Splash Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 This is a tutorial on how to change your AFV crewman model. I wanted my Israeli tankers to look less ... well ... Russian. ... And more like this guy. So here's how I changed that. This requires only basic familiarity with the mission editor, and although I'm using Israel as an example, the process works the same with any nationality in SB. With your AFV forces already on the map and 'IL' selected as the Camouflage scheme for that side, RIGHT- click on one of the AFV units. Then under Options in the context menu, select "Set look of crew." In the dialog box that appears, scroll through the list and choose how you want your crew to look. I'm using the AFV Crewman (US) because it looks more like the crew in the 1973 photo above. But perhaps your force is made up of African rebels, and you don't want the armor crews in neat, black, Russian tanker outfits and helmets. You could pick one or more of the many "rebel" models for the crews. This is a great feature in version 4.x, and the possibilities are numerous. Select the model name -- AFV Crewman (US) in this case -- and click the ">" button. This moves your selected model into the right-hand window. Now click on "Apply to all units of this type." If you were to click "OK"instead, you would be changing only the crew of the currently selected unit. In my African rebel example above, this would let you repeat the process for each platoon (or even each tank) on the map, selecting a different-looking crew for each, if you wanted. Once the "apply" button is pressed, the dialog box will disappear, and your Israeli crew will now look like this in the 3-D world: Additionally, I have modded my Israeli crews to look more the part by color-matching the UStanker.dds with the infantry skin and placing them in the desert/il folder in mods/textures/camo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted March 4, 2017 Members Share Posted March 4, 2017 Note that you can't randomize among the vehicle crews like you might otherwise be able in other places. Which is OK for highly standardized crew appearances. But if you were to pick one of those rebels (which we made to look particularly ... colorful and outrageous), it would be the same rebel in all the tanks unless you selected a different rebel manually (and I'm not even sure if it's possible to split all platoons, set individual crews for each tank, then merge the whole back and retain the individuality). Anyway, the same rebel guy on every tank is more of an immersion breaker than swapping uniformed crews for other uniformed crews. OTOH, we'd expect the rebels to have only a handful of T-55s anyway, so maybe it's not so bad in practice... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D u k e Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Servus, I think our rebel solution was the result of to many beers, but worked very well. The "problem" is you have to replace the rebel guy skin in the original esimgames folder. I think it was in one of the last Kanium sunday games (from Ronin, Un in africa). I was observing my area and spotted rebels in oliv camo tank overalls with a german green beret and was wondering why a couple of seconds. Anyway, Splash feel free to upload more of your crew skins, I like them and can not have enough. cheers D u k e 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted March 4, 2017 Members Share Posted March 4, 2017 3 hours ago, D u k e said: I was observing my area and spotted rebels in oliv camo tank overalls with a german green beret and was wondering why a couple of seconds. War booty, obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 8 hours ago, Ssnake said: Note that you can't randomize among the vehicle crews like you might otherwise be able in other places. Which is OK for highly standardized crew appearances. But if you were to pick one of those rebels (which we made to look particularly ... colorful and outrageous), it would be the same rebel in all the tanks unless you selected a different rebel manually (and I'm not even sure if it's possible to split all platoons, set individual crews for each tank, then merge the whole back and retain the individuality). Anyway, the same rebel guy on every tank is more of an immersion breaker than swapping uniformed crews for other uniformed crews. OTOH, we'd expect the rebels to have only a handful of T-55s anyway, so maybe it's not so bad in practice... Splitting a platoon, choosing a different crew for each, then reconsolidating the unit does not negate your crew selections in individual vehicles. True, you cannot at this point use multiple models orskins in a single tank, so your advice about the 'outrageous' choices is well-taken. Still, you never see more than two crew at a time in a given tank -- and just the commander from and external/enemy viewpoint. So It's a very versatile and useful feature and I thank eSim for including it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 7 hours ago, D u k e said: Servus, I think our rebel solution was the result of to many beers, but worked very well. The "problem" is you have to replace the rebel guy skin in the original esimgames folder. I think it was in one of the last Kanium sunday games (from Ronin, Un in africa). I was observing my area and spotted rebels in oliv camo tank overalls with a german green beret and was wondering why a couple of seconds. Anyway, Splash feel free to upload more of your crew skins, I like them and can not have enough. cheers D u k e It actually was seeing that mod in a PzBt911 video that led me initially to look into this feature. Since then, someone requested a skin mod and, well, here we are. I could ask eSim for one thing more regarding crew and infantry model choices ... but I won't here at risk of derailing the thread. And yes, I do have a few more AFV Crewman skins planned. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Soon available, in addition to the Israeli skin above, two more that require nothing more than to drop them into the mod folders: A British crewman in Desert DPM. The vest has been painted to "suggest" the presence of Osprey-type body armor. A truer representation would require modding the normal map, which I prefer not to do for now. And one I've been using myself since 4.0 came out ... US Army in Iraq War DCUs. Stay tuned for more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 04/03/2017 at 2:04 PM, Splash said: ~snip~ Additionally, I have modded my Israeli crews to look more the part by color-matching the UStanker.dds with the infantry skin and placing them in the desert/il folder in mods/textures/camo. Be aware we did spend a fair amount of time researching the colours for the original files. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 33 minutes ago, DarkAngel said: Be aware we did spend a fair amount of time researching the colours for the original files. I appreciate that. I just wanted my Israeli tank crews to be wearing CVC helmets and the same color olive uniforms as the infantry. Attached are the stock textures. Are you suggesting the Israeli AFV crews should look more like the guy on the left? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Sorry I mis-read your post I thought you were replacing the infantry textures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskal Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) On 3/4/2017 at 9:33 AM, Ssnake said: Note that you can't randomize among the vehicle crews like you might otherwise be able in other places. Which is OK for highly standardized crew appearances. But if you were to pick one of those rebels (which we made to look particularly ... colorful and outrageous), i Greevil would have loved this option back in the day! Edited March 7, 2017 by daskal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Everyone look this way and say "Vegemite!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_Leader Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Splash said: Everyone look this way and say "Vegemite!" Nice work Splash! I think you can legitimately say "Everyone look this way and say "Vegemite and cheese!" as some people apparently like that combination in their sandwiches... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Oh my sweet lord! I love this! Can I put in a request for a Swedish crewmember in M/90 camo on the "US Tanker"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypse 31 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Great looking textures, as usual Splash. Looking forward to your multicam crewman uniform. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Apocalypse 31 said: Great looking textures, as usual Splash. Looking forward to your multicam crewman uniform. Check the PM I sent you March 2. 7 hours ago, Kingtiger said: Oh my sweet lord! I love this! Can I put in a request for a Swedish crewmember in M/90 camo on the "US Tanker"? I could do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Oh looking good! Can the body armor be in M/90 to? (kroppskydd 94 as reference). I digg this allot, nice find you have done here! /KT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 I can certainly make the vest camo. I can try to add some straps and zippers to 'suggest' the presence of that style of armor ... but I cannot make the model something it's not. Stay tuned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Sounds good enough for me The CV9040 dont have crewmembers yet so I will only see this guys in the strv122 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirzayev Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Splash, I just wanted to say that your texture mods are an "automatic install" for me! They look great, as always! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Hey, thanks. I merely stand on the shoulders of giants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 11.3.2017 at 4:21 AM, Splash said: Everyone look this way and say "Vegemite!" I knew there was something odd abouts Spash's picture. He did some post processing. But I managed to find the original: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 On 3/10/2017 at 11:52 PM, Panzer_Leader said: Nice work Splash! I think you can legitimately say "Everyone look this way and say "Vegemite and cheese!" as some people apparently like that combination in their sandwiches... Vegemite & American Cheese, best combo on earth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 17 minutes ago, TankHunter said: American Cheese No such thing - there is some yellowish muck that comes out of a tube (or even worse a spray can). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Coming soon ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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