Italian Special operation forces for CO Options

[massi]

by massi

ITALIAN SPECIAL OPERATION FORCES for Combined Operation.

Hi all,
I decided to start a new tread because these units are for CO, and they are also pretty different , in organization, from my previous work .
The previous Italian SOF are still working and operational for Arma 2 only version users, you’ll find them there : http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=92069 .

As always please report bugs and suggestions , hope you’ll enjoy this new pack.

Description
This addon is a retexture of Arma2 OA Delta Force , German and Czeck SF units, meant to rapresent Italian Special Operation Forces in all the different camouflages actually used by Italian SOF, as following :

- Ranger(vegetata): for temperate and woodland environment.
- Ranger(desert): for desert and arid environment.
- SF(heavy multicam): for both desert, temperate and woodland environments, in heavy gear.
- GOI (light multicam): they're Navy special forces,same as SF but for gameplay reasons they're rapresented in lightweight gear.
- SF\Ranger(Winter): for snow covered and artic environment.
- Ghillie snipers and Spotter : desert and woodland, you'll find them under Rangers Vegetata and Desert categories .
- Support\Other Units : Officers, Guards and Off Duty soldiers in all camos, plus crews and pilot.
- undercover operators

I used what I found on web as reference sources.

Features:

- All the models HAVE WORKING WOUND TEXTURES .
- Units are equipped with M4, I've tried to balance the gear as best as I could.
- Every class (sorted by camos) has a wide variety of roles, and featured groups in the editor.
- New "Engineer" ability for the sapper , and all the others can hide bodies.
- Featured content rucksacks.
- Optional ACE config with ACEX gear available, including ACE "AI talk" module support.
- 3 Replacement files that replace standard BI US delta force models with the ones in your preferred camo ( des, mult or veget), with WORKING WOUND TEXTURES off course!

Installation.
Put the addons in the "mod folder" of your preference, you will find the units in the editor under:
Bluefor - Italian SOF (CO) (sorted by different camos)
you'll find groups also under:
Bluefor - Italian SOF (CO) (as above).

Requirements.
It requires Arma 2 Combined Operations (A2 + OA) to run , because it uses OA models and some A2 weapons.

ACE2 config files Installation.
Just put the ACE2 Optional Config (called "mas_ita_unit_ACE.pbo") in the modfolder of your preference and you'll see in the editor another faction added : "Italian SOF (CO-ACE)".
Units and organizzation are the same as for standard Italian SOF, but they've no backpacks, they're all equipped with ACEX gear and weapons (this means for example that all of them have one bandage, and medics have drugs too, or that spotters have spotter scopes and rangefiders, demo expert uses ACEX explosives too, etc).
The units are also already set to use "English" if Ace AI Talk is enabled.

Units and Groups are the same as for vanilla game, as following:.
Bluefor - Italian SOF (CO-ACE2) (sorted by different camos)
you'll find groups also under:
Bluefor - Italian SOF (CO- ACE2) (as above).

Replacement Pack Installation.
You'll find 2 different replacement types of file, you can use both at the same time if you wanna replace both US Army and Delta Force models with Italian ones.

- "US Army Replacement" : replace all US Army models with the italian ones, Pilots and Crews too.
You can choose to install the "vegetata" or the "desert" replacement depending on the environment you're playing in.
- "Delta Force Replacement" : replace only the Delta Force BI models with the Italian multicam ones.

Changelog.

v1.04 date 31/OCT/2011
- Added new units: Ranger Sniper M107 and Sniper Ghillie LRR.
- Added new Undercover units: Rifleman, Grenadier, Sniper M107 and Sniper LRR.
- Solved RPT "update class" error.

v1.03 date 09/SEP/2011
- Added new "basic" classes : Rifleman and Grenadier, as requested.
- Added new specialist classes : CQB Operator , Breacher and PSD Operator.
- Reduced number of units with mixed camos, as requested.
- Improved gear and equipment variety tanks to patch 1.59 .

v1.02 date 11/SEP/2010
- Now units are called "Italian Special Operation"
- ACE config now hide standard Italian SOF units
- Small textures updates.
- left a free shoulder for squad xml patch.
- Added custom backpacks in ACE config.

v1.01 date 30/AUG/2010
- FIXED: wound textures now are working on All models (thanks to StalkerGB Rvmat and support)!!!
- Improved textures.
- Added more faces.
- Added custom loadout rucksacks.
- Added "Engineer" function (patch 1.54) for "sapper" and "demo exp".
- Added "Hide bodies" function (patch 1.54).
- Improved equipment and gear.
- Added optional "UNDERCOVER UNITS", just install "mas_ita_undc.pbo" and if you want its own optional ACE config.
- Integrated wound textures in replacement files.

v1.00 date 23/AUG/2010
- first release

Bugs.
No problems found so far, no RPT errors, tested both in vanilla, beta and with ACE2.

Credit.
ThankYou very much to StalkerGB, without his great Rvmat and support I would never had solved the wound textures issue... thanks a lot mate !!!







Download Links to version v. 1.04:

Filefront:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20947003/It...SOF_CO_v1.04.7z



Link to BI Forum tread:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=106059


Rangers regroup with a recon undercover team in Takistan



SF and Ranger resting at the camp under the snow


Thanks.
Thanks to BI for the great game and to all the community for their great support and addons!
Thanks to all the people that enjoied my previous units and supported me in this forum, and thanks a lot to all Armed Assault Info forum staff!

Hope you'll enjoy these units too!

Regards
massi

This post has been edited by massi: Oct 31 2011, 22:04