Help with map/mission editing

[Eskimobear 1]

Hey, so i just want to add a few targets and some gear caches to say the runway on the chern map.

I can't figure out how to add targets to the map in the editor. Im using arma 2 free.

Im just trying to make a training course for my new recruits.

[Joe98 93]

Whilst you are opening the editor you will be asked to select a map. Do so.

The first step is to Save the file. Select "Save".

Here you name the mission. You might choose to name it Red Widget Seven.

Later on, when you go to play the mission, you will see it named "Red Widget Seven"

However, if you ever went looking for it on your hard drive it will appear as Red20%Widget20%Seven.

Which is very confusing!. So, the best name is Red_Widget_Seven.

Then, wherever you look, the mission will be named "Red_Widget_Seven"

There is a drop down below with 3 options:

User

Export to single player mission

Export to multi player mission

If you select "User", you can't play the mission on your own computer. Instead you need to select "Export to Single Player Mission"

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Now click on the weather button. At the top is a cell where you can type a name. You can leave this blank. Or type any name you want.

If you type a name here, this name will override ‘Red_Widget_Seven†and then you get confused so use the same name!

If you leave it blank, The computer then adds the name of the map onto the name of the mission. On the Desert map the name is now "Red_Widget_Seven_Desert"

This is useful but can also be confusing. So make sure the name is typed here as well!

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Also here on the weather screen, you will select which side the independents are on

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To zoom in and out of the map you use the mouse wheel just as you do in the game.

To move around the map, hold down the right mouse button and drag the map around.

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Select “F1†and double click on the map. Here you add individual soldiers to the map.

One soldier on the map must be set as “Player†( that’s you). If nobody is set as “Player†you cannot play the scenario.

Other soldiers can be set to “Playable†or set to “Non-Playable†as you see fit.

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Again, select “F1†and double click on the map. Play with the drop down menus and learn that you can add fortifications, burnt out vehicles and a great list of items to the map.

AND TARGETS

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Again, select “F1†and double click on the map. Place a second soldier on the map near to the first. Note a blue line is automatically drawn from the leader to the subordinate.

Now select “F2 Groupsâ€. Now you can drag the blue line away so he is no longer subordinate.

Now select "F1". You can no longer drag the blue line around. If you are not currently in “F2 Groups†mode you cannot drag the blue lines around.

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Select “F4†and place 3 waypoints on the map. Now select “Preview†and have your soldier walk from one waypoint to the next.

Exit and return to the Edit screen. Now double click on each waypoint. The screen opens and you can give each waypoint a name. Now hit Preview and again walk the soldier through the 3 waypoints. Note the names on the screen.

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[simcardo 792]

A training Course? do you mean those "Pop-Up Targets"?

to insert them press "F1" and double click on the map.

In the "Insert Unit" window Choose the side: Empty

Class: Targets

And then select the unit you want to use. there are many types of Pop-Up targets you can choose.

I hope it helps :)

[[frl]myke 15]

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