is there any mods that conflict with this mod cuz the skins of the soldiers are not appearing

@Juniper Williams want to jump onto the Discord server

I have a vigneron model, I just suck at modding

@StarSilver117 yes I've been busy lol

Next update drops in 3 days too

I'm gonna need to do another series of videos on this again. Lol

@vivetj

Parabats are on the to do list. You're welcome to join the mod discord server if you're interested and want your brain picked

https://discord.gg/a2dWbeKe

Good stuff. I do not suppose it matters as you do not have paratroopers but we had a different version of the Staaldak. BTW if you are making the proper Staaldak yourself, it was based on the British MkII/MkIII helmet designs. Thanks for the map name.

@vivetj lots more SADF stuff coming in future updates, proper Staaldak models for one. The terrain in those shots is the Angola maps by Icebreaker

Great effort. Old SA Parabat here, so glad to see that the SADF gets some love. What terrain are you using in your screenshots?

@Saiqa thanks!

Love it! Amazing work!

Next version dropping in a couple of days, main contents new FRELIMO faction for Mozambique and era appropriate civilian factions

@JustRyan
All SA produced R1s had black plastic 'cycolac' furniture, only the first imported 'contract' rifles made by FN in early 60s prior to beginning of local production had wooden furniture.

Good article on it here:

https://nutria.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?t=930

Unless I've stuffed up the headgear randomisation most of the troopers should be wearing boonies, I'm OK with the occasional helmet.

SADF is set in 1970 but they using helmets? We rocked boonies, my guy. Also the R1 needs to have some wooden furniture on it.

Other than those things, i do quite like this, Border War is super rare, almost non existent, for the Arma community

Expansion mod for this released today

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3423406705

@NF_F16 Portuguese Colonial wars and Congo simbas now on my to do list

New updates are fire keep em coming

Adding randomised weapons and vests is a pain in the ass, not going to do it lol

Random headgear and facewear is as far as I'm going!

If bro added randomized equipment this would be chefs kiss ;)

ANC added. 4 of 6 planned Congo factions now done. In new year I'll be adding UN forces (Indians and Irish - easy) and the Simbas (very hard)

Yeah it's added now in the latest factions. I'll rework the earlier mercenary faction to use the FWA M2 FAL.

The Armée Nationale Congolaise will be the next faction.

TFA is fine i think, since most have it/use it...i hope

Quick note: I'm thinking of using The Free World Arsenal in future developments so that would be a required mod dependency. Thoughts?

Awesome work sir!

@Beunouse
Yeah I know about FWA and GM, I use both outside this mod. Prob is no mod set gives me what I need for this without introducing a lot of redundancy, duplication and bloat. I don't use 90% of CUP but if I gave it up for GM I'd be losing assets that I do use and wouldn't really gain anything as there is actually very little context relevant stuff in GM that wasn't in CUP anyway. So it would be a net loss.

My hope is I can beg for donations for the relatively few assets I need without needing to go huge with mod sizes! Or find a modeller/collaborator with an interest in obscure wars, that would be great. I can dream anyway!

I'm back working on this, mulling over a few ideas.

(btw about your weapon assets wishlist almost everything you mentionned is available in the free world armoury mod and global mob mod)

awesome mod ! is it possible to have an update whitout CUP ASSETS dependency ? thanks !

Enjoy your holiday, deserve it with this amazing mod you've delivered ;)

Next update in late October. Holidaying overseas until then

Ah thanks for the clarification, looking forward to more updates in the future.

@NF_F16 the units in some factions have randomised headgear. It processes on scenario start so they will appear to be without headgear when placed in the editor but are fine in play.

Btw I did notice one issue/bug, most if not all units in the mod that are supposed to have headgear don't. I assumed that because of the presence of headgear in the preview but not in the editor

Great work! Interested to see more new updates

@NF_F16 SWAPO/PLAN released in next couple of days, after that FRELIMO then PAIGC is my current plan. Might do pre-indepence MPLA and then move away from Southern Africa

Any new updates on progress?

@NF_F16 Ogaden is an interesting idea, I'll look at some references and see if it's doable. PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau is on my to do list already. I'd love to do a Portuguese faction as well but vehicles and aircraft would be a problem (lack of relevant assets). I might create a mini-faction for them (infantry only, and same for SADF)

Currently making SWAPO/PLAN

Are you more into Southern African conflicts or just African conflicts?

Uganda-Tanzania War ;), Ogaden War ;), Guinea Bissau War of Independence ;.

Not sure which faction to create next, suggestions?

It's going to depend on the faction which gets used more. I will lean heavily on CUP for factions that used a lot of soviet vehicles for instance.

Using more CUP than sog? god BLESS YOU

So against my better judgement I went and created a Rhodesian faction anyway. Maybe one day we will have all the vehicles!

@chad
Sadly I can't texture or make models, I just do config. I've almost finished ZIPRA and ZANLA, a few days away. They will be in my next update.

Might make one myself with the alive orbat creator, i'd just have to pick up texturing again for the prarie fire land rovers probably

that's true, would be nice to possibly see a separate mod in the future utilizing ARMSCOR / CLV AML-90s in place of elands + the CLV unimogs are the same ones used by rhdoesia at some point i believe, all the RSF faction mods ive seen dont really do the infantry much justice or have really scattered random stuff for vehicles not making use of the CLV assets + prarie fire

@chad

Yeah the infantry are doable, the problem lies in the vehicles and aircraft, Eland, Ferret, Alouette, Hawker Hunters, Rhodesian mpvs etc which either don't exist or would require multiple mods as prerequisites. Similar problem with Portuguese and SADF. Once you move beyond US and Soviet equipment the available asset pool for cold war era equipment is surprisingly shallow.

rhodesia's definitely possible to imitate especially since you have prarie fire loaded, the land rovers could be used + laughing lizard's brushstroke alongside the p37 perhaps from s&s or p58 from spearpoint if you were to add it as a dependency

@RookiePirate Thanks, glad you like it!

It's unlikely I'll ever be able to take Prairie Fire out, I use it a lot in making this mod. Apart from being a wonderful DLC it's the best single source for a lot of weapons that future factions in this mod are going to use, older weapons that don't exist in CUP or most other mods. I am conscious of mod requirements and determined to not add anymore though.

absolute GOLD. I love this mod, keep it up. My only issue is, could you do a separate version that doesnt use SOG Prairie fire? or a lighter mod to replace it?

You're welcome! If you see any problems let me know.