Amedeo Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I noticed that some of the Soviet intantry platoon and company commanders' models lack the rank insigna on their shoulder straps. They sport plain private shoulder straps. Perhaps a minor bug to be considered for the upcoming patch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yes, it is a detected graphic glitch for the nxt patch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymru Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Maybe they don't want to become the target for snipers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawncaptain Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 And then there are Flak crews that consist purely of NCOs. It seems that the rank insignia are only right for the unit leader. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Yes, it is a detected graphic glitch for the nxt patch I've also noticed that Soviet Captains wear the rank insignia of a Junior Lieutenant. Is this by design? I know that the game currently doesn't depict every single rank on the uniforms, but I remember reading a post by Steve that said the officer uniforms are broken down into Junior (Lieutenants), Mid (Captains) and Senior (Major and Lt. Colonel) categories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I've also noticed that Soviet Captains wear the rank insignia of a Junior Lieutenant. Is this by design? I know that the game currently doesn't depict every single rank on the uniforms, but I remember reading a post by Steve that said the officer uniforms are broken down into Junior (Lieutenants), Mid (Captains) and Senior (Major and Lt. Colonel) categories. Yes, there is a detected error regarding some officer's uniforms: 1. Battalion Commanders use the senior officer uniform, which is correct. No problem here. 2. Some company commanders use the junior officer uniform, which is NOT correct. They should use the mid officer unform. 3. Platoon commanders use enlisted men uniforms, which is NOT correct. They should use the junior officer uniform and perhaps the NCO one. The correct textures (senior, mid and junior officer uniforms with a pair of options each icluding the Guards version and the cavalry mod tag) are already in the game, so it is just a matter of correcting the error by assigning the correct textures to the right officers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffelmann Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Are there plans to correct the german nco's, too? greetings, alex 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Are there plans to correct the german nco's, too? greetings, alex I will check them. They are senior NCO, so they should be used as platoon leaders with some junior officers (Leutnant) added 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffelmann Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Ah...I understand. This explains the platoonleader with nco-textures. But about the squadleader: Should they not be nco's, too? greetings, alex 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Ah...I understand. This explains the platoonleader with nco-textures. But about the squadleader: Should they not be nco's, too? greetings, alex IIRC Gruppen leaders should be Unteroffizier at most. However the German officer/NCO uniforms in game were done just for Platoon/Company/Battalion commanders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffelmann Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ok...thanks for this explanation. Is this in CMBN the same? And an additional question: I think in CMBN some german platoon leaders are using textures of ordinary soldiers. Will this be corrected or is this intentionally? greetings alex 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yes, there is a detected error regarding some officer's uniforms: 1. Battalion Commanders use the senior officer uniform, which is correct. No problem here. 2. Some company commanders use the junior officer uniform, which is NOT correct. They should use the mid officer unform. 3. Platoon commanders use enlisted men uniforms, which is NOT correct. They should use the junior officer uniform and perhaps the NCO one. The correct textures (senior, mid and junior officer uniforms with a pair of options each icluding the Guards version and the cavalry mod tag) are already in the game, so it is just a matter of correcting the error by assigning the correct textures to the right officers. Excellent, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ok...thanks for this explanation. Is this in CMBN the same? And an additional question: I think in CMBN some german platoon leaders are using textures of ordinary soldiers. Will this be corrected or is this intentionally? greetings alex No intentional if they are Zug/Platoon leaders. AFAIK all game platon leaders should be a senior NCO (the in game one is a Felwebel, but modders can add an Oberfelwebel an/or a Stabsfeldwebel option as well) or junior officers (2nd Lieutenant/Leutnant). IIRC it was pretty common in German infantry companies to have two Zuge led by senior NCOs and a Zug led by a Leutnant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Fernando, what exactly are the shoulder straps on the senior German officer uniform supposed to represent? I've looked at them in-game and at the bitmap image, and it's confusing me. It just looks like a pair of parallel white stripes and not the braided cloth seen on the insignia of Major or Oberstleutnant. (I do have shaders enabled in this screenshot): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Sorry, one more question: do the Soviet uniforms have normal maps associated with them? I don't see any in the file I unpacked (red thunder v100a.brz). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I'd like the Germans to have modelled shoulder straps like the Soviets do while we're at it... And maybe a senior officer model with a closed collar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Fernando, what exactly are the shoulder straps on the senior German officer uniform supposed to represent? I've looked at them in-game and at the bitmap image, and it's confusing me. It just looks like a pair of parallel white stripes and not the braided cloth seen on the insignia of Major or Oberstleutnant. (I do have shaders enabled in this screenshot): This is a minor but anoying graphic glitch. It seems the uniform from a previous CM version slipped in the final CMR version or I did't noticed it because I concentrated myelf on the new Soviet uniforms. There is a correct version with the correct shoulder boards for a Major included in CMBN 2.0 and Market Garden module IIRC. That's the one should have been used for CMRT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Sorry, one more question: do the Soviet uniforms have normal maps associated with them? I don't see any in the file I unpacked (red thunder v100a.brz). No, they do not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I'd like the Germans to have modelled shoulder straps like the Soviets do while we're at it... The soldier model and the texture layout on the bmp file should be modified for doign that. It woul mean to modify all German infantry uniforms again. OTOH there is a free place were the shoulder boards could beplaced. However takeinto ccount hat I just do the textures. I don't work on the model,so I don't know how difficult and time consuming would be redoing the models in order to include the new shoulder boards then applying them to most German soldiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 No, they do not. I see. Is that by design? This is a minor but annoying graphic glitch. It seems the uniform from a previous CM version slipped in the final CMR version or I did't noticed it because I concentrated myself on the new Soviet uniforms. There is a correct version with the correct shoulder boards for a Major included in CMBN 2.0 and Market Garden module IIRC. That's the one should have been used for CMRT. Cool. Despite this little annoyances, the uniform textures do look very good overall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I've noticed that Soviet snipers do not carry any ammunition pouches on their belt. Is this by design? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 No, it is not. They shoud carry at last one ammo pouch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 No, it is not. They shoud carry at last one ammo pouch. Ah, OK. Another thing I noticed: the team leader for the Maxim MG (and I think the SG43 as well) has his gas mask container and shovel on top of each other, and as a result his shovel really can't be seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymru Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 OMG. I have played games that show all Russian tanks as cold-war types, and here we worry about missing insignia and ammo pouches. No wonder I love this game! The attention to detail is what makes this such an immersive experience, so we want more, more, more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 The variety of textures on the Russian soldier equipment is quite good. Looking through the .bmp files last night, I saw there are about 5 variations of their entrenching tool, gas mask container, canteen pouch, and backpack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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