LoBo_Taliban
Version 1.5

QUEEN'S GAMBIT REQUIRED FOR KATYUSHA ROCKET PICKUP (CAMMO) and ANA PICKUP/MG!!!




This Taliban pack is a side project from The Lost Brothers Mod as we got tired of waiting around for someone else to make them.  If anyone is serious about improving them or adding additional models to the pack, please contact me at:  miles_teg@hotmail.com

The addon consists of a squad of regular Taliban soldiers (Under OPFOR: Taliban Insurgents), Al-Qaeda's Lashkar Al-Zil (shadow Army) Brigade 055 (under OPFOR: AlQuaeda Shadow Army, Afghan National Army soldiers (under BLUFOR: Afghan National Army) and 5 Afghani civilians (under Civilians:Taliban Civilians).

The Taiban and civilians essentially represent Pashtun tribesman most commonly found in Waziristan, Pakistan and Taliban controlled areas of Afghanistan.  Noted are their puffy pants and ethnic vests and whatever you call the front and back leg/waist covers commonly worn by many Pashtun.  Headgear includes the traditional Pashtun cap, Persian style turbans, and Arab shamagh covering the entire face.    The face models also have been highly modified to resemble faces of that region.  This was mainly done by modifying the nose and chin of the face models. 

Mujahadin on the Independent side basically simulate the Mujahadin of the 1980's era conflict with the Soviet Union. At that time they were allied with the United States.  However essentially they are the same units as to be found in the Taliban as weaponry and clothing have not changed much since then.

Al-Qaeda's Lashkar Al-Zil represent the shock troops or commandos of the Taliban.  These are made up of highly motivated and highly trained Muslim volunteers from many countries.  Many of them are veterans of the Iraq War and the war in Chechnya. Their faces are always covered to protect their identities and to intimidate their opponents. They are also equipped with modern Western body armor, communications, and other gear.   Highly motivated and well trained, these are the most deadly enemy infantry that the Western forces face.  

The Afghan National Army soldiers represent standard ANA soldiers wearing a wide variety of equpment and using a wide variety of weapons. 

Included with this pack are a wide variety of vehicles and static weapons (and a small arms pack made spedifically for these infantry).


*** Note-
ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE EXTENDED EVENT HANDLER PBO INSTALLED, the RPG, B-10, and SA-7 guys will yell stuff in Arabic when they fire their RPG or SA-7 weapons.  This will eventually be changed to the Pashtun language if I can find some good recordings (aside from the ever-popular "ALLAH'U AKBAR!" cry). 
**** EDIT (There now a couple of Pashto yells in the sounds). 





Weapon/ammo class names:

 Name                         Weapon Class           Magazine Class

1. Ak-47                       LoBo_AK47_T          LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

2. Enfield rifle               LoBo_SMLE3           LoBo_10Rnd_lee 

3. Desert Cammo SF AK47        LoBo_AK47SF_T        LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK      

4. Desert Cammo SF AK47(SD)    LoBo_AK47SF_SD_T     LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK_SD

5. Iraqi AK47                  LoBo_AK47Iraqi_T     LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

6. RPK-47                      LoBo_RPK_T           LoBo_40Rnd_762x43_AK, LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

7. Polish AK47                 LoBo_AK47CIA_T       LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

8. AKM (side folding stock)    LoBo_AK47FS2_T       LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

9. AKM (folding stock)         LoBo_AK47FS3_T       LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

10. AKM (folded stock)         LoBo_AK47FS4_T       LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

11. AK47/M203                  LoBo_AK47M203_T      LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK, 1Rnd_HE_M203, FlareWhite_M203,FlareGreen_M203,FlareRed_M203,FlareYellow_M203

12. AK47/GP25                  LoBo_AK47GP25_T      LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK, 1Rnd_HE_GP25, FlareWhite_GP25, FlareGreen_GP25, FlareRed_GP25, FlareYellow_GP25

13. AK47/ACOG sight            LoBo_AK47ACOG_T      LoBo_30Rnd_762x43_AK

14. B10 Recoilless Rifle       LoBo_B10_T           B10HEmag, B10HEATmag







Credits:

Weapons-
Ak47's are from the LoBo OFP mod as well as parts from BIS:

Iraqi AK47:  The original AK model is by ORCs (a CS import), the gunsight is from INQ's Ak-47 in his weapons pack, and the pistol grip and .cpp coding by Calm Terror. 

Polish AKM:  textures and model by Vipersheart and Calm Terror.  Sights by INQ, and rear folding stock by Vilas from his Polish AKM. 

RPK-47:  I believe the model originally was a CS import in our OFP mod that someone sent us ages ago. Although I could be wrong. It may have been by Vipersheart who made most of our AK's. Textures modified by Miles Teg<GD>.

B-10:  Base model by BIS.  Model modification & ammo proxy work by Miles Teg<GD>

Lee-Enfield rifle: Vilas (WWII pack).



Taliban/80's era Mujahadin/CIA units-

Original Turban, Pashtun cap, vest, and skirts by REMO.
Shamagh from Namman2. Black Shamagh texture by Miles Teg<GD>
Body models by BIS & Vilas
Covert Ops extra equipment from BIS models
Basic body textures from FFAA (on Covert models)
New updated body/ammo harness textures and updated model editing on Taliban by Yaciek.
New white turban by on Taliban by Yaciek.
Running shoes and leathe shoes by Yaciek.
Face textures modified BIS faces by Miles Teg<GD> and one face from Wipman.

All pickup truck models by BIS.

Katusha rocket on pickup created by jfk15.
Added cargo proxies to BIS vehicles by jfk15.

All other vehicles and static weapons by BIS.


Afghan National Army textures are by BIS, with mapping improvements and modificatons to textures by VXR.  The body armor vest is by Hayal with its textures and model modified by Miles Teg<GD>. PASGT is from LoBo OFP mod originally from HYK.  The rest of the equipment by BIS.
All models modified heavily by Miles Teg<GD>
Config work by Miles Teg<GD> with help from someone who I forgot unfortunately when it came to implementing the voices...arrrg... was it Cervo?  Arrg...I'm sorry...I should have written your name down...but you know who you are.  If you'll let me know I'll get your name right in the next update  :)  

On Version 1.5
Original config work on all units and weapons:  Miles Teg<GD>

Config/Model updates- Snake Man (Huge thanks for all your hard work). 

Final bug fixes on pickup truck window textures and voices by Miles Teg<GD>


  
*** Also I received excellent assistance on making this addon XEH compatible from william1 and Manzilla.  Big Kudos to you guys for the help and showing me the proper format for doing configs that makes XEH happy.  :)
Voice scripts originally by Calm Terror.  Voice recordings by Thunderbird84, Rizla Ranger, and Miles Teg<GD> (originally recorded by unknown Taliban, Chechen, and Iraqi insurgents). The two Pashtun voices are taken from random YouTube Afghanistan videos.

Also Special Thanks to Jewish Freak and especially Namman2 for helping me out with difficult selection bugs on the model. 
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To Install: remove "Arabic_Sounds.pbo" from your addons (or mod/addons) folder if you had the old version installed.  Arabic_addons.pbo is no longer needed and it will cause conflicts. 



***********Important*****************

Do the following steps to use this addon with the ACE mod.  

Go to yourArmA/Dta/ACE folder and open the file called:  ace_clientside_config.hpp

Go down to the section that says something like: 

___________


Hide BIS classes: set "ACE_SCOPE_SHOW_BIS" to "__hidden"
Show BIS classes: set "ACE_SCOPE_SHOW_BIS" to "__visible"

NOTE: it's 2x a underline ( _ ) before "hidden" or "visible"
*/
#define __hidden 1
#define __visible 2

#define ACE_SCOPE_SHOW_BIS __hidden


_____________


Change the last line to:   

#define ACE_SCOPE_SHOW_BIS __visible


Remember that before "visible" there are two underscores, not one.  Best to just copy and paste the line above.   This way 3rd part addons should show up in ACE.  Really the ACE mod should have made 3rd party addons visible by default.   But oh well.  Once you do this, it this Taliban Pack will work fine with ACE. 

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Required Addons:
loboweawponstaliban.pbo (included) 



Update log:
Version 1.4

1. Made addons ACE compatible.
2. Added American covert operations units (Afghanistan).
3. Added new AK-47 weapons pack which also includes an RPK-47 and a Lee-Enfield rifle.  That way no dependency on 3rd party addons.
4. Added 80's era Mujahadin on Resistance side (equipping them with AK74's as well).
5. Added Vehicles and static weapons for Taliban and Mujahadin.

Version 1.5

1. All models fixed/optimized.
2. Pickup truck class names changed to avoid conflicts.
3. Config fixed to make it compatible with latest version of ACE.
4. Blood Textures are working now.
5. model.cfg files made seperate.
6. All configs generally cleaned up/optimized.
7. Crap that was not used all removed.



Thank you for using our addons.  

Miles Teg<GD>
Team Leader of the Lost Brothers Mod
Contact:  miles_teg@hotmail.com

