Vietnam Specific OOBs

thatguy96 · #1 October 8th, 2006, 12:50 AM

I have a question. Would people want a release of the basic pack or would they rather wait until more of the Total Conversion is complete to go along with it?

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Warhero · #2 October 8th, 2006, 02:28 PM

Do you mean that you will release only oobs (for example) and rest later? I have nothing against it at all

... I suppose that you don't have any new icons (which need new oobs)? Viet War Pack is great mod (only reason I still have old dos version on my HD)and it would be great to get into WinMBT too...

thatguy96 · #3 October 8th, 2006, 02:57 PM

I've responded to your question in the other thread on the SZO forum.

thatguy96 · #4 October 10th, 2006, 05:50 PM

Attached is the release of The Vietnam Specific OOB Project V3. This is the Basic pack, and is designed to mesh relatively well with existing scenarios and saved games. Those playing as either the US Army or as the ARVN might experience some issues.

Most important, back up icons and possibly text before overwriting and copying from the zip. The easiest way to install this pack is to:

1) Extract into the Custom OOBs folder

2) Move the graphics folder, picture folder, and text folder into the Game Data folder. Just hit yes to all, and copy over all the files.

Another note, the text file has a folder called "Text for VSP ONLY." At the moment you'll want to copy this over as well into the main text file. This will only matter once the Total Conversion Pack is released.

Certain units and formations changed positions when moved or applied to the new OOBs in the Total Conversion, so certain text files point to the wrong units in that case. Don't worry about this now, text will be provided with the Total Conversion Pack that will overwrite these and correct it. The distinction and seperation is really only provided for when the two packs are installed together and some people want to install just the VSP. They will need the proper text files in this case.

Otherwise the basics are as follows, and you can consult the included readme for the specifics:

- Over 200 new units and 100 new formations across 9 OOBs

- A largely overhauled ARVN OOB now including a variety of paramilitary forces.

- Just over 100 new icons thanks to Plasmakrab (first and foremost), Mark Shepard and Laurent Touchard (who supplied me with his and did some of the work I believe)

- New formation and encyclopedia text

- A detailed Readme with documentation of the changes since the last release (v2.7) and a near complete bibliography of my sources of information

With all that I hope you enjoy it. Feedback, as always, is appreciated.

Thanks, Joe "Thatguy" Trevithick

Warhero · #5 October 12th, 2006, 10:48 AM

Great stuff Joe! Especially ARVN oob. Can't wait to get Total Conversion

... I suppose that you will add Laurent's sounds into that too? And how about scens/campaigns?

thatguy96 · #6 October 12th, 2006, 06:39 PM

I was hoping at a certain point to add some sounds I could find on my own. I still want to create some for the speaker systems, because the machine gun sound if a poor substitute.

On the matter of scens or campaigns, I'm not very good at them. I'm sure I could learn, but its not a strong suit of mine. I'm more than willing to assist anyone who wants to build them off the pack and needs specific units or formation or whatever. Anyone who wants to add them to the pack would be properly credited as well.

Warhero · #7 October 13th, 2006, 05:17 AM

Well scens/campaigns are not necessary IMHO... But couple good Vietnam maps could be nice to get

. I know that WinMBT had some maps but couple (even bigger size than those)more isn't bad thing...