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| + | ====== OFP Brsseb 3D Modeling Tutorial ====== | ||
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| + | **Operation Flashpoint (OFP)** aka ArmA: Cold War Assault (CWA) | ||
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| ====== Lesson 7: Creating your first ARMED Airplane ====== | ====== Lesson 7: Creating your first ARMED Airplane ====== | ||
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| * Note that it says " | * Note that it says " | ||
| * PBOTool and TexView or similar program | * PBOTool and TexView or similar program | ||
| - | * We will be using stuff from tut6, so make sure you at least know what that one was all about. | + | * We will be using stuff from tut6, so make sure you at least know what that one was all about. |
| Ok, people. I will tell you how to arm a vehicle in this tut, and for that we need a vehicle. Move to next page. | Ok, people. I will tell you how to arm a vehicle in this tut, and for that we need a vehicle. Move to next page. | ||
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| //Our final plane from tutorial 6 in flight// | //Our final plane from tutorial 6 in flight// | ||
| - | But lets get the model. Its the same, except I have changed the folder and p3d file name from " | + | But lets get the model. Its the same, except I have changed the folder and p3d file name from " |
| - | Also, i have deleted the View Pilot and View Cargo LOD. We need to add stuff to the original LOD, " | + | Also, i have deleted the View Pilot and View Cargo LOD. We need to add stuff to the original LOD, " |
| - | For simple reason i didn't change the passenger proxy to the gunner, so the pilot will be in charge of the guns all the time. Much more fun, i think ;). | + | For simple reason i didn't change the passenger proxy to the gunner, so the pilot will be in charge of the guns all the time. Much more fun, i think ;). |
| * Get the modified plane project Brsseb_lesson7_start.rar from bottom of this page. | * Get the modified plane project Brsseb_lesson7_start.rar from bottom of this page. | ||
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| ====== Setting up the machinegun ====== | ====== Setting up the machinegun ====== | ||
| - | First up is the common machinegun that most warplanes have. We will make some sort of gunbarrel pointing out of the plane near the nose (to make this tut simple, I'm not gonna make an accurate machinegun model in this tut) pointing strait forward. The sad limit here is that an airplane cant have a gunturret like you can have on a helicopter (like hte UH60) or my gunboat from lesson 5. You cant like a tailgunner like on a german ww2 Stuka plane or something like that. Guns on airplanes can only fire strait forward in a fixed position. | + | First up is the common machinegun that most warplanes have. We will make some sort of gunbarrel pointing out of the plane near the nose (to make this tut simple, I'm not gonna make an accurate machinegun model in this tut) pointing strait forward. The sad limit here is that an airplane cant have a gunturret like you can have on a helicopter (like hte UH60) or my gunboat from lesson 5. You cant like a tailgunner like on a german ww2 Stuka plane or something like that. Guns on airplanes can only fire strait forward in a fixed position. |
| //NB: This lack of turret on planes has been a limit for very long time. But after patch 1.90, there was some features added that indicated that this could now be done. But since its very new info and still onthe experimental level for the time being, im gonna assume that movable turrets on planes are not possible.// | //NB: This lack of turret on planes has been a limit for very long time. But after patch 1.90, there was some features added that indicated that this could now be done. But since its very new info and still onthe experimental level for the time being, im gonna assume that movable turrets on planes are not possible.// | ||
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| - | Tada, the machinegun is ready! WHAT you might say? Bhaw, humburg, what about all the other stuff we made on earlier gun models, all the crazy stuff about " | + | Tada, the machinegun is ready! WHAT you might say? Bhaw, humburg, what about all the other stuff we made on earlier gun models, all the crazy stuff about " |
| The only usable selection we have left might be the nabojnicestart& | The only usable selection we have left might be the nabojnicestart& | ||
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| ====== Rocket Pods with unguided rockets ====== | ====== Rocket Pods with unguided rockets ====== | ||
| - | Ok, lets make our first rockets for the plane. We want two pods under each wing carrying a decent load of rockets on them, like many choppers in ofp do. Now the trick with unguided rockets in pods is you make a pod-like structure that you place under each wing, then you define some selection names in Memory LOD to indicate where these pods are and when you fire, a rocket model (from a separate p3d file) is inserted where these points are and flies in the heading of the aircraft. We will make our own pod model and use a rocket model already in OFP. We wont do custom rockets for these pods, we`ll make our own rockets in the last part of the tutorial. For now, we must settle with some pod modeling and I`ll show you how to use OFP rockets for these pods in the configfile later. | + | Ok, lets make our first rockets for the plane. We want two pods under each wing carrying a decent load of rockets on them, like many choppers in ofp do. Now the trick with unguided rockets in pods is you make a pod-like structure that you place under each wing, then you define some selection names in Memory LOD to indicate where these pods are and when you fire, a rocket model (from a separate p3d file) is inserted where these points are and flies in the heading of the aircraft. We will make our own pod model and use a rocket model already in OFP. We wont do custom rockets for these pods, we`ll make our own rockets in the last part of the tutorial. For now, we must settle with some pod modeling and I`ll show you how to use OFP rockets for these pods in the configfile later. |
| So, first we need a pod for the rockets to fire from. We need two pods, but we`ll make one and copy it. As always in my tuts, this is done with minimal modeling detail to speed things up a bit. | So, first we need a pod for the rockets to fire from. We need two pods, but we`ll make one and copy it. As always in my tuts, this is done with minimal modeling detail to speed things up a bit. | ||
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| - | Ok, thats the basic setup. The only thing stopping us from firing rockets now is the configfile setup. In the configfile, we can select type of rockets to fire from the pods. Later, then. | + | Ok, thats the basic setup. The only thing stopping us from firing rockets now is the configfile setup. In the configfile, we can select type of rockets to fire from the pods. Later, then. |
| Ok, now we got a machinegun for closeup dog fighting and some unguided rockets to destroy ground objects with. But somethings missing... | Ok, now we got a machinegun for closeup dog fighting and some unguided rockets to destroy ground objects with. But somethings missing... | ||
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| ====== Making our AA-rocket ====== | ====== Making our AA-rocket ====== | ||
| - | Ok, we got our machinegun for closeup dog fighting and unguided rockets for those ground kills, but there is one thing missing! yep, proper AntiAircrart defense! And that's why we`re gonna make some guided AA rockets, using your very own self-made rocket type! | + | Ok, we got our machinegun for closeup dog fighting and unguided rockets for those ground kills, but there is one thing missing! yep, proper AntiAircrart defense! And that's why we`re gonna make some guided AA rockets, using your very own self-made rocket type! |
| - | This one will not be inside a pod, but we will have the actual rocket hanging under the wings, ready to launch at your command. To do that we must create our rocket in a separate p3d file and insert it as a proxy in the plane p3d file. Just like we do with soldiers, then. Very easy, really, its the configfile setup that's a pit painful here. | + | This one will not be inside a pod, but we will have the actual rocket hanging under the wings, ready to launch at your command. To do that we must create our rocket in a separate p3d file and insert it as a proxy in the plane p3d file. Just like we do with soldiers, then. Very easy, really, its the configfile setup that's a pit painful here. |
| Lets rock! | Lets rock! | ||
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| * Name the cylinder " | * Name the cylinder " | ||
| - | Finally, lets scale the rocket to a bit more real dimensions. If your model is very similar to mine, you have a like 10 meter rocket on your hands here ;); so a bit big for an airplane then. Lets scale it down to about 1 meter, shall we? Scale down the whole model Points-> | + | Finally, lets scale the rocket to a bit more real dimensions. If your model is very similar to mine, you have a like 10 meter rocket on your hands here ;); so a bit big for an airplane then. Lets scale it down to about 1 meter, shall we? Scale down the whole model Points-> |
| Ok, the rocket model is now done. Save it as " | Ok, the rocket model is now done. Save it as " | ||
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| - | * Rotate and position the missile proxy as you did with the soldier proxys in lesson 2. | + | * Rotate and position the missile proxy as you did with the soldier proxys in lesson 2. |
| * Do the same thing 5 more times until you have 3 rockets under each wing nicely lined up like this: | * Do the same thing 5 more times until you have 3 rockets under each wing nicely lined up like this: | ||
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| * Select the 0.00 LOD in the lod window, right click and duplicate it twice. Change the two new lods to View Pilot and View Cargo. | * Select the 0.00 LOD in the lod window, right click and duplicate it twice. Change the two new lods to View Pilot and View Cargo. | ||
| - | Ok, set to go then. One thing i must tell you when trying to create your own rockets: You can only have ONE TYPE OF CUSTOM ROCKET PROXYS on your model at a time! I mean, you cant make some stingers and some hellfires and set them up like we did for our Sidewinder, it wont work. Its an engine limitation, sorry. If you must have lots or rocket types on your aircraft, only one can have rockets fitted the way we have now and all the other must go in pods (like we did for our unguided missiles). | + | Ok, set to go then. One thing i must tell you when trying to create your own rockets: You can only have ONE TYPE OF CUSTOM ROCKET PROXYS on your model at a time! I mean, you cant make some stingers and some hellfires and set them up like we did for our Sidewinder, it wont work. Its an engine limitation, sorry. If you must have lots or rocket types on your aircraft, only one can have rockets fitted the way we have now and all the other must go in pods (like we did for our unguided missiles). |
| Ok, now the main plane model is done and.....(sudden thunder)..hey, | Ok, now the main plane model is done and.....(sudden thunder)..hey, | ||
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| ====== All kneel for the Great Configfile! ====== | ====== All kneel for the Great Configfile! ====== | ||
| - | ...OH DEAR LORD! Is it Death? Satan? George Bush??. NO, its FAR worse!! Its the evil and scary configfile!! Nooooooooooooo! The dreaded file that with its alien C++ nature eats n00bs as if they were Pringels! | + | ...OH DEAR LORD! Is it Death? Satan? George Bush??. NO, its FAR worse!! Its the evil and scary configfile!! Nooooooooooooo! The dreaded file that with its alien C++ nature eats n00bs as if they were Pringels! |
| - | O my God, its nothing like I have ever seen before! We have done weapons, cars, planes and the likes. And it has kept getting bigger and meaner each time. But now we want an airplane, WITH a machinegun, and not one, but TWO different rocket types, one of them OUR OWN CUSTOM ROCKET!. We`re really asking for trouble here, and the Mighty one seems pretty pissed off at the moment. Jeezees, we are talking about several pages here! Maybe as height as...(scary drumroll) TWO or THREE! pages of text! Noooooooo..... | + | O my God, its nothing like I have ever seen before! We have done weapons, cars, planes and the likes. And it has kept getting bigger and meaner each time. But now we want an airplane, WITH a machinegun, and not one, but TWO different rocket types, one of them OUR OWN CUSTOM ROCKET!. We`re really asking for trouble here, and the Mighty one seems pretty pissed off at the moment. Jeezees, we are talking about several pages here! Maybe as height as...(scary drumroll) TWO or THREE! pages of text! Noooooooo..... |
| OK, lets cut the crap, shall we ;). As you can see, im getting bored writing this tut now so thank god we are nearly done! As always, I have done the configfile and we`ll walk trough it together with me highlighting some important issues. I'm not doing a tutorial on configfiles, | OK, lets cut the crap, shall we ;). As you can see, im getting bored writing this tut now so thank god we are nearly done! As always, I have done the configfile and we`ll walk trough it together with me highlighting some important issues. I'm not doing a tutorial on configfiles, | ||
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| //Part 2// | //Part 2// | ||
| - | Next class up is CfgAmmo. In this class all the ammo we are gonna use is defined (remember rocket is an ammo). Note that since we are gonna use OFP bullets for our machinegun and OFP rockets for the unguided rockets, we don't need to define them in anyway. They are defined elsewhere in the game and we can just put them on our plane without much writing. Our sidewinder is defined in this class. | + | Next class up is CfgAmmo. In this class all the ammo we are gonna use is defined (remember rocket is an ammo). Note that since we are gonna use OFP bullets for our machinegun and OFP rockets for the unguided rockets, we don't need to define them in anyway. They are defined elsewhere in the game and we can just put them on our plane without much writing. Our sidewinder is defined in this class. |
| The CfgWeapons class naturally is the place to define the weapons we have on board our plane. First up is the machinegun, which is a pretty standard gun using " | The CfgWeapons class naturally is the place to define the weapons we have on board our plane. First up is the machinegun, which is a pretty standard gun using " | ||
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| //Part 3// | //Part 3// | ||
| - | Here is the rest of the CfgWeapons class and here the sidewinder launcher is defined. Now, we could have put the the AA rocket in a tube, but we want them naked on the wings. But we still need to define a launcher, and in this case the launcher is using the same model as the ammo, " | + | Here is the rest of the CfgWeapons class and here the sidewinder launcher is defined. Now, we could have put the the AA rocket in a tube, but we want them naked on the wings. But we still need to define a launcher, and in this case the launcher is using the same model as the ammo, " |
| There is also the class for the unguided missile launcher. It don't have a model, its just gonna fire its rockets out from the two points we defined in Memory LOD. The rockets being fired is the standard rockets fired from the OFP ZuniLauncher, | There is also the class for the unguided missile launcher. It don't have a model, its just gonna fire its rockets out from the two points we defined in Memory LOD. The rockets being fired is the standard rockets fired from the OFP ZuniLauncher, | ||
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| //Part 5// | //Part 5// | ||
| - | And last but not least, the all-important CfgNonAIVehicles that we need for all addons that have weapon and ammo classes in them. Notice we have the class names here with a added " | + | And last but not least, the all-important CfgNonAIVehicles that we need for all addons that have weapon and ammo classes in them. Notice we have the class names here with a added " |
| So boring stuff all this, but at the same time so important! But I hope that this configfile will help you in your future projects. If you have questions, ask me or any other cpp-knowing fellow. But for now, lets compile and test!! | So boring stuff all this, but at the same time so important! But I hope that this configfile will help you in your future projects. If you have questions, ask me or any other cpp-knowing fellow. But for now, lets compile and test!! | ||
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| ====== Compile and test it! ====== | ====== Compile and test it! ====== | ||
| - | We are nearly there now, just need to compile it and off we go. So open PBOTool, select Compress, select the folder armedplane, name it " | + | We are nearly there now, just need to compile it and off we go. So open PBOTool, select Compress, select the folder armedplane, name it " |
| Check out the model ingame (Under West->My Armed plane) and make sure everything works as planned. Any trouble, look back at the tutorial and see if you missed out on something. You can also download the final PBO, open it and compare it to your project. | Check out the model ingame (Under West->My Armed plane) and make sure everything works as planned. Any trouble, look back at the tutorial and see if you missed out on something. You can also download the final PBO, open it and compare it to your project. | ||
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| The the final PBO file Brsseb_lesson7_done.rar below. | The the final PBO file Brsseb_lesson7_done.rar below. | ||
| - | Well, there you go. The long-awaited rocket tutorial. Hopefully you have learned something and can start adding weapons to your vehicles. Remember there is still much to learn and the OFP engine is often messing with you, so be careful, take it nice and slowly, do only one change at a time. Never expect a model to work the first time, usually it takes a good few change-recompile-restart OFP before everything works. And most important DON'T GIVE UP! | + | Well, there you go. The long-awaited rocket tutorial. Hopefully you have learned something and can start adding weapons to your vehicles. Remember there is still much to learn and the OFP engine is often messing with you, so be careful, take it nice and slowly, do only one change at a time. Never expect a model to work the first time, usually it takes a good few change-recompile-restart OFP before everything works. And most important DON'T GIVE UP! |
| As always, brsseb@hotmail.com for bug reports, questions, or simply good old "hate you/love you man" messages. | As always, brsseb@hotmail.com for bug reports, questions, or simply good old "hate you/love you man" messages. | ||
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