(ARMA 3 Tutorial) How to load 2 Humvees into the C-130

[Slatery]

This will be a little tutorial on how to get 2 armed Humvees into a C-130 with a couple of images as reference. This should be able to work with other types of vehicles as well, so long as they can fit in the C-130 normally.

KEY - important steps that must be followed are both emboldened and underlined; eg: Example. These steps relate to how the ARMA engine interperates objects and their interactions, ignoring these parts of the steps can result in catastropic failure and death to all those involved, ♥♥♥♥♥ curses placed on their families and stubbing their toe(s) on the doorframe.


Firstly you are going to need two Humvees (as implied), if you are doing this solo on Altis I would recomend towing them one at a time using the repair truck to save you from having to walk.

Second; open the rear of the plane, make sure to open it fully and not just lever it open.

Third; with no passangers in either Humvee, proceed to put the first Humvee as far in to the back of the plane as it will go. Once the first car is in, close the ramp fully(this allows the game to set the cars state as in the back, locking it in and able to be paradropped)

Fourth; Open the ramp of the plane again and load the second car into the back, again as far as it will go. It will look something like this: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/866237299105905930/02E9EE0B6A6A732FDE6F1A6BF3E0FB1A508C79A4/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:576&composite-to%3D%2A%2C%2A%7C1024%3A576&background-color=white

Fifth; Once the car is in close the ramp again, don't worry about the tyre's sticking out the back, this is a normal occurance in nature once a plane mates with two Humvees. Once you have closed the ramp, let the plane jiggle a bit until it stops moving before entering or moving the plane, this just allows the objects to settle and link meaning the cars will move with the plane. before flying, double check that you have the paradrop option in the scroll wheel menu.

I'm not sure what interaction there would be with having passengers in the cargo hold with the cars as i didnt have anyone to test this with me.

Sixth; take off and fly to the drop zone, you will need to have a waypoint or an idea on how far you are out from the DZ as it can take a few (around 10) seconds for the cargo to drop. Once you are in the DZ, use the scroll wheel menu to select paradrop and select it Do not open the ramp as this resets the objects as independant objects and will cause an explosion.

NOTE this will only drop the first humvee, you will have to do a return pass to drop the second REMEMBER TO CLOSE THE RAMP BEFORE MAKING THE SECOND DROP,
THE PARADROP OPTION ONLY WORKS WITH THE RAMP CLOSED

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/866237299105908131/62D5D4005C335A5DE26529294E83688DF685B59B/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|2048:1152&composite-to%3D%2A%2C%2A%7C2048%3A1152&background-color=black

Congratualtions, if you completed the above steps without blowing up you have dropped two humvees with a single flight

[princecoo]

Thank you SGT, this will be very useful I'm sure. I recall the last time we attempted this with... less than optimum results haha!