Marpat soldiers WIP

[HePCaT]

The Mapart soldiers are release. It's my first addon so don't expect something.... I will upgarde them in a near future.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4572/explosu7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1642/choperfinalau6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Links:
Armed Assualt Info (ftp://www.armedassault.info/armad/addons/HePCaT_USMC_Marpat.zip)

semper-fi.org (http://www.semper-fi.org/ArmA/USMC/HePCaT_USMC_Marpat.zip)

[Dslyecxi]

Nice work. Give them Coyote Brown or woodland camo Interceptor vests instead of the current OD and you'll be all set.

[Al Simmons]

looks nice so far

[ebns72]

Looking good, colors look awesome, IMO though the brown shouldn't dominate so much, its about equal between green and brown.

It'd also be cool if you dirtied em up a bit, like these guys:

http://www.usmc.mil/marinel....003.JPG (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/cc3d1384cfde7dfb8525714600298db1/$FILE/060329-M-3378S-003.JPG)

[ziiip]

Very impressive IMO!! Keep up the good work dude! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Wilco]

Damn, how did you manage to keep the wrinkles in there?

And what in the heck is the name of the friggin files you edited? I've edited two that seem like they should be and come up empty.

[Ian Malcolm]

Damn, how did you manage to keep the wrinkles in there?

And what in the heck is the name of the friggin files you edited? I've edited two that seem like they should be and come up empty.
Wrinkles are in normal map http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif He apparently edited colormap of those soldiers then http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[xnodunitx]

Yeap,aren't normal maps wonderful? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

Specuilar seems to be the trickiest one really.

By the way,great MARPAT,ncrease of realism already. But now the NS are gonna need some better camo since this one would blend in much better with most of Sahrani

[jammydodger]

Yeah good work for your 1st go, keep it up http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[MAA3057]

Very impressive work.

[HePCaT]

Nope I just edited the texture? i didn' t touch anything else yet. It' just use some 3d tricks I learned when i made skin for LockOn and IL2.
Now I'm tryin to change the OD green for coyote brown! Damn that's long!
Thx for the comments.
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Wilco]

What texture files did you edit? Namewise.

[CameronMcDonald]

Good stuff HepCat, looking very nice.

[Ian Malcolm]

What texture files did you edit? Namewise.
Looks like us_soldieracu_CO.paa http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Chipper]

Those look great!

[mickuzy]

yeah looks very good

[Rellikki]

It looks pretty good! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif Posted news on ArmedAssault.Info.

One funny thing is, I was working on some USMC addon too, my friend was and now you are. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[HePCaT]

In fact there are more files to edit, 15 files to be exact http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
-medic_bag.paa
-miner_equip_co.paa
-molle_equipacu_co.paa
-us_at_co.paa
-us_camelbak_co.paa
-us_molle_webbings_co.paa
-us_officer_equip_co.paa
-us_sabass_equip_co.paa
-us_sabot_co.paa
-us_sniper_hat_hands_co.paa
-us_sniper_webbings_co.paa
-us_soldier_equipacu_co.paa
-us_soldieracu_co.paa
-us_soldieracu_ohrnute_co.paa
-us_teamlead_equip_co.paa
And there are some I still didn't find http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

some progress pics, they are in gif so the quality isn't there sorry
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5751/mar2rv9.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/1864/mar3az3.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4083/mar4ew5.gif (http://imageshack.us)

I'm not really please with the coyote brown, and the BDUs needs some dirt....
what do you thing if I put the SF forces in multicam?
Thanx to put the info on armedassault.info, I didn't think to release them but if people like...haha

[Average Joe]

Looks Fantastic HeP! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif

[Dslyecxi]

Hep, as others have said, fading the camo would be helpful. MARPAT fades when exposed to the sun for significant periods of time, and since infantry are out in the field constantly, they end up faded.

The second thing is that Marines don't wear the US flag on their shoulders, so remove that. Also, the shoulder pockets do not have green velcro on the outside. Look at pictures from USMC.mil's photo gallery for what the actual pockets look like. Finally, the division or brigade (or whatever) insignia on the left shoulder should be removed as well.

Oh, and the boots should probably be a hint darker. They're a bit light at the moment.

If you want any reference photos of my uniforms, let me know, I can provide some as time allows. (former Marine myself, if you weren't aware)

[Dslyecxi]

Here's a .rar containing some shots of the USMC combat boots.
http://dslyecxi.com/resources/usmc_combat_boots.rar

Tomorrow, when the light is better, I'll take shots of my MARPAT woodland blouse and trousers.

[blackjack[VS]]

nice uniforms! i presume u changed the difuse textures only right? can u tell us what ofp editing tools you're using for doing this ? ty in advance!

[Wilco]

What tool are you using to pack the Characters.pbo?

[Big Dawg KS]

what do you thing if I put the SF forces in multicam?
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/inlove.gif That would be great!

[Wilco]

Damnit, no matter what tool I use to make the pbo I always manage to crash Armed Assault.

[RavenDK]

Damnit, no matter what tool I use to make the pbo I always manage to crash Armed Assault.
use eliteness

Eliteness (http://www.ofpec.com/OFPResources/OFPEliteResources/tools/Eliteness2.03.rar)


Allso when you have made the config, save it as -config.cpp then open it in eliteness, then go to tools and hit "Rapify", save the new config as "config.bin" and then right click on the folder you want to be the new pbo and choose "CreatePbo" then your good to go

Hope it helped  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/goodnight.gif

[Silverguy82]

good job HePCaT I would make the entire uniform MARPAT in Woodland, or as someone else suggested a shade of light brown will work as well. Suchey's USMC pack he created for 1.96 was spot on with how it should look and is a good model to look at.

I would definently release it because I hope everyone else noticed....the West Officer (USA side) is wearing a USMC utility fatigue cap but it is in the new Army ACU camoflauge pattern!!!!

That really pissed me off when I saw it because those are totally different caps used for 2 different branches.

To see what I'am talking about look at these 2 links....

Army BDU Hat

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums....4949645 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/silverguy82/ArmyHat.jpg?t=1164949645)

USMC Utility Fatigue Cap
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums....4949712 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/silverguy82/USMCHat.jpg?t=1164949712)


As you can see... 2 TOTALLY different looking hats.This was rather poor research done on the modern US military on the part of BIS I thought.

Another thing that realllyyy bothers me are those radio headsets they got on. Damn things look like something a vehicle crew member would have (like M1A1 Abrahms or M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle). But I suppose they can get away with this since it is designed "in the future".

But thank god...we got addon makers like you HePCaT that can help put it on the right track

[Wilco]

I still don't see how you managed to keep the seam lines in it.

[Wilco]

Trying not to steal your thunder, but I managed to get my retexture ingame also.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3567/marinemm1.jpg

[CameronMcDonald]

I've already shown my ACU OTV off in my review, different thread. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[Sgt_Eversmann]

hey Wilco could you also made desert marines with the tan flight suit and with the desert marpat helmet cover?
would be kickass http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/inlove.gif

nice work all http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif

[Foxhound]

You are doing a great job here HePCaT.
Really nice to see so many people take the effort of making their own addons already even when the official tools arent there.

[Wilco]

hey Wilco could you also made desert marines with the tan flight suit and with the desert marpat helmet cover?
would be kickass  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/inlove.gif

nice work all  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif
I was actually just thinking about converting them to that, I'll check it out when I get back from school.

[HePCaT]

Hi all
I don't really have the time to work on them today but i found a hour to change the shoes texture, if you like it I can start to fade and put some dirt on those soldiers http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/9439/newoldwm3.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[klamacz]

great!, waiting for release ... even beta release http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[the_shadow]

this is great, and makes much more sence then the ACU uniforms since the troops on Sahrani is clearly Marines and not army...

why Marines?
they have:
AH1Z (only marines use AH1)
AV8B (only marines use that too)
officer wears a marine cap but in ACU pattern

but there´s a few things that mareines DONT use that is on sahrani...

M1A2 (marines use M1A1HA)
STRYKER, afaik mariens dont have the stryker, they have the LAV-25, however, i might not be totally up to date on that info

the rest of the equipment can be either Marine or Army...
but in total, my impression is that it should be marines and not army.


so this addon is great http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
oh, and the idea with multicam on the SF guys is brilliant....
if you dont decide to make them force recon guys (not sure i would call them SF, but they are defenitly Special operations capable)

[DM]

but there´s a few things that mareines DONT use that is on sahrani...

M1A2 (marines use M1A1HA)
The M1 ingame is an A1 model, so its plausable that it could be a Marine Corps tank. The external differences between the A1 and the A1HA are minimal anyho.

Back ontopic: nice jobs on the retextures all round. Looks a lot nicer having proper Marines rather than quasi-marine-army-hybrids. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[J W]

STRYKER, afaik mariens dont have the stryker, they have the LAV-25, however, i might not be totally up to date on that info
I've think they've already changed or are about to, not sure though to what vehicle.
It's an IFV for that matter http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

On the other hand:
Good looking textures of all posting them, keep it up http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

JW
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Wa_Va_Voom]

Hi,

I was wondering while your at it you may as well go the extra 10% and texture crewmen, do pilots and do some axillary staff like MPs.

[the_shadow]

DeadMeat..
i know, but it´s called "M1A2" in the editor... (or am i wrong here?)

and JW, ok, didnt know they where changing, makes sence though....


so we can all agree that it´s marines on Sahrani and not army boys? (exept that it sais army on the blackhawks)

and wouldnt it be more realistic that a marine expeditionary unit is tasked with training a foreign island army?

[MontyVCB]

not got the game to work as of yet, but in the manual it is clearly marked as a M1A1 http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[Silverguy82]

Looks great HePCaT! All you need now is to take those patches that got the olive green on them in your previous pictures out, reskin those with the MARPAT and you will be set! Might be a good idea to get the boonie hat guy done with the MARPAT as well http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[450R]

so we can all agree that it´s marines on Sahrani and not army boys? (exept that it sais army on the blackhawks)
I don't think anyone's agreeing to that. Wrong uniforms, wrong weapons, mostly wrong vehicles. I don't have the game but I'm pretty sure the storyline was a small US Army ground force with USMC air support.

Wish it was a MEU though. I was hoping someone would pick up on this and make a modification since I don't have the skills.

[Johannes]

The soldiers are mostly using usmc gear (lwh helmet, LITE Headset ...)

So the only thing you´ll have to do is replaceing the acu against marpat. Thats all.

[the_shadow]

not got the game to work as of yet, but in the manual it is clearly marked as a M1A1 http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
you where right... it sais M1A1 in the editor too...

yet another proof that it´s marines then http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
oh, and i also found a song called "semper fidelis"
that must mean somthing too http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[the_shadow]

so we can all agree that it´s marines on Sahrani and not army boys? (exept that it sais army on the blackhawks)
I don't think anyone's agreeing to that. Wrong uniforms, wrong weapons, mostly wrong vehicles. I don't have the game but I'm pretty sure the storyline was a small US Army ground force with USMC air support.

Wish it was a MEU though. I was hoping someone would pick up on this and make a modification since I don't have the skills.
you have clearly not played the game yet.....

its USMC gear all over the place... only in the wrong camo (ACU)...
M1A1
AV8B
AH1Z
the personal gear
its all marines http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

but they have written US Army on their choppers :/

[MATRA]

Great Job there, I hope that by the 505 release we have a full "Jarhead" mod.

BIS had the know how for VBS Marines training tool, and they used it all over the place in ArmA, too bad they didt change the story line to fit the Marines.

[HePCaT]

I have more to do than remove the patches ( that's done), in fact i have to make the spec ops also in marpat http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif all soldiers shares different parts from eachother.
I think monday everything gonna be finish ( I hope so)... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
and after I just need someone to host it...

[ThePara]

I haven't played the game either, but your assumptions about it being the Marines seem pretty accurate. The only real missing thing would seem to be the M-16A4. Every picture I see has them using M4's. Is the M-16A4 actually in the this game as well?

[Lateflip]

Armed-assault.net will host your addon, Hepcat. Just pm me when you release it.

[the_shadow]

I haven't played the game either, but your assumptions about it being the Marines seem pretty accurate. The only real missing thing would seem to be the M-16A4. Every picture I see has them using M4's. Is the M-16A4 actually in the this game as well?
no, only the M16A2

[Wa_Va_Voom]

Dunno if you guys noticed this, but the patrol cap worn by the officer is actually a U.S. marine patrol cap and not an army patrol cap.

[xnodunitx]

That would make sense considering that they are marines.

[USMCRP3]

It's actually called an eight point cover, we don't have patrol caps. BTW it is missing the eagle globe and anchor.


[im]http://www.semper-fi.org/images/homelink.jpg[/img]>100kb

[EvEnLeaSe44]

nice double post http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

[xnodunitx]

Strange thing is that his signature only showed up in the second. I have an eight point cover in woodland camo somewhere in my room..rather akward to wear after wearing a "cap" for such a long time.

Should have the insignia like this http://members.tripod.com/qnnoa....eft.jpg (http://members.tripod.com/qnnoa/Folder%20jpegs/USMC%20Insignia%20Left.jpg) only reversed,in black on the hat.

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/images/20298.jpg
http://www.s4military.com/338-hat.jpg
http://www.outinstyle.com/Merchan....DET.jpg (http://www.outinstyle.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/MARINEPATROLHATDET.jpg)

[Heatseeker]

The west units ingame are... Armines http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif .
There should be UH-1N and UH-1Y instead of blackhawks, LAV-25 instead of stryker, M40 instead of M24, M16A4's...

Or the other way around... A10 instead of AV8B, Apache instead of cobra's, etc.. BIS just came up with a generic west force wich is unfortunate.

This retexture looks great BTW, i hope someone will come up with proper east soldiers in the future too though http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif .

[MATRA]

The west units ingame are... Armines http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif .
There should be UH-1N and UH-1Y instead of blackhawks, LAV-25 instead of stryker, M40 instead of M24, M16A4's...

Or the other way around... A10 instead of AV8B, Apache instead of cobra's, etc.. BIS just came up with a generic west force wich is unfortunate.

This retexture looks great BTW, i hope someone will come up with proper east soldiers in the future too though http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif .
Or the CH-53E Super Stallion, god I love that choper.

[Wilco]

Figure since he is working on the Woodland I guess I'll work on the Desert http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/981/digitalui0.jpg

By the way, these are early shots, going to change the textures of the IBA and Equipment soon.

[450R]

you have clearly not played the game yet.....

its USMC gear all over the place... only in the wrong camo (ACU)...
M1A1
AV8B
AH1Z
the personal gear
its all marines http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

but they have written US Army on their choppers :/

As I said, I don't have the game yet so I can only guess, same as anyone else with or without the game unless you're an employee at BI. Only they know their intentions.

Either way, it does seem to be a half-assed melting pot of Army/Marines which is more than a little strange considering one of their major commercial clients is the USMC. Or maybe that is the reasoning ... maybe they didn't want their branch fully portrayed in the game. Weird any way you cut it.

[Silverguy82]

The west units ingame are... Armines http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif .
There should be UH-1N and UH-1Y instead of blackhawks, LAV-25 instead of stryker, M40 instead of M24, M16A4's...

Or the other way around... A10 instead of AV8B, Apache instead of cobra's, etc.. BIS just came up with a generic west force wich is unfortunate.

This retexture looks great BTW, i hope someone will come up with proper east soldiers in the future too though http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif .
me and a good friend of mine are working on that M40 part.

We created a addon for the OFP community, the USMC M40A3 sniper rifle pack (was released on http://ofp.gamepark.cz/index.php?newlang=eng)

since then we have made some fixes to the pack (1 rifle's LOD was messed up and when you right mouse clicked you got spun around)

Our new pack has the M40A1 and M40A3 in it. We will be retexturing it for AA and hope to get it up soon.

Will look good with the USMC units, especially the one's with boonie hats, I dont have the game yet, but it doesn't look like there are any ghillie suited snipers (which is a little disppointing) so looks like boonie hat guy will have to do.

I was in charge of making sure the mil dot reticle was proper and actually worked (you can range estimate with it). Need to make sure it will do fine in AA. But I need the game first!  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/banghead.gif

[Timblesink]

Figure since he is working on the Woodland I guess I'll work on the Desert http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/981/digitalui0.jpg

By the way, these are early shots, going to change the textures of the IBA and Equipment soon.
That looks awesome!

[mickuzy]

Figure since he is working on the Woodland I guess I'll work on the Desert http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/981/digitalui0.jpg

By the way, these are early shots, going to change the textures of the IBA and Equipment soon.
thats mindblowing

[_IrřnMan_™]

Thats fU***** awesome man u really need to release that
where can i find it?! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/help.gif

[HePCaT]

That's allmost finish but before, I have to ask you a question
What "coyote" color do you prefer? the medic or the AT soldier one?

[img]http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1527/coyoteio8.gif[img] (http://imageshack.us)

[Ironsight]

Medic.

[Johannes]

Medic.
same for me.

[Dslyecxi]

The lighting today is pretty terrible, so these aren't the best shots, but they might be useful to you anyway.

I'll try to get better ones when the sun decides to show up, if it ever does.

http://dslyecxi.com/resources/marpat_woodland.rar

The only change to these is that I fixed the colors as best I could in Photoshop and also blurred out my nametape.

[Mr Reality]

@<hidden> HePCaT
Will you be doing the desert version also or are you leaving that to Wilco.I ask because if your doing seperate colour schemes the vests and webbing will have differant textures. Maybe if you co-operate on this with Wilco we&#39;ll have one kick-ass addon sooner rather than later.

Oh and i prefer the medic colour. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/notworthy.gif

[tinitoon]

The medic one&#33;

Awesome job&#33;

[LordHorusNL]

Medic without a doubt.

Please give the marines the m16a2 in the game not the m4&#39;s

[xnodunitx]

Vote goes to medic here,the AT soldiers just seems rather discolored as compared to the rest of the uniform whereas the medics blends better.

[the_shadow]

yeah, medic....
the AT dude looks as he has a reflex vest (like the bright yellow ones you put on the kids so they wont be run over by cars) http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[HePCaT]

OKi so lets do it with the medic "coyote" color.
@<hidden> Reality
Nope I&#39;m not planning to make the desert version, for the question about colaborate why not; I prefer to work with people than alone. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[_IrřnMan_™]

The medic one is better&#33;

I hope u can give the other site some new uniforms too like this one http://www.economist.com/images/20050702/2705EU1.jpg

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[Placebo]

USMCRP3 please watch your filesizes in future and if you want to add to a post edit it rather than making a double post.

[xnodunitx]

The medic one is better&#33;

I hope u can give the other site some new uniforms too like this one http://www.economist.com/images/20050702/2705EU1.jpg

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif
RHS- http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8624/russ3gl6.jpg

[simulacra]

The medic one is better&#33;

I hope u can give the other site some new uniforms too like this one http://www.economist.com/images/20050702/2705EU1.jpg

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif
RHS- http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8624/russ3gl6.jpg
Dat&#39; som&#39; big-a** feet&#33; http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Wilco]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8713/ibaaq6.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6540/acumarpatuy2.jpg

IBA too fake looking?

[USMCRP3]

Eight point cover (http://www.semper-fi.org/VBS2/Pics/eight_point_cover.jpg)

Kevlar (http://www.semper-fi.org/VBS2/Pics/Kevlar.jpg)

Pictures of Marpat Deserts.

[Wilco]

I&#39;ve got one too http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

Problem is that you can never seem to get the "natural" look of MARPAT.

[RKSL-Rock]

[mg]http://www.semper-fi.org/VBS2/Pics/Kevlar.jpg[/img]
<img src="http://www.semper-fi.org/VBS2/Pics/eight point cover.jpg" border="0">

Heres what my kevlar and eight point cover looks like......
1.46mb and a 2.6mb pic .... Placebo is going to love you&#33; The limit for pic size is 100kb each. You might want to edit those...

Re the odd kit mix.  i have to admit i was hoping for an explanation in the storyline but there just isnt one&#33;

[xnodunitx]

I&#39;ve got one too http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

Problem is that you can never seem to get the "natural" look of MARPAT.
If anything I would mostly put forth a guess that the digital patterns are too small in their appearence,but this could just be me.

[raedor]

Watch your file sizes, HePCat. Your pic was 4x of what is allowed.

[Eizen Soldat]

HepCat, What about those SF guys with Multicam uniforms? Are you working with them?

[Architeuthis]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8713/ibaaq6.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6540/acumarpatuy2.jpg

IBA too fake looking?

Personally I liked this (http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/981/digitalui0.jpg) colour scheme for the IBA (and pouches). Looks more &#39;worn&#39; that way. Perhaps change the camelbak texture into DCU (http://i6.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/e8/6d/73_2.JPG) or marpat. I could be wrong here, but perhaps it’s possible to include several (texture)versions of certain items (e.g. the camelback). Although I did hear HePCaT talking about all the textures being shared between the models.

In any case, nice work. To both of you.


Arch.

[Foxhound]

Impressive work, looks very good indeed&#33;

Keep up the good work http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[HePCaT]

To watch my file size? They are in gif format i don&#39;t know how can i compress them more&#33;
I&#39;m still workin on the marpat soldier, If Wilco finish quickly we can make a USMC pack&#33;
Now I just need to find which file is for the M240 machine gunner helmet&#33;&#33;&#33;grrrr http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

For the multicam soldiers there is a problem, all soldiers, SF and regular, share some texture parts. I&#39;m new in arma/opf and I don&#39;t know how can i change that&#33;

A small update
[im]http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4138/updatelr8.gif[/img] (http://imageshack.us)>100kb

[BlackScorpion]

Use optimized .jpg. If I&#39;m not wrong (which, as I haven&#39;t followed the ArmA section that much, might be possible) the 100 kB rule is still in effect. The rule is per single picture and no "compensation" is allowed; otherwise you could post a 600 kB image since you&#39;re allowed to post 6 images per post. Slicing images into many parts under 100 kB, as Parvus usually does, can be used for big, high quality pics. Just take a look at the pics at OFP General&#39;s Combat Photography thread or the pics Wilco has posted. All under 100 kB but yet of good quality.

If you have PS, you should have a "save for web" option, which is really useful. Or if you really want to post big pics, link them. Or use thumbnails (which, in effect, is just a link that shows as a pic). As for the PS thing, here&#39;s the pic above in .jpg, quality rate at 55 or 60.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/1471/armapicsizeproofmr5.jpg

Anyways, despite the size (my connection can handle even the biggest pics in about half a second anyways), awesome pics. Can&#39;t wait to get to use them once I get my copy of the game.

[HePCaT]

ok http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[CanadianTerror]

My personal pet peeve is bad blood textures.

I dont have the game yet but in the screens, the BIS blood looks like MS paint.

How&#39;s yours look? I&#39;m just curious.

The unit retexes themselves look great. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[xnodunitx]

Sorry to tell ya but thats how actual blood looks.

[Rellikki]

A small update
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4138/updatelr8.gif
News posted on Armedassault.Info http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

[Wilco]

Well guys, me and HePCaT have decided to "team up". He has planned a release sooner than I can get mine so his may come first but we&#39;ll be helping each other out getting mine and new projects ready.

[CameronMcDonald]

Nice job guys. Can&#39;t wait to get some P3D tools so we can actually differentiate my ACU-clad grunts from your leathernecks, it annoys me seeing my guys standing around with Marine helmets, headsets and caps on. I must say though, that MARPAT you&#39;ve got going whoops.

[Wilco]

I&#39;m going to go ahead and use the same IBA texture as HePCaT so we can have one addon that looks like it should be together. I&#39;ll give my own added touches like dirt and whatnot but overall I think it will be a succesful retexture and make you guys happy.

[Placebo]

A small update
[im]http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4138/updatelr8.gif[/img] (http://imageshack.us)>100kb
We generally prefer that moderator&#39;s instructions are acted upon not ignored, next time will be a warning level increase, not knowing how to make a 99kb JPEG is no excuse for breaking forum rules.

[Sgt_Eversmann]

NY Times Special (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial/index.html)

scroll down abit and click on "2nd Battalion, Eighth Marines",
really interesting I have to say...
and good reference too I think.

btw:
nice work on the Marines, can&#39;t wait to have the retex in my ArmA http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif
Evers

[wipman]

Hi, those Marpat D & W BDU&#39;s look great; i hope that the units be released as a independent addon file and not as a textures pack for stomp the original ACU units on the game. Now we just need some M16&#39;s A4, M1A Socom I & II, some M1911 some SIG P226, some M21/M25 & M40A1/A3 & we&#39;re ready; plus make the "cat eyes" on the helmets straps to shine by night.
Something that looks a bit weird to me is that the sleeves textures seem as wrong oriented; as if the "stripes" inside the camo patter were heading from upside down instead heading from left to rigth. But i hope to be wrong on this. Good job on those Marines. Let&#39;s C ya

[Sgt_Eversmann]

wipman as you may know we just need the modtools to make them standalone (if I&#39;m wrong correct me).

ye also looking forward for realistic marines gear &#39;n stuff http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif

[wipman]

Hi, yes Eversman; i know that there&#39;s no ArmA editing tools by BIS out there yet and i guess that gonna take some time to get &#39;em because the palace things go slowly and some market rule. I also need the game but until the 1St Quarter of the 2007 it don&#39;t gonna reach my great country (spain, that&#39;s not so big but is really great). But... if they&#39;ve opened the ArmA unit models and have edited the textures and ported &#39;em back into the game... don&#39;t this mean that we could edit the ArmA models and textures?. Let&#39;s C ya

[DM]

We dont need any tools from BI to make them standalone, a simple hex edit will do, the same way we used to do for OFP.

The thing we cant do without the tools is to edit models (at least with the normal and specular maps and other ArmA specialities)

[HePCaT]

The marpat soldiers are finished, that&#39;s not gonna be the final version but until i can&#39;t edit more.... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
I don&#39;t know how to make them as a stand alone so if someone can explain me, or if there is a link for a tuto somewhere?

[xnodunitx]

Its like OFP before O2,texture tools were out so the farthest you could go in creating units was retextures really,same thing here until the next O2 is out.

[mickuzy]

looks sweet. im currently residing in the staes and am gonna be home back in oz mid janurary. should i pick up a marpat or acu jacket. im already getting my bro a BDU

[DM]

The marpat soldiers are finished, that&#39;s not gonna be the final version but until i can&#39;t edit more.... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
I don&#39;t know how to make them as a stand alone so if someone can explain me, or if there is a link for a tuto somewhere?
Check your PM&#39;s http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[HePCaT]

Thx to DeadMeatXM2&#33;&#33;&#33;
He help me to edit my "Marpats" to make them standalone&#33;
ok i have to go back to my hexadeci....editor, ggrrr I hate this http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

Anyway just after release the marpat I think I gonna go to something like.........multicam http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5316/multicamod5.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=multicamod5.jpg)

[CameronMcDonald]

If that&#39;s Multicam on his legs, I assume, it&#39;s quite strange... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[Big Dawg KS]

Yea it needs to be a little darker I think, with maybe a bit more contrast between the colors.

Still, it looks good, keep it up&#33;

[Sgt_Eversmann]

yey, nice to hear first MARPAT Soldiers are done, can&#39;t wait to test &#39;em and see how MARPAT works in ArmA http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif
http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif
hope they are ready to download at around 5pm, or atleast when I&#39;m back home from work http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif

[BlackScorpion]

Yea it needs to be a little darker I think, with maybe a bit more contrast between the colors.

Still, it looks good, keep it up&#33;
Agreed... also, the pattern is quite small, AFAIK it&#39;s larger in real life.

http://www.multicampattern.com/IMAGES.htm http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wink_o.gif

Those MARPAT units are also very nice. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif

[wipman]

Hi, now is definitive... the texture base (of the the Marpat) and the Multycam, is wrong oriented in the jacket sleeves and the visible downside of the jacket booth in the Multycam and in the Marpat(W) at least in those latest screenshots of the WIP units. HePcAp can you correct that? and put the sleeves pouches in the direction that they&#39;re facing in the original Marines BDU&#39;s?, seems also that the yankees use a velcro square of 1/3" to hold the IFF markings on the pouches, but im not sure on this... and is true as Nephilim told me 1 day, that most of the Marines don&#39;t wear any kind of company sign or flag; but some do it, so... .
My main concern is that wrong direction of the jacket texture, i was planning to do also some Marines just in Marpat(W) because it&#39;ll match much better the Sahrani terrain that i&#39;ve seen in the screenshots of the game as soon as the ArmA reach my hands.
But if was a f*** to have 3.000.000 of M4&#39;s out there... it&#39;ll also be a shame and an insult to the Marines to have other damn 3.000.000 of USMC units; correct that if it needs or could be corrected please, i could send you some photos of my Marpat(W) BDU if that helps. Let&#39;s C ya

[Hit_Sqd_Ack]

Looking good so far.

Semper Fi - Ack

[ebns72]

IMO, it is way too light and desert-like to be multicam. Multicam has a much more brownish look to it than the sandy-white color shown in your picture. Keep up the good work tho http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

[HePCaT]

For the sleeves I can&#39;t do anything before I get the tools to edit normal map, sorry.
For the wrong camo patern direction is almost the same the model stretch the texture, but I will have a closer look at it&#33;
Don&#39;t forget that it will not be the final version.
Anyway thanks all for the advise, comment and critics http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif
Know I&#39;m gonna upload them.......

[HePCaT]

First page edited
The Marpat are released on armed assault.info and on semper-fi.org.
There is a problem with the link on armed assault.info the rar file seems corrupted http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif
But it works just fine on semperfi.org

[Big]

Armaholic.com link:
Marpat Soldiers (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=438)

[MATRA]

Grats on your first addon it looks great, testing it now.

[Placebo]

Moving to AA&M:C