[Help] Looking for mod team: New OpFor faction - Iran

[Koroush47]

Originally Posted by ComradeChaos

I kinda have one started...
Iranian Design Plan

Adding more whenever I feel like it.

Interesting, mind If I add to it?

[ComradeChaos]

Originally Posted by Koroush47

Interesting, mind If I add to it?

How do I?

[Koroush47]

It is my great pleasure to announce we have a new team member: Tim270. Welcome aboard .


I also updated the main post with a design plan of the player kits with reference to Comrade Chaos. Thanks man. I will add vehicles and extras in due time.

[[R-MOD]Mongolian_dude]

Send me a new Mic and ill mix you up some voice-overs.

...mongol...

[Panzerfire]

Heyhey! This is nice! Finally one of the faction proposals lifts off. I wish you guys the best of luck. Looking forward to your progress!

[Koroush47]

Originally Posted by Panzerfire

Heyhey! This is nice! Finally one of the faction proposals lifts off. I wish you guys the best of luck. Looking forward to your progress!

Thanks alot, see if you can refer some people over who have modding talent. I'd like to get this off the ground asap!

Originally Posted by [R-MOD]Mongolian_dude

Send me a new Mic and ill mix you up some voice-overs.

...mongol...

To Mongolia? Shipping would cost like 200 bucks!

[Snazz]

Originally Posted by ComradeChaos

Iranian Design Plan

Next thing you should do is organize the assets by priority and availability.

If the faction is to replace MEC you may as well keep most of the existing assets which Iran uses, at least as place holders until you complete the high priority stuff.

- Assault rifles: The S.556 looks virtually identical to the M16A2, which wouldn't distinguish the faction much from the US Marines infantry-wise. The G3 would be fine until the KH 2002 is done.

- Specialist weapons: Most are already available in PR, It's also worth doing a thorough search just in case others are possibly being worked on by other teams.

The heavy AT M47 Dragon/Saeghe 2 and sniper rifle Steyr HS .50 likely will need to be made from scratch at some point, but current MEC placeholders should suffice.

- Attack Helicopter: You should be able to acquire and reskin USI's Cobra for the Panha 2091.


- Light & Heavy Lift Helicopters: The Panha Shabaviz 2061 you list is actually a reverse engineered Bell 206 JetRanger, the Hueys Iran apparently operate are Bell 214 Twin Hueys they purchased before the 1979 revolution.
Bell 214 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panha Shabaviz 2061 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regardless, both the Twin Huey and the Chinook can be easily re-skinned from existing PR assets.

- MBT and Light APC: Both the T-72 and BTR-60 can be kept from MEC as they are in Iranian service.

- Heavy APC: Iran apparently operates around 400 BMP-2's which you could reskin from USI:

BMP-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The BMP-3 on the other hand apparently isn't operated by the Iranians.

- Jeeps: I can't gather any info about Iran possibly using MEC's current BRDMs or UAZs, so the Rakhsh and/or Takavar probably will need to be made.

- Logi Truck: Most PR factions don't even have their own specific truck so even if Iran uses a different type of truck IRL than it's probably not a priority to replace.

Overall I think presentation aspects like player skins and Persian voices are more important than replacing a few MEC assets. Those tasks should also be in the design plan as they are what is going to really identify the faction as Iranian.

[ComradeChaos]

Originally Posted by Snazz

Alot of awesomely researched stuff.

This is great. Thanks for the info.

[Koroush47]

Originally Posted by Snazz

Next thing you should do is organize the assets by priority and availability.

If the faction is to replace MEC you may as well keep most of the existing assets which Iran uses, at least as place holders until you complete the high priority stuff.

- Assault rifles: The S.556 looks virtually identical to the M16A2, which wouldn't distinguish the faction much from the US Marines infantry-wise. The G3 would be fine until the KH 2002 is done.

- Specialist weapons: Most are already available in PR, It's also worth doing a thorough search just in case others are possibly being worked on by other teams.

The heavy AT M47 Dragon/Saeghe 2 and sniper rifle Steyr HS .50 likely will need to be made from scratch at some point, but current MEC placeholders should suffice.

- Attack Helicopter: You should be able to acquire and reskin USI's Cobra for the Panha 2091.


- Light & Heavy Lift Helicopters: The Panha Shabaviz 2061 you list is actually a reverse engineered Bell 206 JetRanger, the Hueys Iran apparently operate are Bell 214 Twin Hueys they purchased before the 1979 revolution.
Bell 214 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panha Shabaviz 2061 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regardless, both the Twin Huey and the Chinook can be easily re-skinned from existing PR assets.

- MBT and Light APC: Both the T-72 and BTR-60 can be kept from MEC as they are in Iranian service.

- Heavy APC: Iran apparently operates around 400 BMP-2's which you could reskin from USI:

BMP-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The BMP-3 on the other hand apparently isn't operated by the Iranians.

- Jeeps: I can't gather any info about Iran possibly using MEC's current BRDMs or UAZs, so the Rakhsh and/or Takavar probably will need to be made.

- Logi Truck: Most PR factions don't even have their own specific truck so even if Iran uses a different type of truck IRL than it's probably not a priority to replace.

Overall I think presentation aspects like player skins and Persian voices are more important than replacing a few MEC assets. Those tasks should also be in the design plan as they are what is going to really identify the faction as Iranian.

That is very helpful and I do agree with you on many of the vehicles suggestions you have made. Thank you.

I will add the Weapons and the vehicles sometime today, stay posted.

[ComradeChaos]

Could we possibly reskin the T-72 with ERA and call it a Safir 74?

We'll need our "inside Iranian" for a few things like camo because I really want to see their uniform other than woodland.