ITALIAN SPECIAL OPERATION FORCES                               by massi
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README
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Version: 1.10              release date: 02/Apr/2010
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Description:
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This addon is a retexture of Arma2 Force Recon assault rifleman , grenadier , and few other FR units meant to rapresent Italian Special Operation Forces in all the different camouflages actually used by Italian SOF, rapresented by :

- SOF Ranger(Vegetata): for temperate environment.

- SOF Ranger(Desert): for desert environment.

- SF(Multiland): for both desert and temperate environments.

- SF Light Gear Recon units: same as SF but in lightweight gear.

- SF Ghillie recon\sniper units: recon operator wearing ghillie suits for woodland, desert and snow covered environment ...NEW!!!...

- SF/SOF(Winter): for snow covered environment.

- GIS: MP Special Forces in CQB nomex suite.

- NOCS: Police HRT in CQB nomex suite.

- GOI(Wood/Multicam): Navy Special Forces in woodland and multicam camo.

- Support Units : Italian pilot and crews .
 
I used what I found on web as reference sources.

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Installation.
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Put the addons in the "mod folder" of your preference, you will find the units in the editor under: 

 Bluefor - Italian SOF (sorted by different camos) 

you'll find groups also under: 

 Bluefor - Italian SOF (same way).


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ACE2 files Installation.
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- file: "mas_ita_spec_ACE2_cfg_repl.pbo"
You can use the OPTIONAL ACE2 CONFIG that you'll find in the "ACE2 config" folder that replace Italian SOF weapons with the ACEX ones, and add some of the great ACE2 stuff (like gasmask, balaclavas, ecc...), this way my IT SOF classes will be automatically replaced.

- file: "mas_ita_spec_ACE2_new_cfg.pbo"
If you have problems using the previous file, look inside "ACE2 congif >>> backup ACE config (new classes) " : there you'll find another replacement file that instead of overwriting my IT SOF classes, create new ones ( BLUFOR>>> Italian SOF ACE) using ACEX weapons and equipment (same as above).

both files are SIGNED, choose the best solution for you, BUT REMEMBER TO USE ONLY ONE AT A TIME!!! 

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Replacement Pack Installation.
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You'll find 2 different replacement files, USE ONLY ONE AT TIME !!!

- All USMC Replacement : replace all USMC units BI models with the italian ones, both standard and Force recon, Pilots and Crews too.
You can choose to install the "temperate" or the "desert" replacement depending on the environment you're playing in.

-Only Force Recon Replacement : replace only the Force Recon BI models with the Italian ones.


REMEMBER USE ONLY ONE REPLACEMENT AT A TIME!!!

Changelog.
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v1.10  date 02/Apr/2010

-Totally reworked "multicam" uniforms textures.

-Fixed ghillie spotter's textures.

-Added "multicam" combat shirts.

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v1.09  date 20/Mar/2010

-Added a new retextured FR model for light recon.

-Fixed desert crew texture.

-Fixed ACE2 optional configs.

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v1.082  date 10/Mar/2010

-Fixed "multicam" light recon units textures.

-Fixed "vegetata" textures.

-Crews now come in "desert" and "vegetata" uniforms.

-Added another replacement file for "desert" environment islands.

-Added an ACE2 optional config file (to be used only with ACEX).

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v1.08  date 06/Mar/2010

-Added new Ghillie recon\sniper units in Woodland, Desert and Winter camos.

-Added Pilot and Crew .

-Added more unit classes(standard rifleman and grenadier, sapper, disarmed units, ecc...).

-Added 2 NEW REPLACEMENT files that replace standard BI USMC and Force Recon models with the Italian ones (Use only one at time).

-Fixed Italian flag and patches on the wrong arm.

-Optimized other units' textures.

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v1.07  date 27/feb/2010

-Added new NOCS class, rapresenting Italian Police Hostage Rescue Team.

-Totally reworked  SF "multiland" uniforms textures.

-Updated and improved some other units' uniforms textures.

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v1.06  date 13/feb/2010

-Totally reworked SOF Ranger "vegetata" temperate and desert uniforms textures.

-Totally reworked Navy SF "multicam" and revisited woodland uniforms textures.

-Totally reworked  SF "multiland" uniforms textures.

-Updated and improved all the other units' uniforms textures.

-Updated and improved unit types and gear, without changing class-names (for mix maker).

-Updated and improved groups , without changing class-names (for mix maker).

-Added "ghillie" snipers and spotter using standard Arma2 models.

-Team leader has now medical ability (gameplay).

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v1.05  date 18/Jan/2010

-Totally reworked SOF Ranger "vegetata" temperate and desert uniforms textures.

-Reworked Navy SF "multicam" and woodland uniforms textures.

-Updated and improved all the other units' uniforms textures.

-Added a model without hat in SF Light recon units.

-SOLVED: issue causing change of texture in Low Resolution LODs, now the units keep their texture also at FAR distances.
The problem was affecting every units, specially noticiable on white and desert camo's units that turned green at far distances , NOW solved, and ALL the UNITS KEEP their own camo at every distance!!!

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v1.04  date 04/Jan/2010

-Totally reworked "multicam" and "multiland" textures.

-Updated all the other textures.

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v1.03  date 30/Dec/2009

-Solved: Uploaded v1.02 with wrong texture...really sorry about that.

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v1.02  date 29/Dec/2009

-Added GOI (navy SF) in "multicam" uniforms.

-Added mask faces for all the classes.

-Improved "multiland" texture (now close to real life camo).

-Improved GIS textures (more dark blue).

-Improved temperate "vegetata" textures (now close to real life camo).

-Improved winter "vegetata" textures with dedicated faces and hood(white).

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v1.01  date 24/Dec/2009

-Solved RPT issue due to cfg identities: No more RPT Errors!...thanks to Rubbrkite and Dimitri_Harkov.

-Little texture improvement (I'm slowly learning :) ).

-Modified class name "vegecam", corrected to "multiland"..thanks to Spartan117

-Added 3 new classes : SF Light Recon, GIS and GOI ... thanks to Aelin suggestion.

-Some units are wearing FR tactical glasses now (intentionally not on all units, it's not a bug).

-Checked Wound texture: 100% working (vanilla FR wound textures).

-Tested in vannilla game and ACE2 and no problems found, running well on both (no kind of overwriting in units config ).

-Signed addon with my ofpec tag.

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v1.00  date 19/Dec/2009

-Initial release

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Bugs.
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No problems found, no RPT errors, tested both in vanilla and with ACE2.


Thanks.
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Thanks to BI for the great game and to all the community for their great support and addons!

Many thanks to Aelin for the support and the nice suggestions!

Many thanks to Caprera that supported me a lot giving me a lot of RL italian SOF pics as references!

Many thanks to Rubberkite that supported me a lot spotting problems and helping me in bugsolving and testing!

Thanks to Dimitri_Harkov that put me on right direction on solving RPT issue.

Thanks to all the people that enjoied the units and supported me in the forum!

Hope you'll enjoy these units even more :) !

cheers


                                                             Regards
                                                              massi