====== Reference Sites ====== [[:|PMC Editing Wiki]], [[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/|PMC Tactical Forum]], [[:ofp|Operation Flashpoint]], [[:falcon4|Falcon 4.0]], [[:arma|Armed Assault (ArmA 1)]], [[:arma2|ArmA 2]], [[:arma3|ArmA 3]], [[:tools|Editing Tools]] **Reference Sites** or reference website links / tutorials or tutorial links (tag mania heh). Here are some of the reference websites / reference links that can serve for "inspiration" and help for any game editing. Please note that many of these links were created in the early 2010s so if the link is dead that is not odd its almost normal, you could try to search the website name there might be a new link. ====== Satellite Maps ====== [[https://www.google.com/maps/|Google Maps]] and [[https://earth.google.com|Google Earth]]. ====== General ====== [[https://www.uniraq.org/docsmaps/maps_geographic.asp?pagename=maps_geographic|Iraq Maps]] ====== General ====== [[https://www.armyrecognition.com|ArmyRecognition]]\\ [[https://www.army.gov.au/video/videos.htm|Australian Army Videos]]\\ [[https://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/|Defence talk's pictures]]\\ [[https://www.inetres.com/gp/military/index.html|Gary's olive drab page]]\\ [[https://www.globalsecurity.org|Globalsecurity.org]]\\ [[https://jaa.janes.com|Jane´s Armour and Artillery]] //requires registration//\\ [[https://www.jedsite.info|Jedsite]] //requires registration//\\ [[https://www.military.com|Military.com]]\\ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_acronyms|Military acronyms on Wikipedia]]\\ [[https://www.militarymorons.com|MilitaryMorons.com]]\\ [[https://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/|MilitaryPhotos.net]]\\ [[https://www.olive-drab.com|Olive Drab]]\\ [[https://www.combatvids.com|US Army Videos]]\\ https://svsm.org/gallery/walkarounds ====== Blueprints ====== [[https://www.the-blueprints.com/index.php?blueprints/|The Blueprints.com]]\\ [[https://www.suurland.com/|Suurland.com]]\\ [[https://blueprints.mutsaers.us/|Leander's blueprint heaven]] ====== Official Procedures ====== [[https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/index.html|Army Field Manuals]]\\ [[https://www.monix.net/Tactical%20Communications%20Procedures.txt|Communication Procedures]]\\ [[https://www.renegaderecon.com/article_details.php?id=19|Radio Procedures]]\\ [[https://www.tpub.com/content/USMC/|U.S. Marine Corps Training Manuals]]\\ [[https://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/|United States Military Rank, Pay Grades & Insignia]] ====== Weapons ====== [[https://www.imagestation.com/members/DeicideNBF|DeicideNBF's Gallery]]\\ [[https://www.securityarms.com/all.html|Security Arms' Gallery]]\\ [[https://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm|World.Guns.ru]]\\ [[https://www.hkpro.com/contents.htm|World of Heckler & Koch (HK)]]\\ [[https://www.sigarms.ch/|SigArms (switzerland)]] ====== Walk Arounds ====== [[https://www.primeportal.net/|PrimePortal.net]]\\ [[https://www.tanxheaven.com/referencepictures.htm|Tanxheaven.com]] ====== Vehicles ====== [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/index.html|FAS' Guide to U.S. Land Warfare Systems]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/index.html|FAS' Guide to U.S. Navy Ships]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/index.html|FAS' Guide to U.S. Navy Shipboard Combat Systems]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/index.html|FAS' Guide to Non-U.S. Land Combat Systems]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/index.html|FAS' Guide to Non-U.S. Naval Forces]]\\ [[https://www.primeportal.net/the_battlefield.htm|Prime Portal]]\\ [[https://www.arnoldweb.ch/motorfahrer/home.php|Motorfahrer]] ====== Aircraft ====== [[https://aircraftresourcecenter.com/|Aircraft Resource Center]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/index.html|FAS' Guide to U.S. Aircraft]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/index.html|FAS' Guide to U.S. Aircraft Equipment]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/index.html|FAS' Guide to Non-U.S. Aircraft]]\\ [[https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/index.html|FAS' Guide to Non-U.S. Missile Systems]]\\ [[https://www.primeportal.net/the_airstrip.htm|Prime Portal]]\\ [[https://users.skynet.be/exotic.planes/index.html|Exotic Planes]]\\ [[https://wildweasels.org/|Society of Wild Weasels]]\\ [[https://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/3480/main.html|F-4 Phantom pics]] ====== Modeling ====== Anything related to modeling in this section. [[https://www.military-meshes.com/|military-meshes.com]] requires registration to see screenshots.\\ [[https://www.3d-tutorial.com/making_of_the_jungle-653.html|3D-Tutorial.com Making of jungle]] nice tutorial how to make jungle scene in 3DS Max 9.\\ [[https://www.3d-tutorial.com/modeling_trees-655.html|3D-Tutorial.com Making of trees]] tutorial how to make a tree in 3DS Max. https://www.doom3world.org/ https://www.andyzibits.com/tut_low_poly_trees.html https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials_3/Creating_low_poly_foliage/low_poly_foliage_01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/palm_tree/palm_modelling_01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/tree/tree1.asp https://www.3dtutorials.sk/ https://67.15.36.49/ffa/tutorials/tutorialsmax_text1.asp https://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php ====== Texturing ====== Anything related to texturing is found in this section. ===== Normal Mapping ===== https://www.bencloward.com/tutorials_normal_maps1.shtml https://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/normal_workflow_2.htm https://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=483 [[ftp://www.armedassault.info/armad/other/Gimp_Normal_Map_Plugin_Tutorial.pdf|How to create normal maps in GIMP]], PDF file. https://www.paultosca.com/makingofvarga.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_mapping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping https://saschahenrichs.de/midsizedocs/nvidiatut.html ===== UV Unwrapping ===== https://www.young.cliranet.com/tutoriaux/UV_Editor_Tutorial.pdf https://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/UVW_mapping_an_object/UVW_mapping_an_object1.asp https://www.mg-motorsports.net/Forum/tabid/140/forumid/15/postid/11287/view/topic/Default.aspx ===== Texture Sites ===== https://free-textures.got3d.com/index.html https://texturelib.com/ https://texturer.com/ https://textures.forrest.cz/ https://texturez.com https://www.1000skies.com/ https://www.14textures.com/ https://www.3dtexture.net https://www.amazingtextures.com/ https://www.bencloward.com/resources_textures.shtml https://www.freetexturesblueprints.com/ https://www.imageafter.com/ https://www.lughertexture.com/ https://www.magnet-textures.com/en https://www.mayang.com/textures/ https://www.openfootage.net/ https://www.psicosonic.net/index.php?zona=00products#zona https://www.swtexture.com/ https://www.texturemate.com/ https://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/index.php https://www.textureworks.com/freestuff.html https://area.autodesk.com/downloads/all/textures/ https://lostandtaken.com/ https://www.environment-textures.com https://www.textureking.com https://www.textures.com/ texturebits.blogspot.com/ ===== Texturing Tutorials ===== https://www.threedy.com/site/forum/showthread.php?t=24410 https://www.flay.com/getarticle.cfm?articleid=5 https://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=77484 https://www.pslover.com/tutorials/Textures/11/ https://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials.htm https://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1 https://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Adobe_Photoshop/All/ https://www.totaltutorials.com/ https://www.psworkshop.net/ https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/vaults/vaults_01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/defreitas/defreitas_1.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/tutorials/plane/ronnie_tex_01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/totaltextips/totaltextips_1.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/tutorials/noeltutorial/noel_garbage_01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/photoshop/worn_metal/metal.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/metal_surfaces/lotsmetal.asp https://www.gimp-tutorials.com/ https://gug.sunsite.dk/?page=tutorials https://tutorialblog.org/gimp-tutorials/ https://www.gimptalk.com/ gimp brushes: https://browse.deviantart.com/resources/applications/gimpbrushes/?order=9&alltime=yes [[https://vimeo.com/11100774|vimeo video]] A Comprehensive Look at Hard Surface Texturing for Video Games [[https://vimeo.com/11052708|vimeo video]] A Comprehensive Look at Hard Surface Modeling for Video Games [[https://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/photoshop-tutorial-create-a-seamless-texture-from-a-photo|Seamless texture from photo]] [[https://www.gameinnovator.com/seamless_textures_games.php|Seamless textures for games]] Youtube IL-2 aircraft skin painting in Photoshop: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=091RJs4nQtk&feature=player_embedded|Lesson 1: Getting started]],[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfNWD0W0mo&feature=related|Lesson 2: basic painting]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0i25VAjYFE&feature=related|Lesson 3: Weathering]], [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/video-tutorial-lesson-4-how-apply-decals-1549/|Lesson 4: how to apply decals]]. [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/step-step-rivets-479/|Simmers Paintshop: Step by step rivets]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/making-quick-rivets-smooth-curving-panel-rivet-lines-466/|Simmers Paintshop: Making quick rivets and smooth curving panel and rivet lines]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/making-surface-texture-effects-463/|Simmers Paintshop: Making surface texture effects]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/step-step-weathering-478/|Simmers Paintshop: Step by step weathering]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/adding-markings-1105/|Simmers Paintshop: Adding markings (decals)]]. [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/using-layers-photoshop-608/|Simmers Paintshop: Using layers in Photoshop]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/making-canvas-control-surfaces-460/|Simmers Paintshop: Making canvas control surfaces]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/making-selections-photoshop-609/|Simmers Paintshop: Making selections in Photoshop]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/masks-channels-1660/|Simmers Paintshop: Masks and channels]] [[https://www.simmerspaintshop.com/forums/f37-photoshop-tutorials/using-making-brushes-photoshop-607/|Simmers Paintshop: Using and making brushes in Photoshop]] [[https://ofp.gamepark.cz/desert/tutorial_01engl.htm|Marfy tutorial: Wheels texturing]] [[https://ofp.gamepark.cz/desert/tutorial_02engl.htm|Marfy tutorial: How to make realistic sand abrasion and muddy surfaces on vehicles]] [[https://ofp.gamepark.cz/desert/tutorial_03engl.htm|Marfy tutorial: Painting Zimmerit and camouflage pattern]] ====== 3DS MAX ====== ftp://www.armedassault.info/armad/other/JdB_3dsmax_shortcut.pdf https://www.turntool.com/files/TurnToolManual_3DSMax.pdf https://www.3d-resources.com/3d_studio_max_tutorials/uv_mapping_the_easy_way_tutorial.html https://www.game-artist.net/forums/spotlight-articles/2329-3ds-max-unwrapping-techniques.html ftp://ftp.armedassault.info/armad/articles/JdB_3DSMAX_Shortcuts.pdf https://www.turntool.com/files/TurnToolManual_3DSMax.pdf https://www.3d-resources.com/3d_studio_max_tutorials/uv_mapping_the_easy_way_tutorial.html https://www.game-artist.net/forums/spotlight-articles/2329-3ds-max-unwrapping-techniques.html ====== Misc Tutorials ====== https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/simple_scene/simplescene_01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/Building_ferenc/building_p1.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/v8_reeves/reeves01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/v8_buick-wildcat/buick_wildcat01.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/tutorials/lisuli/lisuli.asp https://www.3dtotal.com/team/tutorials/proced_wood/proced_wood.asp https://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/texturing/ https://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/metal_surfaces/lotsmetal.asp https://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/3DS-MAX/1 https://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/ https://www.i.nation.btinternet.co.uk/tutorials/tutorial_00.htm https://www.bakaneko.com/howto/computer/3d/character/page01.html