#Dog - K9 Unit

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novel grail
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Hello,

Diwako (AI/Scripts), Krogar (3D art) and myself (3D art/anims) are now actively working on this mod and I'm happy to tell you that it will be made available as a standalone mod. AMF will also release another version of the dog that is made specifically for their mod with unique features. AMF already released some accessories in their latest update, check them out!

What you can expect:

  • A custom unit with cool and realistic anims and sounds (ok maybe the sounds will be bad but I'll do my best)
  • Equipments made specifically for the dog (harness, patches, goggles, collar...)
  • An AI that features multiple behaviors and actions (search, fetch, take down, parachute...)
  • ACE compatibility

If you more information about this mod, check the BI Forums: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/240791-dog-k9-unit

I'll keep posting updates on the BI Forums and here regularly. 🐕‍🦺

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novel grail
opaque hinge
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woof

novel grail
novel grail
novel grail
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The preview version will tell if adding hair cards was a good idea or not. If you lose 20 FPS because of it, I'll probably have to remove some of them. I still can't give you a date for the preview.

dreamy dirge
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When children skeleton?

novel grail
dreamy dirge
novel grail
dreamy dirge
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a pity

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children and "good" women are missing for the immersion and your work is like the best in topics like that

tulip stream
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💀

turbid vapor
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💀

novel grail
rain fog
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its so cool, looks better than dayz dog mod

pearl atlas
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a leash option would b cool

novel grail
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This feature is very complicated to implement. Some modders have already tried it and I didn't like the result at all. In the end it was almost only visual and it was not very good. :/

pearl atlas
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maybe program the dog to only be able to move a certain distance from the handler as an alternative when a "leash" feature is active?

novel grail
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hmm what do you think about that @opaque hinge?

opaque hinge
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the max distance option is already a thing when the dog is told to just follow. the leash would be just a visual thing. due to pathfinding related sluggishness how ai walks it will not look really good

pearl atlas
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alright dope, thats what i was mainly worried about.

timber pilot
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I just have to say, someone as myself who has been searching for the most “realistic” ways to replicate a Tier 1 unit within Arma.. I have always felt having a K9 handler within the group would tie everything together. I am super hopeful for this mod and can’t wait to see the final outcome. Thank you for your time trying to make this happen. I guarantee you the SOF Arma community will appreciate the heck out of this, if able to work properly within the game.

sinful pulsar
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CoD Devs: Dog models

quartz flume
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this looks really cool, the thought of having dog companions in arma 3 never crossed my mind, your work is amazing keep it up.

novel grail
timber pilot
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I have no doubt. I’m sure it is very complex and stuff like that is wayyy over my head lol. Good luck guys

timber pilot
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The takedown feature for the dog, is it going to be a "kill" type action or an incapacitation?

opaque hinge
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right now it is planned as a kill type thing. incapacitation is a bit of an issue with all kinds of medical systems out there.

timber pilot
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that makes total sense. There is a plethora of medical systems out there. Thank you for the info!

thin sparrow
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Will they be able to detect and mark mines/uxo?

pearl atlas
dreamy dirge
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but only once

thin sparrow
# dreamy dirge they can even defuse them

I mean, dogs defusing mines is a bit out there. But I guess if the dev team wants to lean real hard into the 2030 setting of arma 3, the concept of dogs defusing mines could possibly work somehow. Maybe they could add a little eod bot attached to the dogs harness??? But i'm not sure why they would only be able to defuse mines once.

dreamy dirge
thin sparrow
opaque hinge
thin sparrow
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Oh nice. Absolutely astounding work so far btw. Hope development goes as smooth as arma mod development can go.

pearl atlas
thin sparrow
pearl atlas
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Thats what I said dawg

peak ore
thin sparrow
peak ore
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I think it’s probably a tone thing

novel grail
tribal fractal
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Having 2 GSD's myself I cant wait for this!

novel grail
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I need to work on the parachute and attack anims. I'll share them here when it's ready.

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I'm also thinking about sharing my dog rig with the community once the mod is out (so you can make more anims for your missions, machinimas or screenshots)

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not sure about the rig yet ^^

rigid chasm
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just out of interest since this mod seems super promising, any sort of idea on an ETA of release or no?

novel grail
rigid chasm
novel grail
timber pilot
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That’s so sick looking. Great job guys!

timber pilot
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Just wondering how things are going? Eager to get these killer pups in action lol

novel grail
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Update: I spent the week re-importing all the animations into the game due to a stupid error. This created some regression and I will have to go over the animations again to adjust them. Oh and the dog is now slightly smaller because of that. 😅

timber pilot
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#puppyK9

sharp marlin
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What's their name

pearl atlas
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any updates?

novel grail
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Nothing more to share for now meowheart

rigid chasm
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Dam over 2 months? since you announced it. Good luck with everything hope it all goes well 👍

timber pilot
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Starting to get the final touches going with my new unit. Going to be replicating a Tier 1 unit and I can't wait to add this K9 unit in. I hope things are looking good lol. Super optimistic about this mod.

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Again, thank you guys for your dedication to this mod!

pearl atlas
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yeah a buncha units are gonna jump on this mod as soon as it comes out 💀

lone oak
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I can already imagine the role descriptions for all the wannabe SF units:
1st platoon 2nd squadron 21B Dog special operator

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Although I am not sure what my unit will call it, cause it's literally called "Hundeführer" in german🙃

novel grail
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Tactical Good Boy Handler

rigid chasm
# novel grail Tactical Good Boy Handler

bartholomew dingleberry smack-knuts the 6th's Operator

In honour of my units first K-9 "bartholomew dingleberry smack-knuts the 5th" who we believed died either to a friendly CAS run or a friendly 40mm HE Grenade. We don't know which but high probability it was the friend 40mm HE Grenade based off of the Medal Clip.

lone oak
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@novel grail are you the only person, who is actively working on this or do you have assistance?

umbral echo
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when will we be able to ride dogs like horses

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(next logical step)

novel grail
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any help is appreciated

novel grail
lone oak
lone oak
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If you need help with certain animations, i could perhaps help you tho. Animating is fun.🙃

novel grail
balmy igloo
novel grail
balmy igloo
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OKs 😊

timber pilot
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Hope things are going well @novel grail Excited for this mod!

tulip stream
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Any updates so far?

pearl atlas
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this still WIP or it die out?

lone oak
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chill peeps. The guy's working on it, but doesnt have 24 hours a day to do it.😂

pearl atlas
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Im chill its js been 2 months w/o and updates so Im wondering if it died

timber pilot
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Yeah man, just wondering if there’s an update or not

novel grail
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very very very busy IRL but it's not deadmeowsweats

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I wish I had more time (and motivation)

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I'll probably just release the unfinished version and let you guys create our own scripts since all the scripters I talked to are very busy at the moment meowheart

dreamy dirge
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me when the dog

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the dog

timber pilot
novel grail
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Hello,

I don't have too much time to devote to the mod again, but since I announced that a public version would be available soon,** I'm going to publish a version of the dog without scripts today**. It doesn't do much for the game as it is, but it might be useful to some of you anyway. If any scripters would like to share their work so that it can be integrated into the mod, I'd be delighted to do so.

civic lotus
novel grail
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I'll publish the mod in max 2h.

novel grail
river inlet
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gud boi

polar star
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So when children

lone oak
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ayo, chill. Wrong game.

spice gorge
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Love the work here, and have been building a code base for it!

novel grail
proven stump
# novel grail

kinda unrelated but is there a mod that enables me to carry or drag alive units

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the drag animation when someones unconcious

crude gate
proven stump
crude gate
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With ace you can drag someone without healing them

molten olive
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Yeah ace doesn't heal someone when you drag/carry them

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There are vanilla carry/drag scripts though if that's what you're after

pearl atlas
novel grail
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Hello everyone!

I haven't had much time to work on the mod, so I've decided to publish the sources for everyone. I'll share the link in a few minutes. The only thing I ask is that you add "Moonie" and "GIM" in the credits of your mods 🙂

jagged lodge
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Sad to see this mod died looks like some hard work

vast path
# jagged lodge Sad to see this mod died looks like some hard work

It hasn't died. We fixed some issues with dog animations and configs and use them in Looters&Undeads mod with Moonie's permission. Dogs have more than 10 commands, can track animals, drop with parachute, take a ride in any vehicle, help you in combat vs zombies and other players, e.t.c. You can even put vest on them.
Integrated them only recently so don't have enough footage to show yet.

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hallow bobcat
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I hope the dogs with working scripts and AI could be released as standalone mod once they're working well

novel grail
eternal hollow
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I'm considering picking this up to flush out the code base, but I don't want to sink the time into it if someone else is already working hard on this. Anyone here actively working on creating a standalone flushed out mod with this thats MP compatible?

vast path
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Though, speaking of configs, I have added crouch stance for dogs, that only uses sprint animations to move - that was made in order to force dog to sprint towards enemies: I simply switch dog into the crouch stance when an enemy is detected, so the dog will always sprint towards the enemy, not slowly walk.
You might want to find another approach to that issue.

eternal hollow
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Thanks @vast path! I'll probably start it up then

eternal hollow
novel grail
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Really cool 🙂

wooden creek
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Is this for Reforger or 3

eternal hollow
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3

pulsar wharf
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Make this for Reforger!

wooden creek
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We’d love it to Reforger

novel grail
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Anyone who wants to port it to Reforger is totally free to do so 🙂

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I never really looked at how reforger works especially for AI stuff (because the dog would need to be like any other AI but with other "rules)

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I know how to import the mesh and the animations but that's pretty much it

dawn briar
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Hey is this mod out yet for Arma 3? Like is it able to be used? @novel grail

raw olive
eternal hollow
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Beta testing of my code base for this mod will be starting soon, should be fully released in under two weeks!

raw olive
eternal hollow
novel grail
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you're a legend

eternal hollow
# novel grail you're a legend

I believe you and your team are the legends, the dog and its animations are very high quality. I suppose that's to be expected from the lead artist of BL

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I plan to update it today or tomorrow to fix some minor things and add keybind functionality too

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@novel grail Saw your comment about the pet animation, the animation for the humanoid is there but not configured, and there is an animation for the dog but its broken (ears and jaw rotate weird).

I can totally configure the humanoid one but didnt originally because I honestly didnt think it would be that popular haha, guess I was wrong.

novel grail
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I'm gonna check if I still have the source files

eternal hollow
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I've got the pet animation in well enough for the human, let me know if you do find a good version of the one for the dog, thank you for checking :)

Now I just need to disable ai mods like lambs and vcom on the unit

novel grail
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On it noted

novel grail
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hmm can't find the original blend file, still searching for it

eternal hollow
raw olive
novel grail