ArmA 3 Editor Tutorial - Building Custom Bases
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2013
- Today we look at using Dren's editor addon to build custom bases. Keep in mind that the addon also adds civilian buildings so you can build entire civilian settlements or even towns if that was your desire. You're absolutely not limited to military bases/structures.
NEW EDITOR MOD - CJTF101's EDITOR - forums.bistudio.com/showthread...
Dren's Editor Upgrade - www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=...
The mod doesn't actually add anything. It just unlocks buildings, walls, wrecks, structures, etc, that are already in the game so that you can put them down as objects in the editor. You DO NOT need the mod to play missions made with it.
Oh and sorry about all the hard Ss. I don't know how to get rid of them in audacity.
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Man, I could just sit here and watch your tutorials for hours. Wait - I did! Great stuff, I built along with the progression and have been screwing around on my own mission on this great day off. Thanks for the hard work! Greetings from Switzerland
That's the thing I love about Arma 3, I have over 400 hours and I'm still learning new things.
+AsianPandaGoneWild 800 and just started the editor :)
+AsianPandaGoneWild 1200 here
20, but 15 were on editor lolol
Pro Tip: When using the sites module, set it to observation post and not base. Observation point will only spawn men, base spawns a vehicle and it can sometimes blow up if placed in a bad spot.
Tested this really quickly and you can indeed copy from one mission to another.
Thanks to Jester for all your excellent tutorials! Looking forward to the next one :)
thank you! this helped me pretty damn well after moving from the arma 2 editor...
Hey you earned a new sub with this video Jester.!! Quick note. Today is 20 Sept. and I got the latest version 1.21 to work with arma3 1.0 by only dropping the mod into the addons folder. That's it. Hope this helps others. Live long and shoot to kill.
Tip: If you're placing something at steep hills etc or generally just want it to look "right" use the setVectorUp command.
So in order to have something at 0° angle you simply put this setVectorUp [0, 0, 1]; in it's init line. Very useful for Villages etc.
Thanks for this video Jester I was wondering about doing something like this!
Thank you for the information, I was having some trouble with trying to figure that out.
THANK YOU SIR :D I finally found a good video on how to make a base (You earned a new sub :P)
I'd suggest also to use the Markers (not sure how it is implemented in ARMA 3 as I don't own it yet) and place grey solid blocks on top of the H-Barriers and buildings in order to make your compound come up on the map. You could also add a blank icon and use the text field to name the base.
Just some thoughts in order to make your bases even better.
nice 'how to.. custom base' vid, well explained , it was rly helpful, :]
great tut's jester, thanks a lot ;o !
I love the idea of building your own FOBs and bases but it would be cooler if you needed players to build the defenses you place and in order to build the stuff you would need supply crates that could only be transported by either truck or heli. Great addon though, thumbs up!
Yeah! Players should be able to make sandbag walls with Entrenching tool. That would be so cool.
Wondering if you use a different addon in addition to Dren's for the editor? In your video about ambushes you use invisible objets that are not present in my listing even with the Dren mod installed. The version in your link was 1.2 I think, is there a different version or do you have some other editor mods to get those as well? I have the options for buildings from Dren's mod but not that stuff you had under 'Objects (small)/(training).
Hi,
Great and extremely helpful tutorials. Thank you.
Regards this one, could you please shed some light on how to install Dren's editor? The instructions provided with the download simply do not work. I cannot find the folders he says to unzip files to and then I cannot find the "userconfig" folder he mentions which should be in the unzipped files, but isn't.
How did you install your version? Perhaps the theme for your next video tutorial??
Cheers
Yep that too. Or merge it with another mission. You can set up bases /villages across the whole island in a template and just use that template to create every new mission.
You can also finish a base and save the mission as a template, if you want to have the same base in the same spot for multiple missions. Just load up the template and Save As a new mission.
Helpful tutorials. Thanks.
Hey Jester, I was wondering if you could go over the different wavepoint types. As what they do and go into that kind of thing. Thank you.
Jester, do you know how to make more advanced missions? Ones that have groups switching waypoint lists to retreat or redirect as the situation unfolds? The tutorials on youtube (except yours) haven't been very useful.
Hey Jester. Quick question. How would I go about making the independent faction change sides with a trigger? I've been trying to figure it out for awhile no with no luck.
im having trouble installing the mod can you put up a walkthrough?
I don't really run any mods atm besides the Dren but I believe it is just a comma and then keep listing them in the launch option.
So it would be: -mod @DEditor, @NextMod, @NextMod
There's a thread about how to do it on the BIS(Bohemia) forums.
yes it works, I just installed it, follow the instructions carefully.
Can you make base in 3D editor, or it is not passable. Because 2D is complicate when you build on hills you cant make it right.
If only Arma 3 had a sandbox editor like Cryengine... A man can dream
Are you able to place static weapons in the OP or on top of the HQ or tall bunkers?
whats up jester, quick question is there way to make this work for arma 3 beta or we have to wait untils he releases beta upgrade for the editor mod
Something I want to do...Do you know how to make it so assets load in after an objective is completed? I want to have an objective to clear out an enemy position so that a Blufor base can be established. So I would want the trigger to be like when all enemy units are killed some assets load in, even if it's just one building and a few guys with it that would suffice but I want to do something like the size you did in this video but have it load in after I clear OPFOR From an area. Possible?
Dear Jester, what the plugin for editor you use to create a military objects?
Hey Jester, I can't get the Deditor to work, could you give me a simple walkthrough on how you got it to work? I have it installed and even have it where it's saying enabled in the expansions, but it just won't work in the editor.
Jester, have you ever done a video with the battle is?
Hi Jester, was wondering if you know if this mod still work now with final release? I have just tried installing it and have double and triple checked that I followed the install instructions, but it's still not working and others have asked the same thing.
Please guide me from very start that how to create your own Base with customizes buildings....In that case what would be required to addon to Arma 3 + where should I paste the addon files when my game is installed in D folder not in C...I am really fed up by trying again and again... please brief me in detail...thanks
Arma 3 isn't even a full game yet, it's going to get more expensive until it releases, not cheaper. Worth every penny, by the way.
If you still happen to have this mission, could you put it up for download? The community could maybe use it as a template.
Jester, is there any way to make missions with more unknowns and randomness? Thanks, big fan.
I wish you have a million subs
So...I've got the Custom Bases working, but...Every time I place a 'Sites' module down, and I crash. I am using the the Full/Final version of Arma 3, though. Am I doing something wrong?
Hi, Im building a base and i would like to know if there is a way to build many walls or fences in a straight row?
Don't worry Jester I found the problem, Thanks for the great vid's.
Is this still compatible with the new beta build? However i am aware this monday i believe it is when the new map 'ALTIS' comes out and do you have any idea if it is compatible with Dev builds?
What if we don't know how to install mods? can we just put the "addons" folder from the mod into the arma 3 addons folder? I don't wanna mix stock and mod files.
My question is are you able to play a mission with the new base in it without having the mod on because they are the same buildings that are already in the game.
Hi Great video I learned a lot from it, but how do you then save them and add them to your server please ?
i really like your tutorials, they have helped me make some stupid 'missions'. is there any chance you could bundle them in a torrent or something. i'm not always online to be able to check the stuff i forget. thankyou for making the videos.
do you know of any good 3D editor mods? instead of having to go into the game everytime to position the buildings
Ok, so I got the editor and it's working, but I don't have the categories with the + before, like the one shown in the video: +military
What might be the problem?
Hi Jester,
you're using these Addon to be able to place all these houses. If I place some buildings (maybe I'm going to build a new castle ore something like that) in my editor and save the mission. Does everybody who wants to play the mission have to install the editor addon, which I installed to be able to place these buildings in the editor?
And second question:
I used these "building-addon" to build a custom base. Now the base is ready and I sent my friend, who has created the main part of the mission (I just created the bases for example), the mission. He doesn't use the "building-addon". Is he able to import my mission in his own mission, without havong the building addon installed?
I hope you're understanding me. xD
neither case should require he add on but the only way to make sure is to test
jester, does dren's Editor Upgrade work in the beta as well?
wondering if they is any way u can put artillery in ur bass or anything ?
I have a problem Jester, I love your videos and I use them to create new missions and maps for my Arma II/Arma III clan to play on, but now my problem is on Arma III when I use the mod, it does not show up in my editor and I have enabled it and know perfectly how to work with mods on arma II/Arma III, I can't find out what the problem is
Is there a way to save a base layout?
I really don't want to spend another hour making the same base.
Could this be used to add into your server if you own one?, for e.g Wasteland.
is the editor upgrade working for the release? doesn't seem to work for me
Hello there. I am loving your video's. they teach me a darned lot haha.
anyhow. do you use a pop filter? many people use that to get the hard Ss 's out and stuff. just a sugestion :) (if you dont. you can make one fairly cheap and easy)
How can i place those giantic towers with the numbers on it?
How do you place troops, aircraft, and helicopters to ships to make it a base.
Your game looks really smooth. What did you do to increase performance?
Typically a good GPU and CPU combination, with atleast 8gb (16 preferably) memory and a motherboard that will not bottleneck. Couple that with startup paramaters, and you should be seeing great performance.
Such as:
-maxMem=8192 (Increases maximum memory usage to 8gb (if more than 8gb memory))
-cpuCount=8 (8 cores, or 4 core intel hyperthreaded)
-high (Increases game to high cpu priority, makes overclocking unstable)
-noSplash (Removes most advertising and startup screens, just for loading times)
very very old but i might add just because, decreasing shadow quality greatly increases performance in any game
Appears I am a bit late to the party. I looked into that Editor Upgrade but it appears that it is over 1 and a half years since being updated.
Just wondering on if it works as it is or if there are other upgrades similar to that. Thanks!
Hello,
You can use Zeus and MCC editor to make something even better then this with desks, pens, and tiny objects, above all the huge edits. Just Google it.
Awesome thank you! :D
How do you stop the icons from scaling in the editor? It's impossible to place H barriers when the icon scales as I zoom.
I know what you mean, hopefully this will be fixed in the future.
+Travis Shoemaker Good news, they're supposedly fixing that with the Eden 3D editor. Bounding boxes for icons will be the right size & scale properly in the map view. The question now is will this just work automatically for anything or only original Arma 3 content? I'd love for the new editor to just automatically make proper sized bounding boxes for imported & original assets in the 2D view. That'd make base building SO much easier. It might seem a moot point with the 3D editor but when you're trying to figure exact distances between objects the top down map view will come in handier over the 3D editor. For example, making realistic distances between burn pits, fuel depots, & water points in a FOB. Some people don't care but I take my base building rather seriously as I want folks to feel immersed. I model mine drawing from my IRL experience in Iraq.
lets say hypothetically that there is a bush where I want to put a wall that I cannot get rid of it with the "grass cutter" object. I can see it on the ID view on the editor but there are no tools that I can see to remove it. this would also help for trees and buildings that get in the way of progress. I absolutely hate clipping objects through each other and would greatly appreciate a tutorial on how to do this.
Is there any mod like this for the full version?
Please let me know!
Now that arma is on steam do I need to get the mod from there?
anyone know where can i download the add on for the building + military and other staff? i dont have military and some staff.
Hey i have done that what do you do if you want 2 mods at once
Not that they were bothering me, but if you want to get rid of the sibilance (hard S's) you could buy a cheap pop-shield or make one out of pantyhose and a coathanger. Put it about 2 inches away from the mic and it should sort out all the "hard" sounds in your voiceover.
could you make a video on how to install this. I'm running into some problems.
is dren;s editor is for arma 3 alpha only?
That's the default "how to install mods" on EVERY armaholic download. You can ignore it if you already know how to install mods. There is no userconfig with Dren's mod.
Does someone know if this mod works in beta as well, because I want to start using the editor more.
ok so im new to computers and arma 3, but i downloaded this mod and then used winrar to unpack it then i placed it in the addons section for arma 3 and i dont see the mod in the editor i have no selection for 'empty' under the unit teams
I believe you have to have a playable character on the map to pull up 'empty'
Is there already a mod for the beta version?
yes it does work.
in arma is there a way ti make a base on one mission file and like copy it to another mission with out the rest of the world being copyed ?
+MrDBuffaloGaming What Brandon said. You can copy anything to your clipboard & open another mission file to paste it into. Works just like if you were copying & pasting text.
thanks everyone you guys have been so much help
is there a mod for placing buildings and stuff while in a 3D view over the map like in zeus?
or can i go into zeus and save a mission after placing some stuff down?
MCC
Yes download MCC sandbox like he said
is this for alpha only or beta to?
Do people have to have this mod to play the mission that has this editor?
No sir!
Hey Jester814, can help me do this thing, a respawn. Like *Live Die Repeat* could you?
I love you.
So does this work on multiplayer?
Thx man!!
there's a way to level them, but I don't know off the top of my head or where to search. The answer is in the comments in one of my range vids...
At first, I had no idea this existed. I found this object on a server and I really wanted to spawn it and make a base with it in the editor. I searched for fucking hours looking for that one object. I didn't find it. And then, I found this video.
Pretty sure you can copy/paste it into another mission. I KNOW you can copy/paste into the same mission.
that was good could u sometime show how to build a artillery FOB
pleas tell me how to do the sites moduels
Is a little difficult to make walls in the editor
Most of this still works in the beta but new stuff is added and some stuff is gone
That's where cut and paste is helpful :P
IDK if its in arma 3 but in arma 2 there's the grass cutter module which eliminates vegetation
How do you copy and paste stuff?
OK thanks for the help.
O-o-o, yes-yes-yes, thank you! 8)
I know how to install the mods, but these directions are crap pretty much. lol I tried many different ways with the directions on their site. Still doesn't work. I ended up installing it direct to root files. So it works now. I think maybe because of the update after alpha..
I placed mine at steam/steamapps/common/arma3/
so after I added the folder the address read steam/steamapps/common/arma3/@DEditor. Then I set the launch option for steam like it said... -mod @DEditor
i cant get this mod to work either tried everything.
it is eden dlc
I was hoping someone would chime in with how that's done :)
Does anyone know a more UpToDate Addon like Drens?