FPV Drone

[lime tartan]

Working on FPV mod with custom controller https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1331082870537715732/1335612336219623424/ArmaReforgerWorkbenchSteamDiag_pXl1ta5lAR.jpg?ex=67a1762b&is=67a024ab&hm=dd7414c3562c84ad947d2c8c4b633fb7ec35fefdb0ce7d4ea775cf660503363d&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/976591280786276362/1331079173543952444/Drone_Test_-_Made_With_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=67904f95&is=678efe15&hm=b94245208889982ff0d8e73c0e0878f68f2d7c94f24169dc42f08abd6e5f574f&

[desert sigil]

[lime tartan]

new update, expading funcionality, new model

[viral flicker]

This is so sick

[twin pasture]

I love you

[subtle shuttle]

Got a couple questions if you don't mind answering!

How do you plan on balancing these?
Would there be things such as various different EW (Personal EW, Build-able EW, Backpack Slot EW), alongside EW Guns? Possible dud-rates?
Mod looks great so far

[deep sapphire]

W mod

[upper ferry]

based jolani

[zenith root]

RAKIK let me test this with him. Works very well, just needs a bit of polish really.
Can't wait for release!

[fleet pond]

Nice Mod cant wait to use it when its gonna release if i may ask ?

[fleet geyser]

Would you ever consider adding thermals

[lime tartan]

still very early, will need atleast another week

[lime tartan]

no, thermals are nearly impossible in reforger currently

[lethal ingot]

Are these related to the armed drones 2.0 mod?

[lime tartan]

nope

no dependencies, all custom

[hushed pecan]

Is the mod released

Nvm I’ll search it

[lime tartan]

Only for closed testing

[hushed pecan]

Oh ok gotcha

Will it be for both arsenals

[lime tartan]

Yes, needs to be fair to all teams

[desert sigil]

Can I make a red one that goes faster

[lime tartan]

there is a recon one

[desert sigil]

But a red one that goes 2x as fast with flame stickers on the front

And we can do obstacle courses and stuff

[lime tartan]

sure u can do that, just make sure to credit me 🙂

[desert sigil]

Great work so far btw

[lime tartan]

thx !

[lime tartan]

@desert sigil how to make object rotate around its up axis

[desert sigil]

Procedural animation could help, or you could simply add a degree every frame

I personally recommend doing it like this, hiding the rotor mesh and showing a faded one like they do with helicopters

[lime tartan]

yes thats the plan

[desert sigil]

I think in here I used a proc anim to apply the rotation and it was controlled by signal value from script which was some degrees * "engine" RPM, so it spins faster when you go faster

[lime tartan]

is there a func on proc animation i can call ?

[desert sigil]

I used a signal, did not call proc anims

[lime tartan]

and the signal triggers what ?

[desert sigil]

You can think of signals like variables that can be accessed elsewhere

[lime tartan]

so do u have an actually anim graph for the wings ?

[desert sigil]

Yeah 2 nodes. "take signal value and apply to bone rotation"

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

So I used one signal for audio pitch and rotation

[forest ermine]

A backpack 🎒 with a drone mounted for quick disconnect recon possibly?

[desert sigil]

A backpack that is a drone so you fly yourself around

[silk talon]

Is it possible to have have the drone be a backpack that you can set down, deploy and then fly around?

[lime tartan]

thats usless, and not even a real thing, we can have the drone be very heavy though

[silk talon]

Im still use to Arma 3 Drone backpacks

[lime tartan]

NUKE Drone

NUKE Drone

[woeful robin]

is there gonna be a white racing stripe that goes down the middle

[desert sigil]

bet

[dry pecan]

I believe you said your drone allows you to talk to other players locally from the controller? How did you do this?

[lime tartan]

wdym from controller ?u mean from the drone itself ? if so then no

[hushed pecan]

I think what he wants to do is be able to control the drone and and be able to use proximity chat not from the drone but his character that is controlling the drone this way if he’s nest to someone he can communicate with them or even communicate over comms

[lime tartan]

thats already how it works

[hushed pecan]

Oh lol

[open siren]

I modelled this thinking about this mod... was about to test it then read the thread properly lol

[novel meteor]

Need

[forest ermine]

Mini chopper 🚁

[red forge]

Don't tease us

[lime tartan]

https://www.tiktok.com/@victor_hr/video/7463302488607706410

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1261208661900918854/1332105750109098014/cfde21ef-fc0f-416d-b3a0-fe313c167d1d.mp4?ex=67940ba8&is=6792ba28&hm=01ec56c42557e64b42e963f1f06ecb6e819e4ec3b7b55c7b4be138678845e42b&

[lime tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW79dhNvzF8&ab_channel=PrivateNico2

[lime tartan]

I am holding a test session on my server for this drone mod, anyone wants to join ?

[exotic inlet]

Name?

[lime tartan]

give me 5 min

[lime tartan]

server ready

[exotic inlet]

Shieet I’m doing dad duties atm

You cool if I send one of my guys over if he’s available

[lime tartan]

sure, tell him to dm me

[exotic inlet]

Will do

[exotic inlet]

I have a few guys messaging you

@lime tartan

[lime tartan]

nothing came through ?#

[lime tartan]

jammers have been added

[exotic inlet]

Thank you for allowing my guy to come over there to test the drone

[lime tartan]

No problem ❤️

[forest ermine]

Is this public yet?

[lime tartan]

yes, dm for details

[viral flicker]

dm'd

[forest ermine]

I tried but u gotta accept my friend request first lol

[upper ferry]

those clouds were so much better 😔

[wild verge]

Nice counter part.
Is the jammer only working if its dropped to the bottom and activated or it is also working when equipped?

[lime tartan]

Works equipped, just gota drop it to activate it then u can pick it back up

[wild verge]

Nice thx 👍

[tall grove]

Is it possible to add an inventory so we can add custom warheads?

[lime tartan]

That is planned

[forest ermine]

Big bomb drone is hard to fly i keep killing myself 🤣

[tall grove]

where can i download the mod?

whats it called?

[lime tartan]

"play support"

[forest ermine]

@lime tartan It seems that your mod effects the rotation of the wheels on vanilla Trucks

[lime tartan]

that makes no sense, was it the only mod in use ? ill try it on my end ❤️

[exotic inlet]

I tried to put the mod on my server and it put into a restart loop I wonder if any mods conflict with it

[tall grove]

Baba Yaga?

[lime tartan]

idk but we use all custom scripts, no overrides or anthing

[silk talon]

Wait... You can attach them to Vics??

[lime tartan]

Yes....

[twin pasture]

What’s the update @lime tartan

[lime tartan]

@twin pasture

[hushed pecan]

Nice

[lime tartan]

New custom ranked arsenals for FPV drone mod
will be on next update if the workshop goes up :3

[red forge]

What is the mod called?

[modest wind]

“Play Support”

[red forge]

Thanks boo thang

[fluid nimbus]

Love the mod especially the manual detention but the flight distance is kind of unrealistic it can barely even get across a feild on arland do you have any plans on changing the flight distance in the future?

[lime tartan]

right now, its 1.6km i think that pretty realistic, but ill push it to 2 km next update

[blissful thistle]

Hope workshop goes up ASAP cant wait to try this mod💔💔

[exotic inlet]

My recon team is having a blast with it

[tidal bridge]

This looks good 😄

@lime tartan Requesting permission to run this on my server

[lime tartan]

Dm me

[tidal bridge]

Sent a request

[untold phoenix]

If we wanna to use this at server we have to had your permission first?

[lime tartan]

WORKSHOP IS UP, NEW UPDATE INCOMING !

[lime tartan]

yes, from me :3

[untold phoenix]

ok Then if i can use your mod in my server? I'm gonna do a 5 map rotate server

[lime tartan]

DM me

[lime tartan]

Mods has been updated, new arsenal can be found in the editor under systems, the FPV arsenal is the one with the fpv explosive drones, you need a high enough rank and enough supplies

[blissful thistle]

@lime tartan is it OK if I use it in game master solo?

[lime tartan]

yes, permission is only for more than 32 player server

[queen dragon]

So question can this be used in gm or conflict only?

[lime tartan]

its an arsenal, so in any, except the rank lock arsenals since there is not rank other than in conflict

[blissful thistle]

Alr is it avaible to be spawn from the gm?

[lime tartan]

FIA Arsenal

[blissful thistle]

Oh alr

[tidal bridge]

How does the jammer work? is it just a passive thing?

[queen dragon]

Any issue with me using this in my server?

[lime tartan]

no, put it on ground and enable it then u can pick it up or put it anywhere

[tidal bridge]

ah ok

[lime tartan]

Dm me

[exotic inlet]

Is the mod down atm

[lime tartan]

no why ?

[exotic inlet]

It’s just backend in general all apologize

[blazing parcel]

note - you cannot do that btw (edit - considering the existing EULA you are using)

[lime tartan]

i can password lock my mod though, same thing

You know what, next update, the drone mod will be password locked, any one who wants to use it from now on has to ask or the password from me

[blazing parcel]

you need to give the existing workshop TOS a read before you do that

[lime tartan]

mario said its fine

[blazing parcel]

then if @tulip igloo said it is fine, then it should be fine.

[lime tartan]

FPV mod Road Map

- adding auto-hover to recon Drone
- adding dropper drones
- making all drones modular
- adding fixed wing UAV drone
- adding client prediction for drone controler to improve input delay

[exotic inlet]

Nice try buddy

[blazing parcel]

why would you ping me for? buddy?

[lime tartan]

guys chill, i dont want any bad feelings to spread, this is all done so that our mods are not used in the wrong way, we already allow alot of people to use our mod

[exotic inlet]

Thank you for making a great mod

[lime tartan]

glad you enjoy it !💖

[queen dragon]

if you do this are you going to be setting up a discord for he guys who currently use it?

[wild verge]

have to unlock the drone by an admin and/or GM or have to do it each player on the server before using it?

[lime tartan]

yes, anyone who is already using it will get the password

[lime tartan]

just by the admin hosting the game

[tulip igloo]

@lime tartan If you ae doing something like that, you need to at least specify in the mod description that you have such measure.
Or in the license.
If it's APL or something like that, then you against the terms of such licenses.

[lime tartan]

okey will do, i will switch to custom license and mention that you need my permossion to use the mod and that it is password locked

[blazing parcel]

^^ #other_ip_topics message

[tulip igloo]

Just beware, that the previous version you posted was released on the previous license

And thus people can use it freely legally

You always need to be careful on your license since day 1 when you release it

[lime tartan]

Prev versions will be deleted

[tulip igloo]

People that got it before, on previous version. Can use that previous version without issues.

If you made it APL, then it is allowed by the license to reupload it fully without modifications.

The license is important.

[lime tartan]

Its APL-ND, people can try and host with older versions, but people who dont have that version cant play on thier servers

If it is deleted

[tulip igloo]

All APL licenses allow for uploading the mod again

APL, APL-ND, APL-SA

[lime tartan]

Ah ok, got it

[tulip igloo]

https://www.bohemia.net/community/licenses/arma-public-license-nd

[lime tartan]

Btw can you package a mod without uploading to workshop ? Like package to have the files locally and use for testing

[blissful thistle]

@lime tartan quick question if possible

[lime tartan]

sure, ask

[blissful thistle]

Would you be able to increase the power of the nuke drone? It's very heavy and slow and hard to fly (at least on controller), ig this looks like more a suggestion tho lol

[lime tartan]

the nuke drone is a meme XD, but i might do that .....

[fluid nimbus]

Turns out it was on my side if you drop the drone instead of placing it the distance tends to be alot shorter

[lime tartan]

auto-hover has been added to recon drones

this doesnt stop horizontal movment, so you still have to manage that your self, i think its nice this way as you cannot go fully hands free and you also still fly the drone while its in auto-hover

[wispy monolith]

what servers use this ik spearhead does but they cost so much on there

[lime tartan]

we are planning yo change the cost but currently, the workshop is down, u can play with them in single player

[wispy monolith]

true

[queen dragon]

We do as a gm server

[fluid nimbus]

Just a quick question/suggestion will there ever be a feature to disconnect and reconnect to the recon drones while there still flying? Great mod btw

[lime tartan]

yes when we seperete the connection to be to a controller instead of to a player as it is currently

also i hate having to do console controller support euhhh

[fierce spoke]

mod banned?

[hollow lichen]

Do they work?

[wooden escarp]

right now the mod is banned off workshop

[fossil robin]

wait what

i know he said some questionable things here but i thought that would stay here, not carry over to the workshop

wait im thinking of a different modder nvm

[wooden escarp]

a few european esque mods were removed from the workshop including this and bakhmut

i’m not sure if there’s relation to this as i heard it was due to monetization from mod makers.

[fossil robin]

is this really that european though? strapping explosives to a drone isnt really that novel of an idea tbh

[wooden escarp]

i’m not sure but it was popularized in modern day by its usage in the blue and yellow country

[fossil robin]

true

[exotic inlet]

Bunch of bs

[queen dragon]

Your kidding me, God damn it

[lime tartan]

I got banned without any valid reason

[queen dragon]

Absolute joke, plus cause they can't fix the workshop how are mod devs supposed to fix it. Generally beyond a joke

[main lava]

I just learned about this assumedly amazing mod only for it to be banned 5 minutes later. Noooooooo