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sproyd's Simple Arma 3 Editor Guide v0.7 IntroductionHi, I'm sproyd. Welcome to my simple Arma 3 EditorGuide. This guide is designed to teach you how to usethe Arma 3 editor from scratch to create your ownmissions and scenarios and get your ideas from yourhead into the game. It is written in plain English andassuming no prior knowledge of editing although youshould have a good base level of skill in playing Arma.This guide is designed to be read from start to finishand should bring you up to a basic level of skill in theArma 3 Editor.A little about me - I am by no means an editor guru, in fact my first foray into Arma missions was in Arma 3. I don't have a background in coding or game design but I am a huge gamer and Arma fan and I hope that this guide will introduce you to the wonderful world that awaits you in the Arma 3 Editor.What Can I Do?The Arma 3 editor is probably one of the most powerful editors in the gaming world. This isn't a cookie-cutter editor with only a few customization options - you can create everything from basic Single Player or Co-Op missions to huge Multiplayer wars or entirely new game modes!This guide will focus on how to create fairly basic missions with functional Briefings, Dynamic Tasks, Win conditions, Lose conditions and more.Abbreviations Used in This GuideATTOW = At the time of writing(this is important as Arma 3 ATTOW is in Beta phase and there will be a lot of changes to the game as it goes through development and final release. I will try and keep this up to date as best I can, so check back online to make sure you have the latest version of the Guide)BIS = Bohemia Interactive Studios (the developers of Arma)A3 = Arma 3 (all versions)A2 = Arma 2OA = Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead - a standalone expansion for A2DLC = Downloadable Content (expansion packs)Editor = Arma 3 EditorGuide = sproyd's Simple Arma 3 Editor GuideSP = Single PlayerMP = MultiplayerCo-Op = Co-Operative (MP with friends playing together against the AI)AO = Area of OperationsTOD = Time Of DayGetting Started1.Buy Arma 3.ATTOW you can buy A3 from either Steam or from BIS directly at their online store. Versions bought from BIS will still need to be activated in Steam for download. There are three now two versions of A3, all include the base game in its varying phases of development andaccess to the full game upon release. Here is what you are getting for each version.a.Arma 3 BetaThe cheapest option, includes everything you need to start playing A3.b.Arma 3 Digital Deluxe EditionThe mid-tier option. Includes (a), some digital goodies including maps, soundtrackand a tactical guide as well as Arma : Cold War Assault.c.Arma 3 Supporter Edition no longer availableThe most expensive version included all of (a) and (b), Arma X - which is pretty muchevery previous Arma game including A2, OA and DLC - and access to futureunannounced A3 DLC. You could also get a BIS Forum badge and early purchasersgot their names in the A3 credits.unch A3 in Steam.There are a number of things you can do pre-launch to optimise your experience. I won't go into detail here but I'll point you in the right direction if you want to google it. You can;a)Customise launch parameters to make the game boot faster or optimise hardwaredetection.b)Opt-in to the developer's build which includes frequent updates and roll-out ofexperimental features at the expense of stability.c)Optimise your hardware. A3 is CPU-heavy so many users overclock their CPU toboost in-game performance.unch the Editor.Click Editor in the Main Menu.4.Choose a Map and click Continue.ATTOW the only map (AKA an island) available in A3 is Stratis. This is the map we will beusing for the purposes of this guide. However, thanks to A3's iterative engine, it is possibleto play A2, OA and user created maps in A3 with almost no glitches. Refer to the BIS Forums for guides on that.5.Change to Traditional Layout.You should now be in the Editor, viewing a map of Stratis. The default A3 editor layout is a new layout called 'Streamlined'. We are going to change this to the 'Traditional' layout whichI think is more user-friendly. Click the button indicated below.Now click Traditional, then OK. You will need to restart the Editor, although next time you launch the Editor it should default to Traditional layout.6.Ta-Da! You are now ready to create!Familiarizing Yourself with the LayoutThere are 3 key areas of the Layout that you will be working with.1.The icons in the top left should look familiar - from left to right;The New Page icon opens a fresh Mission, the Folder icon opens an existing Mission you areworking on, the Floppy Disk icon saves your current Mission, the second Floppy Disk icon is 'save as' which allows you to save a version of your current Mission without overwriting the mainMission (useful for templates), the Arrows allow you to merge two missions together and the Checker Board toggles between topographical (recommended) and satellite view. Don't worry about the rest of the icons you won't need them for now.2.The main Editor Panel.Here you can quick-edit the Weather and TOD, you can edit Advanced Intel which allows you to customise the name of the Mission, the date and highly detailed weather adjustments and you can select the various editing modes. Alternatively, you can also use the F1 to F7 keys on your keyboard to select these modes. The Preview Button will appear here once you have placed a Player unit - this lets you jump into the game to check things out - and the Continue button will appear once you have clicked Preview once (although I recommend not using Continue to ensure any changes you make have a chance to reload).3.The Map.Here is the visual representation of yourmission. You will be able to see all of theunits, waypoints, triggers and modulesthat you have placed. As you can imagineit can get quite messy so it is important totry and keep things as clean as possible.Here is a small section of a mission I havemade to give you an idea of what it willlook like when WIP. Thankfully, Markersare only visible in the Editor when inMarkers mode which helps to reduceclutter.Placing and Editing UnitsNow time for the fun part!! Placing units in the Editor is very easy. Select[F1] Units with your mouse on the right hand side of the screen or pressF1 on your keyboard.To place a unit, you simply double click on the map. Let's place a solitaryman in the middle of the runway at the large airfield on the West of theisland. Zoom in on the airfield (mousescroll or numpad +/-) and double click. A dialog box will pop-up. Ignore this for now and just click OK. Your Editor should now look like this.Let's give it a whirl. You have probably noticed that a Preview buttonhas appeared on the Editor Panel to the right now that we have a Playerunit. Click it.If you are now a solitary rifleman standing in the middle of the airfieldthen congratulations you have successfully just placed your first unit in theEditor. Press Esc and Suspend to return to the Editor.If you want to Move the placement of the unit, just drag and drop like youwould with a file in Windows. If you want to Rotate the unit's initialorientation, simply hold down Shift and then click the unit, holding themouse button (which will turn green) and dragging until the desiredorientation is reached.To Delete a unit hover your cursor over the unit and press the Delete key.Careful, this can't be undone! Hence why you need to deliberately hover over the unit to delete it.The same applies to Copy &Paste - hover over a unit, press Ctrl + C toCopy, then hover over where you want to create a duplicate unit andpress Ctrl + V to Paste. This will also copy fields from the units DialogBox including the Init field.We'll now take a look at the Unit Dialog Box that pops up when you first create a unit. You can also open an existing unit's dialog box for editing by double clicking on that unit in the Editor. Do that now on our Rifleman.what everything does. We are going to make some changes to our rifleman in blue underline.he is our first unit and has already been created. Any new unit orsubsequent unit we create you can change its Side. Changing the Sidealso changes selections available for the type of Unit because differentSides have access to different types of equipment and training.Faction: At the moment there is only one option of Faction for each Side so it can't be changed.However, in the future there may be different options i.e. for BLUFOR there could be US, UK, France.Unit: This will show us all the different types of Unit for a given Side, Factionand Class. We have selected BLUFOR > Blue > Cars and so should be able tosee a selection of different vehicles. Let's choose Quadbike. By defaultvehicles created will be occupied by men, and if selected as Player you will usually be the driver. Youcan also place empty vehicles by changing Side to Empty.None will put your unit exactly where you placed him in the Editor.Selecting In Cargo will place your unit in a friendly vehicle he isGrouped with (more on Grouping later), selecting Flying will placeyour unit flying in mid-air (aircraft only!), and In Formation (the default) will place the unit instantly in formation with the Group leader, even if they were placed on opposite ends of the map. Leavethis on In Formation for now.Control: This is quite important. Your first unit by default will be Player . Onlyone unit can be designated as Player and this is who you will control in SPMissions. Units designated as Playable can be selected by players in Co-Opor MP missions. Non Playable is self-explanatory I hope! Other options areavailable when placing vehicles i.e. Player as Driver or Playable as Gunner .Vehicle Lock: Determines who can and can't use a vehicle. Leave on Default.Rank: The unit's military rank. Important for Groups (more on that later). Fornow, let's change it from Private to Lieutenant. These roughly resemblemilitary ranks but are more for game purposes rather than realism as in reallife ranks vary depending on country and military division (Army, Air Force,Navy etc).Info Age: Ignore this for now. Used for providing intel i.e. last known position.Azimuth and Elevation: I recommend adjusting unit Azimuth(direction) directly on the Map by holding down Shift + Click . If youwant to have multiple units facing the exact same direction you canmanually enter the Azimuth in the dialog box. Elevation is useful fordetermining height of flying aircraft and is also useful for placing Units at the correct floor in multi-floored buildings. Default is 0 which is ground level.Name: The Unit's Editor name. Important for advanced editing, make sure you keep track of each of your unit's names. Let's call our Quadbike unit quad1 by typing in the box .Initialization: Also known as the Init Field . This is extremely important for advanced editing,including customising a Unit's loadout, launching scripts and a myriad of other features. Leave it blank for now.Description: Displayed if the unit is a Playable unit.Skill: AI Skill if an AI unit. Higher skill means the unit will be more accurate when shooting.Health/Armor, Fuel, Ammunition: Self-explanatory, used to adjust the various qualities of units and vehicles.Probability of Presence: For Playable/Player units leave this at default. For Non Playable units this will introduce an element of randomness and variability to your missions as some friendly or enemy units may or may not be spawned on mission launch depending on your settings.Condition of Presence: Ignore for now.Placement Radius: Another element of randomness - this will randomise placement within a set radius from where you place the unit on the map.That's it for the Unit Dialog Box!!!!Groups and GroupingThe Group functionality of A3 is fully accessible via the Editor. Select [F2]Groups with your mouse on the right hand side of the screen or press F2 onyour keyboard.With Groups selected you can do 2 things - place Groups of Units, or Groupexisting Units together.Placing Groups of UnitsPlacing Groups of Units is a quick way to create multiple Units in the Editor. You could do this manually via [F1] Units but it would take a while to create each Unit that you want one by one.Double click on the airfield near your Player Unit to place a Group. The dialog box that pops up is like an abbreviated version of the Unit Dialog Box but features Groups instead of Units. Choose the default option - a BLUFOR Infantry Rifle Squad. You should see a group of 10 Units, with Grouping lines leading from each Unit to the Squad Leader as below.Click Preview to see what you've done.Here we can see the group of 10 Units all in wedge formation, with us on our Quadbike in the middle. Currently we aren't part of the Group. Note that the units spawn in formation, not where they're placed on the map, with the exception of the group leader who is the axis point for the formation.This is where the second part of the Grouping modecomes in. Drag a line from the Squad Leader to ourPlayer Unit (or vice versa) while still in Group mode. Thiswill join the Quadbike to the existing Group. Once you dothis you will notice that the Grouping lines now all leadto the Player as the Group Leader. This is because weearlier changed the Rank of the Player to Lieutenant,which just happens to be the highest Rank in this Group.Click Preview again to see what's changed.Well as you can see you now look like a badass on your Quadbike with your 10 man Group flanking you in wedge formation. What's more, as the Group Leader you are now in control of the Group and should see an icon for each Group Members at the bottom left of the screen.You can now give commands to your Group and if you move up the airfield they will follow you in formation. Cool huh?Okay, now for an experiment. Change back to [F1] Units mode and double click the Player Unit. Change his Rank back to Private and click OK.As you can see, you should still be Grouped but you are no longer the Group Leader. If you double click the Squad Leader you will see he is a Sergeant. If he were to get killed, the Group Leader role would then default to the next highest rank and so on.Clicking Preview now you should notice that you are still in formation with the Group, but instead now you are no longer in control of the Group and you will be at the back of the formation.Now go back to the Editor and try dragging your Player Unit far away from the Group.Clicking Preview you will notice you are instantly back In Formation with the Group as under your Unit Dialog Box you have chosen In Formation under the Special field. If you change this to None you will remain Grouped with the Group but will retain your map placement upon launch. Give it a go. Your AI Group Leader might even yell at you "Return to Formation!!". To unGroup a Unit from a Group just select the [F2] Group mode and drag from the unit to an empty space on the map.That's about all you need to know about Grouping for now. If you are getting bored and want to have a little fun before moving on, try creating a separate BLUFOR and OPFOR Group at opposite ends of the airfield and watch them fight it out! Or create your own Group and assault an enemy Group's position. You can issue commands to a Group by pressing the F key corresponding to the unit otherwise they will follow you in formation and attack when they see an enemy. Go Groups!Waypoints (don't worry, we'll get to Triggers later)Waypoints are the best way to control AI behaviour in A3. However, contraryto what a lot of beginners think (myself included) they are not a tool forguiding the player through a mission (that is best done with Tasks andMarkers which give more flexibility).Waypoints are assigned to specific Units, although Waypoints assigned to aGroup Leader will be executed by the Group.By far the most frequently used Waypoint is a Move waypoint. Let's create one now.First, delete all units except your player on the Quadbike. Now create a rifleman next to you (make sure he is not Grouped to you).Select [F4] Waypoints with your mouse on the right hand side of the screen or press F4 on your keyboard.With the Rifleman selected double-click on a nearby spot and the Waypoint Dialog Box will pop up. The default Waypoint is, thankfully, Move, and so just click OK for now. Your Editor should look like this.Click Preview to see what the Rifleman does. He should be legging ittowards the Waypoint you set. This isn't very natural behaviour andonce he gets there he is probably just going to stop and look dumb.Let's go back to the Editor now and double click the Waypoint. Just likeediting Units the Waypoint Dialog Box will pop-up, allowing you to editit.Let's change the Speed field to Limited and Behaviour to Safe.at a natural, casual pace with his weapon down and one hand free.This much more realistically reflects how a soldier would act in a non-combat situation (unless being yelled at by a CO of course...).Subsequent Waypoints will follow the prior Waypoint settings if youleave them set at No change.Our Rifleman, although pretty chilled, still stops at one point. Let'screate two new Waypoints - a second Move Waypoint for him tomove to after the first, and then a Cycle Waypoint which will havehim loop back and walk between prior Waypoints.First, create another Move Waypoint, and then create another Waypoint, nearer to the first Waypoint and change the Select Type to Cycle in the Waypoint Dialog Box. You will notice handy arrows that show you the direction of travel, very useful if you have dozens of waypoints goingaround the map. Note that the Cycle Waypoint is not actuallywhat Waypoint to go to once he has reached the priorWaypoint creating a loop.This is how your Editor should look. You will notice I havepurposefully placed my Cycle Waypoint out of the way,forming a triangle, but the Rifleman will just walk back andforth between the two initial Waypoints forever.There are lots of other Waypoint Types but Move and Cycle is all we really need to know for now. As mentioned earlier, if you assign a Waypoint to a Group Leader, the Group will execute the Waypoint, which saves a lot of time and Editor clutter in assigning individual Waypoints to individualUnits.Triggers, Tasks, Modules, Variables and Syncing (just the basics)You should now know enough to place a mix of units, group them together and get them to move around the map. It's time to learn some more interesting stuff - let's create a mission!In the Editor, due to the richness and complexity, there are often many different ways to do things. The methods shown below are by no means the only way to achieve the desired outcome and are instead the most self-explanatory, easy to remember, simple ways I've found to effectively create Triggers, Tasks and the like.Before we begin, if you haven't already done so, Save your Mission. Someof the stuff you will be doing now is a little bit more difficult to replicate soyou want to make sure you Save as you go.Select [F3] Triggers with your mouse on the right hand side of the screenor press F3 on your keyboard.Remember, Triggers are designed for one thing - to be Activated.Double click in some empty space on the airfield to place a Trigger. TheTrigger Dialog Box will appear, don't change anything and just click OK atthis stage. One of the most basic Triggers is a 'Once Present' Trigger whichis the default. You should now see the Trigger in the Editor symbolised by ablue flag with a blue circle around it reflecting the default 50x50 radius.Right now, the Trigger does nothing. However, Triggers are very versatile - they can be used to Win a Mission, to Lose a Mission, to complete, fail or assign a Task, to trigger AI to move to a new waypoint, to call in reinforcements, to play a sound, to show a hint, to display some text, to change the weather, to change a variable, to.... you get the idea.Let's have this Trigger Win the Mission uponActivation. Double click the Trigger flag to bringup the Trigger Dialog Box. Change Type to End #1(which is equivalent to Win #1 - there can be upto 6 different endings & 1 Lose). The next 3 fieldsread (sort of) in order - so by setting Activation toBLUFOR we get "Once BLUFOR is Present" theTrigger will be Activated. Condition 'this' justmeans that the above condition applies. If youwant a custom condition for activation you can enter it under the Condition field.Now click Preview. Drive towards your Trigger. You probably notice that there is no visual representation of the Trigger in game, not even on your Map. Hopefully you remembered where you put it - otherwise go back to the Editor and put it in an easier place to reach. If done correctly you should get Mission Completed.Well done, you just completed your first Mission! However, if all A3 Missions were like this you'd get bored pretty quickly!Also, you may be wondering what would happen if another BLUFOR unit was to stumble into the Trigger area while you were out doing heroic duties - would that also trigger Mission Complete? (Yes). And if you didn't know the Trigger was there - how would you know where to go? (You wouldn't). What if there were multiple triggers in a mission? (Just imagine!)We are now going to step up the level of complexity by using Triggers, Tasks, Modules, Syncing and Variables all in one step! Don't worry, I'll hold your hand.Delete the old Trigger and create 3 new Triggers - one to theNorth, West and East of the Player. Make sure that the Player isnot in the Trigger areas - if you want you can play with differentTrigger areas and shapes in the Trigger Dialog Box. However,change the Northern Most Trigger to a 0 area.We want to give the Player two Tasks - one to arrive at the West Trigger and one to arrive at the East Trigger. Once the Player has done both of these tasks we want the Mission to complete. We are going to use a simple and useful technique rather than just the "Once BLUFOR present" we used earlier - and it actually uses the [F2] Groups mode we learned about earlier. Switch to Groups mode and Group the Player with each of the two West and East Triggers by dragging between them.A light blue line should now run from each Trigger toyour Player like the picture to the left. Now open theTrigger Dialog Box for one of the Triggers. You willnotice that the Activation field should now readVehicle. Let's check the other options by clicking on thedrop-down box.Vehicle means the Unit that this Trigger is Groupedwith - whether that be a lone soldier, an empty car,a man on a quadbike, a helicopter etc. It is notrestricted to vehicles per se.However, if the Unit the Trigger is Grouped with is part of an actual Group, there are some other great options like having to have the Whole Group present in order to Activate the Trigger or Any Group Member for a mission where some casualties are acceptable. Let's leave this on Vehicle for now - the Trigger should Activate Once the Player Unit it is Grouped with is present in the Trigger radius. Do the same with the other Trigger.Creating Tasks Using ModulesThere are a variety of ways to create Tasks including hard coding. The bestway I've found is to use the Tasks Module.Select [F7] Modules with your mouse on the right hand side of the screen orpress F7 on your keyboard.Modules exist in the Editor to simplify things that you would doquite often but would take much more time or skill than justsimply using the Modules feature. Just like before, double click on the map to place a Module. Itdoesn't matter where you place this module - but make it easilyaccessible. Let's change the Category field to Intel and Modulefield to Create Task.As you can imagine, this Module will Create a Task for us. Let's fillin a few more details as below.Great, so now we have a task with an ID of task1, and the Title and Description will be visible to whoever owns this Task, in this case entire Groups of synchronized objects. Click OK.You have probably already guessed the next step - we need to synchronize ourPlayer with the Module in order to give him the task. Exciting! We finally get to use[F5] Synchronize ! You know the drill, click on the Synchronize mode or press F5 onyour keyboard. Synchronizing (or Syncing) works just like Grouping, just drag a linefrom one item to another, in this case the Module to your Player.Click Preview, and then once in-game, press J to check your tasks.Woohoo we have a task!FYICreate another Module nearby,and set the Module Field to SetTask State and the State toSucceeded. This Module will beuse to set our Task to Completeonce fulfilled. Click OK.You will notice that by default the Module is Grouped (a light blue line) to the Create Task module. This is not what we want and is just an unwanted default feature of the engine (it may be fixed in future builds). Now, (1) DeGroup the two Modules (2) Sync the two Modules and (3) Sync the Set Task State Module to the Western Trigger.Your Editor should be looking like this.Synchronizing here has two different effects.Synchronizing the two Modules basically just linksthem together so A3 knows that they relate to thesame task in this instance.However, synchronizing the Set Task State Module tothe Trigger is a different yet very important conceptwhich once you understand will give you a lot ofpower and control over mission elements.We are saying that only once the Trigger isActivated, can the Set Task State Module proceed.Let's test this out - jump in to the game, and drive dueWest towards the trigger. If you have followed all of thesteps above correctly you will get a nice little pop-upanimation like this. Good job!Let's now set a Destination for the Task that will display to thePlayer on the map and in-game when set as the current Taskso you know where to go. Create another Module and set theModule field to Set Task Destination and the Destination fieldto Module Position. Sync the new Module with the originalCreate Task Module (not the Set Task State Module - thiswon't work, and don't forget to unGroup). Now move the newModule where you want the Task to be - somewhere in theTrigger area is a good idea. Click Preview, and once in-gamepress 'J' to view Tasks and click Set as Current Task - you should now see a Task location arrow and distance on screen making it much easier to find.Now I'm going to stop holding your hand and ask you to replicate everything we've done above but for the Eastern Trigger, calling the Task ID task2 - ready? Go!No peeking on the next page until you're done!。