Aragorn2002 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Is it possible to use the ambush camo from CMFB for Pz IV, Pz V, SPW et. In CMRT? Edited November 27, 2022 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Is it possible to use the ambush camo from CMFB for Pz IV, Pz V, SPW et. In CMRT? Yep ... what you need to do is find the skins you like in CMFB, for instance pz-ivj-skirt.bmp is ambush camo, create a folder in your RT mods folder - let's call it Ambush camo, then copy the textures from FB into the new folder. The models are the same on the whole so they should just work (famous last words). You will have to rez explode your FB files to hunt for the ambush camo textures you like. Suggest trying one vehicle at a time. One potential gotcha is that the models you wish to reskin in RT may have several texture variations depending on location, weather and date. There are mod tags which can govern this - [muddy] and [germany] - which might be applied to the bmps, so you should check your RT files in advance to see if you can identify which are the textures you want to replace. Sound worse than it is. Finally the esteemed Aris and Umlaut both made variations on ambush textures that can also be used across all the games, mostly just a case of adding them to your mods folder and again checking for any requisite mod tags. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) On 11/28/2022 at 3:44 AM, Lucky_Strike said: Yep ... what you need to do is find the skins you like in CMFB, for instance pz-ivj-skirt.bmp is ambush camo, create a folder in your RT mods folder - let's call it Ambush camo, then copy the textures from FB into the new folder. The models are the same on the whole so they should just work (famous last words). You will have to rez explode your FB files to hunt for the ambush camo textures you like. Suggest trying one vehicle at a time. One potential gotcha is that the models you wish to reskin in RT may have several texture variations depending on location, weather and date. There are mod tags which can govern this - [muddy] and [germany] - which might be applied to the bmps, so you should check your RT files in advance to see if you can identify which are the textures you want to replace. Sound worse than it is. Finally the esteemed Aris and Umlaut both made variations on ambush textures that can also be used across all the games, mostly just a case of adding them to your mods folder and again checking for any requisite mod tags. Thank you, Mark! Any idea in which of the brz files I can find the Pz IVJ? Edited November 30, 2022 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) I have another question, friends. I've noticed that the Panzergrenadiere are wearing their Camo parka with their collar open, even in extreme cold. In reality their collars were mostly closed, with their field blouse collar over it, or a scarf. Has this ever been modded by somebody? Edited November 30, 2022 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Thank you, Mark! Any idea in which of the brz files I can find the Pz IVJ? Deleted Edited November 30, 2022 by Aragorn2002 I need of course the exploded brz from FB, not RT. Recovering from a nasty flue and it's showing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 Well, I've exploded all brz files, so now I need to find all relevant files, but that will have to wait til the weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Thank you, Mark! Any idea in which of the brz files I can find the Pz IVJ? From my archives I can see: final blitzkrieg v100evehicles - german 1 brummbar flakpz 38t grille gschwgn39 hetzer hummel jagdpanther jagdtiger jpz iv king tiger kubelwagen marder i marder ii marder iiim mobelwagen nashorn opel blitz panther protze psw 231 psw 233 pz ii lynx pz iiig pz iv final blitzkrieg v100fvehicles - german 2 sd kfz 222-223 sd kfz 234 sdkfz 7 sdkfz 10 sdkfz 135-1 spw 250 spw 251 stug stuh sturmtiger tiger wespe wirbelwind final blitzkrieg v100gvehicles - other ammo dumps bunker gmc cckw jeep m2-m3 halftrack m4 sherman m5a1 stuart m7 priest m8 ac m8 hmc m10 m12 gmc m18 m20 ac m24 chaffee m36 shared textures So your Panzer IVJ is in brz 100e. The others show all the German vehicles, plus the shared textures form brz 100g. There are not many updates for FB and didn't seem to be any new textures for the Pz IVJ, just some updated models which will already be in RT. 11 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: I have another question, friends. I've noticed that the Panzergrenadiere are wearing their Camo parka with their collar open, even in extreme cold. In reality their collars were mostly closed, with their field blouse collar over it, or a scarf. Has this ever been modded by somebody? I don't think anyone has done a full set. Frenchy56 did some for Panzer and Assault Gun crews in camo and white: Whilst JorgeMC (any relation to GeorgeMC I wonder?) did some snoods for German winter faces: ... bit dark, here's a bmp: This is better but I don't know if it'll cover the neck area. On uniform textures the neck area is divided into two parts: the collar/lower neck/chest top area is in the uniform whist a bit of neck is on the face. So it's quite hard to get a fully up collar look. The snood is a good compromise. 4 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Recovering from a nasty flue and it's showing. Yep I'm suffering a nasty head cold - seems that snotty people on trains have learnt nothing about coughs and sneezes spread diseases since the start of the pandemic - back to same old same old (and lots of spelling mistakes) 27 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said: Well, I've exploded all brz files, so now I need to find all relevant files, but that will have to wait til the weekend. Then you'll be ready to find them quickly ... Edited November 30, 2022 by Lucky_Strike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 Much obliged, Mark. So if I understand correctly there's a ambush camo version of every Pz IVJ bmp (skirts, hull etc.) but not all in the same (Pz IV) file. I will also check out those winter faces, Mark. Cheers for that too. As usually you are a prince among men. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Aragorn2002 said: Much obliged, Mark. So if I understand correctly there's a ambush camo version of every Pz IVJ bmp (skirts, hull etc.) but not all in the same (Pz IV) file. No, so far as I saw the PzIVJ only seems to have ambush camo skirts, the rest - hull, turret etc - is a tricolour scheme. There are actually very few mods of any of the AFV models beyond those mostly done by Aris and some by Umlaut. They concentrated either on dirty versions or whitewash/snow. So you're a bit stuck for choice. There's a set of mods by WOKI which does have an ambush version but they are a bit Marmite ... Maybe if you ask him nicely, or use subliminal suggestion, mr NPye would add one - just don't say I said to do it. Sadly there is a shortage of modders making good, original, AFV mods - if I could clone myself I'd definitely have one who just did new vehicle mods. 1 hour ago, Aragorn2002 said: I will also check out those winter faces, Mark. Cheers for that too. Yeah the winter faces look good. 2 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: As usually you are a prince among men. You're more than welcome my friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Lucky_Strike said: No, so far as I saw the PzIVJ only seems to have ambush camo skirts, the rest - hull, turret etc - is a tricolour scheme. That's also what I discovered, LS, but I couldn't believe it. Downright sloppy, but okay. Perhaps in this case it's easy to solve, by adding dots. Perhaps. I will take a look and experiment a bit. The absence of the Schürzen is another thing. Hard to believe, but there it is. http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/1-Germany/02-mPanzers/PzKpfw4/PzKpfw4-Ausf.J-Late.htm 9 hours ago, Lucky_Strike said: There are actually very few mods of any of the AFV models beyond those mostly done by Aris and some by Umlaut. They concentrated either on dirty Sadly there is a shortage of modders making good, original, AFV mods - if I could clone myself I'd definitely have one who just did new vehicle mods. Yes, sadly so. i try to convince my old pal Earlofgrey to become active again, and he would like to, but he has more pressing matters at hand, such as work, family and other really important stuff. Personally I would give good money for a camo/insignia pack btw, with all kind of vehicles in all kind of camo patterns, from many different divisions. Modders like George MC and you should be rewarded for their time and talent. There's nothing wrong with that. Edited December 1, 2022 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 13 hours ago, Lucky_Strike said: There's a set of mods by WOKI which does have an ambush version but they are a bit Marmite ... Maybe if you ask him nicely, or use subliminal suggestion, mr NPye would add one - just don't say I said to do it. I've checked out WOKI's ambush version, Mark. And I must say I quite like it. Not bad at all. Thanks for pointing me to this mod. NPye is busy enough as it is, so I won't bother him. Unless he feels he MUST do this. Well, who am I to stop him from that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: That's also what I discovered, LS, but I couldn't believe it. Downright sloppy, but okay. Perhaps in this case it's easy to solve, by adding dots. Perhaps. I will take a look and experiment a bit. The absence of the Schürzen is another thing. Hard to believe, but there it is. http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/1-Germany/02-mPanzers/PzKpfw4/PzKpfw4-Ausf.J-Late.htm Yeah, I don't know why we never got this, I'm pretty certain it even featured back in CMx1. It's a fairly simple change, maybe one day I'll give it a go. 6 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: Yes, sadly so. i try to convince my old pal Earlofgrey to become active again, and he would like to, but he has more pressing matters at hand, such as work, family and other really important stuff. Personally I would give good money for a camo/insignia pack btw, with all kind of vehicles in all kind of camo patterns, from many different divisions. Modders like George MC and you should be rewarded for their time and talent. There's nothing wrong with that. I couldn't agree more and I'd be happy to take your money Maybe when BN finally gets onto Steam we'll see a resurgence of mod activity with some new blood. 1 hour ago, Aragorn2002 said: I've checked out WOKI's ambush version, Mark. And I must say I quite like it. Not bad at all. Thanks for pointing me to this mod. NPye is busy enough as it is, so I won't bother him. Unless he feels he MUST do this. Well, who am I to stop him from that? Ah good, glad you found them I used one of them recently for the Berlin Bodenständig Pz IVG mod. They're quite strong colours but they can be toned down a bit without too much trouble. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Lucky_Strike said: Yeah, I don't know why we never got this, I'm pretty certain it even featured back in CMx1. It's a fairly simple change, maybe one day I'll give it a go. Well, fortunately we have the T-34/85 with bedspring armor.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I wish there was an easy way to use the Germany region during 44 to get all the great ambush schemes that are already in RT but can only be accessed in 45. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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