” also happens at night even in very dark buildings

[plucky dagger]

Thanks for pointing this out, should be an easy fix

[gleaming prism]

this looks like pretty much the same scope the barrett already has

[steel nymph]

Yes It Is...
is an external computer module that integrates into the optics manufactured by Barrett
obviously for the game I think you don't need all the functions... having the display locked on the rangefinder function is already enough (if it doesn't bug Xbox 😭)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU9tJYgtIGs

[fervent bronze]

The same for the holographic too

[steel nymph]

speaking of optics.
Specter 1-4x
My all-time favorite in terms of aesthetics and functionality (even if the reticle notches are not calibrated) because has the right speed movement when you aim 1x or 4x
Can I get some feedback from the author about this?
Magnification 1x: there is lenticular effect (both 1x and 4x but 1x more noticeable) which actually zooms out a bit...It can be seen by looking at the contours of the warehouse in the photo for example... It's very nice but this image processing with lenticular effect that bends the image doesn't impact the fps? is it possible to at least correct the magnification and have effective 1 to 1 zoom?
Second thing... Couldn't this artificial reflection of the trees be eliminated? (Short video)
I think without these two visual effects the FPS improves a lot when aiming

p.s.I forgot a question is it difficult to enable the point of view from the small metal upper sight (While maintaining movement speed and rotation as 1x view)?
@plucky dagger

[pastel stump]

Hey @plucky dagger I know you are super busy but do you think there is any way you could make some of the optics in this mod work better with night vision system mod. This is is that the night vision with the third ranger modpack makes the brightness if the holographic and other similar sights so bright that they are unfeasible to use. If you can't, or a re too busy, that's fine but it would be a great improvement to quality of life with the night ops if we could use our optics. Thank you for your work and creations

[plain field]

As we tried to explain in the nvg thread. If we drop the brightness of the reticle on our optics, it becomes hard to see on day engagements.

The shader on the nvg mod amplifies certain aspects of the game color range, resulting in massive bloom on optics.

We can try again to tweak them a little more but it's going to be an issue as long as the shader on the nvg is boosting the things it boosts.

It's a catch 22, we decrease our brightness to work with the nvg, harder in day shooting, he decreases the amount his nvg shader amplifies that color/emissive his nvg shader is darker overall resulting in complaints.

Honestly, if we could do a night toggle for our optics overall to disable our glow we would be able to limit the issue in my opinion.

TL:DR - It is a double edge sword, one party can't fix the issue.

I know this isn't my mod thread, but it is not just his optics pack, mine do it, Bacon's do it.

[pastel stump]

Hey @plain field so I don't know if you saw this yet but bacon did show a vid of maybe a way to change the brightness of the optic in the NVS showcase thread.

[pastel stump]

Hey @plucky dagger is there any way that you could enable the toggle illumination feature for controller in this mod. Apparently this mod prevents my server from chasing the optic brightness. Thank you!!!

[plain field]

I did see it, until the issue of rivers optics resulting in the toggle button not functioning, I will hold off implementing

[gleaming prism]

if you inherit any of my optics that have this feature then they will become unusually bright as the default brightness is max or 3x

[plain field]

Then I assume that it will, I think I duplicated but shared a few things from your optics. I haven't had any reports yet though

[gleaming prism]

level 0 would be night visibility (defined by your default emission values in the reticle material)
level 1 and level 2 are multipliers of level 0 defined in sights component

they start out at level 2 because most of the time ops happen during the day

[keen belfry]

sights got broken in the update for me, is anyone else experiencing this?

[blissful frigate]

Yeah bi said all modders need to update via the experimental before the update dropped today but not many did so it’ll be a bit before fixes come

[fervent bronze]

And so now we wait

[obsidian hawk]

Indeed

[cinder ice]

when will it be updated cuz it doesn’t work in our server

[fervent bronze]

Probably won’t be for a while based on River having been inactive. Im not gonna even bother him because he has so much stuff to fix now and he probably has some stuff with life to deal with

[sick hedge]

.... I'll just leave this here 😉 https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/5DAA065E4A2ADE2F-RVX_Attachments_Fix I'm sure he would want it fixed! Hopefully the author of AttachmentsCompatability doesn't remove his mod which would kill this mod once and for all!

[sick hedge]

just hotfixed to work with TFM's Weapons!

[gleaming prism]

is that a tfm weapon tho in the image

[fervent bronze]

No it’s yours

[chrome flower]

Thanks

@sick hedge

[chrome flower]

Anyone know the control for this on console

[fervent bronze]

Down on right stick

[chrome flower]

Thanks

[chrome flower]

Sadly doesn’t work

[west geode]

press y

[chrome flower]

Ok

[chrome flower]

Thanks that work

[sick hedge]

related: https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/5DAB342C69D05527-M4%2526MK18Fix

[chrome flower]

YESS

[sick hedge]

aaaand: https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/5DAB7B1C6EB9B4E1-Mk14EBRFix

and no, im not touching the javelin 🙂 I fired it in workbench and watched the rocket roll around on the ground for like a full minute before finding the jeep i originally targeted. lol! Seems VERY broken.

[plucky dagger]

Hey, I know I have been inactive for some time but i have to pause working on Arma modding for a bit more. It's now on hold because I have much preparations going on as I am getting married. Cheers everyone

[blissful frigate]

Enjoy that, we’ll be waiting until you return

[sick hedge]

Congrats to you and yours! 😎

[sick hedge]

Updated for 0.9.9! Currently only the 5 red dots work!

[torn steppe]

Hope all is well lots of folks happy for you, and alot miss your works.

[hard gazelle]

😣

[molten mirage]

☹️😂

[obsidian hawk]

Me casually waiting for this mod to make a glorious return

[molten mirage]

It prob won’t

[sick hedge]

Yeah the great mod wipe of 1.0 killed this mod for good unless river x makes a return.

[mossy portal]

Hopefully he does, this mod was THE optics mod to have

[obsidian hawk]

Yeah, all my guys miss it, and I miss being able to use the optic I own IRL

Sad day when we lost this masterpiece

[tender torrent]

Hopeful another certain mod with certain optics makes its return in the near future

[hard gazelle]

Some guy said they working on it right?

[rough jolt]

River when back to A3 and has personal business i believe

[shrewd mortar]

His get married, probably will take a long time to come back

[hard gazelle]

lol that was 7 months ago

[sonic salmon]

So there's no expected return of the mod?

[hard gazelle]

Someone said a little while ago they’re doing something similar don’t know if it’s the case. But I get your frustration

[sonic salmon]

Understandable, one can only hope for a pack as good as this one

[blissful grove]

Perhaps one day

[shrewd mortar]

WE MISS YOU @plucky dagger everybody missing javelin and optics lmfao kkkkk

[neat tundra]

👀

[hollow nimbus]

Lmao it’s at this moment we cope that it ain’t ever coming back

[hard gazelle]

We’re cooked 😫

[blissful grove]

We can't lose hope. There must be a way to revive this mod somehow

[molten mirage]

Can someone not adopt the mod and just build off it or is that considered stealing

[sick hedge]

The original author has to re upload it since the great mod wipe of 1.0 that killed many mods like this one. In short, we're screwed!

[sweet gazelle]

How about we make a new one

[fading axle]

I'm surprised there isn't more optic mods

[gray field]

No kidding. I miss this mod man