AIF Mod Options

[rommel]

G'day All,

I would like to introduce you all to the AIF Mod, a currently private in production mod by the clan Australian International Forces. We are currently working on our own Steyr and a edited version of Drill Sergeants unreleased work. We are new to the modding community, and hope to learn as much as possible.

Currently our projects are:
- F88A1 / GLA (80%)
- F89 Minimi (70%)
- Mag58 (60%)

- M72 LAW (50%)
- F1 Frag Grenade (50%)

- M113 (40%)
- ASLAV - 25 (0%)
- LR110 Long Range Patrol Vehicle (0%)

- Timor Leste (East Timor 1/10th Scale) (%20)
- Troops (AusCam / DesCam) (%0)

F88A1
http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f88renderxp9.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f883rded1.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f88firstyo8.jpg

F88A1 w/ GLA
http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f88glarenderkz6.jpg
http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f88gla3rdhq7.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f88glafirstlh8.jpg

F89 Minimi
http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f89renderba3.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f893rdxk0.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f89firstzi9.jpg

MAG 58
http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mag58renderxe8.jpg]
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mag583rdfg8.jpg

M113
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m1133bd0.jpg


Director: Bond, Vass
Modellers: Wiggles, Tank, Dismembered
Texturers: Wiggles, Tank,Bond
Configgers: Rommel, Dismembered
Timor Makin': Rommel, Tank

**Note - F89/Mag58/M113 models/textures are edited from BIS models.
***Note - F88 Model is edited from DrillSergeants unreleased Steyr. (Textures by Sabre?)

[Linker Split]

good work on them... just one thing: Some rounded parts, don't sharp them, leave 'em smooth

[JdB]

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[SoldierX-XDF]

G'day Rommel.
I noticed a few inaccuracies with your Steyr A1 so I thuoght I would point them out as I'm sure you want to try get the model as accurate as you can to the real thing and I would like to assist fellow Aussies as much as I can.

No1. The Primitive iron sights the Steyr A1 features on the optic are much to large.
No.2 The front attachment for the Optic appears to be extending into the barrel. It should stop about a mm or to above it following the round shape of the barrel.
No3. Easy one to fix, the Optic shouldn't extend past that front attachment point.
No4. The bump you have there on the stock shouldn't be there, there is one at the stock end but not at the receiver end
No5. Same Problem with the receiver it should be a sort of diamond shape and should slide snugly in to the stock. Your one appears to be sitting on the stock and seems to be the wrong shape
No6. The front handle should be rounder and lower, appears to be connecting to the barrel atm

Would probably shrink the sling rings down some to

I hope you find this helpful
Good Luck with the mod
-SoldierX

[rommel]

G'day Rommel.
I noticed a few inaccuracies with your Steyr A1 so I thuoght I would point them out as I'm sure you want to try get the model as accurate as you can to the real thing and I would like to assist fellow Aussies as much as I can.
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No1. The Primitive iron sights the Steyr A1 features on the optic are much to large.
No.2 The front attachment for the Optic appears to be extending into the barrel. It should stop about a mm or to above it following the round shape of the barrel.
No3. Easy one to fix, the Optic shouldn't extend past that front attachment point.
No4. The bump you have there on the stock shouldn't be there, there is one at the stock end but not at the receiver end
No5. Same Problem with the receiver it should be a sort of diamond shape and should slide snugly in to the stock. Your one appears to be sitting on the stock and seems to be the wrong shape
No6. The front handle should be rounder and lower, appears to be connecting to the barrel atm

Would probably shrink the sling rings down some to

I hope you find this helpful
Good Luck with the mod
-SoldierX

Thanks mate, we've fixed most of these problems on our own initiative as we have a bunch of guys who use it regularly pointing out whats wrong and whats worth fixing. With the foregrip, its a balance between having the hand go through it, or it slightly in the barrel.

Either way, we're editing it heavily, and the finish product will look great.

Also wanted to add that we're making (editing BIS model) a S-70, which is shaping up great and will begin work on the LR110 hopefully soon.

[TheVipersFang]

Hey another Aussie mod

It looks promising too which is always a good thing. Are you just going to do the basic infantry weapons? Have you given any thought to the increasingly more common F88A2?

Good luck with it

[rommel]

Hey another Aussie mod

It looks promising too which is always a good thing. Are you just going to do the basic infantry weapons? Have you given any thought to the increasingly more common F88A2?

Good luck with it

From what I know from the director of the mod, we're sticking just with A1 for now, as we currently have no real need for the A2, but after the core pack is done, we could easily extend and add to it.

[Bond]

X, thankyou for your brilliant feedback, which I am sure the modding team have found most useful, although as Rommy pointed out, many of the identified faults have already been looked at and fixed or disregarded.

I might also offer some feedback for yourself, to help you better understand the weapon;

No1. The Primitive iron sights the Steyr A1 features on the optic are much to large

The 'Primitive Iron sights' are actually known as the 'Battle sights', only for use under 50m in poor visibility.

No4. The bump you have there on the stock shouldn't be there, there is one at the stock end but not at the receiver end
No5. Same Problem with the receiver it should be a sort of diamond shape and should slide snugly in to the stock. Your one appears to be sitting on the stock and seems to be the wrong shape

The F88 AuSteyr doesn't actually have a 'stock', it has a butt, which is part of the butt-group, incorporating the trigger guard, trigger and trigger mechanism.

No6. The front handle should be rounder and lower, appears to be connecting to the barrel atm

A handle is something on a coffee cup or a door, a foregrip is a foregrip.

sling rings

I'm not sure what a 'sling ring' is, perhaps you are referring to the front and rear sling swivels ?

should slide snugly in to the stock. Your one appears to be sitting on the stock and seems to be the wrong shape

Perhaps you could clarify this point, whilst the receiver group does slide into the butt-group, it also technically 'sits on' the butt group aswell, as it is only the return rods, bolt group and a small part of the receiver which actually 'slide into' the butt-group, the remainder does indeed 'sit on top'. Little confusing what the error here is...

May I say great work on your F88A2S, it is most impressive,



We too have identified a number of faults which I am certain you are eager to rectify,

1) There appears to be a number of serious model faults in the butt-group, with strange sharp lines running in odd directions. The Butt-group is a lot more smooth and contoured, its made by tupperware after all!

2) Safety catch appears warped and the wrong colour, i'm not sure why you made it a different colour to all the other plastic parts.

3) Rear sling swivel is too small

4) Textures appear a strange colour, close to reality, but not quite there, a bit dark and murky, but still very realistic.

Things I love about your F88A2;

Lovely textures on the Butt-plate and gas piston head and a fantastic magazine texture, very impressive!


Thankyou once again for your helpful feedback and advice, I hope you find ours equally as useful!

[SoldierX-XDF]

May I say great work on your F88A2S, it is most impressive,

We too have identified a number of faults which I am certain you are eager to rectify,

1) There appears to be a number of serious model faults in the butt-group, with strange sharp lines running in odd directions. The Butt-group is a lot more smooth and contoured, its made by tupperware after all!

2) Safety catch appears warped and the wrong colour, i'm not sure why you made it a different colour to all the other plastic parts.

3) Rear sling swivel is too small

4) Textures appear a strange colour, close to reality, but not quite there, a bit dark and murky, but still very realistic.

Things I love about your F88A2;

Lovely textures on the Butt-plate and gas piston head and a fantastic magazine texture, very impressive!
Thankyou once again for your helpful feedback and advice, I hope you find ours equally as useful!

Yep all the current and ex serving members in XDF pointed out all of those errors. I guess your coloring for the F88 needs a bit of work to.
Yeah I'm not serving and it shows in my description of F88 parts lol but I thought the serious error in the receiver shape and how it fits in to the stock would have defiantly stuck out to someone who has used the weapon in training before. Just compare it to some photos of the F88 and I'm sure you will pick it up in no time.