Random Flybys - Ambience enhancement mod

[prime veldt]

I setup a component that can be added to any Gamemode. It spawns flybys from RHS randomly accross any map. It works out of the box for all gamemodes.

It makes no sense to use this if you are not already using RHS... anyways, if you aren't, keep in mind that this mod has the whole RHS as dependency.

If you are a server owner, please take a further look on Reforger's workshop for instructions on how to configure it. It's not needed, the defaults are sane & balanced, but you might want to change stuff.

Feel free to add this if you have your own gamemode setup, or want to support another one. Just add this as dependency and add the component to the gamemode prefab.

I'm thinking of making quite a bit of ambience enhancement modifications, but I have no clue on what else to do next that truly enhances the experience & immersion. This thread is both for promo of the mod, bug fixing and ideas + suggestions on what things to work on next.

Have a nice day everyone, much love ❤️

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/66E4BB51C8A190A1-Ambiance-RandomRHSFlybys

[lone rover]

This mod work on gm modes?

[craggy bluff]

Can you make one wear naplm drops

[exotic timber]

Brother 🤦‍♂️🤣

[craggy bluff]

Dawg I didn’t ask nothing about Chinese be proud

[prime veldt]

nope but I can add it tomorrow if you want. It's just a few clicks.

[lone rover]

That would be awesome, thank you so much

[prime veldt]

np, will probably just support all gamemodes so if the mod is loaded, it works

[ember canyon]

GM would be good.

@prime veldt I would recommend you have a read over RHS EULA and reference it. https://docs.rhsmods.org/rhs-status-quo-user-documentation/arma-reforger/rhs-status-quo/eula

[prime veldt]

Sure, thank you. Will change to non-derivative + publish the link listed there. Thanks for the heads up mate

[prime veldt]

@ember canyon @lone rover Mod now supports all gamemodes, including Conflict & GM. Also updated EULA according to RHS guidelines.

[craggy bluff]

Hell yea f4

[lone rover]

Thank you so much!!

[ember canyon]

Heck yeah, look forward to testing it out.

[lone rover]

Hi, what is the max time u can select for the flybys?

[prime veldt]

You should keep it at 23 (vanilla) or less. More than that and the flybys become static at the end of the animation. There's no hard limit on anything though, you can go crazy and spawn flybys every second if you wanted to

[lone rover]

Okey than you!!

Then can I set this @prime veldt? "minInterval": "900",
"maxInterval": "1200"

15 and 20 min

[prime veldt]

Sure

[prime veldt]

You can put whatever there. I used 1 and 2 for testing and my server uses the default. Just put whatever you want there

[lone rover]

okey tyy!!

[tulip moss]

is there a distance check to players, it seems to spawn randomly and players seem to miss all of them except when it rarely spawns close by

[prime veldt]

Nope it’s random all over the map. Didn’t want to make that check as it could get a bit overwhelming if there’s low player count

[prime veldt]

Increase the frequency of them if you’re not usually a full lobby or the maps you use are big. You’ll see more of them

[hybrid saddle]

How do you alter these settings in GM by any chance?

[prime veldt]

You can't - only via profile folder in dedicated servers (or offline)

[craggy bluff]

Damn thought it was a placeable

[prime veldt]

I mean, you can place it if you have RHS. That’s what this mod does, it takes that placeable and spawns it randomly

[craggy bluff]

Thank you

[hybrid saddle]

Got it, so without me touching anything it should be plopping them down is what I understand here. Just curious, I’ve been sitting in my server for the last couple days with your mod, can’t remember hearing a jet fly over. Thought I may need to tweak something to enable it

[prime veldt]

yup but if you have low player count or a big map it can be hard to come across them. If you want to make sure it's working, get to the profiles folder and just put absurd limits in there

[hybrid saddle]

Just to help others, I opened the files. I use Bacon Servers personally.
First photo is initial settings, second is what I altered it too for what would work more for me.
Will update on any tweaks.

[hybrid saddle]

By any chance, newbie here, for "Enabled" if I increase that would that multiply the jets at all?

[prime veldt]

Nope that’s only if you wanted to disable the mod but not install it for some reason

[prime veldt]

1=on; 0=off

If you want more planes, your config is alright

You can play with the offset, I use the upper bounding box of the map which usually is quite high. If you put -200 there you’ll see low flying jets.

If it’s too low it can clip through mountains, so beware

[hybrid saddle]

I'm just going to leave that one alone for now. I'm on Kolguyev, don't need planes clipping the mountain top.

[prime veldt]

Sure

Fun quirk about that mountain: the real place is in my country, it is actually an active volcano, which is what formed the island initially

#themoreyouknow

[hybrid saddle]

Well you can’t just drop that info without telling us where that’s at!? But very cool! Didn’t know it was based off an actual location

[dusk ether]

Most islands Bohemia makes are based on real world locations.

Kolguyev is based on the Island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa.

[prime veldt]

superb place to go on vacation btw - don't tell anyone I told you tho or the locals would find & kill me lol

[crude yoke]

@prime veldt random air strike mod next?

[lone rover]

Hi @prime veldt how can I make the flyby go on a triangle formation?