CA2 Loadout Library

Doing the work so you don't have to 😘

BROWSING THE REPO

Download or git clone this repo into your missions folder.
Loadouts are separated into folders indicating the CA Swifty repo they've been made for.
Loadouts for Creator DLC are separated into a special CDLC folder. Inside are more folders named after the CDLC.
- CDLC loadouts may contain items from regular Bohemia DLC. These items should be listed inside the loadout's readme file.

Copy the gear.sqf file from the loadout folder, into your mission's configuration\loadouts folder.
Delete the existing gearscript which you want to replace (e.g. gear_blufor.sqf), then rename gear.sqf to the name you just deleted.
Open the loadout file. On the first line, make sure the faction matches the name of the file.
- If your loadout file is called gear_blufor.sqf, the first line should read #define FACTION blufor.
Some loadouts may come with options inside. They will be described in a comment-block inside the loadout file, and the options will always be found immediately after the comments.
It's always ok to edit a loadout file to match your specific needs - make sure to follow the instructions inside your mission's gearscript_readme.txt file if you need help.

Each loadout should come with a mission.sqm and a gear.sqf file. The mission.sqm file should always match the loadouts in the gear.sqf file, and should always contain every object used in the gear.sqf file.
Try loading up the mission.sqm file in your mission editor. If the repos have changed, the mission file wil fail to load and will tell you which addons are missing.
You can usually replace an outdated item with a replacement item by using your text editor's 'Find & Replace' feature on the affected gear.sqf file.

It's much preferred if you create a new issue report in this repo's Issues tab. Try to include as much detail as you can in the report.
If the loadout is outdated due to a Swifty repo change, please mention this in the report and if possible, include a picture of the mission editor's error screen.
If there are missing items, it may or may not be a deliberate choice depending on the faction's era or technological access. If something doesn't seem right, please let us know.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Before any loadout is added to this repo it should meet our re-usability standards:
- Loadouts should be complete for all the unit types found in the Base loadout folder.
- Loadout names should be compatible with the default CA2 platoon structure (rifleman should be named 'rif' etc).
- Loadouts should be usable to some extent at both day and night.
- Loadouts should consider the era and technological access of their faction, and stay consistent with these as much as possible within gameplay constraints.
- Loadouts should generally have between 8-10 rifle mags for general infantry and 4-6 for support roles.
- Loadouts should not be missing any items which players would reasonably expect to have. The current list of expected items is shown below.
If you have a loadout you'd like to contribute, please create a PR or an issue with the loadout file attached/linked.
If you want to alter or update an existing loadout, please create a PR.
It is preferred if you can also submit a matching mission.sqm file with all the loadout's roles in it, along with all the items used in loadout randomisation.
- This is not required to have a loadout included, but it may slow down the acceptance process as we will have to create this ourselves.

Loadouts should always attempt to minimise the amount of mods they depend upon, however the mods below are accepted as standard dependencies and may be freely used:
- ACE3
- ACRE2
- FSG Medic Bag
- Cre8ive Core