Ballistic Addon Studios Update Thread

[registered_fugitiv]

Looking great guys  
Digging the new RACK system and the collar on his shirt looks some what more real....

[Plastic_Boy]

Man, its not all Deltas and Blackhawks! I'm looking forward to this beauty of an island coming out by Nagual...

A new jungle map!  ;D



http://www.opflash.org/news/images/PureMassacreNews/nagualjunglei.jpeg

Crazy 'nam missions here I come!  

Although I won't ask...its done when its done, right?  

[Cpt. FrostBite]

whoh. Sorry evis and Ebud.
I wasn't "nitpicking". I was talking about the color of the rack just above the stock of the M14. It could of course be that I'm looking at the only little bright spot on the whole rack. I did say I wasn't sure about it, cause I couldn't see it completely. And about the grey shot-gun shell holder; I really have a picture on which it's dark green and on other pictures in a book about the rangers it's a light OD-green. So I wasn't just guessing. In the picture you show it's clear that the colour is a grey/green color, though. So I'm sorry if you think that I was nitpicking, but I sure did my homework on this one.

This one shows it in black, for example;
http://www.blackhawkindustries.com/product_detail.asp?product_id=2073&d=

about the M14;
guess I have been concentrating on the specops pics too much. I honestly hadn't seen those pictures. Do they still use wood for the stock or a plastic in brown color (just wondering)?

Now about those desert textures....
No i'm not even going to start talking about it. I has been discussed earlier and we know you won't chnage it. And on STT deser malden they don't look too bad. (and they look great on CATSHITONE's afghanistan map)

[ebud]

Sorry to bit your head off

I just get a bit tired sometimes of people who jump on something that is really a non-issue, or give their opinion on something that they, not having done the work, research (in your case, you did, but couldn't support your point at the time) or have the addon to really check,  are in no real position to comment on. I look forward to constructive criticism, but only if the person has tested the item and has current reference material to back up their comment... and if the critique is about something that is truly wrong with the addon.  Once they are released, I have no problem with people nitpicking them to death, but a little screenshot is not really something to totally base opinions on or start a whole page of comments on in my opinion. Thanks for taking the time to try and help though. It's the thought that counts Just wait til your use them, i don;t think you'll be worrying if the straps on the mag holders is too dark

[Cpt. FrostBite]

yes, I understand. I mean, hell, I've been here long enough I think to understand that you've been bitched at (at the official forum at least).
But the problem of giving constructive critism after release, is..well.. that they are released already. So if little things are noticed I won't wait to tell/ask you guys about it.

I'm a bit embarrassed about the M14, though. I really should have done more research about it's use with more regular forces like the 82nd.

[eau_ranger]

I'm kind of glad you 3 got in a "heated discussion" because it gave Evis a reason to post some awesome photos of the DMR being used in Afghanistan.    

I have a couple questions for you, if you dont mind.

First, is that ranger wearing throat mic?

Also, what colored camelbaks will the new ranger/deltas be equiped with?  Not that it really matters outside of eyecandy, but curiosity has gotten the best of me.

[Cpt. FrostBite]

those are great pictures indeed.

Ebud;
the irony: I was looking over this new picture
http://www.ballistic-studios.com/users/tigershark/screenshots/MP/derad2.jpg
and it appears I was indeed looking at the only two little bright spots on the entire front of the vest.  What they anyway? handgrenadepouches? And is that a drop-leg gasmask pouch?

eau_ranger
yes that ranger appears to be wearing throat mic
Look at the above picture. If you look at the second soldier from the left, it appears as if the camelback is in cammo. Could of course also be a modeled-on ceramic plate insert.

[PunkerSXDX]

I have a question!

(Yes PunkerSXDX Back by popular Demand!)
any way, I know BAS prides it's self on being as accurate as OFP will allow, but I want to know, isn't there a little room for artistic "expression" if you will, sure a Delta Operator isn't going to do battle in a Pink BDU, but I'm sure it won't kill him if his flack vest is just one shade to light or dark, ya'll shouldn't worry so much about perfection, these people love you guys! that if you make it, we'll down load it.

BTW Very nice work Ebud!  

[ebud]

they anyway? handgrenadepouches? And is that a drop-leg gasmask pouch?

yes those are hand grenade pouches, and that is the gas mask pouch that is part of the rack system.

you can find them here.

http://www.special-warfare.net/data_base/306_vest/sds_rack_03.html

and for the camelbacks I used the cammo and the black versions of the camelback 3L

http://www.camelback.com/mil/cb_prod.cfm?Product_ID=79&CATID=6

[SEAL_Sniper]

BAS:

I apologize in advance for this...But why are the RACKs in woodland?  The RACKs are more than available enough in tri-color desert.  The only reason that the Interceptors were woodland was because it's a relatively new product, and not as available.  And people that weren't supplied with tri-color RACKs, ordered their own from Specialty Defense.  Heh, I remember trying to buy one around the time that most of the troops were leaving, and every place I tried was on back order.  The guy who owns Lightfighter.com (I don't know if he'd approve me using him as a source...), who is also in 101st, made several posts in our airsoft forums on this topic.  It was almost impossible to find anytyhing in tri-color desert, or coyote yellow.  I realize it's probably not going to change, I just thought I'd chime in...

PS:  Still love your units!  Looking very sharp!    ;D

[ebud]

Unless you can find texture ready photos of a tri-color rack vest and packs it just isn't going to happen. I could make it from scratch, but with so much other work needing done, it's just not cost/time effective. Maybe when OFP2 comes out

[PunkerSXDX]

I Have a fast Ropeing Question, If I place an "H" on the site where I want the Chopper to Insert my team, will the AI like that spot better or does it matter? because I've been having problems getting the Choppers to insert my team anywhere near where I want them to go, usualy within a few hundred meters though  :-\

[unkie]

i was wondering how you implemented the infra red strobe thingy for extractions. Is this an object? cos i was hoping to be able to use it for marking air strike positions etc.

[KyleSarnik]

PunkerSXDX:

This might be your problem. Do the units fastroping from the chopper have WPs where you want them to move after they fastrope? I had a problem with that. The chopper would move to that WP. So what you must do is place the gruop WP over the fastrope WP. that should work. OR if the chopper comes under heavy fire it might get "Scared" and fly away. Try using "CARELESS" behaviour.

[PunkerSXDX]

I'll Give that another try, I think you may be onto something, cause I rarely use WP for my (the player's) Team, so that could be it...