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Data Type: Mod
Mod Type: Character, Equipment
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20 Aug, 2023 @ 7:35am
3 Jun @ 12:11pm
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US Marines - Vietnam War

Description
This is a small infantry config faction made using SOG Prairie Fire DLC & S&S assets. I really wanted to utilise the excellent range of US Marine uniforms and equipment from S&S which accurately depict the Marines during the conflict in South East Asia. I have tried to base the faction addon on research. In particular i have used several Osprey Miltary books depicting US Marine Corps units from the later phases of the Vietnam War around Tet in 1968 (i may add more variation at a later point). However i have added certain 'fantasy' elements to make use of some of the cool S&S gear!

I used ALIVE's ORBAT creator to make the factions so you cannot override the units' loadouts unlesss you have ALIVE loaded. I don't know how to get around this i'm afraid despite the fact that i have tried but just cannot understand coding that well. You can still add items and change gear once the mission starts through Arsenal/boxes etc.

You'll find the following groups in the mod under 'US Marines - Vietnam War':

Infantry
- USMC DRY WEATHER (TCUs); Platoon, Demolition Team, Rifle Squads 1 & 2, Sniper Team (1968)
- USMC WET WEATHER (rain parkas); Platoon, Demolition Team, Rifle Squads 1 & 2, Sniper Team (1968)
- USMC HEAVY KIT (full packs including pack boards); Platoon, Rifle Squad 1 & 2 (1968)
- USMC Divisional Reconnaissance; Light Team, Heavy Team, Demolition Team, Sniper Team (1968)


SpecOps
- USMC Force Recon Team 1,2 & 3 (1968)
- USMC Force Recon Demolitions Team (1968)
- USMC Force Recon Sniper Team (1968)


There are also some individual units such as officers & unarmed soldiers.



Thanks to BI, simcardo for the wonderful S&S & the amazing SOGPF team at Savage.

Feel free to ask any questions or if you have any suggestions for any updates.
30 Comments
JustAGigolo 20 Oct @ 6:42pm 
I do have the dependencies, as for spawning them, the faction do not show in Zeus on the server, if I launch a SP save, they work fine, it's just on the dedicated server.

If you can't help it, I understand and appreciate the help so far, I just wanted to touch base and make sure I wasn't missing something.
Astute  [author] 20 Oct @ 1:13pm 
Sorry mate I have no idea. I don't really play multiplayer. Should work. Keys are all their. Do they spawn anything at all? Do you have all the dependencies loaded?
JustAGigolo 14 Oct @ 2:30pm 
Do you possibly know if these factions will work on a dedicated server? I have been attempting to load this specific faction on my private server and after a while of back and further with said server, I finally got this to load but now I cannot spawn them in Zeus.

These mods worked perfectly until I tried to load them on my server
Astute  [author] 21 Aug @ 10:43pm 
Thanks for the kind words mate.
CartoonHead24 20 Aug @ 3:41pm 
That's fair enough, slight pain but it is what it is. Loving your sets, got all of them now.
Astute  [author] 20 Aug @ 3:32pm 
Yep you have to have ALIVE loaded to change loadouts. I don't have the know how to make factions without using ALIVE ORBAT.
CartoonHead24 20 Aug @ 11:27am 
Oh wait, reading comprehension is key, lemme try with ALIVE
CartoonHead24 20 Aug @ 11:19am 
Having a weird "issue" where i can't change the gear or add things into the inv, when you go ingame they are gone. Only happens with your units.
119Winters 4 Aug, 2024 @ 11:42pm 
This unit does not load in kp liberation
Astute  [author] 25 Apr, 2024 @ 2:29pm 
The DLC has 'standard' marines. If you download my mod here along with all the dependencies (S&S, CBA) and load them up from the launcher under 'mods' then you will be able use my guys here. You can find them under 'US Marines Vietnam War' in the Eden editor. Hope that makes sense.