Hello everyone! Today we bring you the S.O.G Prairie Fire community News of October, a lot has happened this month so we hope to give you a quick review of what has happened around the community. From news regarding the DLC, the Special Operations Association to community releases such as mods and missions there’s a lot to cover this month. So, let’s first start with our Halloween Easter Egg 🎃.
1. DLC News
You might have seen this strange video we published on Halloween day simply titled “Transmission”, this was in fact a Easter Egg hunt announcement which required community members to decrypt secret messages in order to find it. Very few were able to decrypt those messages but it’s worth checking out RedEye’s video hunting this Easter Egg done by our developers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSUvrrZZ9Hk
RedEye’s Video:
https://youtu.be/QnGLVBsiydc
-Prairie Fire Texture Templates
Inspired by the awesome Global Mobilization Texture Templates released by Vertexmacht, and requests from the Arma 3 modder community, we are providing templates to help modders retexture Prairie Fire DLC Assets as mods.
Download the Templates here:
https://community.sogpf.com/threads/859-Prairie-Fire-Texture-Templates
2. Veteran News
Our partnership with the unique veterans of the Special Operations Association led us to create 3 short movies talking about how we worked with the SOA on S.O.G. Prairie Fire. The 3 Videos premiered during the SOA Reunion XLV in Las Vegas and in them we discuss development details on things like weapons and gear created for Prairie Fire.
Videos:
MACV-SOG Legendary Veteran and S.O.G. Prairie Fire Military Advisor John Stryker Meyer shared his most recent podcast with SOG Veteran John Plaster, if you have an interest in MACV-SOG’s History this is definitely worth to listen.
John Meyer’s Podcast:
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/010-john-l-plaster-sog-sniper-author-legend/id1572904295?i=1000540381907
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2sMuc56VsPLMHjotaor5FH?si=c3fe95b07d5c4ce0
3. Highlighted Community Content
-Ambient AI Interaction Framework
JBOY has released his script framework that makes it easy for mission makers to make bases, villages, market places come alive with ambient AI activity. If you were looking for immersion JBOY delivers it with his script. Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1uTP5Q9oU
Missions:
More Single-player and Coop missions are out there for you to have fun with Prairie Fire here are some released in October:
[Campaign] Welcome to the Border (SP COOP8) by Pandemic
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2491411921
Navy Seals Night: M1 Fishmarket by IceBreakr
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2616367855
S.O.G. Prairie Fire: Trail Watchers by TheLazyDugong31
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2635843222&searchtext=Trail+watchers
4.Community Screenshots and Artwork:
JANICE via Discord
DarrylBaskin via discord
TheDUDE via discord
5. Highlighted Mods
A lot of work is being done in the modding community sector with a lot of modders working on compatibility patches for S.O.G. Prairie Fire. Here is some of the most notable ones:
The unsung devs have been busy working on their Redux version which adds compatibility with the S.O.G. Prairie Fire DLC. They have updated their mod which comes with a big changelog and is definitely worth checking out !
https://youtu.be/M_YqqAvbyrU
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2554978758
ACE3 Mod was updated by ACE Team with a lot of new changes and new features, some notable additions to SOGPF being:
the ability to dig spider holes using an ACE entrenching tool.
proper stab and punch damage when performing melee attacks.
punji traps causing stab wounds on the person’s legs and body (for higher reaching ones).
Check it out here:
https://ace3mod.com/2021/10/14/ace3-version3140.html
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633537792
Adds compatibility between ACE3 and SOG (Vietnam) CDLC
Cam Lao Nam re-index for vn v1.1
Khe Sanh re-index for vn v1.1
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=620260972