Which variant would i have to change - and to what ?, to offer better visibility to my soldiers ? Can anyone point out where can i find it and edit it to what ? higher ? lower ? zero ? Or is it some other kind of measurement ? And would i have to start a new game for the changes to take effect ?
The mod (AV 1.11) runs fine, except that little inconvenience.

Hello.
I tried both the current release and SevenFM's fixed .exe
Game mode is insane and sci-fi.
I got the following problem, special grenade launchers and G36 scopes don't work.
G36 integrated scope does not work, Steyr Aug integrated scope does, though.
The OICW and 25mm grenade launcher don't work. OICW does not even show the grenade launcher cursor. When I right click the 25mm grenade launcher grenade twice it looks like the grenade isn't even "attached" to the launcher, even though on first sight in the menu it looks like it does. It does show grenade cursor.
Regular grenade launchers work.

The most straightforward and overall powerful, I think, is BASE_SIGHT_RANGE in JA2_Options.ini.. Vanilla factor is 13, AV factor has been increased to 15 (Sevenfm strenuously objects ).

@Gopas the problem with grass is probably in too high COVER_SYSTEM_TREE_EFFECTIVENESS which is 40 in AV and 15 in stock 1.13, try lowering it before increasing the sight range. I use value 25 in my modpacks.

Monk's primary weapon in Elite gear kit should be RPK-74 or PKM because he's a Machinegunner and Grach as secondary weapon.
Ivan's primary weapon in Elite gear kit should be RPK or PKM because he has Auto Weapons trait.

It can be disappointing sometimes that you cannot rehire RPC! Looking at John Kulba the means transferring NPC to M.E.R.C. roster already exist! Therefore it can be done to a fired RPC? The amount of RPCs would suggest a new "M.E.R.C. site" though...
Also hiring a merk repeatedly doesn't allow taking his/her equipment! That looks like a rudiment from JA1 where player did not pay for equipment!

One more thing. I did try to unzip directly in AV Data and i've got a separate folder with the new additions. That would create double entries, no ? Is that correct or should it overwrite the previous entries ?

IMO General should have Arulcan Army Hat and Dress Uniform instead C-18 Dyneema set - a high-rank army officer should look decent, even if it isn't very much visible ingame.
Joe should have C-18 Twaron set instead Dyneema.
Grunty's armor in Standard kit should be Suit Jacket and Trousers to reflect his background as bodyguard.
Lynx's weapon in Night Ops kit should be MP5SD5 and should have NVG II instead sun goggles. And Springfield M1903 could be his weapon in Standard kit because it's still popular game hunting rifle due to its power and versatility plus Hemingway used it during his first safari.

BTW Ed, am I bothering you by posting many suggestions? And if you want, I can send you on PM a list of my suggestions put together so you won't have to scroll through whole topic anymore.

It's no bother, but, hey, if you want to compile a complete list and send it that would be much easier for me.

Many of the items, such as the suit jacket and trousers, weren't in the mod the last time I went through all the gear kits. Of course, a lot of the items were added with a specific character in mind so that character got the item in their gear kit, but I often left it at that knowing that i would go through all the gear kits all at one time sometime in the future. your suggestions will help a lot.

Hey Ed, I have to write this before you push out the update to the Arulco Vacation mod. Some of the Gun's magazines and their capacities need to be amended, These are the additional ones I found

FN Browning HP-35 has a magazine of 13 Rounds not 15
Glock 17 has a magazine of 17 Rounds not 15
Glock 18 usually has a magazine of 33 rounds not 15
Glock 20 has a magazine of 15 rounds not 9
Glock 21 has a magazine of 14 rounds not 13
Glock 22 has a magazine of 15 rounds not 14
Glock 25 has a magazine of 15 rounds not 13
HK MK23 SOCOM has a magazine of 12 rounds not 14
QBB-97 LSW has a magazine of 80 rounds not 100
RPD has a magazine of 100 not 75
KP M/31 Suomi doesn't have a 30 round magazine, However it can fit a drum mag of 71 rounds
MAT-49 has a magazine of 32 rounds not 30
HK UMP45 has a magazine of 25 rounds not 30
Owen Gun has a magazine of 33 rounds not 30
Owen .45 has a magazine of 33 rounds not 30
F1 SMG has a magazine of 34 rounds not 30
Sterling L2A3 has a magazine of 34 rounds not 30
STEN Mk.V has a magazine of 32 rounds not 30
ERMA MP 40 has a magazine of 32 rounds not 30
HK USP40 has a magazine of 13 rounds not 14
HK USP45 has a magazine of 12 rounds not 7
SA vz.24 has a magazine of 32 rounds not 30 rounds
Beretta PM 1252 has a magazine of 32 rounds not 30 rounds

Oh, I didn't know that. So there are limits to the modding despite the source code being released

Yet another suggestions that came to my mind. Some of them are inspired by various video games, will they suit you Ed?

Replace Enfield in Bull's gear kits with M16A4.
Replace M16A2 in Cougar's gear kits with newer M16A4 variant.
Replace Vinny's Sawed-Off with Benelli M4 - another kit inspired by DeMarco mob from MP3.
Shadow and Spike could have one kit with M14 EBR + sniper scope (and silencer for Shadow) - it's used by Rangers in CoD MW 2.
Spooky should have Sawed-Off instead AR-10 and silenced Colt Commando instead Thompson (BlueWarrior mentioned this). I based on this site: www.sofmag.com/behind-enemy-lines-weapons-of-vietnams-covert-warriors/
Bob's primary weapon choice in Elite gear kit should be M249/Minimi because USAF uses it and he has Auto Weapons trait.
Malice's weapons in Elite gear kit could be C7A2 as primary and Browning HP as secondary.
Returning to Scope's gear kits, they could be M24 instead L4A21, M21 Tactical instead M82 and G36c in Anti-Terror - I based on SAS available equipment in CoD MW 1.
How about replacing General's Para Ordnance with Colt Anaconda? Another inspiration from MW2 - General Shepherd used it in that game.

BTW, I also have an idea - 12 gauge Dragon's Breath ammo which transforms shotgun to flamethrower!

Unfortunately, without starting a new game the 98k rifles already in-game will not get the fix.

Thanks, now I've successfully modified the amount of mercs each vehicle can hold, I'm trying to make it so that the jeeps can go off terrain. I've set the MVTTYPEs of all the jeeps to 1, so that they're all classified as offroad cars and not trucks. But even still the vehicles will not go off road, is there anyway to change that? Thank you btw.

Also, I was looking around in the VEHICLES XML and I found that there were multiple other vehicles, I've already looked for the border jeep near the tracona, maya, and bellerica borders, but I still can't find it, although it says that the vehicle has been enabled in the xml. Help?

edmortimer wrote on Mon, 04 November 2019 03:47

Unfortunately, without starting a new game the 98k rifles already in-game will not get the fix.

I don't think that you need a new game to change item's attachments. The only thing that needs a new game is merc profile which is stored in save file, and visited maps.

Thanks, I actually found the border jeep at I think M13 border checkpoint. But I still don't know how I can set them to go off terrain, because all jeeps except for the general's jeep can go off road.

MvtTypes:			0 - FOOT	//anywhere
					1 - CAR	//roads
					2 - TRUCK	//roads, plains, sparse
					3 - TRACKED	//roads, plains, sand, sparse
					4 - AIR	//can traverse all terrains at 100%

Unfortunately, without starting a new game the 98k rifles already in-game will not get the fix.

I don't think that you need a new game to change item's attachments. The only thing that needs a new game is merc profile which is stored in save file, and visited maps.

What Seven said. Changes to attachments and item xmls don't need a new game.