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[FinnBat]

WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING.....WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING


THIS MOD IS FOR HARD LINE VETERANS ONLY !

(JABiA 1.13) *** ULTIMATE AIM-PROFESSIONALS *** (vers 2.2)

There is now a Youtube video from this mod and how it was done: Ultimate AIM-Professionals

What you get: From tthe best modmakers we have with their kind permissions addons in weapons, clothes and many more nice features.
Thanks go to R@S, Wilson, Confus and Bullet Six (Blue Dawn team) and for Glitch who made the "Real Soldier" looking like soldiers.

FinnBat (that´s me...) have made most of gameplay adjustments and new textures for tanks, trucks, weapon and ammo values and menus.
The idea is to put you is bad situations, very bad. I say again; VERY BAD !
AI behaviour is totally different that it is in vanilla version. They crawl and seek for cover. They flank, rush, sneal and wait.
I hate them ! But this is what I want from a WARGAME !

What is the mod: Totally new music in game from professional orchestra, the music is under my license
so you can use it when playing this mod.
(attached in the music directory you find terms in .pdf file)

New opening screens, computer screen etc.

AIM-Mercs are a professional team and the company has made very well money in the past years and fields.
They send the members well dressed to missions and there are snipers, assaulters, mech, demolition and medics.

Items in the game (first-aid kits and weapon kits...etc.) all work much longer and more realistic.

Bobby Ray is more professional and supply you much better.

There are really much more enemy on the field now.
And worst (or best...) is that they are really bad-ass professionals now. All caution have to taken care or... you die fast !
Enemy soldier can/and must now be looted. You must learn to live from the earth.
Use their weapons against themself and conquer. Ignore it and loose.

You will be helped much more by the merchants. They have now more to sell to you and they buy more from you.

What else is new ? You have to find it by yourself... go and get them !

Uppgrade to 1.1

The 1.1 release have new weapon and ammunition files.
After many hours of testing and researching I found the perfect formula for snipers in the game.

I used WilsonMG (Blue Dawn) formulas and also BlackAlphas
(Firearms Rebalanced Experimental) formulas in my own way.
I liked the of the ideas those guys have found. But then my own experiences
as a Recon Team sniper (Finish Paratroopers, long range, RecBatt)
I felt long time ago that, in this game the sniper are not working as in reality.
Now I had finally time for this testings with these values.

We also have a nice video of these tests and go for yourself and watch it. You will find it from AddMeGamers Youtube
website: AddMe Gamers on Youtube (well as soon Dan gets it there downloaded...)

Now I also want to tell you that the difference with headshots and shots to torso are making the realism. And it
is how it works in real world also. I am very happy I found right values so you also can enjoy role-play a real sniper.
Well, allmost...

There is also a new background video. I encourage you to sometime just sit and listen to the new nice music
we have in game and watch the video in background. It is a video from CIA satellite spycamera which was
hacked. Place is unknow, but it is from Arulco.

There is also a new background for the in-game laptop.

Some minor adjustments have been made in several files.


Uppgrade to 2.0

Thank you for supporting this Ultimate AIM-Professionals mod vers. 2.0

Unzip it to: steam\steamapps\common\jabia

The 2.0 release have many new configs files as the game was patched a major patch (1.13)

The style is again very hard, you get alot of enemy and they are bad, very bad.
I have test played this now for few hours and it is so great when using the FOW on.
(enemy is not seen if you really dont see them)

This version has a new music set. I hope you love it as much as I do.
The name of the musician guy is Matthew Pablo and he is doing a great job.
Please go to his webpage: www.matthewpablo.com

Many things are still to be recovered from the new patch, so if you find something
not working, send me a note here in Jagged Alliance foorum.


Thanks for all the kind support you have given.

Hotfix to 2.1

Here is a Hotfix for those who wondered where all the names for guns are etc. Also the bonus with this hotfix is that you get total new interface (icons and pictures) made by MrRaven.

Weapons files are back to snipersettings which I have tested out and also all guns are now for sale at Bobby Ray.
The perceptions file was tested much and problem was you could not snip enemy like before from long distances.
Now you can with these new settings I like it. Back in business as to say.

Someone said that now there is much more loot that we can handle. Well, think about new militia system.
You need cash and i mean a lot of cash to uppgrade them. You are going to need all the loot and a team who is just transporting them to gun dealers.
I hope you like this Hotfix as much I did when finally had it running and tested it.


Uppgrade to 2.2


New values have come to effect according the gameplay and testing. Enemy have now eastern weapons and they dont drop anymore so much loot.
Perceptions file was fun to play with and now the enemy can be seen from far, but be aware they also see you after they get alerted.
New music again, so now there is total 3 music packs released to this game. New backgrounds etc. New video also.
This patch works with old savegames.





Happy Hunting !


FinnBat


Big thanks to my friend, Dan (Im@rtAl) who have helped me very much.


Installation: The zip file is to be unzipped to Steam\steamapps\common\JaBia main folder.
(save games from vers 2.1 works as normal)



AIM-Pro vers. 2.2
(size of file is 315 Mbit estimated time 30 minutes with 2M connections)

Torrent from PirateBay
AIM-Pro version 2.2 (torrent)

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[kargan]

Compatible with Blue Dawn????

[FinnBat]

Compatible with Blue Dawn????

As you can read, it is done on BD files. But it is not BD. So when you install this it is... what ?
ULTIMATUM AIM-PROFESSIONAL and no old savegames will not work.
(Save games seem to work if you have had my previous version installed.)

Hope you understand.

Edit: info of savegames

[Shambone]

Is there Anywhere else to download this mod? Rapidshare is being difficult

[mawashi]

All stuff you have written down are tempting, but as you probably presume, giving up our game-progress once a new mod comes out is a bit frustrating. Thus to get more willing to do so, would you mind to share a little more details? From which other mods you have taken what? It's important to know what functionalities would be lost and what kept if we switched to this one. For example will all weapons from the BD be remain? If so, with what stats, original BD, Firearms Rebalanced or different from both? Will there be more weapon types? Also, any information about fundamental changes affecting the accuracy, damage etc. calculations would be nice to be shared. Thanks in advance.

[FinnBat]

Is there Anywhere else to download this mod? Rapidshare is being difficult

Like it says, it is for hard line veterans...

[asdfg]

Dowloaded,
unpacked,
/bin_win32 renamed original
- and replaced by the new one.
==>CTD after seeing the new loading screen for a sec.

conclusion: copy the new binwin on the old one.
==> working.

-Just in case anyone else is so silly to missunderstand the installation .
Maybe i was overwhelmed by the 400+MB and thought its an "all in version" .

sorry

- have fun anyone

[BlackAlpha]

You have to find a website from where people can download it much faster. Right now it takes over 3 hours (from central Europe) on the link you posted. That is quite a lot and lots of people will be turned away by it. So you are losing people before they even try the mod, which is bad business for you.

The fastest speed I got was 35 KB/s and it's slowly dropping.

But I'm still patiently waiting, looking forward to try it out.

[Nightprowler]

By the "changes" description, I would say there's no need for a 400Mo file (unless it's mostly due to the sound files), so you may want to just remove anything useless (as for the mod) from there too, that would save alot of DL'ing time too.
Just my 2 cents ^^

[FinnBat]

By the "changes" description, I would say there's no need for a 400Mo file (unless it's mostly due to the sound files), so you may want to just remove anything useless (as for the mod) from there too, that would save alot of DL'ing time too.
Just my 2 cents ^^

I did go thru all files and deleted as much possible. Then was not so sure about those BD textures etc and that compartment is kept as it was.
And as you said the music files are big ones. It is a huge pack.

I will try to find another server for downloads.

[FinnBat]

You have to find a website from where people can download it much faster. Right now it takes over 3 hours (from central Europe) on the link you posted. That is quite a lot and lots of people will be turned away by it. So you are losing people before they even try the mod, which is bad business for you.

The fastest speed I got was 35 KB/s and it's slowly dropping.

But I'm still patiently waiting, looking forward to try it out.

It is a Big Bertha !
Not anymore... now it is just 180 Mbit

I must try to find another server also.

EDIT: Now there is new server from Hotfile.com

[mawashi]

You have to find a website from where people can download it much faster. Right now it takes over 3 hours (from central Europe) on the link you posted.

Rapidshare downloads are capped at 30k/sec for free users, it has nothing to do with your geographic location.

[asdfg]

Hello anyone

- Played for some hours now. First impressions.

Nice enemy - population and - actions. - definetely
Masses of loot need LOTS of running to get the pieces to the right spots. - too much for me
At 6th fighting area im now just leaving anything anywhere. Wount even check what in there anymore ...
Takes more time for logistics and transport than anything else . "Area loot-pickup and sell feature" is needed.
Mercs carry lots of stuff we need to pay for - and have better equip in stock for free. - coindump ?
Personally i dont like the need to shoot someone straight 3-6 times until dropdown / knockdown if using (situational best possible weapons) - high precision (scope, maxed skills+trait) and caliber. - Matter of taste.
Merc stats/traits/... maybe changed somehow, but im still missing the chances to start with some char that is useful (max developable) in "endgame". - Matter of taste.

Ill start another run later again and hope you will stay on it.


Edit:
Decided to add some more. I know its NOT YOUR fault, but suppose some (most) players "dont like" that (to stay polite).

1)
Just saw my toon running across the desert at mountain pass south of cambria. She told me: "oh, oh --- perfect trap --- for idiots!" --> Runned straight in and died on the spot !
- I was buisy picking up crap somewhere else in the desert ...
As i dont prefer to be the idiot surel i wount do that again ... ... Maybe you could change something about that please ? ) Had that several times before overall the world. =>STOP ?
-> The runnertoon was trying to find the "waiting to become guards" there shown on the map. These are missing in the zone. Something wrong with them?

2)
Additionally i dont like the "infight starting exactly now" - save and reload - timer. Why cant the game reload and restart with anything on STOP, because there have to be given new orders?

3)
Equipped 4 guards at a outdoors desert station with really good ARs and they got whiped by Didrannas Runners using .38 and 9mm pistols/revolvers ...
Anything could be done there ?


Tanks for the modder - work !

Have fun anyone )

[BlackAlpha]

Well, I found the source of the large file size. It's the main menu background video. I'd just get rid of it because it doesn't add much. But you should be able to make it much smaller. If you play around with the compression settings, you should be able to make it almost 10 times smaller without losing much quality.

By the way, your video overwrites original files, so without a backup or a reinstall, there's no way to restore it. You might want to give people a warning about that.

And get rid of the music license, it's not helping... on the contrary! It's allowed to being broadcast under certain conditions. It's American, so put it under fair use. And just leave it at that.

[FinnBat]

Looking thru the files again I now see that it is the background video which is the megabig file.
I have to look upon that for next release. Some reason it is unpacked and was not in my meaning.

But things goes like this when having 50 Megabite internet connection.
You get spoiled and stop thinking what is the importance of packing things.

[WereMole]

Looking thru the files again I now see that it is the background video which is the megabig file.
I have to look upon that for next release. Some reason it is unpacked and was not in my meaning.

But things goes like this when having 50 Megabite internet connection.

After repacking, what about distributon via torrent ?

[FinnBat]

While I am writing this, a new zip file is on its way.

With the great help from my friend Im@rtal (the youtube guy...) the video file is now smaller.
The zip packet is half the size it was and will be much faster to download. So what do we learn ? .... nothing

And other positive news I got is that those who have used my mods before can continue with old savegames.
And that comes because last major chances I did was on the main_locations.txt file which are not savegame polluter.


Happy Hunting !

[FinnBat]

All stuff you have written down are tempting, but as you probably presume, giving up our game-progress once a new mod comes out is a bit frustrating. Thus to get more willing to do so, would you mind to share a little more details? From which other mods you have taken what? It's important to know what functionalities would be lost and what kept if we switched to this one. For example will all weapons from the BD be remain? If so, with what stats, original BD, Firearms Rebalanced or different from both? Will there be more weapon types? Also, any information about fundamental changes affecting the accuracy, damage etc. calculations would be nice to be shared. Thanks in advance.

Sorry for late answering, but had my hands full with making smaller zip file.

Answer is: you have all the weapons from BD mod. The weapons data is so good now in BD so that is maybe the only file I havent changed anything. So accuracy and guns effects comes from there and what I have now played this they are just perfect. You have difficult to drop a enemy with kevlar if you have just 9mm bullets.

So that side of the game will be as you are used to if played with BD mod. But then the amount of enemy, quality of enemy and gears, items and other aspects are different than in BD mod. You see it very fast when start to play this.

[Shambone]

Like it says, it is for hard line veterans...

oh im hardcore. Ive played since the deadly games era. An era that playing that "violent" game would get me in trouble. Rapidshare was just slowing way down. I have a really good connect 100mgs and it was telling me 3hrs to download then would stop halfway through.

[Shambone]

Like it says, it is for hard line veterans...

oh im hardcore. Ive played since the deadly games era. An era that playing that "violent" game would get me in trouble. Rapidshare was just slowing way down. I have a really good connect 100mgs and it was telling me 3hrs to download then would stop halfway through.