UK Special Forces V1.1

[Aeneas2020]

Another day another addon...



http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFTMPRelease1bpromoimage.jpg

These units are generics (see my WIP thread for long explanation) designed to represent any British special forces units. They are reskins of the stock BI models and I do not intend to change the models at this time. Anyway enjoy them and as usual if you take any cool pics feel free to post them up in here always keen to see what other people do with my work.

They come in 3 varieties: Desert, Mixed and Temperate. On top of this the body armour can also come in temperate or desert variants and in the mixed units there some guys will use desert bush hats and others green ones. anyway enjoy...


Desert:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFDESRelease1a.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFDESRelease1b.jpg

Mixed:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFMIXRelease1b.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFMIXRelease1c.jpg

Temperate:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFTMPRelease1a.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFTMPRelease1b.jpg

Download:
http://www.filefront.com/14975601/A2020_UKSF_V1.rar

[Soupdragon]

Very nice. Thanks a lot

SD

[Inkompetent]

Ohhh, I love them even more than the Close Protection Units! SAS/SBS-missions! Here I come! :D

[GD Mast]

Thank you sir. Downloading now. :cool:

[nicolas_br]

Who is the kind soul that will make a replacement pack for these?

[Foxhound]

Thanks for informing us :)


Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8436).


http://www.armaholic.com/datas/users/3-animation.png (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8435)
UK Special Forces v1.0 (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8435)

[Miller]

Thanks Aeneas2020 :smile_o:

ArmA2Base.de Mirror:

UK: Special Forces by Aeneas2020 (http://arma2base.de/include.php?path=download&contentid=1136)

Kind regards
Miller

[Aeneas2020]

thanks for the mirrors guys...support is much appreciated :D

[colonel stagler]

Nice work bud. Nice work

[Chrisgs]

Thanks, getting em now, i like the look of these, cheers mate.

[Daniel]

Very nice texture work! Would be great to see you working on some custom models, hope you get a collab going.

Screen 1 (http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/4549/ukgas.jpg)

Screen 2 (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9149/street3q.jpg)

[Aeneas2020]

Awesome pics! Thanks so much...I just had a year break from working on large group projects and i have to say it's nice to be back in the game but i think i'll stick to smaller projects for now. Certainly though a new player model or vehicle here or there would be most welcome. The only thing is i'm never doing UV mapping ever again I hate it!!!! But i'd love to work with maybe stalker or the PUKF boys doing some new textures...simple reskins can get a little boring. Thanks again for the pics.

[Yokhanan]

These look awesome, Aeneas! :D On a side note, do you only do infantry or would you consider other things as well?

[Jtec]

Awesome pics! Thanks so much...I just had a year break from working on large group projects and i have to say it's nice to be back in the game but i think i'll stick to smaller projects for now. Certainly though a new player model or vehicle here or there would be most welcome. The only thing is i'm never doing UV mapping ever again I hate it!!!! But i'd love to work with maybe stalker or the PUKF boys doing some new textures...simple reskins can get a little boring. Thanks again for the pics.


Check your PMs mate! Great work by the way!

[Aeneas2020]

These look awesome, Aeneas! :D On a side note, do you only do infantry or would you consider other things as well?

I can do whatever...i prefer clothing but i've done plenty of tanks and weapons in my time also.

[Inkompetent]

Did our first 4-man SAS coop tonight, and the reskins were really popular! I'll be churning out a ton of those SAS missions now ^^

[Aeneas2020]

great thanks ink...ive just been looking at them in game and they are fine but i think i can probs change the normal maps and tweak the texture to make them look even better so probs a v1.1 coming up sometime soon.

p.s. post some screenies if you would :) sorry im a screenie whore or pm me them if you get a chance id really appreciate it

[tisse]

Just played around with your addons and i think they look quite good man.


A picture
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll55/tisse90/pic1.png

[Aeneas2020]

awesome pic thanks :)...i really have to stop replying to my own thread so much :(

[Sig]

I cant get it to work. I've created a mod file called @UKSF and then put all the PBO files into an Addons file inside the @UKSF file. I'm using an Arma 2 launcher (version 1.50) and I have only started using mods. I'm not playing this online only single player.

I start the game and load the single mission Village Sweep and no Uk special forces only US marines.

Can you give us and idea of where I'm going wrong?

[Aeneas2020]

It's not a replacement pack for the US marines...its configged as an entirely new unit. You'll have to go into the editor and place a unit on the blufor side mate. So unless you want to create a new mission with them (or if someone has created a user mission with them) then thats the only way to use them in sp.

[Sig]

Cheers, thanks for that. Does that go for all of the skin mods? I have made three mod files with new skins that I have downloaded from Armaholic like yours and I can't get them to come through in single player; Mission and single mission. The Royal Marines one isn't working. Is that for use in the editor?

[Inkompetent]

Most of the unit addons do not have replacement configs. Some do though, and they tend to be separate from the unit files themselves. So for the majority of unit addons they'll either have to be modded into existing missions, or new missions with the units will have to be done.

[Sig]

Cheers for that. I've downloaded quite a few addons; I'll have to go through all of them to see what can change the appearance skin wise in mission and single player.

You wouldn't have an addon that changes the appearance without using the editor you could let me know of?

[Inkompetent]

Note that reskins in ArmA2 aren't just a new texture for a model. They are entirely new models. Quite different most other games in that regard.

[Sig]

There are a lot of reskins or new models on Armaholic, but do they change the appearance in game of the USMC within single player and mission player?

[Inkompetent]

If they have a replacement config. If it isn't specifically stated that they do have a replacement config, then they don't. Simple as that.

I have been pondering to write a replacement config for these special forces dudes though, simply because it'll make mission-making easier ^^

[Sig]

Out of interest: Where do you find the 'replacement config' in the file you download from Armaholic?

I'm basically wanting to change the appearance of the game with new mods, make it look different.

[Alex72]

If there is a replacement then it says so. I didnt see one in this pack.

[Sig]

Thanks, I get the picture now. You lads have been a big help. :)

[Aeneas2020]

no worries mate, if you want to find replacement units on armaholic go to the download section where it says "replacement packs" you'll find em in there

[MattXR]

no worries mate, if you want to find replacement units on armaholic go to the download section where it says "replacement packs" you'll find em in there

Link cos i cant see any there.

??

http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=a2_repl_pack

[Aeneas2020]

no my units do not have a replacement pack...i was talking about in general.

[Aeneas2020]

UK SPECIAL FOCES V1.1
The 1st update for my UK Special Forces pack. I wanted to get this out while i work on some other things because it will probably be a while before the next, and very major, overhaul for this project happens.


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/teasershot2.jpg

Anyway change log time i guess.

1) Unit camo (especially desert units) tweaked to blend better with arma2 environment.

2) Added new units with masks. These guys started out as a bit of fun on something else i was working on and were intended to represent guys pulling scarves up around their faces in sandstorms but i got a bunch of requests from people asking for them in all kinds of camo so here are the brits. Please note the skull mask is just for fun and NO ghost from Mw2 was not my inspiration. If any of you remember there were some shots of Brits and Amis wearing skull face masks during the invasion of Iraq, i believe they were told to remove them (can't remember) anyway found an old pic of that and so we have the skull mask.

Also please note original units are still included, as these have also been updated.

3) All units now appear in the group menu in the mission editor. That should make placing them a little easier one everyone.

New "masked" Units:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFDesMaskrel1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFMixMaskrel1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFTempMaskrel1a.jpg

Old units (again in case your forgot :P ):

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFTMPRelease1b.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFDESRelease1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFMIXRelease1b.jpg

Download Link:

http://www.filefront.com/15027277/A2020_UKSF_V1.1.rar

[Binkowski]

Great release! Thanks.

[Nazul]

Nice looking textures, Thanks

[Lightninguk]

yer just a quick note the ukf weapons do no fit onto the arms as the hands show thur the rifle any ideai why this happens

[Aeneas2020]

No idea...the ukf weapons work fine with the guys with no masks (also included). As for the guys with masks i couldn't tell you. I'll take a look tonight but these are just reskins there is no new model or animation so not sure why it wouldn't work.

p.s. just realised i probs should not have started a new thread for this. If a mod comes along please feel free to merge with my old thread.

[Sniperwolf572]

Merging...

[redrumNL]

Death link on the armaholic forums..
Going to try this, To bad they not holding the guns right, the mask units!

[Aeneas2020]

Death link on the armaholic forums..
Going to try this, To bad they not holding the guns right, the mask units!

They hold all the stock guns in arma just fine its only the ukf weapons...and since the most UK special forces opt for an M16 or M4 variant weapon that shouldn't really be an issue.

p.s. there is a pic of the temperate guy holding a rifle with an m203 launcher where his hand is clipping through the launcher. That is because i posed him using the ICP anims and he will not appear like that in game.

[Stafare]

Very nice =) looks good to me. makes me wonder why BI still haven't started adding british troops as standard. its not like we aren't as interesting as the american troops right?

[Aeneas2020]

I think we don't sell as well tbh...plus its a lot of extra work and then other fans would want their nation's including, once you open the flood gates there is no going back.

[Old Bear]

Mirror updated on Armed Assault.info (http://www.armedassault.info/)

Link to mirror :

UK: Special Forces (v 1.1) (http://www.armedassault.info/index.php?game=1&cat=addons&id=1150)

[JW Custom]

Just noticed now that they also come in desert camo, thanks Aeneas2020 :cool:

Thanks for the mirror Old Bear, filefront is slow as very old people :p

[[GCA] Salah ad Din]

I downloaded this for the Guerilla Territory Map (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=92516)but for the love of God, I can't make it work.

Since I only now found this thread, I'll just copy paste my report from the mission's thread:


Hm, I have ACE2 and PAnthera and added the UK Special Forces. But when I want to start the map, it tells me I can't play because it needs a downloaded file that has been deleted = UKSFTP_UNITSPEC

Maybe the Addon Pbos have been renamed? Would that actually matter?

ACtually, I just realized Arma2 didn't load the Addon, since the UK units do not appear in the Editor. Is there a specific order I should use for loading ACE2, Panthera and the UK SF?

Actually, the Addon won't load at all, even if it is the only one...

Still worse, I double clicked on the Desert SF pbo and it started up Arma2, gave me a bunch of error messages and now I have the Desert SFs in the game, even if I start it in vanilla mode. Go figure that. The pbo did NOT get copied into the standard Addons folder...


EDIT: Nvm, I found the error. First, it should be documented somewhere that you should not have spaces in Mod folder names. Second, after renaming I forgot to update my Arma2 launcher settings, so they still pointed to the now non-existant folders with spaces.

Duh.

[Cross]

always use quotation marks for the mod parameter.

"-mod=xxx;yyy;zz zz;ttt ttt"

and spaces should work ;)

[Vino3]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/UKSFTMPRelease1bpromoimage.jpg

is that just chernarus? or is that another map that is donwloadable? It looks really good for SF missions (which i guess is why you put the guys there)
thanks

[Aeneas2020]

it's nalmask or whatever you call it. you can download it from armaholic mate.

[Vino3]

thanks mate