Chernarussian Red Army troops [Archive] - Bohemia Interactive Forums

Rellikki

Aug 29 2009, 19:16

Here's a little addOn I made for the OPFOR side. It's based on one of the alternative endings of the Harvest Red campaign, when...

...Razor team fails and the ChDKZ takes control of Chernarus and the army was reorganized, standardized and given better gear.

http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra11sb.jpg (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra11.jpg) http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra12sb.jpg (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra12.jpg)

The archieve also contains an optional replacement addOn, which replaces the original OPFOR insurgents (ChDKZ) with these troops.

Zipper5 has kindly built a demo mission for this addOn too, which you can download from the link below.

Enjoy.

Version history:

v.1.0:
- Added some variency between the characters
- Improved textures and models
- New classes: APC Crewman, Tank Crewman and Pilot
- Fixed the faction error caused in the game patch v.1.04

v.0.9:
- Initial release

Download links:

Chernarussian Red Army troops (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/cra.html) (v.1.0)

Demo mission "Loose Ends" (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=85279)

{G&L}ACF{SCOTDG}

Aug 29 2009, 19:56

nice liked your addons in arma 1 so im going to try these :)

Fudgeblood

Aug 29 2009, 19:58

Looks good, will download later.

Schnapsdrosel

Aug 29 2009, 20:09

looks nice! Your first screenshots reminds me of something I did for ARMA1:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4828/33px7.jpg

Cionara

Aug 29 2009, 20:36

Nice, but sad to see these Eggshells on their heads again ^^
I don't know if I am the only one but the russian helmets look kind of hilarious.
It's not the helmet itself but it's too thin ingame and it looks strange.
Could you maybe model them thicker like in that picture here ?

http://www.dradio.de/images/46025/portrait/

That's just a question I don't know if it's possible to edit the helmets.
But right now the thin borders make them look like cheap iron sheet whatever Eggshell :D

That guy

Aug 29 2009, 20:50

Granted, the helmets that the russians have in game are just steel pot helmets, it makes sense that they are so thin :)

Foxhound

Aug 29 2009, 20:51

Release frontpaged at the Armaholic homepage (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=7134).

http://www.armaholic.com/datas/users/3-animation.png (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=7133)
Chernarussian Red Army troops (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=7133)

[edit]
Thanks for changing the links to the mirrors.

GI-JOE

Aug 29 2009, 21:02

Great idea and great units Rellikki. As always. Great to see some units that fit ArmA 2 background, especially "eastern" ones :)

Miller

Aug 29 2009, 21:07

First addon for ArmA 2, thanks Rellikki :)

ArmA2Base.de Mirror:

Chernarussian Red Army Troops by Rellikki (http://arma2base.de/include.php?path=download&contentid=709)

Kind regards
Miller

ps. nevertheless, I still like to look at the site OFPR.info ;)

Binkowski

Aug 29 2009, 22:43

Looks very nice as always.

Rellikki

Aug 29 2009, 23:08

Thanks for the comments everyone. Also, thanks for the mirrors. I finally could bother to update my website. The link in the first post has been updated, which leads into my website, where I'll be listing the provided mirrors to the addOn for you to download. You can also find my (possible) future work in there, if you keep an eye out.

RUDOLF

Aug 30 2009, 01:23

Very nice and like that helmet model. Maybe just change the logo on arm and could make them the Soviet army in late uniform style.

GI-JOE

Aug 30 2009, 01:24

Sorry for being a little offtopic here, but do you also consider porting your great RACS and SLA units in ArmA 2 as we can "enjoy" conflicts in Sahrani again ? :)

Rellikki

Aug 30 2009, 21:28

@<hidden>
I don't really have interest to make Soviet army units, but if you're looking forward for some, you should keep an eye out for the P85 mod, whose makers, as far as I know, have plans to move to ARMA 2. I'm sure they'd do a better job at making Soviet army troops than me.

@<hidden>
I haven't really considered it and can't say for sure.

@<hidden>
I've managed to make use of the ArmA 1 sample models to create some different looking units for the addOn. So far I managed to make a soldier with rolled up sleeves, which seems to work perfectly without any screwed up hands or anything, which I've read about when some people tried to convert ArmA 1 models to ARMA 2.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6977/sliiv.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/sliiv.jpg/)
Click to enlarge

Expect for some more different looking units too in the future.

TheHandsy

Aug 30 2009, 22:07

Right now I'm making my first mission with this addon (and some others). Good job on them and I look forward to the other models you've got coming.

Rellikki

Aug 31 2009, 09:21

Hello, TheHandsy,
Glad to hear the troops have come in handy. :) I'm looking forward to your mission(s).

IronTiger

Aug 31 2009, 09:54

Nice job Rel.

A replacement would be nice.... ;)

Grub

Aug 31 2009, 10:57

Very nice.

Rellikki

Sep 1 2009, 15:22

Nice job Rel.

A replacement would be nice.... ;)
Sure. :)
This addOn replaces the BIS ChDKZ insurgents with my Chernarussian Red Army troops. All signed and multiplayer compatible. Requires the troops addOn itself, of course. Thanks to zGuba for solving a little issue on the config. I had a hard time getting this to work.

See the first post for the download link.

-=anders=-

Sep 1 2009, 17:28

Sure. :)
This addOn replaces the BIS ChDKZ insurgents with my Chernarussian Red Army troops. All signed and multiplayer compatible. Requires the troops addOn itself, of course. Thanks to zGuba for solving a little issue on the config. I had a hard time getting this to work.

Download link:

Chernarussian Red Army troops replacement (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/Relli_CRA_repl.rar) (v.0.9)Looks a hell of a lot like the movie: Behind enemy lines (the 1st one) :)

http://www.my360.com.au/img/gallery/normal/9TWR4Q5S.jpg
http://www.stardustmovies.com/gallery_film/%28080509092515%29Behind_Enemy_Lines_dietro_linee_nemiche_7.jpg

285 kb

TheHandsy

Sep 1 2009, 18:03

^ Haha, there's three games (that I know of) with characters that look the same.
ArmA 2, Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto 4. xD

IronTiger

Sep 1 2009, 20:55

Awesome! Thank you!

Now i can enjoy the whole campaign with these great units again.... :)

Miller

Sep 1 2009, 21:45

Thanks Rellikki :smile_o:

ArmA2Base.de Mirror:

Chernarussian Red Army Troops Replacement by Rellikki (http://arma2base.de/include.php?path=download&contentid=725)

Kind regards
Miller

@<hidden>=anders=-, smashing film :D

Alex72

Sep 1 2009, 21:46

Wohoo Rellikki is back. :)

Thanks for the units!

Alex

r3volution

Sep 2 2009, 13:15

^^^ SECOND! :D

I love these units and can't wait for more variants. Bring on the civil war missions I say!

Cole

Sep 3 2009, 16:38

The camo itself is very good, but the units need moar variation to make it perfect.

You better release a new version soon :p

Rellikki

Sep 3 2009, 22:29

Thanks for the comments again and for the mirrors for the replacement addOn. My website has been updated with the provided mirrors again for you to download.

@<hidden>=anders=-
Yes, apparently BIS got inspiration to Lopotev from Behind Enemy Lines, just like many other game developers too. Does anyone know if that's somekind of joke or something? :p

@<hidden>
When it's done. ;)

@<hidden>
I took the comments about the helmet into account and tried to rework on it a little. It's based on the SLA helmet from ArmA. Just a little reshaped and recolored to represent the Russian Ssh68 steel helmet, which, apparently, the original helmet was representing. I don't know if it looks any better now, but personally I think it's a big improvement quality wise:

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3420/helm1.th.jpg (http://img269.imageshack.us/i/helm1.jpg/) http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2443/helm2.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/helm2.jpg/)
Click to enlarge

The sharpest persons might also notice the lack of the load bearing vests with the soldiers. That's another variant of them I was planning. It's not a big chance, but hey, it's variety.

Vipera

Sep 4 2009, 07:26

O yeah, Vladimir Mashkov is a good russian actor. "Piranha" (2006).

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5148/pirahna0.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/pirahna0.jpg/)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/971/60752013.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/60752013.jpg/)

Cole

Sep 4 2009, 12:35

@<hidden>
When it's done. ;)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4288/ragek.png

The helmets do look a lot better now.

TheHandsy

Sep 4 2009, 12:41

^ Indeed.

r3volution

Sep 4 2009, 13:00

New helmets are rockin out! :D

Would it be possible to make the uniforms a tiny bit more faded/dirty? It might just be me but they seem a tiny bit shiny and new. But that's nitpicking, they're truely awesome! :)

Rellikki

Sep 4 2009, 15:18

I've never been good at making worn or dirty look on cloth textures, but I could always give it a try and improve it a little. Thanks for the feedback.

r3volution

Sep 5 2009, 00:59

N/P. Seriously though its probably not worth worrying about.

I remember when I was tweaking the textures or my Arma copy of QG to make the partisan types look a little more worn I just did a lighten/desaturate in Photoshop, its quick & dirty but it makes them look a little more worn at least.

Mind you my knowledge about texturing would be about 5/8ths of fuckall and you're the dude who made these in the first place so I'm sure you knew all that already. :)

Rellikki

Sep 18 2009, 14:10

I'll be soon releasing what I've done so far, so you don't need to wait forever because of my lazyness and also because of the little error message in the mission editor, caused by the ARMA 2 patch v.1.04 with my addOn. The update will contain those new helmets which I showed earlier and also the soldiers with rolled up sleeves for a little bit of variation. I've also done some other slight optimizing and improving on the models and textures. This will, however, not probably be the last update - I'm still not fully satisfied with the addOn and I'm hoping to update it even more and maybe add some more different looking content into it.

At the moment I'm looking for some translators for a few displaynames for some unique unit classes, which BIS doesn't have translations for on their stringtable files. I've got most of the translations sorted out so far, but I'm still missing some Italian, Polish, Russian and Hungarian translations. If you can speak any of the mentioned languages and would be able to help, please contact me and I'll send what needs translating. Just a few tiny lines. :)

Rellikki

Sep 22 2009, 19:03

Bump. Still looking for those translators. :help: Read the post above for more info.

http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra12sb.jpg (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra12.jpg)
Click to enlarge

Aelin

Sep 22 2009, 19:17

rellikki man.....im italian but im newppa with internet coms....also i ask you:why are these units a "replacement" instead of "addon"?i mean,if i install them i will miss the original units,i d like to have more units to add to my game not replacements....am i wrong??btw i said thank you however for this.....

Rellikki

Sep 22 2009, 19:22

The replacement addOn is optional and by default these units are just a seperate addition in the mission editor, just like any other addOn. :) So no, they won't replace default units, unless you install the optional replacement addOn.
I will contact you and we'll see if we can work something out.

Aelin

Sep 22 2009, 19:47

idk if u received my pm's....back on topic did u mean i have to avoid some files of your addon?

Rellikki

Sep 22 2009, 19:56

Aelin

Sep 22 2009, 20:10

Thanks for the translations.

You only need to avoid downloading the archieve named Relli_CRA_repl. That's what contains the replacement addOn. Do not download and install that, unless you want the original game models replaced. If you've already installed it, simply remove the relli_cra_repl.pbo file from your addOns folder.
Download the archieve named Relli_CRA. That's what contains the addOn itself, no replacements. You can find it from my website (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/cra.html) under "Mirrors:". I hope you understand it now. :)

yes now...im noob but my brain works,thx.i didnt install it yet cos im scared,im totally new to the mod's world but i wonder about all the awesome addons i see around and im planning to install 30 or more of them so i will die of heart attack due to uncompatibility

Binkowski

Sep 22 2009, 21:05

Looking good Rellikki! Love those textures as always.

r3volution

Sep 23 2009, 00:51

Damn. Can't wait to use these. Those textures are looking damn good! :D

Rellikki

Sep 25 2009, 21:10

Thanks for your thoughts. Also thanks to Banderas for Hungarian translations. Only Russian left now. :) If you can speak Russian and would be able to help, please contact me. See this post (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1441994&postcount=34) for more info.

.kju [PvPscene]

Sep 26 2009, 06:11

Error
This addon doesn't exist anymore or haven't been added.

The links on your site to aa.info seem to be broken.

Rellikki

Sep 26 2009, 06:17

Works fine for me, kju. :confused: Hmm, but how about this link (http://www.armedassault.info/index.php?game=1&cat=addons&id=1048)?

Thanks for the report.

.kju [PvPscene]

Sep 26 2009, 07:41

The problem is this. The links on your site don't have the game tag in it.
So if you did not select arma II on the site itself, it assumes arma I and does not find em.

Rellikki

Oct 4 2009, 20:18

Here's the update finally.

http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra11sb.jpg (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra11.jpg) http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra12sb.jpg (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/pics/cra12.jpg)

Major changes are as follows:
- Added some variency between the characters
- Improved textures and models
- New classes: APC Crewman, Tank Crewman and Pilot
- Fixed the faction error caused in the game patch v.1.04

This update contains those new helmets and soldiers with rolled up sleeves which I've been showing, to add some variency to the characters. I've also improved the textures and models generally some bit too.

As per special request from Cole, I've made two configs for the addOn: English config and multilanguage config. The reason for this slightly weird system is to support owners of non-multilanguage ARMA 2 copy, who wish to use this addOn with English displaynames, but cannot set it in the game's options.

I'd like to thank all the translators (listed below), who helped me to translate the units' displaynames into all the game's official languages in the multilanguage config and also to correct some of the vanilla game translations.

The archieve also contains an optional replacement addOn, which replaces the original OPFOR insurgent troops (ChDKZ) with my addOn.

More info in the readme.

Credits:
- BIS, Ebud and CWR Mod for the base models and textures
- Aelin, Benoist, Cervo, Cole, Diversant, Old Bear, SaS TrooP and The.D for translations of the displaynames to different languages

Download link:

Chernarussian Red Army troops (http://rellikki.armaholic.eu/addons/cra.html) (v.1.0)

Please report any bugs or issues you find. Don't forget to post your general thoughts too. :)

Binkowski

Oct 4 2009, 20:29

Thank you Rellikki! Also, thank you for the double config on Coles request. I'm kind of annoyed when I have to read everything in German sometimes :S. At any rate, thanks for the update! Downloading now.

Foxhound

Oct 4 2009, 21:06

Zipper5

Oct 5 2009, 13:48

Looks awesome, Rellikki! Love the rolled up sleeves and new helmets. Significant improvement over the previous version. I also really like the new crewmen. All-in-all, excellent job! Looking forward to seeing what you produce in the future.

RUDOLF

Oct 6 2009, 04:40

Well done really. Could they be used for soviet troops in later years?

suhsjake

Oct 6 2009, 05:09

By far, you make some of the most unique units. Thanks Rellikki.

Rellikki

Oct 6 2009, 10:38

Thanks for the comments. I'm also glad to hear the English / multilanguage config has proven useful. It first sounded like a silly idea to me, but it seems like there are a lot of people out there who impatiently bought a copy of the game which doesn't support English.

Well done really. Could they be used for soviet troops in later years?
I don't think so. The reed camo pattern which the units are wearing was only adapted, as far as I know, only after some years from the fall of the Soviet Union, for the use of Russian MVD troops. It's a little similiar to the camo which Soviets adapted in the later years, but not quite.

Cole

Oct 6 2009, 14:52

Superb update (and language configs, heh), thanks Rellikki! Great units to play around with.

Now they just need lazers to conquer the world.. http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4288/ragek.png

colonel stagler

Oct 6 2009, 16:10

Arm2cat, I took the KLMK pattern camouflage from the SLA in ARMA 2 mod, and put it on the CRA troops for personal use, you could use that as soviets if you want, its pretty easy to do, all you need to do is unpbo CRA and SLA pbos and change and rename the right texture files.

Rellikki

Oct 7 2009, 12:18

@<hidden> colonel stagler & ARM2CAT

As long as it's for personal use only, I'm all fine with that. :)

Miller

Oct 7 2009, 22:06

Thanks Rellikki :smile_o:

ArmA2Base.de Mirror:

Chernarussian Red Army Troops by Rellikki update v1.0 (http://arma2base.de/include.php?path=download&contentid=709)

Kind regards
Miller

RUDOLF

Oct 8 2009, 00:08

@<hidden> colonel stagler & ARM2CAT

As long as it's for personal use only, I'm all fine with that. :)

Many thanks for both. Of course, I would only use for persaonl amusement if I find some time to make such change.

Rellikki

Oct 8 2009, 19:08

I might release another upgrade in the future, with even more different unit classes and other changes. Don't expect it anytime soon though, because it requires a lot of work and I have other projects in plans too.

I have a lot of ideas in my mind for new content and to enhance the current troops too significantly. I will ensure 100% compatibility with the previous version though. Although I have a lot of plans for the CRA troops of my own, I'm still all open for new ideas too. :)

Aelin

Oct 8 2009, 20:34

I'm still all open for new ideas too. :)

and I want to share mines with you:bounce3:!just give me the go....

RUDOLF

Oct 9 2009, 16:40

The cone helmet really very nice. The best one for Soviets I ever saw in this game. If somebody could use it for 80's soviet troops, would be definitely awesome!

Bushidozeb

Feb 11 2010, 16:46

When I use this with ACE2 mod it's become a error. =( worked fine before that!

Rellikki

Feb 11 2010, 17:24

Thanks for the report. Anyone have any idea how to make an addOn ACE compatible? I could fix that issue when I can bother to update this addOn.

AnimalMother92

Feb 11 2010, 18:45

I didn't notice any errors when using these with ACE personally.

Rellikki, you could talk to Binkowski. I know he made a separate config for ACE versions of his 2008 US Army infantry.

Banderas

Feb 11 2010, 21:47

I didn't notice any errors when using these with ACE personally.

Rellikki, you could talk to Binkowski. I know he made a separate config for ACE versions of his 2008 US Army infantry.

That config has their ACE compatible units have their backpack removed, so you won't see two clipping bags on the back of some models.

Although I didn't find any problem between this addon and ACE 2:confused:

Binkowski

Feb 11 2010, 21:51

Yeah, I haven't noticed any problems with this and ACE.

Rellikki

Feb 11 2010, 21:52

It sounds like a faulty installation of the addOn itself then. Make sure to read the readme for installation instructions, Bushidozeb, because too many people have failed to do that. :rolleyes:

Manzilla

Feb 11 2010, 22:42

Yeah, I haven't noticed any problems with this and ACE.

None here either. I have an SP ACE2 mission that uses them and no problems ever reported.

Bushidozeb

Feb 12 2010, 05:49

Ok i should try again, Have patch V1.05 to if that should be the problem, but i will try and come back later :D

GossamerSolid

Feb 14 2010, 00:58

Hey there, I love these replacements for the chedaki troops, but there's a small issue in multiplayer:

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7373/armbandl.jpg

As you can see, the transparency doesn't work on these soldiers for my group logo. This is not an issue with the logo as it works with all the standard BIS soldiers.

Zipper5

Feb 14 2010, 04:02

Hey there, I love these replacements for the chedaki troops, but there's a small issue in multiplayer:

[img]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7373/armbandl.jpg[/img

As you can see, the transparency doesn't work on these soldiers for my group logo. This is not an issue with the logo as it works with all the standard BIS soldiers.
Does it work with Russian units, though? These units are based mostly off the same models as the default Russians. Try the same test with them and see if it too comes up black instead of transparent.

GossamerSolid

Feb 14 2010, 04:03

Does it work with Russian units, though? These units are based mostly off the same models as the default Russians. Try the same test with them and see if it too comes up black instead of transparent.

it's transparent on the BIS russians too. I've been using this exact squad logo for a long time and only the Chedaki Replacements have the black box.

Rellikki

Feb 14 2010, 04:05

That's very odd. I will try to figure out what's that about and probably fix in the future. Thanks for the report.

GossamerSolid

Feb 14 2010, 04:56

That's very odd. I will try to figure out what's that about and probably fix in the future. Thanks for the report.

no problem, I really like these replacement skins. Good thing this isn't really that big of an issue, but I just wanted to make a report of it.

da12thMonkey

Feb 14 2010, 09:18

That's very odd. I will try to figure out what's that about and probably fix in the future. Thanks for the report.

We had a similar problem with brake lights on some of our vehicles.

Having the textures and rvmats available on the P:\ drive when binarising the model, with the correct "\CA\wheeled...." paths as they'd have if loaded from BIS's .pbos fixed it for us.