Lynx Helicopter Series (2019)
Lynx HAS.2 with four Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles
Lynx HAS.2 (Transport)
Lynx HAS.2 with two Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles
Lynx HAS.2 with four Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles
Lynx HAS.2 Double Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles Rack. More Info: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OoYWDJ
Lynx HAS.2 Single Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles Rack. More Info: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OoYWDJ
New Lynx HAS.2/Mk23 Co-Pilot Cockpit Additons.
Lynx AH.9A (Desert Colours)
Lynx AH.9A (Woodland Colours)
Lynx AH.9A (Woodland Colours)
Lynx AH.9A (Desert Colours)
Ingame Lynx AH.9A (Desert Colours)
Ingame Lynx AH.9A (Desert Colours)
Ingame Lynx AH.9A (Woodland Colours)
Lynx Mk.23 (Transport)
Lynx Mk.23 with four Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles. More Info: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OoYWDJ
Lynx Mk.23 (Transport)
Lynx Mk.23 with two Sea Skua Anti-Ship Missiles. More Info: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OoYWDJ
Lynx AH.7 (Desert Colours & Engine Filters)
Lynx AH.7 (Woodland Colours)
Lynx AH.7 (Desert Colours & Engine Filters)
Lynx AH.7 (Woodland Colours)
OLD AH.7 Main Diffuse & Opacity Texture (5.33 MB)
NEW AH.7 Main Diffuse Texture (2.66 MB)
NEW AH.7 "Alpha" Diffuse & Opacity Texture (0.34 MB, left area is all semi-transparent windscreen)
OLD AH.7 First Person Diffuse & Opacity Texture (5.33 MB)
NEW AH-7 First Person Diffuse Texture (0.5 MB, downsized to 1024 x 1024 but saved with no mips which pretty much evens out at the same detail a player saw the old textures ingame as they didn't get close enough to the textures to see them in full detail)
New Lynx Rotor Texture UVs, Diffuse & Opacity Mix. From left to right, Tail Rotor, Main Rotor, Main Rotor LOD.
New Lynx Rotor Diffuse Texture. From left to right, Tail Rotor, Main Rotor, Main Rotor LOD.
New Lynx Rotor Opacity Texture. From left to right, Tail Rotor, Main Rotor, Main Rotor LOD.
HAS.2 Extras Diffuse, AO & Opacity Texture Map (100% Black = Fully Transparent)
Mk.23 Extras Diffuse, AO & Opacity Texture Map (100% Black = Fully Transparent)
HAS.2 Extras Specular Texture Map
HAS.2 Extras Normal Texture Map
AH.9A Extras Desert Diffuse & AO Texture Map
AH.9A Extras Woodland Diffuse & AO Texture Map
AH.9A Extras Specular Texture Map
AH.9A Extras Normal Texture Map
HAS.2 First Person Cockpit Extras Diffuse & AO Texture Map
HAS.2 First Person Cockpit Extras Specular Texture Map
HAS.2 First Person Cockpit Extras Normals Texture Map
HAS.2 First Person Cockpit Extras Heightmap for rendering some of the Normals
As part of my "Amazon Class Type 21 Frigate" project for Project Reality, I needed to make the correct version of the Lynx (the HAS.2) to operate from its flight deck. I used PR's existing Lynx AH.7 model originally made by "Wybl", "foul_killer" & "Pride" from Project Reality. This, inevitably for me, lead to a total update and optimization of the original Lynx AH.7 and in turn the creation of the modern Lynx AH.9A variant of the Lynx.
The main optimization I made was how the textures were set up, with previously textures having an opacity map even if 90% of the texture was fully opaque & not used.
To fix this I re-mapped the transparent parts to their own texture sheet, opening up the main texture to have the opacity map removed. On top of this, Spec and Normal maps were saved at 1024 x 1024 but the Diffuse still being at 2048 and also removing unnecessary mipmaps from the 1st person textures.
In all, the original 12.32 MB of texture memory used by the AH.7 was reduced to 4.79 MB, a reduction of 69%, while keeping pretty much the same level of texture detail as before. Other optimisations were made as well, such as a much more detailed and more optimised "Rotor Blur" texture that was missing the iconic red and white stripes from the blur.
The additions for the HAS.2, Mk.23 and AH.9A were all created from scratch and textured by myself, although the retextures of the fuselage for the HAS.2 and Mk.23 were done by "TheObscure" from Project Reality with a few tweaks by me.
These additions and changes for each version include:
HAS.2: Removed the landing skids and replaced them with a new tricycle wheeled undercarriage system (that differs from the Lynx AH.9A's), a modified nose, two versions of the Sea Skua Missile Racks & a modified cockpit with the co-pilot's radar screen.
Mk.23: A slightly modified HAS.2 with its own diffuse textures, although it shares the same normal and spec textures as the HAS.2 to save memory.
AH.9A: New new CTS800-4N engines requiring modifications to the top deck structure and rear fuselage to accommodate them, removed the landing skids and replaced them with the new wheels and suspension system found on the AH.9 (that differs from the Lynx HAS.2's), new M3M HMG Mounting Bracket, a port, nose-mounted MX-10 IR Camera with laser range-finder/illuminator that is operated by the co-pilot as well as many other smaller differences found between the AH.7 and AH.9/AH.9A variants.
More Info: https://www.realitymod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148783