FRAG_MAN

Hi all, im gonan get into modding for this game, but i need the un-offical tools to do it, what do i need, i know i need VFS unpackers and re-packers wherei get them? alos ive read fnurgs Reference documents and how-tos, i just need to progs to mess with the game a bit

i havnt got my copy of UFO:AM through yet (played the demo and at my m8s house) but if their are weapons that r in X-Com but not this id would be good to put them into AM but the prob is legality issues. As for star wars/trek aralez som1 can but i dont want to... want to keep the game as realistic as possible hence this idea

the model side should be fine, i can blackmail my m8 into doing that (hes modeled for AVP1&2, HL, UT&2003 and so on)... accents should be ok with the online communites u get these days (yes im thinking back to the days when internet was not that back... DANG IM OLD!!). Weapons specs and so on are sorted as well my bro is a military knolage base (he plays Call of Cthulu, which is very wepaon spec based). All the really needs to be found is the know how to implement all this stuff, so all the help i/we can get would be good

If like to see possably a mod where the equipment you can equip you squad with are the weapons used in National armies from around the world(including their own unique characteristics), for example for assault riles: -the M16A1 for the US squads (inc nade launcher), -the SA80 for the UK squads (inc scope), therefore impreved aimed shot + easir to upgrade to squade support machine gun as the 2 r identical appart form heavir barrel +belt feed -the FAMAS for the french squads, more accurate burst fire -the AK-74 for the Russian (inc nade launcher) (thats 74 not 47!), large round meaning more damage Plus for individual, fighters but each 1 has its own unique modifeiers/spec (as above) Also u start of with general squadies but as the squad get mores skilled they move up to the countries special forces (again with their own characteristics): -the SAS for the UK -the spetnas for Russia (hard as nails and slightly psyco) -i forget the french special forces (you could extend this to the french foreign legion with their excellent team work, e.g. when squad is coherrient in movenment they get bounuses similiar to the Horde effect in C&C:generals, BUT the french foreign legion is really a Mercenary army not a national army) -pick 1 for the US even though their spec forces r poop (they r poo they have no special characteristics in my opinion apart form bombing the crap out of a "scary looking buildings") And finally (YAY any reading this far must be shouting) if ur sqaud gets to Special forces status then u can equip them with ANY weapon from any other country ,as is what happens with real spec forces (UK squadie gets SA80 but SAS trooper gets what ever he wants within reason) With that in mind if ur squad is UK military then ur base is minaly situated in the UK and surrounding continent of Europe.

Id like to see somthing making it easy to import ur own skins/models (inc equipment screen movies thingy) easily and being able to support multiple file types (meaning a larger of variety of progs can be used to make the skins/models) perhaps by implamenting a file converter into the modding tools to convert the differnet files tpes into what ever UFO:AM uses. Also the ability to put in ur own voices, and possabily a taut function for any future MP, taunting similiar to UT2003, AVP2, RA2