An expansion/overhaul mod of epic proportions, with entirely rebalanced gameplay, expanded factions, new gametypes, graphical overhauls, and five new factions; stealth-based Confederate Revolutionaries, tower defense-inspired Atomic Kingdom of China, economy-focused Mediterranean Syndicate, DotA-esque Order of the Talon and spammy Electrical Protectorate.
Truescale Helicopters
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A group of ARVN infantry next to a helicopter prop, for demonstration purposes.
What justifies the choppers not being usable?
its probably meant to make military bases seem like they have been there for a while and as such there are helo's resting on the tarmac waiting to be flown on another mission unlike your popup base which inexplicably appears in five minutes, *wonders how awesome this would be for real life military commanders*
Say it to Vietnam veterans.
I may be way off the mark here, but I think what they meant by “demonstration purposes” is that they are showing off the scale of the dudes next to the helicopters. Not, “the helicopters are not useable”.
If I am correct in this, you people are stupid as hell
I'm not sure if you're all intentionally being this dense.
This chopper IS in-game. What you see here is a 'landed' model of the chopper for DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES.
That's not actually a unit. It's just a fruity prop that looks like one.
Now to resize everything.
Oh pixely shadows, your pixels make me laugh
RA3 shading engine fail.
Moddb.com
Hey look!
Apparently this guy have a fix for the pixelated shadows!
Why don't ask him?
I agree w/ Tayya, why not just let these be usable guys ?! I mean if its w/in the game's limitations..
EVEN IF these helis didnt have weapons, atleast let them be used as transports ??
IF its possible to use them as such, I guess the question then is, will these be invincible or will they respawn on the *lot* or will you just have these 3 for the game and thats it ?!
the answer to your question is balance.
it's plane overpowered to instantly get 3 usable choppers. and besides, there are plenty of lore reasons why they shouldn't be used. ever heard of repairs my friend?
besides, it would look awful ingame. the rotors have apperently been remodeled to apear non-moving. if this chopper would be coded to fly, it would seem to hover for no reason, with very, very, very slow propellors that cannot support it.
"It's plane overpowered..." I see what you did there.
It think your getting alittle mixed up here as far i know there is a chopper in game. That thing in the pic is just a prop version to make the map look better.
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Truescale models FTW.
Proper Infantry scaling was definitely worth it.
Trying to explain myself... I know the purpose of these is as decoration in the base. But as props, they won't be usable, since if they are the ARVN just got a huge advantage. I'm saying that having helicopters that look fine but can't be used standing around in the base might feel weird.
Truescale looks great! Screenshot doesn't even look like RA3 anymore, (a good thing!)
my God thats an amazing picture
I got the shadow fix from R3ven, who got it from ChronoSheep.
Ask him about the details.
It really doesn't do anything I've found. You can adjust the shadowmaps through WorldBuilder to be map specific(SighNapse and I do it for Synergy) and it works perfectly. That's why the shadows on screenshots like this( Moddb.com ) are so perfect. You'd have to PM him about the details though.
Small thing: what will happen if a nomral usable chopper would land next to one of these props? will they look like something just got smaller?
They're the same size.
I love how the infantry look as if they are floating off the ground. Though the Helicopter prop looks metallic except for certain parts.