New guy with a few questions with editing

[gunny1972 1]

Hello folks, I am new here and it is great to be part of the BI community. I enjoy Arma2 greatly and I am looking to expand my game by taking care of a few issues that I am having here, so here are my questions.

1. How do you get aircraft and other items to be able to spawn on the decks of carriers and other ships instead of the water, this way I can get the best use out of these ships and actually conduct the amphibious operations which many of the maps that are offered for download can offer.

2. How can I get many of my riflemen exchange their M-4's for M-14's? I would like to do so since I believe that the M-14 is superior in every aspect from my own experience with in Iraq.

3. I would like to be able to have helicopters sling-load items such as M-119' and Humvees to enhance air assault operations.

4. Airborne operations here seem to be all but impossible, how can I get a group of men to parachute from a helicopter or C-130.

I am sure I will think of other things in time to ask, but for now, any help that I can get in order to get around these issues would be greatly appreciated. Have a good day folks.

[McSpeed 1]

i recommend you have a look through the script section of armaholic. most if not all of your questions have some sort of solution there.

http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=arma2_files_editing_scripts

http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=arma2_oa_files_editing_scripts

have a good read through the various forum threads belonging to each script (armaholic is likely to have links back to this forum for most of the scripts)

[Gunter Severloh 4070]

Hello gunny1972,

Welcome to the community and BIS forums!

What you are asking is not impossible and can be done in many ways:

1. How do you get aircraft and other items to be able to spawn on the decks of carriers and other ships instead of the water,

this way I can get the best use out of these ships and actually conduct the amphibious operations which many of the maps that are offered for download can offer.

Try these scripts:

Vehicle spawner for LHDs

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5778&highlight=LHD

Working LHD Elevator

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=16156&highlight=LHD

Launch landing craft

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5921&highlight=LHD

Blake's Carrier Ops - Module

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=15275&highlight=LHD

2. How can I get many of my riflemen exchange their M-4's for M-14's? I would like to do so since I believe that the M-14 is superior in every aspect from my own experience with in Iraq.

review this thread, someone had already asked what you did, but it will tell you how to set up the weapons

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?73738-selecting-weapons-how

3. I would like to be able to have helicopters sling-load items such as M-119' and Humvees to enhance air assault operations.

A few scripts/addons will do this:

Lifter

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=9060&highlight=HELICOPTER%2BSLING

[R3F] Artillery and Logistic

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=9285&highlight=%255BR3F%255D%2BARTILLERY%2BAND%2BLOGISTIC

this script will do what your looking for, comes with a demo mission.

4. Airborne operations here seem to be all but impossible, how can I get a group of men to parachute from a helicopter or C-130.

If their under your command, you can hit the ~ key which commands all your men in a squad, adn then tell them to eject, thats ingame, but for a scipt or something to do that try:

eject a vehicle (plane)

http://www.armaholic.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=57349#57349

Paradrop Script Template

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5983&highlight=PARADROP

I am sure I will think of other things in time to ask,

A few things here, in the community its not frowned apon to ask but you are given more encouragement, and respect if you search for yourself,

and learn how to properly edit using the editor, at least the basics.

Alot of members are willing to help and would be glad to help if you are trying to do something but cant figure something out,

but considering your new its ok, but in the future try to search for these things, In general for forum use its a rule to search before you post,

so i will heed you that right now as if you were to ask again something along the same lines, a moderator or some one else will say "search before you post".

I have listed several places for you to start and use.

For your own sake below is a couple of links to guides that can help you better understand and use the editor.

Armed Assault Editing Guide - Deluxe Edition - English version

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=4847

it says Armed Assault which is Arma1, but the editing information in the guide/manual applies and works in Arma2/OA as well.

Mission Editor

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA_2:_Mission_Editor

hope that helps.

Edited May 1, 2012 by Gnter Severloh