dimitriov Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) FRENCHPACK VERSION 3 AVAILABLE HERE : https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=255035 To install : Unzip the archive, take the folder which is inside it called "Frenchpack" and copy paste it in your SAVED GAMES/DCS WORLD OPEN BETA/Mods/tech folder. If Mods/tech folder don't exist, create them with the exact same writing Hi everybody, ;) It is a great pleasure for the FrenchPack Team to bring you the Version 0.2 of the French vehicle Pack for DCS World. Version 0.2 contains no less than 17 vehicles coming from the French forces, entirely combined Arms ready, and whose specifications fit at the best the original gear. Playing combined arms or simply missionmaking, you’ll now have at your disposal the capacity to deploy a fully coherent armored group, ranging from heavy armor to anti-aircraft system, anti-tank system, and logistic. ____________________________________________ The little new ones ! ! ____________________________________________ The AMX-10RCR ! Both available in its classic and SEPAR version, which features an IR jammer pod EIREL and additionnal armor kit, the AMX-10RCR est the key model of this update. Featuring a 105 mm canon able to shoot both kinetic penetrator shells and explosives ones (respectively 30 and 12), a 7.62 coaxial MG, and thermal imagery on both the gunner and the commander sight, the AMX-10RCR will get everyone quiet down there. Mounted on a relatively light hull, although the SEPAR version is quite close from the AMX-30, it uses a "tracks-like" steering allowing it to turn in place, and to reach 85 km/h for the RCR and 75 km/h for the SEPAR. You wanted armed recon, here it is ! ____________________________________________ Artillery is finally here ! With the MO120RT, the french deployment now carries a nice artillery punch capability, up to 15 km in range. Coming in two versions, static and carried by a VAB, its 120 mm shells effect is quite close from 155 mm ones. Lower your head ! ____________________________________________ AAA ! The 53T2 canon, which is the static equivalent to the 20 mm already featuring the VAB T20/13, too arrives on DCS. With a range up to 1500 to 2000 m, it can shoot both 20 mm explosif or AP. It too can be carried on the TRM2000 truck. ____________________________________________ Logistics ! Yay ! The TRM2000 seen above is to declined in an infantry version, and a fuel one, to allow you to rearm your troops on the battlefield (not too close from it still, they are very durable) ____________________________________________ CREDITS for the V0.2 AMX-10RCR, AMX-10RCR SEPAR, modifications, update of models provided by other teams : Dimitriov/White-Sky The Team OFRP from ArmA III for having very nicely provided their original models for the TRM2000, the MO120 RT, and the 53T2. (Graphically overhauled for this pack). EMS_JO for his informations, although I wasn't able to put everything. ____________________________________________ Changelog général : - Added VAB 120 mm Mortar - Added TRM2000 - Added TRM2000 with 53T2 - Added TRM2000 fuel - Added 53T2 - Added 120 mm mortar - Added thermal imagery for ERC-90D - Added LODs for ERC-90D and VAB family - Fixed VBL not appearing correctly - Fixed VAB Mephisto direction issue - Fixed VAB 3D model light issues - Added custom engine sounds to ERC-90 and VAB family - Loads of tweaks and fixes ____________________________________________ Content already featured in V0.11 ____________________________________________ The AMX-30B2 You always dreamt about rolling on your enemies while shooting everywhere ? The AMX-30B2 should fit you well. With its high pressure 105 mm canon, it is able to neutralize a T-72 tank up to 2500 m thanks to its kinetic penetrator (OFL) flying above 1500 m/sec. But it doesn’t mean that it forgets lighter targets. Having explosive shells, a 20 mm coaxial canon whose elevation is independant from the main gun, as well as a roof mounted 7.62, the AMX-30B2 is the master piece of the battleground, allowing a rapid and deadly fire on the opponent. ___________________________________________ The ERC-90 Because recon can sometimes be boring, because you don’t envisage to cross the whole Middle East in a shitty car, the Armée de Terre is proud to bring to you the ERC-90D F4. True heir of the colonial cavalry, it is both quick, light, and carries a huge firepower thanks to its 90 mm canon which shoots a kinetic round able to get through 320 mm of steel from 2000 m, allowing it to destroy any tank up to the T-55 below this range. Still, beware of the recoil ! The ERC-90 only weighs 9 tons, and so is fast and maneuverable, being able to reach a top speed of 110 km/h on road. _____________________________________________ The VAB MEPHISTO Who said that you needed a tank to kill other tanks ? With the VAB MEPHISTO, you’ll have at your disposal a rolling turret which, unfortunately for the bastard who’s facing you, is able to fire up to 4 HOT2 missiles, making it virtually able to kill any tank on the battlefield. Still, beware, as long as guiding those missiles will need a real expertise. Like all VAB except the VIB, it is amphibious, and should be used in couple with the VIB T20/13. _______________________________________________ The VIB T20/13 You’re the kind of people who shoots before speaking, enjoying the bloody spectacle of burning villages ? You feel a deep and sadistic pleasure in ambushing helicopters ? You like making suffer ? You like suffer ? The VIB is made for you ! Featuring a 20 canon made by Nexter, the VIB purpose is to ensure an heavy fire support on the battlefield, working in pair with the VAB MEPHISTO. His canon uses two types of ammunition : explosive and penetrating, granting you the ability to destroy most light armored vehicles met on the battlefield. Its anti-helicopter capacity will be a precious help for your heavier units. _______________________________________________ The VAB .50 and the VAB. Basic versions of the previous vehicles, their purpose is to bring both a light fire support and to bring infantry on site. The classic VAB too features for DCS a logistic capacity allowing it to rearm all the other vehicles. No more will you be left you and your regiment with only one waters. No more. Promise. _______________________________________________ The VBL family Yes. I know. Everything needs a beginning, including 3D. The VBL is the Hummer of the rich ! the La Ferrari of the private ! The coffin of the … Heum… Well. The VBL is a light vehicle capable of ensuring light recon and troop transport on the battlefield. Coming in unarmed logistic variant, AANF 7.62 variant, and cal.50 variant, it is the basic car you’ve ever dreamt of when it comes to kick talibans asses. _______________________________________________ The TRACMA Yes. YES ! Contain your tears ! I know you were expecting him ! It’s a pleasure for us to deliver you the first authentic plane tractor simulator on DCS World ! Still without the tracting part but hey… You can… Roll with it ! Up to 35 km/h. And you can crush others player’s planes with it ! You can even act like as a real French and cause a strike on the base with it ! ____________________________________________ Aaaand it’s not yet over ! Soon other iconic vehicles will come on the sim ! You always dreamt of retreating like a boss, having a reverse speed equal to the forward one ? The AMX-10RCR will be for you ! You’re a more sneaky bastard whose sole pleasure is to kill your teammates ? AMX Roland ! You like the authenticity of a real, combat proven, colonial vehicle ? AML-90 ! You spend your nights dreaming of having a bigger one than your girlfriend’s previous dude ? AUF1 and Caesar ! And then. Then, flying things which sound very… Feline. Wishing you all the best and good flights ! The FrenchPack Team. Credits : AMX-30B2 and glorious TRACMA : Chewme and Robin Hood. ERC-90, VAB and VBL : Dimitriov Many thanks to : The 2nd-ffs The 131st Death Vipers EMS_JO (jo) M.Landeville Welly borchi_2b from Polychop Simulations. Download link : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pox9j0HAXw85olrkMb9kErNeqR-rGlnv/view?usp=sharing Pack updates, addition, replacement or suppression of models in the pack will not cause any harm to your former missions, so don't worry about compatibility from one mission to the other. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW THE README INCLUDED IN THE PACK FOR INSTALLATION DO NOT MODIFY, REUPLOAD OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS MOD WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION. Follow us and report bugs on Discord : https://discord.gg/fmNYkA Edited November 24, 2019 by dimitriov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Thanks ... its really nice to have more vehicles to use on our missions .. I specially liked the Renault Truck :) For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl0w Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I have been left speechless. You guys are excellent at bringing the community new additions in ground tech for us! Now I am very much looking forward. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushy73 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Thank you very much guys!!! A great addition for the virtual french forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaD CrC Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Amazing work Dimi! Thanks! https://www.blacksharkden.com http://discord.gg/blacksharkden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 quick question, can we use these vehicles with american forces as well? Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex81 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 quick question, can we use these vehicles with american forces as well? Yes, of course... but those Yankees will need to join a language course :lol: :megalol: What goes up, must come down ! Intel Core i7-8700, 16 GB-RAM, Nvidia GTX 1060, 6 GB GDDR5, 1TB HDD, 500 GB 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD, Windows 10/64, A10-C, Rhino X55, Persian Golf, F/A-18 Hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Yes, of course... but those Yankees will need to join a language course :lol: :megalol: danke Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex81 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 You`re welcome ! What goes up, must come down ! Intel Core i7-8700, 16 GB-RAM, Nvidia GTX 1060, 6 GB GDDR5, 1TB HDD, 500 GB 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD, Windows 10/64, A10-C, Rhino X55, Persian Golf, F/A-18 Hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Well I am a bit late to the party and just discovered this new mod. It seems truly amazing and went right away to download it. Unfortunately there's no readme.txt with the actual steps to install it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ! There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFCshloss Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 computor/c :/ user/ your name/saved games/dcs/mods/tech put the file in there outstanding work guys thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriov Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Yup sorry the Readme got lost in its way to upload ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 computor/c :/ user/ your name/saved games/dcs/mods/tech put the file in there outstanding work guys thanks Well that's odd, this is exactly what I did and the mod does not appears in the installed mod section in DCS. I did transfer the whole archive in the tech folder without unpacking it. Is this the right way to do it ? Thanks for the help) There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriov Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 No. Unzip your archive. Then you get a folder named "Frenchpack" inside it, and this is the one you put in Mods/tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunterlund21 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Brilliant!!!! I was in Art of the Kill D#@ it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 No. Unzip your archive. Then you get a folder named "Frenchpack" inside it, and this is the one you put in Mods/tech. I'll try that as soon as I'm back. Thanks for your help ! There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The mod is fantastic ! Do you have any roadmap to communicate about future addition to your French Pack ? I wish some Crotale and Mistral systems were included to defend french occupied air bases :x There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriov Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Crotale and Mistral are planned but no schedule ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Glad to know this is a work in progress and that you are planning to add more equipment and vehicules. This is really a very good news for people looking to recreate situations as credible as possible. There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriov Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Don't expect them soon still, now I'm focusing on the SW Modpack, because like you, I love credible situations. And what better than a X-Wing for immersion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 As long as you're doing AT-ATs and all the other stuff to replay the Battle for Hoth on Winter Caucasus))) There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I was wondering if you would offer UN skins for the french pack. France has been pretty active with UN mandates in the 80's and 90's. There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitriov Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) It may be done this summer. But it is quite time consuming to do skins, it's not simply like with standard DCS skins where you photoshop layers. There I have to go back to the software and create brand new textures. And well, simply have a look to how many files there are in the textures zip to understand ^^ For now I'm working on a new leclerc, credits for base model go to OFRP, this is the base I'm going to work on, I will have to remake most of it as there are many many odd things (old file, impressive amount of useless vertices which brings the model to 1.6 million triangles while a DCS model should be around 100-200 k max) https://reho.st/view/self/33e09f86995781ef823b6ebaf573b3a8071da5c9.jpg Difference with the already ingame model would be : - Far better model - Far better textures - Real armor datas - Real shell datas - Commander sight Then I will remake the VBL, and add an experimental Mistral version, a TRM-2000 Mistral, and finally a Crotale NG. This will be all for the Frenchpack as far as I am concerned. Once all of this will be done, then I will focus on skins. Edited April 1, 2019 by dimitriov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaD CrC Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) With the last 3 vehicles (VBL, TRM and Crotale NG), I think this will be pretty much everything we could have ever wanted for DCS.(don't know if this is easy but if you are modeling the mistral tripod on the trm2000, maybe a stand alone mistral tripod is a quick possible add-on? If not, no worry).Thanks Dimi for this awesome work. Edited April 2, 2019 by BaD CrC https://www.blacksharkden.com http://discord.gg/blacksharkden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33-DFTC Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 It may be done this summer. But it is quite time consuming to do skins, it's not simply like with standard DCS skins where you photoshop layers. There I have to go back to the software and create brand new textures. And well, simply have a look to how many files there are in the textures zip to understand ^^ For now I'm working on a new leclerc, credits for base model go to OFRP, this is the base I'm going to work on, I will have to remake most of it as there are many many odd things (old file, impressive amount of useless vertices which brings the model to 1.6 million triangles while a DCS model should be around 100-200 k max) https://reho.st/view/self/33e09f86995781ef823b6ebaf573b3a8071da5c9.jpg Difference with the already ingame model would be : - Far better model - Far better textures - Real armor datas - Real shell datas - Commander sight Then I will remake the VBL, and add an experimental Mistral version, a TRM-2000 Mistral, and finally a Crotale NG. This will be all for the Frenchpack as far as I am concerned. Once all of this will be done, then I will focus on skins. That's some impressive work and very time consuming as well. Thank you for providing what should be already in the game. I'll wait for your next updates and if you can't invest time on UN liveries, that's fine, we'll have anyway a very comprehensive french OOB for DCS. The UN liveries would be the icing on the cake)) There are only two types of aircraft, fighters and targets. - Major Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson, USMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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