Jack Wachter Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 If only I put that diligence towards things like getting the CENTCOM maps converted to HU game modes with the zoning and then sorting out all of the kit images so that it's not just a bunch of blank boxes. As for SP, I have working the standard characters working. Have not started work on specialists. Some details on how I'm arranging the classes. Rifleman: general purpose, widest range of secondary options. Has lighter rockets and grenade launchers for increased versatility. Support: machine guns galore. Has all of the different machine guns available except for the CBJ since that thing is odd. Sniper: variety of long range rifles. Demolitions: has rockets, breaching equipment (not available with rifleman), grenade launchers, and explosives. Spoiler 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) So cool reading this thread and seeing that my missions were being played a decade after I made them. Loved those missions! Great work you're doing Jack and great to see players still enjoying the magic of GR. I think back to CentCom and working with Jay on the few extra missions I did and I remember how amazing the mod was. And looking really good now Jack. Would love it if someone could do a playthrough of the missions I made using this mod. Edited May 3, 2019 by Lightspeed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 If I can ever figure out how to get OBS to NOT freeze on a frame during recording, then I may just do that @Lightspeed. They are pretty cool missions, especially the hostage rescue in the city where you start on the balcony. So probably going to drastically cut down on how I handle the MP kit restrictions. Seems that I went way overboard and ended up making the launch time for the game way longer than it needs to be since afaik, the game checks every single line in the kit restriction files for any syntax errors before either launching the game or ending the launch if a syntax error is found. I'm looking for more details about this and started a thread to discuss this here. I'm looking at drastically cutting down the number of MP kit restrictions by limiting AI backup options to 2 per unit (loud and suppressed) with novelty options thrown in as I feel like it (exact setups will vary depending on the faction). With a stronger SP setup coming in the next update, the loss in MP can be somewhat made up in SP. Cutting down the number will also make certain operations like adding in new personal skins to MP much less time consuming. If you have any feedback on how you use the MP kit restrictions, please let me know so that I can figure out the best way to go about this. As for new skins, I'm still working on how I want the main "Ghosts" to look. I've got the jungle and winter guys now setup with pre-2004 Multicam (at least my best representation of it) vests since it's more green. I am also looking at making the ball cap and left leg magazine pouches visible again since it seems I managed to disable blood effects on the main body by doing so. Not sure if it's something to worry about or not though. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 Current main Ghost designs with custom tiger stripe camo Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_K_ski Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Jack, Been lurking your thread for a while now. Real life is kicking the tar out of me right with enormous demands... I'm sorry to hear of the technical issues that you're having to contend with. I hope that an easy/speedy solution is available. These uniforms look great. The last batch are PERFECT. The overall use of the tiger stripe patterning is nice. It's amazing how effective that camo patterning is in real life. I loudly applaud the usage of the color-matching baclavas. It makes a LOT of sense to have the Ghosts use these. Keep up the GREAT work, and THANK YOU for it. Back to Real Life I a-go-go (*sniff-sniff*)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 nice work Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Thinking of redesigning the Ghosts again. Working on new patterns to use (the ones up above are meh compared to what I have now). Also looking at using some of the other Blood Oil models. Recent tests, still got some adjustments to do. Spoiler The main issue with the current model is that I made some things invisible on main body texture: left leg magazine pouches and the ball cap worn under the helmet. This results in no blood showing up on the main body as well as some other weird things happening (relatively minor though). I find it kind of jarring when they get shot but see no blood like they're completely fine. This sucks since I really like the fact they wear a full headset and are fully kitted out with flashbangs and such. So there's a few ideas I'm thinking about in my mind: Put in the left leg magazine pouch and ball cap back in. As for the night vision attachment, there's a few options: remove it entirely, put in the same NVGs except put up (doesn't make sense with the ball cap), or put in PVS-14s (see below pics for a reference of what that would look like). This will keep the blood effects and give Ghosts in full direct action loadouts, though everyone with ball caps under the helmets may be weird. Use a mix of the ball cap and boonie hat models from Blood Oil. These use a single ear headset instead of the Peltor-looking ones. Ball cap would be for rifleman and demolitions since they have flashbangs and more assault-type stuff on them while the boonie hat would be support and sniper since they lack flashbangs on the model. Can't use balaclavas on these guys due to the way the right ear is setup. Look at the regular balaclava model from Blood Oil. It has a couple flashbangs on the front and covers the full face. Can make it the only one or mix it with ball cap and boonie guys. Leave them as-is other than updating the patterns. So, what do you guys think? What kind of look do you want for the main Ghosts in VoA? More pics for reference: Current model with no invisibility on the main body + PVS-14 attachment Spoiler Old test with boonie hat guy Spoiler Ball cap references Spoiler Balaclava references Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulietHotel13 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) I have a question. How do I change skins for my team in single player like the ones you have in the pictures? Edited May 17, 2019 by JulietHotel13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Those skins haven't been added yet. The next update will include new SP skins and a winter optimization addon that will change the SP guys to winter versions and do a few other things 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 Current design of the main operators, let me know what you think and if I should make any changes. Ball caps worn under the helmets and PVS-14s mounted on the helmet. Spoiler 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That looks freaking amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulietHotel13 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Ah gotcha~ Thanks for the reply really enjoying the mod. Have you ever considered doing like a Marine Raider/MARSOC model? lol have to ask as a former Marine haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) I don't know about doing a whole faction of them, but I've done some personal skins for JustinRed87 (who is former Marine) that are based on that. Below are some screenshots, though I may have made some modifications since I took them. Spoiler Edited May 19, 2019 by Jack Wachter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulietHotel13 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Those look pretty solid. Pretty content now hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Version 1.0.13b is released. Check OP for download link. Main things are new skins and simplified MP setup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 So now that I've got the new character models in there, I'm thinking about going through and removing the "Ghost" CENTCOM reskins in order to save space since I find them mostly obsolete at this point. This would bring the mod size down by around 200+ MB and cut down on load times since the game wouldn't need to read those kit restriction files upon launch. I'm retain the files so that I have the option of using some of them in a more limited capacity later on. Before anyone asks, the Task Force 245 guys are safe. They are staying in. The list of skins being removed: Ghost Ball Caps w/AK Chest Rigs Ghost VBSS (normal and winter) Ghost Fleece Jackets (normal and winter) Ghost Direct Action Winter Please let me know what you think, especially if any of those groups are ones you particularly like. The personalized skin option is still available btw. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panth283 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Nice, would be possible keep the Multicam skin and gear and add modern special forces helmets? same as Us navy seals and other special forces use in the present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 I'm putting together a few different addons to go with the main mod: Arctic Winds (winter stuff is being locked to this, also has a few sound and texture things from Frostbite to make winter work was intended) No Night Vision (using night vision will result in a blacked out screen, also makes all NVGs on the models invisible) Real Camo Skins (main Ghosts use real camo patterns from 2010 and earlier, namely Multicam, Tiger Stripe, Desert Tiger Stripe, also thinking about A-TACS Arid Urban, M81 Woodland, and DCU) @Panth283, the real camo skins addon will probably be what you want. The gear there is probably the most modern of the high quality models (Peltor-type headset, plate carrier with belt, MICH 2000 helmet), though nothing I have is more modern around 2006-2007 (I don't have any FAST helmets, and the closest I have are high cut skate helmets that don't use full headsets). I can also see about making what you want a personal skin. Send me a PM with which guy(s) you're referring to exactly and we can go from there. Also, playing with weather some. Jungle Beach map which is normally day now with dense fog and a fierce thunderstorm. Going to look at different weather effects for more variety and also allow you to play some missions with different weather settings (imagine Iron Dragon with some rain and light fog limiting your view distance, for example). With that said, I don't plan on doing any day to night conversions or vice versa. Spoiler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 New weather versions incoming Spoiler And the main player characters Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Version 1.0.14b released. Check OP for link. Also included an addons package as a separate download. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicario168 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 @Jack Wachter can I get the link to V1.07... I like this version more... The current link is broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 I don't have it anymore, so I can't upload it again, sorry. What about it do you like more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicario168 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 I like the download size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Wachter Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 Download size is part of why I've moved away from this mod and decided to use Heroes Unleashed as a requirement for my current project since VoA took so much stuff from HU. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexMods Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Why isn’t this in the downloads section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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