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Faction Identifier Armbands

Faction Identifier Armbands 1.1.0

Created by  Drewgamer

4.6K Downloads

SPT 0.0.0 Compatible

Gives bots an armband based on the type of bot they were (Scav, PMC, Boss/Follower, ect).

Latest Version 1.1.0
SPT 0.0.0

Updated Mar 1, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Version Notes

- Small rewrite of mod to (hopefully) have compatibility with SPT Realism (huge thanks to Fontaine for help there!)

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Fin’s AI Tweaks had a feature that gave enemy bots an armband based on the type of bot they were (Scav, PMC, Boss/Follower, ect).
I thought it was a pretty nice feature (especially when running as a Scav to better spot other Scavs) so I wanted to attempt to recreate it for myself (since it looks like FAIT is no longer being developed).

This is the result.

Pretty basic/barebones type mod, though does come with a config with a few changeable options.
Currently supported bot-types are: Scav (includes snipers and cursed), Raiders, Rogues, USEC, BEAR, and Bosses (includes all their followers and cultists)
Currently supported arm-bands are: blue, green, red, white, yellow, and purple (Twitch2020)

Known Issues:

Unfortunately certain clothing items will clip through armbands making them either very difficult to see, or basically invisible.

Fixing that is WAY beyond the scope of this mod (and more-so beyond my skillset), but I’ll do my best to investigate a solution / workaround (if I can ever find the time).

If you would like to use this mod with SPT Realism make sure you load the Armbands mod AFTER (this can be done by putting a “z” at the beginning of the folder name) like so: “zDrewgamer-FactionIdentificationArmbands-x.x.x”

Installation:

Extract the “Drewgamer-FactionIdentificationArmbands-x.x.x” folder to your “\SPT\user\mods\” folder.

Updating:

DELETE the old “Drewgamer-FactionIdentificationArmbands-x.x.x” folder from your “\SPT\user\mods\” folder.
Extract the new version into your “\SPT\user\mods\” folder.

Uninstallation:

Delete the “Drewgamer-FactionIdentificationArmbands-x.x.x” folder from your “\SPT\user\mods\” folder.

Thanks/Credits:

Fin for the original idea.
All the great modders hanging out in the SPT Discord server (including, but not limited Lua, Chomp, and Fontaine).

Version 1.1.0
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Created Mar 1, 2023 at 9:31 PM

Updated Mar 1, 2023 at 9:31 PM

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- Small rewrite of mod to (hopefully) have compatibility with SPT Realism (huge thanks to Fontaine for help there!)

Version 1.0.4
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Created Feb 12, 2023 at 11:42 PM

Updated Feb 12, 2023 at 11:42 PM

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- Updated for SPT-AKI 3.5.0

- Added Zryachiy and Zryachiy Followers to the “Bosses” group (default purple)

Version 1.0.3
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Created Dec 29, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Updated Dec 29, 2022 at 4:03 PM

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- fix for leaving an armband color empty (or using a non-supported value), should now properly use NO armband instead of crashing the mod

Version 1.0.2
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Created Dec 27, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Updated Dec 27, 2022 at 6:50 PM

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- quick little update for SPT-AKI 3.4.* (so I don’t have to keep making new versions for small incremental updates)

- default “Logging” is now set to “basic” (WAS “verbose”) to keep log spam down at server start

Version 1.0.1
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Created Dec 25, 2022 at 10:37 PM

Updated Dec 25, 2022 at 10:37 PM

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- “small” fix for everything that broke when I added config file, sorry!

Version 1.0.0
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Created Dec 25, 2022 at 12:41 AM

Updated Dec 25, 2022 at 12:41 AM

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Initial Version (with fixed download link?)

Ymath

Any word if this works on 3.6.1?

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RogueTech67
Replying to @ Ymath

Modder “LightoftheWorld” rewrote it for SPT-AKI 3.6.1

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CorvusMaege

Does this still work with 3.5.8?

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yes, yes it does

it works completely fine

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Will this work with Realism + SWAG + Donuts + SAIN?

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How did you make it work for 3.5.8 i even tried to load it last in orded but still no luck

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for me, it worked in both realism+swag+donuts+sain and in 3.5.8

donharkness, there might be a chance that the armband clips over the clothing and well, nothin much can be done about that

but if you genuinely cant see the armband, no matter what clothing they use, then i dunno man, sorry

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no matter what i do they still have the armbands BEAR/USEC

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Garris

Is it possible to add bandages of a different color to the raiders? Not like the wild ones?

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Statue

Nice mod, I do like to be able to scope in on a PMC and know whether they’re on the same side or not.

With the latest version 1.1.0, I get a strange red text error in my server when I enter a raid with this mod enabled, here it is:

[2023-03-02T16:54:35.808Z] error: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘includes’)

at HttpRouter.getResponse (C:\snapshot\project\obj\routers\HttpRouter.js)

at AkiHttpListener.getResponse (C:\snapshot\project\obj\servers\http\AkiHttpListener.js)

at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (C:\snapshot\project\obj\servers\http\AkiHttpListener.js)

at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:527:28)

at IncomingMessage.Readable.read (node:internal/streams/readable:527:10)

at flow (node:internal/streams/readable:1011:34)

at resume_ (node:internal/streams/readable:992:3)

at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)

The error appears right after the blue text message in server about this mod doing its thing. Also, I don’t get this error text when I remove the mod from my folder and enter a raid.

Doesn’t seem to have any impact on the game beyond the error message showing and worrying me a little, but thought I’d share this.

Bit confused at it referencing C:\snapshot\project…js as that directory and files do not exist and I have Tarkov installed on a totally different drive anyway (I may well be misunderstanding this as a directory reference when it isn’t, I’m mostly clueless).

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Drewgamer
Replying to @ Statue

Yup, can confirm my findings to be the same.

It’s weird because the error isn’t even pointing to a location in my mod’s code, though I’m guessing it has something to do with the way I’m using the router service.

I’m going to have to refer to someone more knowledgeable than I, because I’m stumped on this one.

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Naomarius
Replying to @ Statue

I got the same error in a raid that didn’t spawn any PMCs weirdly. I usually run into a couple but all scavs some with bands some without.

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GoneInRoe

One way around the armband being clipped/covered is by blacklisting the torsos that causes those problems. Not an elegant solution by any means, but hey at least it wouldn’t clip.

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Thanks for the suggestion, though it does seem a bit extreme

I was ultimately intending for this mod to be fairly light-weight so I do worry about the implications that might have.

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donharkness

Is there any way too make your mod overwrite SPT realism….i would love to see who im shooting but all bots have black armbands from SPT Realism
i tried to put Z in front of your mod but it didnt help

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Currently looking into this.

My first assumption is that it SHOULD work as you described, but for some reason it’s not.

Hopefully I can find a solution soon.

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Sorry it took so long, but the newest version (1.1.0) of the mod should (hopefully) work with SPT Realism now.

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looks like it doesnt bots still have the realism armbands

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After putting Z infront of your mod it works

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azaiyo

Hi, I tried only having PMCs wear armbands and leave Scavs without one, so I entered no color in the config.json (readme says that if no valid color is selected, no armband will be used).

However, on server start I get the error message that SCAVARMBAND must be a valid color. Is there any way to have scavs not wear armbands?

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Drewgamer
Replying to @ azaiyo

A small oversight on my part

SHOULD be fixed now with Version 1.0.3 and properly use NO armband (instead of crashing the mod).

Thanks for pointing this out

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azaiyo
Replying to @ azaiyo

Awesome, thanks

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SavvySPing

Thanks so much for your time and work to make this mod! I just installed it yesterday, and I’m new to SPT.

For some reason the armbands don’t show up visually when looking at anyone else (SCAVs, PMCs, no one), or in their inventory after dying (the latter may be by design). Any advice?

When I load up the aki.server, it says:

ModLoader: loading 1 mods… Mod: FactionIdentifierArmbands version: 1.0.0 by: Drewgamer loaded Server: executing startup callbacks… Importing database… [FactionIdentifierArmbands] Adding Armbands to bots… [FactionIdentifierArmbands] Finished adding 26 Armbands to bots. But once I load into the game and kick off a raid, nada. Any advice? I feel like I’m doing something wrong on my end. I’m on the latest ver of Tarkov. Thanks!
Edit: Oh and initially I left the default colors as they were. I tried changing them later, to yellow and red, but same thing no arm bands. So color doesn’t matter for my issue.

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I may or may not have completely broken things with version 1.0.0.

Try downloading the newest version (1.0.1) and see if that fixes the missing armbands.

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Ah don’t sweat it! It’s all good. And that was a quick reply, thanks.

The terminal spits out the new load text from your change/s, but I still don’t see arm bands at least not on Scavs. BUT! The arm bands are appearing in their inventories now! (all inventories I checked in my 2 games)

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Hmm
I’m not sure what the issue would be here other than some weird clothes clipping issue.
I did a (quick) test and the BEAR that I saw had a red armband (visibly) and also one in his inventory (that was, of course, un-lootable).

Are you using any other mods?
Which version of SPT are you using? (the mod has only been tested with 3.4.0)
Do you see any errors in the server log?

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If it’s working on your end, that’s good enough for me. I’m on 3.4 but I also haven’t played Tarkov in years. I have “useless keycard blacklist” and Kobra’s AIO mod. I didn’t check server logs yet, I’ll wait until I can play some more. You da best thanks.

Edit: you nailed it, it’s a clipping issue. I think I installed 1-2 other mods too, like realistic raids. I can remove/add mods one at a time if I need to. I’ll look into it. Thanks!

Edit2: screenshot for reference just in case you were curious: https://i.imgur.com/bOjTNCi.png

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Now THAT is some intense clipping!

I am curious now if that’s just a Tarkov thing or some mod shenanigans going on.
Regardless, I appreciate your thoroughness though!
Definitely gives me some piece of mind that I didn’t manage to create some weird edge case

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Definitely gives me some piece of mind that I didn’t manage to create some weird edge case

😂 for sure.

I did some troubleshooting this morning. Instead of getting potentially messy and removing mods, I decided to start fresh. So I made a new dir, copied over official EFT, and finished the manual setup steps. But for the life of me I can’t get armbands to show without clipping.

I stuck with AKI 3.4.0 for the final clean install, but I did try with 3.4.1 just for kicks n giggles but no luck, still clipped. All troubleshooting was done with 0 other mods, aside from Armbands. I never launched any raids from the new installs, because the armbands are viewable on the scav’s arm at the starting-a-raid pick-scav-or-pmc screen (bands clipping through clothes every server restart and test install).
If you have any suggestions on what to try next, I’d be open to ideas! I checked the server logs this time. The two different installs (the original install with mods and the new test clean 3.4.0 install) have two different errors (well, different values for the ref Id).

2022-12-27 15:10:51.853-07:00|0.12.12.32.20765|Error|surprises|ArmBandView.SetBodyHandler can’t find meshed for bodyCustomizationId:5cc2e59214c02e000f16684e

2022-12-27 16:29:54.130-07:00|0.12.12.32.20765|Error|surprises|ArmBandView.SetBodyHandler can’t find meshed for bodyCustomizationId:619238266c614e6d15792bca

The log text ^ sounds like it just couldn’t load something though. That text doesn’t sound ‘armbands clipping through clothes’ related.

Oh and I started counting and found I had 9 total mods installed for my original install of SPT. lol

Update edit: I can see the arm band on some scavs and PMCs, it seems it depends on what they’re wearing. So the thick coats are the clipped clothes I noticed. So not a mod issue, an EFT issue. Thanks!

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Update edit: I can see the arm band on some scavs and PMCs, it seems it depends on what they’re wearing. So the thick coats are the clipped clothes I noticed. So not a mod issue, an EFT issue. Thanks!

I was just about to come to this conclusion but you beat me to it

Which, unfortunately I think is beyond my current skills. For now I’ll just have to make a note of “known issues”.

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Hey, all good. Thanks for all the help and for the mod. ✌

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InternalError_

Does this also work for Cultists and Rogues?

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Yes, Rogues currently have green armbands (though you can change this in the config file) and Cultists have the purple Twitch Rivals armband (shared with all other bosses/followers, but also changeable in the config).

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UprootedSeeker

I still freaking love you.

mod works on 3.3 for me

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