PMC Somalia

PMC Somalia

Realistic Somalia mod, 1993 to present day

Included units, in-game:

• 160th SOAR pilots
  
• African militia
  
• AH6 / MH6 Littlebirds
  
• Blackhawks (well BIS placeholders)
  
• HMMWV
  
• Mogadishu city in realistic dimensions
  
• US Army Delta Force
  
• US Army Rangers
  
• US Navy SEALs

AH1 Cobra is included from stock game content.

Planned features:

• 5t Truck
  
• Ruined buildings for present day Mogadishu
  
• United Nations Pakistani units

Note; included units are fact, they are in-game and you can play with them today. Planned features mean that it is not 100% guaranteed that they will appear in this mod, we do everything we can to make it happen but no promises.

This modification is currently under development and very much work in progress, basic units are in-game and playable, but modeling, texturing and config values are not finished. Especially buildings and their placement are mere placeholders now.

If you want to join our team, we are looking for people to help with texturing, modeling, beta testing and research (facts, 1993 photos etc).

ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead screenshots; Jul 15th, 2010.

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(note; the building quality and placement will be improved).

Jul 16th, 2010. Army Ranger by Fox '09.

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Jul 18th, 2010. Delta Force by Fox '09.

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Jul 22nd, 2010. Rangers with new vest armor.

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Greetings goes to Nicholas Bell for Mogadishu DEM data + satellite texture/mask, Icewindo for civilian / ArmA SF models, Fox'09 for soldier texture work.

We are planning on releasing early alpha soon. More development details from the official PMC Somalia forum.

FAQ

Q: Your models etc don't look like anything on Black Hawk Down movie, why?

A: This mod is about realism, not about any movie.

Q: Does this big city lag on my computer?

A: No, our design goal is to have decent enough frame rates in the city.

Q: Will the weapons be like M16A4, Rangers used M16A2 in 1993?

A: Weapons on few of the screens are just ArmA 2 defaults, we will make realistic load outs for soldiers.

Q: Will the units be just re-textures?

A: No, we will model more realistic gear to those units, if we find research material.

Q: US Navy SEALs were not used in 1993 battle of Mogadishu!

A: It was not so much publicized fact, but they were there.

Q: How can I help?

A: By doing research on historic realism (weapons, gear, units, uniforms, city photos, etc), texturing, modeling, also Visitor 3 or other tool terrain editing and also beta testing. Send private message to me for further details.

Q: When is the release out?

A: Stable release is "when its done", development releases you could even get now by asking / joining the team.

Official PMC Somalia Homepage with manual in PMC Addons/Mods Online Manuals: PMC Somalia and PMC Somalia ArmA 2 Forum.

Was hoping for this. :)

Thats great!

More pictures can be found under

Holy.. that is a big city.. But nice mod. I will surely test that early alpha version.

And can't wait for united nations Pakistani units.

YES! I've been waiting for the Mog for so long.

*Prays city doesn't explode computer*

great job

good luck ;)

Yes looks sweet! Good luck!!

A city of THAT SCALE?! Thank god for answering my prayers....

Plain awesome! Thats about all I have to say at this point..

*tries to get comfortable on the edge of his seat*

Ahh nice to see this picked its self up againm, nice work guys.

W.I.P rangers.

got to do the normal maps for the "new" vest

Wow... This looks awesome. The city is going to require a lot of work and my computer will probably die if I try to run it, but still, I'm totally looking forward to this!

Oh and by the way. The rangers look outstanding!

Awesome, I've always wanted to have a huge city in Arma 2. All Chernarus and Takistan cities are so small compared to this... I hope it'll run well.

Good points, how well will the Mog run on low-mid end PC's?

well it's hard to say right now, the map is filled with low-poly blue, white, and red huts, but of course that will all be changed... very wip so it's hard to tell at the moment

I see, well hopefully my PC can run it till I upgrade next year.

Work In Progress: Delta Force, 7/18/2010

You da man.

Those units look great, and thanks for the FAQ Snake.

*Goes to watch Black Hawk Down* :D

We have one reference problem, the SEALs.

Would anyone have any references, photos, even pieces of information of what camo/gear SEALs used in 1993?

If not, what would be the "educated guess" of what to use for them?

I couldn't find any pics, but I'd guess they used morealess the same equipment as Delta seeing as both are considered 'Elite'.

We have opened a Dev Heaven page for PMC Somalia

http://dev-heaven.net/projects/pmcsomalia

We have one reference problem, the SEALs.

Would anyone have any references, photos, even pieces of information of what camo/gear SEALs used in 1993?

If not, what would be the "educated guess" of what to use for them?

oh goodie!

thanks