WWII Infantry

[cptmoose]

Having a problem with Infantry Near Beaches. Attempting to make a beach landing mission and have LCVs drive up to shore, Then Blufor units spawning in on the beach amongst the Obstacles but they just stand their. I have tried changing up the waypoints, giving them switch waypoint command. Set Status to Green. Nothings working I feel like its a pathing problem. I move them from the beach into the green area and they start moving like they should. Its on Normandy 2.0 coast line by Vearville. 

[razo+r]

13 minutes ago, cptmoose said:

Having a problem with Infantry Near Beaches. Attempting to make a beach landing mission and have LCVs drive up to shore, Then Blufor units spawning in on the beach amongst the Obstacles but they just stand their. I have tried changing up the waypoints, giving them switch waypoint command. Set Status to Green. Nothings working I feel like its a pathing problem. I move them from the beach into the green area and they start moving like they should. Its on Normandy 2.0 coast line by Vearville. 

Could you perhaps upload your mission so we can see all the details?

[Slippa]

We need stuff like that Ggrew, I reckon you should get your crayons out again and get scribbling . Good job.

[ggrewe]

17 hours ago, Slippa said:

We need stuff like that Ggrew, I reckon you should get your crayons out again and get scribbling . Good job.

Cheers Slippa.

I never put the crayons away, its just that I've got so many colouring-in books to full now, with not enough time!

But slowly improving textures & adding on the side, when I get a chance.

There are only so many ways to skin the cat with just one infantry figure, but giving it a good go, as they add greatly to immersion in WWI missions.

Should be able to share the full pack some time in the near future

[ggrewe]

[Nealius]

Nice skins on the Brit kit!

I have to wonder though, what was ED’s source material for these because there are a lot of inaccuracies on the modeling for both Yanks and Tommies (wrong bayonet, Bren pouches sit too low, P37 straps too long, rolled blanket instead of gas mask pouch, etc.).

Edited April 17 by Nealius

[Slippa]

They look great .

Shame ED don’t seem interested in populating our fields and valleys. I’m still waiting for some ground crew on the airfields. Little black Lab to greet me, all o that.

[ggrewe]

Unfortunately cant change the helmet or add a smock 

[bussardi]

You're doing a great job, It should really liven up the picture. I'm sorry to ask, but are you going to paint the enemy in the same way?

[ggrewe]

13 hours ago, bussardi said:

You're doing a great job, It should really liven up the picture. I'm sorry to ask, but are you going to paint the enemy in the same way?

Cheers mate

I'm assuming by enemy you mean the Germans? If so yes.

Even though the infantry are very limited in DCS, you can add liveries to the crewed vehicles.

Add as crew to the empty guns & make them crouch with custom arguments, also to ships (sometimes!)

[bussardi]

В 19.04.2025 в 02:48, ggrewe сказал:

Cheers mate

I'm assuming by enemy you mean the Germans? If so yes.

Even though the infantry are very limited in DCS, you can add liveries to the crewed vehicles.

Add as crew to the empty guns & make them crouch with custom arguments, also to ships (sometimes!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice work. Don't you have a link to some instruction that will help get those two smartly dressed guys on one knee, near the artillery gun? Sorry, please ignore the phrasing as English is not my first language.

Edited April 22 by bussardi

[Slippa]

All of that stuff you’ve got looks pretty bloody good for a hack job ggrewe. That all belongs in my ovgme folders too , cracking job you’re doing there.

Custom arguments too? Sounds like something Mrs Slippa’s spent 30 odd years perfecting but I prefer the DCS style args myself. Well done .

 

[ggrewe]

 

On 4/22/2025 at 3:20 AM, bussardi said:

Very nice work. Don't you have a link to some instruction that will help get those two smartly dressed guys on one knee, near the artillery gun? Sorry, please ignore the phrasing as English is not my first language.

Sorry for late reply, but have finished the pack now & have uploaded, should be ready in a day or 2, from User File downloads

EDIT (Uploaded now - link below)

WWII Infantry - British & Commonwealth Livery Pack 1 for WWII Assets Pack

I added a read-me with instructions to add custom arguments to get infantry in Crouched & Kneeling position, plus replace the existing British Infantry textures in the guns, vehicles & landing vessel.

 

Custom Arguments:
Have added some custom arguments for Description LUA, to have Infantry crouch or kneel etc.
Open Description LUA with text editor (e.g. Notepad) and add "--" in front of text argument No. (e.g. [4]) to disable, or remove "--" to enable.

custom_args =
{
 --[1] = -0.35,     --Head Down
 --[4] = 1.00,      --Kneeling
 --[4] = 0.30,      --Half Kneeling
}

I have added a few liveries with crouched or kneeled positions already marked as KNEELING or CROUCH
But you can add your own. Just make copy the livery folder you want to use & amend the Description LUA as above.

These are useful to add immersion to missions for manning guns/weapons ect.
Just place them around Mortars & Guns, as crew
Can also add to ship decks as linked units.
 
Can replace existing British crewed AA guns, vehicles & vessels.
AA Gun - Bofors 40mm
  "Bofors40" folder add soldier_wwii_br texture to the folder & add line below to Description LUA
  {"soldier_WWII_BR", 0, "soldier_wwii_br", false};
Truck - Bedford
   "Bedford_MWD" folder add soldier_wwii_br texture to the folder & add line below to Description LUA
  {"soldier_WWII_BR", 0, "soldier_wwii_br", false};

Willys - Jeep
   "Willys_MB" folder add soldier_wwii_br texture to the folder & add line below to Description LUA
  {"soldier_WWII_BR", 0, "soldier_wwii_br", false};
Ship - Higgins Boat LCVP landing craft
   "Higgins_boat" folder add soldier_wwii_br texture to the folder & add line below to Description LUA
  {"soldier_WWII_BR", 0, "soldier_wwii_br", false};

Might have got carried away with covering as many countries & regions as possible, but at least I can tick that box off now.

 

Edited April 25 by ggrewe
Added Text & link

[bussardi]

9 часов назад, ggrewe сказал:

Sorry for late reply, but have finished the pack now & have uploaded, should be ready in a day or 2, from User File downloads

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing your great work in the downloadable User Files.

9 часов назад, ggrewe сказал:

 

I added a read-me with instructions to add custom arguments to get infantry in Crouched & Kneeling position, plus replace the existing British Infantry textures in the guns, vehicles & landing vessel.

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for your help