VTE

VTE
Snake Man
3D	MI_Fred, Ebud, various
Missions	various
Betatest	public
Released	2007
Version	v0.4

History

Vietnam: The Experience (VTE) has been long in the making. Basically all started when SEB NAM Pack 2.0 (NP2) needed an expansion. First came inside version of NP2 with JAM weapons which SelectThis (original maker of NP2) created, after that NAM Pack Air Module (NPAM) was born.

NPAM however got stuck little bit during the development and after some discussions SelectThis nominated Snake Man to lead the project forward, from there we formed VTE as you see it today.

Introduction

VTE is the leading, most detailed and the most comprehensive Vietnam War modification for OFP.

There is enough items included to cover all aspects of mission making. Its not only about numbers, this mod has been extensively tweaked for example on the P3D models, many fixes has been done to the originals ensuring that this mod will not drop framerates or require powerful computer. Of course a mod of this magnitude and jungle vegeation will require decent computer and quite much RAM, but the point is that VTE has been specificly tweaked to make sure there are no usual addon making errors included. Many hours have been spent in O2 to fix all kinds of modeling / binarize errors to ensure thing are done "right" way.

There are alot of single missions and few campaigns available. There is enough to play for months and we also include alot of support for mission makers with the items found in mission editor.

Features

Aircrafts
C-130, MC-130 Combat Talon, DHC-4 Caribou, OV-10 Bronco, Bell47G, Il-28 Beagle, B-52 Stratofortress, B-57 Canberra, F-4 Phantom, F-5A, F-100 Super Sabre, MiG-17, MiG-19 Farmer, MiG-21, A-1J Skyraider, F-105 Thunderchief, A-6 Intruder, O-1 Bird Dog, F-86A Sabre, Sikorsky S-56, CH-53E Superstallion, CH-34 and the old SEB stuff like Hueys etc.

Ground vehicles
M24 Chaffee, M41 Walker, Centurion, DShK Heavy MG, GMC CCKW, Willys MB, T34/85, M3 Halftrack, BTR-50, BTR-60, BTR-152, NVA Truck, M551 Sheridan, M1919A4 tripod, Maksim MG, PT-76, ZU-23-2, ZPU4 AA, Bike, Scooter, Motorbike, Gaz69, V150 Commando, ZSU-57.

Soldier squads
Air Cavalry, Marine, Marine Force Recon, SEAL, Army, Special Forces, LRRP (ERDL/tiger), CIDG, MIKE, ARVN, Cambodian mercenary, Hoi Chan, Bushman, Civilian Villager, VC Villager, Village Rebel, VC, NVA, SOG, Australian SAS. All these avatars/units are brand new made from scratch by Ebud, they use Llaumas heads and overall are very high quality with good performance.

Weapons
Maksim MG, Browning Hi-Power 9mm, Bar, Mas36, Mas38, Chautelleret, Grease Gun, MP40, Thompson, Kar, M1 Car, M1 Garand, M1919A4, DP27, PPD-40, L1A1, Nagant, PPS-43, PPSH-41, M60 Shorty, M63A Stoner, Chicom Type 56, RPG-2, 90mm Recoiless MAW, M45 9mm SMG, M39 Hush Puppy, Ithaca 37, Typ 68, MAT 49, K-50M, Sten Gun MkII, Bren Gun MkII, Lee Enfield N4.

Vehicle Weapons
MK-77 Napalm, UV-16-57 Rockets, HVAR Rockets, MK-82R, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-7 Sparrow, AGM-45 Shrike, AA-2 Atoll, FAB-250, Standard ARM, MK-81, MK-83, MK-84, M-117, M-118, BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, LAU-10 Rockets, 20mm Cannon, VYa Cannons, 6x50cal M2, SUU-30 Pod, M61 Vulcan, 4x20mm Cannons, GSh-23 Cannon, 7.62x51 doorgun.

Animals
Mule, Cow, Rooster, Chickens, Duck, Dog.

Islands/Terrains
Vietnam Intro, Vietnam 12km, Vietnam 25km, Ilo Ilo, Rumble In The Jungle, RSSZ, Long Son, MeeKong, MDSZ, A Shau Valley, SEB Ia Drang, Iron Triangle, VTE Ia Drang, 7 Mountains, IIICTZA Parrots Beak, Australian AO, Polei Kleng, Quan Binh Son, Vinh Thanh Valley, Khe Sanh, The Bra, FSB Gloria, Dak Seang, Tet68.

Objects & Textures
We include over 400 new objects including vegetation (bushes, trees, grass, palms, jungle canopy, rocks etc), civilian housing and military objects. The ground is covered with many brand new textures. Also there is the good old SEB objects and textures present for the original Ia Drang and few other islands. The objects have been now streamlined and optimized, they look better and should give better framerates.

All that material just for editor? Noope, we include 115 single missions, 14 MP missions and 8 campaigns. Brand new mission to get onboard was Vietnam Tour of Duty dynamic campaign based on GDCE by Kutya.

We have also included several radio identities and group names/colors for units to use. There will be unknown number of music tracks featuring some NAM sixties oldies music. Mist and NVA/VC speech are enabled in missions by gamelogic.

Then we have the old NP2 weapons of course as backbone but we are using JAM3 for the weapons, exception are those which do not have JAM3 ammo available and there is no real close match.

Required addons are as follows; Bn880 tracers, CoC Unified Artillery, CoC Mines, CoC Divers, JAM3 and USMC markers.

Links

Official VTE forum PMC Tactical
BIS forum BIS topic _{(dead link)}
OFP.info forum OFP.info topic link courtesy of
OFP-Faguss.com
Frugals forum Frugals topic
Official homepage: VTE homepage