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In which case, the tailwheel should definitely be on the tail boom, the special warfare tasked MH-60S being a Blackhawk airframe with Seahawk dynamics, see http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/mh_60s/ http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.as..._id=7447&page=2 and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys.../ch-60-pics.htm Far be it from me to insult the USMC (pale imitation of the real thing though they may be), but anyone who elects to use a less capable platform during a spec-ops insertion deserves insulting. They've certainly used AF aircraft in the past for insertions -- http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/US_..._in_Liberia/aaj shows a marine (probably FAST rather than FR, but could be either and definitely a marine) in MARPAT in an HH-60 of the 56th Rescue Squadron (the Keflavik-based 56 RQS seems an odd choice to deploy to Liberia, but as I said you choose the best assets available for the job).

What you don't make clear is whether you are using any mods with IGOR. The one time I've seen similar problems there were corrupt files in a mod that I was using. Turn off all mods and see if IGOR will work on just the basic GR files.

Force Recon are a naval special warfare unit, the USMC being a USN asset. How much detail do we really see in-game? Eye-candy is nice, but all we really need is the general effect. It's actually being replaced with the UH-1Y (originally the -1Ns were going to be rebuilt into -1Ys, but it turns out to be cheaper to buy a new -1Y). The main visual differences are a c1m stretch in the cabin area and a four bladed rotor.

IIRC, the SH-60R Seahawk is supposed to pick up the Special Warfare mission for the Navy when it enters service, so a reskin would be fine.

Well spotted. I meant to try deleting different files to pin down the problem, but I'm not sure I'd have thought of music.xml and I didn't have the time anyway. I noticed a couple of music file file names were in upper case rather than lower, but this didn't seem to be the issue. Clear reporting (and better handling) of parser errors would be a nice improvement for future games in the series, there's no need to CTD just because -- for instance -- the kit file has a character in the wrong case. That assumes DWG has any time available himself <g>. I've had time to power up GR about twice in the last month. I fixed some problems in strings.txt early on, mostly formatting, but maybe others as well, I can't remember. I don't really have time to re-install and do a comparison, but it shouldn't be beyond anyone: open up the .GUN file of the weapon you're having problems with and check that the contents of the <NameToken> match character for character, down to case, with one of the left hand entries in strings.txt DWG

Something new for the modders: http://www.10-8forums.com/ubbthreads/posti...23-HK417_12.jpg HK's 416 in 7.62x51mm NATO, and the 416 is also getting a 6.8mm Remington version.

Yes, it's a spin-off from the SPR programme, see http://www.thegunzone.com/556faq-nb.html and http://www.thegunzone.com/556faq.html

The strings.txt file is quite simple, each entry consists of a pair of strings enclosed in quotes. The first string is the text found in the <NameToken> tag in the gun file. The entries in .gun and strings.txt must match exactly, including in case. The second string is what should appear on screen. So for example an M203 .gun file might contain: <NameToken>COLT_M203</NameToken> and in strings.txt we would have "COLT_M203" "M203" If you have a problem with a weapon name not appearing, then open up the .gun file and open up the strings.txt and check the entries match, almost certainly they won't. Dealing with Janie42's comments, the system works with all strings.txt files in all active mods, searching them in order of precedence and using the first match found. The number of spaces or tabs between the two strings is not significant. It's unclear what he means by numbers in the strings.txt file.

The most common bullet for US military is 55gr. FMJ. The British use 63gr. I think. I suspect you're quoting the stats for US M193 and NATO SS109, M855 is the US version of SS109 and should have pretty much replaced M193 in the front line.

I think everyone else would be grateful for whatever they could get, it's been rather a dry time for mods recently. SWEBAT was something that looked like it was going to be very good and it would be a shame to let all that effort go to waste.

A fairly unique variant that may interest the modellers out there: the Falkland Islands Defence Force's Steyr Aug with SUSAT: http://www.soldiermagazine.co.uk/mag/feature6.htm

Extremely unlikely. The archive flag is largely insignificant in normal use. '~67' is likely a character code for '_' that isn't being displayed properly, though I'm unsure which character system it's from. I don't see any problems with character names in my install and all .kit, .gun, .qob, .pob and .rsb files can be opened. The file m26frag.prj contains spelling errors in the <DamageThroughWalls> tag, about half the .gun files contain a non-printing character following the end of one or more lines (mostly, but not always, the reticle declarations). The music.xml and effects.xml files do not contain normal line-breaks. Unfortunately, fixing all of these still doesn't stop the CTD. DWG

I spent a little while playing about with things last night and split the mod into three: missions, weapons and characters. Missions depends on the others, so I didn't experiment with that, but weapons (with fixed strings.txt) causes a crash to desk-top, characters doesn't (at least not that I saw). The CTD occurred before I had selected any of the weapons, so it looks like GR does even more pre-loading/parsing of files than I had previously believed. All in all it looks like the problem is with the weapons files rather than the characters. I'll let you know if I find anything more. DWG

One I somehow missed from the list I put up, the Franco-German Eurocopter NH-90 tactical helo, one of those designs that will be used by a lot of people in the reasonably near-term future (off the top of my head: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, the possibility of US use is receding though, with the Merlin now the firm favourite to replace the Pavehawk).

The BBC's main broadcast TV channel.

Nice models, but (being picky) if the AH-1 is meant to be the contemporary AH-1W or the next generation AH-1Z then it's missing heavy canopy framing and the bulged avionic bays immediately below the cockpit on either side. If it's meant to be the AH-1Z then it needs a four bladed rotor rather than two. See http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.com/en/a...y/bellAH-1Z.cfm particularly the downloadable pocket guide (and ditto for the UH-1Y, which is linked from it)

My first reply got swallowed by the crash, so here we go again... It would be nice to have a pick-up with more than a couple of guys in the back (ditto for an armed technical). A generic cop-car would be useful. A standard 3rd world cargo truck and fuel tanker would be useful for convoy scenarios. ZU-23 and a ground mount KPV might be nice for OPFOR. A few suggestions to consider (in my rough order of preference for each nation) UK: Warrior MICV, see http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_war.htm Armoured landrover (with shotgun positions in roof hatch) EH101 Merlin HC4 (also usable as the new Marine One presidential Helo), see http://www.agustawestland.com/products01_01.asp?id_product=7 Scimitar recce vehicle, see http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_scm.htm Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (new Hummer equivalent) see http://www.army-technology.com/projects/future/ Bv-206S articulated tracked vehicle, see http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/muv/muv_hag.htm Supacat, see http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/muv/muv_atmp.htm Pinzgauer utility vehicle (increasingly common in both 4*4 and 6*6 variants, used by the SAS as a 'mothership' for Pink Panther landrovers) see http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/muv/muv_tum.htm France: Aerospatiale Dauphin/Panther (also used by Brazil, Saudi, China and USCG), see http://www.eurocopter.com/site/doc_imp/565UB_03_101_01E.pdf Aerospatiale Super Puma (used by just about everyone), see http://www.eurocopter.com/site/doc_wsw/Tec..._532SC-2003.pdf Panhard VBL (Hummer equivalent), see http://www.panhardvbl.cjb.net/ AMX-10RC wheeled light tank, see http://www.army-technology.com/projects/amx/ VAB wheeled APC, see http://www.army-technology.com/projects/vab/, AML-90 armoured car (used by South Africa and pretty much any African country), see http://www.howitzer.dk/vehicles/liberia.htm Germany: Mercedes Wolf 4x4 (aka G-Wagen) in SF squad-carrier configuration see http://www.panzerbaer.de/helper/bw_lkw_00-..._wolf_agf-a.htm and http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/All...Germany/a_ksk01, Fennek Recce Vehicle see http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/bw_spaehpz_fennek.htm and http://www.army-technology.com/projects/fennek/, Fuchs 2 (aka Fox, used by US and UK for NBC recce) see http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/bw_tpz1_fuchs.htm and http://www.army-technology.com/projects/fuchs/, Dingo 2 Protected Vehicle, see http://www.defense-update.com/products/d/dingo-kmw.htm Wiesel air portable armoured vehicle, see http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/bw_watr_wiesel_mk_20mm.htm, Unimog 4*4 utility truck (used by just about everyone), see http://www.panzerbaer.de/colours/bw_lkw_02t_milgl_plane.htm Italy: Agusta A-109 (widely used, including by UK SAS) see http://www.agustawestland.com/products01_01.asp?id_product=3 Dardo HITFIST MICV, see http://www.army-technology.com/projects/dardo/ Centauro tank destroyer, see http://www.army-technology.com/projects/centauro/ Puma Wheeled APC, see http://www.army-technology.com/projects/puma/ Alternatives from other nations: Canada: MTLV (stretched 6 roadwheel M-113 with turret from Grizzly APC) see http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehapcle.htm, 6*6 LAV variants (Grizzly, Cougar, Husky) see http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehavgp2.htm, 8*8 LAV variants (Bison, LAV-TUA, Coyote) see http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehlav.htm US: USMC Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (aka Mercedes Wolf), 75th Rangers Landrover 110 see http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/g...llery/26a.shtml, Chenowth Light Strike/Desert Patrol Vehicle MH60L DAP see http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/g...llery/5a3.shtml, the suggestion up-thread for a John Deere Tractor and quad-bikes is a good one given what we're seeing in Afghanistan. Russia: MTLB (baseline APC format rather than the SA-13 carrier in GR) China: Type 96 MBT, seehttp://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type96.asp Type 59 MBT, see http://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type59.asp Type 89 APC, see http://www.sinodefence.com/army/armour/type85.asp Type 77 Amphibious APC, see http://www.sinodefence.com/army/armour/type77.asp Type 63 APC, see http://www.sinodefence.com/army/armour/type63.asp Variations on a theme -- possible chop-jobs on existing or potential models: Aerospatiale Panther with weapon pods (as seen on 'The Peacemaker' Scorpion recce vehicle (new turret on the Scimitar -- same turret as Canadian Cougar) Scorpion-90 (upgunned Scorpion, used by Indonesia) M113 FSV (M113 with Scorpion turret, formerly used by Australia) Panhard VBL with various weapon fits Pinzgauer in armed SF format Desert Warrior (LAV-25 turret + TOW pods on Warrior chassis, used by Kuwait) Any single one of these would be great, more than one just superb....

Far too long spent in the company of Quality Assurance types... Can't ask for more than that. Ta!

The 25mm barrel on LAV-25s is noticeably thicker than on the model. In fact it's a long, narrow cone shape. ADATs isn't the US LAV-AD, ADATS is the US/Canadian version of the much larger Roland AA missile mounted on a variant of the M-109 howitzer chassis in US service (now withdrawn, I believe).

Very, very nice!

Very nice! Only comment is that the driver's vision blocks look a bit tall -- see http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys...ker-ICV-003.jpg (I do like the muddy footprints in this picture, nice weathering detail!) and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys...es/icv_0106.jpg

Having taken a protractor to the three-view in Janes the glacis angle is almost exactly 45 degrees.

Alternatively, create minimods SCAR-Normal, SCAR-Desert and SCAR-Jungle containing only the texture folder and the textures for that theatre of operations (and remove the texture folder from the baseline mod). Whichever one you enable, or whichever one has priority, will determine the texture used.

It's at least sort of possible, the scripting language allows you to allocate a kit to an actor (SetActorKit) as an action, but that would be a specific kit with full ammo, not a couple of mags from a specific kit. You could set up a script block where, when an actor is within a certain radius of a specified point (including an actor or vehicle), they are allocated a new kit, but offhand I can't think of a way to tie that to the exact ammo state of a particular actor. It would also happen the instant the actor came into the set radius from the specified point, rather than voluntarily. It should be possible to tie all of this to the death of an actor, so you can only pillage dead bodies and not live ones. The major drawback is we are looking at at least one script block and several variables per actor, so it's a heavy load on the scripter. The baseline SetActorKit instruction seems not to be usable with player team members, which would limit this to other actors, but I'm fairly certain I've seen someone allocate AT kits at a specific point in a scenario, so it must be possible to work around the limitation.

Also the helicopter used in 'The Peacemaker' Go to http://www.eurocopter.com/site/FO/scripts/...u_id=93〈=EN and download the manufacturer's brochure (very last entry on the page, 1.1Mb), this has complete scale three-view drawings, internal layouts and a couple of good pictures. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/wor...ope/dauphin.htm has a bunch of good pictures, including a coupleof shots with the weapons package fitted.