Vietnam: The Experience (VTE)

[Snake_Man]

Vietnam: The Experience

This mod, 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 me to lead the project forward, from there we formed VTE as you see it today.

Today we are announcing the next step in OFP Vietnam scene, a what we have, small future plans and of course those ever wanted screenshots.

VTE does have now the good old NP2 units, its based on these. We have added tons of new models from different authors including aircrafts, ground vehicles, ground objects and many new weapons.

But maybe few screenshots are in order (click thumbnails).

Trenches


Airfield


Harbor


Pier


City

Airstrip

Another city

Bunker

Hut

Watchtower

Airfield

Hmm

There will be several old and new islands, these include the good old NP2 object islands like SEB Ia Drang and Ilo Ilo along with our new islands using the new objects featured in the screenshots above.

VTE will come packed with extremely devastating mission load. We will feature single missions, MP missions and campaigns. Yep, campaignS. For example we have a 14+ mission campaign for 4 islands in the delta and highlands, 50 mission campaign for old Ia Drang valley (whole project got started based on this campaign, some of you've seen this).

As the old NP2, we are using few addons as base. These are The Chain of Command Mines,  Unified Artillery, USMC Markers and JAM2. These are four (4) additional addons required.

Official page for VTE will be on PMC Tactical site.

At this time we do not have idea when the first release will be out, but we aren't getting any younger so we want this out as quickly as possible.

Things are looking very good for OFP NAM scene at the moment.

[burroughs]

I hope that you are going to release not only some realistic addons which is a wonderful news, but also stick to realisim when it comes to both missions & campaigns. Anyway, can't wait to download and test your mod. It's good that you have decided to incorporate the SEBNAM stuff into your project; despite numerous technical problems with those addons, they really deserve to be in use due to their amazing quality. I can't forget the feeling when I have opened a SEBNAM mission for the very first time on my PC ... However, if one wants to experience the Nam conflict atmosphere, there is still plent of room for improvement. Even though many Nam addons have been released, there are still many more that should be made. I count that you are going to make up for it; for instance, I have seen some new choppers in one of the pictures that you had posted ... Great !!! Good luck. I keep witing impatiently.

[Snake_Man]

These are the latest screenshots of Parrots Beak island we are creating.

Jungle


Bridge


River side


Hilltop


Jungle night

Here are some of the VTE units.

Aircrafts
C-130
DHC-4 Caribou
OV-10 Bronco
Bell47G
C-47 Skytrain
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


Ground vehicles
Ox cart
Centurion
DShK Heavy Machine Gun
US GMC CCKW
Willys MB
T-34
M3 Halftrack
BTR-60
NVA Truck
M551 Sheridan
M1919A4 tripod
Maksim MG
PT-76
ZU-23-2
ZPU4 AA
Bike
Scooter
Motorbike


Soldier squads
Air Cav
MFR
Marine
SEAL
Army
SF
LRRP
Green Beret
CIDG
MIKE
ARVN
Cambodian mercenary
Chieuhoi
Bushman
Village Rebel
French Para
VC
NVA
SOG
SAS


Animals
Mule
Cow
Rooster
Chickens
Duck
Dog


That is mostly the "new" list with few old known faces. We of course include the good old NP2 units like Huey UH-1D's etc, most of the old stuff is not listed.

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.

Remember that this above list is not complete, something might be removed, something added etc. Its just a guideline to give some idea what to expect.

[Mike]

this is great and long overdue.

we've been getting lots of squeals about lack of quality nam missions

and ofpec are giving you some coverage on this one SnakeMan. We wish you well.

[joekidds]

maybe i can make some radio voices for some missions or campaigns...? summer is in a couple of weeks and i should have plenty of time to do that stuff...

[Snake_Man]

Some screenshots from Parrots Beak and 7 Mountains islands.

City


Buildings


Buildings


Docks


Jungle bunker

Airstrip

I would like to remind everyone what we have here, since it seems to me people are losing focus of the background of this project. This is overview what I said earlier: NP2 needed an expansion, first came NP2 with JAM weapons which SelectThis (original maker of NP2) created, after that NAM Pack Air Module (NPAM) was born. From NPAM we formed VTE as you see it today.

Then I want to shed some light on the release date. This project is not one of those wannabe screenshot posting blabbering to the end of the word things, we are really getting close to the first release. Every day I'm working for that goal, it is my intention to get this thing out as quickly as possible. It all comes to the fact that how quick/unpolished we will release the first version, we can fine tune this forever or release it in few days... its all about balance and how we feel about the current status of the project. So in short terms, no... no release dates, but it should be soon.

Here is some list of the new weapons.

Infantry weapons
Browning Hi-Power 9mm
Bar
Mas36
Mas38
Chautelleret
Grease Gun
MP40
Thompson
Kar
M1 Carbine
M1 Garand
DP27
PPS43
PPSH41
PPD40
FAL
Nagant
MAT 49
K-50M
Sten Gun MkII
Bren Gun MkII
Lee Enfield

Then we have the old NP2 weapons of course as backbone. As said before we are using JAM2 for the weapons, exception are those which do not have JAM2 ammo available and there is no real close match.

[joekidds]

if you need a gui thats kinda cool you can borrow the one i made for my mod.
a pic here:
http://mods.moddb.com/gallery/image/22621/

i also just made a new logo... the old ofp one but says "Vietnam: The Experience" instead of "Cold War Crisis"

[joekidds]

are you going to fix the vietnamese civi soldier problem having the BIS ak47 rather than the SEB ak47?

[Snake_Man]

if you need a gui thats kinda cool you can borrow the one i made for my mod.

Thanks. We are looking for some modified mission editor GUI thingy because it would be nicer to have that larger editing area. Remains to be seen how it turns out.

are you going to fix the vietnamese civi soldier problem having the BIS ak47 rather than the SEB ak47?

"Yes"... that will be no issue on our release since we use completely new config for the units and weapons.

[joekidds]

my new GUI is just for the main menu, no editor GUI editing.

[joekidds]

will you make promo videos as time goes on?

[MI_Fred]

We have already released one showing a feature of ours:
Falling leaves
But if your a regular at BI forums you ought to have seen it

We have a few other features in stock that deserve showcasing, they are nothing short of some of the new ECP features. Our package is in a good shape, just a few more bug patching rounds needed so consentrating on videos at this point will be up to inspiration.