Final Blitzkrieg: There's a Hetzer lurking in them woods - winter camo experiments

[Rico]

Finally got CMFB installed -- been looking around and playing around with a Hetzer with some whitewash disruptive camo hastily applied in the field...

Still trying to get the hang of this modding business with limited time ... the stock whitewash vehicles in the game aren't very interesting.

 

[Nort]

Looks good Rico. Where'd you find the CMFB mod?

 

[Rico]

Looks good Rico. Where'd you find the CMFB mod?

I made it myself -- trying to learn how ... and how the tagging works.

 

[Rico]

Tried my hand at some more ... two versions of the SPW-250-1 recce halftrack (alt & neu) ... in some gloomier winter weather.

Front one is pretty cool... back one not so much.... tried to get that home-made applied in the field camo whitewash paint look.

 

[eniced73]

Like it. Nice. I agree the stock are pretty generic. You would think they would put some variation in the game. I guess they figure why bother when modders will take care of it.

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[Bootie]

Care to explain how you do this?

 

[Rambler]

Nice, Rico. They're already looking a whole lot better than the pathetic stock whitewash textures.

@Bootie - Here's a thread on the BFC forums that discusses some ways to do this: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/110688-kohlenklau-vehicle-thread/?page=1

 

[Bootie]

How do you get the files for individual vehicles?

 

[Rambler]

You have to rezexplode one of the game's brzs in the data folder. I don't have FB, but there are usually a few brzs there ending with a, b, or c. The vehicle textures are in the brz that comes last. Just copy that file and paste it in the mod tools>rezexplode>input folder. Then run the rezexplode exe. It will create an exploded folder that will have all the files that are de-brzed.

 

[Rico]

Care to explain how you do this?

I'll type up a step by step of how I did this maybe this evening -- a bit of trial and error in photoshop ... looking at that thread @Rambler linked to, I don't have anywhere near the time or dedication the real modders like @kohlenklau dedicate to the craft.

 

[Ithikial]

If you need any help on mod tags just let me know. As for my artistic ability...

Someone did a whole bunch of snow infantry uniform/gear mods for the Germans in CMFI which added snow to shoulders and the uniform proper. Would be interested in at least having a crack at layering that onto my CMFB troops... but how do you draw snow?

 

[Panzer Lehr]

Awesome stuff Rico ... I look forward to the step by step .... Maybe I will give this a try some day.