arma3_tools

[jovial elbow]

Not entirely certain if this is the right place for this, but not certain where else it would fit

I made a python script to count kills in rating.log after a campaign I did with a small unit
I thought other people might find it useful
It needs an edited version of rating.log though,
Instructions are in the comments at the top of the file

License is I don't care what you do with it,
If you like it or find it useful, enjoy and edit as you desired
Credits to me would be appreciated, but are unimportant for this file

[limpid sky]

getting this error log when using pbo project??

[sly skiff]

the binmake stuff you dont have to worry about. the cfgconvertfile I've never seen

[limpid sky]

i did use that the CFGconvert file a couple of times today

im going to try and verify files

nope, still giving the errors

[sly skiff]

what does the dialog screen say?

[sly skiff]

well unless the cfgconvert is the culprit nothing useful in the log

[limpid sky]

thats a whole other different application though? how did that affect pboproject?

[limpid sky]

ok i realized that its going on with all my pbos

so its deff something to do with pboproject

[strong hinge]

Unsure if this is the most reasonable channel, but Arma 3 Tools Dev-Branch was updated: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/169362-tools-development-branch-changelog/?do=findComment&comment=3533766

[limpid sky]

i found the culprit, i just had to reinstall arma 3 tools, i think cfgconvert had a brain fart

[dawn palm]

The warning said binarize roported errors. you have the specific warning checkbox set to error in pboPoject.
Alternatively you could have looked thru the binlog to find "Error"

[fresh jolt]

When will this fix reach the free version?

[dawn palm]

there's no showstoppers so no frees have needed to be released. subs get the benefit until that happens.

because of the new type75' p3ds, free version will be updated

[dawn palm]

shiny new updates for the free versions of tools

[thick matrix]

What is a type75 p3d?

[dawn palm]

optional encryption

[hybrid nest]

is it better at preventing stuff getting stolen

[kindred abyss]

for the next 2 months until its cracked

[hybrid nest]

💀

[thick matrix]

Will that p3d automatically be packed with that mode in the update you're making mikero? Or will we have to check a box or something when binerizing?

[dense cove]

If you mean pack binarize, yes

[dawn palm]

i don't intend to@thick matrix. encrypting is optional. binarizing p3ds is done by bis binarize. the latest bis toolset already produces UNencrypted type 75s

[dense cove]

Ah yes, I guess I misunderstood the context

[thick matrix]

Mikero I see that pboProject was updated on the 2nd of this month, was that to include the optional p3d encryption or is that yet to be updated yet?

[karmic niche]

Look up 😉 #arma3_tools message

[thick matrix]

pboProject was updated 2 days before that message, I assumed it was unrelated

[karmic niche]

Hmm... 🤔
You may actually be right. Let's see what Mikero says

[dawn palm]

at no point will pboProject provide encryption (or decryption). The new p3ds remain fully compatible with my tools if left unmolested.

Be carefull of what you wish for. The 1st thing parasites will do is use encryption to hide what they stole from you. Which btw is not like obfuscation because despite being scrambled when obfuscated, you can still recognise the unique footprint of your data.

[strong hinge]

Arma 3 Tools 1.040 were released: https://x.com/ArmaPlatform/status/1843623252272250975 🛠️
(Legacy Build branch is available in case of immediate issues)

Arma Platform (@ArmaPlatform) on X

TECHREP #00056!🛠️
https://t.co/leefBFmmDO
#Arma3 #Tools

Twitter · Oct 8, 2024, 12:03 PM

[hybrid nest]

what does this mean

[glossy inlet]

Its a link, that leads to slightly more info

[hybrid nest]

yeah to a useless wiki page lmao

[karmic niche]

He said "slightly", ok? 😉

[hybrid nest]

😭

I guess we’ll never know

[karmic niche]

What exactly do you want/need to know?

[dawn palm]

Exactly. I am a bit lost here what all the fuss is about. if bis encrypt their p3ds there's nothing further to add about it. It's like expecting them to supply a decrypt key.

apart from that the damn thing is optional. so i wouldn't bother having heartburn about it.

afaik it's only used on dlc content, not, your general mods. In the meantime, and many tnanks to the bis cevs, pboProject has no problem packing them.

[hybrid nest]

What it means

like is it something I should use

bc I thought binarizing was already encryption

so is this like a double layer of encryption

[dawn palm]

binarising anything is simply doing the work the engine would have to do if it wasn't done beforehand. It significanly reduces lag and load times.

cpp tp bin, is a good example

and yes, you are right, in the ear;ky days of flashpoint we too wrongly assumed compression and/or binarising was encrypting.

[thick matrix]

Anyone else getting the "Entry Point Not Found" error with latest pboProject? I tried reparing visual studio redistrubatables and a couple other online solutions to no avail

[vague shard]

usually means dll isnt in sync with the exe

[hard locust]

@dawn palmArma3p doesn't replace the broken cursor. It says using opteryx's buldozer cursor fix because bis can't but seems to place it in P:\scripts. I still get the broken cursor unless I switch it around

[bitter escarp]

Anyone else getting this since todays update when packing a pbo (using mikeros)?

data\prop_blur.p3d:validating...
ModelInfo.MemSphere is not a float

P:\temp\FA_EMB312\data\prop_blur.p3d DeP3d:Error
p3d error Error

P:\temp\FA_EMB312: DePbo:Pbo: p3d error
dll's pbo_Make failed with 'Error(s) detected'
</MakePbo>
FA_EMB312.pbo not produced due to error(s)
failed```

Never saw it before, a quick search also didnt yield any helpful results...
Cleared the tempfiles already - no help.

[sly skiff]

tools just updated

so could be related to that

[bitter escarp]

I'm assuming so, hence me asking here

[glossy inlet]

Make sure you are using latest mikeros tools.
You need latest version, to work with latest Arma 3 tools

[bitter escarp]

What the hell, that was indeed the issue.
Used an old version before without ever having any issue between updates so this one didnt come to mind right away.
Thanks!

[scenic canopy]

because arma 3 tools update requires newer mikero tools 🙂

[hybrid nest]

fair enough lmao

ok time to go use this new encryption and hope it doesn’t get broken in like a week

[latent dagger]

I updated my arma 3 tools, launched them to accept the terms, etc. and then updated the Mikero tools, but I seem to still have the same error Luca had.

ModelInfo.MemSphere is not a float

P:\temp\Bro_Structures\Suburb\Bro_Suburb_3.p3d DeP3d:Error
p3d error Error

P:\temp\Bro_Structures: DePbo:Pbo: p3d error
dll's pbo_Make failed with 'Error(s) detected'
</MakePbo>
Bro_Structures.pbo not produced due to error(s)
failed```

And here's the contents of the binlog. The only outstanding thing I see is the Subskeleton index warning, but this compiled last night fine before I updated. https://pastebin.com/WBxRcRpQ

[glossy inlet]

Update mikeros tools

[latent dagger]

I did update the tools this morning, still looking good when I double checked now https://i.vgy.me/8J7e3h.png

Oh. It did not update the tools. I had to go into Custom Install and update it there, not the big ol update button.

I cannot crunch now, but the tools are updated. Is there a changelog or more info on what's new, or what I'm missing? Is 'no exclude list for bis binarise' keeping me from packing?

[thick matrix]

click on setup and make sure the defaults are set for the exclude files

[latent dagger]

I did, no change though. I restarted pboProject and noticed my Mod Folder Output is now empty every time I launch it. Maybe something is missing from my end

[latent dagger]

Reinstall fixed it I guess maybe somehow it was failing to find exclude.lst but easy enough, it's working now.

[dawn palm]

the exclude list is a registry setting done by steam tools when you 'play' them for the first tiime (after an update)

[latent dagger]

I did that just in case, even ran addon builder and packed a PBO, but it didnt seem to change anything, even restarted my PC in that case. But the reinstall fixed it and was quick, no biggy

[warped sigil]

Getting this error running arma3p:

failed to change buldozer paths to arma3.exe
Steam tools and Mikero tools WILL NOT WORK until you fix this error [K]?```
Just reinstalled Arma 3, Arma 3 Tools, and Mikero's tools today. Did I miss a step somewhere setting everything up?

[sly skiff]

have you started the game and the tools launcher 1 times?

and are you mounting P drive from where?

[warped sigil]

Yes, I have

[warped sigil]

P drive is its own physical drive

[sly skiff]

ah man of culture

the message could indicate something wrong with the game install though if the registry paths are not present

[warped sigil]

Ah I just remember now mikeros told me to restart PC for tools to work properly maybe thats it 🤦‍♂️

[sly skiff]

worth a shot

[warped sigil]

I will restart and run arma3p again

[warped sigil]

Restart and rerun of arma3p did not work ☹️

[sly skiff]

when you start the arma3 tools launcher does it open the eula splash screen and such?

[warped sigil]

Nope

[sly skiff]

could try verify arma 3 tools and then arma3 game

[warped sigil]

Just verified A3, will do the tools now too

Anyway you think I could check the error without running arma3p each time?

[sly skiff]

sorry no. this might be something Mikero needs to chime in

he has a dedicated discord for the toolset where his most active on these matters

[warped sigil]

Gonna run arma3p again, if doesn't go well I shall inquire there
Thanks as always 🐐

[neon flax]

@dawn palm can you accept my friend request for a DM please 🙏

[dawn palm]

@warped sigilam assuming you are using the free tools? update them pls

free & subscriber arma3p: updated for altered buldozer configs

[dawn palm]

free & subscriber pboProject updated

[hard locust]

Strange it stops working since you can just go into Terrain Builder / Object Builder settings, an set path to Arma 3 yourself 😕

I always have to change path after running arma3p, since by default it uses arma_x64 which tends to desync for me.

[floral pilot]

is there a resolution limit to what a3tools can binarize in terms of textures?

having a number of 4k textures showing up white & blank despite them converting fine with texview

[sly skiff]

4k should work but what's your source format and bit depth and do you use correct naming suffix in the source file

[floral pilot]

they're already .paa format, i forget what the source was (it was years ago we converted them) probably svg > png > paa, they show when packed with hemtt though

and I'd rather not go back to hemtt

[floral pilot]

But if a3tools can handle it, reconverting them is an option, I’ll avoid doing that first if it’s not fact that a3tools can bin up to 8k though

[hard locust]

@dawn palmDid you change eliteness? The old version I used, use to show cell size and texture layer etc for .wrp files. It doesn't seem to do that anymore 😕

[sly skiff]

Game won't really use 8k. And if you have textures of that's ize you are doing something wrong in your design.

[dawn palm]

@hard locust will test here. I do remember re arrainging the info in some way.

@floral pilotand I'd rather not go back to hemtt
I don't understand the relevance. Do you mean it 'fails' with addon builder or pboProject? If I fail, i can check it. Bis have made some changes in how they handle files with their new update.

[hard locust]

It use to look like this before

also I just found info I wanted 😅 but would be nice to have it back, as I want to add page on wiki

[dawn palm]

the lack of that info is a bug. thank you for detecting it, will be fixed asap.

[dawn palm]

sent you a new one via PM so you can test it

[floral pilot]

The relevance was it works with other tools but not addon builder, so I’m trying to find out if it’s something like a temp file limit or it’s hardcoded that addonBuilder can’t process textures that big

It still packs with addonBuilder, there’s no errors, it says it binarises fine. But in-game the texture just loads as white

[floral pilot]

I appreciate that, but it does work, and it’s useful to our project for topo map displays. It’s been working fine for years

The obvious thing to do is move to the procedural uiTexture. But that’s a longer term solution

[pastel isle]

Anyone got any ideas why my licensed AIO is getting stuck here? Have uninstalled my old versions, restarted PC etc...

[dawn palm]

https://discord.gg/fyjRtke4

[stuck wraith]

is there a meaningful difference between mounting the p drive using the arma tools launcher and using the a3p batch file to do it?

[dawn palm]

probably not. except i think the bis version also creates an admin only verson of P: too. This is plain dangerous.

the two P: drives it creates are independent of each other but there are no safety nets to stop you destroying the contents via a faulty app.

[stuck wraith]

I don't see a second P: drive in my file browser, is it hidden or something?

[sly skiff]

most of the time the tools like object builder and terrain builder dont work with the tools launcher mounted p drive

[scenic canopy]

Only one can be active at the same time, if you active a second P: drive the first one will be disabled

[dawn palm]

each 'p' drive is associated with the user who invoked it. thus your useraname has one and so does a user called 'admin' neither of them necessarily, have the same content. (in the bis case they do)

you can try it out yourself by opening a dos window AsAdmin and then use
subst P: some\where\else

same rules apply to users peter and mary

[dawn palm]

free and subscriber dlls updated to fix 'undecodable'

[hard locust]

Rule of thumb is just avoid the tools as much as you can lol
Use a .bat for mounting drive, use arma3p for extracting data. Then make shortcuts to the programs you want instead of using the Tools launcher

[stuck wraith]

that’s… unfortunate

[hard locust]

Loading Terrain Builder via the launcher can stop buldozer loading 😅

[frozen meadow]

maybe its a dumb question, but why p drive is needed? i mean, whats the logic behind it?

[dawn palm]

with the exception of #includes, references to any file in bis are hard addresses from the root of the drive they are on. pboProject relies on this to check the files wanted actually exist. The prefix if any pbo is also from that root. When p3ds are binarized, they too require the rvmats and textures are also available so they can be baked into the p3d.

And simulalry when making maps or p3ds the files need to be specified.

[sly skiff]

Yah P drive environment represents the games internal folder structure and the tools (Object Builder/TerrainBuilder) are build around that.

[glossy inlet]

references to any file in bis are hard addresses from the root of the drive they are on
Interesting. Internally we don't build vanilla game files like that. We certainly don't need it. We build in p:\temp\stage\. Any folder works really.

Atleast all our automated build tools. Maybe terrain builder could be an exception, because that doesn't run on a build server.
It needs to have everything in one folder, but it doesn't need to specifically be a drive.

[sly skiff]

They can be configured to work through other folders too I suppose. At least Object Builder can be. But since P drive environment has been the modding standard there has been no need to deviate from that.

[glossy inlet]

Binarize looks in working directory (or -binpath).
Exact same the Game does too, with filePatching.

[sly skiff]

and the vanilla setup through arma3 tools creates P drive etc etc

while it might be true that other folders can be used

for default new modder that is super confusing and more often than not leads to mistakes

P drive is easier to manage from helping/guiding standpoint too imo

as it creates this "fixed environment"

instead of I got my models in my desktop and configs on my external usb and now it dont work

I think the tools for the older titles were more picky on it too. 🤔

Terrain Builder Templates do require exact paths to P3Ds at least

I dont think it can handle anything else

[sly skiff]

and the p3ds to be present

a placeholder/proxy p3d can be used though

as long as its bound dimensions and position in model space are same and it has things like autocenter and landcontact configured into it right

as those are read by TB and used in template placement

[dawn palm]

without a 'p' drive, there's a disconnect between where\the\file\is
and what you need to use in Object Builder (eg). Also a confusing story to #include "\some\thing" and the fixed OR relative address used in a mod.cpp (the only other bis file that can use relative addressing). mod.cpp could not be a mod.bin for this reason

there are further issues with the -addon argument. only used when making maps. It is used to specify the location of the config.cpp which contains cfgWorlds. It seems strange to me that bis would over complicate this.

[hard locust]

Good God it it would be a horror show explaining extra folders to newbies. A lot of them can't even navigate their pc

[scenic canopy]

”I don’t see any P drive or folders on my iPad, do I need an app for that?”

[dawn palm]

use ChatGPT for the answers

[sand hound]

Slight rant: this might be the one good thing that came out of this generative AI boom if you're one of the creative/technical one in your circle you know the type that has the idea of a century or the one that needs a "quick sketch"
Most if not all just disappeared, its bliss
Rant over

[vague shard]

is there a tool or way to check if a wrp has an appId set?

context: we have reports of a non CDLC terrain not letting players join - stating its Normandy from SPE

trying to determine why its happening

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1295779277350113431/1295782959265087570/image.png?ex=670fe76b&is=670e95eb&hm=90952af1644eff711de6d7c12f38a37c468e24e4c232c06e4c1fd242a79808e1&

the mission itself is a basic Zeus template missions

has no reference in the sqm to "Normandy" whatsoever

dlcs[] = {"SPE","Mark"}; shouldnt cause it AFAIK

ok nvm its almost certainly due to:

class Mission
{
    appId = 1175380;
    assetType = "Free";```

[brave flame]

<MakePbo...>
ayywweh20_fly.p3d:validating...
ModelInfo.MemSphere is not a float

P:\temp\launcher\ayyash250_fly.p3d DeP3d:Error
p3d error Error

P:\temp\launcher: DePbo:Pbo: p3d error
dll's pbo_Make failed with 'Error(s) detected'
</MakePbo>

[brave flame]

What is this problem?

[sly skiff]

doesnt say specifically

so

[brave flame]

I didn't understand

[sly skiff]

the error message does not tell what the error is

[brave flame]

Arma3P version 1.68
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Mikero's Arma3 to "Pdrive". Credit to: Lappihuan, Opteryx, Stack and Dahlgren
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
searching for mikero tools...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mikero\DePboTools\bin
derap.exe is not installed
failed
Steam tools and Mikero tools WILL NOT WORK until you fix this error [K]?

[sly skiff]

probably good idea to install mikero tools again

with the all in one installer

[brave flame]

Thanks @sly skiff

[brave flame]

It works fine in bulldozer, but not with pboProject 4.13 !!

[sly skiff]

unpaired bones suggests your model.cfg is not made right

[dawn palm]

"one",Twp"
"three" nothing @brave flame

[frozen meadow]

its posible to use the webbrowser in the 2.18?( not by CT_WEBBROWSER)
ive compiled the .dll, but i dont know if is posible to use it to have the webBrowser feature in current build

[glossy inlet]

The DirectX UI control in extensions, is not in 2.18
In 2.18 you could render full screen overlays. But not ui controls

[frozen meadow]

ooh ok, thanks!

[frozen meadow]

it has potential

[tawdry ermine]

Not sure how to do this, but how does one opt-out of the p3d encryption.

[hard locust]

Don't think there is any official way to debinarize p3d's...

[tawdry ermine]

Fixed my post

Point stands, says there's an opt-in option. But I can't find anything, anywhere.

[sly skiff]

if you dont know then you dont have it

default is opt out

[thick matrix]

As in not binarize your own p3d's when you create a pbo? If so, then use the vanilla addon packer and dont check "binarize"

[tawdry ermine]

Was there a new binarization method introduced that you know of

As now opening a binarized p3d with text its OLODK instead of OLODI, which was how it was prior to update of a3tools

[hard locust]

last update changed it

also breaks terrain builder, if you try and use those models in it

[tawdry ermine]

Is there any way to go back to an older version?

One pre these updates?

[sly skiff]

why?

[tawdry ermine]

To retain the old OLOD format

[sly skiff]

why...

[tawdry ermine]

Is there a way or not?

[sly skiff]

no

[tawdry ermine]

Thanks

[neon flax]

yes, you can use legacy branch of the tools, old binarize will produce v74 ODOL, current is v75

the new p3d is not encrypted, it's just newer format introduced to support new features

like animated buoyancy

[tawdry ermine]

Yeah seen those bits in the changelogs

Alright, so its either latest, dev or legacy for tools so?

[neon flax]

Arma3ToolsLegacy216

why do you need old ODOLs?

[neon flax]

hmm, does not work, @glossy inlet were old tools not pushed to the branch?

Not keeping unbinned p3ds is plain stupid

[tawdry ermine]

I know that, now.

[glossy inlet]

It's not 216, tools have different version.
Something like 1020.
Check tools changelogs and what version it says top there

[neon flax]

thanks, don't reply now. gto to enjoy the music ;P

[tawdry ermine]

Was able to get prev. version via

Arma3ToolsLegacy1038

[neon flax]

yeah that's the correct for previous, was just gonna post

[tawdry ermine]

Well, anyhow, its a good time to make myself a better work ethic and retain those files lol

[tawdry ermine]

Appreciate the help

[rough grove]

HEMTT 1.13.2 is released!

https://github.com/BrettMayson/HEMTT/releases/tag/v1.13.2

Has several new lints, some bug fixes, and now official MacOS support, with a quick installer for Linux and MacOS!

[dawn palm]

subscriber dll updated to fx damage tex[] 'bunch of 3'

[empty needle]

anyone can help what happen with this?

i've been 3 Times change the key and re sign

and its still error

[sly skiff]

preferably the original maker should sign it

and the keys need to be in right place on the server

[empty needle]

how is that, i don't understand

i did verify/Check signature and it says no error

[torpid valve]

You probably have duplicate keys or signatures. (Or if you're the server, you didn't use the right keys as HG said)
If the former, check the mod folder yourself and delete the old keys/sigs
If you don't know which is old and which is new delete all keys and signatures and verify the mod again

Also you should probably post in #arma3_troubleshooting

[empty needle]

oh yeah.. im sorry

[empty needle]

also thankyou

[final falcon]

Can someone maybe assist me how to install the new Version of PBOManager, I installed the certificate with a Powershell Command to the folder, but It still not accepts the msix.

[final falcon]

Console Information

...........M.
</end scan>
<using Dayz\binarize.exe" for wrp, p3d or rtms>
removing stale files in temp (if any)
<copying/crunching to temp>
\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons\config.bin
1 Datei(en) kopiert
\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons\BR_Weapons_Attachments\BR_Buttstocks\config.bin
1 Datei(en) kopiert
</end copy/crunch>
preprocessing took 279secs
binarize start
"G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\bin\binarize\binarize.exe" -targetBonesInterval=56 -textures=P:\temp -binPath=P:\ -maxProcesses=32 "P:\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons" "P:\temp\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons"
binarize.exe took 1 seconds to complete
stripping P:\temp\BR_Weapons.bin.log...
Binarise warnings
binarize end
binarise took 1secs

Weapons bin Log

stripping ""P:\temp\BR_Weapons.bin.log"" 
FileServer MaxCacheSize = 35765 MB
BINARIZE rev.154613
"G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\bin\binarize\binarize.exe"  -targetBonesInterval=56 -textures=P:\temp -binPath=P:\ -maxProcesses=32 "P:\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons" "P:\temp\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons" 
Binarize started
Note: 'Inventory_Base' is declared, but definition was not found. Creating empty class (source: P:\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons\BR_Weapons_Attachments\BR_Buttstocks\config.bin)
Warning: Terrain grid 12.5 will be too slow, should use 30.0
Warning: Terrain grid 0.5 will be too slow, should use 30.0

Packing Bin Log

Processing \Bloodrage\BR_Weapons...
verifying model.cfgs(if any)...
<scanning files to pack (and verifying mlods if any)>

</end scan>
<using Dayz\binarize.exe" for wrp, p3d or rtms>
removing stale files in temp (if any)
<copying/crunching to temp>
</end copy/crunch>
preprocessing took 279secs
binarize start
"G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\bin\binarize\binarize.exe" -targetBonesInterval=56 -textures=P:\temp -binPath=P:\ -maxProcesses=32 "P:\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons" "P:\temp\Bloodrage\BR_Weapons"binarize.exe took 1 seconds to complete
stripping P:\temp\BR_Weapons.bin.log...Binarise warningsbinarize end
binarise took 1secs

Trying to pack a PBO
Any ideas why this happens ?

[sour hedge]

Warning: Terrain grid 12.5 will be too slow, should use 30.0
Warning: Terrain grid 0.5 will be too slow, should use 30.0```

class New: Existing 
{
    changes go here
};```

[final falcon]

class cfgVehicles
{
    class Inventory_Base;
    class BR_Buttstock_Base: Inventory_Base
    {
    };
        class BR_Buttstock_AR_Base: BR_Buttstock_Base
    {
    };
    class BR_Buttstock_AR_Carbine: BR_Buttstock_AR_Base
    {
        scope=2;
        model="Bloodrage\BR_Weapons\BR_Weapons_Attachments\BR_Buttstocks\BR_Buttstocks_AR_Platform\BR_Buttstock_AR_Carbine\BR_Buttstock_AR_Carbine.p3d";
        debug_ItemCategory=3;
        inventorySlot[]=
        {
            "weaponMuzzle"
        };
        itemSize[]={2,2};
        isMeleeWeapon=1;
    };
};

[sour hedge]

Do you have a CfgPatches?

[final falcon]

class CfgPatches
{
    class BR_Weapons_Handguards
    {
        units[]={};
        weapons[]={};
        requiredVersion=0.1;
        requiredAddons[]=
        {
            "DZ_Data"
        };
    };
};

class CfgSlots
{
    class Slot_BR_M4_Handguard
    {
        name="BR_M4_Handguard";
        displayName="#STR_BR_M4_Handguard";
        ghostIcon="";
    };
};

class cfgVehicles
{
    class Inventory_Base;
    class BR_Buttstock_Base: Inventory_Base
    {
    };
        class BR_Buttstock_AR_Base: BR_Buttstock_Base
    {
    };
    class BR_Buttstock_AR_Carbine: BR_Buttstock_AR_Base
    {
        scope=2;
        model="Bloodrage\BR_Weapons\BR_Weapons_Attachments\BR_Buttstocks\BR_Buttstocks_AR_Platform\BR_Buttstock_AR_Carbine\BR_Buttstock_AR_Carbine.p3d";
        debug_ItemCategory=3;
        inventorySlot[]=
        {
            "weaponMuzzle"
        };
        itemSize[]={2,2};
        isMeleeWeapon=1;
    };
};

damn

im stupid

I guess

[sour hedge]

And are you 100% sure that there is a pbo called "DZ_Data" containing a class Inventory_Base?

[final falcon]

i need to check but it worked with pboManager when I used it - it worked, but i switched to Mikero since it has a lot more features. Let me check 🙂

[sour hedge]

"it worked" just means pboManager packed your mod with any errors it contained - doesn't mean it will work in game.
Mikero's tools will generally stop you from packing a broken mod until you fix it, which is a much better solution.

[final falcon]

Worked ingame too - yes I agree mikero is a lot better

but I liked the view feature to just quick check of PBOmanager

@sour hedge do I need to search for something special ?

[sour hedge]

"worked in game" - probably was throwing rpt errors and causing hidden problems

[final falcon]

did not check for that to be honest

[sour hedge]

"Inventory_Base" is a horrible class name. All classes created by mods should have a prefix tag (eg dz_inventory_base).
One way to check is to load up the game with the required addon mod, then use the in-game config viewer to find out where that class originates from.

[final falcon]

Hmm okay, I thought its correct - I normally do as much research as possible but since nearly every DayZ Modder does it like that I thought its correct

[sour hedge]

If you are creating classes in your mod, then add a unique prefix too... something like "merc_barrel_colorbase"

[final falcon]

so I should just remove this class Inventory_base which I inherit from ?

[sour hedge]

Read up on class inheritance.
I gave an example that should help answer that#arma3_tools message

[final falcon]

but thats exactly what I did if I am not wrong

i mean I made some useless bases which dont have changes

but is that really a issue for mikeros to pack ?

[sour hedge]

When you declare a class for inheritance, you also need to put in CfgPatches where that class comes from (requiredAddons).

Read that again and confirm #arma3_tools message

[final falcon]

actually its this folder in the regular game files
P:\DZ\data

class Inventory_Base: Static
    {
        scope = 0;
        displayName = "";
        model = "";
        descriptionShort = "...";
        simulation = "inventoryItem";
        physLayer = "item_small";
        storageCategory = 1;
        weight = 1000;
        weightPerQuantityUnit = 1.0;
        displayWeight = 1;
        heavyItem = 0;
        itemSize[] = {1,1};
        attachments[] = {};
        repairableWithKits[] = {0};
        repairCosts[] = {0.0};
        ragQuantity = 0;
        fragility = 0.1;
        inventoryCondition = "true";
        inventorySlot[] = {""};
        cargoClass = "";
        targetCategory = "";
        itemInfo[] = {};
        absorbency = 0;
        heatIsolation = 0;
        class EnvironmentWetnessIncrements
        {
            class Soaking
            {
                parentWithLiquid = 1.0;
                wetParent = 0.005;
            };
            class Drying
            {
                player = 0.00029;
                ground = 0.00011;
                playerHeatSource = 0.0035;
                groundHeatSource = 0.0018;
            };
        };

not sure if DZ_Data then is correct since I see it in every mod

do i have a spelling error

nah

[sour hedge]

Oh, it's DayZ? This is the Arma discord.

[final falcon]

- I hope I am not getting booted out now

I thought since its mikeros it doesnt matter

[sour hedge]

It might be fine, but I can't help further as you're asking specifically DayZ questions, and I don't even have the game, so can't check what files it installs. I can tell you that Inventory_Base does not exist in Arma 3.

[final falcon]

Yeah, all good thanks a lot tho // its still strange why its not working.
Gonna wait for a response on the mikero discord then 🙂

[sour hedge]

I mean, the error message is pretty clear though.
Your parent class doesn't appear to exist, or doesn't exist in the requiredAddon you've said it does.
And I've explained how you can check that (in game config viewer - if DayZ has one of those).

[sly skiff]

man this is exactly what I talked about before

[final falcon]

please no - I want to mod in Arma 4 - no ban please 🙏

[sly skiff]

its sunday

and star are aligned so that youll get second chance

but like I said, keep dayZ stuff in dayZ places

[iron quartz]

Does anyone here uses typesqf and knows what could be a cause for it not launching? It worked for me for years and recently it just stopped launching. I tried using admin priviliges, added exception to firewall, reinstalled, changed installation path, even upgraded to damn win11 xD, but it just does not launch and I literally did nothing, it just sopped working out of blue.

edit: no matter, found out VSCode got SQF plugins so ...

Like there is a process in taskmanager for split second and it dissappears

[final falcon]

I will not ask anything DayZ related more // Waiting for Arma 4

[sly skiff]

thanks

[rough grove]

HEMTT 1.13.3 is released!

https://github.com/BrettMayson/HEMTT/releases/tag/v1.13.3

Has several new lints, some bug fixes, and now binarize support on Linux!

[nocturne basin]

so ... what are the edge specs of an EBO

got some potential EBO here in front of me and wondering as some files seem to be not encrypted

and the rest just looks like somebody replaced half of the actual content with gibberish

whilst the majority is still readable

[glossy inlet]

EBO is fully encrypted from start to finish no readable parts

[nocturne basin]

ok ... then this stuff makes absolutly zero sense in my eyes

some files seem to have some sort of encryption on em

the description.ext contains an include PPD to some gibberishified config file

[odd talon]

Anyone started getting errors with PBOProject?

<adding entries:...>
basicDefines_A3.hpp :excluded
bunker_main.p3d :validating...p3d error Generic error or premature EOF

Pbo: p3d error

Changed some textures and im now getting this error on p3d's that haven't changed and previously packed fine

[scenic canopy]

did you update mikero tools after updating to latest arma 3 tools? the p3d version has changed

[odd talon]

That was it, sorry rookie mistake

[dawn palm]

subscriber dll (9.77) updated with improved p3d rvmat decoding

[rancid lake]

Does anyone have a script to activate Arma Object Property and set a LOD to all selected objects using Blender and Arma 3 Toolbox ? I'm pretty tired to having to do it one by one for hundreds objects

[dawn palm]

dep3d.exe allows you to add/delet/change properties

[robust vessel]

you can press Alt when activating the checkbox/manually entering the LOD number/whatever to apply the change to all selected objects and not only active one. Vanilla blender behaviour

[rancid lake]

Thank you so much, man, you're saving my life for years to come

I prefer artemoz solution, i can do it directly in Blender

[manic crag]

what about a tool to map a players 'vest' loadout with a inventory-style gui, that would show or hide pouches/etc on the vest in all the different places on the player model

[dawn palm]

subscriber AND free tools updated. fixed memsphere and pboProject model.cfg. rtm and mod.cpp

[kindred abyss]

I think you need to go back a version of arma :kappa:

[hybrid nest]

wait fr

[sly skiff]

There no dynamic vest models

[thick matrix]

Shameless plug but you could try using this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3352708204

[sly skiff]

What kind of multiplayer performance have you had with it? I kinda suspect there are issues. But would be cool if it worked smooth

[thick matrix]

Phenomenal, each client replicate the objects locally so there is only network traffic every few seconds to check if what the client has locally is still the correct items that the owning client has locally. Its a replication system basically

[sly skiff]

Right right. That solves a lot!very nice!

[thick matrix]

Thankyou :)

[kindred abyss]

setobjecttexture on usp vests 🫣

[sly skiff]

🔨

[kindred abyss]

whats wrong with setobjecttexture

its the best command

[sly skiff]

Transparency overhead

[kindred abyss]

wait until you find out how we hide every single pouch 🫣

[sly skiff]

Yeah that's very bad design

It's not hiding. It's making them transparent

[kindred abyss]

i know 🙂

better than 20 trillion p3ds tho

[sly skiff]

It's called too many variations.

[kindred abyss]

no such thing

<- was definitely not about to push 400k facewear variants to main on the usp repo just before we released bc siege wanted beards

[sly skiff]

[limpid sky]

how can i open .ebo?

[sly skiff]

you can not

[limpid sky]

shucks

i want to check out how that switching between FFV and mounted turret works

any resources?

[sly skiff]

no.

but you can ask the maker

[limpid sky]

maybe a similar mod that has the same feature?

[glossy inlet]

in where?

If you want a file, you can also just ask

[sly skiff]

config stuff can be seen in in game config viewer too or via a All in on config dump

[limpid sky]

thats true, its just a bit difficult to navigate in

[sly skiff]

get Leopards Advanced Developer Tools addon as it has much better config viewer

[sour hedge]

that's me, lol. think he's talking about the turrets in places like the SOG M113 front MG's

[scarlet burrow]

Hello. I formatted my computer. I reinstalled arma 3 tools but it does not pack properly. After packing, the game does not read the rwmat extension. How can I solve this? I try almost everything

[glossy inlet]

How do you know that it doesn't read it?

[scarlet burrow]

It gives errors in in-game tests. and rawmat does not work in textures.

I check from pbo. There are rawmt files in it.

.sqf;.sqs;.bikb;.fsm;.wss;.ogg;.wav;.paa;.jpg;.jpeg;.png;.tga;.rvmat;.p3d;.shp;.wrp;.fsm;.txt;.xml;.csv;.html;.lip;.sqm;.cpp;.hpp;.ext;.bin;.cfg;.mat;.pac;.rtm;.lip;.dbf;.shx;.hpp;.tmr;.bisurf;.vsh;.psh;.mcfg;.vsi;.vsm;.vsd;.csv;.h;.hpp

[glossy inlet]

What errors?

[scarlet burrow]

this. material error

[glossy inlet]

open the pbo in notepad++, and look at the first couple lines.
Is there a prefix ?

[sly skiff]

does that folder structure exist in the pbo?

[scarlet burrow]

Do you think the settings section is corrupted

[glossy inlet]

That is PBO manager (a bad tool that should not be used to pack mod pbo's).
Not the Notepad++ I asked for

[glossy inlet]

Your Addon prefix is empty

but your filepaths say it should be tmt\tmt_faces

[scarlet burrow]

Ah now the problem is solved. Thank you

[strong hinge]

Small Tools Dev-Branch update: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/169362-tools-development-branch-changelog/?do=findComment&comment=3536328

[scenic canopy]

I see someone dared to touch terrain builder 🏅

[rancid lake]

I'm trying to use pboProject to compile a p3d but i get an error of missing p3d which is inside a proxy. How do i prevent pboProject from trying to extract p3d from proxies ?

[sly skiff]

you cant. it checks if the path is valid for a reason

the reason being you dont wonder why dis dont work when you get it in game

[rancid lake]

the problem is that it says: .Mmissing file A3\characters_f\Heads\bysta.p3d in \IARTS_Military_Uniforms\military_sport_uniform.p3d

[sly skiff]

well thats not pboProjects fault

BI moved the bysta p3d to another folder

repath it to its new location

or name the proxy just bysta

the name is the important part

p3d is irrelevant

p3d is just for visual representation in buldozer

[rancid lake]

Hmm i see, let's me try this

Indeed it worked well

Thank you very much 🙂

And an update on A3 samples would be appreciated ^^

[sly skiff]

😄

it would

[rancid lake]

Now pboProject says ```P:\temp\IARTS_Military_Uniforms\military_sport_uniform.p3d DeP3d:Error
p3d error Error

P:\temp\IARTS_Military_Uniforms: DePbo:Pbo: p3d error
dll's pbo_Make failed with 'Error(s) detected'
</MakePbo>
IARTS_Military_Uniforms.pbo not produced due to error(s)
failed``` but there is nothing in the log. What can cause this ?

It also says ModelInfo.MemSphere is not a float What is ModelInfo.MemShere ?

Well, i couldn't figure out what was pboproject's problem so i used Addon Builder and everything went well

[dawn palm]

check u are on latest mikero tools

[rancid lake]

yeah, i'm on 3.91, i'll download lastest version

[sly skiff]

the all in one installer sorts it out pretty easily

[stark cypress]

does arma 3 generate a crash report?
update: yes, https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

[latent dagger]

Is there any tool that can skim through my addon's folders recursively and find unused textures or assets not used in any config or p3d?

I was using mikero's MoveFolder and figured something that can sort through things and rename them like that would be very useful for finding unused data after but I don't think there's anything of the sort currently

[dawn palm]

you can use moveobject twice by putting folder back to original location which will remove rhe unused stuff.

[rough grove]

Preview of a feature being worked on for HEMTT!

Generate all your picture and editorPreview images!

[hybrid nest]

woah

maybe i do need to learn hemtt

[robust vessel]

sounds.... awfully familiar 🤣

[hybrid nest]

(ill never actually learn it ill just keep saying im going to)

the gui of mikeros just makes it too easy to not use

like i want to but the commandline is just rough

[rough grove]

The command line is really not bad, and people have .bat files if they want to avoid it. You just run a single command, or double click a file

[kindred abyss]

scout likes copium

[hybrid nest]

true!

[scarlet laurel]

Hey, idk if this would be the right channel to ask, so i apologize if it's not, but I'm having trouble with Mikero's AIO tools because of my own stupidity. I was wondering if anyone would be able to help or give some insight on my screw up.

I'm pretty sure it's a license problem, or rather the lack there of. I was just trying to get the free version not the paid, but I was tired and messed up because I wasn't thinking.

I didn't set up the license or something during the last parts of the install last night. I was super tired and wasn't thinking straight.

I got error saying "you aren't authorized to use this branch." With an option to close or to switch branches.

Switching branches takes me to a "downloading update" screen for version 1.0.1.0 but it soon says "Could not connect to remote CDN server. (404 / AIO update).

Hitting ok on that still has me at the downloading update screen, which I think isn't gonna do anything. I tried to remove Mikero's AOI from my PC and reinstall but I have the same issue.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this?

[sly skiff]

it may be that there is some server problem at the moment. You could ask in Mikeros own discords

[scarlet laurel]

Do you know where I can find that discord? Would it on the the Mikero's website?

I was also considering using my Dad's PC to download Mikero's AIO tools to a flash drive and then moving the file over to my PC, but idk if that would work

[sly skiff]

link sent.

[dawn palm]

@scarlet laurelask for stickie in our discord channel

[scarlet laurel]

I know I'm late, but we did talk earlier. I got my main problem solved, but I can't update

[empty kindle]

Is it ok to publish WSS mux/demux for ffmpeg?

[glossy inlet]

yes

[empty kindle]

Is it ok to call it Bohemia Interactive WSS (similar to https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/d2096679d5b5d76a167d038a3a2aa570e4ce37f3/libavformat/westwood_aud.c#L182) or any other name prefered?

[glossy inlet]

I don't know if WSS actually stands for something.
I can check that next year

[empty kindle]

Isn't that "wave stream source"?

[dawn palm]

This has nothing to do wuth the wss format as applied by bis. wss IS a wav file with all editing removed. the url above is nonsense and applies to wav,

[glossy inlet]

might be. That was also my intuitive idea, but it sounds weird

[dawn palm]

very

[empty kindle]

I have linked that just for naming purpose, indeed that's different format.

[dawn palm]

it has no releavane at at all. it's a wav content you are describing.

[empty kindle]

WSS? Indeed, but you need to parse header envelope first to be able to read the PCM part properly.

so mux/demux is quite simple, just parse header and continue as PCM

I have mux/demux done.

[dawn palm]

as stated. wss IS the wav file with all irrrelevanicies removed. In addition, the pcm data itcan be pure. byte or nibble comrpressed.

[empty kindle]

yes, as stated at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/WSS_File_Format

all clear

this is output of ffprobe with my demux patch https://gist.github.com/simi/2bc5e51e7425254fcae0a290d31e22d7

[dawn palm]

who cares?

[empty kindle]

I'm not sure what are you discussing than @dawn palm.

[empty kindle]

thanks for support 🙂

[dawn palm]

Is it ok to publish WSS mux/demux for ffmpeg?
it seemed an entirely irrekevant question.

[empty kindle]

Why?

[thin turtle]

@karmic niche do you happen to know if you have to query each server individually for the mission name?
IGameServersService/GetServerList only returns the server name and some other server info

{
    "response": {
        "servers": [
            {
                "addr": "165.165.157.43:2403",
                "gameport": 2402,
                "steamid": "90219789769128971",
                "name": "Derelict Malden Server (PVP from 17:00 Only)",
                "appid": 107410,
                "gamedir": "Arma3",
                "version": "2.18.152239",
                "product": "Arma3",
                "region": -1,
                "players": 2,
                "max_players": 20,
                "bots": 0,
                "map": "Malden",
                "secure": false,
                "dedicated": true,
                "os": "w",
                "gametype": "bf,r218,n0,s7,i1,mf,lf,vt,dt,tsurvive,g65545,h1e5db0ea,f0,c-2147483648--2147483648,pw,e15,j0,k0,"
            }
        ]
    }
}

[karmic niche]

Yes, you have to, because BI shoehorned their server protocol using whatever they had at hand 🥲

So instead of querying the valve master server for a server with given parameters, you HAVE to get ALL the available servers' IPs and then query them one by one

Hint/spoiler: your home router probably can't handle more than 1000 active UDP "connections" at the same time (so that it knows to which computer in your home to rely the packets coming back from the server) and will start dropping new UDP "connections"

And a totally unrelated "fun" fact: there are usually ~6000 servers to query at a given time. Have fun 🙃

[thin turtle]

I just ignore all the empty servers

[thin turtle]

was making some graphs a while ago and ran into the mission name stuff and didn't care enough to find out how to retrieve it
then the guy mentioned it and i remembered i was doing this

[karmic niche]

If you want more information about a server, you have to query that server for "rules" (A2S_RULES packet) and then decode that using SeverBrowserProtocolv3

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_ServerBrowserProtocol3

[karmic niche]

Wtf is vt7 and why are there so many servers running that map? 😄

[scenic canopy]

finland

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1926513010

[karmic niche]

(with only 5 servers being actually populated, from what i can see 🤔 )

[scenic canopy]

it's a good map, really nice for TvT

[thin turtle]

player count by map, howmany players on each map

[karmic niche]

Checks out 🙂

[thin turtle]

server count instead

[karmic niche]

Yeah, it all make sense now. I first thought that this was the number of servers with maps (and not by players) so I was surprised that this was the second map being played

[thin turtle]

also not entirely accurate since self hosted servers don't report a map when queried using the steam api

nvm doesn't seem to be based on dedicated true/false
seems like some servers just dont report map

[karmic niche]

Do you mean that you can't query them because they are behind NAT or do they literally not report them and have some bogus infor there?

[thin turtle]

it must be servers where a mission hasn't been selected yet?

that would make sense

[karmic niche]

They may not report maps because none was selected yet

[thin turtle]

            {
                "addr": "193.135.10.135:20290",
                "gameport": 20289,
                "steamid": "90219545324768257",
                "name": "Rattenspielplatz",
                "appid": 107410,
                "gamedir": "Arma3",
                "version": "2.18.152405",
                "product": "Arma3",
                "region": -1,
                "players": 0,
                "max_players": 20,
                "bots": 0,
                "secure": false,
                "dedicated": true,
                "os": "w",
                "gametype": "bt,r218,n0,s1,i1,mf,lf,vt,dt,g65545,h8db2bbe9,f0,c-2147483648--2147483648,pw,e0,j3.40282e+38,k3.40282e+38,"
            }

this one for example

map just doesn't exist

[karmic niche]

Check the server state. I can see most of the servers in the "selecting mission" state

(the ones that don't report a map)

Although I don't remember where that state was stored, whether it was in the rules or in A2S_INFO 🤔

[thin turtle]

    if 'map' in server and server['map']:
        maps_players[server['map']] += server['players']
        maps[server['map']] += 1

I was slightly confused the first time without the if and it threw and error bc map didn't exist lol

but it makes sense now

[thin turtle]

just checked it the easy way by joining
yeah its still in mission select

over 1000 servers on mission select, thats quite a bit

[karmic niche]

NONE = 0
SELECTING_MISSION = 1
EDITING_MISSION = 2
ASSIGNING_ROLES = 3
SENDING_MISSION = 4
LOADING_GAME = 5
BRIEFING = 6
PLAYING = 7
DEBRIEFING = 8
MISSION_ABORTED = 9

I don't even remember where I got these values from, but maybe they will help you

Btw @vague shard 👆

There's someone who does statistics on available Arma servers 🙂

(and they do it in Python 😁 )

Sorry this is probably in wrong place but didnt find better one. My question is, is it ok to create extension for arma 3 that registers hosted games to a web site to create a list of hosted missions so people can see the games running?
@glossy stratus for what it's worth, we did something like that in EMM (Enhanced Multiplayer Menu) that's available in the Prairie Fire and Spearhead CDLCs

[opal mist]

High quality routers don't suffer from this very annoying problem. Ubiquiti products are a good example of robust hardware

[thin turtle]

barely, threw together a script bc i wanted to compare it to some data i have from years ago
the code is horrible

[glossy stratus]

cool. im looking at the steam api thing support from nugets because i doubt i will be implementing the thing my self (lot of work) 🙂

[thin turtle]

https://api.steampowered.com/IGameServersService/GetServerList/v1/?key=PERSONAL STEAM API KEY&limit=10000&filter=\appid\107410

The api above retrieves all arma 3 servers, you can filter it further with the filter parameter

[karmic niche]

B-but dad, I don't want to spend my pocket money for a good router 🥲

[thin turtle]

import requests

# Example API URL
url = 'https://api.steampowered.com/IGameServersService/GetServerList/v1/'
# Add key limit and filter parameters
url += '?key=API KEY'
url += '&limit=10000'
#url += r'&filter=\appid\107410\empty\1'
url += r'&filter=\appid\107410'
response = requests.get(url)

# Check if the response is OK (status code 200)
if response.status_code != 200:
    print('Failed to get data:', response.status_code)
    exit()

# Assuming the response is JSON and can be parsed as a dictionary
data = response.json()

[karmic niche]

We're querying the master server The Old Way, without any API_KEY 🥲

[thin turtle]

no thanks I'm good
i'll stick to using my api key

[glossy stratus]

link no worky

[karmic niche]

Link needs PERSONAL STEAM API KEY to be worky 😉

[glossy stratus]

aah 🙂

[thin turtle]

-_- get api key here: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey

[karmic niche]

Why? It's much very big fun, I promise 🥲

also send help

[thin turtle]

I'm assuming you had to use that way since everyone with the cdlc has to be able to query it?
so you couldn't include your own and you can't get people's api key to use

[karmic niche]

Technically, we could, because we built a crawling backend that crawls and aggregates current data every minute, that game clients then query, but I remember we started working on that uhh... somewhere around literally 5 years ago and I don't even remember what was available to people back then

All python solutions that I found back then were using custom requests, and besides, we had to roll our own anyway, as we wanted to query all the servers every minute and the solutions available on github wouldn't be able to do that on time

...or at least that's how it looked like. I don't remember the details anymore, as that was years ago

There could have also been things that were available at the time, but that I missed, because there were lots of other things to implement on time, too 🤷‍♂️

[glossy stratus]

in which format does the GET give the server list, can you give a small example?

well json and server IP & name I assume

but can this be used to accurately get only certain games, like Life or KOTH (As example)?

[karmic niche]

Koth - you can get this one, by checking the GameType value of the gametype field in the response (yes, both are named the same and one is inside the other 😛 )
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Multiplayer_Game_Types

I don't think that Life has a separate gametype (at least not officially), so those servers my be harder to differentiate

[glossy stratus]

oh yes i forgot the gametype thing. it maybe still worth making own system which would be faster and accurate

[karmic niche]

But for some reason, it's missing here: #arma3_tools message
Maybe that field is optional and the mission maker didn't set any type for their mission 🤷‍♂️

It should look like something,t<name>,somethingelse in the gametype entry, AFAIR

I don't think that Life has a separate gametype (at least not officially)
Maybe they are using RPG, as I see there is such a type available. You'd have to check it yourself

[glossy stratus]

no prob. im actually doing CTI mission but that alone isnt good enough filter

[thin turtle]

@glossy stratus this is the example response

[glossy stratus]

thx 👍

[karmic niche]

That's interesting because I also have a "game" entry for that server that says "Exile" 🤔

[opal mist]

Yeah, Life servers tend to use RPG as type

[karmic niche]

Name string Name of the server.
(...)
Game string Full name of the game.

I would have expected both to be present in the response

[opal mist]

It would be weird for new players (I believe) if they actually had the "LIFE" as type, as it's informational value is 0 for newbs

[thin turtle]

just "game" as key?
I dont see that one

[karmic niche]

Yup. This is what servers reply to you, when you are querying them directly: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_queries#Response_Format

[glossy inlet]

Most of it sounds like clientState. But a editing mission state doesn't exist 🤔

[karmic niche]

As in "2" means something different or it should never occur?

[glossy inlet]

Different id think

But maybe that's a arbitrary enum filled from different sources, that just happens to be mostly the same

[karmic niche]

Don't say that! I'm now going to spend half of the night searching where I found these values because of you 😅

[glossy inlet]

Sending mission is also weird.

There is "receiving mission" client state.
A "sending mission" server state doesn't exist

[karmic niche]

I couldn't find it on the Biki, so I'm taking a guess that I found it in one of the projects on github and just assumed someone else clearly knew what they were doing (:

[karmic niche]

No, wait! I found it! IT actually IS on the Biki!
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_STEAMWORKSquery#Server_State

[glossy inlet]

Sus

[karmic niche]

@spiral forge

[glossy inlet]

I shall maybe research that someday

[spiral forge]

waitaminute
this gif is not supposed to leave the SCP premises

[frozen meadow]

this remember me when i tryed to extract what mods the servers are using, but failed epically to decode it :/

[empty kindle]

I remember this "DDOS"ing my poor home router years ago.

[vivid bloom]

same, just using the server browser searching for servers killed my connection xD

[opal mist]

A free solution to the issue is to lower the server pings / minute value in Steam settings. Start with low value, like 1000 instead of the default 5000, and increase the value step by step until your connection dies, then go back 1-2 steps. Voilá!

[karmic niche]

That's merely a workaround and, sadly, not a solution as using the value of 1000 will make the launcher (I'm assuming it also uses steam settings) take up to 6 minutes to find the server you wanted to play on (if you were searching for it and didn't have it in your favourites) 😦

[opal mist]

What can you do if you can't buy router that can handle it 😛

[karmic niche]

Btw, in my case, the actual number of connections was around 950 - probably 1024 minus anything else that was going on in the house, which forced me to use the lowest value of... 500/min if I wanted to make sure I don't miss any server 😔

That's what you get when you're forced to use the box your ISP gave you :[

[stark cobalt]

Not sure if this is the right channel to ask - i wonder if it is possible to rename a .pbo without it messing its config and model paths inside

[glossy inlet]

If the pbo is properly built and has a prefix, then the filename doesn't matter

Open pbo in notepad, and see if you see a "prefix" at the start

[stark cobalt]

should be "pboprefix" correct?

[stark cobalt]

nvm, found it, thanks for the help dedmen!

[nocturne basin]

https://github.com/X39/ObjectOrientedScripting/releases/tag/v0.7.1-ALPHA

[dawn palm]

pboProject allows you to rename the pbo during crunch time

[topaz grove]

Anyone available to help me debug my errors? I've never ran into this issue before.

[dense cove]

...And where is your error

[topaz grove]

7:54:26: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgVehicles'
17:54:26: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgAmmo'
17:54:26: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgNonAIVehicles'
17:54:26: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgInGameUI'
17:54:26: No entry '.DebugFont'
17:54:26: No entry '.font'
17:54:26: '/' is not a value
17:54:27: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgFonts'
17:54:27: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgFontFamilies'
17:54:27: Calling ' >> ""' (empty parameter name)
17:54:27: !!! UNREGISTERED STRING
17:54:27: No entry '.size'
17:54:27: '/' is not a value
17:54:27: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgSurfaces'
17:54:27: No entry 'P:\bin\config.cpp.CfgDefaultSettings'
17:54:27: No entry '.defaultVisibility'
17:54:27: '/' is not a value

I have never noticed if this is normal or not, found it in my binlog. I'm running my old mod that binarized fine a year ago, now I'm a little lost.

[dense cove]

Do you mean your config you used to pack, is no longer packable, and that error is somewhat logged?

[dawn palm]

my guess is he hasn;t extracted the game and there is no bin\config.bin or cpp

[topaz grove]

That is probably what is happening. I was confused since I have the a3 folder inside my P drive. I'll look through the documentation and see what the resolution is.

[craggy coral]

Hello, I'm trying to create a road map for myself of what's involved to work with and/or make mods on a mac. I started out on the mac branch and got some useful feedback but kind of felt like that might be more player oriented. Thought I'd try here as well...

So far I have PBO viewer running to unpack PBOs (and hopefully repack as well), and I've found the online paa converter tool for those files.

It kind of sounded like p3ds will be my biggest headache. I read Blender can work with them and is available on a mac, but was told it still requires the windows arma tools. Maybe that means it's a no go, but I would like to understand more.

Are p3ds the actual working file format that can be edited or another container? And what part of that process requires the arma tools to do what?

Thanks in advance for guidance and suggestions.

[dawn palm]

p3ds are the final, binarised object such as a tree, building, soldier, tank.... they appear in game and were created by bis binarise. a tool that only runs under windoze.

The UN binarised p3d is created by object builder using blender (as an eg) to import. some lixux users create their models with gimp. ultimately they all rely on the windows-only object builder.

I produce a suite of tools to exrtract/pack a pbo. de/binarise configs , create bis sound files, add animations,blah blah blah. ALL of the commaandline verssions of these toosls work on Lixux. Dos. mac os. and Arm risc cpus.

[sly skiff]

just in case you didnt know already, you can not edit anyone elses p3ds (from base game or mods)

repacking pbos is also not a thing

if you make something you dont repack others stuff

you pack your own things

[craggy coral]

Thank you! Sounds like models are truely out unless I go to PC or run bootcamp ect. I wish there was a workaround but thanks for saving me some time trying.

I will look for your tools.

[craggy coral]

Are you saying it's not possible or that it's not acceptable within the community? I have zero interest in uploading any mods right now or taking credit for anyone else's work. I'm just trying to learn by reverse engineering some.

[sly skiff]

both

reverse engineering is not needed either

there are arma3 samples on steam

and you dont want to learn any bad development habits mods might contain anyway

[craggy coral]

I just found the guides area on Steam 🤣

Looks like there's a lot of info there, so I'll try and flush out my road map for a typical project there first. Thanks for bearing with me.

[craggy coral]

Maybe it's not repacking technically but to better understand your point I tried unpacking a PBO, editing a file within it, and then creating a new PBO with all the files that I unpacked from the original. That definitely seems to work.

[sly skiff]

Id recommend to stick to the samples for beginning

to not pick up anyones bad habits

the samples do have some flaws in them since they have not been updated with all latest changes/additions

but I believe thats still better starting point

[craggy coral]

The Arma 3 samples I see in Steam are for Windows. I've subscribed to them but can't seem to do much else. Clicking install game gives me an error.

[sly skiff]

its basically just a collection of folders with sample files

[craggy coral]

Do you know if it's available outside of steam? If that's the recomended starting point, I'd l ike to give it a try. I'm a little skeptical that it will be possible to follow along as intended though seeing as I'm stuck on this macbook for the near future.

[sly skiff]

dont know

but also dont know why it would not just install

[thin steppe]

Warning: memory usage limited by a page file. Current limit 7266 MB, wanted 10513 MB.

Try to build Car in Addon builder

[sly skiff]

no crossposting pls

pick 1 channel

[thin steppe]

sorry
I don't know where to post it

[grand matrix]

Hello this is an issue that I am unable to resolve when trying to update my arma 3 mod on the workshop. Its driving me nuts and I dont know what to do. Anyone dealt with this issue before? Havnt been able to find a solution with arma 3 tools

[dawn palm]

is workshop necessary?

(I just use the cmdline to load a mod or two)

[latent dagger]

Publisher still seems to crash when uploading a mod with Visibility: as anything other than Public

I remember seeing a changelog a while back fixing it but idk if maybe it reverted

[grand matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/help-me-obi-wan-kenobi-you're-my-only-hope-princess-leia-organa-star-wars-a-new-hope-help-i-need-your-assistance-gif-15870351959124924615

Still havnt been able to resolve it

to expand on my issue

checked logs and got this

2024-12-31 16:58:33,084 [ERROR] 1 (:0): Publisher.PublishProgressViewModel.<PublishItemExecute>b89_1 - Publisher.SteamAsyncOperationFailedException: Steam error code: 8, Error code: 1, Error message: STEAM_API_DLL TODO

[compact matrix]

Could we get Arma 3 Tools and Samples for MacOS? i want to work on my mods on the go and CrossOver sadly does not support the tools.

I could use Parallels but ill have to buy a license for that to test it out there 😄

[orchid shadow]

2.1.1.4 Swifty Release https://getswifty.net/

[glossy inlet]

No.
Afaik the Samples should be downloadable on MacOS too?

[compact matrix]

No, its not available for Download

[glossy inlet]

Well you couldn't open most of the files in there anyway as the tools don't exist on mac, so probably not worth making it downloadable

[dawn palm]

what an inane , pointless, conversation. As mentioned, some tools are already available but you've not even bothered checking them out. You would have noticed that the a3 sample configs are crunchab;e on the mac.@compact matrix gp away and do your homework.

[sly skiff]

Best to just write down the actual question and if people know answers they'll reply when they can.

We do also have #arma3_terrain channel for talking specifically about terrain making.

[raw helm]

Hi, i search a tool to check my mod perfomances, i developped some and i've long loading, and i don't know where it's bad.

[glossy inlet]

Long loading, sounds like scripts. Which Arma Script Profiler would show you (if its unscheduled scripts like preInit stuff)

[empty sleet]

I am having problems trying to migrate to now making my mod with a P Drive and Mikeros' tools.

I have installed the tools, set up a P Drive and copied my mod files to it. I've also ran ArmA3P.cmd

The problem I have is that now I'm trying to use pboProject I can no longer successfully build any pbos. I've been publishing factions on Steam for about six months, am pretty comfortable working with cpp files and have previously published them using Addon Builder.

When I try and crunch the same folders using pboProject I get this message:

"prefix ignored in \JBM\addons\jbm_b_katanga$PBOPREFIX$.txt
\JBM\addons\jbm_b_katanga$PBOPREFIX$.txt :excluded"

It then fails to find any of the referenced files and so the build fails.

Note that all the files are present and the pbos work in game.

My local file structure is:

JBM > addons > jbm_b_katanga > data > preview > jbm_b_katanga_jeep.jpg

(all the above is copied over to P )

Each pbo in my mod contains a $pboprefix$ file with a prefix like this:

x\jbm\addons\katanga

In my cpp file I reference a preview or texture like this

editorPreview = \x\jbm\addons\katanga\data\preview\jbm_b_katanga_jeep.jpg;

Ugh. What am I missing? Hoping there is a simple solution!

[peak nova]

excellent! fix for a very strange error.

[scenic canopy]

your P folder structure should mimic your pboprefix and config paths, like P:\x\jbm\addons\katanga\data\preview\jbm_b_katanga_jeep.jpg

[empty sleet]

Thank you. That helped. I mimicked the file structure and it now finds my previews pics.

It still complains it can't find textures from the SOG-PF DLC and CUP and the build fails, do these need a different kind of reference?

This is how it looks to me now:

[scenic canopy]

since cdlc files are encrypted and can't be extracted you'll have to add a dummy file to those paths

[jovial elbow]

You can find the internal filepaths using config browser

[dawn palm]

+Your config.cpp is in jbm\addons but your preview paas are in x\jbm\addons. They won't be packed into a pbo.

+It is a bad idea (and rude) to use up addressiing space belonging to someone else. In this case, X\ is "owned' by ace\cba and almost exlusively. constains sqf script. No one sane would ever scribble into it. You wouls not use A3\ for the same reasons.The my_tag\ system was invented by Ofpec to avoid collisions in game between their\elephant and your\elephant. Purely a suggestion: use p:\rvn as the beginning of all mods you make. eg:

rvn\buildings
\rvn\vehicles```
*of lesser importance using my_tag\addons is redundant. it  confuses people because addons\ contain pbos. eg mods, A mod (can) contain dozens of pbos. It serves no useful purpose for you to have that\thst\extra folder name.

[worldly ginkgo]

@rigid phoenix i think u'd be interested

[empty sleet]

Thanks guys, useful advice. I'm certainly not trying to be rude and insane.

• I'll remove the x\ references, think that was a habit I gained from reverse engineering from various examples when I first started
• remove redundant 'addons' folder
• add a dummy file to cdlc texture references? Not sure on this, will have a play

Thanks again

[neon flax]

x, z etc. is "owned" by no one. It's a matter of convenience prefix so all your mods are grouped under a single subfolder for filepatching symlinks.

addons in pboprefix is also pretty standard for any mod following CBA project style structure.

[empty sleet]

Yeah it was CBA project structures and examples that I first based it on

[dawn palm]

still best to stay out of the x folder. use a my_tag. this won't be your last pbo and you don't want to clutter up the root of your 'p' drive (or x) with noise.

[empty sleet]

I've now reserved JBM with OFPEC. I'm already up to 14 pbos actually. 11 for faction pbos, and 3 for common elements for them (weapons, uniforms, flags)

They all now build with PboProject with one exception, my uniform mod. Ironically it was a problem with that that led me to converting to P drive and your tools and its now still the problematic one 😪

[dawn palm]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

(nicely done tho from what you mention above. fair less hair tearing)

[wooden bridge]

There are too many guides with different style.. What could be a best reference for new mod makers?...

Especially file managing..

[neon flax]

https://hemtt.dev/
https://github.com/DartsArmaMods/ModTemplate

[wooden bridge]

Thank you! I'll look at it

[wooden bridge]

Does addon builder use $PBOPREFIX$?
As the pictures, the file doesn't seem to be working.

2. Then in the `$PBOPREFIX$`, put some arbitrary input for test.
3. After packing, the pbo file use default prefix.```
If I'm using addon builder, should `$PBOPREFIX$` be used only to work with `-filepatching`?

[neon flax]

Addon builder needs manual prefix specification.

[wooden bridge]

[neon flax]

Use hemtt

addon builder is trash

[wooden bridge]

What about the arma 3 itself?

I want to test some functions with filepatching

[neon flax]

what about arma 3?

you need correct symlinks matching your prefixes for filepatching to work

hemtt can do this for you automatically.

hemtt launch will build the addon, do the symlinks and launch the game with correct parameters.

[wooden bridge]

What I wonder now is, I'm using x folder in arma 3 root folder, so that I can test scripts as this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJ1Lp6cJNk

When you're using hemtt, where should I put my test mod folder? at P drive or at arma 3 x folder?

[neon flax]

outside arma, does not matter, wherever you keep your projects.

hemtt does not use pdrive

when you're using the launch param it will create symbolic links to your addon in arma folder.

So filepatching works automatically.

[wooden bridge]

Ok.. actually i'm not friendly with cli env

First i'll have to install winget

[neon flax]

it's bundled in newer windows installs.

[wooden bridge]

So I have to clone the mod template and then..

use powershell with it

[wooden bridge]

• in project.toml

name = "PRC-96K_Custom_Radio_Mod"
author = "Sakyamoney"
prefix = "SAKY_PRC96K"
mainprefix = "z"

• in pboprefix

z\SAKY_PRC96K\addons\prc96k

• PRC96K.p3d is in root addon folder(prc96k)

"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\ui"
"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\$PBOPREFIX$"
"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\config.cpp"
"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\model.cfg"
"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\PRC96K.p3d"
"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\PRC96K.rvmat"
"P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k\PRC96K_CO.paa"```
* in config file,
```model="SAKY_PRC96K\PRC96K.p3d";```
`hemtt launch` gives me no model... What am I doing wrong?..
I think I tried every combination..

model="SAKY_PRC96K\PRC96K.p3d";
model="\SAKY_PRC96K\PRC96K.p3d";
model="prc96k\PRC96K.p3d";
model="\prc96k\PRC96K.p3d";
model="\PRC96K.p3d";
model="PRC96K.p3d";
etc...

[scenic canopy]

z\SAKY_PRC96K\addons\prc96k\PRC96K.p3d

[ruby meadow]

Damn I'm too slow

[scenic canopy]

pboprefix is the start of your pbo path

[wooden bridge]

I'm using hemtt tool so I followed as its guide.

the addon folder is in
P:\@PRC96K_Custom_Radio\addons\prc96k

But hemtt book says to set it as z\{prefix}\addons\main

https://hemtt.dev/configuration/minimum.html

[wooden bridge]

Ok this gave me the model. But if I have to include whole path, whats the meaning of using pboprefix? I thought it would shorten the z\{prefix}\addons\main to prefix

[rough grove]

yeah HEMTT launch requires you to be two folders deep. It should be {mainprefix}/{prefix}/..., that's where some mods use x\{mod name}, or {tag}\{mod_name}, like \CUP\Weapons

you're only using SAKY_PRC96K, no main prefix, and you can't just add the x without that actually being the path you used for your models

HEMTT will build a mod with only a single prefix like you have, but it won't let you use hemtt launch

[wooden bridge]

author = "Sakyamoney"
prefix = "SAKY_PRC96K"
mainprefix = "z"```

So.. for now when i'm doing it with hemtt launch, it loads the mod in z...

But what about if I pack the mod and publish?

It should be in arma3 root folder as something like @PRC96K Mod

but my config still use z\SAKY_PRC96K\addons\prc96k\PRC96K.p3d

[rough grove]

If your models have paths to textures and materials in them, they'll no longer point correctly if you add \z\ to your prefix

[wooden bridge]

What should be the proper setting?

[rough grove]

to use a main prefix in HEMTT, just pick one, like \saky\prc96k\addons\..., or use \x\, but the models need to be updated to use the new path

[wooden bridge]

I'm really confused about workflow cus this is my first time working with mod with p3d. :)...

[wooden bridge]

Then if I make like 2 mods with same mainprefix, the files will automatically sorted?

[rough grove]

yeah, the main prefix isn't unique, but the mainprefix and prefix combination should be, so you could then use \saky\my_other_mod\ for another mod you make

then with hemtt launch, there'd be a saky folder in your Arma 3 installation, with symlinks inside to each mod

[wooden bridge]

And... back to $pboprefix$...
It will be included in pbo file meta data and arma 3 will refer that address when I'm using -filepatching?

[rough grove]

yes, so if the pboprefix is \x\y\ and you use -filePatching, Arma will check for folders x\y within the Arma 3 installation folder

[wooden bridge]

If that's the case I belive it should contain P:// address to my unpacked addon folder, not like z/ or saky/ .
(my dev folder is in P)

[rough grove]

no, this is within Arma 3's virtual file system

you can create a symlink that points from the Arma 3 folder to your dev folder, which is what hemtt launch does for you

[wooden bridge]

You mean I can change value in P drive, and see the change on the fly if I use hemtt launch?

[rough grove]

Only for certain things, primarily scripts can be recompiled

your config or model changes won't reload on the fly

[wooden bridge]

Yes that's my main concern

It was too complicated but you helped me a lot. I'll try

[rough grove]

were you already building your mod with HEMTT, or using something else?

[wooden bridge]

This is first time and tried addon builder only

now I'm using hemtt

[rough grove]

ok, I would recommened using HEMTT or Mikero tools instead for sure

if you don't want to start using a mainprefix, which will require changes to your model, you can just create the symlink yourself

[wooden bridge]

How can I check my symlink?

[rough grove]

mklink /D "{Arma 3 Game Folder}\SAKY_PRC96K" "{Path to your mod source}"

then in hemtt config you leave out mainprefix and just use the prefix of SAKY_PRC96K still

that won't let you use hemtt launch, but you can just add the folder to the Arma 3 launcher and launch yourself after using hemtt build

[wooden bridge]

🫠

[rough grove]

If you can edit the models to use different paths, I would go that way

with something like \saky\prc_96k\ as a prefix

that'll be easier in the long run once you do the edits

[wooden bridge]

You mean change paa and rvmat in object builder?

[rough grove]

yes, instead of the paths starting with \SAKY_PRC96K\, change it to \saky\prc96k\

then when you use HEMTT with a mainprefix, everything will line up and work

[wooden bridge]

should it start with ?

\

[rough grove]

I'm not too familiar with object builder, I am not sure if it should or not

[wooden bridge]

I'll try

[wooden bridge]

So this will now break texture view in object builder or oxygen2? but will it work in game.

[rough grove]

in your P drive, also change the folders to \saky\prc96k, then it'll be fixed there too

[wooden bridge]

I actually ran hemtt right outside the addon folder.

you mean (my mod developping folder)\addon\saky\prc96k like this?

[rough grove]

no

just P:\saky\prc96k

[wooden bridge]

By the way, I thought @ is recommended for mods. but now it seems theres is no @ in arma 3 folder but it contains as saky\prc96k\addons\... When do I set @ in front of the folder name?

Or is it hemtt not adding @ like CBA or ACE?

[wooden bridge]

I think current setting makes folder as you told. arma3 folder\saky\prc96k\addons\...

[rough grove]

you don't need to worry about @ here

that's just what ends up when the launcher pulls it from the workshop

[wooden bridge]

Thank you for large help. now i'm suffering from new bug though... meaningless cannot open object bug lol

its 5am here

[dawn palm]

@ is used to indicate the OUTPUT folder, not the source files to build p:\saky\prc96k eg

[nimble island]

Small question about Compositions.
The context: one of the tools to ease TvT mission makers life, the goal is to create the mission PBO as fast as possible (for TvT only). Here it is a tool to manage mostly units loadouts from the outside.
I am adding a feature to generate compositions in one command from YAML files (to put the dozens of playable units at once):

For example, greenfor will generated a composition like that:

all good but 2 small questions:

✅ units are not in "Independent" but inside a dedicated "rebels_greenfor folder (the name of my compo). Is there a way to change this? (I would like the tool to be as seamlessly as much as possible)

Next point: it does not keep the callsign of the groups, even if the composition.sqe contains the definition.... it does not work with compo made into the editor too.

the:

        {
            class Attribute0
            {
                property="groupID";
                expression="                            if (isNil 'CBA_fnc_setCallsign') then {                                _this setGroupID [_value];                            } else {                                [_this, _value] call CBA_fnc_setCallsign;                            };";
                class Value
                {
                    class data
                    {
                        singleType="STRING";
                        value="Rebel Group";
                    };
                };
            };
            nAttributes=1;
        };

Is it a known bug? Any workaround? (doing the setCallsign in the init I guess, but I would like to have it in the editor....)

[junior beacon]

units are not in "Independent" but inside a dedicated "rebels_greenfor folder (the name of my compo). Is there a way to change this? (I would like the tool to be as seamlessly as much as possible)
There is a preference setting for that IIRC

[nimble island]

checking...

Excellent! You won.... thank you dude 🍻

[junior beacon]

The group ID attribute is bugged

[nimble island]

yep

[junior beacon]

Even setting it in the init seems to not work reliably

[nimble island]

I can put "callsign" as a string into the init field, then the mission maker moves it to the callsign field, but another task to do manually...

[junior beacon]

I see. The callsign value doesn't even get loaded from the composition

But even setting the callsign to something doesn't carry over to the mission in preview

Never mind. It does.

[nimble island]

yes, no issue while setting it manually.

[junior beacon]

You could provide a script that automatically reads the callsign from the init and adds it to the attribute.

[nimble island]

you are right.

since I am processing the SQM to empty and refill VHL cargos and so on, I can browse the groups init/callsign too.

will go with it. Thanks a lot!

[topaz grove]

Cannot read registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software\BIStudio\BinMake

How to fix this? I've verified the integrity of A3 Tools, no luck.

[dawn palm]

pboProject updated appID for free and subscriber.

whem appID=1234;

is placed in a mod.cpp it causes all pbos (and consequently all p3d) to be set with the value. This is a bonus for those teams managing more than one dlc, or simply even 'forgetting' to set/clear
the appid for different mods.

[glossy inlet]

should be created when you launch Arma 3 tools via steam

[dawn palm]

yep you need to 'play' them (once)

most folks then use shortcuts

[nimble island]

Hi all, small question.... if somebody has an idea....vehicles are defined as "dataType="Object" into the SQM, do you see anything discriminant enough inside the definition to ensure that it is a vehicle and not any random ammobox or whatever?

(my vhl are empty most of the time)

[dawn palm]

use isKindOf

[nimble island]

?

how? I am parsing the SQM text file out of the game....

[dawn palm]

no idea then

[nimble island]

yep, no solution from my researches, depending on the mods, you may have meaningfull CustomAttributes or not.

[dawn palm]

misread sqm as sqf🥸

[nimble island]

Not a big deal, I am setting the cargos on the vhl classes that I know, and just empty the cargo for others if any.

[glossy inlet]

A ammobox is a vehicle
Or rather, a car is a driving ammobox

[sly skiff]

house is a static vehicle

(also no wheels or engine)

[nimble island]

yeah, not an easy implem for 3dr-party tools!

Crossing finger to have A4 missions format in something standard like YAML or JSON at least, lost half a day to fix my sqm2json lib.

[dawn palm]

at the very top of the p3d is header info. one of the properties you can code for and read is class = building.

[nimble island]

yes, but I don't have access to p3d header in my context.

[dawn palm]

well you're using a pretty blunt instrument then.

[nimble island]

I just browse objects defined into any SQM, and set automatically the units loadouts and vhl cargos from external YAML config files. This process is done outside A3.

[dawn palm]

how do you expect to figire out what type of object you're looking at without looking at it's properties?

[nimble island]

I don't need it. For units, I have my own "unit classes catalog" so looking at the type field is enough.

For VHL, I empty any cargo if I don't know the type, (so it will be harmless for flag poles ^^) , and stuff it based on my own catalog too for the classes I know.

[nimble island]

Fun time..... just to access VHL cargos

it is -for real- an ammobox 😆

[queen crest]

dont know if this is the right spot to ask but is anyone familiar with the compiling of Arma 3 Arsenal Extension?

to basically Group the same guns/gear together to clean up the arsenal

[nimble island]

dunno this mod sry

[queen crest]

Arsenal Extension sry

[nimble island]

neither ^^

[queen crest]

dang ^^

[dense cove]

What? What's wrong with it?

[jovial elbow]

Do you mean ACE3 Arsenal Extended?
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2522638637
Its documentation is linked in the description

[queen crest]

yes thats the ACE arsenal version

Its just ... very complicated for someone who doesnt know how to code or isnt familiar with some of the terms used

[dense cove]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2957923708&searchtext=arsenal+extension
?

[queen crest]

oh yea that one

The mod that groups up the "Similar" items

[dense cove]

And? What's your issue?

[queen crest]

With the normal mod? none
works perfectly

[dense cove]

?

[queen crest]

It groups all the mods up nicely

but the Version with the ace arsenal is not

[dense cove]

So do you mean some issue that is not related with my Mod?

[queen crest]

No i dont think so

The Ace version of it

[jovial elbow]

The ACE arsenal extended is dependent on the compat mods with it,
And the quality of the sorting is entirely dependent on how it was sorted by the person who made the compat mod

[queen crest]

okay
then i need to find out how to make my own compat mods

[dense cove]

And not even related to Arsenal Extension, my Mod

[queen crest]

Thought they were related to eachother

[dense cove]

Nope

[queen crest]

they do the same thing
Almost same name

[dense cove]

My Mod is not even designed to do anything with ACE

So, what is your issue? You don't know how to make your Mods compatible with ACE Arsenal Extended?

[queen crest]

exactly

[dense cove]

The documentation is there in the workshop page. Also #arma3_config for config question

[queen crest]

its just difficult to understand

[dense cove]

Hence the channel to help you

[compact matrix]

Just ask chatGPT 🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸😄

[nimble island]

Does someone know the logic behind "which item goes where" for an ammoBox CustomAttribute?

I am talking about the SQM definition on the cargo that looks like:

  [
    [[],[]],
    [[""rhs_mag_30Rnd_556x45_M855A1_PMAG_Tan""],[8]],
    [[""ACE_WaterBottle"",""ACE_MRE_CreamTomatoSoup"",""ACE_MRE_ChickenHerbDumplings"",""ACE_packingBandage"",""ACE_elasticBandage"",""ACE_morphine"",""ACE_epinephrine""],[5,4,4,3,5,8,6]],
    [[],[]]
  ],
  false
]

There are 4 "containers " with items class + amount, but.....

[sly skiff]

put guns and uniforms and other wearables in there and see if they fill the other 2

[robust vessel]

weapons/magazines/items/backpacks iirc

"\a3\3den\functions\fn_initammobox.sqf" lists them in that order as well

[nimble island]

thanks a lot.

Medikit is a weapon...

[proven mica]

Hello everyone, I’m coming to you to see if anyone has a solution to my problem.
I have changed computer and so I had to reinstall arma 3 tools (since I make arma 3 mods) however I have a problem when I apply the textures in Object Builder, they are not visible as i the path was wrong while everything is good.
It’s also impossible to have my mods in game the model does not show yet I tried even with an old mod that worked before. If someone could help me I’m a go. Thanks

[sly skiff]

you need to set "path to textures" to "P:\" in OB options

so it can supplement the game usable path that has no P:\ in it

you should also use multimaterial for building walls

[proven mica]

This is already the case in OB options

It’s the first thing I thought

[proven mica]

You mean a rvmat?

[sly skiff]

yes

[sly skiff]

then it could indicate the program can not see your P drive even if it exists.

if you have mounted P from arma tools launcher that usually happens

[proven mica]

I usually put rvmat no problem but even with it does not work

I have already reinstalled my P drive 2 times

Should I mount from where in this case?

now I have this error when I open buldozer

[sly skiff]

if you use the armatools setup method that usually seems to break (win 10+issue)

I think mikeros tools install contains a simple bat file for mounting P drive from any folder you like too

but also PMC wiki has simple steps how to make such bat

terrain channel has link to there at least

if we didnt put it up anyhwere else

[dawn palm]

@proven micaPLAY bis tools once, to set registries

[ocean cloud]

Howdy folks, quick question as a shot in the dark (more or less). Does anyone know which sounds.pbo file includes the sound of an approaching missile/rocket?

[torn coyote]

Too bad it looks so complicated to install

[rough grove]

winget install hemtt

Run that on a Windows computer, then you're done

[torn coyote]

Ok i go try

[rough grove]

It's only useful though if you are making a mod that is compatible with HEMTT, which will take some configuration

[torn coyote]

And if I only want to use HEMTT for previews of equipment and clothing, is that possible ?

[rough grove]

with the minimal configuration, yes

it is still an experimental feature though

[torn coyote]

ok i see

[rough grove]

HEMTT 1.14.2

https://github.com/BrettMayson/HEMTT/releases/tag/v1.14.2

hemtt photoshoot now supports helmets, along with several bug fixes

[nimble island]

Question: I need to put something into the init field of some units and vehicles to flag them, like "skip=true" for my exeternal tool, so that when I process the SQM file, I know that I have to skip these particular objects.
I tried adding a CustomAttribute manually, but it will be deleted when saving again the mission from the editor. I hoped that any mod could add his custom attributes with no schema declaration, but it looks wrong.
My first idea is putting into init:
localNamespace setVariable["ArmATvTUnitsSkip", true];

it remains valid and harmless if the pbo is created with my 'flag' inside some init fileds. But the shorter the better. Do you see any better script? Or implem?

[rancid lake]

Is there any reason pboproject doesn't detect P drive when i mount it using a bat file instead of arma 3 Tools ?

[sly skiff]

that should typically work. using arma3tools method typically fails

not the other way around

how does "not detect P drive" manifest in this case

[rancid lake]

Here is the bat file i use

And weirdly pboproject doesn't detect p drive

i'm forced to use arma 3 tools to have it detected

[sly skiff]

Id suppose thats more a windows problem

have you tried restarting?

could be explorer bugging

[rancid lake]

yes i'ts been doing this since the beginning, very weird. But Arma 3 Tools is working fine for me

[sly skiff]

In typical setup the arma tools needs to be run 1 times only to write the registry keys

then never again

as like I've mentioned it typically does not work right

you could try running your bat file as admin

to see if that does any difference

it is possible it does not like the folder being in the C user files

for example

win 10 is known to be more protective of system drive in some cases

you could also try if it works form some other drive

and from folder with no spaces in the name

[rancid lake]

I even reinstalled arma 3 tools to follow the procedure but it didn't work, i will try to run the bat file as admin to see if it makes a difference

[scenic canopy]

Are you running any of the tools as admin?

Mounted folders won’t be shared across desktop sessions

[rancid lake]

I'm only running pboproject as admin

[scenic canopy]

don't 😛

that's why it can't find your P drive

[rancid lake]

really ? let's me try this

I don't even remember why i decided to launch it as admin

[dawn palm]

pboProject will not run asAdmiin due to the mortal danger of bis binarize scribbling where it shouldn't. (pboPro could too but file access is strictly controlled in the code.)

[oak steeple]

need help dont know why this is popping up everytime i load optre mods like the regular one just wanna play it and i cant 😦

[dawn palm]

the msg says it all an optre,rtm file is corrupt.

[oak steeple]

yea but i dont know how to like get to it

[dawn palm]

contact the authors of course

[sly skiff]

you can also try repairing the mod fiels via the . . . menu on the right

[scenic canopy]

Also make sure your game install is fully updated

[odd talon]

quick q ive been able to pack very quickly with mikeros pbo project. Ive now added an object that uses multimaterials and it takes much longer to pack. Is this an expected behaviour? or is something going wrong

[stark cypress]

Hey, this is a mikero type question, does pboProject have the ability to use multiple threads for a faster packing?
I.E: Maps take a long time to be processed

[sly skiff]

to some extend but map packing is done primarily by binarize exe

and thats the part that takes time

[dawn palm]

@stark cypress@scenic canopy can answer that

if you have not split your project into seeparate pbos including multiple ;layers, 100kb or less. there's your answer.

[scenic canopy]

It’s disabled in the current live build

[dawn palm]

grrrrrrrrr

dewrp (gui) 2.10 works here.

there is no code in the gui to disable it.

[wise mantle]

is there any reason im getting graped by this error message seemingly out of nowhere?

[stark cypress]

I see some ImageToPAA going on as well for layers which could be multi threaded (on TB not mikero)

But overall, is there a switch or something to enable multithreading?

[stark cypress]

I dont understand what you guys mean here though

[dawn palm]

@wise mantleyour model.cfg is broken use pboproject to tell you why

[wise mantle]

a specific tool in pboproject or just pack it through that and it will say?

[dawn palm]

pack

[wise mantle]

got it

ty

luckily i had a backup model.cfg but i went ahead and got the tools anyway incase it happens again ❤️

just wanted to verify that that was actually da problem

[opaque furnace]

If my friend faints in multiplayer mode, does anyone know how I can revive him?

[sly skiff]

Wrong channel. #arma3_questions

[opaque furnace]

Thanks

[sly skiff]

There's a batch file circulating to convert the pngs to PAA sayer prior to pbo packing.

I recall PMCwiki tutorial mentions it.

Thats said, if terrain is split into multiple pbos,

1. Layers, 2. wrp+simple config, 3. Full config and data\ you can separate the largest pack processes so you pack only what you actually need to pack.

[scenic canopy]

it was available in some previous builds but not the current one, both multithreaded image processing as well as multithreaded binarize calls

[lucid kernel]

Can a p3d file be binarized? If so, how

[sly skiff]

Normal process of making pbo includes binarizing relevant files

p3d included

[lucid kernel]

Are you talking about export as such?

[sly skiff]

no

making pbo

with addon builder etc

[lucid kernel]

Mmm

okok

[sly skiff]

you might have use of pboProject as it has more error checking

[lucid kernel]

Is there a difference when using the pbo manager?

[sly skiff]

yes

thats wrong program

[lucid kernel]

Oh

this?

[sly skiff]

yes thats wrong program for mod making

[lucid kernel]

It would be to hit the binarize button then nothing more

[sly skiff]

its a start

[lucid kernel]

oh

[sly skiff]

you may have problems in your setup.

[lucid kernel]

Mmm ok?

[sly skiff]

like no P drive and stuff like that

[lucid kernel]

oh no, calm down, that's it

No idea what it could be

[lucid kernel]

It already lets me pass it but when I check the binarize option it tells me task failed

[sly skiff]

means you have some other mistake there.

Id simplify whatever you got and get it to pack with just simple empty config

[lucid kernel]

when enough the config.cpp let me pass it but not binarize it

[dawn palm]

your UNbinarised p3d is faulty.

It's a mystery to me why Bis even have that checkbox.

[lucid kernel]

I have already solved it

[dawn palm]

This is not a one way street, It's helpful to others to explain how you fixed jt.

[lucid kernel]

I had to debinarize everything and binarize it including the configuration

[silent trellis]

@orchid shadow swifty is getting flagged by AVs

[dawn palm]

that makes sense. bis binarize always crashes if you tell it toe binarize an already binarized p3d. On the other hand, pboProject has no problems with mixtures.

[lucid kernel]

pbo project gives me an error when I have it, do you know how to solve it? it is dll

Dpbo64.dll

[dawn palm]

probably

[lucid kernel]

but there won't be any solution?

I wrote it precisely to know if there is a solution xd

[sly skiff]

youll need to install the whole mikero toolset.

easiest to use the "all in one installer"

[lucid kernel]

this?

or which

[dawn palm]

@lucid kernelcan't help you if you don't say what the error is !!!

[lucid kernel]

Dpbo64.dll

@dawn palm I want to send you a photo but it is in Spanish, but it says that

[dawn palm]

pls use the AIO installer.

[lucid kernel]

ready

[dawn palm]

should work now.

[lucid kernel]

Thanks

Is there a difference compared to the addon builder?

out of curiosity

[dawn palm]

addon builder does not look for errors and reports none.

https://discord.gg/THxvUNrw

[scenic berry]

http://bfe.marma.io/

[vestal jacinth]

hey! Im trying to use yours tools to build a pbo as im looking to buy your paid tool and obuscate my work. But using the free tools to test packing the PBO im getting errors saying that the rvmats and paa from the p3d cant be found. Building the mod works fine in PBO manager or addon builder, but your packer complains about the locations of those files listed in the p3d 😦

[jovial elbow]

Your issue might be related to your working files being buried inside the OneDrive folder, rather than in P:/ drive
I had a similar issue once where the texture paths weren't set right in the model and .rvmat

[vestal jacinth]

huh... okay let me put it somewhere else then or try the P drive, to be honest I never really set the P drive up properly I always just used a folder I have for my mods and it worked fine with addon and pbo manager. let me try

thanks

[jovial elbow]

Models were a bit more particular about paths in my experience
Config and texture only mods I had no issues with

[vestal jacinth]

yup! you are correct, I dropped the addon folder on my P drive and it stopped complaining about the file paths. Well except the A3 metal sound because its not in my mod but in the A3 file path. but thanks alot! you saved me a headache

[jovial elbow]

The sound with A3 filepath might stop being an issue if you unpack A3 data with Arma3p (also useful for looking at vanilla content for referencing)

[lucid kernel]

Can I debinary a tex file?

[sly skiff]

you dont need to touch that file

[lucid kernel]

What if I want to know what it contains?

[sly skiff]

you dont need to

its generated by the binarizing process

you dont touch it

[dawn palm]

use my tool. detex.exe if you want to look inside a texheaders.bin. fyi, it's a lookup table into every paa to rapidly 'see' the mipmaps

[lucid kernel]

Does this work?

[sly skiff]

work how?

😅

what is it you try to do

[lucid kernel]

?

a

the translator

Nothing that works basically

[sly skiff]

Im not sure what you try to say

[lucid kernel]

Elitnesss

Use that program

To review the tex

[sly skiff]

why?

[lucid kernel]

I'll explain to you, there are weapons that do not have the cfg model because they use dependencies on other mods, for example Niarms.

That comes out in the texhead or something like that

[sly skiff]

nooo

texheader has nothing to do with model.cfg

[lucid kernel]

I just saw it and yes

In fact everything comes out of the skeleton

[sly skiff]

Im so confused

I cant understand what you try to do

[lucid kernel]

Summary: No cfg model

There are no animations created per se because they already exist and are in dependencies, such as Niarms.

That's why some weapons don't come with the model cfg file.

[sly skiff]

binarization writes model.cfg into the p3d

[orchid shadow]

@silent trellis i know. :)

[dawn palm]

IF there's one to begin wiith.

instead of confuisng ppl with does it work? He should have said 'why is there no model.cfg?

[true crescent]

Sorry guys...was writing too quickly...wrong channel, my mistake !

[rancid lake]

Is there any reason pboproject can't find a texture that exists ?

yet the texture does exist

[rancid lake]

Nevermind, i'm just too tired...

[sour hedge]

It probably exists, but not in the path location you've told it.
Also, if you're not using a p: drive for your mod development, that might be causing issues.

[rancid lake]

Yep, i found the solution, because of some dust on my screen i was misreading the file name. As i said, i was too tired xD

[cinder plaza]

Hello, I can't update the Arma 3 mod. I'm trying to publish it, and I get an error as a result. Do I want to understand this locally or for everyone?
Because I'm seeing problems with Arma Reforge and Arma3 (Units)
I decided to clarify if there was a problem with publisher arma 3 as well.

[thick sage]

Heya! I'm also getting the same thing, it might be related to Bohemia's current DDoS attack

[cinder plaza]

thanks, otherwise I thought I was the only one 🙂

[thick sage]

Yeah, I mean we still might be the only two ones, but I'm hoping it's related to the DDoS attack 🤣

[cinder plaza]

hahahaha

Then we're waiting for someone else to write about it.

[dense cove]

It actually seems something between you and Steam Workshop is having an issue. I've seen same error somewhere else, only few minutes apart

[cinder plaza]

It's clear, but I've already asked five people and they all have this error.

[cinder plaza]

Everything was working fine yesterday

[dense cove]

It still doesn't mean you have no issue today

[fallen prism]

Shouldn't be the current issue bc A3 (and tools) are on steam, and you are uploading to steam.

I've had no issue today (and just tried to update a mod, and no issue at all).
Try again or try repacking your pbos (Sometimes I've found that repacking is enough).

[haughty gate]

Question: has anything changed in the Addon Builder? When packing, the RVMATS are no longer packed and copied to the PBO. On November 7, 2024 I packed an addon and everything worked. Today I packed the same folder and all RVMATS are missing in the PBO.