[Proposal] Falklands Mini-Mod

[torenico]

I will start the mapping, now if they open a section, i will join.

An invasion of Buenos Aires, or the Landing of Mar del Plata, a cool D-day, but the beaches are tiny, battle for Mar de Ajó. think about the posiblities!

[Rudd]

Looks like there is significant interest here, as long as this is done tastefully I'm looking forward to seeing some of this

[torenico]

Uhu, now, whats next? Devs need to confirm this? a section will be added?

I really like this, almost everything is welcome here

[Panzerfire]

Well... First you guys should come up with some models, skins and 1 map at least so the devs and moderators see you are really up to this and it's not just another suggestion. In my opinion, if you guys develop a skin for the Argentinian Army (Hint: It's the M81 Woodland: M81 Woodland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ), have 1 good map and perhaps a couple of models like the FN FAL rifle and a Tanque Argentino Mediano (Maybe); then it'll be proof of good will and determination. And I think that is going to help a lot in getting an own subforum here in Project Reality. But that's just my humble opinion... I'm not sure exactly how they do when people want to make a new faction.

[torenico]

Yes, panzerfire, but the mapping for PR its very different than the BF one, i need to put the spawn times, details, distances, and the BF2 editor doesnt read the PR, i dunno, i cant place anything..

Ps: if somebody can leave here a tuto, (i've lost my tutos) it would be very apreciated!

Matias, im Argentinian Too! =D,

[matias16739]

Im glad Torenico, txs for your help, here you have some tutorials from this page:
Modding Tutorials - Project Reality Forums

Bienvenido y espermos poder realizar este proyecto!
(Welcome and we hope we can make this prject real!)

[matias16739]

I was searching for some tutorial to helpme with the skinning, i couldnt find any but i read something and i know that i have to handle the .dds files. I dont know how to edit them or make new ones. Allready have the camo patern, can anyone tellme how to edit the .dds files? Txs.

[Pride]

Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins


They allow you to open and save dds files in photoshop.

[Panzerfire]

Matias,I was thinking... Perhaps you'll also need a "Argentinian Forces design plan" like most factions have done. That helps a lot to organize what this faction needs and what's the priority of it.
Take a look a the german faction one: Google Docs - Bundeswehr Design Plan
I show this as example.
When working on this faction you must have it clear what weapons will each kit get.
What rifles, weapons systems and vehicles must be included.
A spreadsheet would really help giving us all a better and clear idea of what is going in the faction.

If you want to work on one you can go to this website: http://spreadsheets.google.com/

I'm just letting you know about this.


Also... you've surelly thought that this faction will need aircraft fighters eventually Like the Mirage-5. As for helicopters we're surelly gonna need a UH-1 Huey. I don't know if the model can be worked based on this PR design: http://media.realitymod.com/news/pr075/ ... huey02.jpg
It's a different version of the Huey used by the Ejercito Argentino but perhaps with a bit of modding and a new skin we might have a Huey suited for the argentinian forces. But I don't know if modding that will be allowed
By the way... For the Scout/attack helicopter role you guys can use the Z-11: PLA Vehicles - Project Reality Wiki which is already available with the PLA. may be a bit of skinning will be required but the model is there

PS: Me subcribi al foro the PR Argentina pero necesito que me confirmen la cuenta ^^;
(I subscribed to PR Argentina forum but I need you guys to confirm my account).

[hqthief]

In all honesty, I would like to see a South American Nation as a faction in PR. That may be Venezuela, Brazil or Argentine. If such faction existed, then we could have a Falklands map at least, which would be great.

[Panzerfire]

Yeah... Europe is like uber-represented here XD We got UK, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands and Russia (It' still Europe right?). A few guys were trying to put some base elements for a French faction and I don't know how it went with other faction proposals including scandinavian nations.

As far as I know South America doesn't have any kind of faction on any mod for BF2. Maybe PR might do the exception. ^^

Apart from the argentinian faction the other factions I'm interested to see from South America is a Venezuelan (Featuring all the new russian stuff they're buying) or even a mass re-armed Cuban Army fighting US Forces in Florida
"Armored Fury" anyone? XD

I actually see more plausible a war between the US and Venezuela (With help from Cuba) rather than a new war between Argentina and the UK but hell... who would care about diplomacy in the Project reality universe?

We also could use some more asian factions like both Koreas, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan. But until someone is really up to work on those I think it's gonna take a long while ^^;

[matias16739]

Well, im starting with the basics of skinning. I just made the skin for the arms on a US soldier with the woodland patern of the Argentinian Army. Please leave your comment.

[Panzerfire]

Its a really good progress
I would love to see more screenies showing how the whole soldier would look like.

The camo looks pretty good. The color are without a doubt pretty much the same from the reference pic from Wiki (About the M81 used by the Ejercito Argentino). But perhaps if you could make the Green and Beige of the camo a little bit darker.

Now I don't know much about skinning but I think you also have to take into account the clothing details like buttons, pockets, special markings (Like the flag). That is a little bit more of work but hey! You're on good way
Keep up!

[torenico]

Awessome!! man.. you will be a National Notice!! (LOL) you make my Dream. A REALITY!

[matias16739]

Can anyone tellme where to find the hat and backpack skins?

[azn_chopsticks_boi]

Should be in the kits folder.

[Masaq]

Your colours are quite bright, I'd suggest dirtying up the skin a little, make 'em more lived-in.

[Glimmerman]

Making a Falklands conflict for PR would probably mean the UK forces need a lot of naval assets, same goes for Argentina, perhaps they can resurrect the Veinticinco de Mayo (Former Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman) from the Indian scrap heap ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Glimmerman]

Yeah... Europe is like uber-represented here XD We got UK, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands and Russia (It' still Europe right?). A few guys were trying to put some base elements for a French faction and I don't know how it went with other faction proposals including scandinavian nations.

As far as I know South America doesn't have any kind of faction on any mod for BF2. Maybe PR might do the exception. ^^

Apart from the argentinian faction the other factions I'm interested to see from South America is a Venezuelan (Featuring all the new russian stuff they're buying) or even a mass re-armed Cuban Army fighting US Forces in Florida
"Armored Fury" anyone? XD

I actually see more plausible a war between the US and Venezuela (With help from Cuba) rather than a new war between Argentina and the UK but hell... who would care about diplomacy in the Project reality universe?

We also could use some more asian factions like both Koreas, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan. But until someone is really up to work on those I think it's gonna take a long while ^^;

Hmm Venezuela sounds interesting we could do a VE vs NL map, The battle for the Dutch Antilles, Chaves was allways keen on those 3 islands (Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire)